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Jeremy Forbing
@jeremyforbing.bsky.social
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Neurodivergent father/husband/writer/progessive/LGBTQ-affirming Christian endlessly seeking hope, justice, deeper faith, and tabletop RPGs that use more dice than just d6s. (He/Him)

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Someone already got to this dude's Wikipedia page... Brutal.
In the "Personal Life" section, a new edit to Tyler Cowen's Wikipedia entry now reads "Notably, he also believes AI actresses being virgins is an important benefit of the technology."
October 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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For a sec I thought maybe he was talking about this, but then I remembered there are these pesky bits of Christianity that right wing people have to ignore or they get kicked out of White Supremacist Capitalism Club.
Acts 4:32-35 New King James Version (NKJV) Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all. Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.
September 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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The message "If you hate anyone because of your faith, you're doing it wrong" on a church sign for Gethsemane Lutheran Church.
September 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Meme of the scene from Star Wars where Luke Skywalker and his uncle Owen buy droids from the Jawas. Owen is saying, "What I really need is a droid that understands that Trump's name is on every page of the Epstein files."
September 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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August 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Never forget mainstream media's complicity in creating the fascist police state we now live in.

@thehill.com
Screenshot of a link to a news story from the Hill with the headline "Kamala's newest lie: Trump will send the army after you" from October 18th 2024. The link has a picture of then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris and shows 2.4 million views at the time the screenshot was taken.
August 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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August 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I saw the new Superman movie.

I have an opinion on it. I'm not going to share my opinion online because I want to remind us all (including myself) that keeping an opinion to yourself-- especially when it's not really relevant to anyone else's experience-- is actually an option.
July 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Meme of Morpheus from The Matrix saying "What if I told you... you could just let people enjoy things..."
April 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Meme of Morpheus from the Matrix saying "What if I told you... you could just let people enjoy things?"
April 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Found my own writing for a #dnd #ttrpg book among the content Zuck stole. If you're a #writer, you can use this tool to see if your stuff is in there as well.
Screenshot of results from a tool provided by The Atlantic to search the piracy database called LibGen, which Meta (parent company of Facebook and Instagram) sure to train their AI plagiarism bots. The results show that a book I was a co-author on, Tasha's Hideous Leftovers, was included.
March 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Had to track that post down and reply with this evergreen meme
Meme of Morpheus from The Matrix saying "What if I told you ... You could just let people enjoy things?"
March 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Meme of Morpheus from the Matrix saying "What if I told you ... you could just let people enjoy things?"
March 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Crucial article on what the author calls "the AI coup", about the tactics+endgame of the Musk/Trump overthrow of our govt. They want to replace democratic processes (including budget decisions that constitutionally belong to Congress) with AI they control.

www.techpolicy.press/anatomy-of-a...
The plan appears to involve deliberately weakening government institutions by removing civil servants and replacing them with AI systems that are likely to fail. This failure would then justify further privatization and control by tech companies who position themselves as the only ones who can fix the resulting problems. The administration is simultaneously working to weaken academic research institutions by targeting diversity initiatives and creating an alternative Trump calls the "American University," while implementing a keyword-based system that rejects research grants related to studying AI bias. The article warns that the ultimate goal isn't just automation but rather a transfer of democratic decision-making power to technical infrastructure controlled by a small group of tech elites, describing these as the elements of "technofascism." Salvaggio argues that the tech industry's strategy relies on moving quickly before public consensus can form, and that the solution isn't to debate whether AI can be trusted, but rather to question whether computerized systems should replace voter representation at all. "The argument must be that no computerized system should replace the voice of voters. Do not ask if the machine can be trusted. Ask who controls them."
February 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Hey @geektyrant.com I think you've swapped which actor was in what. (Though it's possible one or both productions would've been improved that way.)
Screenshot of a Geek Tyrant article link thumbnail about the upcoming thriller Switzerland with Helen Mirren, but in saying two new actors have joined the cast, it reverses their credits, incorrectly asserting that Olivia Cooke was in the movie Solo and Alden Ehrenreich is in the streaming series House of the Dragon.
February 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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“Hearing these stories recently definitely pushed me into putting out a release,” Aaron B said. “It's also sort of an art work, just me unleashing shear unadulterated rage at how things are going. I was just sick and tired of how the internet is evolving into a money extraction panopticon, how the world as a whole is slipping into fascism and oligarchs are calling all the shots - and it's gotten bad enough we can't boycott or vote our way out, we have to start causing real pain to those above for any change to occur.”
January 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Saw this quote from Jack Handey (as in "Deep Thoughts") I'd never heard before but now plan to bust out in-character during future #DND #TTRPG sessions:

"The ruins were impressive. But like so many civilizations, they forgot the rule that might have saved them: Don't let vines grow all over you."
January 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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IF JESUS HAD BEEN BORN 30 YEARS AGO THE MEDIA AND POLITICIANS WOULD LABEL HIM A DANGEROUS MIDDLE-EASTERN ANTI-CAPITALIST WHO WANTS TO IMPOSE SOCIALISM ON THE WORLD AND ENABLE THE POOR AND CURE THE SICK
December 26, 2024 at 4:53 AM
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I am 1000% one of them, so I say this with love, but: Have you noticed how likely any given #TTRPG person is to produce the most melodramatic, breathless, panicked, and/or scolding hot takes around?

I'm ride or die with y'all, but seriously. We flip out over the most random, insignificant things.
A tabletop with the Fiasco RPG book, a bunch of six-sided dice, a pad of paper, and a pen. You know, tabletop gamer stuff.
December 13, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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"This is not the moment to concede the Christian faith to nationalists.

"And it is not the time to isolate and double down on shit that is not working."
-Nadia Bolz-Weber

open.substack.com/pub/thecorne...
Image text: Nick Cave is speaking about the human realities he believes religion is a bit more adept and practiced at answering than secularism. “[religion] deals with the necessity for forgiveness for example, and mercy. Whereas I don’t think secularism has found the language to address those matters. The upshot is a kind of callousness toward humanity in general, or so it seems to me. And I think callousness comes from aloneness, people feeling adrift, or separated from the world. In a way they look for religion – and meaning – elsewhere. And increasingly they are finding it in tribalism and the politics of division.” Cave then goes on the admit that yes, religion has a lot to answer for, but it’s decline has taken with it a regard for the value of humanity in and of itself. “This regard is rooted in a humility of one’s place within the world – an understanding of our flawed nature. We are losing that understanding, … and it is often being replaced by self-righteousness and hostility.”
December 11, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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This is the right and proper answer.
A screenshot from the Robotech TV series, showing a giant robot (a Veritech in Battloid form) in space in front of the bridge of the battleship SDF1.
December 3, 2024 at 5:13 AM
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#TorchLite is out! Somehow, this customizable, narrative pulp-fantasy #TTRPG, focused on character development & compelling stories of action & exploration (compatible w/ #CortexRPG) feels like the culmination of my 8 yrs creating for #dnd5e.

For your consideration at xineink.itch.io/torchlite
November 13, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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Teaser of our new #TTRPG TorchLite previewing our starting character options. If you want, you can make a full TorchLite character in moments by picking three options off three lists...

See those lists in full at xine.ink/2024/11/08/t...

#TorchLite #CortexRPG #xine #CortexPrime
Header with Torchlite logo reads: Torchlite Gives You Options Body reads: 9 Peoples x 9 Professions x 9 Personas Then it provides examples of characters: Scheming Elf Fighter, Mercenary Ork Hexknight, Valiant Feyblooded Paladin, Mystical Human Cipher 729 starting character combinations in Torchlite, and that's before you start customizing! Torchlite ignites on Nov 13 at xine.ink
November 9, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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Felt cozy, might delete later.

#TTRPG #CortexRPG
November 4, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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StopProject2025Comic.org could help, maybe? I just saw this stuff shared today, but it seems very concise and clear and impactful. For example, here is a way Project 2025-- which is 100% tied directly to Trump no matter what he says- directly threatens free speech.
October 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM