Nick LS Whelan
@linkskywalker.bsky.social
Susie Derkins lives in my pocket. She's got a lot of complaints, but refuses to move out.
Been playing a game called Void War, which is an FTL-clone meets legally distinct Warhammer 40k. It's a thoughtful iteration on FTL's mechanics. More emphasis on boarding parties, less available healing. Having a lot of fun.
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Been playing a game called Void War, which is an FTL-clone meets legally distinct Warhammer 40k. It's a thoughtful iteration on FTL's mechanics. More emphasis on boarding parties, less available healing. Having a lot of fun.
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
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Oh yeah btw the reason why Vine is being relaunched with great fanfare and no Al is because it's jointly operated with an Al company and they probably don;t want to pollute their scrap pile with stuff they've already shat out.
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Oh yeah btw the reason why Vine is being relaunched with great fanfare and no Al is because it's jointly operated with an Al company and they probably don;t want to pollute their scrap pile with stuff they've already shat out.
i kinda feel bad for a book when the only thing i end up highlighting are the quotations of other writers
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
i kinda feel bad for a book when the only thing i end up highlighting are the quotations of other writers
There's something about reading "SIZE: Medium ↵ SPEED: 30 ↵ ALIGNMENT: Any" that just makes me irate. Throw the book away.
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
There's something about reading "SIZE: Medium ↵ SPEED: 30 ↵ ALIGNMENT: Any" that just makes me irate. Throw the book away.
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The blue no matter who people, who spent years telling the left to enjoy the camps for telling them that transphobia and genocide are wildly unpopular election-losing positions, ended up voting for a sexual predator *not* running as a democrat who was endorsed by Trump, Musk, and Miller. Who lost.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The blue no matter who people, who spent years telling the left to enjoy the camps for telling them that transphobia and genocide are wildly unpopular election-losing positions, ended up voting for a sexual predator *not* running as a democrat who was endorsed by Trump, Musk, and Miller. Who lost.
It's quite funny to me that I wrote Flux Space to support classic dungeon exploration play, which I love dearly; and I often get tagged by people thanking me for creating a method that allows them to replace the awful slog of classic dungeon play.
I, the author, am dead and glad of it.
I, the author, am dead and glad of it.
October 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's quite funny to me that I wrote Flux Space to support classic dungeon exploration play, which I love dearly; and I often get tagged by people thanking me for creating a method that allows them to replace the awful slog of classic dungeon play.
I, the author, am dead and glad of it.
I, the author, am dead and glad of it.
Jays you can't let us have this. Grind America into the dirt.
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Jays you can't let us have this. Grind America into the dirt.
It's old news that WotC did a piss poor job of digitizing and republishing old TSR material, but this still irritates me. I'm prepping Descent to the Depths of the Earth right now, and they cut so much out of the margins that the maps are missing full corridors. Thank god for piracy.
October 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It's old news that WotC did a piss poor job of digitizing and republishing old TSR material, but this still irritates me. I'm prepping Descent to the Depths of the Earth right now, and they cut so much out of the margins that the maps are missing full corridors. Thank god for piracy.
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Imagine texting a beautiful woman with this.
October 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Imagine texting a beautiful woman with this.
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The Penguin and Toyman would make a fun supervillain teamup.
October 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Penguin and Toyman would make a fun supervillain teamup.
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"super mario 64 scientists"
oh come o-
"panenkoek2012"
say no more.
oh come o-
"panenkoek2012"
say no more.
September 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"super mario 64 scientists"
oh come o-
"panenkoek2012"
say no more.
oh come o-
"panenkoek2012"
say no more.
Oh thank god I'm not alone.
September 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Oh thank god I'm not alone.
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L'shana tova. If you follow me for nerdy game design things and not dank leftwing takes, I have been writing again and posting to ye olde Hill Cantons blog. Links follow.
September 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
L'shana tova. If you follow me for nerdy game design things and not dank leftwing takes, I have been writing again and posting to ye olde Hill Cantons blog. Links follow.
Equipped with my official Bremerton Community Theatre Sippy Cup, I am now entitled to drink wine in the performance hall. It's called the privileges of rank, peasants.
September 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Equipped with my official Bremerton Community Theatre Sippy Cup, I am now entitled to drink wine in the performance hall. It's called the privileges of rank, peasants.
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thank you to @sal.gay for editing and @roqueromero.bsky.social for the awesome cover. Thank you also to everyone who did reading and gave feedback including @ratkingrpg.bsky.social @naeolin.bsky.social @bradkerr.net @cairnrpg.com @linkskywalker.bsky.social and to my wonderful playtesters!
September 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
thank you to @sal.gay for editing and @roqueromero.bsky.social for the awesome cover. Thank you also to everyone who did reading and gave feedback including @ratkingrpg.bsky.social @naeolin.bsky.social @bradkerr.net @cairnrpg.com @linkskywalker.bsky.social and to my wonderful playtesters!
mario is a divisive figure in the bobomb community
September 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
mario is a divisive figure in the bobomb community
I'm trying to buy a rubber ring right now, and the closest match I can find online only lists inner diameter. Not outer, not thickness. I dont even know if rubber hardness is a factor or not, but its never listed.
I miss Radio Shack from 30 years ago.
I miss Radio Shack from 30 years ago.
i wish brands would include more technical information in their product descriptions. i don't need to know this was inspired by timeless italian men summering in nantucket who could dress up or down. i want to know the fabric weight, leather tanning method, seam construction, etc.
September 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I'm trying to buy a rubber ring right now, and the closest match I can find online only lists inner diameter. Not outer, not thickness. I dont even know if rubber hardness is a factor or not, but its never listed.
I miss Radio Shack from 30 years ago.
I miss Radio Shack from 30 years ago.
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all the best windows software in history is called something like "joe's thing doer". it does the thing and nothing else and is available on a html website in plain text and takes up under a megabyte of space and uses default windows ui elements and will work until the heat death of the universe
August 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
all the best windows software in history is called something like "joe's thing doer". it does the thing and nothing else and is available on a html website in plain text and takes up under a megabyte of space and uses default windows ui elements and will work until the heat death of the universe
It's strange having grown up in the region where pickleball originated. I never knew it was a local thing until everyone started talking about it as a new phenomenon.
August 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It's strange having grown up in the region where pickleball originated. I never knew it was a local thing until everyone started talking about it as a new phenomenon.
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Newsom is proof that if Trump was more clean cut and well spoken liberals wouldn’t have a problem with Trump
August 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Newsom is proof that if Trump was more clean cut and well spoken liberals wouldn’t have a problem with Trump