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Laurie O'Connel

@laurieoc.bsky.social

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Communist & ttrpg writer at Twelve Pins Press. Ennie 🏅 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laurieoconnel/full-send

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 20d

Oh sorry did we finish our Kickstarter campaign? Hell yeah we did and we funded just under a stretch goal, which is weirdly, a superior option because it gives me a little bit more flexibility to decide what I do and don't want to add to the game.

Late pledges are open now as well, so go get em.

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 4d

DON'T GO THROUGH THE NHS, do what u have to do x

Pnakotica @pnakotica.bsky.social · 4d

dude, the premise of @laurieoc.bsky.social 's Lichcraft was supposed to be tongue in cheek.

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 4d

This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.

Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 5d

From 6pm westminster station was closed due to a "fire alert"

From 6.30 they blocked both sides of the street and didnt allow anyone new to join.

For anyone planning on coming next time: arrive early (and maybe wear a hat or something to protect your head if you're planning to be at the front)

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 6d

UK Met Police use excessive violence against mostly peaceful protest for Gaza Flotilla

(Middle East Eye)

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 7d

I paid for my surgery partially on credit so whenever anyone asks me how much it cost I tell them a number but then I'm like "and its still going up!" Which I find funny but others find horrifying

Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 9d

Got to see this piece performed last night by Anastasia Kobekina, absolutely brilliant composition

youtu.be/tG0laIxC0Lo?...

D. Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Opus 107 (Live)

YouTube video by darcyissues

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Drew Shields (commissions open) @gnarlyghost.bsky.social · 10d

I was promised there would be no more history…

Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · 11d

Francis Fukuyama: ‘The neoliberals went too far. Now, we need more social democratic policies’

english.elpais.com/culture/2022...

Francis Fukuyama: ‘The neoliberals went too far. Now, we need more social democratic policies’

The political scientist, who at the beginning of the 1990s declared ‘the end of history,’ returns with a new book where he identifies the threats to classical liberalism: runaway capitalism and too mu...

english.elpais.com

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 12d

Got back from a meeting at 3am last night so this is what my desk looks like today

Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 12d

[Redacted] has the opportunity to do the funniest thing right now

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 13d

Last night I was running a game set during evacuation during WWII, ofhand asked the table "did any of you guys get fake evacuated as kids" turns out this was NOT a universal experience

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 14d

Like materially i get my money immediately in pretty much every case because I habe stripe set up, and if it didnt exist I would never be a game writer in the first place

Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 14d

My patience with itch can never wear thin becsuse its the main platform that gives me all the things I need (payment emails, distribution of codes, not too high of a cut)

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 14d

Reminder that Wes Streeting allegedly once burned down a pet shop as part of his induction into a cambridge drinking society

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 BREAKING | Wes Streeting confirms Labour is actively working to BAN trans women AND trans men from female spaces, describing their presence as "unpleasant".

Streeting confirmed to MumsNet that Labour aims to exclude ALL trans people from single-sex spaces.

(Via MumsNet)

Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 14d

BRO your austerity policies are the reason the NHS is undignified and unpleasant!

You're storing grandmas in corridors because you gave all the money to your rich mates and you want to blame TRANS PEOPLE?! Pull the other one, no regular person will buy this

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 14d

Speaking to MumsNet, Streeting said he did not think trans women should use female spaces and his team "is all over this".

He confirmed Labour will bar trans men from female spaces, calling their presence "unpleasant" and said trans women "impact on women's sex based rights".

WS: So I don't think it should be happening, and we’re still waiting for the EHRC guidance, but on single sex spaces, before we get to the gender identity issues, on single sex spaces, more generally, are seeing far too many breaches. I mean, Karin Smyth, the Minister for Secondary Care, is all over this, because even if put to one side the gender identity issues, there are far too many cases of men and women being on the same ward, and it's not appropriate, dignified or safe. So we've got to deal with that. That is often about capacity constraints, resources. So I've got to be honest with people watching, it's going to take time to eliminate that, but the objective is to eliminate it. Then we get onto the gender identity issues. Now I think this is primarily an issue about women's rights, voices and spaces, that's where the real tension and conflict has arisen, and so we've got to make sure that the guidance has real world application. I don't think anyone, for example, would think it desirable for a trans man, so someone who's born female, but to all intents and purposes, you know, hairy arms, beard, voice, identity, then wanders into women's toilets or goes to a women's ward or another women's space. I think that would be undignified and unpleasant for everyone concerned, this is really about women's rights, voices and spaces. That's where I think we've got to try and find a way to make sure that trans women are a space that is dignified and safe and inclusive for them, that doesn't impact on women's sex based rights and spaces…

Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 14d

I dont really mean this positively I mean sensationalised with little analysis

Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 14d

Rascal's coverage is just getting more muckrakey and its a shame since I really respect everyone involved in the endeavour and think plenty of them are quite good journalists,

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The Amanda Lee Mystery House @amandalee.bsky.social · 14d

I love Itch and I think this stuff is actually the fault of capitalism & probably they are also just trying to scrape by? I only make like a couple hundred dollars a year on there but, like many people working in the arts, I survive on a paper thin margin so It would be awful if itch went away

Rascal News @rascal.news · 14d

Designers are waiting weeks, and in some cases months, for payouts from itch as sympathy for the indie game platform's mounting problems wears thin.

Game designers are experiencing persistent payout issues from itch.io

The indie platform’s payout delays are a symptom of a bigger issue.

www.rascal.news

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 15d

Or just be poor forever in service of good enough art (current plan)

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 15d

Hieormymus bosch getting censored by bluesky moderation is very funny, the same art that was suitable to decorate churches at the height of the Inquisition can't get through the modern censor

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Paolo of Lost Pages @lostpages.co.uk · 15d

Only 70 hours left
www.kickstarter.com/projects/los...

Pergamino Barocco

A weird little spellbook that looks like a weird little spellbook. For fantasy and occult RPGs. System agnostic. Fully weird.

www.kickstarter.com

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 15d

Every single kickstarter project I've ever run has been at least 50% bigger than expected

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 15d

Why don't I ever do this before the kickstarter

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 15d

Started blocking out text for full send yesterday and it's definitely like 200 pages plus

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 17d

You know with how many british workers would be willing to strike for Palestine, now would be a great time for trade union leaders to bring people out and also use it to smash the anti trade union laws at the same time

But they won't do it because it would be "breaking the law"

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The Rook & The Raven @therookandtheraven.com · 17d

We are on strike!

We have joined the nation-wide general strike in solidarity with Palestine

We are also continuing to raise funds to open a nerdy community center in our village to serve the surrounding underprivileged communities.

Please share or donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-re...

We are on strike. The Rook & The Raven are joining the Italian trade unions and students in a nation-wide general strike in solidarity with Palestine

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 17d

Hell yea, finally an evil twin

Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · 17d

I know some of those words 😂😂😂

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