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Putting the Rowan in Rowan, Rook and Decard since 2017. They/them.

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Aug 21

So, on 29th August, the US is ending de minimis treatment for parcels under $800 value globally. It's already done this for China; now it's going to come in for everyone. If you post parcels to America, this is going to affect you, in one of several ways.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 20h

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Rowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 3d

Surprise! I have joined the fearsome and terrible hive at RRD, and will be the new Soc Media wretch!
Lots of love and mouth full of dice, Naomi xoxo

Graphic to introduce Naomi as the new social media manager. There's a smiling close up on a polaroid, an ink drawing of Heike by Sar Cousins and a photo of Naomi on a podcast stage at dragonmeet. A piece of paper has some notes on it. It says "hello" "I'm taking the social media going forward, made HEART an actual play podcast and played heike. Secretly plans to kill grant in a pit trap by 2035"

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · 15d

Just checked and, at the current rate of change, it’ll be more than 1/3 by this time on Thursday.

Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · 15d

The Greens currently have the same number of MPs as Reform, but less than 1/3 the number of members. Just in case you’re looking for a small but significant action you could take in this moment.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 15d

"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"

If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?

What Do We Have To Lose

If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders; and the non-existence of grey, and other letters.

jonn.substack.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 27d

Vanity Fair and Newsweek of all places have some explainers— tho the latter's article is characteristically far more willing to imply the alleged shooter held leftist ideologies than far-right ones, & of the two only VF's digs into the gaming culture aspect, so I'd say it's definitely the better one

VANITY FAIR
politics hollywood royals style cultture
into the abyss
Groypers, Helldivers 2, Furries: What Do the Messages Left by Charlie Kirk's Alleged Killer Actually Mean?

Headline from Newsweek

‘What Is a ‘Groyper'? What to Know About Nick Fuentes’ Alt Right Movement

Published Sep 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM EDT
Updated Sep 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM EDT

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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 26d

And this has happened *without* a massive sea change of actual popular opinion in favour of these thugs; the elite flip has not been responding to the public, but to social media

Daniel @deargodwhatnow.bsky.social · 26d

It's a tad concerning that columnists who five years ago would've condemned today's marchers as racist thugs, are today implicitly or explicitly supportive

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 26d

Shot, chaser

Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 27d

No seriously media outlets: Get gaming desks, your internet culture desks, & your extremism desks linked up YESTERDAY or you're going to find yourselves missing so much context it'll be fundamentally embarrassing.

Already seen things from NYT, BBC, & AP all failing to elucidate CRUCIAL information.

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jun 14

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump administration any pretext for what they’re already doing and will keep doing no matter what. “Angelenos—don’t engage in violence and give the administration an excuse to inflict all the […]

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · 29d

yeah, strong

Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · 29d

meanwhile on yesterday’s stupid little walk (salt flats) I met this flamingo

flamingo! grey boi, in the water, neck curled back on itself

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · 29d

trying to work out which combination of flags I can fly to signal “fuck this bullshit it’s my country too”

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Leon Scarillaro 👻 @barilleon.com · Sep 2

You are conducting a performance review of Gregg Pendleton, your direct report. The other party is the GenAI-powered software trying to replace you. Also, Gregg died last week.

If you got 5 minutes, I'd love for you to play my free twine game about grief: For Gregg.

barilleon.itch.io/for-gregg

Google Calendar entry that says "For Gregg."
Friday, September 12 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM.
"Do you have a minute to chat about Gregg Pendleton?"

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Sep 3

I can see a swimming pool from here and after I've tech edited the fuck out of these three boss fights I'm getting in it

Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Sep 3

appear to have reached the point in complex book editing where I fire up Touhou Mystia's Izakaya and go to Portugal

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Rowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · Sep 1

LAST 48 HOURS to back Ways & Means! It lurches incrementally closer to reality, second by second! Get it while it's largely theoretical!

Ways and Means: A Heart Sourcebook

The newest hardback sourcebook for the critically acclaimed TTRPG Heart: The City Beneath. MORE CALLINGS! MORE CLASSES! MORE GUNS! MORE MAGIC! MORE DRUGS! MORE ALLIES! MORE ENEMIES! MORE FALLOUTS!…

buff.ly

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Aug 29

sorry I’m now an utterly tedious pedant on this topic

Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Aug 29

can’t apply trade sanctions if the country’s already sanctioned itself

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Aug 29

global trade isn’t exciting, countries only do this when they are in extreme distress

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Aug 29

I did not have “become deeply if narrowly knowledgeable about trade taxes” on my list of “positive things to do during the authoritarian takeover of the USA” but here we are

Rascal News @rascal.news · Aug 29

Trump's latest tariff changes, including the loss of de minimis exemptions, take effect today. Several small press tabletop designers are trying to anticipate the impending chaos.

Tabletop designers rush to prepare for another looming US tariff storm

Another hole in the boat, while everyone frantically bails.

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Aug 29

as a heads up - Lithuania is EU, so the ad valorem rate is 15% now, not 20%. To be fair, depending on when you spoke to Colin it might have been 20% at the time, because everything remains extremely stupid

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Aug 28

can’t fix anything or do anything about anything so here’s some fast-moving weather from the stupid little walk I went on earlier

Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Aug 28

“every hobby becomes logistical minefield” is an elegant summary

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Aug 28

Buying anything from overseas is about to get more expensive, more logistically complicated, slower, and overall more annoying. Film photography community, retro games community, people into skincare already seeing chaos on eBay. eBay sellers locking US buyers out.

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Trump Tariffs Cause Chaos on Ebay as Every Hobby Becomes Logistical Minefield

Buying cameras, retro games, board games, skincare, flashlights, sex toys, watches, and anything else from overseas just became far more complicated, slow, and expensive.

www.404media.co

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