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More departments should publish videos like the US Chemical Safety Board

are you a "Barrett's Privateers" gay or a "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" gay?

I don't know who keeps perpetuating the idea that wrap tops/dresses are good for people with larger busts, but I am NOT a fan of their work

Go Play NW Seattle is right around the corner! It's time to peruse the Scheduled Games goplaynw.org/seattle/even... , or be awesome and Submit a Game goplaynw.org/run-an-event/ to facilitate! Game submissions close on July 17th! If scheduling isn't for you, we'll see you at the Donut!

Scheduled Games

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informal poll: what animal is this?

The Go Play NW 2026 Seattle Summer in-person event is just under a month away—July 24–26! There’s still time to purchase your attending membership or request a scholarship, volunteer to help out, submit a game or sign up to play, and plan for your COVID test. Read on for helpful links! (1/5)

Happy Pride! 🌈✨ I've just replenished community Copies of The Admirer, one of the playbooks I wrote for Thirsty Sword Lesbians (and there are plenty left of The Little Red, too). I'm really proud of the design work I did on it, so please check it out!

The Admirer Playbook for Thirsty Sword Lesbians by Darling Bat Games

A star-struck fan playbook for Thirsty Sword Lesbians

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An indie developer is working with Jacob Geller to explain the subtleties within their new game’s narrative to media illiterate players. paletteswap.site/dif...

Google Photos - UX writing is hard, let's skip it

people being so deeply afraid of their own desires is really gonna be the thing that destroys society or whatever the fuck it was that william blake said

What TTRPG has your favorite setting creation tool? I want some references to study :)

Sumerian dog joke energy

alyson “end journalism” greaves@badambulist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

How is this stuff getting worse???

lol. lmao even.

Always at least a little bit thinking about Al Stewart's Roads to Moscow

Roads to Moscow Al Stewart

classic music

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Why do all the easiest to find nursing shirts say like "MOMMY DAIRY: OPEN 24/7" and shit 😭

Tamora Pierce's Alanna books were formative for me, yet I could not tell you a single plot point from any of them

We need to acknowledge the ways that capitalism creates disability. Working through injury and burnout causes disabilities. Denying care for treatable illnesses because of the cost creates disability. Factories that poison vulnerable communities create disability.

People need to play my game We Contain Solitudes. Melancholy, a time loop, and deep character work. Grab a friend and die together. sevencrowsgames.itch.io/we-contain-s...

We Contain Solitudes by Seven Crows Games

A 2 player TTRPG about troubled souls trapped in a time loop that plays out in prose and soliloquies.

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Mission: Impossible (1996) still rules. I'll never get over the production design of Akvarium restaurant, the wild camera angles of that scene, and Czerny's electrifyingly menacing performance as Agent Kittridge

This should be illegal

Fantasy authors seem to think that if their protag goes to magic school, they are required to stay there over the Winter Holiday while everyone else goes home

Game submissions are OPEN! While the excitement of the Donut pitch circle will always be a featured friend, now’s the time to satisfy the planning side of our brains and schedule some games! Visit goplaynw.org/seattle/run-... and schedule that game!

My berenstain is that I have a crystal clear memory of seeing the box for Okja on the shelf at Blockbuster week after week in the 2000s

Shrek 2 is iconic in innumerable ways, but still you would not believe how often I think about the "Mrs Fiona Charming" diary scene

I don’t understand why we don’t do that. George Washington should occasionally show up in Halo to steal the Holy Grail for no reason.

Fresno Fred@fresnofred.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is how Oda Nobunaga is consistently portrayed in Japanese video games.

Last 4 ttrpgs played: Blades in the Dark (mostly Deep Cuts) Hearts of Magic: Threads Entangled Liminal Horror (Hungry Hollow) Triangle Agency (GMing)

jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 3mo ago

Last 4 ttrpgs played: Brave the Dreamer Wanderhome Big Dead Alien Spaceship Desperation (playtest) Triangle Agency

Folding phone for reading manga is truly the killer breastfeeding tech

Our Backerkit campaign is live!! ✨🎲🦇 Your support will help us realize a free day of gaming, panels and workshops happen for the Indie TTRPG community in the SF Bay Area 🙌🏽 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

BATSCon 2026

BATSCon is a locally rooted, community minded, free to attend TRPG miniconvention for the San Francisco Bay Area. On October 10th, 2026, we’re bringing you organized games, panels, workshops, and more...

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