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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 3h

Thrilled to chat with @manruss.bsky.social at his signing at Crossover Comics and surprise him with a nicely intact Prez promo bumper sticker from the original run.

We need to be like Prez more than ever!

Promo bumper sticker for the 2015 Prez comic series. Features a white-haired teen girl in an orange vest throwing up the Nixon fingers on the right. On the left, the slogan: Vote Prez to Clean Up this Mezz.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 13h

Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. [kottke.org]

The Space Exploration Logo Archive

Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. There is also a book, but it looks like it was only

kottke.org

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 1d

Amy Milan in Montreal!

Close-up of an Amy Milan concert t-shirt by with her face printed in gold

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Birthday!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

on.wsj.com

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 1d

A groovy neighborhood mural!

A 3-storey mural of a parrot wearing sunglasses with the Olympic Stadium reflected in the lenses and standing next to a boom box

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 3d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 2d

Movie night

Title screen for LILITH FAIR: Building a Mystery

Five women laughing and taking bows on stage at Lilith Fair. Sarah Bernhard, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, and Sarah McLachlan

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 2d

Get. Out.

a man in a suit and hat is standing with his hands in his pockets in a black and white photo .

ALT: a man in a suit and hat is standing with his hands in his pockets in a black and white photo .

media.tenor.com

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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 2d

Owlcat Games unveils free educational resource hub for game industry professionals

Owlcat Games wants to help developers thrive in the video game industry.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 2d

“The smartest design move isn’t chasing trends, it’s planting the tree and letting time do the work,” writes Dave Snyder. “Trees don’t pay off tomorrow. They pay off in a decade. They compound quietly, making everything around them better…” [designobserver.com]

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 2d

SPINE has been released on itch! You can download your PDF or a printable booklet today to start playing!

I'm keeping it FREE through the end of October.

backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 16d

SPINE is a solo tabletop RPG that looks like a book. It is your anchor to the fictional world, a prop, and a work of art — a keepsake — that you co-create, all in one.

In SPINE, you quite literally embody a researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.

Embody the researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 3d

I love the cat-and-mouse game of LinkedIn folks anonymizing the titles and companies of folks viewing your profile.

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 3d

Feel this in my bones...

Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 3d

I described that despite popular belief, the reality of being a Lead Writer isn't as much "does most of the writing" as it is "Big Spreadsheet ™️" and lemme tell ya I am feeling Big Spreadsheet this morning

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 3d

Post you from a different era

Black and white photo of a short-haired, beardless, under-40, freshly divorced Steve

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Torqolbo! @torq.bsky.social · 3d

The 'That's Bait' meme from Mad Max Fury Road, featuring Tom Hardy pointing upwards and warning others of a trap. Here, though, it says 'That's A Gail Simone Post'

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 3d

Uh-oh. Left my water bottle in yesterday's Communauto rental.

Better than losing a pair of prescription sunglasses, though!

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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Today we celebrate the heritage, beauty, and perseverance of hundreds of cultures and nations across North America that have thrived and endured here for thousands of years, and will be around for thousands more.
If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs

A display of Coyote & Crow, the roleplaying game, Wolves, the cooperative board game, Naasii, the Coyote & Crow Dice Game, and a set of custom dice for the RPG. All created by Cherokee Nation citizen, Kenna Alexander.

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 3d

it's crazy how true that is!

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 3d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Indigenous People's Day

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 3d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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🔪🏳️‍⚧AAHHH!miel🏳️‍⚧️🔪 @thesandlord.bsky.social · 4d

dont gimme them big ol eyes!!! #lupiniii #lupjig

a drawing of lupin and jigen sitting on crates, their legs entwined as jigen glares at lupin, who is sporting a black eye. their suits (and faces) are all beat up. lupin has a lit cigarette dangling over jigens shoulder.

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 3d

When it was clear that Warriors of Waterdeep was going sunset, all promotion stopped. I had hoped for a final season of the Actual Play, but it wasn't meant to be.

I saw some of the community-building learnings be applied to other games in the roster, and had a bunch of ideas for the next time!

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 3d

The long-term benefits of the exchanges didn't translate into the short-term blips needed to unlock marketing spending.

"We can buy IG ads and see the results immediately!" was the constant argument. But those new players never stayed.

Ah well.

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Stephen Wark @chirographum.bsky.social · 3d

I was only able to offer the link exchange and no money. The classic "for exposure."

I'm not sure the technical hassle was worth it, especially if the codes didn't work and people who were purely interested in finding gift links were being obnoxious in chat.

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