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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · 1d

respectfully, what?

bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · 1d

running your business on discord where your staff can't set out of office messages so their boundaries are respected when they need to be away from work?

couldn't be me

will never be me

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AbbyWEEN🦇🎃🍉 @nuffofabby.bsky.social · 2d

This IndigenousPeoples’ Day, don’t even give that fraud a piece of your mind.

Instead, shout out and boost a mutual aid post, artist, creative, or your local tribe’s causes! And Donate, donate, donate!

I’ll start:

notournativedaughters.org

Not Our Native Daughters

Not Our Native Daughters is dedicated to raising awareness and advocating for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, and Indigenous Relatives (MMIWG2S+ / MMIR). Our mission is to em...

notournativedaughters.org

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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · 10d

me playing my little table-top roleplaying games all weekend: "I love my soaps 🥰"

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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · 10d

lmao so your billionaire, white feminist, queer-baiting songstress is using generative ai now too? can't wait to see how the girlies defend this one

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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · 14d

It's happening 🥲

a screenshot of the subject line of our new apartment approval email!

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𝙒𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 is Dead. @carrion-comfort.com · 15d

Getting us closer to our goal helps us acquire assistance in moving so we can focus on work and our health, especially based on how strenuous our last move was.

My shit knees and bad back thank your generosity and kindness in signal boosting and donating!

bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · 15d

We should receive our official approval letter for the new apartment this week, but we're still short on expenses. In particular, we're really hoping to hire movers because the last move was a lot on us physically, and the new place is a (lovely) 3rd-floor walk-up
www.gofundme.com/f/wes-bran-f...

Donate to Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed, organized by Wesley Franks

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. It feels like more … Wesley Franks needs your support for Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed

www.gofundme.com

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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · 15d

We should receive our official approval letter for the new apartment this week, but we're still short on expenses. In particular, we're really hoping to hire movers because the last move was a lot on us physically, and the new place is a (lovely) 3rd-floor walk-up
www.gofundme.com/f/wes-bran-f...

Donate to Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed, organized by Wesley Franks

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. It feels like more … Wesley Franks needs your support for Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed

www.gofundme.com

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Possum Punkins Comics Bodega🎃 @possumpunks.com · 18d

New in the Bodega!
Three novels by trans masc writer Andrew Joseph White
Hello Sunshine, a horror by Keezy Young
More Weight: a Salem Story by Ben Wickey
Let Me In Your Window by Adam Ellis

Three novels by trans masc author Andrew Joseph White
Compound Fracture
Hell Followed With Us
The spirit that bares its teeth

More weight: a Salem story by Ben wicked
Red cover with woodcut style lines of.a witch hunter cracking like an egg. Two people hold eachother for safety inside

Hello sunshine by Keezy young
Let me in your window by adam ellis
Witches Omnibus
Book of Bill deluxe edition

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Adam Seats 🔜 PAXU @iknowadamseats.bsky.social · 20d

I don't usually like publicly talking about my convention work, but I'm 1 of the 2 people inheriting this department next year. I am basically never in a spot that lets me materially help creators in need, but this is something tangible I can do to help folks in the tabletop community who need it.

MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 25d

The 2026 MAGFest Indie Tabletop Showcase application form is now live! Applications will close on October 16th at 11:59PM EST! This is open to indie tabletop developers - whether you're slinging cards, boardgames or dice, please apply!

Link to application: super2026.reg.magfest.org/mits/team

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HANGMAN PAGE @hangmanpage.bsky.social · 21d

nothing says ‘its fall yall’ like bees buzzin around on your goldenrod while the strawberry bushes you planted nearby just absolutely fuck off right back into the waterlogged clay into which you placed them

a little bee sippin n slurpin on some yellow goldenrod, thusly named because the blooms are golden, but also the bee is yellow, this is like alliteration but with colors

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 22d

The I'm joining the war on autism meme with Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks giving a thumbs up

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mads 🐼 @smadseli.bsky.social · 22d

reminder that Disney+ has still been on the Palestinian BDS boycott list for over a year.

You should continue the pressure and continue withholding your money from them.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 22d

Breaking: Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23d

Sounds like the segregationists in Connecticut are having a grand ole time

“While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.'”

www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...

Alex O'Keefe, Award-Winning Black Screenwriter, Pulled From Train After White Woman Objects To How He Was Sitting

Alex O'Keefe, an award-winning Black screenwriter, was pulled from a train by the police after a white woman objected to his posture.

www.blackenterprise.com

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Is That Vyn Vamp?! 🦇 @vynvox.com · 25d

Alright, kiddos.
I need a portfolio.
You want a reel that doesn’t break the bank.

For $95 USD, I’m opening THREE (3) slots for a fully written and produced 60 second character, animation, or interactive demo reel.

DM for more information. 👍

#VO #VA #VoiceOver #VoiceActing

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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · 27d

can't wait to make a ttrpg character that smokes Newport Mustards

krrrrrrk @krrrrrrk.filthandbugs.com · Aug 27

my buddy had a dream about "newport snows" which where like, spearmint, not menthol
so i made it for him in photoshop
and got carried away

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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · 28d

I'm gonna say it

if you're using a gender neutral bathroom

and you have a penis

sit the fuck down to pee or clean your piss off the fucking toilet, you goddamn monster

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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · Sep 12

but not a stay there and fix it myself issue, so there is at least that!

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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · Sep 12

unfortunately it was a "I have to email the vendor and the relevant campus partners before I leave, in the hopes that the teams that work over the weekend can resolve the issue, because there could be an even bigger issue on Monday if they don't" issue 😭

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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · Sep 12

why am I always discovering massive issues at work at 4:45pm on a Friday 😭

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bran @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social · Sep 12

Toni hasn't been a heel since Mariah May (rip) attacked her after winning the Owen in 2024. Her character is impulsive and brash, and she's been begging the women's division to take her belt off her. It couldn't be more in line with how her story has been playing out.

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Is That Vyn Vamp?! 🦇 @vynvox.com · Sep 5

In #VO, a demo reel is your business card, a first impression, and a summary of your talent in seconds. You could pay hundreds or thousands of dollars…

OR donate to www.gofundme.com/f/wes-bran-f... for a chance at DEMO REEL PACKAGE including a custom script, live direction, mixing, and video card.

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Yami Evan @drlemons.itch.io · Sep 5

Wes and Bran are such generous stewards of the indie TTRPG community, uplifting small creators every day. Let's show them some love back.

𝙒𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 is Dead. @carrion-comfort.com · Sep 5

Howdy.

Things are fucked for a lot of folks, but it would mean a lot to me if you’d be able to share or donate to this #GoFundMe.

This is going to help @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social, our pets, and I get a fresh start away from the epicenter of fascism. #mutualaid #donateorshare

gofund.me/9e6be72cf

Donate to Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed, organized by Wesley Franks

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. It feels like more … Wesley Franks needs your support for Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed

gofund.me

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𝙒𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 is Dead. @carrion-comfort.com · Sep 5

Howdy.

Things are fucked for a lot of folks, but it would mean a lot to me if you’d be able to share or donate to this #GoFundMe.

This is going to help @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social, our pets, and I get a fresh start away from the epicenter of fascism. #mutualaid #donateorshare

gofund.me/9e6be72cf

Donate to Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed, organized by Wesley Franks

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. It feels like more … Wesley Franks needs your support for Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed

gofund.me

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🔪b. narr🔪 @sassylich.bsky.social · Sep 5

if you can help my wonderful friends and their very sweet pets out of a garbage situation, i would love you forever

also, if you donate, i'll voice something for you 💕

𝙒𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 is Dead. @carrion-comfort.com · Sep 5

Howdy.

Things are fucked for a lot of folks, but it would mean a lot to me if you’d be able to share or donate to this #GoFundMe.

This is going to help @cha0ticstupid.bsky.social, our pets, and I get a fresh start away from the epicenter of fascism. #mutualaid #donateorshare

gofund.me/9e6be72cf

Donate to Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed, organized by Wesley Franks

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. It feels like more … Wesley Franks needs your support for Wes & Bran's Urgent Move: A Fresh Start Needed

gofund.me

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