Velociengineer_Bill
@billwerks.bsky.social
My hobby is collecting hobbies.
Occasional Nordic Weasel minion.
Occasional Nordic Weasel minion.
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Productivity hack: do not fill your day with boredom busters. Ditch the mobile games, the doomscrolling, the TV binge, and whatever else you noodle on when you're bored.
Then fight boredom by making something. Paint a picture, write a story, sing a song, code an app. Making stuff is awesome.
Then fight boredom by making something. Paint a picture, write a story, sing a song, code an app. Making stuff is awesome.
December 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Productivity hack: do not fill your day with boredom busters. Ditch the mobile games, the doomscrolling, the TV binge, and whatever else you noodle on when you're bored.
Then fight boredom by making something. Paint a picture, write a story, sing a song, code an app. Making stuff is awesome.
Then fight boredom by making something. Paint a picture, write a story, sing a song, code an app. Making stuff is awesome.
Am I crazy, or should a government not make money by making money? www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Am I crazy, or should a government not make money by making money? www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
Sculpting some 6mm, just because. Test print and paint.
July 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Sculpting some 6mm, just because. Test print and paint.
Things I never expected to say number I have no idea: “Nathan, the tub is not the place to do pushups.”
July 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Things I never expected to say number I have no idea: “Nathan, the tub is not the place to do pushups.”
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June 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
June 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
More 3D experimentation making aircars.
June 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
More 3D experimentation making aircars.
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
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One thing I wish I’d been told years ago as a ttrpg writer: Write tables.
Not lore, not stories. Richly written tables. Tables of things that can happen, people that can be met, threats and treasures. Stories are what happens at the table along the way
open.substack.com/pub/davidbla...
Not lore, not stories. Richly written tables. Tables of things that can happen, people that can be met, threats and treasures. Stories are what happens at the table along the way
open.substack.com/pub/davidbla...
Don't write Lore, write tables
Lore doesn't have to be dumped, it can be drip-fed
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
One thing I wish I’d been told years ago as a ttrpg writer: Write tables.
Not lore, not stories. Richly written tables. Tables of things that can happen, people that can be met, threats and treasures. Stories are what happens at the table along the way
open.substack.com/pub/davidbla...
Not lore, not stories. Richly written tables. Tables of things that can happen, people that can be met, threats and treasures. Stories are what happens at the table along the way
open.substack.com/pub/davidbla...
@dreadships.bsky.social Can you or any of your many minions help out here?
If anyone happens to know a maritime archeologist I’d love to ask them some questions for game development research, it’s a rare field but may as well ask 👀
#TTRPG
#TTRPG
May 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
@dreadships.bsky.social Can you or any of your many minions help out here?
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Jurassic Park is about trans dinosaurs eating the rich.
May 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Jurassic Park is about trans dinosaurs eating the rich.
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Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
#hobbystreak 8. Now I have two griffins. #15mm
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
#hobbystreak 8. Now I have two griffins. #15mm
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Tips on Working From Home
March 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Tips on Working From Home
#hobbystreak 3. Do y’all have any idea how hard it is to paint a Hawaiian shirt in 15mm?
March 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#hobbystreak 3. Do y’all have any idea how hard it is to paint a Hawaiian shirt in 15mm?
#hobbystreak 2 (yeah, had some rough weeks. 3D sculpt and print inspired by a drawing by @ailantd.com.
March 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
#hobbystreak 2 (yeah, had some rough weeks. 3D sculpt and print inspired by a drawing by @ailantd.com.
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No amount of “404 Not Found” will wipe their bravery and achievement off the record. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots and they will not be forgotten.
March 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
No amount of “404 Not Found” will wipe their bravery and achievement off the record. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots and they will not be forgotten.
I’ve finished listening to all of @writingexcuses.bsky.social . What do I do now?
March 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I’ve finished listening to all of @writingexcuses.bsky.social . What do I do now?
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Amazing! 😅
One of the D&D adventures I wrote, "15 Seconds to Curtain," is a Muppet-themed adventure featuring an elderly ettin that insults people.
Now I have a proper miniature for him.
#dungeons&dragons #muppets #miniaturepainting
Now I have a proper miniature for him.
#dungeons&dragons #muppets #miniaturepainting
March 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Amazing! 😅
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Almost 20 years ago, a doctor on TV was asked, "Isn't 12 a little early for a kid to be deciding to transition?" And her response was, "It's old enough for them to decide that it's not worth living anymore if they can't."
That was the only argument I ever needed to hear about gender affirming care.
That was the only argument I ever needed to hear about gender affirming care.
January 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Almost 20 years ago, a doctor on TV was asked, "Isn't 12 a little early for a kid to be deciding to transition?" And her response was, "It's old enough for them to decide that it's not worth living anymore if they can't."
That was the only argument I ever needed to hear about gender affirming care.
That was the only argument I ever needed to hear about gender affirming care.
Reading Relentless Moon and @maryrobinettekowal.com made me cry dammit.
March 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reading Relentless Moon and @maryrobinettekowal.com made me cry dammit.
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Another book pitch rejected. I don’t wanna talk about it
March 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Another book pitch rejected. I don’t wanna talk about it
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February 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM