John Nephew
@johnnephew.bsky.social
Game publisher (www.atlas-games.com), plastic recycler (www.replayworkshop.com), woodworking hobbyist, parent, spouse, container of multitudes. He/him.
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
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WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR SAYS TWO NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS WHO WAS SHOT HAVE DIED
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR SAYS TWO NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS WHO WAS SHOT HAVE DIED
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
You're trying to seduce me. Aren't you, Charlie Brown?
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
You're trying to seduce me. Aren't you, Charlie Brown?
Charlie Brown, Uh, Finds A Way
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
You're too short for that gesture, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Charlie Brown, Uh, Finds A Way
Just want to share my recent Amazon pain.
We have made polystyrene Terrain Tiles as a Replay Workshop project. So far we have two designs -- cobblestones and floorboards. They are almost identical in weights and dimensions (six of them in a bag with a header card).
We have made polystyrene Terrain Tiles as a Replay Workshop project. So far we have two designs -- cobblestones and floorboards. They are almost identical in weights and dimensions (six of them in a bag with a header card).
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Just want to share my recent Amazon pain.
We have made polystyrene Terrain Tiles as a Replay Workshop project. So far we have two designs -- cobblestones and floorboards. They are almost identical in weights and dimensions (six of them in a bag with a header card).
We have made polystyrene Terrain Tiles as a Replay Workshop project. So far we have two designs -- cobblestones and floorboards. They are almost identical in weights and dimensions (six of them in a bag with a header card).
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
Oooh, I like this!
Voting for Abolish ICE for the next one.
Duluth's newest snowplow has been christened: "The Big Leplowski" www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/d...
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Oooh, I like this!
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That plow really tied the roads together.
Duluth's newest snowplow has been christened: "The Big Leplowski" www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/d...
Duluth's winning snowplow name pays homage to beloved slacker
A contest to name a city plow drew more than 60 entries. Just one submission took top honors, but it's just, like, the judges' opinion, man.
www.duluthnewstribune.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
That plow really tied the roads together.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
Guess I've missed some news this week -- MTG is resigning? www.npr.org/2025/11/22/g...
How Marjorie Taylor Greene went from a top Trump ally to choosing to resign
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was one of President Trump's most outspoken supporters. But she is planning to leave office following a growing rift with the president.
www.npr.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Guess I've missed some news this week -- MTG is resigning? www.npr.org/2025/11/22/g...
Duluth's newest snowplow has been christened: "The Big Leplowski" www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/d...
Duluth's winning snowplow name pays homage to beloved slacker
A contest to name a city plow drew more than 60 entries. Just one submission took top honors, but it's just, like, the judges' opinion, man.
www.duluthnewstribune.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Duluth's newest snowplow has been christened: "The Big Leplowski" www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/d...
This is fun, because trade with consumers in the EU was not enough of a pain in the ass already taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/news/e-comme...
E-commerce: 150 EUR customs duty exemption threshold to be removed as of 2026
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached by EU Member States today within the Council to remove the 150 EUR customs duty relief threshold, transforming the way e-commerce goods are hand...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is fun, because trade with consumers in the EU was not enough of a pain in the ass already taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/news/e-comme...
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This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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I screwed this up and didn't notice until I actually used it in play -- the old version didn't do exploding dice, so mooks more or less always missed. This has been fixed. Tagging @johnnephew.bsky.social in case Atlas would like to link to it. #TTRPG
Sadly, the @atlasgames.bsky.social Mook Hit Roll Sheet Generator is down! So I quick made a replacement: innocence.com/fengshui/moo...
If I get inspired, I might tweak it to highlight rolls which started with boxcars. No promises. (Do mook boxcar rolls have significant outcomes?) #TTRPG
If I get inspired, I might tweak it to highlight rolls which started with boxcars. No promises. (Do mook boxcar rolls have significant outcomes?) #TTRPG
Feng Shui 2 Mook Hit Sheet Generator
innocence.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I screwed this up and didn't notice until I actually used it in play -- the old version didn't do exploding dice, so mooks more or less always missed. This has been fixed. Tagging @johnnephew.bsky.social in case Atlas would like to link to it. #TTRPG
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Andrew, Summers and Trump should share a cell, but again I note that only one institution has actually ostracised their Epstein guy and it's the least defensible and most archaic of the institutions
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Andrew, Summers and Trump should share a cell, but again I note that only one institution has actually ostracised their Epstein guy and it's the least defensible and most archaic of the institutions
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Securing defections from the authoritarian regime is the centerpiece of any successful pro-democracy resistance.
Politics isn’t fandom—when someone leaves the authoritarian coalition, we should take it as a win.
Politics isn’t fandom—when someone leaves the authoritarian coalition, we should take it as a win.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Securing defections from the authoritarian regime is the centerpiece of any successful pro-democracy resistance.
Politics isn’t fandom—when someone leaves the authoritarian coalition, we should take it as a win.
Politics isn’t fandom—when someone leaves the authoritarian coalition, we should take it as a win.
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"The gate agent reads from a federally provided text. 'Your flight will be delayed by 8.5 hours due to the execution of two hundred air traffic control workers by the Democratic Party. Your new estimated departure time is the sad hour of 2:36 p.m. Have a good day.'"
Carmen Sandiego’s Flight to [REDACTED] Gets Grounded Due to Air Traffic Reductions
4:50 a.m. — Carmen arrives at the airport for her 6:15 a.m. flight. 4:53 a.m. — Carmen heads to security early, because she doesn’t have TSA PreChe...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"The gate agent reads from a federally provided text. 'Your flight will be delayed by 8.5 hours due to the execution of two hundred air traffic control workers by the Democratic Party. Your new estimated departure time is the sad hour of 2:36 p.m. Have a good day.'"
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I can't even get my dog to stop barking at the mail carrier, let alone discover what causes a venereal disease.
I am delighted to share with you this picture of Fritz Schaudinn, one of the scientists who discovered the syphilis bacterium in 1905. Thanks, internet!
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I can't even get my dog to stop barking at the mail carrier, let alone discover what causes a venereal disease.
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"Look, this isn’t over. There will be many more opportunities to give in and let them do whatever they want."
Great News: We Got Them to Agree to Their Own Deal
“Eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party late Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to end the government sh...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Look, this isn’t over. There will be many more opportunities to give in and let them do whatever they want."
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Dems should say this right now, loudly and clearly: Anyone who is trusting Donald Trump, of all people, when he says what he’s directing you to do is lawful and that you’ll be protected later may be putting themselves in a very precarious position. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dems should say this right now, loudly and clearly: Anyone who is trusting Donald Trump, of all people, when he says what he’s directing you to do is lawful and that you’ll be protected later may be putting themselves in a very precarious position. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...