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Kingyak
@kingyak.bsky.social
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RPG designer. Writer/Co-writer/Publisher of QAGS, Hobomancer, Elvismancer and more. Fictional non-fiction author. Digital art dabbler. Aspiring cartographer. Editor. Layout guy. Old Fart.
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Brainfart Chronicles
Hi, my name is Steve Johnson. I'm the co-creator of QAGS (the Quick Ass Game System) and the co-founder of Hex Games. I've written, co-written, or otherwise contributed to numerous RPG supplements, in...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Buy this crap to give your life meaning. #Etsy #FunnyTShirts #TedNugent #Shittypants #TheSixthSense #WhatATwist #Conan #Crom #EmperorNorton #Discordianism #HailEris

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November 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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"As a result, Welch and Sullivan have written an unintentionally fascinating book. Nearly the whole riddle of modern American political dysfunction is on display in these pages. It’s the Rosetta Stone of misery culture"
The Unhappiness Manifesto www.racket.news/p/the-unhapp...
The Unhappiness Manifesto
Reviewing "Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches," by "I've Had It" podcast hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan, prophets of the new misery gospel
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November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
kingyak.bsky.social
Fun Fact: This book is named for David Graeber, author of Bullshit Jobs. #Doodles #FakeFineArt #DumbBooks #Amazon

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Graeberian Expulsions: Incidental Art From Beneath the Boot of Late-stage Capitalism
Graeberian Expulsions: Incidental Art From Beneath the Boot of Late-stage Capitalism [Johnson, Steve] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Graeberian Expulsions: Incidental Art From Beneath the Boot of Late-stage Capitalism
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November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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I just backed The Prison Pits of Larubia on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
The Prison Pits of Larubia
An Old School pulp sword & sorcery adventure for the Million-Colored Sun RPG!
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November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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This game is an anti-Christ. Also, an anarchist. #TTRPG #RPG #Indiegame #RollerDerby #Action

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Roller Girls Vs. - Hex Games | QAGS | DriveThruRPG
Skates! Violence! Fishnets! If you've ever seen a roller derby bout, you know that it's the coolest sport in the world. In fact, the only thing that could make roller girls more awesome would be if th...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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"'Previously, we saw ostriches, but now we do not see ostriches' was a sadly perfect mix of news-speak and Newspeak."

Orwell Watch: The Great Canadian "Ostrich Cull"
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Orwell Watch: The Great Canadian "Ostrich Cull"
The world may be losing its mind, but it's at least generously inviting us to watch
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November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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This game is a joker, a smoker, and a midnight toker. #TTRPG #RPG #IndieRPG #Mashup #RobinHood #MyNameIsEarl #RaisingHope #Sprung

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My Name Is Hood - Hex Games | Q3E | DriveThruRPG
Nottingham County ain’t what it used to be. It was never what you’d call a “nice” place, but you used to be able to at least scrape by. Now every time you turn around the vultures down at the courthou...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Since a lot of people will be doing Zevon covers tonight (now that he's FINALLY in the Hall of Fame), here's Zevon doing a cover of someone else (I'm not sure who it is either). youtu.be/dlzfcqAZ03Y?...
Warren Zevon - If You Don't Love Me, I'll Kill Myself
YouTube video by Warren Zevon
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November 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Watching Six String Samurai to start getting my head back into the Diner Punks setting. Check out the link below and let me know if there's anything missing I need to see.

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November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I'm going to write at least 10,000 words for the Diner Punks setting in December as part of @worldanvil.com's #WorldEmber event.

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WorldEmber 2025 Prep
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November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Hoping Todd Snider is recovering from his time in the hospital and jail earlier this week.
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Todd Snider - Conservative Christian..
YouTube video by ewecylinder
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November 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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I don't just sell games and dumb books. I also sell T-shirts and shit. #Etsy #UprightCitizensBrigade #Leverage #JohnDillingerDiedForYouSociety #Illuminatus #PartakeInPaducah

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November 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Broken Peach - Enter Sandman (Halloween Special)
YouTube video by Broken Peach
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November 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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This game absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture to be done on somebody's part. #Fratboys #TTRPG #IndieGame #RPG #FatDrunkandStupid #NotOver

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Fratboys Vs - Hex Games | QAGS | DriveThruRPG
It’s a typical day at Kappa Epsilon Gamma house: music blaring, beer flowing, and the party starting in half an hour. Suddenly, zombies attack! Or maybe Nazis. Or robots, or dinosaurs, or aliens, or n...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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This game once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. #TTRPG #RPG #Fantasy #Indiegame #OldSchool

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Million-Colored Sun - Hex Games | DriveThruRPG
Seek Adventure Under the Million-Colored Sun. Heft your axe and battle Lord Gorthanagon’s War-Pigs under a blood-red moon. Climb a mile-high tower in the middle of a desert, only to discover its pulsi...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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"The major difference between Mamdani-style socialism and the leftism that swept over much of the globe in the last century is that this version is even dumber." www.racket.news/p/buckle-up-...
Buckle Up, America. The Zohran Era is Here
Mainstream Republicans died nine years ago. The Democratic Party's funeral started last night
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November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Hop a train for a wild ride through American fantasy and folklore with Hobomancer! #TTRPG #Hobomancer #WeirdAmerica #RPG #IndieRPG #Folklore

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Hobomancer - Hex Games | QAGS | DriveThruRPG
Winner of the 2013 ENnie Silver Award for Best Electronic Book! Among the countless hobos who ride the rails looking for work in 1930s America, there exists a secret society of magicians known as the ...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Pig Palaces & Brisket Barns reviews the best barbecue restaurants you’ll never find on a map (because they don't exist). #FictionalFood #BBQ #FunnyBooks #FakeGuide

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Pig Palaces & Brisket Barns: A Guide to the Best Barbecue Joints in America (That We Made Up)
Pig Palaces & Brisket Barns: A Guide to the Best Barbecue Joints in America (That We Made Up) - Kindle edition by Connor, Leighton, Johnson, Steve. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Pig Palaces & Brisket Barns: A Guide to the Best Barbecue Joints in America (That We Made Up).
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November 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Nosferattouili The classic monster was actually driven by a mouse pulling its hair. And somehow the thought makes it even more intense
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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The Democratic party's abandonment of the working class, now in handy chart form!
October 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Buy some T-shirts. You know you want to. #Etsy #TShirts #PeaceMaker #Firefly #Discordianism #HailEris #PartakeInPaducah #BirdBlindness #Browncoats

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October 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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"...one way to understand corporate sludge is that it’s shifting unnoticeable amounts of money from each of us to people who in turn buy sports teams."

Amazon Web Services Had a Very Bad Day, Amazon's Stock Price Did Not
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Amazon Web Services Had a Very Bad Day, Amazon's Stock Price Did Not
The outage of Amazon Web Services caused hundreds of billions of damage, yet Amazon's stock went up. How do we account for all of that cost?
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October 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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"For sure, there are seriously goofy Trump administration characters. There continues however to be a massive underappreciation for the number of true lunatics escaped from the just-completed Biden period."

Karine Jean-Pierre Writes History's Most Incoherent Memoir
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Karine Jean-Pierre Writes History's Most Incoherent Memoir
Joe Biden's famously obtuse former chief spokesperson has a lot to say about last year's election season, but none of it makes any sense. Wow, is this book bizarre!
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October 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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"Unfortunately, the official continued, changes made under President Obama and Biden paved the way for the Trump expansion."

Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7
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Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7
“We’re expanding the watchlist,” FBI director says amid 300% increase in domestic terror investigations.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM