My top 5 RPGs that are Dungeons & Dragons: 1) Mutants and Masterminds 2) Pathfinder 2e 3) D&D 3.5e 4) Monte Cook's World of Darkness 5) World of Warcraft d20

Emma MacFarlane (she/her)@scotsdragon.bsky.social · 58m ago

My top 5 RPGs that are Dungeons & Dragons: 1. AD&D 2e 2: BECMI and B/X 3) OSRIC 4- D&D 3e 5> Microlite20

Idk. If you, a random man, decide to come into the mentions of this thread to do class reductionism 101 at me what do you expect but a block? Read the fucking room.

Anarchy Goose@anarchygoose.northsky.social · 12h ago

I think the reluctance to say that abusers shouldn't have positions of power comes back to Great Man Theory. There's a temptation to think that movements pivot on particular exceptional individuals and we therefore have to excuse their abuse in the name of their contributions to a higher cause.

I think the reluctance to say that abusers shouldn't have positions of power comes back to Great Man Theory. There's a temptation to think that movements pivot on particular exceptional individuals and we therefore have to excuse their abuse in the name of their contributions to a higher cause.

ive said it before but i think “u dont have to be trans to transition” is so much more helpful than “u dont have to transition to be trans” bc it prioritizes agency and self actualization over ruminating on identity indefinitely

The more of this shit I see the more my position becomes "Yes, actually, starve."

Anarchy Goose@anarchygoose.northsky.social · 2d ago

That's what gets me about all of these abusers. Not one of them thinks to give up their platform and cease putting themselves in positions where they can have power to abuse again. It just doesn't occur to them, and if asked the response is usually "Oh you want me to STARVE?!"

we just need to hear a few more hot takes and this whole thing will be solved

I heard the Pope has denounced AI, that's cool. How's he doing on not killing us again?

Trans News Network@transnews.network · last mo.

Underneath the "progressive" papacy of Pope Leo remains a deeply reactionary institution, one of the biggest enemies of trans rights worldwide. @sjklapecki.itch.io, who survived the Catholic Church's bigotry firsthand, goes in-depth on why it's time to see through the propaganda and face reality.

This is actually really insightful because like-- I think fascists, cops, soldiers, snitches can all choose to be better. But I think it is widely understood that people who have done those things should not be trusted with power again; removing that is a necessary part of being safe around them.

Without History@withouthistoryband.bsky.social · yesterday

There a lines a person can cross which make them the enemy. Which make their humanity irrelevant to how we deal with them. Leftists are cool with this for fascists. Cool with it for cops. Many are cool with it for soldiers in Imperial armies. Some even for snitches. But not for rapists.

Oh yeah I never showed my orks. I am slowly, slowly working my way through the Armageddon box. It's fun! Look at the lads.

I've been watching a lot of videos on the new Tone Pro paint range because I'm pretty pumped for a new set and they look cool. But I do think it is very funny how many paint influencers are like "So I got flown out to Nottingham, got exclusive access to cool people the public never get to meet...

I've got a feeling that they've learned all the wrong lessons from The Snap and Doomsday will kill off like half the main cast in an attempt to make people care then bring them back in movie 2/3 but the trouble is nobody cares about any of these characters now.

Describing this as 'one of the darkest movies ever made' is objectively hilarious.

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · 2d ago

AVENGERS: LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR

I heard the Pope has denounced AI, that's cool. How's he doing on not killing us again?

Trans News Network@transnews.network · last mo.

Underneath the "progressive" papacy of Pope Leo remains a deeply reactionary institution, one of the biggest enemies of trans rights worldwide. @sjklapecki.itch.io, who survived the Catholic Church's bigotry firsthand, goes in-depth on why it's time to see through the propaganda and face reality.

I do not care what Leo says into a mic until it's "all the total trans healthcare bans in the Catholic Church's massive hospital networks are immediately repealed."

Trans News Network@transnews.network · last mo.

Underneath the "progressive" papacy of Pope Leo remains a deeply reactionary institution, one of the biggest enemies of trans rights worldwide. @sjklapecki.itch.io, who survived the Catholic Church's bigotry firsthand, goes in-depth on why it's time to see through the propaganda and face reality.

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Confused by folks saying Geller should have known he wouldn't get away with it. His patron is still at £60k/year today. He has published multiple successful books. Plus whatever he made from other projects. He has been doing this almost 20 years.

(CW: Rape, Geller) The fact that he tries to spin his past as the reason he is 'driven to make the world a better place' would be laughable if it wasn't so disgusting. He dedicated his life to media analysis, which is fine, but it is in no way a route to making the world a better place.

If he had dedicated his life to charity work, mutual aid or assisting victims in some material way this would still be a shocking revelation but at least then you could look at the outcome and see how he got there. Having a passion for gaming and a keen insight on monetising it is clearly not that.

It's disgustingly cynical to go "No, no, I'm an uwu smol bean BECAUSE I was a rapist" and I really hope people see all the way through that.

IDK man, the whole "no apology is ever good enough!" complaint rings pretty fucking hollow when none of these assholes have ever said "I will be giving up my platform."

Started making a moderation list of utter fucking losers in case anyone wants to clear up their Bluesky experience getting rid of some absolutely shameless cunts:

(CW: Rape, Geller) The fact that he tries to spin his past as the reason he is 'driven to make the world a better place' would be laughable if it wasn't so disgusting. He dedicated his life to media analysis, which is fine, but it is in no way a route to making the world a better place.

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Well, if they wanted to be shared, they should have chosen a different name. Everybody should know that needle sharing isn't a good thing.

This was true six months ago and it is true today.

Anarchy Goose@anarchygoose.northsky.social · 7mo ago

The Needle is a fucking joke of an outlet. The Daily Mail for trans people but somehow even less professional and with a weaker understanding of journalistic ethics. Do not share Needle News articles. Do not give them the platform they are trying to build. They are not good actors in the community.

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Patriarchy is a bargain in which men gain structural power over non-men and the fact that the biggest obstacle to making this clear and doing something about it is the insecurity of men when this is made explicit tells you a lot about how that system operates and what they get out of it as a class.

Just as the lived experience of individual wealthy people is largely irrelevant when discussing the reality of capitalism, the lived experience of individual men is largely irrelevant when discussing patriarchy - and yet everything must be couched and approached softly for fear of setting one off.

The fact that Isabel's work is now primarily going to be known through the lens of a rapist man when it means so much to trans women is just so deeply upsetting.

Anarchy Goose@anarchygoose.northsky.social · 2mo ago

I enjoyed the essay but the moment I heard Isabel be brought up I winced because I know that whether Jacob did a good job or a bad job discussing the themes (and I think he did good; he's good at what he does) this will now be one of if not the primary way cis people engage with the work.

People do understand that the 'positive masculinity' embodied in roles like protector and provider are just 'patriarch' under any other name, right? Men aren't offered these roles out of an appeal to benevolence. They get submission to their authority in exchange.