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Husband, Father, Good Cook. Reader. Keeper of abandoned dogs. Does not fit into a neat box or category. "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?” Grogsquad, MUP Professor, a Good Friend of J.E. and More

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · Feb 28

Вільна Україна!

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 38m

His Own Private Idaho

Qatar gave Don an excellent adventure so Don’s giving Qatar a Boise base bigger than the matrix. As he flips the bird at a bald eagle of US sovereignty, maybe it’s time I say I was an ostrich with my hand in the sand, fly the coop and admit Donald’s no dove?

by Maureen Dowd

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 23m

Wait, ket me check the calendar… 🙄

Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 23m

Hang on…that third image… 🤔

Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 1h

Well, it’s not that lovely orange cloud, at least.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h

Uh-oh... An explosion in Peresvet, Moscow Region, is being officially described as a “test” at the Rocket and Space Industry Research Center. However, reports indicate the release of highly toxic Heptyl rocket fuel. It's unclear whether this was a controlled trial or a failed launch.

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 5h

Today, on the seventh anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing, Chaosium is pleased to announce William "Bud" Baird as the 2025 Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom winner.

Bud Baird is the 2025 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom

This month marks the seventh anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing, and we are pleased to present the 2025 award to William "Bud" Baird.

www.chaosium.com

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 11h

.. we at The Chaosium recognize that countless #TTRPG fans the world over are fans – including us! – because of Greg Stafford and what he achieved. He is greatly missed.
#WeAreAllUs

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 11h

In addition to being a world famous game designer, Greg was a mythologist, shaman, father, grandfather, husband, brother, and friend:

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 11h

Greg founded The Chaosium fifty years ago in 1975, and from the outset (to quote his own words) “was never content to imitate, but instead published games that were original in their style of play, content and design”. Half a century on, we strive to uphold Greg's vision.

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 11h

Today, October 10th, marks the seventh anniversary of @chaosium.bsky.social company founder Greg Stafford's passing.

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 11h

So the King in Yellow stopped by our booth today to pick up a copy of The Sutra of Pale Leaves...
#paxaus #paxaus2025

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 8h

Concise explosion rules in Twilight: 2000. Or Call of Cthulhu.

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Ardwulf @ardwulf.bsky.social · 17h

Folks, if you want great, succint Traveller content, there's no better place to go than @page121ttrpg.bsky.social over on YouTube.

page121ttrpg.bsky.social @page121ttrpg.bsky.social · 2d

Special Merchants edition youtu.be/OI2bE17Gl8k

Journal of the Traveller's Aid Society #12 From GDW

YouTube video by Page121 Tabletop Roleplaying Games

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Petepeterepeat @petepeterepeat.bsky.social · 10h

Still remember Greg telling us his Monkey Paw Soup anecdote.

Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 11h

Today, October 10th, marks the seventh anniversary of @chaosium.bsky.social company founder Greg Stafford's passing.

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 11h

recovery team

#digitalart #scifi #rpg

A futuristic vessel hovers over a ragged landscape, a searchlight onto the ground below.

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🎃 Agent Pumpkin 🎃 @agentpumpkin.bsky.social · 12h

"Reign of Terror"

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 14h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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🎃 Agent Pumpkin 🎃 @agentpumpkin.bsky.social · 12h

"Reign of Terror"

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 22h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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M. C. Escher @mcescher.bsky.social · 11h

Concentric Rinds Colour
https://botfrens.com/collections/12055/contents/938593

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Echoes @echoesradio.bsky.social · 11h

On a Slow Flow Friday Echoes, music by guitarist John Gregorius and something from Scott August who shelves his Native American flutes for synths. It's in the current of a Slow Flow Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-x62

Friday, Oct 10, 2025 - Slow Flow Echoes

On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Scott August who has put down his native American flutes and plugged into his synthesizers for a new album called Impulse Kontrol Vol.1.

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 17h

Leonard Cohen’s Cocktail Recipe: Learn How to Make “The Red Needle”

Back in 1975, poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen created a cocktail that he called The Red Needle.

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Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com · 12h

Cautionary Tales - Schrodinger's Spy
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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 8h

FINISHED (163 YTD): The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (Richard Feynman).

app.thestorygraph.com/books/551aea...

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman by Richard P. Feynman

Praise for The Pleasure of Finding Things Out:"[A] sparkling collection."--Wall Street Journal"Th...

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · 9h

I’ll take two dozen.

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Wicked Oni Publishing @wickedonipub.com · 20h

MM24 released, MM25 next week!

The Iron Hive: a space station setting for Mothership RPG
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#mm25 #MothershipRPG ##ttrpg

Follow our MM25 project, Lucid Dreaming: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...

MM24 released, MM25 next week!

It's ALL HERE! The booklet, the catalog, THE PLAYABLE COMIC! And once all the backers get their digital scenes, those are going to be added as well! A snippet from the comic, just for you on this upda...

wicked-oni-publishing.itch.io

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𝐀𝐫𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 🎬 @arkhamattic.com · 1d

Remembering the 'Jazzy Shirt' edition. #podcast

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