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The the United States Department of Energy does not understand renewable energy or how batteries work.
Thank you @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com for mentioning this. Totally didn't know about it, went and looked it up as soon as I saw your post. I think you're right: the TTRPG community seems to prefer its skys blue
*80 percent* drop in mail to the US because Trump is taxing every single small package anyone might want to send someone here
“Hey Jen you have a bunch of eyes on your posts from accidentally discoursing this morning” that’s great, I’m gonna subject them to my Riverdale fan project first thing
Paging Edward Gibbon...
so are we also going to blow up the Sacklers boat or is making drugs available to people only a death penalty offense if you're brown
The "we need to be hard on immigration to win votes" people are not reacting to the "hard facts on the ground" or whatever they're just racist Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
I just added downloadable pregenerated Breaker and Faction sheets! With pregens and a starter Grave Level already in the book, the barrier to play this game is even lower than before!
This one’s a lot of fun! Some great questions from chat in this vod. We got to talk about some stuff we hadn’t really had a chance to in our interviews!
God this thread is exactly the hopeful emotional salve we all need to hear right now and also we need to be taking notes because it’s a great template for how we can successfully fight an ICE invasion when they come to our city.
I'm excited to announce we're launching a new Kickstarter in October!!! Three new MINI-EXPANSIONS for DUNGEON DATE, adding a fifth player Dungeon Diva, exploding Potions, and bodacious Boss Monsters! Follow the link to get notified when we launch! ♥️😀⚔️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ner...
Just over 24 hours left on this, if you wanna die fast for cheap
That's a fair point. I'm admittedly skeptical about most of the non-government ones having an effect, but I also figure it's better to sign than not.
It's really easy to feel like petitions don't do anything, but they can be--at the very minimum--a low barrier-to-entry form of activism that helps others feel like their voice matters enough to move on to other forms of activism. And like, we need more people feeling empowered right now
I get it, we’re all fried living under a global wave of fascism. A petition feels like someone wasting finite effort. However 1. Everything Ana said 2. These petitions take a few seconds to fill out. They’re so little effort, I’ll bet half of their signatures were added while on hold with MC
Futaboros, an adult futa-themed roguelike, has been canceled due to payment processor censorship “I'm announcing the cancellation of the project. […] I'm moving on from adult games too. I can't keep sitting here and hoping things will turn around.” buxomdev.itch.io/futaboros/de...
you’re laughing. graham linehan is showing the court sissy porn, and you’re laughing
We can’t have an accurate conversation about trans identity
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family calls for his resignation www.axios.com/2025/09/05/r...
Maybe I'm weird for thinking this, but I think humans should probably get rights before a glorified autocorrect...
Don’t mind me, I’m just reading my mechsploitation by the Charles river in my tshirt. Seeing which MIT/Harvard bros get mad and watching their bisexual Somerville girlfriends smirk with approval
Quantum Coherence is ready! I had a very good time working on it. Are you ready for a CBR+PNK /Run with Time Loop, Paradoxes and Time Travel? #ttrpg #cyberpunk #timeloop @cabinetofcuriosities.games @mythworks.bsky.social
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested. Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away. House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.” Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests? Read more House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg "Click to view full size")
This is basically what happened to lolisho content at the start, in the sense that PayPal, MasterCard, et al innovated this death-by-debanking policy by first figuring out how to do it via lolisho. Which a lot of us (self included) did not want to defend. But I think that was a strategic error
Oh my god, Trump actually got the NRA to come out to defend trans people owning a gun.
I remember ages ago now, Canada passed a law where importing any artwork that could be construed as underaged art was illegal. Saw someone get their copies of Bleach confiscated at the border. Saw a guy be tried for sex crimes for importing an onahole. Saw doujinshi sellers disappear from cons.
Leftist content creators have deeply failed the current moment because they know they will get attacked by certain fans for ie criticizing SB 20 or defending porn. A lot of people are failing to meet the moment and are risking future credibility
Lots of people asking why isn't my state issuing COVID vaccine executive orders? In most states you can already get vaccines without prescriptions, including: AL, AK, AR, CA, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, ND, NH, NJ, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WY
not sure $1.5b takes too much outta Anthropic's pocket, and I imagine most authors would desire more than $3k per pirated book, but I do think this outcome is a fair warning to all other A.I. firms that knowingly stole copyright books en masse to speed up training: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
Are you trying to tell us you're on Epstein's list without saying you're on Epstein's list...?
I’d like some money, so here’s a 50% off sale: Dying in a dungeon has never been cheaper! itch.io/s/159795/bac...
We are SO CLOSE to $14k 👀 Just about 3-5 more backers will do it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
I think it's an important aspect of rating and reviewing any mecha show to analyse how badly the production crew wanted to fuck the robots
GO BIRDS MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED
Between climate change and this, insurance companies must be thinking of abandoning this state in its entirety.
The “Second Amendment Absolutists” are deafeningly quiet about this. Turns out, it’s only ok when *they* try to take firearms from other people.
But there's so many other ways that this is a fucking nightmare Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
This would be one of the biggest erosions of 2A in our lifetime. I think if this goes through, and isn’t legally challenged, it would actually open a Pandora’s Box around gun ownership through as policed through the executive It’s an attempt to restrict trans Americans’ rights but it could end up
Fall of Magic is an immersive ttrpg made by hand in our workshop 🍂
These may be the stupidest people who have ever lived.
House of Commons paypro censorship petition e-6695 ballooned from just a couple dozen signatures on Wednesday to over 4.4k today. Among petitions open for signature for the Canadian legislative body, it is the 6th most signed Within the 45th Parliament, it's the 13th most signed petition for HoC
Really sharp insight from this piece—it’s worth talking about art, and it’s worth giving people the time and resources they need to do it well.
Shit yeeeeeeah updates.kickstarter.com/introducing-...
TEN MILLION HP PLANET kinda popping off RN thanks to a nice comment on Reddit about it. Def one of the best things we've ever made, huge shout-out to @jnb.art, I kinda think of this as her game cause gd look at it sandypuggames.itch.io/ten-million-...
And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas
this guy. remember this guy just so you can forget him.
Federal court blocks Trump’s use of 1798 law
RIP CBS News
Opposition to RFKJr is ramping up. Joint statement from Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and 21 other organizations 👇
It would be so tight if the worst people on Earth could stop having their wildest dreams come true for one fucking second
Y'all better SPRINT to that backer link. These games are stunning.
Landlord is selling our house with no warning and we have to be out by the end of the month. Making the best of a stressful situation - Shares and reposts appreciated!
THREE different TTRPGs in one crowdfunder from Possible Worlds????? and just LOOK at that list of designers. check this out immediately!!!!
A Case Study in AI Overstatement: Builder.ai https://gizmodo.com/builder-ai-collapses-2000652779
When it comes to any national age verification bills, if you have a Republican representative who spoke soliloquies against OSA but wants to vote for national age verification, remind them what they said today
Welcome back, Steam Machines
Eh, fuck this dude (not literally, he's terrible)
Mythomorphosis is now available in PDF! Explore how mythology changes over generations in this GMless collaborative storytelling game. You can find it on Itch here: gmurphy.itch.io/mythomorphosis
Don't forget to check your email! You'll want to read the September Mecha Newsletter's interviews with designers Spencer Campbell of NOVA and with Alex Connolly, artist on Spectres of Brocken, Salvage Union, Argo-0, and 👀 Rust Never Sleeps. Plus, lots of community releases this month!
Incredibly grateful to @pcgamer.com for sharing about our Games for Palestine charity bundle. Thank you so much for the coverage!! ❤️ www.pcgamer.com/games/you-ca...
A Rascal sister site has launched: @roguesite.bsky.social Former-Polygon writers have gotten together to launch a worker-owned video game journalism outlet (with a little rascally help). If you mourned the loss of one site, celebrate the birth of another, and support the people making it happen.
I feel like in the 1980’s/90’s this would be a major plot point in a Tom Clancy novel, and the operation would be carried out as an off-book, illegal black op, with various characters trying to cover it up lest they face congressional hearings. Now the President just announces it.
🚨 SB 20, COLLECTIVE SHOUT, & ONLINE CENSORSHIP 🚨 🤔 DO RIGHT WING YOUTUBERS UNDERSTAND THESE ISSUES OR NAH? 🤔 👀 AN HONEST AND STRAIGHTFORWARD OVERVIEW 👀 NEWSTUBING IN VRCHAT LIVE NOW, LINK BELOW <3 twitch.tv/acvalens
Hey folks! We're launching our own Kickstarter today in just 30 minutes, but don't let that stop you from checking out this campaign and these three really cool-looking TTRPGs!
There are several options for digital support and VTTs featured at the Ironsworn website, and none of them utilize gen-AI. tomkinpress.com/blogs/news/d... I say this because there is a newish (?) VTT (Quest Portal) that is promoting Ironsworn in their socials, and...
Could not be more excited for these games to be going up on Kickstarter. Every day I’m more glad to be part of this big flurry of upcoming Possible Worlds Games releases.
Signal boosting and reminding everyone to stay on thier ass
The thing that keeps me coming back to the Newsom stuff is that Democrats who object to our saying we'd never vote for him are refusing to treat us as ordinary voters who need to be won over, like any other demographic.
Heavy Hearts dev Dammitbird received the following notice from Steam, noting “your app has failed our review because we're unable to support the Early Access model of development for a game with mature themes” This strikes me as overcompliance and censorious on Steam’s part
Death by a thousand cuts. These censorious paypros and bills in committee will eat away at our ability to provide for ourselves. This is a sure outcome if we give up, but if we keep yelling we give ourselves another possibility
Happy Labor Day.
🧵*8/31/2025 noncooperation thread* A daily thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, defiance, & whatnot by individuals, communities, &/or institutions. LET'S GOOOOOOOO 💪 * Know how I know we're going to win? Because among us are people like Youman Wilder
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business
Thread! #NoHumanIsIlliegal #LandBack
Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride? www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Okay, what the FLYING FUCK!? @peterclines.bsky.social, @chuckwendig.bsky.social, @scalzi.com, any chance of you re-skeeting this? It'll get to a LOT more people that way, and I believe it NEEDS to get to a lot more!
The thing about homelessness is that there are more empty homes than there are homeless people. This is a policy choice. Every single one of these is a policy choice.
take a look at what these clearings accomplish. they take dentures from people who cannot replace them. they took a woman’s husband’s cremains and urn. identity documents and family history. if you support any of this, no matter how central “NO MAGA” is to your sense of self, you are a monster.
The fact that New Hampshire didn't included themselves in this list is the reason I'm never going to move there.
The thing about accepting Newsom's depravity against trans people or the homeless on the grounds of "Yeah, that's bad, but we have to beat Trump or it'll be worse." is that by accepting it, you mark it as acceptable, both within your mind and in the larger world around you.
I’m so grateful that I have tenure and the academic freedom to call it like I see it. “Dr. Kathleen Bachynski, a professor of public health at Muhlenberg College, described Kennedy’s comments as “absolute gibberish” and slammed the HHS secretary as a “dangerous buffoon” who is “threatening us all.”
this survey took less than two minutes yes, it's inane. do it anyway
Being shitty about/to unhoused people is such a hardline dealbreaker. It means you’re nakedly motivated by your disgust for a group of people in your community and not at all curious about the material conditions that got them there.
Call your Senators and let’s get this motherfucker impeached www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...
Remember folks who do NSFW art commissions and are unfortunately beholden to Paypal: List your artwork as 'digital goods' or 'digital commission' in your invoices. They don't gotta know shit. Ain't their business. Mailman doesn't ask what you got sent in the mail, neither should Paypal.
this isn't often how i approach things but i need to be candid that if you've ever thought "oh shit i want them to bully me" when one of my selfies is on your dash (i see you.) then i believe i play a villain in this episode that will do things for you
Heya! Any help you can send my friend is greatly appreciated.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
someone should put together a "kennedy death count" for everyone who dies of a preventable disease and just plaster it everywhere www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
NEW ARRIVAL: Exquisite Biome is a game of speculative biology. Create an ecosystem, populate it with strange and wondrous animals, and see how they interact with one another. Works as a solo game or use it to generate creatures for other games 👇 tabletopbookshelf.com/products/exq...
tl;dr: if you work at a newsroom with funding and investigative resources PLEASE get on this, there is a massive story in here showing the inside workings of teenchallenge in paper record.
🏳️⚧️ Violet? 🔞 