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Natalie Ash (she/her)

@thenatalieash.bsky.social

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Fuck you, make me. she/her, audhd, trans, gay, polyam and available. tabletop rpg writer and all-around awesome person. 😏

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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · Jun 20

Exchanging goods via currency exchange is so last century.
I've made some things. If you've made some things, let's trade those things.
Ideally digitally, 'cause my shelves are crazy full. Feel free to send a dm if you want any of these pdfs:
byemberandash.itch.io

Ember and Ash

byemberandash.itch.io

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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 3h

I mean, we all already knew Burned Over is gonna be a treat 👍

Rascal News @rascal.news · 6h

"The time for a softer, gentler Apocalypse World was gone."

Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.

Apocalypse World: Burned Over is kinder and much angrier

The end of the world isn’t what it used to be. It might be better.

www.rascal.news

Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 3h

Well, in Genshin Impact I was lucky enough to pull Nefer after only 77 pulls.

Now I just need to pull Furina (to be friends with Skirk) and pull Nefer’s weapon.

😞 that’s gonna be a lot of primogems

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Matt Risby @thebadspot.bsky.social · 12h

None of us know Public Access.

We just like watching the Odyssey Tapes.

We enjoy doing the narration.

No harm in that.

We don't know what they do.

We don't know what they trigger.

Oh God.

Live for Patrons now...

youtube thumbnail for the bad spot's public access campaign of 3 latchkeys looking scared against a rocky desert background as two figures walk into a triangular shape.

text reads Part 5: The Great Hungers

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Isabelle (Thistle), Anxiousmimicrpgs @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social · 2d

Do you like lesbians and mechs? Messy power dynamics and half-alive robots you have to swap blood with? I just released GIRL FRAME, a TTRPG inspired by Mechsploitation, Armored Core, and Evangelion. Go check it out!
anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frame

GIRL FRAME by anxiousmimicrpgs

Lesbians in mechs, struggling against oppression and eldritch horrors

anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io

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Shauntelle B (they/them): Flavourful weirdo @shauntelleb.bsky.social · 2d

Hey everybody - I'm sure this has come up before: Are there any TTRPG archivists/libraries/librarians? People that collect games not just for personal use but to keep a record of existing games/offer public viewing?

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Jordan @gm-jordan.bsky.social · 2d

I really hate the idea that a game master for a role playing game is responsible for making sure that everyone is having fun… because that’s EVERYONE’S job at the table.

Equally! Everyone is responsible to ensure everyone is having fun.

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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 2d

perfect. no notes.

Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 2d

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 3d

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”

🎁link

David Mullin @rdmullin.bsky.social · 4d

www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

Just How Bad Would an AI Bubble Be?

The entire U.S. economy is being propped up by the promise of productivity gains that seem very far from materializing.

www.theatlantic.com

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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 3d

Where are the cute, geeky, polyam+looking, queer girls of Portland hanging out?
Doesn’t look like it’s Tinder 😒
It ought to be “with me”, but that’s, like, step 3 or something

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CHI XU @meltingcomet.com · 3d

the “it costs $0.00 to support an indie dev” train is so silly because actually the best thing u can do to support an indie dev is to give them money and the thing they’d be boosting is something you would, ideally, buy when it’s out shdjfjfjf

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 6d

This went live last night - a big PDF bundle of the books I've written at Image. Includes The Wicked + the Divine, DIE, Phonogram, Ludocrats, the first Power Fantasy, We called them giants, etc. Basically, this is the stuff I got into comics to do, and a great chance to grab it.

Humble Comic Bundle: Roll for Initiative with Kieron Gillen by Image Comics

Dive into one of comics’ most creative minds with our Kieron Gillen bundle, featuring The Wicked + The Divine, and more! Pay what you want and support BINC!

www.humblebundle.com

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Plus One Exp | Staying Home For PAXU (cause we live in Philly) @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 7d

Feast for a Sphinx by the amazing @evlynmoreau.bsky.social Sophia Ramos & @satelitesnaturales.bsky.social finally showed up at the warehouse after some shipping shenanigans from the printer and it’s GORGEOUS!!!

Coming to backers soon!

We will have 50 additional copies on the site or at PaxU

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🪼Jellyfishlines is Haunting You🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 7d

Please support the HELLO//GOODBYE bundle for legal aid! It supports folks facing homelessness and deportation under ICE

itch.io/b/3276/hello...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7d

ICE has arrested a mother of a three-year-old for playing her clarinet outside an ICE facility in Portland, as reported by her husband.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 7d

Yes. 5, i think.

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Five Points Games @fivepointsgames.bsky.social · 7d

We're never a group that bites that hand that feeds but the Itch outage is just further argument to

1. Not keep your eggs in one basket. Drivethru may take 30%> but it's still a revenue stream.

2. Push, as a community, for more platforms that allow creatives to do what they do. Create.

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Rine @rine.bsky.social · 7d

That's a lot of words for "I don't give a shit about anything but the paycheck I'm getting."

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 7d

Damn that laugh she lets out sucks

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Hamnah ✨ // Lilith 😈 @lilithttrpg.bsky.social · 9d

When was the last time you got a COVID booster? If it was 6 months ago (or more), it's time to get another!

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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 9d

no kidding

Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 9d

So, when I went to urgent care and they did a blood test and said, "We're sending you to the ER", I turned out to NOT be having a heart attack. Seeing a bill like this, however, might prompt one! And this is WITH pretty decent insurance. At least I skipped the ambulance... 🙁👎

image of hospital bill, notably including "RADIOLOGIC EXAM CHEST 2 VIEWS", "Your Share: $501.00", and "Emergency department visit for moderate problem", "Your Share: $2,479.59"

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Spryte M. ♿🏳️‍🌈♀️🎮✍🏻🪆🧩🦅 @sprytemagnus.bsky.social · 12d

@theradr.bsky.social I believe this is your gem of wisdom

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SmallerGod @jennysmallergod.bsky.social · 12d

Corporations make billions in profit so they can choke smaller businesses to death

Your furry artist shirt maker sells them so they can pay their rent

It's not morally questionable to buy a furry shirt from walmart, it's morally repugnant.

Nyil @nyil.bsky.social · 13d

The annoying thing about corporations trying to break into furry spaces is that like.. when corporations do this it's because they want to take control of the space so that they're the only ones who can sell things. They're corporations, they can afford to undercut small creators.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 12d

I’m so glad Portland is doing this, it’s genius, and also I desperately want it to stop being just a Portland thing, this needs to be a national tactic

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 12d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Silmaria 🏳️‍⚧️ @silmaria.bsky.social · 11d

The Salvation Army has repeatedly kicked lgbtq people out into the street to literally freeze to death.

They are evil.

M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 11d

Because it needs to be said:

The Salvation Army does not exist to save you

The Salvation Army exists to convert you

And if they cannot convert you, they will not lift a finger to save you

Do not support those whose “charity“ comes with conditions

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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