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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 5h

Them: Trust the process.

Me: I'd trust the process a lot more if this didn't look like hot fucking garbage right now.

HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 5h

This really articulated something that's been in the back of my mind:

Transgender folks remake themselves in their own image, and that scares the shit out of groups who say people should accept whatever hand God, nature, of the universe dealt us.

Null convention @nullconvention.bsky.social · 8h

One reason fascists hate trans people and - because of their blatant misogyny, often trans women specifically - is because transness is not exceptional to us but is a prototype for everyone.
Fascism demands to relegate you to the poverty of form and circumstance of birth. We show you make yourself.

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Null convention @nullconvention.bsky.social · 8h

One reason fascists hate trans people and - because of their blatant misogyny, often trans women specifically - is because transness is not exceptional to us but is a prototype for everyone.
Fascism demands to relegate you to the poverty of form and circumstance of birth. We show you make yourself.

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Kol They/Them @kolceridwen.bsky.social · 9h

im just going to have to let my phone shut off. which im sure will be great for any jobs that try to contact me. cuz im still living that bullshit dream. plz for the love of anything help

💕💸 🆙💰🏳️‍⚧️ #MutualAid #MABoost #HelpSky #SignalBoost #HelpFolksLive2025
pp: paypal.me/kolalex
ca: cash.app/$kolceri

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Happy Jacks RPG Network @happyjacksrpg.bsky.social · 6h

Looking for APs that aren't afraid to stray outside of "the world's greatest roleplaying game"?

The Happy Jacks RPG Network has shows that run the gamut of genres and #ttrpg systems!

Check out our full lineup to discover your next favorite #ActualPlay.

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An ad card for the The Unsung Tales AP from the Happy Jacks RPG Network. It features a scene of a group of adventures traveling through old fantasy ruins.

An ad card for Trinity’s Wake AP from the Happy Jacks RPG Network. It features a black and white photo of swing dancers and the words "Trinity’s Wake. A swinging mage actual play" across its center.

An ad card for the Floodwater AP from the Happy Jacks RPG Network. It features a scene of a street. The words Insert Coin: Floodwater. Things from the flood are across its center.

An ad card for the Idolon Academy AP from the Happy Jacks RPG Network. It features a view of a city skyline with the words Idolon Academy, a Masks Game across its center.

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 11h

AWWWW. Thank you very much. ❤️

a woman is smiling and holding her face in front of a clothes rack in a store .

Alt: A woman smiles and holds her face as she blushes in front of a clothes rack in a store, with the text "AWWWW" at the bottom of the image.

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HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.social · 11h

Including:
THE HODAG MAG H'WEEN ZINE!

With:
-An exhaustive list of Hodag's costumes over the years
-Coloring Images
-The Hallo-Weirdies
-Rare 2002Dag!
-GHOST BOY, 1989
-Classic Monsters
-Movie Reccs to Get Spooky With
-A H'ween Playlist
-THE TURNIP-O-LANTERN
(Do you sense it's power?! Well do you?)

The jodag mag hween mega zine with Spooky collage front cover

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Generic Games aka Michael Sands @genericgamesnz.bsky.social · 11h

My Napoleonic naval adventure game Glorious is now available for playtesting.

Drop me a DM with your email if you'd like access to it.

#KiwiRPG #TTRPG #RPG #Playtest

Glorious cover, showing a sailor in desperate combat with boarders on an age of sail warship

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 12h

What the fuck was that giggle after saying she was sorry?

Hey Keira, a difference of opinion is whether you put ketchup or mustard on hotdogs.

Not whether transgender people deserve to live or not.

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 16h

The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 22h

With the addition of the label — which I didn't do a great job matching to the chosen paint color 🤬 — the first stand of 6mm scale Ancient Greek Javelinmen is 100% finished.

(Sadly, work and parenting has left me without the energy to start on another stand of Ancient Greeks tonight. 😮‍💨)

A photo of 6mm scale wargaming miniatures representing ancient Greek javelinmen against a black background. A blue label with white text that says "Javelimen (Rabble)" runs across the back edge of the base.

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! I'm pretty sure I have some Early German warriors with their backs to the enemy instead of their shields.

BTW what miniatures are you using? Irregular?

HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, same. LOL.

In that case, I've just made a decision and committed to it.

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 1d

Well, with 2mm stuff, there's very little detail.

I try to use color to give the impression of detail.

A photo of 2mm scale wargaming miniatures against a black background. The text "Strength and Honour" is at the top of the image and "II/49 Marian Roman" is at the bottom.

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 1d

Like, bro.

Trying to paint all TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX tiny hoplites (sixteen stands, each with four strips of four 6mm miniatures) in a single go sounds like a nightmare.

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 1d

I've come to the conclusion that batch painting doesn't really work for me.

Or rather, it doesn't work for me if I try to paint too many miniatures at once, as I just get overwhelmed and shut down.

HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 1d

That's all the painting done for these 6mm Later Greek Hoplite javelinmen. The very last step is a label across the back (it goes over that raised bit).

The full army is one more stand of javelimen, one stand of slingers, and SIXTEEN stands of hoplites.

A photo of 6mm scale wargaming miniatures on a black background. There are eight ancient Greek javelinmen in tunics of various colors arranged randomly on a 40mm wide by 30mm deep base.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Marijn - ActiveB1t @abitofaccess.com · 2d

One more time for the people in the back.

ᓅᑎᓂᑐᒫᑲᐣ @cedarsageskoden.bsky.social · 5d

old twitter discourse anyone???

that chick flipping the bird with the caption “fuck christopher columbus” is a screencap from a video where she drops the N-word. there are so many other ways to say fuck columbus and this impending bs holiday without perpetuating anti-Blackness

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 1d

Though, I feel compelled to admit when I told here there were already people in America when Columbus arrived, she said "Like George Washington?" 😐

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 1d

My kid is eight now, and knows basically nothing of American history (we live in Japan, remember?).

The other day she asked me if I knew who Columbus was.

I said yes, then proceeded to tell her what he "did," that there were people already in America, and he was really bad to them.

She got it.

The Friendly Non-binary Dungeon Mom @fndungeonmom.bsky.social · 1d

Kiddo came home confused at the end of last week asking why the school was celebrating Columbus Day instead of Indigenous Peoples Day and so we had a conversation about colonialism and how Columbus found jack shit and was lost AF. Kids understand way more if we just explain it to them.

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 1d

That's all the painting done for these 6mm Later Greek Hoplite javelinmen. The very last step is a label across the back (it goes over that raised bit).

The full army is one more stand of javelimen, one stand of slingers, and SIXTEEN stands of hoplites.

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 1d

Unless the person follows up with "...because I've internalized them to the point they're effortless" I always side eye anyone who says they want the mechanics to "get out of the way" of their game.

Too often the speaker means they want to ignore rules.

Flintlock but scary or something dunno not feeling it this year @flintlock.bsky.social · 1d

One thing I think gets confusing in discussions of RPG mechanics is the way people sometimes use "the mechanics get out of the way" to mean "I can ignore the mechanics"/"we didn't need to roll dice all session"

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 2d

Awesome! I think it's a pretty cool ruleset.

Like De Bellis Antiquitatus — which I think Triumph! grew out of — the game is normally for 15mm miniatures.

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 2d

Almost done with the first of two stands of 6mm javelinmen for my Later Greek Hoplite army for Triumph.

The last steps will be painting the base (carefully!) and adding some small grass tufts to hide a few miscast legs.

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Craig aka Tezrak ➡️ GameHole Con @tezrak.bsky.social · 5d

Pour one out for G+, the only social media ever worth a damn

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Basil 🌿 @basil-mage.bsky.social · 6d

Healing

Drawing of a puppy laying next to a plush bunny with the caption; "I hope you heal from the things you don't talk about"

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