Caryn DiMarco
caryndi.bsky.social
Caryn DiMarco
@caryndi.bsky.social
Work hard, nap hard. // Marketing professional, TTRPG freelancer, and screenwriter. // Mostly talking about science + tech + US politics
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES:

If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:
LA Fires | IN PERSON Volunteer Opps
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January 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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ATTENTION: I am starting a charity bundle to benefit victims of the Southern California wildfires. Game (and other) makers, please submit your projects so we can do some good. There is a call for submissions of projects through the 18th, please share widely! FAQ below:

itch.io/jam/californ...
January 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Burbank folks - The Garry Marshall Theater is a drop off location for vital supplies for the people displaced by the fires. Their IG account has a full listing of things they need... We just dropped off diapers and feminine hygiene products and other items and there is a GREAT team working there.
January 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Hi LA County friends, just got a heads up through the wires and don't have a place to write it up so I'll put it here instead - the city of Rosemead is providing free N95s and KN95s to the public which can be picked up at the Rosemead Chamber of Commerce on Muscatel Ave between 12-4pm today...
January 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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A friend (& fellow Pathfinder GM) lost their home in the CA fires. Anything you can give helps.
Donate to Stand with the Langs: Home Lost in Fire, organized by Jedd Scher
My name is Jedd Scher, and I'm raising money for my friends, the Lang Family (Alex,… Jedd Scher needs your support for Stand with the Langs: Home Lost in Fire
www.gofundme.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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everyone in LA just had two straight heart attacks, it’s fine
Okay, listen, sending a blaring fucking alarm to tell us the first blaring fucking alarm was an accident is objectively hilarious
January 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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PSA: MODERATION LISTS ARE MIGRATING FROM THIS ACCOUNT to @skysentry.bsky.social

If you're subscribed to any of the lists, please re-subscribe to them at the new owner by November 30th, after which I will no longer be maintaining them, and the lists will be removed from this account. Thank you.
November 23, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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Seth is creating a network of NWS alert bots!
The first 40 accounts are now active, and the automated updates should be running.

There are 122 local NWS offices, and it takes a few minutes per site to create and configure the account, but I'm working through them. Holler if there's one you want prioritized.
September 28, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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Calling all science/tech folks: Do you have thoughts about xkcd? Parker Bach & I are trying to understand the role that xkcd plays in the scientific/technical community. Will you share your thoughts? forms.office.com/pages/respon... And since we are doing a snowball sample, please pass the word!
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
September 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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This entire shelf of off-brand cereals sounds like an old English army Major, trying to find a euphemism for gay men.
August 28, 2024 at 6:26 PM
The capitalization on this mailer from my credit card company makes me feel like I’m playing Pathfinder.
August 29, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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AI people always act like it's a triumph of technology when people relate to a digital avatar or bond with a chatbot, but that's not the technology, that's us.

It's what we do.

If you called a sidewalk Walky McSidewalk and gave it a two-line bio and a supposed hobby, people would walk around it.
August 28, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Your campaign slogan is your last name and the last text you sent:

DiMarco: “oh no” indeed
Your campaign slogan is your last name and the last text you sent:

MOHAMED: Me too, man
Your campaign slogan is your last name and the last text you sent:

LAVIGNE: ah ok

(The acceptable choice!)
August 16, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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Ladies and gentleman and vastly more interesting genders: we got him. We finally caught Schrodinger's cat.
August 12, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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If you're a writer for an online site, now is fantastic time to archive your work. Don't assume it will be available online forever. Take screenshots and save as PDFs.

If you're a writer who wrote for Game Informer, you can try wayback machine to your author profile & see if you archive your work.
August 5, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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Also, good time to check your settings in Square if you're an online-only business to make sure that a) You're marked as online-only or a mobile business and b) your customer receipts do not show your home address
August 5, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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SMALL BUSINESSES THAT USE SQUARE: Check your email! Square opted EVERYONE who uses their service into appearing on the American Express Small Business Map, which means your business now shows up on a searchable map with whatever address you have listed in Square.
August 5, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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Paizo is having a sitewide #GenCon sale, take 20% off sitewide with code GenCon2024.

paizo.com/store
The Paizo Store for Pathfinder and Starfinder Roleplaying Games | Paizo
Prep for your next dungeon run with rulebooks, adventures, dice, and accessories for the Pathfinder and Starfinder Roleplaying Games from the Paizo Store.
paizo.com
August 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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The current AI industry is the new oil: they demand the right to extract resources, to pollute both the social space and the physical environment, and they claim there will be massive dividends for society so they should not be required to make safe or to pay.
August 2, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Congrats also to #USWNT for sweeping their group and moving on to the quarterfinals #Paris2024
August 1, 2024 at 4:31 AM
AMAZING game from US women’s volleyball vs. Serbia! Both teams should be proud of how they played. #Paris2024
August 1, 2024 at 4:27 AM
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I wrote about how everyone would be better served by calming the fuck down, and not assuming that every little thing that goes wrong on social media is "billionaires engaging in election interference." www.techdirt.com/2024/07/30/r...
Remove Your Tinfoil Hats, Everyone; Social Media Mishaps Aren’t Always Billionaire Election Stealing Plots
Please. I beg of people: stop it. Stop it with the conspiracy theories. Stop it with the nonsense. If you can’t find something you want on social media, it’s not because a billionaire is trying to …
www.techdirt.com
July 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Where’s the Griffin Yow fanclub and how do I join #USMNT #Paris2024
July 30, 2024 at 5:23 PM