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groundhoggoth.itch.io @groundhoggoth.itch.io · 1d

Damn, a sports drama I might actually watch #lgbtq youtu.be/ADi1iextoUM

Official Trailer | Heated Rivalry (Crave Original)

YouTube video by Crave

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groundhoggoth.itch.io @groundhoggoth.itch.io · 7d

Today's haul of goodies #ttrpg

Copies of Dialect (book plus deck of cards), Oh Captain, My Captain! (deck of cards) and Daggerheart (slipcase with book and cards)

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groundhoggoth.itch.io @groundhoggoth.itch.io · 7d

What I did today at @concretecow.bsky.social, a little blog post about the game I ran. groundhoggth.blogspot.com/2025/10/pico...

Pico @ Concrete Cow

Boy, stuff happened since my last CC a year ago, I missed out on the one earlier this year due to other arrangements having already been mad...

groundhoggth.blogspot.com

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groundhoggoth.itch.io @groundhoggoth.itch.io · 8d

I'm trying hard to not Kickstart any more games, but a little-box, card-base mini-rpg is like my Kryptonite, so... www.kickstarter.com/projects/161...
#ttrpg

Wizard Community College

A hilarious 20 minute roleplaying card game of magic and mistakes

www.kickstarter.com

groundhoggoth.itch.io @groundhoggoth.itch.io · 8d

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The High Life | First Listen

YouTube video by National Theatre of Scotland

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Neofly @neofly82.bsky.social · 8d

Short reminder: my gay art is also available as tee prints on Etsy 👕🌈
Perfect for gifting, or just looking hot yourself 😏
👉 neoflyart.etsy.com

#gayart #queerartist #etsyshop #homoeroticart #gaystyle

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 9d

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Alex Roberts @helloalexroberts.bsky.social · 13d

Can't overstate this! It feels wonderful to know that someone had a good time with your game. It's not just that they appreciate your work. Someone's day, maybe a day with their friends, got better because of something you put into the world. It's a special feeling.

momatoes @momatoes.com · 13d

If you enjoyed a game on Itch, leave a comment!

Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.

Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.

Like a game? Comment away!

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welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social · 13d

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ɱίκε 🎃Ģ: 👻ᨒ↟𖠰𓄃⛥ @mikeo-g.bsky.social · 18d

Morning, you mythical beasts x

A picture of a person in a field wearing a white sheet with eye holes, like a ghost.
The text reads: Be the troubling string of unconfirmed cryptid sightings you want to see in the world.

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Matthew King @matthewkingauthor.bsky.social · Jul 23

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𐔌՞. .՞𐦯 @shoegomi.bsky.social · 20d

Comic I had to discontinue because being trans is scary rn!! Enjoy Whoremones! What would have been a Trans focused erotic comic!! #comic #transart #transpride #comicart #illustration #originalchatacter #indiecomic #queerart #nsfw

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groundhoggoth.itch.io @groundhoggoth.itch.io · 22d

That's absolutely gorgeous! Great choice of colours!

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 24d

It’s all about survival. #gaypoetry #queerpoetry #indiepress #gayart #queerart

Every dollar spent on Assaracus funds the entirety of Sibling Rivalry Press, and I promise, big things are coming all across the LGBTQ poetry and art and book spectrum.

siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com

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Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social · 25d

As someone who actually really loves 5e for what it is, it really is sad to see so many people in 5e subreddits/communities so clearly yearn to play something different and not know it. Girl run a few oneshots in some other systems that fit the story you’re trying to tell and just see how you feel!

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groundhoggoth.itch.io @groundhoggoth.itch.io · 26d

I've been looking for a more narrative driven supers game; maybe this will do the job?

Christopher Hutton --> PAX Unplugged @newsnerd.bsky.social · 26d

Free League’s INVINCIBLE TTRPG will begin crowdfunding on Sept. 23, aka NEXT WEEK. www.kickstarter.com/projects/119... Damn.

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Night of the Living Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 27d

There's no better inspiration for writing (especially RPG writing) than travel. Even if you can't go far, just visiting local museums is one of the best methods you have to expose yourself to Weird Stuff that makes your brain into a new shape.

White dude with glasses drinking a beer outside of a castle

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 27d

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things.

I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father.

Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking.

She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking.

I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person.
My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right".

None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing,

enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got.
Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived.

Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 29d

Controversial opinion, but I think trans people should feel safe here on bluesky, and nazis shouldn't.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Sep 11

“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said Adio Dinika, a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute…These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.”

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

www.theguardian.com

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Ripperoni @ripperoni.com · Sep 11

Apropos of nothing, here's a thread of some Charlie Kirk highlights

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groundhoggoth.itch.io @groundhoggoth.itch.io · Sep 10

Fiddling with a silly superheroes #ttrpg idea which has action and downtime phases; I am so tempted to call them "Marvel Scenes" and "DC Scenes" 😆

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groundhoggoth.itch.io @groundhoggoth.itch.io · Sep 10

Morning walk thoughts 2/2

Motive: conflict resolution, you roll dice to see if you get what you want, e.g. get to the scene in time, defeat the bad guys, escape the danger.

So to complete the triumvirate, what would an oppurtunity based system look like?

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groundhoggoth.itch.io @groundhoggoth.itch.io · Sep 10

Morning walk thoughts on #ttrpg 1/2

There are method & motive based systems in RPGs:

- Method: skill checks and task resolution, you roll dice to see if you can do the thing, e.g. pick the lock, fire the gun, evade the guard, etc.

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Adrian+Shane @adrianandshane.bsky.social · Sep 10

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.

Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.

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