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Joseph Hartman (he/they) - Writer of upcoming fantasy novel Dragon Descent, and developer of soulslike RPG Deadbeat!
https://linktr.ee/jahartman
https://linktr.ee/jahartman
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Welcome to the sea of noise.
Welcome to the Hereafter.
DEADBEAT, the AFTERLIFE SOULSLIKE, is OUT, RIGHT NOW!!!
GET IT ON STEAM: store.steampowered.com/app/2067430/...
#gamedev
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
Welcome to the Hereafter.
DEADBEAT, the AFTERLIFE SOULSLIKE, is OUT, RIGHT NOW!!!
GET IT ON STEAM: store.steampowered.com/app/2067430/...
#gamedev
#indiegames
#indiegamedev
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Attention Indie Devs!
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
Lone Wulf Studio 2025 Indie Showcase Submission
Submit 15 seconds of game footage from games you worked on in 2025!
lonewulfstudio.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Attention Indie Devs!
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
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Look, I'm gonna say it again: how do you think people are going to find out about your stories if you DON'T say anything? Magic? Psychic powers? Oh, maybe the story will FLY through their WINDOW and land on their DESK!
Yell about your stuff! And other people's stuff!
Readers do not have ESP!
Yell about your stuff! And other people's stuff!
Readers do not have ESP!
For those writers out there who feel nervous about promoting your work and potentially screaming into the void, let me just say: it works! Whenever I see a little bump in downloads/sales for past issues, it tends to coincide with one of that issue's writers talking about it somewhere. Don't be shy!
December 27, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Look, I'm gonna say it again: how do you think people are going to find out about your stories if you DON'T say anything? Magic? Psychic powers? Oh, maybe the story will FLY through their WINDOW and land on their DESK!
Yell about your stuff! And other people's stuff!
Readers do not have ESP!
Yell about your stuff! And other people's stuff!
Readers do not have ESP!
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Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
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You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.
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been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
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You GOTTA stop being so desperately afraid of the audience. Look at me. Look in my eyeballs. Stop being so desperate for approval. Stop writing for the whiny babies in your audience and start writing for the freaks who like cool fucked up shit
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
You GOTTA stop being so desperately afraid of the audience. Look at me. Look in my eyeballs. Stop being so desperate for approval. Stop writing for the whiny babies in your audience and start writing for the freaks who like cool fucked up shit
1 like = 1 Lore drop
This is a fun idea! :D I like gushing about my lore.
I could talk about Sigil and the Serpent, the WIP I'm currently editing, but also Deadbeat and other things I'm working on are fair game too!
This is a fun idea! :D I like gushing about my lore.
I could talk about Sigil and the Serpent, the WIP I'm currently editing, but also Deadbeat and other things I'm working on are fair game too!
1 like = 1 Lore drop
Only Ina/Fate of Enaros. Gotta promo my original stuff!
Only Ina/Fate of Enaros. Gotta promo my original stuff!
1 like = 1 Lore drop
First commemt picks whether its Moonlight Hearts, The Last Paladin, or Star Sentinels.
First commemt picks whether its Moonlight Hearts, The Last Paladin, or Star Sentinels.
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1 like = 1 Lore drop
This is a fun idea! :D I like gushing about my lore.
I could talk about Sigil and the Serpent, the WIP I'm currently editing, but also Deadbeat and other things I'm working on are fair game too!
This is a fun idea! :D I like gushing about my lore.
I could talk about Sigil and the Serpent, the WIP I'm currently editing, but also Deadbeat and other things I'm working on are fair game too!
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What do we want? DRAGONS! When do we want 'em? NOW! Where do we want 'em? IN TODAY'S BLOG!
buff.ly/Q3YzyqH
buff.ly/Q3YzyqH
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
What do we want? DRAGONS! When do we want 'em? NOW! Where do we want 'em? IN TODAY'S BLOG!
buff.ly/Q3YzyqH
buff.ly/Q3YzyqH
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relevant to the PLR discussion, request my book at your local library! especially helpful if you're in a major canadian city like halifax, montreal, ottawa, toronto, winnipeg, regina, edmonton, calgary, vancouver or victoria! (but also if you're not, libraries are rad)
Want to support me without spending a dime? Request my books at your library! The library pays for their copy so I still get paid and you get to read it for free! Best part, others can enjoy it after you! 🌈📚 #booksky
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
relevant to the PLR discussion, request my book at your local library! especially helpful if you're in a major canadian city like halifax, montreal, ottawa, toronto, winnipeg, regina, edmonton, calgary, vancouver or victoria! (but also if you're not, libraries are rad)
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You there. I want you to say, aloud, at some point today "I'm really glad I'm good at..." And then you're gonna say something you think you do pretty well.
If you don't think you do anything pretty well, I want you to say "one little thing that makes me unique is..."
And if you can't do either?
If you don't think you do anything pretty well, I want you to say "one little thing that makes me unique is..."
And if you can't do either?
November 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You there. I want you to say, aloud, at some point today "I'm really glad I'm good at..." And then you're gonna say something you think you do pretty well.
If you don't think you do anything pretty well, I want you to say "one little thing that makes me unique is..."
And if you can't do either?
If you don't think you do anything pretty well, I want you to say "one little thing that makes me unique is..."
And if you can't do either?
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plus we've literally seen the same process happen in real time in our lifetimes. like, we know that everything that's happening right now is bad, it's just the people saying that are ignored by the people doing it and the people who support them. same as it ever was, i guess.
this is of course obvious if you think about it (despite the massive propaganda effort to make this lie): it's not like there aren't several different major ancient world religions founded more or less explicitly on the concept of slavery being bad
To the extent my philosophy degree helped me with anything, it is the understanding that everyone was fully aware slavery was bad and kept doing it anyway.
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
plus we've literally seen the same process happen in real time in our lifetimes. like, we know that everything that's happening right now is bad, it's just the people saying that are ignored by the people doing it and the people who support them. same as it ever was, i guess.
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the thing about "inalienable human rights" is they do have to apply to everyone or else they're no longer "inalienable human rights"
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
the thing about "inalienable human rights" is they do have to apply to everyone or else they're no longer "inalienable human rights"
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I am 64 years old and FOR MOST OF MY LIFE two things were true:
- fascists were trying to take over the USA
- we were beating them
Those creeps are beatable. We beat them for decades. In the 30s they tried a form of MAGA and US beat them. The 50s? McCarthy purges. US beat them.
Do. Not. Doom.
- fascists were trying to take over the USA
- we were beating them
Those creeps are beatable. We beat them for decades. In the 30s they tried a form of MAGA and US beat them. The 50s? McCarthy purges. US beat them.
Do. Not. Doom.
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I am 64 years old and FOR MOST OF MY LIFE two things were true:
- fascists were trying to take over the USA
- we were beating them
Those creeps are beatable. We beat them for decades. In the 30s they tried a form of MAGA and US beat them. The 50s? McCarthy purges. US beat them.
Do. Not. Doom.
- fascists were trying to take over the USA
- we were beating them
Those creeps are beatable. We beat them for decades. In the 30s they tried a form of MAGA and US beat them. The 50s? McCarthy purges. US beat them.
Do. Not. Doom.
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If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
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This whole thread.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
There's something deeply disturbing about EBT/SNAP hate to me. Like just truly bone blanching shit.
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This whole thread.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
“Oh no, someone might eat food!”
Good. That’s good.
“They might buy something they like.”
Cool.
“They might get a treat!”
Also cool.
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A side effect of that is we live in denial about the complex systemic reality of why harm happens. We are terrified of admitting we've done harm, because that would mean we're "bad," or our loved ones are.
And thus we remain unhealed and stuck in the same cycles. We are hiding from ourselves
And thus we remain unhealed and stuck in the same cycles. We are hiding from ourselves
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A side effect of that is we live in denial about the complex systemic reality of why harm happens. We are terrified of admitting we've done harm, because that would mean we're "bad," or our loved ones are.
And thus we remain unhealed and stuck in the same cycles. We are hiding from ourselves
And thus we remain unhealed and stuck in the same cycles. We are hiding from ourselves
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Republicans cheering children going hungry is never going to leave my memory, and it shouldn't leave yours, either.
Shunning works.
And people with plenty denying children anything deserve shunning.
Shunning works.
And people with plenty denying children anything deserve shunning.
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Republicans cheering children going hungry is never going to leave my memory, and it shouldn't leave yours, either.
Shunning works.
And people with plenty denying children anything deserve shunning.
Shunning works.
And people with plenty denying children anything deserve shunning.
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Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
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If judges can refuse to officiate gay weddings, gay defendants should be able to refuse to be heard by those judges. If they can’t be compelled to perform the most heteronormative of functions, why would anyone believe they are capable of putting their biases aside for something with higher stakes?
October 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If judges can refuse to officiate gay weddings, gay defendants should be able to refuse to be heard by those judges. If they can’t be compelled to perform the most heteronormative of functions, why would anyone believe they are capable of putting their biases aside for something with higher stakes?
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"everyone is twelve now" theory actually makes a ton of sense when you think about your young adulthood and education process as an opportunity to move beyond grievances you felt when you were younger and did not understand the cause/effect of situations, power relationships, or your own emotions
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"everyone is twelve now" theory actually makes a ton of sense when you think about your young adulthood and education process as an opportunity to move beyond grievances you felt when you were younger and did not understand the cause/effect of situations, power relationships, or your own emotions