Colinaut ~ Mirth Peddlers
@colinaut.bsky.social
(he/him) Artist, designer (print/web/branding/XD/games), front-of-the-full-stack-ish developer, and shenaniganizer. My friends are rad! I also am long-time volunteer staff at the best con ever Big Bad Con. You can find my games at mirthpeddlers.com.
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Mirth Peddlers
Games, LARPs and mirthful shenanigans!
www.mirthpeddlers.com
Hi! My Bluesky is just me talking about stuff I care about… Clearly politics is on the menu right now — because I have empathy. But also music! I love hitting concerts. And last but not least, ttrpgs! You can find my game blog and the games I've designed on my site here: www.mirthpeddlers.com
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She missed her calling, really. If anyone's encountered eldritch horrors beyond human comprehension it's Olivia Nuzzi.
Hell, she's sexted with them
Hell, she's sexted with them
I’d love to see a Nuzzi-fied version of “The Call of Cthulhu”
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
She missed her calling, really. If anyone's encountered eldritch horrors beyond human comprehension it's Olivia Nuzzi.
Hell, she's sexted with them
Hell, she's sexted with them
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This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
NEW
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
US labor market flows remained sluggish in October data released this morning, as hiring slowed to nearly the lowest level since early COVID
The hiring rate fell to 3.2%, layoffs rose to 1.2%, quits fell to 1.8%, and job openings rose to 4.6%
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is exactly what the bosses who put Trump into office were trying to achieve. Crushing the tight labor market from the early Biden years that gave workers - for the first time in my adult lifetime - leverage over their bosses.
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WE GOTTA GET THERE!
11 Days Remain. $8,250 till we hit the last stretch goal, at which point every backer gets the PDF of our creator's guide to PBTA, An Apocalypse of Infinite Games, the moment it's ready.
Wanna be among the first to see? Here's your chance!
#ttrpg #pbta #AW3rd www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Wanna be among the first to see? Here's your chance!
#ttrpg #pbta #AW3rd www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
WE GOTTA GET THERE!
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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It's like the grey goo nanotechnology apocalypse, but for digital information.
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It's like the grey goo nanotechnology apocalypse, but for digital information.
Listened to the two songs released on this album and they hit me right in that strange emotional space in my heart where the original Autechre songs burrowed in decades ago, but the acoustic guitar struck with an odd emotional punch like it’s from an alternate timeline where this was the real song.
I’m ecstatic to announce my new double LP, Autechre Guitar, is now available for preorder from Bill Orcutt’s Palilalia Records. Ten songs by the English electronic music duo, Autechre, transcribed and arranged for solo acoustic guitar. 🙏 🟩
shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/autech...
shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/autech...
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Listened to the two songs released on this album and they hit me right in that strange emotional space in my heart where the original Autechre songs burrowed in decades ago, but the acoustic guitar struck with an odd emotional punch like it’s from an alternate timeline where this was the real song.
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Would you like a #AW3rd moniker for the season? Reply with 1 bit of apocalyptica & I’ll give you one! Because we hit $170k & I’m feeling festive about it.
At $180k, all backers get the “Creator’s Guide to PBTA” pdf for free. 13 days to go!
#ttrpg #pbta
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
At $180k, all backers get the “Creator’s Guide to PBTA” pdf for free. 13 days to go!
#ttrpg #pbta
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Would you like a #AW3rd moniker for the season? Reply with 1 bit of apocalyptica & I’ll give you one! Because we hit $170k & I’m feeling festive about it.
At $180k, all backers get the “Creator’s Guide to PBTA” pdf for free. 13 days to go!
#ttrpg #pbta
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
At $180k, all backers get the “Creator’s Guide to PBTA” pdf for free. 13 days to go!
#ttrpg #pbta
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
We need to shutdown capitalism until we can figure out what is going on… and then once we find out keep it shutdown.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We need to shutdown capitalism until we can figure out what is going on… and then once we find out keep it shutdown.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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December 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
ReoLink is great. Highly recommend if you are in the market for home security that is not being fed to some corporate databank
Repeating this one more time:
If you absolutely need home cameras and doorbell cams and such, Reolink devices can function 100% without any access to the internet.
Combine that with a Home Assistant server and the only one who can see what's on your cameras is you.
If you absolutely need home cameras and doorbell cams and such, Reolink devices can function 100% without any access to the internet.
Combine that with a Home Assistant server and the only one who can see what's on your cameras is you.
remember that your ring doorbell starts using face recognition on every face it sees today :)
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ReoLink is great. Highly recommend if you are in the market for home security that is not being fed to some corporate databank
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With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
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capital believes it has invented a mill which turns the labor of their workers into more capital, and that they can own it
And to expound on point A I find the use cases of producing a post-truth society and displacing human workers from jobs that need a human touch (i.e. the arts) the most insidious
the problems with AI are, in order:
(a) what people do with it;
(b) what it does;
(c) the power it uses;
(d) everything else
(a) what people do with it;
(b) what it does;
(c) the power it uses;
(d) everything else
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
capital believes it has invented a mill which turns the labor of their workers into more capital, and that they can own it
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I guess its Buy Books Saturday or something so I’m here to say, hi! I write books about sustainable activism and consent culture, and I would love for you to buy a copy of any of my books, particularly my most recent one “Love Rebels”!
November 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I guess its Buy Books Saturday or something so I’m here to say, hi! I write books about sustainable activism and consent culture, and I would love for you to buy a copy of any of my books, particularly my most recent one “Love Rebels”!
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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My friends and I were featured in Wired magazine today! (cc @tacticoolgf.bsky.social @picatinnyrailed.bsky.social @inrange.tv etc etc)
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My friends and I were featured in Wired magazine today! (cc @tacticoolgf.bsky.social @picatinnyrailed.bsky.social @inrange.tv etc etc)
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
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Everyone should have the right to speak up against injustice without ending up in a database. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Everyone should have the right to speak up against injustice without ending up in a database. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Seems like they had a source in the chat & not that they’re able to hack into signal or get the records via warrant. Important distinction for organizers & guardian article should’ve made it more clear.
They are spying ON ORGANIZERS, not just the signal chat. Understand how they will come after you
They are spying ON ORGANIZERS, not just the signal chat. Understand how they will come after you
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Seems like they had a source in the chat & not that they’re able to hack into signal or get the records via warrant. Important distinction for organizers & guardian article should’ve made it more clear.
They are spying ON ORGANIZERS, not just the signal chat. Understand how they will come after you
They are spying ON ORGANIZERS, not just the signal chat. Understand how they will come after you
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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It's no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, cops were watching those streets through different lenses: Flock Safety license plate readers that tracked every car. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It's no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, cops were watching those streets through different lenses: Flock Safety license plate readers that tracked every car. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The thing about Americans basing their entire identity around what they consume is that it's susceptible to changing fads. Trump, as a branded name, was made for this moment. That said, it feels like this right wing fandom is peaking now. At some point, people will be bored with all of it… I hope.
NEW: For months, my colleagues and I dug into YouTube's conservative airwaves and found a flourishing network of host-read ads on right-leaning podcasts. This phenomenon has enriched hosts, YouTube, and businesses that use ideology to sell. bloom.bg/3Kaio9w
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The thing about Americans basing their entire identity around what they consume is that it's susceptible to changing fads. Trump, as a branded name, was made for this moment. That said, it feels like this right wing fandom is peaking now. At some point, people will be bored with all of it… I hope.
This is good and they need to get rid of the rest of the police state surveillance cameras
Scores of people voiced concerns about growing police surveillance, while others support more cameras to fight crime.
Oakland council committee rejects Flock surveillance camera expansion
Scores of people voiced concerns about growing police surveillance, while others support more cameras to fight crime.
oaklandside.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is good and they need to get rid of the rest of the police state surveillance cameras
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Pre-orders are now open for #ZhenyasWonderTalesRPG and the pledge management surveys begin this week! Add this gorgeous game to your gaming library! #TTRPGs #RPGs
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Pre-orders are now open for #ZhenyasWonderTalesRPG and the pledge management surveys begin this week! Add this gorgeous game to your gaming library! #TTRPGs #RPGs
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...