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Leighton Connor
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Co-Founder of Hex Games, co-author of Million-Colored Sun, Leopard Women of Venus, and the ENnie Award-winning Hobomancer. Big Jack Kirby fan. Writer, artist, cartoonist, bon vivant, man about town. http://leightonconnor.com
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leightonc.bsky.social
Help Baha and his family rebuild their home
Help Baha and his family rebuild their home and meet their d
Lying on my back feeling helpless and powerless, I decided to tell you my story from the beginning.
chuffed.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
leightonc.bsky.social
This handsome fella from Cybertron is on sale now in my Etsy shop! And every penny from sales goes to help children in need. Learn more over at www.etsy.com/shop/Akashic...
Screen shot from my Etsy shop, I drew a Transformer--not a real one, one I made up, but I didn't give him a name or anything--and now I'm selling the drawing for fifteen bucks.
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
leightonc.bsky.social
Hey, this looks great!
bernietheflumph.bsky.social Josh Burnett @bernietheflumph.bsky.social · 3d
Pretty dang happy with the cover I put together for @leightonc.bsky.social's new project.
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
leightonc.bsky.social
Since Sunday I've added THREE new drawings to my Etsy store--a giant robot, a mystical tree, and a high-tech heart. They make good gifts for the holidays! And remember, ALL money from art sales is donated to help children in Palestine. Support a good cause, get some art! www.etsy.com/shop/Akashic...
Black and white drawing of a giant robot, so big it's got entire skyscrapers perched on its shoulders! Wow! There are also lots of fussy little details. Black and white drawing of a tree, not strictly realistic as it has cartoon stars and a crescent moon and various other shapes in its canopy. A cartoon heart that is part of a machine of some sort, the heart is bright red and the details are gray, black, and white.
December 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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junlper.beer
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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divyampersaud.com
We do not surrender. Do not scroll by survival funds thinking that they aren't supporting life-and-death needs—every share, dollar, pledge by clicking "weekly" matters.

You are still helping six families & a camp of fifteen more SURVIVE unceased hell: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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pervocracy.bsky.social
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
leightonc.bsky.social
I drew a tree, the TREE OF FORBIDDEN LOVE. Available for purchase, cheap, in my Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/listing/4425...
A scan of my tree drawing, which is black and white and squiggly. The canopy contains cartoony stars, a crescent moon, and other shapes. A photograph of my tree drawing sitting on the table. Drawing is as described in previous image; table is only marginally visible, but wood grain is apparent.
December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
leightonc.bsky.social
I drew a giant robot! It’s big!
This is me (middle aged white guy, glasses, beard) holding up my robot drawing to give a sense of scale. This is a scan of the robot drawing. It’s got lots of fussy little details.
December 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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kaytaylorrea.bsky.social
literally every professional and hobby writer I know will tell you they have a million and one ideas and never enough time to write them. these weaselly talentless hacks are saying that their brains are full of mush. thirteen year olds with wattpad accounts are worth a hundred of those guys.
charlottestein.bsky.social Chaz Stein @charlottestein.bsky.social · 7d
It’s always just so funny to me that AI using “writers“ often defend it with but how else are you meant to come up with ideas?? Like that’s what tells you that you weren’t really meant to be a writer, you have none.
December 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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kierongillen.bsky.social
It's hard to believe that it's only been ten years since UCLA English Lit grad Lee Gold launched her influential zine Alarums & Excursions (named after Elizabethan drama). Its hard to believe, as it's actually 50 years, as it launched in 1975, and she only wrapped it this year.
scenefour.bsky.social scene_four @scenefour.bsky.social · 8d
I cannot express how pathetic you have to be to believe this happened in the TTRPG hobby in the last decade
A screenshot of a comment reading “so when theater kids colonized the hobby, hollowed it out and erected new barriers against the previous cadre of TT gamers?”
December 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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parkermolloy.com
*screams* www.instagram.com/reel/DRd2ldW...
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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witnesstheabsurd.bsky.social
Fantasy should be sincere and self-invested and indulgent and complex and idiosyncratic and chiefly, unapologetic
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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pawelkicman.bsky.social
How's capitalism going lately? Oh, the same? Well, fuck me, who would've thought.
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
Stories like this remind me of a true story from small-town America, where a municipality's residents voted down local tax increases over and over, for years.

Then, one day, the streetlights turned off. For good. And every was just so angry and confused.
December 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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pftompkins.bsky.social
I can’t agree that people stopped “virtue signaling” because the term almost instantly became meaningless; it was applied to any expression of caring or thoughtfulness. I don’t think the vice signaling came from an absence of virtue signaling, rather from the non-cessation of expressions of decency
tylerhuckabee.bsky.social Huck! The Herald Angels Sing! @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 13d
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
Tweet from Homeland Security with ICE agents wearing Christmas gear. The caption says "YOU'RE GOING HO HO HOME."
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
leightonc.bsky.social
Ahhhh, the memories! Bionic Commando was my favorite NES game.
inkskratch.com Eric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com @inkskratch.com · 13d
Bionic Commando gets a kickass double-page spread that's made up of a locseup on the north american box art, then goes into level by level detail of the game
Destroy the hidden underground laboratory of he mad scientists!! BIONIC COMMANDO A hero is imprisoned behind enemy lines! Captured and held in a hidden fortress by the Imperial Army, Super Joe's situation seems desperate. Between him and any possibility of rescue lies an army of soldiers and paratroopers, an arsenal of weapons, and a maze of secrets. You are his only hope. Along the way you must collect information from soldiers who have penetrated the lines ahead of you. Weapons will be won or lost during combat, and choosing the right stage to attack might bring you closer to Super Joe, while choosing the wrong stage can mean the end! This then is your mission. Armed with a wire grappling device called Bionic Arm, you must go to a place from which no "moral" has ever returned and discover the secret of a plot code named "Albatros." ENTER THE ENEMY HEADQUARTERS!! CRUSH!! Essential to your mission is the mastery of the bionic arm -- a strong wire that shoots out and attached to walls or ledges with a grappling hook, allowing you to scale them or swing across chasms. Why? Because your bionics won't allow you to jump. CONTROL THE WIRE AND ADVANCE FURTHER!! ENEMY BASE 1 -OUTSIDE In Level One you launch into your mission by scaling the walls of a desert fortress. Bounding upward, swinging by the thread of your Bionic Arm, you find two doors. Enter one and collect information. Only then can you enter die second door, which leads to a hidden base deep underground. Since you can't jump, you must luam to ust your Bionic Arm in many ptacos if you are to succeed in your mission to locate and rescue Super Joe. At first, plan your moves. You will find that the Bionic Arm has a few limitations. For instance, it Can't be used to climb down. In the correspondence rooms of each stage, you contact fellow agents for Important data, and you can also listen in on enemy communications by tapping in on their lines. Also, they might come after you for this. If you got the messaga, this door will open. Remember, you can only reach certain stages by completing previous ||| stages, so look and go fc everywhere! Go to the far right and attach your Bionic Arm to the ledge above. A soldier will come out firing, but you can swing up behind him, crouch and shoot. Your first objective ts to find and secure a potent medicine that allows 1 j you to continue when your energy fs hea'riy gone. Without this miracle formula, you only have one life to live. But medicine is not all you'll find. Inside various buildings you'll discover friendly agents who have classified information to share with you. ENEMY BASE 1 -INSIDE Once inside, you'll find a subterranean world of shafts cut into the rock. Close by is an elevator to make your mission easier, but don't rely on it too much. Search the secret base for its vulnerable power core which you must destroy. Make sure you have picked up a message before you leave. You'll have to pass through here and fight off a relentless army to reach the core of the base. Shoot your grappling hook into the ceiling, climb up, then blast the electric barrier. In this engagement you must storm the beach and head for the end bunker. Swing your Bionic Arm like a mace and watch the enemy fall. Colloct more energy at the mark found here. Keep a sharp lookout for grenades. If you stay on your toes, this stage should not be too difficult. The at¬ tacking soldiers are slowed down by the sand, and your Bionic Arm— swinging about like a sickle through the grass— has a good long range to mow them down. But don't let the ease of this mission fool you. At stake here is the Eagle-shaped mark, which adds to your energy level like the bullets you get for defeating enemies. Back in the torturous desert, the mission con¬ tinues and the enemy is fiercer than ever. Danger may appear in other forms, too, so beware of the cliffs! An exploding granad* can seriously ruin your day, not to mention your face. Stand dear! Once you have defeated the final enemy of a stage you will receive a CONTINUE. The continue is like having an extra life, and that just might make the difference on your mission. On this stage you must enter an underground passage in search of a protective helmet that wards off bullets. Don't be surprised to find heavy opposition along the way. Use the helmet end ottnr devices throughout the game. The helmet deflects dues enemy builnts. Not bad. This is a special stage, but like many areas of the game you can only reach it if you have been somewhere else before. Be thorough in your search of every stage.
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
leightonc.bsky.social
Here are some hearts I drew! Which is YOUR favorite?
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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notalegalrecord.net
here are Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science.

1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.

they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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petemilan.com
What If: Jim Starlin and Steve Englehart were locked in a room and forced to produce a Thanos vs Mantis comic where one character definitively lost to the other. How long would it take for that room to explode?
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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schweizercomics.bsky.social
#COMPANIONSofCHRISTMAS: Mrs. Claus!

Mrs. Claus was once better known by her given name, Alba. She was the nymph of the silver fir tree, a captain in the retinue of the goddess Artemis, and she first met Saint Nicolas when he came to do battle with her Lady. 1/
Watercolored drawing of a woman with white braided hair wearing laplandish buckskin and a cloak made of fir tree branches.
December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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plusoneexp.bsky.social
Not much could make me hopeful about where White Wolf was headed... But this did.
diogooldskull.bsky.social Diogo Nogueira - Lead Game Designer - White Wolf @diogooldskull.bsky.social · 16d
So this happened…

I am White Wolf’s new Lead Game Designer!

I will figure out how to post the whole text here, but there is a picture with the announcement and the alt text has the full thing!

#TTRPG #RPGLATAM #VtM #WoD #DnD #NotDnD #ShowYourWork
Fake it until you make it as they say. And I’ve been playing the role of a TTRPG game designer for about 12 years! Now the mask has become my very nature. I am going to play the Masquerade game with vampires, for real. After years of working as an independent game designer, like a good Anarch, I joined the Camarilla. I am now the Lead Game Designer at White Wolf, the legendary publisher that made me realize TTRPGs could be about a lot more than killing monsters. I can be one of them, and surprisingly be even more human! The first book I ever read in English was Vampire: The Dark Ages, and now I get to work as a game designer full time for the first time with the World of Darkness? I couldn’t be happier! To live and breathe the universe of Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Hunter, Changeling, Wraith, and all other games every day, and be able to collaborate in shaping its future is a dream come true. These games were formative in my TTRPG industry, in the Brazilian TTRPG community, and are incredibly relevant to this day. Especially these days I would say. And with me I am bringing my game design philosophy of “playing more with less” to help make the game more accessible while honoring the more than 30 years of World of Darkness! I just want everyone to enjoy the game as much as they can, with as little effort as they can afford. Oh, and I am still an Anarch at heart, don’t worry! Me with a Bloodlines 2 tshirt setting in a throne under the Ankh banner! A castle with the ankh banner hanging from a window Me wearing a shadowy cloak
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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flyingrodent.bsky.social
Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
As a fascist trend, the anti-gender movement supports ever strengthening forms of authoritarianism. Its tactics encourage state powers to intervene in university programs, to censor art and television programming, to forbid trans people their legal rights, to ban LGBTQI people from public spaces, to undermine reproductive freedom and the struggle against violence directed at women, children, and LGBTQI people. It threatens violence against those, including migrants, who have become cast as demonic forces and whose suppression or expulsion promises to restore a national order under duress.
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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fizzlebit.bsky.social
Love reading comics digitally but don't wanna live in a browser? WHAT LUCK! You can get my comics as ebooks from our friends at @drivethrucomics.com!

Check it out over here: www.drivethrucomics.com/en/publisher...
A screenshot of the DriveThruComics publisher page for Mega Giganto, featuring multiple e-book versions of comics to buy
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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mtsw.bsky.social
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM