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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst

@2ndlevelbard.bsky.social

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Editor/instructional designer by day, funny dice enthusiast after hours. Sometime DMs Guild author, forever DM. Horror fan. Gourmand. Salty descriptivist. GenX, bi, enby, polyam. He/him, more or less. Here for elfgames, horror, & occasional leftism.

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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · Jan 6

If you've ever been tempted to buy something I've made, now is a great time! I'm following up this post with a bunch of links where you can do that.

Feel free to share!

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 15d

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.

The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Please spread the word! 🍗

ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...

After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung

After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...

ivacheung.com

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 14h

Hey, I know everything’s tight, but Rob was a great advocate for our #ttrpg community, a fine game writer himself, and has sadly left his family behind in the capitalist hellscape. I’ve given a bit and ask you to consider it if you can.

gofund.me/4b2b51738

Donate to Family of Robert Wieland, organized by Vickie ONeill

Friends of Robert Wieland have requested that we set up goFundMe page for the benefit of his f… Vickie ONeill needs your support for Family of Robert Wieland

gofund.me

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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 14h

Part of me wonders if both this attitude and its opposite come from the same place. I'm fond of teachers in general, but let's not pretend there are no bad ones out there.

👻 kurivaim 𓃠 @kuriva.im · 17h

The funny thing is how there are also people who look at movies as solvable puzzles, for which there is a correct answer (e.g., "xyz is a metaphor for death"), and seemingly forget to enjoy the movie as entertaining in its own right

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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 20h

I've met people - smart people! - for whom *any* analysis of deeper meaning, looking at metaphors, parallels, symbolism, ruins their entertainment. They'll use that exact word: "That would ruin it for me."

I don't know why this is (though I have theories), but it's absolutely a thing.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 1d

Or - let me make an effort to describe this in the least derogatory way possible:

There are folks for whom TV shows are fundamentally the same as a nice view from a scenic overlook.

"That's a pretty thing to look at." They don't need to be fascinated by the geology, or also be birdwatching, etc.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 5d

All of this to say, please let the paperwork and infrastructure nerds do their thing right now, and please understand that overhauling a system doesn't happen in a week

If we're gonna do it, let's do it right, please.

We need more than punching nazis to get out of this

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 6d

Don't wanna keep yelling, but really need a hand. The hurt shoulder is killing me on copays and transport costs. 375 in the hole. Every boost and tip matters! 🙏💖

Tips:
ko-fi.com/revcasey/g...
https://paypal.me/tpipc
(credit/debit): https://bit.ly/payrev

#TTRPG games:
www.drivethrurpg.com...

Support Rev Casey ❤️

Become a supporter of Rev Casey today!

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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 6d

Such a delight to hear the @dungeondudes.bsky.social and @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social heaping (much deserved!) praise on @mikerunderwood.bsky.social on this week's Eldritch Lorecast. And now I'm REALLY psyched for the Daggerheart version of Drakkenheim.

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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 7d

Me getting a very sweet snuggle from my cat Pepper

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 12d

Writers and artists of all sorts: if you're interested, post a link to your stuff! And if you'd like, let us know a bit about your work.

Everyone: let's spread the word and check out these creations and support some creators.

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 13d

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 13d

I can’t begin to tell you how damaging “the world isn’t fair, get used to it” line has been to every child’s psyche growing up and therefore has led to a world that stays unfair. If we teach children to get used to an unfair world, we are destroying the possibility of a better world.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 20d

Without further ado, here is the trailer for Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.

Against all odds, it will air in select theatres on October 2nd, along with the theatrical debut of Sex House.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow.

And, yes, this is real.

The Onion @theonion.com · 20d

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person. Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is in select theaters October 2.

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Rob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social · 20d

Designing a game puts you in a weird space where you have one foot in the emotional and creative space of the fiction author, and another foot in the clinical, explanatory space of the technical writer.

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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 20d

If you see this, post a concert pic you took (if you feel like it)

The Bevis Frond, Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia PA, March 1 2025

Nick Saloman and the version of the Bevis Frond that toured the US in winter/spring 2025, photographed from the upper balcony at Johnny Brenda's bathed in purple light

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 22d

A monster is a warning, a monster is an omen. An image of the future. The old world is dying and the new world is being born; now is the time of monsters. Monster pride, y'all.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 22d

i found the cure for autism it's called minding your fucking business

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 22d

I know this is a radical position that will probably enrage people

But hear me out:

What if this thing we call autism is just the way some peoples’ brains work

Not an illness. Not a brain injury. Not a defect.

Some. Peoples’. Brains. Are. Different.

And they don’t need to be fixed

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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 22d

In honor of the upcoming big event this week. I'm in the Book and I'll be learning how to fly.

youtu.be/rRrSTBJDFYk

POLARIS - Waiting for October

YouTube video by Mark Mulcahy

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Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 22d

Dear eugenicists: There have always been autistic people. There will always be autistic people. Autism is not polio. It is not a disease to be eliminated. The world is so much better and more interesting with the spectrum of neurodiversity than it would be without it.

We're not going anywhere.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23d

As @dandrezner.bsky.social notes, we must highlight where Trump's authoritarianism is failing, too.

"Civil resistance works. Combined with the inevitable economic downturn, it is what will bring his regime crashing down to Earth."

(cites my piece on this)
danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-weakne...

The Weakness and Incompetence of American Authoritarianism

And why it needs to be continually highlighted.

danieldrezner.substack.com

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 22d

Just in case the Rapture doesn't happen tomorrow, why not release the Epstein Files

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Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 23d

It's officially fall, which means you're now legally required to purchase THE WHOLE SHEBANG (every horror/Weird fiction ebook and digital zine we've published as of August 2025) for yourself and your morbid friend/family member. #booksky
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...

The Whole Shebang. Every Cursed Morsels ebook and digital zine (as of August 2025) for $20!

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 22d

the Autism Announcement is that all the coolest people you know are fucking autistic, suck it up, allistics

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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 28d

I also disagree with this. I feel much more mental load starting a novel than a short story collection. I'll often devour several collections in shorter time than it takes me to read a novel. A novel is a *commitment*. Short stories don't have that stress attached.

Paimon Strantzas @strantzas.bsky.social · Sep 10

There’s a heavy mental load buying a book of ten short stories, much heavier than buying a novel where there’s only one story. And the more books of stories you write, the more daunting that mental load becomes. (7/9)

Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 28d

This is a very strange sentiment coming from a writer about whose work I've long felt "Yes, please keep putting out new collections, I want to read them all"

This isn't the way it works when you love someone's art.

Paimon Strantzas @strantzas.bsky.social · Sep 10

I wonder if it wouldn’t be better to only publish 2 or 3 short story collections at most over a career. Once you get past 5, who really wants to keep reading them? Isn’t around fifty short stories enough to get the gist of what a writer’s all about? With 2 or 3, you leave them wanting more. (8/9)

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