Alan Tyson
@ashtarthysscribe.bsky.social
Game designer, writer, pixel artist. Not having a cisgendered experience of life.
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Read/watch/play a wider variety of things. You want to have the biggest possible toolkit to draw from you can, both in terms of literary devices, narrative techniques, ways of acting characters, and ideas for exploiting and interacting with mechanics.
Also, include non-fiction - especially history
Also, include non-fiction - especially history
Question for the GMs, writers, and worldbuilders out there;
What genre do you think other GMs / writers should consume more of to try and get inspiration for their games?
#TTRPG
What genre do you think other GMs / writers should consume more of to try and get inspiration for their games?
#TTRPG
August 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Read/watch/play a wider variety of things. You want to have the biggest possible toolkit to draw from you can, both in terms of literary devices, narrative techniques, ways of acting characters, and ideas for exploiting and interacting with mechanics.
Also, include non-fiction - especially history
Also, include non-fiction - especially history
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This. Everything. This sentiment was raw but articulate, as well as completely correct. I really hope these words echo for generations!!
THIS x 1,000,000. Honestly I don’t know who this person is (this clip popped up on social media) but I would vote for them tomorrow.
June 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This. Everything. This sentiment was raw but articulate, as well as completely correct. I really hope these words echo for generations!!
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Everything old is new again
June 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Everything old is new again
It takes you 58 minutes to drink you coffee? Your coffee must *suck* bro.
June 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It takes you 58 minutes to drink you coffee? Your coffee must *suck* bro.
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I'm not going to hold your hand when I say this, please be kinder to people. Some of you are determined to be irredeemable assholes and there is so much more to life. And I say that as a pretty determined asshole. It's so easy to be kind.
April 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I'm not going to hold your hand when I say this, please be kinder to people. Some of you are determined to be irredeemable assholes and there is so much more to life. And I say that as a pretty determined asshole. It's so easy to be kind.
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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings:
How some have been depos’d, some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,
Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill’d,
And tell sad stories of the death of kings:
How some have been depos’d, some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,
Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill’d,
June 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings:
How some have been depos’d, some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,
Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill’d,
And tell sad stories of the death of kings:
How some have been depos’d, some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,
Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill’d,
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Arturo Obrego, a 77-year-old army veteran who hitchiked from Huntington Beach is going viral for getting hit with wooden baton by officers on horses and knocked down during today’s peaceful “No Kings” protest in DTLA. @TheGlutster ran into him at Union Station a couple of hours after the incident.
June 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Arturo Obrego, a 77-year-old army veteran who hitchiked from Huntington Beach is going viral for getting hit with wooden baton by officers on horses and knocked down during today’s peaceful “No Kings” protest in DTLA. @TheGlutster ran into him at Union Station a couple of hours after the incident.
We need to repossess all giant black trucks in North America and reuse them for this purpose, and no other.
China had taken the redneck Mandate of Heaven from America
incredible things are happening in China
June 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We need to repossess all giant black trucks in North America and reuse them for this purpose, and no other.
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It’s impossible to reconcile footage of this event alongside footage of the enormous No Kings protests and not come to the firm conclusion that the American political system is beyond broken.
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It’s impossible to reconcile footage of this event alongside footage of the enormous No Kings protests and not come to the firm conclusion that the American political system is beyond broken.
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*ABOLISH ICE*
new pixel piece and free-only phone/banner sets (links below)
new pixel piece and free-only phone/banner sets (links below)
June 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
*ABOLISH ICE*
new pixel piece and free-only phone/banner sets (links below)
new pixel piece and free-only phone/banner sets (links below)
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When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman.
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
Rep. Melissa Hortman, killed in targeted attack, was a champion for Minnesotan families
Hortman worked closely with Gov. Tim Walz to enact policies that prioritized children and expanded protections for abortion and gender-affirming care
19thnews.org
June 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman.
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
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The protests are breaking down so many barriers. So many old people who love their trans grandkids. So many voters who get gerrymandered out of relevance. So many *people* who probably thought there weren't many like them
June 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The protests are breaking down so many barriers. So many old people who love their trans grandkids. So many voters who get gerrymandered out of relevance. So many *people* who probably thought there weren't many like them
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Law enforcement officers unload tear gas on crowds in Los Angeles, in addition to large amounts of flash-bangs. NBC News’ David Noriega reports from the ground.
June 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Law enforcement officers unload tear gas on crowds in Los Angeles, in addition to large amounts of flash-bangs. NBC News’ David Noriega reports from the ground.
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I’ve seen a lot of hand wringing about the dangers of going to No Kings protests and gently, I want to tell people to chill a little. These are permitted marches and the point is to be out there and seen en masse. Please don’t scare off people who are maybe going to their very first protest
June 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I’ve seen a lot of hand wringing about the dangers of going to No Kings protests and gently, I want to tell people to chill a little. These are permitted marches and the point is to be out there and seen en masse. Please don’t scare off people who are maybe going to their very first protest
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
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It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
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No Kings! Go New York! Honestly it is moving and I am so pleased with us. We need to do more, but this is good.
June 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
No Kings! Go New York! Honestly it is moving and I am so pleased with us. We need to do more, but this is good.
It's SO humid in D.C. today, too, and he's out there in a suit. God. I bet he *reeks* of stress sweat. I bet he smells like a gas fire, and Ivanka can't smell it because she's used to it but Pete is just *soaking* in it and wishing like he were anywhere else. Sad ass stinky birthday boy.
June 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It's SO humid in D.C. today, too, and he's out there in a suit. God. I bet he *reeks* of stress sweat. I bet he smells like a gas fire, and Ivanka can't smell it because she's used to it but Pete is just *soaking* in it and wishing like he were anywhere else. Sad ass stinky birthday boy.
Aw man, you guys. It's his *birthday*. And nobody cares. What a fucking loser. What a fucking-burger-where-the-patties-slid-out-of-the-buns of a man he is. What a mopey little dingus. People voted for this guy? Anybody voted for this guy. God damn. What a sac wrinkle.
June 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Aw man, you guys. It's his *birthday*. And nobody cares. What a fucking loser. What a fucking-burger-where-the-patties-slid-out-of-the-buns of a man he is. What a mopey little dingus. People voted for this guy? Anybody voted for this guy. God damn. What a sac wrinkle.
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One way to fight back against ICE is to target the logistical companies that provide ICE with runways and fuel.
Companies such as @signatureaviation.bsky.social, that just so happens to have a location at BWI Airport. #groundICE
Follow @groundice.bsky.social for more info.
Companies such as @signatureaviation.bsky.social, that just so happens to have a location at BWI Airport. #groundICE
Follow @groundice.bsky.social for more info.
June 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
One way to fight back against ICE is to target the logistical companies that provide ICE with runways and fuel.
Companies such as @signatureaviation.bsky.social, that just so happens to have a location at BWI Airport. #groundICE
Follow @groundice.bsky.social for more info.
Companies such as @signatureaviation.bsky.social, that just so happens to have a location at BWI Airport. #groundICE
Follow @groundice.bsky.social for more info.
God bless our troops though, right?
US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
God bless our troops though, right?
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This man is Deford Bailey. One of the original Grand Ol Opry stars from its inception in the 1920s, until 1941.
I’d like to know what the Recording Academy means by “traditional” country.
I’d like to know what the Recording Academy means by “traditional” country.
June 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This man is Deford Bailey. One of the original Grand Ol Opry stars from its inception in the 1920s, until 1941.
I’d like to know what the Recording Academy means by “traditional” country.
I’d like to know what the Recording Academy means by “traditional” country.
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The first civilian detained by U.S. Marines in Los Angeles was an ARMY VETERAN on his way to a VA APPOINTMENT
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
www.reuters.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The first civilian detained by U.S. Marines in Los Angeles was an ARMY VETERAN on his way to a VA APPOINTMENT
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just a reminder that only water goes in your eyes, don’t wear contacts to a protest if you can help it, hot showers will hurt like hell if you have mace or gas residue on your skin. turn off face ID on your phone. pick a buddy & never leave their side. if detained, ask for a lawyer & then shut up.
June 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
just a reminder that only water goes in your eyes, don’t wear contacts to a protest if you can help it, hot showers will hurt like hell if you have mace or gas residue on your skin. turn off face ID on your phone. pick a buddy & never leave their side. if detained, ask for a lawyer & then shut up.