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jex thomas

@lastpinepress.com

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Nonbinary Dad // Author of Crit Awards Best Indie TTRPG Finalist BUMP IN THE DARK // Not as Punk as I Used To Be // Forever Aspiring to be Your Weird Gay Aunt // ACAB // https://lastpinepress.com #ttrpg #fitd #pbta

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jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 2h

The Lowdown is so good!!

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 3h

(like obviously, on its face is completely fucking unsustainable and there is no logic in the world that makes it not so)

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 3h

The "Blue No Matter Who" crowd gets it exactly wrong on two counts:

1. Solidarity is built from the ground up and solidarity is what builds coalitions and movements

2. Asking marginalized communities time and again to sacrifice their needs in the name of the greater good has diminishing returns

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 3h

There are two different Kinnickinnic Rivers in Wisconsin and they are pronounced differently (and have different nicknames)

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 3h

idk I think Waukesha and Oconomowoc are pronounced exactly like they're spelled but I guess I'm wrong

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 3h

I've always loved you for some reason, been a big fan since Just Shoot Me

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 3h

idk I think Waukesha and Oconomowoc are pronounced exactly like they're spelled but I guess I'm wrong

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 5h

Can I suggest

If you are stuck on a project

Talk to another fucking human being about it

I guarantee whatever solution you come to will be better than anything "AI" could spit out

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

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 5h

Cowards

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 5h

I am not puken

Lets go upstirs

I have water in my moth

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 8h

Ffffffffffffff

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Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social · 13h

I hear you asking. BUT WHAT IS THE OTHER GAME.
why it's Emo Girl Boots, of course
A LiveJournaling Game 🥀

Tell the Rise and Fall of Band Fan Forum

And @annethegnome.bsky.social ACTUALLY MADE A FORUM

WATCH THE SUPER SECRET EPISODE w/@trueryankhan.bsky.social ->
www.patreon.com/AllMyFriends...

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Felix "Wildsea" Isaacs (is finishing Tigers on the Wire) @felixisaacs.bsky.social · 11h

IT'S TIME FOR MORE #WILDSEA!

The new adventure, Tigers on the Wire, launches on #gamefound on October 14th. Thank you to them for a push on #TRPG visibility, and if you've ever wanted a whisper-fuelled radio broadcaster post, well, your dreams are about to come true!

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire by Mythworks - Gamefound

The Wildsea: Tigers on the Wire is the latest scenario from the award-winning TTRPG the Wildsea by Felix Isaacs. Nobody sails the waves for long without realizing what a vast and terrible power even t...

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 8h

It's also harmful to victims of that person. If you knew they were bad, why didn't you fucking do or say something?

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Peter @spezbaby.bsky.social · 10h

I knew she was my favourite Bateman.

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 4d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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Sam Robson @dungeonofthedragon.bsky.social · 9h

A printable bookmark sized #ttrpg for your travels, Blades on the Mark is as simple as #fitd games come.

samrobsondmg.itch.io/blades-on-th...

Blades on the Mark by Sam Robson

A tiny rpg perfect for telling stories around the campfire.

samrobsondmg.itch.io

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 8h

Yes! I love how you've articulated this.

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 9h

We are not meant to hold so much grief.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 11h

this week's post is about palestine, the history of zionism, and anecdotes about israeli anarchist friends of mine from years ago who were living in exile to avoid joining the IDF

margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/77-years-a...

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jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 20h

@spoutlore.bsky.social is playing Bump in the Dark for the next of their Patreon-only Up All Night playtests! Here's a preview of their character creation episode: pca.st/episode/8b65...

Patreon Bonus: Up All Night Playtest 2, Character Creation

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 19h

Very excited to hear one of my favorite podcasts play my game!

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 19h

Take some pressure off. It's okay if you don't love yourself right now. Can you still do something loving toward yourself? For yourself?

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 19h

Edit that ASS

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Josh Fox 🔜 Ex Tenebris coming to Kickstarter @armadajosh.bsky.social · 21h

Final 24 hours (ish!) for Ex Tenebris 😱

Help us finish strong!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Ex Tenebris: A star-spanning gothic investigation TTRPG

Unravel mysteries, battle horrors, protect the stars

www.kickstarter.com

jex thomas @lastpinepress.com · 20h

Ah, glad to be in the company of greats such as @shawnohara.bsky.social