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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 17h

Well. Things are pretty bad for the current regime. Look who they've pissed off NOW. (Watch to the end, it's not just footage from Portland. Surprise musical guest!)

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A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Jason Cordova @jasoncordova.bsky.social · 1d

Big announcement: Public Access is now Pay What You Want on @drivethrurpg.com! Public Access is our hit game about analog horror and childhood trauma, Carved from Brindlewood. Pick up a copy today!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Public Access - The Gauntlet | DriveThruRPG

A roleplaying game of analog horror, based on the Brindlewood Bay mystery system! Public Access is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people in 2004—the Deep Lake Latchkeys—who find themselv...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I thought this was lovely.

"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion."

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"Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York."

A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3d

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 4d

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5d

Ok I am really loving Ironsworn Starforged. Solo journaling RPGs are seriously becoming my jam.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 7d

This is why I love Hank.

Give me a single reason why Sora2 should exist.

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 10d

Taylor Swift announces next album title: The Queen in Yellow. She told Variety: "A few years back I came across this amazing play and I was so inspired. It's been living in my head for years. I even dream of it, of the city in the play."

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DNGN CLUB | Jack Panic @dngnclub.itch.io · 11d

it's done! Live on my ITCH & PATREON soon!

all the pages of HOW'S MY DRIVING, laid out side by side

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 14d

NEW (FREE) GAME FORTHCOMING:

SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.

In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…

You are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative… Image: Print copy of SPINE

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 16d

The problem isn’t the users of social media. The problem is the owners. Never let anyone tell you otherwise.

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fozbaca @fozbaca.bsky.social · 18d

I read it. My memory it was meh. Seemed to be a writer “hey I have this idea for a fantasy book” publisher “make it a sequel to X and there is a trilogy deal” kinda book.

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Mongoose Publishing @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social · 18d

The Pioneer Kickstarter begins in a month!

Pioneer is the Traveller-based RPG that explores the solar system over the next couple of decades - build a moon base, be the first to walk on Mars, and perform orbital rescues!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...

#ttrpg #TravellerRPG

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 21d

@jaymeantrim.bsky.social and I are pleased to announce the R’lyehwatch SRD! Based on the great Tricube Tales by @zadmar.bsky.social, the R’lyehwatch SRD includes everything you need to create a streamlined 3d6-based action-adventure game, all with a CC BY license. Check it out!

rlyehwatch.com/srd/

R’lyehwatch System Reference Document

The R’lyehwatch System Reference Document allows anyone to make their own games based on the core rules found in the tabletop roleplaying game R’lyehwatch.

rlyehwatch.com

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Dyson Logos @dysonlogos.bsky.social · 19d

Vault of the All-Seer

A five-room dungeon set around the themes of secrets, sight, and the price of knowledge.

dysonlogos.blog/2025/09/25/v...

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Idle Cartulary @idlecartulary.itch.io · 19d

Yochai and Brad made me wanna write a good goblin module. I’ve never tried to writer a goblin module. What’s a goblin? What makes it good?

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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 21d

Today we are proud to announce our next crowdfunding campaign. Award-winning historian @shannonappelcline.bsky.social examines the roots, artwork, and lore behind each and every product released by TSR for OD&D, AD&D 1e, and Basic D&D with his latest effort, Designers & Dragons: Origins.
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Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins

From Evil Hat - Launching Soon - Designers & Dragons: Origins

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The Verge @theverge.com · 21d

Apple TV Plus has quietly pulled its new show about domestic extremism

The show’s release bas been put on hold for the indefinite future.

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fozbaca @fozbaca.bsky.social · 21d

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#Ironsworn was the first Solo RPG that clicked for me. Ironsworn, Starforged and Sundered Isles are my go to Solo experience.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22d

Just finished a solo RPG, Thousand Year Vampire, and it’s my first I’ve ever tried.

My character was a vampire in Trondheim, who moved to York and then New Orleans and NYC.

I learned so many things, like the Harrying of the North, Staple City laws, early NYC music halls, and more.

Good game :)

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AI Safety & Ethics @ai-safety-ethics.bsky.social · 23d

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits.

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 24d

Ok, this one is too good and has to be shared! @jaybird54.bsky.social Goodnight & Sweet Dreams!

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Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 24d

If you're tired of being called a bully, simply don't hurl an unarmed woman half your size unto the concrete sidewalk because she had too many questions about your Secret Jail For Brown People.

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RP @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com · 25d

Download Boundless Tides for free and go explore the cursed seas!

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