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Queen of the Giraffes 👑🦒 @diyanddragons.bsky.social · 2h

It's interesting to watch him (a professional linguist) gradually abandon all hope of understanding.

The last chapter, where he's just walking through the city, taking it all in, is especially dreamlike, I thought.

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Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 15h

For Peachtober prompt "brush"! :)

#peachtober #art

A digital drawing of little cat characters scattered around the page, most of them doing artist things. There are also lots of flowers, a cup of coffee next to a cup of paint water, and so on.

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ரமணன் @save.vs.totalpartykill.ca · 9h

A nice wilderness stocking table from @ktrey.bsky.social to help you make a good hex crawl.

Wilderness Stocking - Expanded

H ere is the Outdoor Companion for my Dungeon Stocking – Expanded Resource that provides similar Links and Prompts to assist with Overla...

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Just FYI, here are my personal beliefs on the use of large scale violence.

1. Violence tends to be self-replicating, and so should be avoided as much as possible.

All violence has the potential to entrench itself.

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Queen of the Giraffes 👑🦒 @diyanddragons.bsky.social · 8h

"Ancillary Sword" is the second book in Ann Leckie's trilogy. And its able to devote the entire plot to the sort of mission we saw in flashback in "Ancillary Justice". Can Breq succeed where Awn failed? Or will the rich continue to violate the poor with impunity?

💙📚🪐 #bookreview @annleckie.com

Ancillary Sword

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie Orbit 2014 Ancillary Sword is the second book in Ann Leckie's trilogy that started with Ancillary Jus...

lunarflaneur.blogspot.com

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Joshy McBoo! @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 1d

Reminded of the concept of "Speedbumps" in HIS MAJESTY THE WORM today.

I'm a forgetful person by nature, and when I'm GMing there's a lot of spinning plates.

I purposefully put speed bumps into the game so that I could remember to do the "bookkeeping" parts of the game that were important to me.
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Hendrik ten Napel checked into the Genziana Hotel @napel.itch.io · 1d

🔪Welcome to the Genziana Hotel🏔️

Crowdfunding for my gothic horror mystery rpg is live! Investigate the hotel, meet unnerving guests and creepy staff, find dreadful clues, answer horrible questions and discover what happened to Marga, the boyish girl with the wild curls.

The Girls of the Genziana Hotel by Hendrik ten Napel - Gamefound

Play as chambermaids in a 19th century alpine hotel investigating the disappearance of their friend.

gamefound.com

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever I see men complain about the male loneliness crisis or unique emotional/psychological issues faced by men, it’s very clear that they just don’t see women as full people capable of experiencing the exact same emotions they do

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Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · 1d

This morning I drew a test illustration to accompany the rules. But note that it is just a test as I think Daria is still tweaking things.

And I naturally love the character sheets! Remember what I posted about character sheet artist being a good niche to fill in the indy #TTRPG ecosystem. :)

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I. N. J. Culbard @injculbard.bsky.social · 1d

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Jedediah Berry @jedediahberry.bsky.social · 1d

So excited to share the Kickstarter for Wildendrem Volume Two: The Saintly Hollows, my ongoing tabletop RPG collaboration with @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social. We have so much fun writing these, and people seem to like playing them too. #osr #ttrpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...

Wildendrem Volume Two: The Saintly Hollows

Two new books of mythic adventure in a land of wonder and peril, for use on their own or alongside the award-winning Valley of Flowers.

www.kickstarter.com

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Queen of the Giraffes 👑🦒 @diyanddragons.bsky.social · 1d

Me, a genius: "Draculas are the best monsters."

You, a fool: "Dracula was one person. Those types of monsters are called vampires."

Bram Stoker, the author: "Draculas were a great and noble race."

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 1d

"I wrote because I believed in an idea that feels almost silly now: that visibility would lead to acceptance.

That if people just knew the stories of trans people, understood our humanity, they’d stop seeing us as threats or curiosities or political pawns."

@parkermolloy.com

How trans visibility became a trap

People who have documented their lives online are discovering the dark side of digital permanence.

www.theverge.com

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Rowan @dodo-decahedron.bsky.social · 2d

If the best film reviews enhance the audience’s viewing experience, then the best role-playing game reviews should enhance the play experience.

dododecahedron.blog/2025/10/13/r...

Reviews: What Are They Good For?

Four functions of a review—and how most role-playing game reviews fall short (including my own).

dododecahedron.blog

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Queen of the Giraffes 👑🦒 @diyanddragons.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna treat my next headache by taking a couple of The Tylenol That Gives You Autism and drinking a glass of The Lemonade That Kills You.

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Queen of the Giraffes 👑🦒 @diyanddragons.bsky.social · 2d

The creepiest scene in the Ninja Scroll movie!

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 2d

Green peafowl. 🦚
D G Elliot, 1872.

Illustration of peafowl and oeahen on branch.

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Dice Goblin Games @dicegoblin.blog · 3d

And... done! A big update on Sail, Swab, Scurvy, my naval supplement for Cairn and Block, Dodge, Parry - which now includes a full, proper PDF with illustrations and everything, AND a number of fixes and tweaks. Available now!
dicegoblingames.itch.io/sail-swab-sc...

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Joshy McBoo! @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 2d

From the golem of Prague to the "Spirit Movement Machines" that guard the Buddha's relics, I'm super inspired by stories of early automatons.

The Castle Automatic - my upcoming big dungeon for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM - draws inspiration from one of my FAVORITE ancient robots, Talus.

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Animated bronze Greek statue, art by Oozejar

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

“These findings follow previous research which concluded that the more people learn about how AI works, the less they trust it. The opposite was also true — AI’s biggest fanboys tended to be those who understood the least about the tech.”

The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It

A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.

futurism.com

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 4d

Not AI, but a model made by a Japanese company! via spoon-tamago.com/pantograph-i...

Pantograph Imagines Gadgets From A Parallel World

A tube amp wireless router? A binary code typewriter with only a zero and one? A record player that can play 4 records - vocals, guitar, base and drum - at the same time? These are all gadgets that al...

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Queen of the Giraffes 👑🦒 @diyanddragons.bsky.social · 3d

The one time I felt tempted to watch Tron: Legacy, I just rewatched Tron (which I hadn't seen since I was a kid) instead, and it was decent, but also completely satiated my desire to see more.

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 3d

Hello friends. Needed to get some ideas down and break this quarter-long dry spell at the Club.

Empty whining? A manifesto? Maybe both.

The New Novelty

Hello readers. It’s been a while. You may have noticed I haven’t put anything up for a few months. Things are good here, no worries. No medical emergencies, no family or work drama. My kid’s school…

www.indiegamereadingclub.com

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Queen of the Giraffes 👑🦒 @diyanddragons.bsky.social · 3d

Julia Sarda has written a couple books that might work for you, and illustrated several more written by others:

lunarflaneur.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-...

The Queen in the Cave

The Queen in the Cave by Julia Sarda Candlewick Press 2022 After seeing her art in Duckworth, the Difficult Child last year, I've rea...

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 5d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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