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Lin Codega
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writers room assistant IWTV S3—journalist, co-founder rascal news—debut novel: MOTHEATER, !!!OUT NOW!!!—🏳️‍⚧️ they/them—a bit of a killjoy
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I received this beautiful Chinese calligraphy set for my birthday but have no idea how to use it properly. Anyone got any ideas on where to start learning?
A Chinese calligraphy set with brushes and inks and porcelain accouterments.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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i kept seeing the tempest (merc/soldier) faction in #over/under use the words "mercy" and "consequence" and i was like... that seems... familiar.

It turns out that Tan (@tjslotus.bsky.social) and Otso's friendship was so profound that it literally changed Tempest's narrative internal code.
Tan's personal note on how to play her character
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Four hours after the end of #over/under and people are still in the After/Party section, secondary voice chats, private DMs, and three-to-five separate servers talking about the game, the characters, the players, the moments. What an incredible experience. What a ride. A game-changing kind of month.
Otso, high gardener of the church, posting a final message. "The church is quiet. For now. Like many things, it has a memory. It'll be here when you return."
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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how do i explain any of this
an discord screenshot of high gardener otso [played by lin] saying, using out of character brackets [[ fucking cowboys i stg ]] A screenshot where three cardinals pretend to sing during a conclave where minutes earlier they were trying to verbally kill each other. The profile of a player as "anthony bourdain" who goes into every major establishment and faction and leaves reivews in Bourdain's signature style. Some Extermely Cursed and Toxic Old Men in... love, maybe, who knows.
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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If you're in LA i'm giving a talk tomorrow at a brewery on "THE HISTORY OF TTRPGS IN SEVEN SCANDALS" i have a powerpoint it will be great

🎟️ nerdnite.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?...
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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A chain vine mask!! Like this but less fancy
October 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Got a couple incredible portraits of my mystic high gardener otso from @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social in #over/under and... whew. that's him. that's the boy.
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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We all wish to forget it as it was...... deeply racist, in addition to a dozen other things.
October 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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We all see it!!!
October 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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like.......... what the fuck is this. what the fuck IS this
A screenshot from the free press showing how absurd, artistically bankrupt, and sexist the news outlet is at its core. the text reads "My favorite Actress is not human" Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI." and "by tyler cowen" a weirdo
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Bari Weiss' free press okay'ed this subhead, so i'm feeling SOoOOoo confident about the state of journalism at CBS
A subhead for an article about an AI "actress" "Tilly Norwood doesn’t  need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI." by Tyler Cowen
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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"I don't care what anyone says, I LOVE that movie."
The theatrical poster for Jupiter Ascending, a film by the Wachowskis, starring Channing Tatum as a rollerblading angel dogboy space marine and Mila Kunis as a reincarnated heir to an intergalactic genocide fortune. The poster shows the planet Jupiter in the background, Earth in the upper right corner like a moon as sci fi buildings rise in the forground. Channing and Mila -- in black leatherlike somethings -- are in the center of the poster.
August 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Found Motheater in the wild and was lucky enough to sign it! (It's the last copy at this location -- apparently it sold really well! 🥺)
A white hand holding Motheater -- a book by Linda H. Codega -- with a sticker from Vroman's Bookstore that says "Autographed." The cover is dark and moody, a vortex of branches and dark green and brown leaves, with Cicadas, suckks, and moths surrounding it. There is a blue jay prominently drawn on the left hand side. The cover illustration is by Erica Williams.
August 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Okay im playing games!!
A series of pages from mythic bastionland. Pictured is a light skinned, tattooed, buff and beefy trans knight named the moss knight
August 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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happy to claim responsibility for the funniest bit of this transcript
A screenshot that says "Lin: [inaudible arguing about D&D]"
July 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Having a hard time reconciling exactly what these policies will mean for game designers who sell on itch.io in any capacity. So many games "contain" these themes and topics without having them as part of the narrative... the line isn't in the sand, it's somewhere underwater and constantly moving.
A screenshot from itch.io's terms of service/creator FAQ that reads: "We don’t allow hosting content that includes sexualized images or videos of real-life humans. Fictional, illustrated, and rendered content is generally fine, assuming it’s legal. AI-generated imagery that is designed to resemble photographic content of real people is not allowed. Content glorifying sexual violence is not permitted. Depictions of minors, minor-presenting, or suggested minors in a sexual context are not allowed and will result in account suspension. Our policy is not an invitation to push the boundaries of what is acceptable. Violations that result in administrative action are permanent with no chance of appeal. Any funds on the account will not be eligible for payout. There is no second chance." A screenshot from itch.io's terms of service/creator FAQ that reads: The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited themes present in card processing networks. We are unable to support the sale of any works containing these topics: Non-consensual content (real or implied) Underage or “barely legal” themes Incest or pseudo-incest content Bestiality or animal-related Rape, coercion, or force-related Sex trafficking implications Revenge porn / voyeur / hidden cam Fetish involving bodily waste or extreme harm (e.g., “scat,” “vomit”) It’s almost impossible to come up with an exhaustive list of unacceptable products to sell, so often we have to take content reviews one at a time. If an issue arises with your account that isn’t already covered by our policy, then we will contact you and share what options you may have."
July 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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I made it!
The lou and Michael hotel in a the vampire lestat wrap in san Diego comic con.
July 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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SO YEAH. @itch.io has just enacted a massive search shadowban on adult content. I tagged my old game "Who will you save? / Who will you serve?" as "adult" and immediately got removed from search results.
a screenshot from itch.io showing the game "who will you save, who will you serve" as the top result for the search "who will you save" a screenshot from itch.io showing the top result for the search "who will you save" which does not include the game "who will you save? who will you serve?"
July 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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They're going to have to do better than this to get me into the theater.
July 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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read it!!
A screenshot from a Rascal article written by lin codega that reads: "I don’t think that D&D has ever fully shaken off this initial internal schism — that there are some parts of the rules and the game that are unknowable to the player themselves, and that those players should be kept in the dark regarding game generation, allowing for “invisible systems” of rules as described in chapter six of The Elusive Shift. D&D has constantly attempted to write rules for gamers that facilitate roleplayers across its contemporary iterations (third edition onward), hoping to bridge this divide. Daggerheart does not suffer this original sin. It has realized that great rules don’t necessarily encourage great roleplaying — but that great stories encourage great roleplaying. That giving all players tools to facilitate storytelling will, almost certainly, allow for games full of transactional, generative, emotional dialogue — the essential building blocks of any great tabletop RPG. ":
July 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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i'm going to be there saturday! i got the date wrong. i'll make a post tomorrow but here's the infooOOooo
July 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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also! this is triply frustrating because the rulebook is full of GREAT painted and posed mini photography and excellent layout!! The addition of Midjourney AI images, even if they were edited by the author in photoshop, is especially unnecessary because these photos are so good!!
a rules spread from the wargame "Pillage" showing rules for combat and movement in black text on cream paper, and lovely photography of well painted and positioned miniatures. Unlike other parts of this book which were allegedly made using Midjourney AI, these images are human hand made and fantastic.
July 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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I would like to personally invite Jim Spanfeller to go fuck himself. These are wild comments to make about Unions when you were too scared to attend all hands meetings and management rarely came to the table prepared to give us any information or talk intelligently about our issues.
"In a number of ways Unions have added value to editorial employees’ positions during a time of major change. But in many more ways the core methods that Unions work with (or rather against) companies working hard to change with the times is counterproductive to both their membership as well as the companies as a whole. It feels a bit like some of these extremely combative positions are a bit on the wane now. But perhaps that is just our specific case as our Union base has gotten dramatically smaller. Or, hopefully, it is an indication that the Unions themselves are realizing that what works in one industry (say automotive manufacturing or mining) does not work in other industries. To suggest that there is a fundamental difference between knowledge workers vs. miners or assembly line workers is overtly basic. There are more nuanced issues here…but that said this would not be a bad place to start." "In short, I hope for a future that has Unions in our industry but Unions that are much more focused on what our industry does and what constitutes success for editorial peers and does not try to litigate with a one size fits all approach. At a basic level, having a more reasoned and civil dialogue between management and Union leadership would be a very good place to start. The two groups in this discussion are clearly connected at the hip around core success metrics. Great editorial work drives great engagement, and great engagement is the core engine of success for any editorially driven business. Too often the knee jerk Union response to layoffs is that management has somehow failed the editorial team."
July 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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also this JUSt came across my feed
A tweet from @darrenrovell that says "i feel bad for our country. but this is tremendous content." it has nearly 5k retweets, 1.5K quote tweets and 11k likes. a good post!
June 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM