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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 20h

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3d

Ok I am really loving Ironsworn Starforged. Solo journaling RPGs are seriously becoming my jam.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 5d

This is why I love Hank.

Give me a single reason why Sora2 should exist.

YouTube video by Hank Green

www.youtube.com

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 8d

Taylor Swift announces next album title: The Queen in Yellow. She told Variety: "A few years back I came across this amazing play and I was so inspired. It's been living in my head for years. I even dream of it, of the city in the play."

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DNGN CLUB | Jack Panic @dngnclub.itch.io · 8d

it's done! Live on my ITCH & PATREON soon!

all the pages of HOW'S MY DRIVING, laid out side by side

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 12d

NEW (FREE) GAME FORTHCOMING:

SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.

In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…

You are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative… Image: Print copy of SPINE

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 14d

The problem isn’t the users of social media. The problem is the owners. Never let anyone tell you otherwise.

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fozbaca @fozbaca.bsky.social · 16d

I read it. My memory it was meh. Seemed to be a writer “hey I have this idea for a fantasy book” publisher “make it a sequel to X and there is a trilogy deal” kinda book.

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Mongoose Publishing @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social · 16d

The Pioneer Kickstarter begins in a month!

Pioneer is the Traveller-based RPG that explores the solar system over the next couple of decades - build a moon base, be the first to walk on Mars, and perform orbital rescues!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...

#ttrpg #TravellerRPG

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 19d

@jaymeantrim.bsky.social and I are pleased to announce the R’lyehwatch SRD! Based on the great Tricube Tales by @zadmar.bsky.social, the R’lyehwatch SRD includes everything you need to create a streamlined 3d6-based action-adventure game, all with a CC BY license. Check it out!

rlyehwatch.com/srd/

R’lyehwatch System Reference Document

The R’lyehwatch System Reference Document allows anyone to make their own games based on the core rules found in the tabletop roleplaying game R’lyehwatch.

rlyehwatch.com

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Dyson Logos @dysonlogos.bsky.social · 16d

Vault of the All-Seer

A five-room dungeon set around the themes of secrets, sight, and the price of knowledge.

dysonlogos.blog/2025/09/25/v...

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Idle Cartulary @idlecartulary.itch.io · 17d

Yochai and Brad made me wanna write a good goblin module. I’ve never tried to writer a goblin module. What’s a goblin? What makes it good?

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 19d

Today we are proud to announce our next crowdfunding campaign. Award-winning historian @shannonappelcline.bsky.social examines the roots, artwork, and lore behind each and every product released by TSR for OD&D, AD&D 1e, and Basic D&D with his latest effort, Designers & Dragons: Origins.
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Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins

From Evil Hat - Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins

www.backerkit.com

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The Verge @theverge.com · 19d

Apple TV Plus has quietly pulled its new show about domestic extremism

The show’s release bas been put on hold for the indefinite future.

buff.ly

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fozbaca @fozbaca.bsky.social · 19d

This
#Ironsworn was the first Solo RPG that clicked for me. Ironsworn, Starforged and Sundered Isles are my go to Solo experience.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19d

Just finished a solo RPG, Thousand Year Vampire, and it’s my first I’ve ever tried.

My character was a vampire in Trondheim, who moved to York and then New Orleans and NYC.

I learned so many things, like the Harrying of the North, Staple City laws, early NYC music halls, and more.

Good game :)

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AI Safety & Ethics @ai-safety-ethics.bsky.social · 21d

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits.

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 21d

Ok, this one is too good and has to be shared! @jaybird54.bsky.social Goodnight & Sweet Dreams!

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 21d

If you're tired of being called a bully, simply don't hurl an unarmed woman half your size unto the concrete sidewalk because she had too many questions about your Secret Jail For Brown People.

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RP @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com · 23d

Download Boundless Tides for free and go explore the cursed seas!

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Bastionland Press @bastionland.bsky.social · 25d

I appreciate this sounds like my retirement/obituary but NOT TODAY HATERS.

www.bastionland.com/2025/09/buil...

Building Bastionland - A Career Retrospective

I’ve been making games professionally for long enough now that people sometimes ask me how I got here. I don’t really know the answer, but ...

www.bastionland.com

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 26d

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

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Waiting For Halloween Sergal 🍂 @adorablesergal.neocities.org · Sep 12

proud to eat like an imperial concubine

lemonsharks writes: "My ancestors, watching me dump an entire stick of cinnamon, two cloves, an allspice berry, and a generous grating of nutmeg into my tea, sweetened with white sugar and loaded with cream, while I sit in my clean warm house surrounded by books, 25+ outfits for different occasions, and 6 pairs of shoes, in a building heated so well I have the windows open in mid-autumn: Our daughter prospers. We are proud of her. She has never labored in a field but knows riches we could not have imagined."

sighinastorm adds, "I like this so much better than the idea that our ancestors would be embarrassed or ashamed of us for being 'soft' or some crap like that."

fantasyboudicca adds, "My ancestors, watching me stuff my face with fried chicken while studying: She eats like an imperial concubine and can afford to study like an imperial scholar. WE MADE IT"

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