Xavid
@xavid.itch.io
Genderqueer game designer, union activist, and treehugger. I also do stuff with computers?
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When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
GameRT Announces 2025 Platinum Play Award Recipients
www.ala.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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Has anyone written about the difference between like "breadth of complexity vs depth of complexity"? I feel like Wanderhome/Yazeba's do a great job of rewarding both "if you sit down cold you'll be fine" and "if you spend 40 hours delving into the lore, I got your back."
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Has anyone written about the difference between like "breadth of complexity vs depth of complexity"? I feel like Wanderhome/Yazeba's do a great job of rewarding both "if you sit down cold you'll be fine" and "if you spend 40 hours delving into the lore, I got your back."
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My silly, good-vibes microfic featuring geckos, house plants, and parallel universes has been published in ivy.'s inaugural issue! Yay! ivylit.com/index.php/20...
A Pothos, Once Freed – ivy. literary magazine
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November 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My silly, good-vibes microfic featuring geckos, house plants, and parallel universes has been published in ivy.'s inaugural issue! Yay! ivylit.com/index.php/20...
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This is my favorite type of lost media. No screenshots, nobody working on it ever did anything again, just a total mystery. Was it a promo for a talent agency? Bunch of weirdos just making a film for the fun of it? Who knows. There could be 100s of movies like this.
New upload! A seemingly lost film from Japan, w/almost no information on film databases & not even a single image floating around, it's DEVIL DE STORY (1983) scanned in 4K from a 16mm print! A story of self-discovery full of old anime/tokusatsu references! youtu.be/QHW4FFmSQvU
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is my favorite type of lost media. No screenshots, nobody working on it ever did anything again, just a total mystery. Was it a promo for a talent agency? Bunch of weirdos just making a film for the fun of it? Who knows. There could be 100s of movies like this.
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How to handle those vaccine conversations this year...
10 years ago cousin one younger than Me’s wife had medically fragile baby in Oct. cousin one older wife announces at dinner that vaccines are dangerous and they don’t get them. She’s sitting next to new mom who is holding bowl of mashed potatoes. She just turned and dumped them on her head
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
How to handle those vaccine conversations this year...
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Artificial intelligence poses an increasingly real threat to children’s literature—and children’s learning.
AI is coming for your toddler's bedtime story
Artificial intelligence poses an increasingly real threat to children’s literature—and children’s learning.
www.motherjones.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Artificial intelligence poses an increasingly real threat to children’s literature—and children’s learning.
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The more you utilize the library, for literally any thing, the more they get to point at usage statistics and go "see, give us more money"
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The more you utilize the library, for literally any thing, the more they get to point at usage statistics and go "see, give us more money"
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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"Gaming Like It's 1930" is coming this January: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Gaming Like It's 1930
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and ...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Gaming Like It's 1930" is coming this January: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
Come join us for our annual public domain game jam, celebrating new works that are entering the commons
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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If you're looking for small gifts/stocking stuffers that do some good, what about some bookmarks from my shop? They're $5 for doodle bookmarks, no shipping cost, and the full $5 gets donated to the Transgender Law Center. www.sarahgracetuttle.com/shop
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you're looking for small gifts/stocking stuffers that do some good, what about some bookmarks from my shop? They're $5 for doodle bookmarks, no shipping cost, and the full $5 gets donated to the Transgender Law Center. www.sarahgracetuttle.com/shop
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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I'm back with @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social doing another 90 minutes on expressionism over on the patreon, this time breaking down game examples from my own work. This framework continues to be useful for me even as it doesn't apply tons of the time.
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm back with @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social doing another 90 minutes on expressionism over on the patreon, this time breaking down game examples from my own work. This framework continues to be useful for me even as it doesn't apply tons of the time.
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Oh hey, we put up the dozen Core Playbooks, if you want to check them out. I'll talk about them a tiny bit in the thread below.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Update 7: Preview: The Core Playbooks · Apocalypse World: Burned Over
Preview: The Core Playbooks
This was supposed to be update #1, but you all blew us away. Now we're playing catch up!Click through to download the core playbook PDF set.As always, please ask any quest...
www.kickstarter.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Oh hey, we put up the dozen Core Playbooks, if you want to check them out. I'll talk about them a tiny bit in the thread below.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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I tend to think of PbtA moves less as abilities and more as recurring arenas of conflict/drama. So it's less "this is a neat thing I can do" and more "when I do the thing that I do, what's the most thematic and compelling framing?"
September 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I tend to think of PbtA moves less as abilities and more as recurring arenas of conflict/drama. So it's less "this is a neat thing I can do" and more "when I do the thing that I do, what's the most thematic and compelling framing?"
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Kingfisher kingfishing.
Wadabori Pond, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 2024-11-13.
#photography #birds #tokyo #japan #kingfisher
#DailyPhoto 53/??
#東京 #日本 #鳥 #カワセミ
Wadabori Pond, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 2024-11-13.
#photography #birds #tokyo #japan #kingfisher
#DailyPhoto 53/??
#東京 #日本 #鳥 #カワセミ
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Kingfisher kingfishing.
Wadabori Pond, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 2024-11-13.
#photography #birds #tokyo #japan #kingfisher
#DailyPhoto 53/??
#東京 #日本 #鳥 #カワセミ
Wadabori Pond, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 2024-11-13.
#photography #birds #tokyo #japan #kingfisher
#DailyPhoto 53/??
#東京 #日本 #鳥 #カワセミ
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my partner and i can no longer buy a home together because they were fired by Rockstar, without warning,
*checks notes*
for talking about working conditions with their colleagues in a private union discord server.
🙂
*checks notes*
for talking about working conditions with their colleagues in a private union discord server.
🙂
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
my partner and i can no longer buy a home together because they were fired by Rockstar, without warning,
*checks notes*
for talking about working conditions with their colleagues in a private union discord server.
🙂
*checks notes*
for talking about working conditions with their colleagues in a private union discord server.
🙂
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A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Changes in Suicidality among Transgender Adolescents Following Hormone Therapy: An Extended Study
To examine changes in suicidality following hormone therapy (HT) among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults.A retrospective cha…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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I'm holding a birthday bundle! Girl Frame, This Night on the Rooftops, Nights at the Demon Club, Apprentices of the Magere, and Haven: a Game of Witches
I'm holding a birthday bundle! Girl Frame, This Night on the Rooftops, Nights at the Demon Club, Apprentices of the Magere, and Haven: a Game of Witches
Birthday Bundle by anxiousmimicrpgs
A bundle by anxiousmimicrpgs, $10.00 for 5 games
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November 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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I'm holding a birthday bundle! Girl Frame, This Night on the Rooftops, Nights at the Demon Club, Apprentices of the Magere, and Haven: a Game of Witches
I'm holding a birthday bundle! Girl Frame, This Night on the Rooftops, Nights at the Demon Club, Apprentices of the Magere, and Haven: a Game of Witches
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That tracks. If you own a single-family house, work remotely, and have access to delivery, leaving your house at all requires a proactive choice.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse.
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
That tracks. If you own a single-family house, work remotely, and have access to delivery, leaving your house at all requires a proactive choice.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
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"I mostly think about the semiotics of what I wear in the same way C.P. Snow is said to have described the laws of thermodynamics: 'You can’t win. You can’t break even. You can’t quit the game.' There’s a reason women care about fashion—because it matters." Lightbulb moment for me, as a non-woman.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"I mostly think about the semiotics of what I wear in the same way C.P. Snow is said to have described the laws of thermodynamics: 'You can’t win. You can’t break even. You can’t quit the game.' There’s a reason women care about fashion—because it matters." Lightbulb moment for me, as a non-woman.
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We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
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🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines
🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...