Shannon
@shannonmcmaster.bsky.social
Hobbyist ttrpg writer.
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Possibly more fun on Masto. https://dice.camp/@shannonmcmaster
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shannonmcmaster.itch.io
Possibly more fun on Masto. https://dice.camp/@shannonmcmaster
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's a funny pull quote from the itch page description.
A Hundred Acre Carol by @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social is out now. 💜
"I cannot pretend this is anything other than it is, a clumsy copy change of Dickens’s humane classic with Milne’s often tender characters swapped in for Scrooge, Marley, and the others."
"I cannot pretend this is anything other than it is, a clumsy copy change of Dickens’s humane classic with Milne’s often tender characters swapped in for Scrooge, Marley, and the others."
A Hundred Acre Carol by Shannon McMaster
what it says on the tin
shannonmcmaster.itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's a funny pull quote from the itch page description.
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
One day I told the neighbor kid that a young pupil of mine betrayed and murdered his father. After that first fabrication, making stuff up really came easily.
One day I told the neighbor kid that a young pupil of mine betrayed and murdered his father. After that first fabrication, making stuff up really came easily.
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
It was a jump to the left, and then a slide to the ri-i-i-i-i-ight...
It was a jump to the left, and then a slide to the ri-i-i-i-i-ight...
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
My father wrapped me in a blanket and we watched Batman: The Animated Series and Jackie Chan Adventures
My father wrapped me in a blanket and we watched Batman: The Animated Series and Jackie Chan Adventures
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
One day I told the neighbor kid that a young pupil of mine betrayed and murdered his father. After that first fabrication, making stuff up really came easily.
One day I told the neighbor kid that a young pupil of mine betrayed and murdered his father. After that first fabrication, making stuff up really came easily.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
the three spirits:
the three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
the three spirits:
the three spirits:
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We are very happy to announce some of the artists that we will be working with to envision, explore and enhance Swords Without Master: @goblinprincete.bsky.social, Goran Gilgović, @portablecity.bsky.social (of course) and Erin Vest! Preview page has more info.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We are very happy to announce some of the artists that we will be working with to envision, explore and enhance Swords Without Master: @goblinprincete.bsky.social, Goran Gilgović, @portablecity.bsky.social (of course) and Erin Vest! Preview page has more info.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
A welcome visit from old friends, "That Guy," and "We'll Get To It When We Get To It!"
Just in time for (American) Thanksgiving, @epidiah.bsky.social and I are back with a new episode of Two Hundred a Day!
James Garner is Marlowe. We have a lot of trouble not just calling him Jim.
twohundredaday.fireside.fm/148
James Garner is Marlowe. We have a lot of trouble not just calling him Jim.
twohundredaday.fireside.fm/148
Marlowe (1969 Movie)
We're back! We watch the 1969 movie Marlowe, starring James Garner as well as Rockford Files alums-to-be Rita Moreno and William Daniels as well as Carroll O'Connor and Bruce Lee. An adaptation of the...
twohundredaday.fireside.fm
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A welcome visit from old friends, "That Guy," and "We'll Get To It When We Get To It!"
Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot, Charlie Brown.
...you've gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, Charlie Brown?
What is best in life, Charlie Brown?
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot, Charlie Brown.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
If you enjoy The Rockford Files & podcasts, I am very confident you will enjoy *this* Rockford Files podcast.
ICYMI, before @unwrittenearths.bsky.social, Eppy and I talked about every episode of The Rockford Files. This was before Bluesky, but the 7-year run of the show remains available if you wanna give it a listen!
Just in time for (American) Thanksgiving, @epidiah.bsky.social and I are back with a new episode of Two Hundred a Day!
James Garner is Marlowe. We have a lot of trouble not just calling him Jim.
twohundredaday.fireside.fm/148
James Garner is Marlowe. We have a lot of trouble not just calling him Jim.
twohundredaday.fireside.fm/148
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If you enjoy The Rockford Files & podcasts, I am very confident you will enjoy *this* Rockford Files podcast.
If you start here, how long will it take to get caught up?
Princeton v. Yale, 1903: The Oldest College Football Game on Film
www.openculture.com/2012/02/prin...
Princeton v. Yale, 1903: The Oldest College Football Game on Film
www.openculture.com/2012/02/prin...
Princeton v. Yale, 1903: The Oldest College Football Game on Film
Thomas Edison and his motion picture camera for many things: Bike Tricks Caught on Film in 1899; Footage of Mark Twain from 1909; The World’s First (and Slightly Scandalous) Hand-Tinted Motion Picture...
www.openculture.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you start here, how long will it take to get caught up?
Princeton v. Yale, 1903: The Oldest College Football Game on Film
www.openculture.com/2012/02/prin...
Princeton v. Yale, 1903: The Oldest College Football Game on Film
www.openculture.com/2012/02/prin...
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Just in time for (American) Thanksgiving, @epidiah.bsky.social and I are back with a new episode of Two Hundred a Day!
James Garner is Marlowe. We have a lot of trouble not just calling him Jim.
twohundredaday.fireside.fm/148
James Garner is Marlowe. We have a lot of trouble not just calling him Jim.
twohundredaday.fireside.fm/148
Marlowe (1969 Movie)
We're back! We watch the 1969 movie Marlowe, starring James Garner as well as Rockford Files alums-to-be Rita Moreno and William Daniels as well as Carroll O'Connor and Bruce Lee. An adaptation of the...
twohundredaday.fireside.fm
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Just in time for (American) Thanksgiving, @epidiah.bsky.social and I are back with a new episode of Two Hundred a Day!
James Garner is Marlowe. We have a lot of trouble not just calling him Jim.
twohundredaday.fireside.fm/148
James Garner is Marlowe. We have a lot of trouble not just calling him Jim.
twohundredaday.fireside.fm/148
When I see ... reporting... talking about a.i., what I actually read is "this technology is out to poison you, or your brain, and for sure it is out poison something that used to be useful and now might never be useful again."
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When I see ... reporting... talking about a.i., what I actually read is "this technology is out to poison you, or your brain, and for sure it is out poison something that used to be useful and now might never be useful again."
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November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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Here's an odd enthusiasm of mine: I like looking at neat-o action figures, but I don't allow myself to collect them. I don't have space. They get dusty. Won't do it.
So sometimes I just share images of the best ones. Wanna see some cool toys?
www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/Vari...
So sometimes I just share images of the best ones. Wanna see some cool toys?
www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/Vari...
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Here's an odd enthusiasm of mine: I like looking at neat-o action figures, but I don't allow myself to collect them. I don't have space. They get dusty. Won't do it.
So sometimes I just share images of the best ones. Wanna see some cool toys?
www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/Vari...
So sometimes I just share images of the best ones. Wanna see some cool toys?
www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/Vari...
Found an oldy photo on my phone. Struck me as very @epidiah.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Found an oldy photo on my phone. Struck me as very @epidiah.bsky.social
doing my part for the cause
I'm going to do everything in my power to make this one of those weekly memes.
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
doing my part for the cause
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For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )
September 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )
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The thing about there being 300 followers is that means that there is one person following the Swords Without Master Kickstarter campaign for every absolutely and entirely necessary character in this not at all run-on sentence artificially inflated to reach the character limit of your typical blusk.
Just checked in to see that we have 300 folks ready to venture forth into lands of swords and sorceries come 2026!
We should have a lot more to share soon about the campaign, including some artist announcements 🔥 and a kick-ass campaign-exclusive reward 🎲
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
We should have a lot more to share soon about the campaign, including some artist announcements 🔥 and a kick-ass campaign-exclusive reward 🎲
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
Coming soon: Swords Without Master
A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The thing about there being 300 followers is that means that there is one person following the Swords Without Master Kickstarter campaign for every absolutely and entirely necessary character in this not at all run-on sentence artificially inflated to reach the character limit of your typical blusk.
reupping for your morning coffee break... east coasters
or your breakfast coffee break for the rest of north america
or for whatever time of day it is for you where ever you are in need of some serious rock
or your breakfast coffee break for the rest of north america
or for whatever time of day it is for you where ever you are in need of some serious rock
If me saying ho-lee carp isn't enough to lure you in, maybe the promise of David Bowie laying down all those swears in praise of Fanny will...
www.openculture.com/2024/05/fann...
www.openculture.com/2024/05/fann...
Meet Fanny, the First Female Rock Band to Top the Charts: “They Were Just Colossal and Wonderful, and Nobody’s Ever Mentioned Them”
When the Beatles upended popular music, thousands of wannabe beat groups were born all over the world, and many of them--for the first time ever, really--were all-female groups.
www.openculture.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
reupping for your morning coffee break... east coasters
or your breakfast coffee break for the rest of north america
or for whatever time of day it is for you where ever you are in need of some serious rock
or your breakfast coffee break for the rest of north america
or for whatever time of day it is for you where ever you are in need of some serious rock
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A toad seated upon a mushstool may be asked a single question. It's better the toad not answer.
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A toad seated upon a mushstool may be asked a single question. It's better the toad not answer.