Jason Bradley Thompson
@mockman.bsky.social
Artist, RPGer, manga & horror fan. Creator of Mangaka, Cartooner, D&D walkthrough maps, Manga The Complete Guide, Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath GN. Spouse & parent. Current project is Dreamland RPG at dreamrpg.com.
Maybe my argumentative tactic of “calmly but smugly repeating the obvious truth” doesn’t work on anybody, but it *definitely* doesn’t work on toddlers
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Maybe my argumentative tactic of “calmly but smugly repeating the obvious truth” doesn’t work on anybody, but it *definitely* doesn’t work on toddlers
The Oncelers’ design in “The Lorax” is genius. Just hands that take & build & destroy & sell but not a person behind it (even if you see his eyes in one shot). Perfect symbolism
January 25, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The Oncelers’ design in “The Lorax” is genius. Just hands that take & build & destroy & sell but not a person behind it (even if you see his eyes in one shot). Perfect symbolism
5-year-old made us stop “Mulan” early on because it was a sad scene (our 3 year old wanted to keep watching) 😂❤️ but enjoyed “Ralph Breaks the Internet” which… I think is actually a darker movie? Maybe the dark codependency/toxicity element is only really recognizable to adults. Which is fine!
January 25, 2026 at 4:49 AM
5-year-old made us stop “Mulan” early on because it was a sad scene (our 3 year old wanted to keep watching) 😂❤️ but enjoyed “Ralph Breaks the Internet” which… I think is actually a darker movie? Maybe the dark codependency/toxicity element is only really recognizable to adults. Which is fine!
I didn’t wanna talk about ICE because it’s too grim but it’s amazing how basically 0 Republicans online will say anything like “oh I support ICE but I don’t support these trigger happy bad apples killing people.” No. They are all eager to let you know that they do and love support killing people.
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 AM
I didn’t wanna talk about ICE because it’s too grim but it’s amazing how basically 0 Republicans online will say anything like “oh I support ICE but I don’t support these trigger happy bad apples killing people.” No. They are all eager to let you know that they do and love support killing people.
“Wreck it Ralph 2” is good despite apparently a bunch of haters hating it. The only things I will concede are meh are (1) shameless but fun Disney Princess product placement and (2) I used to feel Slaughter Race was a copout not having guns but now as a parent, obviously ok, they couldn’t show guns
January 25, 2026 at 3:07 AM
“Wreck it Ralph 2” is good despite apparently a bunch of haters hating it. The only things I will concede are meh are (1) shameless but fun Disney Princess product placement and (2) I used to feel Slaughter Race was a copout not having guns but now as a parent, obviously ok, they couldn’t show guns
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The Robert E. Howard House & Museum in Cross Plains, TX is in need of imminent repair work to its foundations, as well as moisture and termite damage. If you can afford to give a little to help keep this bit of pulp history alive, it would be appreciated.
rehfoundation.org/save-the-reh...
rehfoundation.org/save-the-reh...
Save the REH Museum
Donations collected here go directly to the Robert E. Howard Foundation, which will forward 100% of the proceeds to Project Pride in Cross Plains, Texas, to support restoration and maintenance of the ...
rehfoundation.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Robert E. Howard House & Museum in Cross Plains, TX is in need of imminent repair work to its foundations, as well as moisture and termite damage. If you can afford to give a little to help keep this bit of pulp history alive, it would be appreciated.
rehfoundation.org/save-the-reh...
rehfoundation.org/save-the-reh...
“Sylvie and Bruno”: one book done, one to go! (Sigh… it’s not super enjoyable reading) Compared to the pure nonsense of “Alice” and “Snark,” this book really has a ton of discussion of Christianity. Of course I assume Lewis Carroll was always religious, but maybe he got more so in his old age.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
“Sylvie and Bruno”: one book done, one to go! (Sigh… it’s not super enjoyable reading) Compared to the pure nonsense of “Alice” and “Snark,” this book really has a ton of discussion of Christianity. Of course I assume Lewis Carroll was always religious, but maybe he got more so in his old age.
Easy for me to say since I never used it, but delete your TikTok. The Ellisons are horrible people. Even Meta’s Instagram is better
BREAKING: Now that TikTok is under US-based ownership, the social media app potentially collects more detailed information about its users, including precise location data.
My latest for @wired.com:
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
My latest for @wired.com:
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Easy for me to say since I never used it, but delete your TikTok. The Ellisons are horrible people. Even Meta’s Instagram is better
Reading Laud Humphrey's "The Tearoom Trade" (a study about anonymous gay sex in Britain in the 1970s) and the first thing I find is that "tearoom" is just slang for "public restroom." How annoying. If you're cruising for sex I would think an actual cup of tea would be nice
January 23, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Reading Laud Humphrey's "The Tearoom Trade" (a study about anonymous gay sex in Britain in the 1970s) and the first thing I find is that "tearoom" is just slang for "public restroom." How annoying. If you're cruising for sex I would think an actual cup of tea would be nice
“Garden of the Plynck” (1920) inaccurately predicts that the phrase “teddy bear” will soon be forgotten
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
“Garden of the Plynck” (1920) inaccurately predicts that the phrase “teddy bear” will soon be forgotten
@akennell.bsky.social hi! Is your amazing Alice book possibly available on any kind of ebook?
January 23, 2026 at 12:13 AM
@akennell.bsky.social hi! Is your amazing Alice book possibly available on any kind of ebook?
There are demons in Dreamland RPG primarily because there are demons in Marco Polo
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 PM
There are demons in Dreamland RPG primarily because there are demons in Marco Polo
Amazing anime-fan BlueSkyers: what are the best anime/manga reinventions/sequels to "Alice in Wonderland"?
January 22, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Amazing anime-fan BlueSkyers: what are the best anime/manga reinventions/sequels to "Alice in Wonderland"?
Is "The Hunting of the Snark" better than "Alice in Wonderland"? Or is that just my edgy bias because it's a darker story?
January 22, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Is "The Hunting of the Snark" better than "Alice in Wonderland"? Or is that just my edgy bias because it's a darker story?
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Rumiko Takahashi - creator of Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, and many more - visited the "Art of Manga" exhibit in San Francisco and left behind a memento!
Rumiko Takahashi Visits San Francisco's Manga Exhibition
And leaves behind a sketch of Inuyasha & Kagome
www.animenewsnetwork.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Rumiko Takahashi - creator of Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, and many more - visited the "Art of Manga" exhibit in San Francisco and left behind a memento!
"The Blue Bird" (1940 childrens' fantasy movie with Shirley Temple): I'll write a longer review later for the Dreamland FB group but in short: how could even the dumbest studio exec have thought this justly forgotten movie could compete with "Wizard of Oz"
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
"The Blue Bird" (1940 childrens' fantasy movie with Shirley Temple): I'll write a longer review later for the Dreamland FB group but in short: how could even the dumbest studio exec have thought this justly forgotten movie could compete with "Wizard of Oz"
If you talk about “courage” in English it sounds kind of formal and affected, but if you talk about “encouraging” someone, it’s completely normal
January 21, 2026 at 8:38 PM
If you talk about “courage” in English it sounds kind of formal and affected, but if you talk about “encouraging” someone, it’s completely normal
"Hedgehog in the Fog": beautiful dreamy 10-minute children's animation directed by Yuri Norstein in Russia in 1975. Lots of unusual techniques at work here, I really recommend it www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQqg...
hedgehog in the Fog by Yuri Norstein 1975 eng sub
YouTube video by kishki
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January 21, 2026 at 7:22 PM
"Hedgehog in the Fog": beautiful dreamy 10-minute children's animation directed by Yuri Norstein in Russia in 1975. Lots of unusual techniques at work here, I really recommend it www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQqg...
“The Last Free Bird”— 1967 environmental children’s book by A. Harris Stone & Sheila Heins that made me cry in front of the whole elementary school class on show-and-tell sometime in the ‘80s. A great book of the “frighten kids into supporting good things” type 🐦⬛❤️ www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
The Last Free Bird
Beautifully illustrated tale which might come true if m…
www.goodreads.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 AM
“The Last Free Bird”— 1967 environmental children’s book by A. Harris Stone & Sheila Heins that made me cry in front of the whole elementary school class on show-and-tell sometime in the ‘80s. A great book of the “frighten kids into supporting good things” type 🐦⬛❤️ www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
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Samuel R. Delany needs to sell his personal library - would be great for some tech billionaire to acquire for a university library instead of it having to be chopped up and sold off.
@bruces.bsky.social @scalzi.com @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
@bruces.bsky.social @scalzi.com @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Samuel R. Delany needs to sell his personal library - would be great for some tech billionaire to acquire for a university library instead of it having to be chopped up and sold off.
@bruces.bsky.social @scalzi.com @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
@bruces.bsky.social @scalzi.com @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
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Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
The “Rats of NIMH” books (reading with our daughter) are interesting, in that even ordinary animals can understand what humans are saying, but humans can’t speak animal, and there is no suggestion animals could try to talk to humans and stop humans from being jerks. It’s just the way of the world
January 19, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The “Rats of NIMH” books (reading with our daughter) are interesting, in that even ordinary animals can understand what humans are saying, but humans can’t speak animal, and there is no suggestion animals could try to talk to humans and stop humans from being jerks. It’s just the way of the world
Skerples writes an alternate parallel version of the D&D universe based solely on the OD&D rules, with no “Appendix N” suggested reading, and it turns out… pretty interesting and cool #ttrpg coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/11/osr-...
OSR: Beyond the Western Desert (or OD&D with Appendix N-1)
The conceit of my current OD&D game is "OD&D without context". What weird mutant offshoot of the tree of RPG development will we create if...
coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Skerples writes an alternate parallel version of the D&D universe based solely on the OD&D rules, with no “Appendix N” suggested reading, and it turns out… pretty interesting and cool #ttrpg coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/11/osr-...
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It's been extended until February 1.
I may go again.
Trivia: That talisman next to the Bleach sword is from Jindaiji Temple in Tokyo. I picked one up on my last trip.
I may go again.
Trivia: That talisman next to the Bleach sword is from Jindaiji Temple in Tokyo. I picked one up on my last trip.
January 18, 2026 at 11:49 PM
It's been extended until February 1.
I may go again.
Trivia: That talisman next to the Bleach sword is from Jindaiji Temple in Tokyo. I picked one up on my last trip.
I may go again.
Trivia: That talisman next to the Bleach sword is from Jindaiji Temple in Tokyo. I picked one up on my last trip.
FINALLY saw the Manga exhibit at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco (it ends next weekend!!). Wonderful selection of art, and it introduced me to Kazumi Yamashita (Land, Wonder Boy) whose work I didn’t know! The standout for me was the giant 12-panel near-life size Jojo painting by Hirohito Araki 🤯
January 18, 2026 at 11:21 PM
FINALLY saw the Manga exhibit at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco (it ends next weekend!!). Wonderful selection of art, and it introduced me to Kazumi Yamashita (Land, Wonder Boy) whose work I didn’t know! The standout for me was the giant 12-panel near-life size Jojo painting by Hirohito Araki 🤯