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Conriocht @herewolf.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #WerewolfWedneaday! Here's some photos from my facepaint practice for the Harvest Super Moon earlier this week

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 7d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Shawn Mostly Quotes @smq.codes · 5d

Further upside-downness has ensued.

A tabby cat, now laying mostly on her back, paws in the air and white belly to the sky

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 5d

That fucker.

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 5d

eep! <3

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John Bultena🧙‍♂️🔮 Professor of TTRPGs @onlyplaywizards.com · 5d

That time of the semester where my students in the #TTRPG course @ucmerced.bsky.social do their presentations on a game, individual, or company involved in the creation/advocacy/support of #RPG
(this @voiceofobrien.bsky.social gif is the vibe I need)

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 7d

Julkisessa esitutkintamatskussa epäilty mainitsee useamman kerran pelaamisesta tietokoneella mutta peleistä itsestään droppaa vain "tankkipelin". Käytin hakuja "peli" ja "pela", jolla arvelisin löytyvän olennaiset.

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 7d

Mikä tahansa Legend of Zelda?

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 7d

I have done terrible things for an aged Camembert.

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Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social · 7d

Roll with Advantage: Creative, Collaborative, and Critical Responses to Dungeons & Dragons (Play Story Press 2025) edited by Suzanne Richardson & Edmond Y. Chang: playstorypress.org/books/roll-w... - in print or open access PDF! #analoggamestudies #creativewriting #dungeonsanddragons #dnd

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 7d

I've understood it to be about avoiding censorship algorithms.

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 8d

This is very nifty.

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 10d

Manifestos are good for you.

jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · Sep 8

good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...

The Expressionist Games Manifesto

“Work! Intoxication! Brain-racking! Chewing, eating, gorging, rooting up! Rapturous birth pangs! Jabbing of the brush, preferably right…

possumcreek.medium.com

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah, most people do, I agree. I just think of the worst players I've had at cons or game stores. Daggerheart feels vulnerable to shithousery.

It is definitely a game I would run a home campaign with, though.

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 12d

Worked fine for me, but it does require the group is on the same wavelength. Wouldn't run it for randos.

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✨ Siobhan Chiffon 🍰 @siobhanchiffon.bsky.social · 12d

The beast that awakens me every morning at 3am

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Aasa T 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social · 13d

We are go! #warhammerconference #gamestudies #nerdlings

Home – Warhammer Conference

Hello and welcome to Warhammer Conference – the world's first academic conference dedicated to all things Warhammer!

warhammer-conference.com

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 14d

As a kid who grew up reading Peter Benchley's The Beast, I've got to say...

WHOA.

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Robin D. Laws @robindlaws.bsky.social · 14d

She's by the book and new to the force. He's a cynical veteran hungry for justice. Together they're... FINNY AND BITES. Premiering in October on NBC.

Kafkaesque @kafkaesque2024.bsky.social · 14d

"Everything's A-OK" = the aquatic version of the "Everything's fine" meme.

This adorable, perfectly timed photo of a fish hiding in the mouth of a bigger predator (from which he'd later escape) won Gabe Jensen 1st Place, Underwater category, 2024 CUPOTY. #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin #Wildlife

🐠 A Perfectly Timed Shot.. "Everything’s A-OK!" 😅

This jaw-dropping shot shows a narrow faced fish peeking out from the gaping, open mouth of either a other fish or a bivalve, creating an almost comical yet surreal moment. A masterpiece of timing and perspective!

While many fish cleverly use giant clams and shells as shelter to evade predatirs, it's the first time I've seen a fish hide inside the jaws of a bigger predator!

📸 Gabriel Jensen

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 14d

Tää oli Vesa Karjalaisen ja Jaakko Mäntyjärven. Joona Vainio suomensi Cyberpunk 2020:n sekä Twilight: 2000:n, jälkimmäisen yhdessä Janne Kempin kanssa.

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Jaakko Stenros @jaakkostenros.bsky.social · 15d

This is exciting, and I'll almost certainly get this, but at the same time: Just how many histories of D&D do we need? I think I have seven or eight on my shelf at the moment and I know I'm missing several.

Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 16d

Today we are proud to announce our next crowdfunding campaign. Award-winning historian @shannonappelcline.bsky.social examines the roots, artwork, and lore behind each and every product released by TSR for OD&D, AD&D 1e, and Basic D&D with his latest effort, Designers & Dragons: Origins.
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Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins

From Evil Hat - Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins

www.backerkit.com

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 15d

Those product histories were pretty relevant to my masters thesis, as well as a couple of papers I'm working on.

That said, it is kinda weird there's about a dozen histories of D&D and for, say, WoD there's just White Wolf's entry in Designers & Dragons.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 20d

That sound you hear is universities willingly flushing their reputations down the toilet

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 20d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 16d

Okies, resubscribing.

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 16d

Making noise works. Companies need to know: Go fash, lose cash.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/e...

Jimmy Kimmel’s show to return on Tuesday | CNN

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to air on ABC on Tuesday night, the network announced in a statement.

www.cnn.com

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Jukka Särkijärvi @nitessine.bsky.social · 17d

I was about ten years outside the target audience when the first one came out and I only know about them because of a Geek Culture Quiz question a several years ago. That we botched, I'm pretty sure.