MegueyB
@megueyb.bsky.social
Mother of the Apocalypse, founded #PbtA. Museum curator. Material culture, ttrpgs, leftist politics, kindness & appropriate levels of vengeful fury. I'm the only one of me. She/her,☪️,🌈, breast cancer survivor. Baker house: https://www.patreon.com/lumpley
One thing that I can imagine that Lizard couldn't is the "what comes next," which is, in a way, a return to th eold ways of mail-order. Ellen L Demorest began distributing paper patterns by mail in the 1840s, & in 1850, Pryce Pryce-Jones basically invented the mail-order catalog to sell...fabric.
Ok, so that's my play-by-play. This was amazing. I love the final note about the importance of small, local, accessible craft & fabric & yarn stores. RIP JoAnns. Long live the creative folks who remain.
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
One thing that I can imagine that Lizard couldn't is the "what comes next," which is, in a way, a return to th eold ways of mail-order. Ellen L Demorest began distributing paper patterns by mail in the 1840s, & in 1850, Pryce Pryce-Jones basically invented the mail-order catalog to sell...fabric.
Another side story, with thanks to @dlking58.bsky.social
So here’s the thing. This friend of mine? They do not have access to needles & thread. I don’t mean they would have to drive farther than they’d like, or they’d have to order it online, I mean that they Do Not have access to these things.
So here’s the thing. This friend of mine? They do not have access to needles & thread. I don’t mean they would have to drive farther than they’d like, or they’d have to order it online, I mean that they Do Not have access to these things.
Another side story!
I want to send a care package of sewing basics to a friend in another country. A year ago, I'd go to JoAnn's, pick up a pack of needles, a box of pins, a couple of the biggest spools of thread, a pair of middle-grade scissors, and ship them off. Now? I guess I'll check Michaels?
I want to send a care package of sewing basics to a friend in another country. A year ago, I'd go to JoAnn's, pick up a pack of needles, a box of pins, a couple of the biggest spools of thread, a pair of middle-grade scissors, and ship them off. Now? I guess I'll check Michaels?
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Another side story, with thanks to @dlking58.bsky.social
So here’s the thing. This friend of mine? They do not have access to needles & thread. I don’t mean they would have to drive farther than they’d like, or they’d have to order it online, I mean that they Do Not have access to these things.
So here’s the thing. This friend of mine? They do not have access to needles & thread. I don’t mean they would have to drive farther than they’d like, or they’d have to order it online, I mean that they Do Not have access to these things.
Do you know how terrifying it is to have a seizure out of the blue? It 100% means you should follow up with neurologist, and not be barred by our completely crap "healthcare" system. So yeah, if you have a bit to spare, here's a place.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-imoge...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-imoge...
Donate to Help Imogen With Neurological Care, organized by Alec Ehringer
Hey folks,
I'm Imogen, and on November 2nd I had a major seizure at work that led… Alec Ehringer needs your support for Help Imogen With Neurological Care
www.gofundme.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Do you know how terrifying it is to have a seizure out of the blue? It 100% means you should follow up with neurologist, and not be barred by our completely crap "healthcare" system. So yeah, if you have a bit to spare, here's a place.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-imoge...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-imoge...
Ok, side story time:
I worked at JoAnns as seasonal help during the Customer Appreciation sales throughout my 2-3-4th years at college. As a textile history major, I was there often enough I was helping other customers in my 1st year, as well.
I worked at JoAnns as seasonal help during the Customer Appreciation sales throughout my 2-3-4th years at college. As a textile history major, I was there often enough I was helping other customers in my 1st year, as well.
Was NOT prepared for the waves of sadness and nostalgia and anger at the walk-through of a JoAnns NINE DAYS before the end. And !#$%! the ripple effect on so many many many other smaller companies, not to mention the employees. Yikes.
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Ok, side story time:
I worked at JoAnns as seasonal help during the Customer Appreciation sales throughout my 2-3-4th years at college. As a textile history major, I was there often enough I was helping other customers in my 1st year, as well.
I worked at JoAnns as seasonal help during the Customer Appreciation sales throughout my 2-3-4th years at college. As a textile history major, I was there often enough I was helping other customers in my 1st year, as well.
Juuuuust in case you were feeling too relaxed about capitalism today, go watch this FANTASTIC deep dive into clothing history and what the closing of JoAnns means:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJx...
how one company broke sewing for EVERYONE
YouTube video by Lizard Leigh
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Juuuuust in case you were feeling too relaxed about capitalism today, go watch this FANTASTIC deep dive into clothing history and what the closing of JoAnns means:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJx...
I LOVE how weird fashion myths are, and how fascinating it is to untangle how they got so embedded in our modern perceptions of the past.
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Did Regency Women ACTUALLY Wear Wet Dresses??
YouTube video by Bernadette Banner
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November 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I LOVE how weird fashion myths are, and how fascinating it is to untangle how they got so embedded in our modern perceptions of the past.
youtu.be/_WP7grAB7C8?...
youtu.be/_WP7grAB7C8?...
Just because I check these things sometimes, I'd like to note that on Monday Dec 10, I will be 20,002 days old.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just because I check these things sometimes, I'd like to note that on Monday Dec 10, I will be 20,002 days old.
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Interesting thread, & Ian provides a link to the full research article, but this is my pull-quote. "Addictive" as a marketing term has bothered me or years. I don't want "the most addictive mobile game yet!" I want "Hey this match-3 game has a fun twist!" Everything in this article hits for me.
Takeaways:
🔑 We need to talk about social media use more accurately and focus on addiction when it actually applies, rather than when it doesn’t.
🔑 For media and policymakers, don’t casually talk about ‘social media addiction’ as it risks pathologizing everyday behavior unnecessarily.
🔑 We need to talk about social media use more accurately and focus on addiction when it actually applies, rather than when it doesn’t.
🔑 For media and policymakers, don’t casually talk about ‘social media addiction’ as it risks pathologizing everyday behavior unnecessarily.
November 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Interesting thread, & Ian provides a link to the full research article, but this is my pull-quote. "Addictive" as a marketing term has bothered me or years. I don't want "the most addictive mobile game yet!" I want "Hey this match-3 game has a fun twist!" Everything in this article hits for me.
UBI in the states would have to cover housing, food, & healthcare. With that covered, I’d sew & write & teach & volunteer & just do everything I could to help make my home, my town, my state, my country, my world a kinder, more creative, more vibrant place.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
UBI in the states would have to cover housing, food, & healthcare. With that covered, I’d sew & write & teach & volunteer & just do everything I could to help make my home, my town, my state, my country, my world a kinder, more creative, more vibrant place.
Ok yes, I did need this thread today!
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ok yes, I did need this thread today!
At coffee just now with @lumpley.bsky.social, @epidiah.bsky.social, & Emily Care Boss, @acorncircus.bsky.social said “if you want new people coming into the space, you have to be prepared to have all the same conversations you’ve already had, because we haven’t had them yet” & he’s right.
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
At coffee just now with @lumpley.bsky.social, @epidiah.bsky.social, & Emily Care Boss, @acorncircus.bsky.social said “if you want new people coming into the space, you have to be prepared to have all the same conversations you’ve already had, because we haven’t had them yet” & he’s right.
Chamomile is snoring gently with her head on the pillow. What an absolute unit of a cat.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Chamomile is snoring gently with her head on the pillow. What an absolute unit of a cat.
Ok y’all. What TV personality did you role play as when you were kids? For me it was this guy: Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom host Marlin Perkins. Our cats were very patient.
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ok y’all. What TV personality did you role play as when you were kids? For me it was this guy: Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom host Marlin Perkins. Our cats were very patient.
This is a damn important thing to remember. It’s all well & good to avoid Black Friday from a place of comfort, or a place of ethics, which I applaud, but for folks taking advantage of sales to get things they need? No shame, only solidarity in working for better wages & quality of living for all.
It's such a grim thing that I and many other people have only ever used Black Friday as not a gift-buying time, but a time to get necessities that are only affordable once a year.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is a damn important thing to remember. It’s all well & good to avoid Black Friday from a place of comfort, or a place of ethics, which I applaud, but for folks taking advantage of sales to get things they need? No shame, only solidarity in working for better wages & quality of living for all.
A faithful, strong, kind & generous woman has died. Give a moment's thought for the kin of Karen McKie, my aunt, who passed yesterday after being diagnosed with bone cancer 6 weeks ago. She was an insightful family court judge; loved books, wind-chimes & the woods; & leaves a large family. RIP.
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A faithful, strong, kind & generous woman has died. Give a moment's thought for the kin of Karen McKie, my aunt, who passed yesterday after being diagnosed with bone cancer 6 weeks ago. She was an insightful family court judge; loved books, wind-chimes & the woods; & leaves a large family. RIP.
When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
GameRT Announces 2025 Platinum Play Award Recipients
www.ala.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
Driving to Thanksgiving, and the main topic of conversation is the lore of Fraggle Rock.
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Driving to Thanksgiving, and the main topic of conversation is the lore of Fraggle Rock.
I make 3 #AncestralSalads on this day only:
Shredded Carrots with Raisins & Mayonnaise
Cottage Cheese with Pistachio Pudding Mix & Cool Whip/Sour Cream in a 1:3 ratio
Canned Mandarin Oranges and Mini Marshmallows with Shredded Sweet Coconut & Cool Whip/Sour Cream in a 3:1 ratio
What’s yours?
Shredded Carrots with Raisins & Mayonnaise
Cottage Cheese with Pistachio Pudding Mix & Cool Whip/Sour Cream in a 1:3 ratio
Canned Mandarin Oranges and Mini Marshmallows with Shredded Sweet Coconut & Cool Whip/Sour Cream in a 3:1 ratio
What’s yours?
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I make 3 #AncestralSalads on this day only:
Shredded Carrots with Raisins & Mayonnaise
Cottage Cheese with Pistachio Pudding Mix & Cool Whip/Sour Cream in a 1:3 ratio
Canned Mandarin Oranges and Mini Marshmallows with Shredded Sweet Coconut & Cool Whip/Sour Cream in a 3:1 ratio
What’s yours?
Shredded Carrots with Raisins & Mayonnaise
Cottage Cheese with Pistachio Pudding Mix & Cool Whip/Sour Cream in a 1:3 ratio
Canned Mandarin Oranges and Mini Marshmallows with Shredded Sweet Coconut & Cool Whip/Sour Cream in a 3:1 ratio
What’s yours?
It’s very convenient that the Ancestral “Salads” that I am responsible for bringing to The Meal are all best served chilled-to-room-temp, and not hot-to-room-temp. It makes this 40 min drive a lot less stressful!
#AncestralSalads #WeirdThanksgiveingDishes
#AncestralSalads #WeirdThanksgiveingDishes
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It’s very convenient that the Ancestral “Salads” that I am responsible for bringing to The Meal are all best served chilled-to-room-temp, and not hot-to-room-temp. It makes this 40 min drive a lot less stressful!
#AncestralSalads #WeirdThanksgiveingDishes
#AncestralSalads #WeirdThanksgiveingDishes
You know what’s going to be incredibly hard for future researchers? The largely missing private & semi-private documents from 2000 onwards, as more & more & more of our written exchanges never get printed on paper & saved, on purpose or otherwise.
You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
You know what’s going to be incredibly hard for future researchers? The largely missing private & semi-private documents from 2000 onwards, as more & more & more of our written exchanges never get printed on paper & saved, on purpose or otherwise.
Nothing is new, and we have always been here. #WomenInGames #History #TTRPGS #BoardGames #GamesForEducation
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Nothing is new, and we have always been here. #WomenInGames #History #TTRPGS #BoardGames #GamesForEducation
Reposted by MegueyB
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
More #AW3rd things to think about! Warriors of the World Ablaze is our in-progress fantasy apocalypse game, and you can find out more in the kickstarter for Apocalypse World Burned Over! #ttrpg #pbta
I'm thinking about SRDs, but meanwhile...
I want to preview another Warriors of the World Ablaze playbook on the kickstarter!
We've already previewed the Harrow Queen and the Hunting Kite. Which one would you like to see next?
Most likes wins! How about...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
I want to preview another Warriors of the World Ablaze playbook on the kickstarter!
We've already previewed the Harrow Queen and the Hunting Kite. Which one would you like to see next?
Most likes wins! How about...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We can stand up. We can fight back. We can be on the side of greater human rights & accountability & justice.
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We can stand up. We can fight back. We can be on the side of greater human rights & accountability & justice.