Tom Lommel
@tomlommel.com
Actor and tabletop RPG nerd, the order depends upon the week. I handle marketing for Evil Hat Productions. Currently playing a long game to get cast as Ned Flanders in the live action Simpsons movie.
www.tomlommel.com
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Oh man, I just realized the seed art at the State Fair this year is going to be *something*.
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Oh man, I just realized the seed art at the State Fair this year is going to be *something*.
Evergreen post
Now, onto the content: bad
January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Evergreen post
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Hey y’all: if you use Libby and you hate them allowing generative AI content and incorporating it in other ways you can go to your profile, scroll down to “help and support”, and take a survey to tell them that you hate it
Our official policy provides clarity on our AI usage and the broader impact of AI on the book industry as a whole. Read OverDrive's full policy here: https://bit.ly/4be33jB
January 13, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Hey y’all: if you use Libby and you hate them allowing generative AI content and incorporating it in other ways you can go to your profile, scroll down to “help and support”, and take a survey to tell them that you hate it
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Other people go have a drink after a loss like this but Aaron Rodgers is going to go out there and get measles
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Other people go have a drink after a loss like this but Aaron Rodgers is going to go out there and get measles
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Wow. Hilton really really doesn’t want to see people go. If you’re still in line to get them to close your account stay in line!
Sadly, thank you @brian-goldstone.bsky.social for being able shove their “we serve everyone” right down their throats.
Sadly, thank you @brian-goldstone.bsky.social for being able shove their “we serve everyone” right down their throats.
January 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Wow. Hilton really really doesn’t want to see people go. If you’re still in line to get them to close your account stay in line!
Sadly, thank you @brian-goldstone.bsky.social for being able shove their “we serve everyone” right down their throats.
Sadly, thank you @brian-goldstone.bsky.social for being able shove their “we serve everyone” right down their throats.
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My review of Swords Without Masters! (In case you wanted the thoughts of someone who normally doesn't play games where you don't have hit points.)
Save vs. Total Party Kill - Swords Without Masters
After my Apocalypse World game I went to a panel discussion about GMing advice with Robin Laws, Matt McFarland, Anna Kreider, and a dude who wasn’t Emily Care Boss (who was sick). I enjoyed the talk, ...
save.vs.totalpartykill.ca
January 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
My review of Swords Without Masters! (In case you wanted the thoughts of someone who normally doesn't play games where you don't have hit points.)
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Shrek is older than ICE. 👇
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Shrek is older than ICE. 👇
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I don't need to bring a snack downstairs.
[2 minutes later]
[2 minutes later]
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
I don't need to bring a snack downstairs.
[2 minutes later]
[2 minutes later]
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a reminder, again, that AltNPS is a grifter account run by people who have no affiliation with the National Park Service and indeed who never did have any affiliation with the National Park Service. They have no sources, they have no information, they are purely there to scam you.
"Receiving reports" my ass. AltNPS is not receiving reports of ICE raids in Saint Paul. They are seeing posts on social media like the rest of us.
I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
January 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM
a reminder, again, that AltNPS is a grifter account run by people who have no affiliation with the National Park Service and indeed who never did have any affiliation with the National Park Service. They have no sources, they have no information, they are purely there to scam you.
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The pulsating cube appears again.
“ENTER THE CUBE” it bellows.
“God damn it.” I reply as I collect the documents that got blown around my office. “I don’t have time for cube stuff right now.”
“ENTER THE CUBE” it bellows.
“God damn it.” I reply as I collect the documents that got blown around my office. “I don’t have time for cube stuff right now.”
January 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The pulsating cube appears again.
“ENTER THE CUBE” it bellows.
“God damn it.” I reply as I collect the documents that got blown around my office. “I don’t have time for cube stuff right now.”
“ENTER THE CUBE” it bellows.
“God damn it.” I reply as I collect the documents that got blown around my office. “I don’t have time for cube stuff right now.”
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Invest in your ability to withstand the horrors by making or enjoying art. Do a little watercolor. See a local band. We can't fight if we don't partake in a little joy.
January 11, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Invest in your ability to withstand the horrors by making or enjoying art. Do a little watercolor. See a local band. We can't fight if we don't partake in a little joy.
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Käthe Kollwitz, "Woman Sharpening a Scythe," 1905, from Walker Art Center collection, Minneapolis
January 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Käthe Kollwitz, "Woman Sharpening a Scythe," 1905, from Walker Art Center collection, Minneapolis
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For Sci-Fi Cutaway Saturday, here's a beautiful 1975 Shusei Nagaoka illustration of a futuristic yacht.
January 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
For Sci-Fi Cutaway Saturday, here's a beautiful 1975 Shusei Nagaoka illustration of a futuristic yacht.
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to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
April 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
Pushes and pulls Blades in the Dark in all kinds of new directions and tones without breaking it. As usual great stuff here by @olddog.games
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Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future!
New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun.
Sign up here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
January 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Pushes and pulls Blades in the Dark in all kinds of new directions and tones without breaking it. As usual great stuff here by @olddog.games
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~Tonight in What We Do in the Shadowsdark~
Thief: Well I have to go look for the sword.
NPC: I'm already looking for the sword!
Thief: Maybe we could look for it together.
NPC: And then what? We share it? Are we going to co-parent the sword? How does that even work?? You get it every other weekend?
Thief: Well I have to go look for the sword.
NPC: I'm already looking for the sword!
Thief: Maybe we could look for it together.
NPC: And then what? We share it? Are we going to co-parent the sword? How does that even work?? You get it every other weekend?
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 AM
~Tonight in What We Do in the Shadowsdark~
Thief: Well I have to go look for the sword.
NPC: I'm already looking for the sword!
Thief: Maybe we could look for it together.
NPC: And then what? We share it? Are we going to co-parent the sword? How does that even work?? You get it every other weekend?
Thief: Well I have to go look for the sword.
NPC: I'm already looking for the sword!
Thief: Maybe we could look for it together.
NPC: And then what? We share it? Are we going to co-parent the sword? How does that even work?? You get it every other weekend?
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A lot of wise people today sharing advice that basically boils down to: You Can't Post Your Way Through It
I'm sorry. Everything sucks. You need to feel seen and validated. Your pain is real. That's all legitimate.
but
You Can't Post Your Way Through It.
I'm sorry. Everything sucks. You need to feel seen and validated. Your pain is real. That's all legitimate.
but
You Can't Post Your Way Through It.
January 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
A lot of wise people today sharing advice that basically boils down to: You Can't Post Your Way Through It
I'm sorry. Everything sucks. You need to feel seen and validated. Your pain is real. That's all legitimate.
but
You Can't Post Your Way Through It.
I'm sorry. Everything sucks. You need to feel seen and validated. Your pain is real. That's all legitimate.
but
You Can't Post Your Way Through It.
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Another reminder of this before the first What's Good of the year drops. Donate to Trans Youth Emergency Project or Al Otro Lado, maybe get my extra copy of Armand Hammer & The Alchemist's Mercy.
Not a traditional What's Good this week, but I made a year-spanning playlist for you, summed up some of my writing for the year, and an update on that copy of Mercy I want to give to y'all. Tap in.
blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-2...
blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-2...
What's Good: 2025 Megamix, Stuff I Wrote, and a copy of Mercy for you
Ringing in the New Year with a big ol' playlist, a wrap up of my writing, and a reason to subscribe to the blog.
blog.djregular.tech
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Another reminder of this before the first What's Good of the year drops. Donate to Trans Youth Emergency Project or Al Otro Lado, maybe get my extra copy of Armand Hammer & The Alchemist's Mercy.
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my gender reveal party
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
my gender reveal party
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I like it here on Bluesky, but it still has this toxic habit that is everywhere else on social media: This obsessive need people have to hold others to account for having contrary opinions or analysis.
You're not responsible for other people's opinions, and you can't shame them into changing them.
You're not responsible for other people's opinions, and you can't shame them into changing them.
that's a lot of power users gone because of dogpiling. christ
January 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I like it here on Bluesky, but it still has this toxic habit that is everywhere else on social media: This obsessive need people have to hold others to account for having contrary opinions or analysis.
You're not responsible for other people's opinions, and you can't shame them into changing them.
You're not responsible for other people's opinions, and you can't shame them into changing them.
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Highly experienced writer, researcher, technical writer, business analyst, editor, available now for full-time work.
I'm a world-class researcher. I'll find information you didn't know existed. I'll trace primary sources like a scent hound. Then I'll write a damn interesting article about it all.
I'm a world-class researcher. I'll find information you didn't know existed. I'll trace primary sources like a scent hound. Then I'll write a damn interesting article about it all.
January 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Highly experienced writer, researcher, technical writer, business analyst, editor, available now for full-time work.
I'm a world-class researcher. I'll find information you didn't know existed. I'll trace primary sources like a scent hound. Then I'll write a damn interesting article about it all.
I'm a world-class researcher. I'll find information you didn't know existed. I'll trace primary sources like a scent hound. Then I'll write a damn interesting article about it all.