Kobold Deontology
@kobolddeontology.bsky.social
Public Health Worker, Dungeon Master, Amateur Words-Enjoyer
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For several years I've run multiple campaigns of a HEAVILY homebrewed D&D5e loosely based on FFVI. A work in perpetual progress. It has balance issues that are always getting patched (right now Geomancer is too strong in early game). Formatting needs work too. Anyone want the rules docs?
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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The fact is that many Americans have never had to be engaged in politics because they have never noticed how the government affects them. Roads are paved and tax returns come on time. It's a privilege. Many Americans, however, have not had the luxury of ignoring government.
January 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The fact is that many Americans have never had to be engaged in politics because they have never noticed how the government affects them. Roads are paved and tax returns come on time. It's a privilege. Many Americans, however, have not had the luxury of ignoring government.
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Working more on the Final Fantasy XI script tomorrow, specifically talking about the response to it being an MMO.
If you were a fan of the series in the early 2000s, how did you feel when you learned XI was online-only? How did other people around you feel?
If you were a fan of the series in the early 2000s, how did you feel when you learned XI was online-only? How did other people around you feel?
January 17, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Working more on the Final Fantasy XI script tomorrow, specifically talking about the response to it being an MMO.
If you were a fan of the series in the early 2000s, how did you feel when you learned XI was online-only? How did other people around you feel?
If you were a fan of the series in the early 2000s, how did you feel when you learned XI was online-only? How did other people around you feel?
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Aaand that’s how we deal with that.
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Aaand that’s how we deal with that.
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if these democrats won't fight for us, replace them with people who will
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:53 AM
if these democrats won't fight for us, replace them with people who will
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We love the great thinkers of our age, don’t we folks?
January 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM
We love the great thinkers of our age, don’t we folks?
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The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old mother fatally shot by ICE, shows that ICE can’t be reformed and must be abolished.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
I’ll be introducing the Abolish ICE Act as a step toward justice, accountability, and humanity in our immigration policy.
Time to melt ICE.
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Ever feel like just logging out of everything and just playing RPGs on your PC?
January 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Ever feel like just logging out of everything and just playing RPGs on your PC?
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#Poetry -- 2 train poems. The first I wrote when I was in my 20s, the second is from last January. Both are collected in *Becoming Altar* (available from Asterismbooks.com) Interesting to see them together.
December 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#Poetry -- 2 train poems. The first I wrote when I was in my 20s, the second is from last January. Both are collected in *Becoming Altar* (available from Asterismbooks.com) Interesting to see them together.
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my body trained to do an impression / of a tree doing an impression / of wind doing an impression // of a person
Aishvarya Arora in Poetry Magazine
Aishvarya Arora in Poetry Magazine
December 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
my body trained to do an impression / of a tree doing an impression / of wind doing an impression // of a person
Aishvarya Arora in Poetry Magazine
Aishvarya Arora in Poetry Magazine
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there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
![Gallup poll | 12/1-12/15
President Trump approval crosstabs (%)
🟥Overall (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥Democratic (93/3 disapprove) [-90]
🟩Republican (89/8 approve) [+81]
🟥Independent (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥18-34 (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥35-54 (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥55+ (53/43 disapprove) [-10]
🟥No college (55/37 disapprove) [-18]
🟥College graduate (59/37 disapprove) [-22]
🟥Male (53/42 disapprove) [-11]
🟥Female (64/30 disapprove) [-34]
🟥White (52/46 disapprove) [-6]
🟥Non-white (71/21 disapprove) [-50]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreifnv6vxufu6icjvsd5toirz3lmqkzertdpdnlqh7q44momevhfjqq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
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I know "Die Hard" is y'all's favorite Christmas movie but there's another film that has a lot of elements of "Die Hard" PLUS a much more involved Christmas message and musings on the "invisibility" of homelessness. This Christmas, check out "Tokyo Godfathers."
www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainmen...
www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainmen...
Why Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers Is the Ultimate Christmas Movie
Released over 20 years ago, Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers (2003) is the most underrated Christmas movie ever.
www.tokyoweekender.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I know "Die Hard" is y'all's favorite Christmas movie but there's another film that has a lot of elements of "Die Hard" PLUS a much more involved Christmas message and musings on the "invisibility" of homelessness. This Christmas, check out "Tokyo Godfathers."
www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainmen...
www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainmen...
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i came to my anti-“gen ai” position as a very direct result of my obsession as a philosophy dissertation writer with why syntax (form) cannot determine or recover semantics (meaning).
December 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
i came to my anti-“gen ai” position as a very direct result of my obsession as a philosophy dissertation writer with why syntax (form) cannot determine or recover semantics (meaning).
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I block any account posting AI generated images, even if they are of Trump. I don't want to see that shit.
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I block any account posting AI generated images, even if they are of Trump. I don't want to see that shit.
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"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"I DNF first-person books if I can't relate to the protagonist" is a kind of illiteracy.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
The point of first person is not to insert yourself into a narrative. You are supposed to experience and empathize with the perspective of a character that is intended to be fully fleshed out.
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A reminder that writing books is hard, and if you find it difficult, it’s not because you’re bad at it, it’s because it’s hard.
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A reminder that writing books is hard, and if you find it difficult, it’s not because you’re bad at it, it’s because it’s hard.
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Seattle owns and contracts the monorail and streetcars. Seattle has the Seattle Transit Measure. Seattle directly oversees Sound Transit. Seattle has oversight influence on King County Metro and Puget Sound Regional Council.
The Seattle Times Editorial Board has really jumped off the deep end.
The Seattle Times Editorial Board has really jumped off the deep end.
The disingenuous whiners at the Seattle Times ed board actually suggested that Katie Wilson—mayor-elect and the founder of the Transit Riders Union (who used to do outreach at the bus stop on Third and Union)—doesn't know that the county, not the city, runs the buses. Cry harder, losers
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Seattle owns and contracts the monorail and streetcars. Seattle has the Seattle Transit Measure. Seattle directly oversees Sound Transit. Seattle has oversight influence on King County Metro and Puget Sound Regional Council.
The Seattle Times Editorial Board has really jumped off the deep end.
The Seattle Times Editorial Board has really jumped off the deep end.
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The reason they have to keep making Wizard of Oz prequels is if they went *forward* then they'd have to let people know about Ozma, and Hollywood will not, absolutely will *not*, ever allow that to happen
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The reason they have to keep making Wizard of Oz prequels is if they went *forward* then they'd have to let people know about Ozma, and Hollywood will not, absolutely will *not*, ever allow that to happen
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Seattle used to fund so much transit service until covid (and jenny durkan)
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Seattle used to fund so much transit service until covid (and jenny durkan)
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
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Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
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The reactionary centrists are not ready for what's coming at them with Katie Wilson. They have no natural defenses against a socialist bus-riding mom who's laser-focused on providing direct material gains for the working poor. Probably the most pragmatic left-politician I've ever met
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The reactionary centrists are not ready for what's coming at them with Katie Wilson. They have no natural defenses against a socialist bus-riding mom who's laser-focused on providing direct material gains for the working poor. Probably the most pragmatic left-politician I've ever met
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KSMU's They Might Be Giants annual music marathon has begun! Streaming at KMSU.org. Rarities, requests, interviews and a live performance probably around 5:20 central. Tune in now!
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
KSMU's They Might Be Giants annual music marathon has begun! Streaming at KMSU.org. Rarities, requests, interviews and a live performance probably around 5:20 central. Tune in now!
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Jack Gilbert. You read him and you read him and the poems almost become like old jokes you have heard before until suddenly one hits you like you've never read it. Whoa. This poem is dynamite.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Jack Gilbert. You read him and you read him and the poems almost become like old jokes you have heard before until suddenly one hits you like you've never read it. Whoa. This poem is dynamite.
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“The laws and constitution of the United States should be enforced as written and without undue prejudice or favor.”
man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“The laws and constitution of the United States should be enforced as written and without undue prejudice or favor.”