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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 3h

Late Pledges for Cypher are LIVE! There's still time to get everything we're making for this campaign—including exclusive items—at a fantastic, crowdfunding rate!

Don't miss out!

mymcg.info/cypher

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TJSeer_TTRPG @tjseer.bsky.social · 15h

Feeling much more normal, finally, but going to sleep about 4 hrs. later than normal.

I planned for some disruptionds ahead of time, so nothing important planned for today.

Zzzz binaural zoning, commence

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 16h

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 #histsci 🧪🐡👩‍🔬

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · May 21

Happy birthday to #paleontologist Mary Anning (1799 – 1847)! She was the wrong class, sex & religious denomination to gain the education, opportunity to work & communicate her results or garner any respect as a pioneering paleontologist. Further, during her lifetime many thought the Earth…

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Linocut print of Mary Anning in green in large coat and bonnet with geological hammer and basket in front of blue lias cliff in silver with fossils she found

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Zedeck Siew @zedecksiew.bsky.social · 23h

🚨NEW ESSENTIAL TTRPG SUPPLEMENT ALERT🚨

ianyusem.bsky.social @ianyusem.bsky.social · 1d

I live! Dropping this Mothership Month: a brand new way to play your favorite sci-fi horror RPG, with a high-powered corporate twist on the PC crew.

Trade economic for moral horror in the grand MOTHERSHIP EVIL CAMPAIGN.

Keep an eye out for the (free) full release in the next few weeks.

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That Other Dude @theotherdude.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly the right way to respond to this fascist bullshit. Never bend the knee to a fascist autocrat.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · 1d

Come see the Exeunt Press Head Skeleton In Charge (me) in person at the People's Book Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair this weekend in Takoma Park, MD.

Details here: omnes.exeunt.press/p/peoples-bo...

#boardgames #ttrpg #solorpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️

Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair 2025

Rain or shine at People's Book in Takoma Park, MD this weekend (10/18). Featuring Angela Bell, Dave Chalker, and Andy Looney of Looney Labs (Fluxx). And Exeunt Press too!

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 16h

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 #histsci 🧪🐡👩‍🔬

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · May 12

Happy birthday to founder of modern nursing, social reformer, statistician, data visualization innovator and writer Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910)!⁠
Nightingale earned the nickname "The Lady with the Lamp" during the Crimean War, from a phrase used by The Times, describing her as “ministering

Linocut portrait of Florence Nightingale in blue with her oil lamp in gold with orange flame with her rose diagram of mortality for 1855 and 1856 clearly showing that lack of hygiene was the biggest killer of those injured in the Crimean War

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 16h

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 #histsci 🧪🐡👩‍🔬

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Mar 7

For the #printerSolstice2425 prompt silicon my #linocut of brilliant trailblazing US #geologist & prof Florence Bascom (1862-1945) 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬⚒️ #histsci who championed women’s education, & used polarizing microscopes for detailed petrographic analysis to show that rocks previously identified as sedimentary🧵

My linocut portrait of geologist Florence Bascom as a young woman from neck up, in blue, looking at the viewer with her curly hair pulled back wearing a blouse with large lace collar on green vinyl. Behind her are two geological cross-sections with layers carved with different patterns to indicate different rock materials in black. Below on either side are two circular diagrams: these are thin sections of rhyolite printed in pale beige, brown, and black.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 16h

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 #histsci 🧪🐡👩‍🔬

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Nov 11

Happy birthday to Millie Dresselhaus (née Spiewak; 1930-2017). She was a professor of physics & electrical engineering at MIT, known as the Queen of Carbon Science. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🎢

In my #linocut I've shown her in front of a carbon nanotube. She was recognized for her work on graphite, graphite intercalation🧵

My linocut portrait of Millie Dresselhaus in white sweater, red blazer, and C for carbon necklace, with the structure of a carbon nanotube behind her, in red, silver and black ink.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 16h

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 #histsci 🧪🐡👩‍🔬

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Oct 18

Happy birthday to trailblazing #programmer & #computer scientist, Beatrice “Trixie” Worsley (1921-1972). 🐡🧪👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci My #linocut shows Worsley seated at the first computer in Canada, the FERUT (which she named) & a flow diagram of one of her programs.⁠
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Trixie Worsley earned one of the 1st 🧵1/n

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🪼Jellyfishlines is Haunting You🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.io · 16h

Happy #PortfolioDay!
I'm Irving and I write and do layout for TTRPGs!

I've worked with Evlyn Moreau on Dead Orbit Mall and I do most of my own layout work. I hope to work with you in the future!

Website: jellyfishlines.carrd.co
Games: jellyfishlines.itch.io

A vaporwave cover for Dead Orbit Mall. The palette has a focus on pinks, blues, and yellows. The background is a rich deep purple. There is a girl in the center with a side shave and a keytar wearing roller skates. There are blue seagulls that go into a face on the lower right. The middle left has a statue with geiger-esque vibes with the eyes blotted out by a rectangle. Above that is a satellite in pinks and yellows. Evlyn Moreau's name is written in yellow at the top.

A sideways view of a city skyline. The text reads "The city I love, it speaks to me. By Irving Benitez" The lower text reads "Built on Caltrop Core".

The cover for Townies, reminiscent of the classic Great Gatsby cover but with risograph texture. The art is by my friend Andrew (@andrewbeauman on bluesky). It is a bright gold leaning yellow cover with deep teal/steel blue accents. The text fade reads TOWNIE(S) from black to teal. The face looks to the side while the bridge and city sit below. The star above the city looks like a beauty mark or teardrop.
Below in the ground of the image reads "presented by Irving Benitez".

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Milkyblood - looking for art job @milkyblood.bsky.social · 18h

#portfolioday I’m UK based artist that specialises in critters and creatures. Currently working on a personal card game

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 16h

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 #histsci 🧪🐡👩🏿‍🔬

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Oct 17

Happy birthday to American astronaut Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956), a physician who became the first Black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for NASA, on September 12, 1992! 🐡🧪🧑🏾‍🔬 #histsci She also has a B.S. in chemical engineering, 🧵1/n

My linocut portrait of astronaut Mae Jemison in her flight suit, holding her helmet, with the globe of Earth above and to left.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 16h

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 18h

Are you a #ScienceArtist? We're looking for you to join us at #EGU26!

Applications are now open for EGU’s #Artist in #Residence programme!

📅 Apply by 27 October 2025.
👉 Learn more about the application details & requirements: egu.eu/63Y1BV
📝 Submit your application here: egu.eu/813683

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 16h

Sharing #womenInSTEM portraits and bios for #AdaLovelaceDay #ald25 #histsci 🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Feb 5

This #BlackHistoryMonth let’s celebrate trailblazing American #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! 🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬 #histsci She made important research contributions to the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & our knowledge of 🧵

My linocut portrait of Marie Maynard Daly in purples (she’s a young m, smiling Black woman, wearing earrings, a necklace and a dress, looking at the viewer over her shoulder). Above her to the right is an anatomical heart with a blowout diagram in a circle of a clogged artery and the cholesterol molecule all in red. Next to her on the left in blue are the molecules of the bases which make up DNA and a diagram of a human cell.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 18h

An exhibition of fantasy maps all drawn by the fantasy author, Ursula K. Le Guin, has opened in central London.

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/map...

Mapping Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin's maps go on display at the Architectural Association

An exhibition of fantasy maps all drawn by the fantasy author, Ursula K. Le Guin, has opened in central London.

www.ianvisits.co.uk

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Golden Lasso Games @goldenlassogames.bsky.social · 1d

Already have a tarot deck you love?

Grab our digital Decuma and get a print-friendly PDF of reference charts that allow you to play Decuma with any traditional deck of tarot cards. #ttrpg

goldenlassogames.com...

A picture of the Decuma deck from Golden Lasso Games surrounded by the tarot-inspired cards that make up the deck.

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Jess Pendley, Werewolf Wrassler 💪🐺 @jesspendley.com · 17h

This only ends with The Beast’s death or yours.

You do not know which you fear more.

No Mercy For Monsters is a solo #ttrpg of familial oaths, dark obsessions, and toxic bonds perfect for fans of gothic romances, monstrous tragedies, and fantasy horror experiences.

Check it out below! 🐺🪓💜

Underground Oracle Publishing @undergroundoracle.com · 17h

You have done terrible things to find them.
Would gladly do more to draw them close enough to touch.
One way or another, the monster will fall.

Grab No Mercy For Monsters, a solo #ttrpg of dark obsession & the bond between mortal rivals.

Site: undergroundoracle.co...
Dthru: www.drivethrurpg.com...

Art from No Mercy For Monsters by Unplaytested Presents. It features a huntress, kneeling on the ground with her axe in hand while screaming. The visage of a werewolf floats in the ether above her. Art by Tasca Skelton.

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The Old Ways 🔜 Gamehole Con @theoldways.bsky.social · 17h

We're back with more Adventures in Dragon Pass, as the group settles in at Runegate. The fire inside Elara cannot be contained.

#runequest
#glorantha

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The Old Ways Podcast - RuneQuest - Adventures in Dragon Pass - Episode 14

Runegate offers our group a spot to rest and reflect on the path which led them here, but for Elara, the need to worship Maran Gor in her own way always comes first.

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JellyMuppet is DOOMSPIRALLING @jellymuppet.bsky.social · 17h

As IF we weren't going to put in our Moonlight Greatsword.

Meet the Full-Moon Knight: "Step forward dogs, I have blade enough for all of thee. You fight for ineffable fate? See now the might of one who fights with hope for something better in their heart.”

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☠️ Ichabod Cranium ☠️ @snowintheair.bsky.social · 18h

Anyone who is in need of excellent & friendly audio production and cutting out AI should be talking to Fitz. I love a lot of peoples’ podcasts, but some of y’all should really be talking to him to uplift your end results. ;)

Knock Once For Yes @knockonceforyes.com · 18h

AI has tanked my audio production business, exchange rates and the cost of living crisis have tanked my English tutoring and, as someone with health conditions that needs to social distance, the remote jobs have all dried up with RTO.

Pretty desperate for work if anyone knows of anything!

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 18h

SPINE has been released on itch! You can download your PDF or a printable booklet today to start playing!

I'm keeping it FREE through the end of October.

backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 14d

SPINE is a solo tabletop RPG that looks like a book. It is your anchor to the fictional world, a prop, and a work of art — a keepsake — that you co-create, all in one.

In SPINE, you quite literally embody a researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.

Embody the researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.

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Stories with Dice @storieswithdice.bsky.social · 18h

Don't miss The Stars Are Not Kind, the latest episode of Star Trek Magellan.

#startrek #startrekadventures #actualplay

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Star Trek Magellan S1 E6 The Stars Are Not Kind: A Star Trek Adventures Actual Play Podcast | Stories with Dice

The crew of the Magellan must find Doctor Korby and stop Cressida City's burning deuterium tanks from devastating Corella IV, all while managing first contact with the Saurians. Join our Patreon Join ...

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wei-yau.bsky.social @wei-yau.bsky.social · 1d

I have completed Phase 1 of the Car Wars project for my friend. This was a super fun intermission project that really helped me to exercise some painting muscles that I haven't used in a minute. I'm pretty happy with how most of them came out.

My Top 3 would be:

3: Goblin
2: Hades
1: Meteor

Fifteen Car Wars Miniatures painted in different styles. Top-to-bottom, left-to-right

Meteor
Stiletto
Boomslang
Warhawk
Sawtooth
Hammer
Hotshot
Goblin
Butcher
Hydra
Scimitar
Sledge
Scarab
Slipstream
Hades

The Goblin is an armored all terrain vehicle. I really liked painting the blocky camo pattern on it and the gray/orange color scheme is one I really should use more often.

Hades is a sinister final boss-looking car. It is colored a deep purple with brass engine and exhaust. The rail guns have orange glowing energy.

The Meteor is a classic retro futuristic car with 50s styling. I don't use the comic book style too often, but this car just lent itself to the look so well. I'm especially tickled by the white walls.

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