Nathan Rockwood
@larcenousdesigns.bsky.social
(He/Him) Teacher of Game Design at a high school; owner of Larcenous Designs, where I publish the GameMaster's Apprentice decks. Freelance writer, designer, editor, and consultant on tabletop RPGs. Find me at www.LarcenousDesigns.com!
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Unshockingly, Disney was against the mass theft of creative works via LLMs until they got a piece of the pie.
December 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Unshockingly, Disney was against the mass theft of creative works via LLMs until they got a piece of the pie.
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UPDATE: I (Caelyn) just checked the numbers and we're up to 2453. Thank you everyone, it's heartwarming to see so many nice comments about our work. At this rate, 2500 by the end of 2025 is going to have to become 2600 by 2026!
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
UPDATE: I (Caelyn) just checked the numbers and we're up to 2453. Thank you everyone, it's heartwarming to see so many nice comments about our work. At this rate, 2500 by the end of 2025 is going to have to become 2600 by 2026!
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
a man is standing in front of a machine that says make gifs at gifsoup.com at the bottom
Alt: A blooper from 2005 movie Serenity, where Captain Mal Reynolds does a funky little dance in front of a wrecked ship while the camera pans to show Inara has absolutely had enough of his shit.
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
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So wild to me that monumental advances in fundamental biomedical research are happening at the same time as a farcical, lethal hatred of science is taking over our public health systems
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
So wild to me that monumental advances in fundamental biomedical research are happening at the same time as a farcical, lethal hatred of science is taking over our public health systems
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Got my GameMaster's Apprentice cards from @larcenousdesigns.bsky.social today! They are the POD cards from @drivethrurpg.com. I backed the Kickstarter, an awesome tool for GMs or solo play. Recommended!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Got my GameMaster's Apprentice cards from @larcenousdesigns.bsky.social today! They are the POD cards from @drivethrurpg.com. I backed the Kickstarter, an awesome tool for GMs or solo play. Recommended!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
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This Thanksgiving, we’re serving cons, cover stories, and a side of redemption. Watch the #Leverage and #LeverageRedemption marathon all week long, free on #ElectricNOW. electricnow.tv/devices
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This Thanksgiving, we’re serving cons, cover stories, and a side of redemption. Watch the #Leverage and #LeverageRedemption marathon all week long, free on #ElectricNOW. electricnow.tv/devices
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Good read.
I hope Brian’s right; but the key is planning NOW for how to use committees if the Dems get either house of Congress, and on to 2028.
I hope Brian’s right; but the key is planning NOW for how to use committees if the Dems get either house of Congress, and on to 2028.
I *think* the attempt to speedrun authoritarianism has failed. The new acute danger is greater political violence (Trump calling for hangings, etc). But the concerted danger is down the line, when MAGA realizes the bill for all this corruption will come due. www.offmessage.net/p/maga-disar...
MAGA Disarray And The Accumulated Debt Of Corruption
They'd bring America down rather than face accountability, but accountability is not optional.
www.offmessage.net
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Good read.
I hope Brian’s right; but the key is planning NOW for how to use committees if the Dems get either house of Congress, and on to 2028.
I hope Brian’s right; but the key is planning NOW for how to use committees if the Dems get either house of Congress, and on to 2028.
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s/warned/promised/
Definitely ruin the industry that thought it could profit on stolen creativity.
Definitely ruin the industry that thought it could profit on stolen creativity.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
s/warned/promised/
Definitely ruin the industry that thought it could profit on stolen creativity.
Definitely ruin the industry that thought it could profit on stolen creativity.
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Bad enough he was trying to steal the contractually-obligated bonuses for the developers of the game...
Bad enough his reasoning for doing so was he thought it made him look weak...
But how fucking pathetic do you have to be to ask ChatGPT for instructions on how to rip off your employees?
Bad enough his reasoning for doing so was he thought it made him look weak...
But how fucking pathetic do you have to be to ask ChatGPT for instructions on how to rip off your employees?
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Bad enough he was trying to steal the contractually-obligated bonuses for the developers of the game...
Bad enough his reasoning for doing so was he thought it made him look weak...
But how fucking pathetic do you have to be to ask ChatGPT for instructions on how to rip off your employees?
Bad enough his reasoning for doing so was he thought it made him look weak...
But how fucking pathetic do you have to be to ask ChatGPT for instructions on how to rip off your employees?
Don’t feed the clankers, don’t trust the sloppers! (This message brought to you by my disappointment in fellow teachers and “indie designers” who “only use ai because XYZ” or “in responsible ways”).
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Don’t feed the clankers, don’t trust the sloppers! (This message brought to you by my disappointment in fellow teachers and “indie designers” who “only use ai because XYZ” or “in responsible ways”).
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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Even foxtrot is dunking on the Dems
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Even foxtrot is dunking on the Dems
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NJ, go vote like the education of your children and quality of your air and water and the cost of housing depends on it.
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
NJ, go vote like the education of your children and quality of your air and water and the cost of housing depends on it.
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If you never played Scarlet Hollow this is the perfect time!
It's Halloween, and the entire first Episode of Scarlet Hollow is free for you to explore on Steam.
Its branching narrative web is so intricate that you'll see less than 15% of the game in a single playthrough.
So get lost for a bit, and see where the road takes you.
Welcome home.
Its branching narrative web is so intricate that you'll see less than 15% of the game in a single playthrough.
So get lost for a bit, and see where the road takes you.
Welcome home.
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
If you never played Scarlet Hollow this is the perfect time!
Welcome to the wasteland! The GameMaster’s Apprentice 2e: Post-Apocalypse deck is available for purchase! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #RPG #Fallout #MadMax
The GameMaster's Apprentice 2e: Post Apocalypse - Larcenous Designs, LLC | DriveThruRPG
Welcome to the Wasteland, Vault-Born!
The GameMaster's Apprentice 2nd edition (GMA2e): Post-Apocalypse Deck is a system-neutral deck of Post-Apoc-themed cards that can be used as either a supplement f...
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October 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Welcome to the wasteland! The GameMaster’s Apprentice 2e: Post-Apocalypse deck is available for purchase! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #RPG #Fallout #MadMax
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There are laws about how to interdict suspected criminals on the high seas.
There are laws about how to renovate federal buildings.
There are laws about how not to monetize the presidency.
There are laws. We should enforce them. And not normalize the flagrant violation of them in the newspapers.
There are laws about how to renovate federal buildings.
There are laws about how not to monetize the presidency.
There are laws. We should enforce them. And not normalize the flagrant violation of them in the newspapers.
October 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
There are laws about how to interdict suspected criminals on the high seas.
There are laws about how to renovate federal buildings.
There are laws about how not to monetize the presidency.
There are laws. We should enforce them. And not normalize the flagrant violation of them in the newspapers.
There are laws about how to renovate federal buildings.
There are laws about how not to monetize the presidency.
There are laws. We should enforce them. And not normalize the flagrant violation of them in the newspapers.
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Those men are super dangerous drug smuggling terrorists, which is why . . . we are letting them go.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Those men are super dangerous drug smuggling terrorists, which is why . . . we are letting them go.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
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Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.
ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬
ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name
She even had her U.S. passport on her.
newrepublic.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.
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When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.