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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · Jul 6

"A crowning achievement. Brilliantly marries depth and replayability"

"Clean, compact, muscular"

"Unique. Creative. Dynamic"

"Respects the people who're going to buy it"

"Genuinely stunned that's 40 quid"

modiphius.us/collections/... US / rest of world store. more links in my bio

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 1h

booooo!! that sucks!

Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 2h

ooh what's the gig

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dee 方传嫣 @hellenus.bsky.social · 12h

Kavango is very fun. Card drafting where you build a nature sanctuary. Colin approves #BoardGameBear

Stuffed polar bear next to Kavango board game box and board game of cards of animals

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Cryo @cryodraws.bsky.social · 2h

Sooo looks like this short of mine is a finalist at Penistone Film Festival!
If you live in the area (Sheffield UK) and like silent films, I highly recommend supporting this event. Been encouraged to come many times but I can't afford another trip, both physically and financially 😭

Cryo @cryodraws.bsky.social · Jul 14

Done and submitted 😤

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dee 方传嫣 @hellenus.bsky.social · 11h

Typical "SEAsian fascinated by autumn" pic

Me holding up two big orange leaves in front of my face

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Radiant G🌈✨ @ Back CHAMP on Kickstarter! @radiantg.bsky.social · 16h

🏳️‍⚧️ Help a Trans Dev & Artist 🏳️‍⚧️

Hey, y’all! This hasn’t moved in awhile. I’m $115 short on bills & a bit of help goes a long way right now!

I deeply appreciate those who have already helped. I just need a bit more to get over this hurdle! #MutualAid #IndieDev #TransArtist

Thank you❤️

Donate here ⬇️

Support Radiant G

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Ilya and Tylor 🎥🏳️‍🌈🎲 @kovray.bsky.social · 16h

Gloomies

Learn to Play: youtu.be/fJIXIYWIuN0

When greta production quality is paired with a game that's just pure joy, nothing really rivals that in my opinion. This one has been such a fun one to bring to the table and we're stoked to be able to share it with folks!

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KC from NIBCARD Games @nibcard.bsky.social · 23h

I am happy…the kind where words truly won’t be able to express the feeling.

The studio is built!

Our first attempt to build this studio was in 2021 and then I was scammed by the carpenter

Please subscribe to NIBCARD Games on YouTube to help us grow this part of us

www.youtube.com/@nibcardgame...

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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 18h

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Today we celebrate the heritage, beauty, and perseverance of hundreds of cultures and nations across North America that have thrived and endured here for thousands of years, and will be around for thousands more.
If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs

A display of Coyote & Crow, the roleplaying game, Wolves, the cooperative board game, Naasii, the Coyote & Crow Dice Game, and a set of custom dice for the RPG. All created by Cherokee Nation citizen, Kenna Alexander.

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niclyx @puffycurry.bsky.social · 18h

Now only researching Da Nang and Hoi An stuff when I'll be going by end of week lol. Would appreciate suggestions.

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 17h

never been but have funnnnn

suggest banh mi and coffee

Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 17h

#hades2spoilers in fact there may be

more than

one

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Theurgist @theurgist.bsky.social · 1d

Goatsong, by Leila Chatti

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 19h

there was a year when the trains were stopped by storm and so many companies had their multi thousand euro booths open with no inventory to sell. absolutely awful.

Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 19h

game shipment missed essen

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 1d

The first time I lived in Florida (place Irma took) I was near Crystal River, wdre you could go chill and just see Manatees blorbing blorbally by throughout the day. The water was very clear most days, making them easy to spot.

KLM @klm.bsky.social · Sep 5

8. fave animal

the humble sea cow, the majestic manatee

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 20h

karan sjet casting? i nominate jessica chastain

Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 21h

light year in particular failed to commit. had a 9/10 first twenty minutes then a 3/10 rest of the movie. started as a science fiction film then felt like a executive committee toy ad. no idea why they introduced the silly squad members when they had the incredible characters we started with.

Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap "Elio" is bad. Almost as bad as "Lightyear." How has Pixar become this

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dee 方传嫣 @hellenus.bsky.social · 22h

KHAZRAK IS MAKING FRIENDS AT BOARDINGGG #KhazrakOneEye

A calico cat and a black and white cat sniffing each others' noses

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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 23h

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Episode 12
A Miracle's Worth
She Said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred."

Ritsuko, Maya, Asuka, Shinji, and Rei on the command center bridge

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 22h

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Preacher from the Black Lagoon @revpoppop.bsky.social · 1d

“Why are they upset about the frog?”

Because the frog has power. As silly as it sounds. The frog is not just a good idea. It’s our greatest weapon.

And I’m going to explain why…

🧵

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 1d

I am scared. Please boost? Give any amount youre able?

♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 1d

Please boost to Help Me see the dentist to treat this painful abscess?

At $230/$1200 (estimate) needed for next round of dental work to get this infection under control.

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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