Aras Sivad (she/her)
@arassivad.bsky.social
Independent Artist, tabletop game enthusiast, witchy mama, and rainbow fae.
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Thank you to everyone who has contributed, we are now 93% to our next goal of $4500!
Thank you!
Thank you!
This helps pay off one of our medical major medical debts & give some breathing room!
If you have the funds, please consider! Still have rent & bills
www.gofundme.com/f/disabled-v...
Thank you!
Thank you!
This helps pay off one of our medical major medical debts & give some breathing room!
If you have the funds, please consider! Still have rent & bills
www.gofundme.com/f/disabled-v...
Donate to Disabled Vet & Family Need Help After Job Loss, organized by Prakash Upadhyayula
My name is Prakash (aka KP), and I am a disabled veteran doing my b… Prakash Upadhyayula needs your support for Disabled Vet & Family Need Help After Job Loss
www.gofundme.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Thank you to everyone who has contributed, we are now 93% to our next goal of $4500!
Thank you!
Thank you!
This helps pay off one of our medical major medical debts & give some breathing room!
If you have the funds, please consider! Still have rent & bills
www.gofundme.com/f/disabled-v...
Thank you!
Thank you!
This helps pay off one of our medical major medical debts & give some breathing room!
If you have the funds, please consider! Still have rent & bills
www.gofundme.com/f/disabled-v...
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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Did you know I run a virtual and IRL Stationery Club? We've got nearly 1000 members on discord and regularly host meetups both virtually and IRL!
It's a pretty chill place to connect with those who love all things stationery. We'd love to welcome you!
discord.gg/CozyStationeryClub
It's a pretty chill place to connect with those who love all things stationery. We'd love to welcome you!
discord.gg/CozyStationeryClub
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Did you know I run a virtual and IRL Stationery Club? We've got nearly 1000 members on discord and regularly host meetups both virtually and IRL!
It's a pretty chill place to connect with those who love all things stationery. We'd love to welcome you!
discord.gg/CozyStationeryClub
It's a pretty chill place to connect with those who love all things stationery. We'd love to welcome you!
discord.gg/CozyStationeryClub
My husband lives in a movie, I swear.
There’s always 6” of snow. It is GLORIOUS!!! Shop is hopping! Come out if you dare and support a great local business!
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My husband lives in a movie, I swear.
The wildest thing about this ring in particular is that it's made of a single stone. Sapphire isn't easy to carve, either. They got a hole THROUGH the stone without breaking it AND THEN carved one side with a spectacular portrait!! I'm not even touching on the gold liner.
This was 2k years ago.
This was 2k years ago.
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The wildest thing about this ring in particular is that it's made of a single stone. Sapphire isn't easy to carve, either. They got a hole THROUGH the stone without breaking it AND THEN carved one side with a spectacular portrait!! I'm not even touching on the gold liner.
This was 2k years ago.
This was 2k years ago.
I love playing games with people in Eastern Time because I don't have to wait as long in my day to play. 🤣
November 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I love playing games with people in Eastern Time because I don't have to wait as long in my day to play. 🤣
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This weekend is last call for Fall café specials! As of Monday, we'll have a new lineup.
Specials menu through 11/30:
🥧 Punkin Pie Rooibos Ginger Beer
🍋 Cold Care Cocktail (n/a)
🍫 Mexican Mulled Cacao
Specials menu through 11/30:
🥧 Punkin Pie Rooibos Ginger Beer
🍋 Cold Care Cocktail (n/a)
🍫 Mexican Mulled Cacao
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This weekend is last call for Fall café specials! As of Monday, we'll have a new lineup.
Specials menu through 11/30:
🥧 Punkin Pie Rooibos Ginger Beer
🍋 Cold Care Cocktail (n/a)
🍫 Mexican Mulled Cacao
Specials menu through 11/30:
🥧 Punkin Pie Rooibos Ginger Beer
🍋 Cold Care Cocktail (n/a)
🍫 Mexican Mulled Cacao
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if you want to support my friends woman-owned bookstore that sells mostly books by women on small business Saturday we’d be real grateful bc the blizzard is going to kill foot traffic!
you can find Pop Fiction Bookstore (of Omaha) on Libro.FM for audio and bookshop.org for ebook/paper (it ships)
you can find Pop Fiction Bookstore (of Omaha) on Libro.FM for audio and bookshop.org for ebook/paper (it ships)
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
bookshop.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
if you want to support my friends woman-owned bookstore that sells mostly books by women on small business Saturday we’d be real grateful bc the blizzard is going to kill foot traffic!
you can find Pop Fiction Bookstore (of Omaha) on Libro.FM for audio and bookshop.org for ebook/paper (it ships)
you can find Pop Fiction Bookstore (of Omaha) on Libro.FM for audio and bookshop.org for ebook/paper (it ships)
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Looking to spread a little artisan geekery this holiday season?
Pick up a mystery bag of TTRPG maps
and maybe a t-shirt or two
and stickers for the stocking?
Much festive
very holly jolly
What better way to spend Small Business Saturday than supporting indie makers without leaving the house!
Pick up a mystery bag of TTRPG maps
and maybe a t-shirt or two
and stickers for the stocking?
Much festive
very holly jolly
What better way to spend Small Business Saturday than supporting indie makers without leaving the house!
✨MYSTERY BAGS ARE BACK ✨
Treat yourself or someone you love to some artisan geekery!
Choose a pack of 4 or 8 randomly selected, hand-printed cloth #TTRPG maps from our vault
PLUS, you'll get a 20% discount on tees, stickers, and everything else in your cart!
www.printinkling.com/product/Fold...
Treat yourself or someone you love to some artisan geekery!
Choose a pack of 4 or 8 randomly selected, hand-printed cloth #TTRPG maps from our vault
PLUS, you'll get a 20% discount on tees, stickers, and everything else in your cart!
www.printinkling.com/product/Fold...
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Looking to spread a little artisan geekery this holiday season?
Pick up a mystery bag of TTRPG maps
and maybe a t-shirt or two
and stickers for the stocking?
Much festive
very holly jolly
What better way to spend Small Business Saturday than supporting indie makers without leaving the house!
Pick up a mystery bag of TTRPG maps
and maybe a t-shirt or two
and stickers for the stocking?
Much festive
very holly jolly
What better way to spend Small Business Saturday than supporting indie makers without leaving the house!
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In light of Creator Day I wanna say if you can’t buy games even on sale there’s a great way to show appreciation to game designers and that’s leaving a nice comment/good review, which you can do directly on itch on the creator’s game pages!!
It’s Creator Day on itch today!! 100% of sales go to us creators!! It’s also a big day for sales so this weekend you can get my games 60% off OR as a bundle for $39.98 🩵
itch.io/s/170770/cre...
itch.io/s/170770/cre...
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
In light of Creator Day I wanna say if you can’t buy games even on sale there’s a great way to show appreciation to game designers and that’s leaving a nice comment/good review, which you can do directly on itch on the creator’s game pages!!
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Today's a great day to grab some games and support your local Kienna!
The whole catalogue is at kiennas.itch.io, but I'll point your way to Blood On My Name, my love letter to John Wick in the form of a solo journaling game
kiennas.itch.io/blood-on-my-...
The whole catalogue is at kiennas.itch.io, but I'll point your way to Blood On My Name, my love letter to John Wick in the form of a solo journaling game
kiennas.itch.io/blood-on-my-...
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Today's a great day to grab some games and support your local Kienna!
The whole catalogue is at kiennas.itch.io, but I'll point your way to Blood On My Name, my love letter to John Wick in the form of a solo journaling game
kiennas.itch.io/blood-on-my-...
The whole catalogue is at kiennas.itch.io, but I'll point your way to Blood On My Name, my love letter to John Wick in the form of a solo journaling game
kiennas.itch.io/blood-on-my-...
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Please help me raise money to go to Atlanta, I need to be at the trial for the murder of my brother
Or if you wanna help in more direct ways, here is also good ko-fi.com/dare2dream
Buy Dare Hickman a Coffee
Become a supporter of Dare Hickman today!
ko-fi.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Please help me raise money to go to Atlanta, I need to be at the trial for the murder of my brother
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Creativity is a process.
It's. A. PROCESS.
If you don't love the process, that's okay. However, you can't skip that and still call it creativity or art.
There's no debate here. No dissembling. The end result—the product—of creativity isn't the defining characteristic.
Period.
It's. A. PROCESS.
If you don't love the process, that's okay. However, you can't skip that and still call it creativity or art.
There's no debate here. No dissembling. The end result—the product—of creativity isn't the defining characteristic.
Period.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Creativity is a process.
It's. A. PROCESS.
If you don't love the process, that's okay. However, you can't skip that and still call it creativity or art.
There's no debate here. No dissembling. The end result—the product—of creativity isn't the defining characteristic.
Period.
It's. A. PROCESS.
If you don't love the process, that's okay. However, you can't skip that and still call it creativity or art.
There's no debate here. No dissembling. The end result—the product—of creativity isn't the defining characteristic.
Period.
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It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) | NIWRC
www.niwrc.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Screw turkey, duck is where it's at.
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Screw turkey, duck is where it's at.
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🔴Live now! twitch.tv/mentallamia
It is time to check out the demo of Greenhearth Necromancer!
We will be demoing the game thanks to @silverstringmedia.bsky.social.
Then Starting Sanatorium thanks to @shorelinegames.bsky.social
It is time to check out the demo of Greenhearth Necromancer!
We will be demoing the game thanks to @silverstringmedia.bsky.social.
Then Starting Sanatorium thanks to @shorelinegames.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🔴Live now! twitch.tv/mentallamia
It is time to check out the demo of Greenhearth Necromancer!
We will be demoing the game thanks to @silverstringmedia.bsky.social.
Then Starting Sanatorium thanks to @shorelinegames.bsky.social
It is time to check out the demo of Greenhearth Necromancer!
We will be demoing the game thanks to @silverstringmedia.bsky.social.
Then Starting Sanatorium thanks to @shorelinegames.bsky.social
Why have cake if not to eat???
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Why have cake if not to eat???
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Heres the first video, going over the basics!! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr2xFRD3/
I’ve never really made my own original ‘content’ here besides like, character/TTRPG stuff, but after #PAXU this weekend, I had an inspiring convo with Anjali Bhimani where she encouraged me to just ST...
TikTok video by Nala J. Wu 🩸✨
www.tiktok.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Heres the first video, going over the basics!! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr2xFRD3/
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A friendly reminder that I have some fantastic jewelry for sale, if you're looking for a lovely gift for someone this holiday season! Thread starts here with pictures of everything - there might be one or two things already sold so please email at [email protected] if anything interests you!
First, a few pendants (plus one set), all in copper! I love working in copper because I think it oxidizes quite appealingly. It also has some antimicrobial properties! The leaf is $35, the spider set is $50, and that beautiful rattlesnake is $75
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A friendly reminder that I have some fantastic jewelry for sale, if you're looking for a lovely gift for someone this holiday season! Thread starts here with pictures of everything - there might be one or two things already sold so please email at [email protected] if anything interests you!
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All of my products on itch will be participating in these events, including both Spoken Magic *and* Spoken Legends!
🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
All of my products on itch will be participating in these events, including both Spoken Magic *and* Spoken Legends!
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🔴 Live Now: twitch.tv/mentallamia
I am back from PAX Unplugged. Let's Chat and Co-Work.
Maybe game if I get sick of work.
Join Me!
I am back from PAX Unplugged. Let's Chat and Co-Work.
Maybe game if I get sick of work.
Join Me!
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🔴 Live Now: twitch.tv/mentallamia
I am back from PAX Unplugged. Let's Chat and Co-Work.
Maybe game if I get sick of work.
Join Me!
I am back from PAX Unplugged. Let's Chat and Co-Work.
Maybe game if I get sick of work.
Join Me!
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Newer people in the TTRPG space:
What do y’all think so far?
I’d love to hear thoughts about the community. How are you feeling?
What do y’all think so far?
I’d love to hear thoughts about the community. How are you feeling?
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Newer people in the TTRPG space:
What do y’all think so far?
I’d love to hear thoughts about the community. How are you feeling?
What do y’all think so far?
I’d love to hear thoughts about the community. How are you feeling?
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SO LATE But LOOK!
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
SO LATE But LOOK!
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
A Super Rare Lamia Stream Schedule has appeared.
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why were so many of yall not wearing masks at pax ???
I’m only now seeing photos and stuff (and also I saw yall in person too lol)
Accessibility matters!! And also Not Getting Sick before a huge travel weekend (Thanksgiving) is pretty cool too 🤪
I’m only now seeing photos and stuff (and also I saw yall in person too lol)
Accessibility matters!! And also Not Getting Sick before a huge travel weekend (Thanksgiving) is pretty cool too 🤪
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
why were so many of yall not wearing masks at pax ???
I’m only now seeing photos and stuff (and also I saw yall in person too lol)
Accessibility matters!! And also Not Getting Sick before a huge travel weekend (Thanksgiving) is pretty cool too 🤪
I’m only now seeing photos and stuff (and also I saw yall in person too lol)
Accessibility matters!! And also Not Getting Sick before a huge travel weekend (Thanksgiving) is pretty cool too 🤪