Nathaniel Hicklin
@nghicklin.bsky.social
Author. Game Designer. He/him. Autistic as F***. Ko-fi.com/nathanielhicklin
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
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Minneapolis has FIFTY YEARS of inclusive laws protecting trans people, allowing them to self-identify, and ZERO cases of trans people attacking women in the bathroom. ZERO. Over FIFTY YEARS.
The narrative is that trans people will harm and harass people in the bathroom, but it almost always is actually like this case where the aggressor is the transphobe confronting the trans person. It's ridiculous. They want to kick "undesirables" out from public life entirely, if they could.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Minneapolis has FIFTY YEARS of inclusive laws protecting trans people, allowing them to self-identify, and ZERO cases of trans people attacking women in the bathroom. ZERO. Over FIFTY YEARS.
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a wealth tax is a winning issue.
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
a wealth tax is a winning issue.
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Happy Hogswatch!
December 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Happy Hogswatch!
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This is an impeachment offense, and if our press were worth half of a quarter of a shit, it would be all over every single channel, kind of like Joe Biden being a bit slow with a name now and then.
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This is an impeachment offense, and if our press were worth half of a quarter of a shit, it would be all over every single channel, kind of like Joe Biden being a bit slow with a name now and then.
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#rpghottake
If your campaign uses milestone leveling, where characters advance when the story does, then each player should make a little road map for their character's planned arc, and the points on that graph should be milestones as well.
Characters should always be more important than plot.
If your campaign uses milestone leveling, where characters advance when the story does, then each player should make a little road map for their character's planned arc, and the points on that graph should be milestones as well.
Characters should always be more important than plot.
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
#rpghottake
If your campaign uses milestone leveling, where characters advance when the story does, then each player should make a little road map for their character's planned arc, and the points on that graph should be milestones as well.
Characters should always be more important than plot.
If your campaign uses milestone leveling, where characters advance when the story does, then each player should make a little road map for their character's planned arc, and the points on that graph should be milestones as well.
Characters should always be more important than plot.
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“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
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America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Lots of people know about dnd. Lots of people know where to go for dnd. Maybe a lot of people prefer other systems, but if the group can't agree, they'll probably all be willing to settle on dnd.
DnD is the Applebee's of #rpg systems.
DnD is the Applebee's of #rpg systems.
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Lots of people know about dnd. Lots of people know where to go for dnd. Maybe a lot of people prefer other systems, but if the group can't agree, they'll probably all be willing to settle on dnd.
DnD is the Applebee's of #rpg systems.
DnD is the Applebee's of #rpg systems.
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The worst thing AI has done to culture in just a couple years is not that people think AI generated things are real, but that they now think real things are AI generated
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The worst thing AI has done to culture in just a couple years is not that people think AI generated things are real, but that they now think real things are AI generated
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
When you work mall retail in November and you ask a customer a real stumper, like "do you want a bag" or "will that be cash"
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
When you work mall retail in November and you ask a customer a real stumper, like "do you want a bag" or "will that be cash"
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If I had my druthers, every high school would teach a mandatory reading comprehension and semantics COURSE, not have it just a bit of English class
Also symbolic logic
But our schools want the opposite of empowering kids to understand things, so
Also symbolic logic
But our schools want the opposite of empowering kids to understand things, so
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If I had my druthers, every high school would teach a mandatory reading comprehension and semantics COURSE, not have it just a bit of English class
Also symbolic logic
But our schools want the opposite of empowering kids to understand things, so
Also symbolic logic
But our schools want the opposite of empowering kids to understand things, so
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
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It’s notable that two of the leading tech industries in America are just companies that buy GPUs and burn them out for a *chance* at money.
Neither produce a product with tangible value.
Both are causing spikes in energy prices.
Both have the ear of the president.
Neither produce a product with tangible value.
Both are causing spikes in energy prices.
Both have the ear of the president.
From @candicebernd.bsky.social in our magazine: A Texas Observer analysis found since 2021, at least 60 cryptomines have been developed or are under construction in at least 33 counties statewide. Experts worry our grid, and water supply, can't handle the load.
Crypto's Cryptic Texas Takeover
State regulators don't want you to know about the 60-plus Bitcoin mines guzzling public water and electricity—even though consumers are already paying the price.
www.texasobserver.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It’s notable that two of the leading tech industries in America are just companies that buy GPUs and burn them out for a *chance* at money.
Neither produce a product with tangible value.
Both are causing spikes in energy prices.
Both have the ear of the president.
Neither produce a product with tangible value.
Both are causing spikes in energy prices.
Both have the ear of the president.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
c.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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"We have to agree to cancel midterm elections because people need paychecks."
"We have to agree to the camps because people don't have paychecks."
And if that's where we are, the political process is already a lost battle.
That's why Democrats caving is bad.
"We have to agree to the camps because people don't have paychecks."
And if that's where we are, the political process is already a lost battle.
That's why Democrats caving is bad.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"We have to agree to cancel midterm elections because people need paychecks."
"We have to agree to the camps because people don't have paychecks."
And if that's where we are, the political process is already a lost battle.
That's why Democrats caving is bad.
"We have to agree to the camps because people don't have paychecks."
And if that's where we are, the political process is already a lost battle.
That's why Democrats caving is bad.
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?