Timothy Ferguson (Games From Folktales)
@timothyferguson.bsky.social
Librarian, podcaster, and author.
Games From Folktales podcast
Games From Folktales podcast
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A team effort by talented creators @marklawford.bsky.social @timothyferguson.bsky.social @wranglerofchaos.bsky.social @chrishopper.bsky.social @bjohnsonfreelance.bsky.social @oddsandents.bsky.social
Fully funded, reaching for the next stretch goal. Support human #TTRPG freelancers! Treat yourself!
Fully funded, reaching for the next stretch goal. Support human #TTRPG freelancers! Treat yourself!
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A team effort by talented creators @marklawford.bsky.social @timothyferguson.bsky.social @wranglerofchaos.bsky.social @chrishopper.bsky.social @bjohnsonfreelance.bsky.social @oddsandents.bsky.social
Fully funded, reaching for the next stretch goal. Support human #TTRPG freelancers! Treat yourself!
Fully funded, reaching for the next stretch goal. Support human #TTRPG freelancers! Treat yourself!
If the US.military are having their salaries paid by a donor, aren't they mercenaries now under international law? I ask because my country has American personnel based in it and they don't seem to be being paid by the government of the United States, with whom we have a treaty, but by a third party
October 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If the US.military are having their salaries paid by a donor, aren't they mercenaries now under international law? I ask because my country has American personnel based in it and they don't seem to be being paid by the government of the United States, with whom we have a treaty, but by a third party
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Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff
Block, move on.
Block, move on.
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff
Block, move on.
Block, move on.
So, I coauthored a book of RPGs scenarios based on Elizabethan folklore. More commentary in the Kickstarter's page from the editor and coauthors. It's useful in most fantasy based settings, although my stories in particular lean toward urban settings.
Game masters, what #TTRPG do you run where you could use narrative-focused adventure plots from this book?
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101 Tales of Magic and Mystery
TTRPG adventure plots of mystery, magic, and intrigue, grounded in the history and folklore of Renaissance England.
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October 18, 2025 at 5:36 AM
So, I coauthored a book of RPGs scenarios based on Elizabethan folklore. More commentary in the Kickstarter's page from the editor and coauthors. It's useful in most fantasy based settings, although my stories in particular lean toward urban settings.
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Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge
September 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge
That terrible moment when you're trying to write Mythic Cheshire for Ars Magica and the ghost of Kenneth Williams sidles up and says "You know that D&D Ravenolft Venice thing you have been avoiding? This is what _I'd_ do... "
June 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
That terrible moment when you're trying to write Mythic Cheshire for Ars Magica and the ghost of Kenneth Williams sidles up and says "You know that D&D Ravenolft Venice thing you have been avoiding? This is what _I'd_ do... "
What makes LLMs work isn't deep neural networks or attention mechanisms or vector databases or anything like that.
What makes LLMs work is our tendency to see faces on toast.
What makes LLMs work is our tendency to see faces on toast.
May 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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What makes LLMs work isn't deep neural networks or attention mechanisms or vector databases or anything like that.
What makes LLMs work is our tendency to see faces on toast.
What makes LLMs work is our tendency to see faces on toast.
May 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
What makes LLMs work isn't deep neural networks or attention mechanisms or vector databases or anything like that.
What makes LLMs work is our tendency to see faces on toast.
What makes LLMs work is our tendency to see faces on toast.
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What
also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
May 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
What
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I hope you love something beautiful and meaningless. For me, it's football. I don't care what it is for you, but I wish you a deep love for something that means nothing until you give it meaning through your attention.
May 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I hope you love something beautiful and meaningless. For me, it's football. I don't care what it is for you, but I wish you a deep love for something that means nothing until you give it meaning through your attention.
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RFK JR: “ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.”
There’s a reason for that, Bobby:
There’s a reason for that, Bobby:
April 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
RFK JR: “ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.”
There’s a reason for that, Bobby:
There’s a reason for that, Bobby:
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The song to listen to while we wait:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSQ8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSQ8...
When Will You Die? - They Might Be Giants (Official Video)
YouTube video by ParticleMen
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April 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The song to listen to while we wait:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSQ8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSQ8...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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One thing that kills me about arts grants in Aus (one of many) is that if you’re someone like me who does the work—I see all my projects and to completion on my own time and dime—you’re essentially punished. Having a half assed idea is more valued than a finished product. It’s kinda maddening.
April 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One thing that kills me about arts grants in Aus (one of many) is that if you’re someone like me who does the work—I see all my projects and to completion on my own time and dime—you’re essentially punished. Having a half assed idea is more valued than a finished product. It’s kinda maddening.
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I want to tell you a story, and it begins with this VERY WEIRD animal: Meet Thetys vagina...
[a thread 🧵]
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[a thread 🧵]
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🌿🧪🦑🐙🌊
April 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I want to tell you a story, and it begins with this VERY WEIRD animal: Meet Thetys vagina...
[a thread 🧵]
📸 m_patton bit.ly/2Mgw8Sf
🌿🧪🦑🐙🌊
[a thread 🧵]
📸 m_patton bit.ly/2Mgw8Sf
🌿🧪🦑🐙🌊
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Ye brynge to mynde the babe.
What babe?
That babe wyth the knowlech.
What knowlech?
The knowlech of sorcerye.
Sorcerye?
Assuredlye!
Assuredlye what?
Brynge to mynde the babe.
#Labyrinth #Bowie
What babe?
That babe wyth the knowlech.
What knowlech?
The knowlech of sorcerye.
Sorcerye?
Assuredlye!
Assuredlye what?
Brynge to mynde the babe.
#Labyrinth #Bowie
April 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Ye brynge to mynde the babe.
What babe?
That babe wyth the knowlech.
What knowlech?
The knowlech of sorcerye.
Sorcerye?
Assuredlye!
Assuredlye what?
Brynge to mynde the babe.
#Labyrinth #Bowie
What babe?
That babe wyth the knowlech.
What knowlech?
The knowlech of sorcerye.
Sorcerye?
Assuredlye!
Assuredlye what?
Brynge to mynde the babe.
#Labyrinth #Bowie
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I think people reeeeealllly overestimate the role of trade and industrial policy in US dominance of heavy industry in the 1950s and really underestimate the importance of having dropped high explosives on every facility in Japan or Germany capable of manufacturing a ball bearing
April 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I think people reeeeealllly overestimate the role of trade and industrial policy in US dominance of heavy industry in the 1950s and really underestimate the importance of having dropped high explosives on every facility in Japan or Germany capable of manufacturing a ball bearing
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ART THOU YN A SONG BY THE MOUNTAYNE GOATES?
-Art thou drivinge at night?
-Art thou feelinge not reallye one emocioun or anothir emocioun but rathir a productive tension or paradox?
-Ys ther a notable birde nearbye?
-Ys somebodye referencinge death metal, ancient historye, d&d, or wrestlinge?
-YEAH!
-Art thou drivinge at night?
-Art thou feelinge not reallye one emocioun or anothir emocioun but rathir a productive tension or paradox?
-Ys ther a notable birde nearbye?
-Ys somebodye referencinge death metal, ancient historye, d&d, or wrestlinge?
-YEAH!
April 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
ART THOU YN A SONG BY THE MOUNTAYNE GOATES?
-Art thou drivinge at night?
-Art thou feelinge not reallye one emocioun or anothir emocioun but rathir a productive tension or paradox?
-Ys ther a notable birde nearbye?
-Ys somebodye referencinge death metal, ancient historye, d&d, or wrestlinge?
-YEAH!
-Art thou drivinge at night?
-Art thou feelinge not reallye one emocioun or anothir emocioun but rathir a productive tension or paradox?
-Ys ther a notable birde nearbye?
-Ys somebodye referencinge death metal, ancient historye, d&d, or wrestlinge?
-YEAH!
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First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.
Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.
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White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.
March 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
White House says no one will be fired over the Signal scandal because no one involved was trying to cure cancer.
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Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
March 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
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“Australian leadership must deftly manage an evolving geopolitical economic reality that most closely resembles a bus driver on an eight-day coke bender who has just locked his passengers in the vehicle to joyride through a minefield with a rabbit in his pants.”
My latest in the @australia.theguardian.com is on how Australians are less American than they’ve ever been… and this has implications on everything from wombat-bother era to the balance of trade… #auspol
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The impact of Trump 2.0 on Australia is evidence of how American we suddenly aren’t | Van Badham
Our two countries once shared a history fighting together for freedom. But does the US, like, even do that any more?
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March 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“Australian leadership must deftly manage an evolving geopolitical economic reality that most closely resembles a bus driver on an eight-day coke bender who has just locked his passengers in the vehicle to joyride through a minefield with a rabbit in his pants.”
Although libraries provide many services during cyclone recovery, I believe this was the most popular
March 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Although libraries provide many services during cyclone recovery, I believe this was the most popular