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Leighton Connor
@leightonc.bsky.social
Co-Founder of Hex Games, co-author of Million-Colored Sun, Leopard Women of Venus, and the ENnie Award-winning Hobomancer. Big Jack Kirby fan. Writer, artist, cartoonist, bon vivant, man about town. http://leightonconnor.com
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"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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No deity is more feared than ARARARARAR, God of FIRE and EVIL, yet even the most loathsome gods have followers. These followers conducted a ritual that summoned a spark of their dread god's endlessly burning essence into the mortal plane, allowing him to sire a child--ARESTE, DAUGHTER OF FLAME.
February 14, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:

- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
Romance alert: Trump's reckless tariffs have Valentine’s Day costs up across the board:

Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
No deity is more feared than ARARARARAR, God of FIRE and EVIL, yet even the most loathsome gods have followers. These followers conducted a ritual that summoned a spark of their dread god's endlessly burning essence into the mortal plane, allowing him to sire a child--ARESTE, DAUGHTER OF FLAME.
February 14, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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No kid of mine is going to college and waste my money on a useless major like computer engineering! Study something practical, like art history or anthropology, so you can get a goddamn JOB!
February 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
For countless millennia, before the ascendance of humanity, THE GREAT BEAST SHOGGULA was worshipped by primordial empires such as Eskragor and the Serpent Hegemony. Massive bleak temples were built in Shoggula’s honor and the frog-like god grew fat on sacrifices and faith.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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THE FACE TAKER gained his title from the leathery cloak of moaning human faces draped across his shoulders. His flesh-melting touch allows him to rip the faces from his victims’ skulls and add them to his grisly cloak. The Face Taker’s origins are uncertain;
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...
Vince Guaraldi - earliest television recording of "Linus and Lucy"
YouTube video by Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc.
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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What women on the left already knew before the files came out is that men can imagine a world of class consciousness (Chomsky), a universe more expansive than ever before known (Hawking), a world where you can live forever (Attia) but not a world where women are fully human.
February 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
THE FACE TAKER gained his title from the leathery cloak of moaning human faces draped across his shoulders. His flesh-melting touch allows him to rip the faces from his victims’ skulls and add them to his grisly cloak. The Face Taker’s origins are uncertain;
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Well my name's John Keats and I'm here to say / that Beauty is Truth, in a major way
February 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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In the murky mists of prehistory there was an age of demi-gods, the spawn of incomprehensible elder beings birthed from the loins of the earliest humans. These demigods rampaged across the world as though it were their playground, none moreso than MANDAGOR THE MIGHTY.
February 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
In the murky mists of prehistory there was an age of demi-gods, the spawn of incomprehensible elder beings birthed from the loins of the earliest humans. These demigods rampaged across the world as though it were their playground, none moreso than MANDAGOR THE MIGHTY.
February 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
What's this? We only just launched a Kickstarter, and the Million-Colored Sun RPG's unpaid intern has already run out of marketing ideas? This is embarrassing. We may need a new intern.
This is day 2 of me posting about the Vault of Villainy Kickstarter every day for 14 days. How to keep things fresh and interesting? I'll have to think it over . . . For now, here's a link . . . www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
Vault of Villainy
A Menagerie of Malevolent Miscreants for the Million-Colored Sun RPG
www.kickstarter.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Folks who love #TTRPGs! My good pals @bernietheflumph.bsky.social and @leightonc.bsky.social have a fresh Kickstarter going to get YOU a big ol' pile of VILLAINS to use in your campaigns! Check it out! 🎉♥️🦹‍♀️
VAULT OF VILLAINY, by @bernietheflumph.bsky.social and @leightonc.bsky.social, has launched on Kickstarter! It's 10 vile villains, a wide variety of evil, you can use in your campaign. Now's your chance to preorder your copy!
Vault of Villainy
A Menagerie of Malevolent Miscreants for the Million-Colored Sun RPG
www.kickstarter.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
It's here! My new book with @bernietheflumph.bsky.social, Vault of Villainy, a collection of 10 malevolent miscreants you can pop into your campaign.
VAULT OF VILLAINY, by @bernietheflumph.bsky.social and @leightonc.bsky.social, has launched on Kickstarter! It's 10 vile villains, a wide variety of evil, you can use in your campaign. Now's your chance to preorder your copy!
Vault of Villainy
A Menagerie of Malevolent Miscreants for the Million-Colored Sun RPG
www.kickstarter.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Vault of Villainy
A Menagerie of Malevolent Miscreants for the Million-Colored Sun RPG
www.kickstarter.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Everyone hates political junk mail, which is why we tried to make our mail unique…

By making it into a comic book!

If you live in IL-09, you might receive this five part series about me and the campaign right in your mailbox:
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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VAULT OF VILLAINY, by @bernietheflumph.bsky.social and @leightonc.bsky.social, launches tomorrow! Get yourself ready!!!!!
Coming soon: Vault of Villainy
A Collection of Wicked Antagonists for the Million-Colored Sun RPG
www.kickstarter.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:

-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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Finally started watching The Pitt, I'm amazed that somehow they managed to cast a Frank Quitely drawing
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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This amused me greatly 😂 especially the fox painting 😂

Thank yoooo @cheekybudgie.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Lord Horticrux. The Face Taker. Areste, Daughter of Flame. The Great Beast Shoggula. Meet them and six other despicable evil-doers in VAULT OF VILLAINY, from
@bernietheflumph.bsky.social
and me, coming to Kickstarter in just a few days! Click here to learn more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
February 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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just want to remind everyone that if you spoonerize “Vampire Weekend,” you sound like a vampire
May 6, 2023 at 11:24 PM
All tremble at the merest mention of ARARARARAR, God of FIRE and EVIL, but did you know that the dreaded Lord of Flame has a daughter? Meet Areste and 9 other ne'er-do-wells in Vault of Villainy, by Joshua Burnett and me! Featuring beautiful full-color illustrations by @bernietheflumph.bsky.social!
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM