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Tristan J. Tarwater

@backthatelfup.bsky.social

Writer, producer, maker of video games. Nuyorican/Black. Wrote some comics in some Eisner award winning anthologies. Linguist-ish. They/them. Making "Vampire The Taskerade." Website: https://www.backthatelfup.com

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 2d ago

Quartley reminder that if you care about physical media you better support your local library! Where else can you get books, games, board games, puzzles, internet hotspots etc for free? *Get library card, use it *Use library programs *Share library social media *Donate to its foundation

Switch Switch 2 Wii games At the library PS5 games at the library Board games at the library Puzzles at the library
Brandon O’Brien@therisingtithes.bsky.social · 3d ago

my brain has been kicking my brain's ass this week because I had an idea for an essay after one of the latest AI-in-fiction dramas and then *I missed two other AI-in-fiction dramas* and then an essay came pouring out of me and I think I only got four hours of sleep last night so anyway hold this

We can be blunt here: the industry does not care, has never cared, and *cannot* care about marginalised writers. But it does care about marginalised *fiction*. It cares about marginalised fiction as if Marginalisation is a genre, and it does so because it is. The industry has, on both ends — from the place of well-meaning white cishet able-bodied gatekeepers who really do want to make space for stories from perspectives they cannot imagine, and from the dens of 'anti-woke' pundits railing against an apparent dilution of art or culture — absolutely created a genre that can only be described as Marginalised Fiction. That is, the literary industry cares deeply about fiction that it can view through a margin-frame: fiction identified first and foremost by its ability to perform the assumed bona fides of marginalised authenticity, at least enough for people on the outside, if not based on rigid definitions of radical art that are policed from both within and without the culture itself. Stories that are Black *because* they're about racist microaggressions, violent neighbourhoods, fractured family lives, and identifiable artifacts of culture. Stories that are non-American *because* they telegraph rural tribal community, strong ancient culture, and tension with the outside world. Stories that are queer *because* they play with grotesque bodies, intense sexual exploration, or the bittersweet revelations of sex as desire or violence. Stories that are disabled *because* they paint images of frail bodies or frayed minds severed from reality through drugs, machinery, or just a lack of access to their own effort. Stories that are immigrant *because* they are about being alienated by language, forging new communications with locals, and fearing the hovering sword of state violence. The industry *loves* that shit.
Christiane Knight@christianek.bsky.social · 2w ago

You know what would be a small but meaningful act of kindness you could do today? Leave a review for a book you recently read. Extra meaningful if you loved it, if it's an indie/self-pubbed author, there's only a few reviews in the review space of your choosing. It really does make a difference.

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 2w ago

fascinating story on a fledgling new religious order dedicated specifically to ministering to people who have survived abuse by the church. sex abuse, obviously, but also casting a much wider net as well. I’m impressed their bishop passed them through phase 1 of becoming an official order

These Catholic sisters want to start a new order with a difficult mission: helping survivors of clergy abuse

Sisters Theresa Alethia and Danielle Lussier call themselves the Sisters of the Little Way of Beauty, Truth and Goodness. Their order plans to help victims of abuse.

npr.org

Tristan J. Tarwater@backthatelfup.bsky.social · 2w ago

Support the DnD workers, sign the petition demanding Hasbro and WotC recognize the union actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcl...

Tell Wizards of the Coast to Recognize Our Union!

The workers at Magic The Gathering: Arena have voted overwhelmingly to form the union: United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC)! We are asking Wizards and Hasbro management to voluntarily recognize ...

actionnetwork.org

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · 2w ago

D&D has released an official statblock for Jimothy

Jimothy statblock from DnD: You cannot gain XP by fighting him. He has agile and compact frame traits; his action is hurl garbage.
Valentine Powell@valentineirl.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Commitment to maximum employment" team hires the person who just did massive layoffs and two AI tech bros trying to create tools to reduce human workforce. This is basically the plot of an Outer Worlds questline. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

US Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who just laid off 3,200 employees, to lead task force on jobs

The Federal Reserve says its newly-announced task forces represent a "commitment to price stability and maximum employment."

pcgamer.com

Aidan Moher@aidanmoher.com · 3w ago

"'We Have Always Fought': Challenging the 'Women, Cattle and Slaves' Narrative" by Kameron Hurley - A Dribble of Ink

I’m going to tell you a story about llamas. It will be like every other story you’ve ever heard about llamas: how they are covered in fine scales; how they eat their young if not raised properly; and ...

aidanmoher.com

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 3w ago

Hegseth is looking to ban women in combat roles in the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

Chise@sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 3w ago

GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of John Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors Develop

Phase I results show early promise for a vaccine designed to prevent pancreatic cancer in people at high risk of developing the disease.

insideprecisionmedicine.com

Kasey Gifford@kaseygifford.bsky.social · 3w ago

Its difficult to put my my anger over this into words. The modern Backrooms was born from the collective effort of thousands. That collaboration, all that passion/time was freely given because it made people happy. Now its being monetized. Its exactly like Ai and the internet.

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Radiant G🌈 @ sleeby😴@radiantg.bsky.social · last mo.

🩸MONSTERHEARTS BACKERKIT🩸 The #Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake #BackerKit ends this month on July 16! 🐺Horror #IndieGame #IndieDev 🎲Spin-off of #Monsterhearts #TTRPG 🃏Strategic #Deckbuilder 📖Narrative #VisualNovel elements 🧑‍❤️‍💋‍🧑8 #Romance options 🌈Lots of #LGBTQ+ rep Back the game here! ⬇️

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake

Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake. Get messy. 🤯 Get magical. 🪄 Get monstrous. 🦇 We are crowdfunding to add controller support to this queer narrative horror deckbuilder.

backerkit.com

Anne Kosseff-Jones@annekosseffjones.bsky.social · 4w ago

Minneapolis, hit me up if you know families in need of car booster seats. We collected a lot of donated boosters for transporting kids to school last winter/spring and would like them to be put to good use. All are used but not expired!

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tech oligarchs have been working hand in hand with authoritarian states the world over, and profiting off incredible suffering, including genocide, but I guess it only counts when they begin to do it in the US

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4w ago

“Central to the increasingly authoritarian state is the tech oligarchy, a group of extremely wealthy and powerful technology executives, investors, and corporations shaping AI, cloud computing, digital infrastructure, and data extraction and analytics.”