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Reed | GM of Bring Your Own Mech
@reedplays.bsky.social
GM of Bring Your Own Mech and The Deimos Paradox Lancer ttrpg actual play podcasts. Genetics PhD Candidate. Very queer (they/them) and disabled. pfp by me.
It's heeeeeeeeeere!!!!! And now I finally get to talk about P.O.E.T.S, coming soon! I finally get to be a player character again 🥹
>// THE GOLDEN ONE LOOMS.
>// THE MOTHER FLICKERS.
>// CURTAINS DRAW.

The finale of Bring Your Own Mech's second season beckons.

🧵 below.
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.

The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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My essay on Strange New Worlds has become about how capitalism hollows art into postmodern nostalgic, contextless product that reinforce cultural norms creating a “centrist” view that frames fascism as just a side in a debate with marginalized voices who challenge the hierarchies fascists exploit.
September 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Holy shit:

Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.

www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire - High Country News
Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities.
www.hcn.org
September 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I want to make a big thread about the Frankenstein discourse but it's going to devolve into a ramble about the nature of literature and media literacy and the state of it now and it's just not even about Frankenstein being fuckable anymore. So idk. I'm just tired.
September 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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I’m so sad I am not teaching Frankenstein this semester. This is too perfect.
Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material.

Oh my.
September 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So embarrassing for a reviewer of GDT's Frankenstein to be so unfamiliar with the original novel that they would complain that Frankenstein's monster is "too sympathetic"...OPEN THE SCHOOLS! (but also let us have hot sympathetic monsters okay good grief)
September 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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It’s demoralizing to watch grifters grow absurdly wealthy by spreading lies that make their audiences feel good, while scientists lose research funding, some lose their jobs (as I did), and hiring freezes sweep across universities and medical centers.
August 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES!

Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No.

Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES!

Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES!

Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES!

Fund mRNA research!
August 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
bluesky still doesn't know what kind of stuff to show me so it's just showing me a collection of cool sci-fi art, mediocre furry art, critiques of the US medical care system, cool pictures people take of the sky or mountains, and some mediocre furry porn. But still better than twitter
August 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.

The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social

Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social

#LancerRPG
August 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yeah, I cried a little
Won’t say when but I did end up making the GM tear up with one of the songs, big W
>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.

The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social

Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social

#LancerRPG
August 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm going to try be more active on here in the coming days, because I kind of miss the ttrpg community that I used to have before twitter went to shit. Since starting this degree and getting sick I've gotten really isolated from everything design and actual play, and I wanna fix that 😅 lets chat!
August 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Architectural ableism is the true villain of this campaign. Listen now on your podcatchers of choice!
>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.

The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social

Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social

#LancerRPG
August 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Won’t say when but I did end up making the GM tear up with one of the songs, big W
>// PENULTIMATE EPISODE DROP INCOMING.

The crew claws their way through a gauntlet of riddles and challenges, only to find the true final boss... a staircase.

🧵 below!

Character 🎨 by
@akinomiiart.bsky.social

Cover 🎨 by
@dustehill.bsky.social

#LancerRPG
August 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Mechs are cool
Along with RNS, I'm launching a mecha ttrpg newsletter. Each month features a game, interviews, and ashcan content for RNS.

This month features @salvageunion.bsky.social, an interview with @leylinepress.bsky.social, and an interview with @akinomiiart.bsky.social of @bringyourownmech.bsky.social.
May 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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The #CritAwards are here, consider nominating us (🧵):
Best Game Master | Indie: @reedplays.bsky.social
Best legacy Podcast: BYOM
Best Character Artist: @akinomiiart.bsky.social
Best Instrumental of the Year by a Musician in the TTRPG space: "Whispers of Witness" by @amelia-g-music.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM