Emotional Support Bard
@emotionalsupportba.bsky.social
TTRPG gamemaster and Magic player, occasional community theatre actor.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
Thank you for sharing, I'm so excited to see where this group goes. Gotta keep the Lorwyn news circulating too.
let me tell you how glad i am that @magic.wizards.com has a wizards school that is not full of hatred for trans folks.
We now have the names for this crew, a group of Strixhaven students who (*minor spoilers*) get Isekai'd into Lorwyn by a mischievous fairy.
Abigale - A deaf and poetic Silverquill owlin
Sanar - A chaotic Prismari goblin
Tam - A by-the-book Quandrix gorgon
Kirol - A beefy non-binary Lorehold vampire
Abigale - A deaf and poetic Silverquill owlin
Sanar - A chaotic Prismari goblin
Tam - A by-the-book Quandrix gorgon
Kirol - A beefy non-binary Lorehold vampire
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Thank you for sharing, I'm so excited to see where this group goes. Gotta keep the Lorwyn news circulating too.
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Welcome to the jungle
Our work week's just 4 days
And everyone gets medical
Plus a good 401K
And if you are harrassed
In any way sexually
HR will get on top of that
With confidentiality
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
My... My... My employee
Oooh
We hope you will succeed!
*guitar solo*
Our work week's just 4 days
And everyone gets medical
Plus a good 401K
And if you are harrassed
In any way sexually
HR will get on top of that
With confidentiality
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
My... My... My employee
Oooh
We hope you will succeed!
*guitar solo*
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Welcome to the jungle
Our work week's just 4 days
And everyone gets medical
Plus a good 401K
And if you are harrassed
In any way sexually
HR will get on top of that
With confidentiality
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
My... My... My employee
Oooh
We hope you will succeed!
*guitar solo*
Our work week's just 4 days
And everyone gets medical
Plus a good 401K
And if you are harrassed
In any way sexually
HR will get on top of that
With confidentiality
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
My... My... My employee
Oooh
We hope you will succeed!
*guitar solo*
Really feeling this this morning. Start of a long weekend and I'm just locked up, trying to pick something to do, and none of it feels right.
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Really feeling this this morning. Start of a long weekend and I'm just locked up, trying to pick something to do, and none of it feels right.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Do you want to win some @infinitokens.com? Well, you're in luck because it's tonights !bingo prize. Join us at 8pm for Misplay Wednesday, a commander game with #vTubers.
✅ Join Stream
✅ Snag a Free Bingo Card
✅ Profit
#Vtuber
✅ Join Stream
✅ Snag a Free Bingo Card
✅ Profit
#Vtuber
...I love this idea, even if each year our dog would be elected.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
...I love this idea, even if each year our dog would be elected.
More Exhaust please. I'm so excited to find more synergy with Aetherdrift.
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
More Exhaust please. I'm so excited to find more synergy with Aetherdrift.
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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In light of the fantastic news that Wallace Shawn is canvassing for Zohran
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In light of the fantastic news that Wallace Shawn is canvassing for Zohran
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
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your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
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your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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No major changes to the Brackets this time, but we've been working on clarifying some of the ~*vibes~* around each Bracket, including adding "safe turns" and delineating expectations for decks, win conditions, and gameplay.
We've also removed tutor restriction from 1 & 2.
We've also removed tutor restriction from 1 & 2.
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
No major changes to the Brackets this time, but we've been working on clarifying some of the ~*vibes~* around each Bracket, including adding "safe turns" and delineating expectations for decks, win conditions, and gameplay.
We've also removed tutor restriction from 1 & 2.
We've also removed tutor restriction from 1 & 2.
Protomen are dropping a new track each week as part of their release of Act III. This album looks amazing.
October 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Protomen are dropping a new track each week as part of their release of Act III. This album looks amazing.
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You’re pushed on by numbers and punitive measures: pain, rejection, and unpaid bills. You can either play or you can crawl under a boat and waste away -- turn into salt or a flock of seagulls. Your enemies would love that. Or you can fight. The only way to load the dice is to keep on fighting.
September 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You’re pushed on by numbers and punitive measures: pain, rejection, and unpaid bills. You can either play or you can crawl under a boat and waste away -- turn into salt or a flock of seagulls. Your enemies would love that. Or you can fight. The only way to load the dice is to keep on fighting.
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Turns out that it's confusing to my grandma to laugh & say "so true, bestie" when she bemoans that, in the tupperware draw, "you have loads of bottoms, but it's a trial to find tops".
September 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Turns out that it's confusing to my grandma to laugh & say "so true, bestie" when she bemoans that, in the tupperware draw, "you have loads of bottoms, but it's a trial to find tops".
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September 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Trans rights are human rights.
September 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trans rights are human rights.
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I recommend reading Alejandra's full thread. Not only does she demonstrate the right's misrepresentation of statistics for their own means, but uses their own numbers to push back on the false narrative of rising trans violence.
Trans people are just trying to live their lives.
Trans people are just trying to live their lives.
This is all over Twitter as agitprop to eradicate trans people. If they should actual raw numbers, it would show the thousands of mass shootings committed by white men. But they purposefully distorted statistics in a purposefully skewed scale guaranteed to push trans people to the top.
September 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I recommend reading Alejandra's full thread. Not only does she demonstrate the right's misrepresentation of statistics for their own means, but uses their own numbers to push back on the false narrative of rising trans violence.
Trans people are just trying to live their lives.
Trans people are just trying to live their lives.
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They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
August 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
Ignore the block of text, they're just a little guy!
August 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Ignore the block of text, they're just a little guy!
What were your first 3 sets, and what do they say about you?
- Invasion
- Onslaught
- Mirrodin
I seek community during times of strife, and I found these cool toys (see equipment) along the way.
- Invasion
- Onslaught
- Mirrodin
I seek community during times of strife, and I found these cool toys (see equipment) along the way.
What were your first 3 sets, and what do they say about you?
- Unfinity
- Brother's War
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
i am full of whimsy, artifacts, and glistening oil 😌😌
- Unfinity
- Brother's War
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
i am full of whimsy, artifacts, and glistening oil 😌😌
What were your first 3 sets, and what do they say about you?
Fourth Edition
Ice Age
Homelands
What they say about me?
A colonoscopy is in my not-so-distant future…
Fourth Edition
Ice Age
Homelands
What they say about me?
A colonoscopy is in my not-so-distant future…
August 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What were your first 3 sets, and what do they say about you?
- Invasion
- Onslaught
- Mirrodin
I seek community during times of strife, and I found these cool toys (see equipment) along the way.
- Invasion
- Onslaught
- Mirrodin
I seek community during times of strife, and I found these cool toys (see equipment) along the way.
These are habits I'm trying to implement in my own games. You can still have dramatic events in your narrative, but that needs to be coupled with enthusiastic support when your players want to respond in kind. Be flexible and empower your players to have their big moments.
No matter the system, the GM’s duty is to provide the necessary context for players to make informed and dramatic decisions. Stop gating crucial lore behind a skill check, a specific approach you want the players to take, or a hidden condition. Be generous with info, signal risks, and deliver. 🙂↕️
August 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
These are habits I'm trying to implement in my own games. You can still have dramatic events in your narrative, but that needs to be coupled with enthusiastic support when your players want to respond in kind. Be flexible and empower your players to have their big moments.