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Basil Wright 🛫 Carcosa

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Game Designer & Sensitivity Consultant. '24 DJ Emerging Designer. Mx. Worldwide. Autistic Ace with 999 Luck. He/They/Xe. 33. Afronative. [email protected] Portfolio: https://towerofbasil.wordpress.com/portfolio/ My Feed: https://bit.ly/TOBFBS

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Basil Wright 🛫 Carcosa @kobanya.bsky.social · Jul 8

It's #PortfolioDay!

I'm Basil, an Afronative game designer, sensitivity consultant/coordinator, and translator.

I've worked with MCDM, Hit Point Press, SoulMuppet Publishing, Brotherwise Games, and hopefully more to come!

Website: towerofbasil.wordpress.com
Games: kobanya.itch.io

Two page spread of "Come Out From Your Grave". The art on the left is a spirit standing over a woman praying in front of a cross tombstone with candles on its base. The ghost is pointing as if giving directions.

"The MCDM RPG" laid over a battle scene with heroes fighting against monsters using various weapons and abilities.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 2h

Remember this every time you see the newest headline about some creative industry person going on about so-called AI being the future.

Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Every time someone opens their mouth to hype AI, just google “name of person/company invests in AI” and you’ll *always* find something. Every time.

Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · Sep 2

👇 The reason:

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 9h

imagine never having to hear hakeem jeffries talk again. he could campaign on that alone.

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 12h

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Neoriceisgood @neoriceisgood.bsky.social · 4h

Who wants to suggest some shrubs or flowers for me to pixel? #pixelart

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Diwata! ÒㅅÓ) @diwatamnl.bsky.social · 3h

A few more days to this sale!

Diwata! ÒㅅÓ) @diwatamnl.bsky.social · 15d

Hello, hello.
Earlier this year, after some medical appointments, my medicine costs hiked a lot. The job search has also not panned out yet. I've incurred a little bit of debt because of these expenses and would like to ask for some help.
itch.io/s/160647/diw...

Diwata Tip Jar by Diwata ng Manila

A bundle by Diwata ng Manila, $50.00 for 19 games

itch.io

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 2h

vampurr has taken over your feed. as you read this, he's casting his spell, and you're starting to want to take him home. don't fight it. succumb to vampurr's charm 🌀

www.makeship.com/products/vam...

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🍁 Juniper/Blomblida | #Weretober 🍁 @yeeniebeans.fiskiper.art · 12h

[ Healthy reframing 🧵 ]

For Whitefolk, this is the first time many have felt this politically hopeless.

Hope is White intergenerational privilege—hopelessness is Black intergenerational trauma.

White hopelessness is cyclical, ours is structural. What they see as deviation, we know as its norm.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22h

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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The Homebakery 🍰 Fun TTRPG Content @thehomebakery.bsky.social · 1h

Introduce your party to the Skeleton Closet, a magical, mystical shop full of necromancy and gothic whimsy 💀

Here they can meet the merchants, a literal skeleton crew, and purchase unique items like Nina's Neck Protector and Maulsoleum

Available in below 👇
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

The Skeleton Closet
Available on DriveThruRPG and Itch.io

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Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 2d

- put down the damn AI.

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Sam Robson @dungeonofthedragon.bsky.social · 9d

The spooky season is upon us! It’s the perfect time to check out Nowhere Home. 🦇

Fluid character creation makes it easy to play as an existing supernatural entity or one of your own creation. Outcast from society, you’ll find belonging with others like yourself.

samrobsondmg.itch.io/nowhere-home

Nowhere Home by Sam Robson

A game of outcast monsters whose only home is each other.

samrobsondmg.itch.io

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 18h

It's jacket weather somewhere ✨

I miss painting jackets and rocking a cool painted jacket. Lucky for me I have cool photos of my cool jackets 😌

A photo of a black leather jacket laid flat with Dungeon Master painted in pale yellow and blue on the back with a skull with antlers and dice. A lit candle, leather journal and crochet fabric is placed around the jacket.

A pale blue jacket is laid flat with Roll of Cool painted in white on the back in ornate vintage style lettering. Dice, old books, string lights and crochet lace placed around it.

A beige jacket is laid flat with vinyl records placed on and around it. Chaotic Average text is painted on the back of the jacket in white and orange with a d20 illustration in the centre.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Apr 17

Here's Palantir's Louis Mosley, grandson of Britain's most famous fascist leader, talking about the importance of AI, if you aren't convinced yet that this is one big co-ordinated push towards the destruction of everything good in life.

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 15h

Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.

azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...

So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter

In which I share the dirty secrets of the world's least useful skill

azhdarchid.com

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alyssa (they/them) @adisasterqueer.bsky.social · 9h

My brain will not focus on longer-form writing, so here's a silly little one-pager adisasterqueer.itch.io/hot-vampire-...

Hot Vampire Prom Court by Alyssa Gabrielle

A one-page TTRPG about vampires trying to win at high school

adisasterqueer.itch.io

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 12h

New to the #SoloRPG List: A Construct's Nature from @TTRPGkids.com
A solo-journaling TTRPG following the path of a newly awakened being in an overgrown world sparked with magic.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.html?...

Cover for the RPG A Construct's Nature, a solo-journaling TTRPG. A hand drawn picture showing the back of a simplistic robot holding a small, green dragonlike creature, standing amongst foliage, trees and vines

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Is That Vyn Vamp?! 🦇 @vynvox.com · 1d

Midnight’s allergies are in HELL MODE, but I’m wiped clean post-bills and an invoice is stuck between PayPal and the bank.

This would cover her steroid shot and general check up. Anything helps 🖤

ko-fi.com/vynvoxva/goa...

Buy Vyn Vox a Coffee

Become a supporter of Vyn Vox today!

ko-fi.com

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Vipère @troglodette.bsky.social · 3h

We really need to stop with the self fulfilling "it's here to stay" prophecy, or the silly "if we don't use it others will" narrative...
if my neighbor wants to chug bleach so be it, no FOMO on my side 🤷‍♀️

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 14h

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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Basil Wright 🛫 Carcosa @kobanya.bsky.social · 1h

I always forget how much heat affects me 🥴

Anyway, I'm back in the work saddle. Hopefully my inbox isn't too cumbersome when I get into work. 😅

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 14h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12h

a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement

Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift.

Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment

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Archiving The Black Web @atbw.bsky.social · 2d

Calling journalists and media professionals interested in digital preservation and information integrity! We are excited to announce the ATBW/Onyx Impact @theonyximpact.bsky.social
Information Integrity & Web Archiving Fellowship. Sign up to know when applications open. tinyurl.com/atbw-iiwa

A digital poster with information and a link about the Information Integrity and Web Archiving Fellowship, a 2026 collaborative fellowship offered by Archiving the Black Web and Onyx Impact for journalists and media professionals. tinyurl.com/ATBW-IIWA

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 15h

As you fight ICE in your neighborhoods, always look for potentially positive outcomes to counterbalance your anger and despair. For me this continues to be meeting more neighbors, talking to more neighbors, and finding that others close by have also been fighting in ways I was unaware of.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 13h

“I ain’t dead yet!” The dearly beloved Dolly Parton creates a “proof of life” video, assuring those who adore her that, even though she is dealing with some things, she is fine and still going strong 💛

Long live Dolly Parton ✨📚

📹: Via Dolly Parton

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