Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real

Name your favorite sword!† † Sorry, I didn't mean "What's your favorite sword from history or fiction or games," I meant you should give your favorite sword a name.‡ ‡ Feel free to make up a sword if you don't already have a favorite.

Got that mysterious library text today! You know the one! Past Eppy put a book on hold and promptly forgot about it. And now I got a little surprise waiting for me at my local public library!

Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

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"The Madden brothers aka Good Charlotte fired almost everyone from REVOLVER Magazine, BrooklynVegan, and Alternative Press"

I painted a couple horses on a beach as an exercise in learning more about my oil pastels, and wrote up the journey they took me on over on my blog: www.portablecity.net/oil-pastel-h...

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

If SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.

404 Media@404media.co · yesterday

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

So many amazing maps in our TTRPG Maps Bundle coming tomorrow! Here’s 1 of the talented creators included, making gorgeous watercolour terrain maps - beautiful & incredibly versatile TTRPG assets! Check them out, & wishlist the bundle to be notified when it's live! rpg-trader.com/products/813...

Beautiful Blank Spaces on RPG Trader

18 illustrated terrain maps, ready to be drawn on, coloured in, marked up, hex-crawled, and more!

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Long John Silver vs. Jim Rockford

Sequel only license

Also! Two new pages up for A Brief Guide's Chapter 10! Getting a bit autobiographical here with this scene, I won't lie.

Chapter 10 - What This Means For You - Stories

More to come! This post will be updated in a week!

stories.portablecity.net

Two stone effigies stand guard at the Demiurge's Keep - Gergeda, mother of monsters, and Dzovad, the cannibal god... www.patreon.com/posts/necrom...

Simon Roy@simonroy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Domekan merchants, struggling to stay warm as winter arrives in the highlands. A totem of Nal-Pek, lowland god of merchants, travelers, and repentant thieves, watches over their camp

"Was this written by AI?" "Does it smell like it's been boxed up in a basement since the early 80s? Cause that's the only way to know for sure."

Mice laying siege to a cat castle. BL Harley 6563, f. 72

Join the In Places Deep patreon to learn the hideous powers of the Cadaver Sludge: www.patreon.com/InPlacesDeep...

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

The best thing about RPG Trader? I can offer this to you in print, as well as digitally! Grab a physical copy of Beautiful Blank Spaces in letter-sized coil-bound form and impress your local game group:

Beautiful Blank Spaces on RPG Trader

18 illustrated terrain maps, ready to be drawn on, coloured in, marked up, hex-crawled, and more!

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shel kahn@portablecity.bsky.social · yesterday

Beautiful Blank Spaces is a long overdue collection of my watercolor maps, featuring 18 different terrain vignettes, at letter size, in both color and black and white hexgrid versions, ready to power your next campaign, world building project, or quiet year session.

Beautiful Blank Spaces is a long overdue collection of my watercolor maps, featuring 18 different terrain vignettes, at letter size, in both color and black and white hexgrid versions, ready to power your next campaign, world building project, or quiet year session.

shel kahn@portablecity.bsky.social · yesterday

Something very pretty is launching as part of this @rpgtrader.bsky.social Maps bundle! Go wishlist a huge discount on a bunch of fun digital map assets, including my set of 18 unlabeled maps, Beautiful Blank Spaces:

WE HAVE REAL CAMPS YOU CAN BE OUTRAGED ABOUT

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterday

These guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.

Am I going to make a big old weapon chart for this game? I've always wanted to make a game with a big old weapon chart and then I keep designing away from it for some reason.

Sunsets are so pretty, but whatever you do, DON’T look directly at the sun!! Be safe: look at paintings of the sun instead. I am posting these for your personal eye health. You’re welcome!

Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

"I'm a very honest person, but I wouldn't say I *always* tell the truth."

Douglas Fairbanks clears a table as he duels Noah Beery in THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920), his first full-costume swashbuckler. Doug's brother, Robert, acted as a stunt coordinator and propmaster, lowering the table slightly to make the leap look even more impressive.

Saving up for a halberd so I can get a job standing by an entrance with a buddy.