Bren
@hyperfocusbren.bsky.social
🌈I play a lot of Dnd and MTG. Disabled.🎙Award-winning audio/video editor @spiritspodcast.com.
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Bren
@hyperfocusbren.bsky.social
· Nov 20
you know what, no, this WON'T be a professional platform for me, i'm going to be a feral little creature here instead
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The state of american politics is that one major party wants to kill you while the other simply wants you to die
January 29, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The state of american politics is that one major party wants to kill you while the other simply wants you to die
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Have you produced an Actual Play?
Do you want it to exist in 10+ years?
Do you want ppl to be able to find it & get what it's about?
I made a checklist to walk you through documenting your AP & uploading it to the Internet Archive!
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist
Do you want it to exist in 10+ years?
Do you want ppl to be able to find it & get what it's about?
I made a checklist to walk you through documenting your AP & uploading it to the Internet Archive!
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist
Internet Archives Checklist
All My Friends Are Stories is a project designed to help people tell collaborative stories through Table Top Roleplaying Games (TTRPG). There are so many ways to play TTRPGs: you can play them for the...
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Have you produced an Actual Play?
Do you want it to exist in 10+ years?
Do you want ppl to be able to find it & get what it's about?
I made a checklist to walk you through documenting your AP & uploading it to the Internet Archive!
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist
Do you want it to exist in 10+ years?
Do you want ppl to be able to find it & get what it's about?
I made a checklist to walk you through documenting your AP & uploading it to the Internet Archive!
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist
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Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
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CNN is reporting that federal authorities may have been collecting information and "documenting details" about Alex Pretti before killing him on Saturday, and that officers tackled him a week earlier. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:25 PM
CNN is reporting that federal authorities may have been collecting information and "documenting details" about Alex Pretti before killing him on Saturday, and that officers tackled him a week earlier. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
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this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord
January 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord
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The moderate position is indeed The Hague
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 AM
The moderate position is indeed The Hague
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When you call your reps is one allowed to say What the Fuck asking for a friend
January 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
When you call your reps is one allowed to say What the Fuck asking for a friend
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always strange to talk about but when i see everyone around me accepting sickness when i have been doing just one thing different while attending movies parties bars concerts flights…….i feel morally obligated to occasionally mention that wearing a mask has been a game changer. simple as that
December 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
always strange to talk about but when i see everyone around me accepting sickness when i have been doing just one thing different while attending movies parties bars concerts flights…….i feel morally obligated to occasionally mention that wearing a mask has been a game changer. simple as that
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instagram started serving me a bunch of videos about “so everyone has this mystery illness right we’re all suffering 😷” and thousands of comments agreeing and i’m just here to say no it doesn’t have to be like that actually
December 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
instagram started serving me a bunch of videos about “so everyone has this mystery illness right we’re all suffering 😷” and thousands of comments agreeing and i’m just here to say no it doesn’t have to be like that actually
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Hey gang, I put up 50 community copies each for solo games VOID 1680 AM, No-Tell Motel, and Lighthouse at the End of the World, AND for my two-player game Wayfarer 1.
Grab, play, share, enjoy.
bannerless.games/voidam
bannerless.games/ntm
bannerless.games/lighthouse
bannerless.games/wayfarer1
Grab, play, share, enjoy.
bannerless.games/voidam
bannerless.games/ntm
bannerless.games/lighthouse
bannerless.games/wayfarer1
VOID 1680 AM by Bannerless Games
A solo playlist building game about being a lone voice in the dark.
bannerless.games
December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hey gang, I put up 50 community copies each for solo games VOID 1680 AM, No-Tell Motel, and Lighthouse at the End of the World, AND for my two-player game Wayfarer 1.
Grab, play, share, enjoy.
bannerless.games/voidam
bannerless.games/ntm
bannerless.games/lighthouse
bannerless.games/wayfarer1
Grab, play, share, enjoy.
bannerless.games/voidam
bannerless.games/ntm
bannerless.games/lighthouse
bannerless.games/wayfarer1
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Out now: THE SNOW QUEEN'S FURY, a midwinter one-shot for Draw Steel! Battle dangerous ice monsters, explore a strange fey realm, and negotiate with a powerful archfey to save a village from endless winter.
An icy mystery! Tips for running at 1st, 2nd, or 3rd echelon! Queer grandmas! ⚔️❄️
An icy mystery! Tips for running at 1st, 2nd, or 3rd echelon! Queer grandmas! ⚔️❄️
The Snow Queen's Fury: A Midwinter Draw Steel Adventure by Midnight Kelpie Press
Save a village from an archfey's rage in this seasonal one-shot for 1st-level heroes.
midnightkelpiepress.itch.io
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Out now: THE SNOW QUEEN'S FURY, a midwinter one-shot for Draw Steel! Battle dangerous ice monsters, explore a strange fey realm, and negotiate with a powerful archfey to save a village from endless winter.
An icy mystery! Tips for running at 1st, 2nd, or 3rd echelon! Queer grandmas! ⚔️❄️
An icy mystery! Tips for running at 1st, 2nd, or 3rd echelon! Queer grandmas! ⚔️❄️
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Come on, y'all! It's like saving Tinkerbell in reverse!
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Come on, y'all! It's like saving Tinkerbell in reverse!
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[staring directly into the ~107 year old camera]
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
[staring directly into the ~107 year old camera]
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I hope Alice’s memory is never sanitized. She supported free Palestine. She believed in deep pleasure for disabled people, sexual, aesthetic & otherwise. She was unflinching in calling out people’s bullshit. Don’t let the mainstream turn her into some desexualized defanged inspiration porn!!!
November 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I hope Alice’s memory is never sanitized. She supported free Palestine. She believed in deep pleasure for disabled people, sexual, aesthetic & otherwise. She was unflinching in calling out people’s bullshit. Don’t let the mainstream turn her into some desexualized defanged inspiration porn!!!
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.
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i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
i hope this is how you find out about dick cheney
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Hi if you’re working for justice and striving for a better world you can do one small but hugely impactful thing: WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE
You will protect yourself and you will also protect all the vulnerable people around you who are literally risking their lives to make their voices count
You will protect yourself and you will also protect all the vulnerable people around you who are literally risking their lives to make their voices count
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hi if you’re working for justice and striving for a better world you can do one small but hugely impactful thing: WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE
You will protect yourself and you will also protect all the vulnerable people around you who are literally risking their lives to make their voices count
You will protect yourself and you will also protect all the vulnerable people around you who are literally risking their lives to make their voices count
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today on the blog I'm doing tabletop trick or treat! you send me an ask with a genre, I give you a game or designer suggestion. get in on the fun!
canisolothat.tumblr.com/ask
canisolothat.tumblr.com/ask
Recommend me a game!
Solo-focused TTRPG reviews. Reviewer: they/them. Support the blog: https://ko-fi.com/queeringsmite...
canisolothat.tumblr.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
today on the blog I'm doing tabletop trick or treat! you send me an ask with a genre, I give you a game or designer suggestion. get in on the fun!
canisolothat.tumblr.com/ask
canisolothat.tumblr.com/ask
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Some of you have been waiting VERY patiently!!!
We are please to announce that we're opening for submissions to run an event, host a panel, or GM a game or two!
Deadline is November 9th!
forms.gle/rsrSgqiShX5p...
We are please to announce that we're opening for submissions to run an event, host a panel, or GM a game or two!
Deadline is November 9th!
forms.gle/rsrSgqiShX5p...
Event Host Sign-Up Con Zero Fall 2025
Thank you for volunteering to run an event for Con Zero Fall 2025! Convention Zero is a TTRPG convention that will be hosted on a pop-up Discord server from Friday through Sunday, November 21st to the...
forms.gle
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Some of you have been waiting VERY patiently!!!
We are please to announce that we're opening for submissions to run an event, host a panel, or GM a game or two!
Deadline is November 9th!
forms.gle/rsrSgqiShX5p...
We are please to announce that we're opening for submissions to run an event, host a panel, or GM a game or two!
Deadline is November 9th!
forms.gle/rsrSgqiShX5p...
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This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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Horror lovers, I've got a Sunday HEART mini-campaign kicking off very soon!
🌊 Watery horrors!
📍 Strange locations to explore!
📖 Personalized story beats!
😂 Comedy in dark moments!
😱 High narrative stakes!
Just two seats left—get in if you're getting in!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
🌊 Watery horrors!
📍 Strange locations to explore!
📖 Personalized story beats!
😂 Comedy in dark moments!
😱 High narrative stakes!
Just two seats left—get in if you're getting in!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Join Drowned | Horror Mini-Campaign | Learn to Play HEART 🌈 - Roll20 / Discord - Heart: The City Beneath RPG | StartPlaying Games
Haven after haven in your community is destroyed by a mysterious saltwater curse. You and your fellow delvers—obsessive, dangerous people with callings that consume you—must venture through strange, u...
startplaying.games
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Horror lovers, I've got a Sunday HEART mini-campaign kicking off very soon!
🌊 Watery horrors!
📍 Strange locations to explore!
📖 Personalized story beats!
😂 Comedy in dark moments!
😱 High narrative stakes!
Just two seats left—get in if you're getting in!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
🌊 Watery horrors!
📍 Strange locations to explore!
📖 Personalized story beats!
😂 Comedy in dark moments!
😱 High narrative stakes!
Just two seats left—get in if you're getting in!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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Today on the blog, it's a review of Fathomless Gears, which claims to be an eldritch mech fishing #TTRPG. Two things:
1) It's not a fishing game. It's a whaling game.
2) It's, allegedly, not intended to be a whaling game.
Full long, complicated review:
canisolothat.tumblr.com/post/7958616...
1) It's not a fishing game. It's a whaling game.
2) It's, allegedly, not intended to be a whaling game.
Full long, complicated review:
canisolothat.tumblr.com/post/7958616...
Can I Solo Fathomless Gears?
Fathomless Gears, by Ralf Ziegler (publishing as Interpoint Station), is, allegedly, an "eldritch mech fishing TTRPG". In Fathomless Gears, you play as a Fisher; you get in your mech, you go into the...
canisolothat.tumblr.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today on the blog, it's a review of Fathomless Gears, which claims to be an eldritch mech fishing #TTRPG. Two things:
1) It's not a fishing game. It's a whaling game.
2) It's, allegedly, not intended to be a whaling game.
Full long, complicated review:
canisolothat.tumblr.com/post/7958616...
1) It's not a fishing game. It's a whaling game.
2) It's, allegedly, not intended to be a whaling game.
Full long, complicated review:
canisolothat.tumblr.com/post/7958616...