Nikchick
@nikchick.bsky.social
COO and co-owner of Green Ronin Publishing. Lifelong book lover, 10+ year Seattle Arts and Lectures volunteer. ❤️ TTRPGs, food, music, travel, and solitude. Anti-racist, neurospicy, intolerant of bigots and bullies.
Green Ronin’s PAX Unplugged announcement.
The next chapter of superhero roleplaying begins! Streamlined rules and all-new art, Mutants & Masterminds 4E is ready to rise—sign up to be notified when the Kickstarter campaign launches!
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Coming soon: Mutants & Masterminds 4th Edition
A new edition with updated and streamlined game systems, new options, and an all-new look!
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Green Ronin’s PAX Unplugged announcement.
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
One more work post before I head to Philadelphia for PAX!
We've added two nifty gift cards to the Green Ronin Online Store and we're running a special on them. $50 gift cards cost $35, $100 gift cards are $70. Buy for yourself or send one to your favorite gamer.
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We've added two nifty gift cards to the Green Ronin Online Store and we're running a special on them. $50 gift cards cost $35, $100 gift cards are $70. Buy for yourself or send one to your favorite gamer.
greenroninstore.com/search?q=gif...
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
One more work post before I head to Philadelphia for PAX!
We've added two nifty gift cards to the Green Ronin Online Store and we're running a special on them. $50 gift cards cost $35, $100 gift cards are $70. Buy for yourself or send one to your favorite gamer.
greenroninstore.com/search?q=gif...
We've added two nifty gift cards to the Green Ronin Online Store and we're running a special on them. $50 gift cards cost $35, $100 gift cards are $70. Buy for yourself or send one to your favorite gamer.
greenroninstore.com/search?q=gif...
My current library book is To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause
This phrase, I feel it.
bookshop.org/p/books/to-t...
This phrase, I feel it.
bookshop.org/p/books/to-t...
To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause (Pulitzer Prize Winner): The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement
The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement
bookshop.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My current library book is To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause
This phrase, I feel it.
bookshop.org/p/books/to-t...
This phrase, I feel it.
bookshop.org/p/books/to-t...
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Billionaires handing money back and forth, no one creating anything except carbon in the air. Anthropic buys Nvidia chips; Nvidia gives Anthropic billions to buy even more chips; Microsoft gives Anthropic billions, which Anthropic spends on Microsoft Azure, run by Nvidia, etc. An ouroboros of shit.
New @axios: Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
Anthropic lands $15 billion investment from Microsoft, Nvidia
The move is the latest in a series of deals that sees all the big players partnering with one another.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Billionaires handing money back and forth, no one creating anything except carbon in the air. Anthropic buys Nvidia chips; Nvidia gives Anthropic billions to buy even more chips; Microsoft gives Anthropic billions, which Anthropic spends on Microsoft Azure, run by Nvidia, etc. An ouroboros of shit.
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
I backed this a couple years ago and it arrived today like a present from myself. I'm swamped with PAX prep but the flip-through was great. I have anticipation.
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I backed this a couple years ago and it arrived today like a present from myself. I'm swamped with PAX prep but the flip-through was great. I have anticipation.
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Romantacy for the Holidays! Green Ronin Publishing's Blue Rose RPG is featured in the Backerkit Holiday Market, launching in 2 days! Support independent creators and small businesses, Find thoughtful gifts, Shop human! Sign up to be notified today!
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November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Romantacy for the Holidays! Green Ronin Publishing's Blue Rose RPG is featured in the Backerkit Holiday Market, launching in 2 days! Support independent creators and small businesses, Find thoughtful gifts, Shop human! Sign up to be notified today!
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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I will march into gunfire for the candidate that treats million dollar white collar finance criminals like ICE treats nannies.
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I will march into gunfire for the candidate that treats million dollar white collar finance criminals like ICE treats nannies.
Belated birthday celebration: cassoulet from a kit my brother sent, Kate baked a chocolate-stout cake and Evan brought ice cream and IPA, and we played my recently delivered Kickstarter reward, Stack O' Cats instead of D&D since Chris travels tomorrow. Fun night. Lots to be thankful for.
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Belated birthday celebration: cassoulet from a kit my brother sent, Kate baked a chocolate-stout cake and Evan brought ice cream and IPA, and we played my recently delivered Kickstarter reward, Stack O' Cats instead of D&D since Chris travels tomorrow. Fun night. Lots to be thankful for.
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And so a new form of government was born. A system that required citizens to yell at a handful of mostly elderly politicians every few weeks, demanding them not to doom us all. A Screamocracy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
And so a new form of government was born. A system that required citizens to yell at a handful of mostly elderly politicians every few weeks, demanding them not to doom us all. A Screamocracy.
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some years, Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day just completely sneaks up on you
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
some years, Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day just completely sneaks up on you
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
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Oh for the love of
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oh for the love of
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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They demand prayer in schools but forbid prayer outside of detention facilities
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They demand prayer in schools but forbid prayer outside of detention facilities
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
What a life, not to have to "hear about affordability". Meanwhile, I don't want to hear about $2/gal gas from a guy who thinks the word "groceries" is mysterious and antiquated.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
What a life, not to have to "hear about affordability". Meanwhile, I don't want to hear about $2/gal gas from a guy who thinks the word "groceries" is mysterious and antiquated.
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Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
Dinner Tonight: Soor iyo Dalac Bilaash (Grits and Tomato Stew)
The Somali dish calls for fresh tomatoes but canned work fine. You can also substitute 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt, ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper and a pinch each sugar and ground nutmeg for Vegeta.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...
The Somali dish calls for fresh tomatoes but canned work fine. You can also substitute 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt, ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper and a pinch each sugar and ground nutmeg for Vegeta.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...
Soor iyo Dalac Bilaash (Grits and Tomato Stew) (Published 2023)
cooking.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Dinner Tonight: Soor iyo Dalac Bilaash (Grits and Tomato Stew)
The Somali dish calls for fresh tomatoes but canned work fine. You can also substitute 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt, ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper and a pinch each sugar and ground nutmeg for Vegeta.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...
The Somali dish calls for fresh tomatoes but canned work fine. You can also substitute 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt, ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper and a pinch each sugar and ground nutmeg for Vegeta.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...
I accidentally double paid my mortgage this month, which means leaning heavily on my bean hoard for our meals. My brother decided to fancy that up for my birthday. What an exciting surprise!
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I accidentally double paid my mortgage this month, which means leaning heavily on my bean hoard for our meals. My brother decided to fancy that up for my birthday. What an exciting surprise!
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Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.