To my cisgender siblings in the UK: today is segregation day. Help in every way you possibly can. Do not ignore this. Fight the transphobes in every venue, in every arena, in every situation.

Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI

Well well, would you look at the time.

*walks into room, writes "Jaws" on the whiteboard* *looks at execs* *adds "es" onto the end of Jaws so it says "Jawses"* *execs are cautiously interested* *draws a line through the last S so it reads "Jawse$"* *execs lose their minds*

weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

let's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?

Given we are approaching that time of the year, my big piece from years back on the 1983 Cold War Crisis (and the role of Stanislav Petrov in it) over onto authory as a free-to-read. Over the years, the myth of what happened has been simplified. The reality was scarier. Because: Ronald Reagan.

The Day the World Didn’t End

At the height of the Cold War, with alarms screaming, one Soviet officer stopped to think. It cost him his career. It may also have saved the world. The morning of the 26th September 1983 had started ...

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And she’ll be there when it ends, too

Derek Faraci@whwoolhat.bsky.social · 2d ago

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.

Today is the only day you can experience Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” on the day it is set. Audio: archive.org/details/brad... PDF: thephilosopher.net/bredberi/wp-...

With 2 weeks left of my job I'm taking a MH break from burnout and depression. You can help support me and get a load of my games with my bundle itch.io/s/191516/hel...

Help Scott Go Full Time Bundle by Trollish Delver Games

A bundle by Trollish Delver Games, $40.00 for 31 games

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Shark kill's a CEO's dipshit son at the start of the film. He then puts a bounty on it. The film follows the opportunists, sycophants and hangers on as they hunt the shark, trashing local towns and damaging the economy and environment. Shark eats CEO at the end of the film and nobody gets anything.

weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

let's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?

Your email finds me three weeks out of Portsmouth. The Sighthound is light at only eighteen guns, but quick in the water, even laden as she is. The Atlantic lapping against her hull she is making steady progress westward to the Caribbean, the men restless to do their duty for King and country.

I didn't put this line in my Stonetop not-review but "GMing is a practise" is a great way to put a fundamental truth about that bit of the form.

JP Bradley@jpbradley.bsky.social · yesterday

You might read this and think it doesn't seem simple, but the difference is just experience. Read more ttrpgs, and more varied rpgs, and run your games. Time will teach you how to read a game and understand what the important parts are to you and, crucially, your players. AI robs you of this craft.

You might read this and think it doesn't seem simple, but the difference is just experience. Read more ttrpgs, and more varied rpgs, and run your games. Time will teach you how to read a game and understand what the important parts are to you and, crucially, your players. AI robs you of this craft.

🌱Elaine Lithgow - Back The Children Of Time RPG! 🕷️@elainelithgow.bsky.social · yesterday

One of the best DnD campaigns I ever ran used one A4 sheet of paper for notes, the default GM screen, and a whiteboard plus some generic tokens for complex combat. It for three years and my group still say it's one of the best campaigns they've been a part of. It's really not that complicated!

Finally my moment has arrived

weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

let's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?

The other thing that pisses me off about this is that some of the most memorable adventures I've run have been run off a blank page or a handful of random tables. Engage your fucking brain asshole.

This is also a failure of planning. You have failed to plan the time to design your adventure. Skill issue.

Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d ago

"I'm entitled to whatever I want whenever I want it for any reason and I don't care what satisfying these urges does to me or the world" well okay dude, seems like there's something deeper going on here, but that's just my take

It's been such a privilege to write for Rascal, to write for you, and it would be really nice if I could do it next year as well. If you can sign up, please do. I would do so much better, the work world be so much better, if the site wasn't precious.

Rascal News@rascal.news · 2d ago

State of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...

Guys will listen to male influencer bullshit about needing to have a six pack and manipulate everyone and meanwhile women will go “you know who is the sexiest fucking guy I’ve ever seen?” and post this

We're six months from an AI CEO pitching a product that retroactively erases negative press from the internet (and onto their servers for later) called Balefire or some shit.

This is also a failure of planning. You have failed to plan the time to design your adventure. Skill issue.

Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d ago

"I'm entitled to whatever I want whenever I want it for any reason and I don't care what satisfying these urges does to me or the world" well okay dude, seems like there's something deeper going on here, but that's just my take

if you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

Kieron Gillen@kierongillen.bsky.social · 3d ago

if you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

Fuck your bsky drafts, I know my audience; (without doxxing yourself) what was the last Google doc you edited?

Have you wanted to travel from London up to Towcester via Stony Stratford but only want to view the exact route? Well, you're in luck: we've found this map from we think the early 19th century showing just that. #MKMonday

For it's many failings there's these moments where you sit back as you sweep into a station and the whole thing makes sense. Then your inventory desyncs and you're banging your head against the servers to complete a mission that took 30 minutes.

JP Bradley@jpbradley.bsky.social · 4d ago

Star Citizen free fly is this week. It's not really a game I can recommend per se; your tolerance for an incomplete game that is shallow and flat out broken will vary. That said when it all comes together it is rather special, and free is the right price to pay to see if you'll get along with it.

Star Citizen free fly is this week. It's not really a game I can recommend per se; your tolerance for an incomplete game that is shallow and flat out broken will vary. That said when it all comes together it is rather special, and free is the right price to pay to see if you'll get along with it.

Star Citizen Clapping Meme

ALT: Star Citizen Clapping Meme

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If you're at GenCon please do take care of yourselves.

It looks like the weather is both an indoor and outdoor experience at GenCon? I imagine this may be bad for an event that involves a lot of cardboard and paper. Anyway, I hope folks there are doing ok despite the apparent chaos. 💜

Andy;--@dragontologist.bsky.social · 4d ago

Another photo from closer up, showing the water actively coming down from the lights into hastily places dumpsters

I’m happy to report that the unique mechanic in the GenCon multi-table Heart game - that players who are playing the same pregens are actually shards of the same reincarnated saint from slightly different realities, and if they meet they instantly glom together into one body - is going well