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Celebrate the Luddites, but celebrate their legacy of co-ops even more. This is a great article about how we measure the success of social movements.

Maria Bustillos@mariabustillos.com · last wk.

FREE for all: @ntnsndr.in on how Luddism is not the end. Featuring an extremely insightful and stirring observation from @rushkoff.com We made it free for everone to read because this post is what @flaminghydra.com is about. flaminghydra.com/issue-617/

After careful review, I have decided to become even worse.

I'm so excited to finally be able to talk about this! If you've followed me for a while, you know how much I love baseball. You can just imagine how much I loved being the Editing Lead for Operation Salmon Run! Everything about it is a blast. I ADORE the art. Game on, @mariners.com fans!

Paizo@paizo.com · 3w ago

Batter up! Paizo and the Seattle @mariners.com welcome you to Pathfinder: Operation Salmon Run Day at T-Mobile Park! Get your tickets: https://mariners.com/pathfinder

The Luddites' actual argument was that automated looms meant expensive, skilled workers were being replaced with literal children, who were then getting maimed and killed, and maybe this is bad.

SlacktivistFred@slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Luddites were “clinging to horses and carts” because it was the early 19th century and cars hadn’t been invented yet.

Voting has opened for the ENnies, and our beloved Alien Core is among the nominees! Vote now to show your support for our little alien book! Do it for THIS guy. Look how cute he is. Nine eyeballs, and not a single thought behind any of them. Vote here: https://bit.ly/4wH1hyJ

Next up is game designer Ivis. She has had terrible luck this past month and needs as much help as she can get to stay on her feet while she looks for work. @northerndreamer.bsky.social

Donate to Help Ivis & Auryn Recover and Rebuild, organized by Ivis Flanagan

Writing this is one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done, because asking fo… Ivis Flanagan needs your support for Help Ivis & Auryn Recover and Rebuild

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First up is editor Lynne. Lynne’s spotfund has not gotten much traction and this is unacceptable. She needs our help to stay housed and insured with complex medical needs. BLOW THIS LINK UP. @lynnemeyer.bsky.social

Donate to Paizo Layoff Support: Help With Housing And Medical Expenses, organized by Lynne Meyer

For three years, I've been a full-time editor at Paizo. Unfortunately, due to outside economic forces, I'm one of a dozen staff members laid off as of July 7, 2

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Paizo fans, #ttrpg enthusiasts, union supporters. We need to build a LOT more energy for our laid-off United Paizo Workers members’ crowdfunders. Both of the two people crowdfunding are in Indiana where the safety net is nonexistent, healthcare is through the roof, and options are limited. 🧵

New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium

New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium

The one-year pause starts now.

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⭐️AUDIODRAMA CASTING CALL!⭐️ @bloomandblight.bsky.social, the award-winning magical girl actual play podcast, is making an audiodrama set in the B&B universe! Each of the two roles pay $4 per line and include IMDb credit. This casting call will close on 7/27! #audiodrama #castingcall Form below 👇🏾

What!? WHAT!? Your Friendly Neighborhood Hivemind is nominated for an Ennie!? What is even happening.

The ENNIE Awards@ennie-awards.bsky.social · last mo.

📣 THE 2026 ENNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE OFFICIALLY HERE! 📣 ennie-awards.com/2026-nominees/ New Category Spotlight -We are incredibly excited to debut the new category for Best Solo Game! Solo gaming has exploded with creativity, and we can’t wait to highlight the nominees!

Started a cleanup pass on my new manuscript to get it ready for beta readers and wound up making such dramatic changes I caught myself making notes for the cleanup pass I'll have to do after this to get it ready for beta readers... Oops.

⭐️ TTRPG CASTING CALL ⭐️ It’s Disability Pride Month! Are you disabled (neurological, physical, intellectual, emotional, etc)? Do you love TTRPGs? Come help me & my crew of fantastic GMs raise money for @dotsrpg.org this month! Signups will be open til tables are filled 😍 forms.gle/jPDgc2edJRsg...

Candace the Magnificent x DOTS Gaming is for EVERYbody!

Greetings, Candace the Magnificent, here! This July, I'll be hosting four charity streams to benefit DOTS, a philanthropic organization that aims to make tabletop more accessible for disabled gamers...

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by our own @msbsandrs.bsky.social) as well as a Starfinder ancestry for one of the player characters. Our game will also feature two guests, Jason, the GM of @25north.bsky.social, and Heath of the @thestfnetwork.bsky.social, voice of Mike, Jorg, and Hezz'tia as well as current GM of their

playthrough of the Enmity Cycle, as well as veteran PAtM castmembers @msbsandrs.bsky.social (GM), @coldbrewcrit.bsky.social (voice of Asher, Terazi, and Cassius) and @gerokm.bsky.social (voice of Vaargas and Aluwen).

A cabal of MK Ultra leftovers tries to make Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer into a remote-controlled Captain America. She takes it personally. #unhingedpit #a #sf #t #q Yeah, both of my pitches involve Eliza Dushku. Sue me.

Eliza Dushku as Faith: Tis The Season

Alt: Eliza Dushku as Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer standing in front of Christmas lights and saying "'Tis the season."

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Lucy Kills in Her Sleep DOLLHOUSE x TAXI DRIVER What if Frankenstein's monster was a chainsmoking college dropout with an 80s action movie addiction, and Dr. Frankenstein was the entire US government? Sounds like the kind of story where everyone lives happily ever after. #unhingedpit #a #sf #t #q

The Bride's Bloody Standoff in Kill Bill

Alt: The Bride's Bloody Standoff in Kill Bill-Uma Thurman in a bloody yellow motorcycle suit, holding a karana, surrounded by masked, armed attackers.

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Hope you're having a safe Pride out there, Scrappers! We are still raising funds all this month for Trans LifeLine. And to help with that, we'll be doing a raffle at the end of the month for anyone who donates and then contacts us (podagaintstthemachine@gmail.com) afterwards. First among the items/1

reddit.com/r/Pathfinder... I’m collating links on the above post to encourage mutual aid, networking, and support to help those affected by the @paizo.com layoffs. If you provide me any links I have missed, I will update the post!

From the Pathfinder2e community on Reddit: Paizo Layoffs: Supporting the ones who need it

Explore this post and more from the Pathfinder2e community

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Um… we’re already almost halfway funded??? It hasn’t even been a half an hour??? Y’all are incredible! Be sure to back early if you want to get the Early Bird deal! The spots are limited 🐦‍⬛

Monsterhearts BACKERKIT FUNDED 450%!@ludiclemur.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🩸 BACKERKIT LIVE NOW! 🩸 Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned lake is a narrative #deckbuilder video game spin-off of the acclaimed #Monsterhearts TTRPG! Play as a vampire, werewolf, witch, or ghoul & change story choices & outcomes with the cards you draft! #IndieGame #VisualNovel Back it here! ⬇️

Is everyone looking forward to the rubber series in 2053, when the third generation Brunson leads the Knicks against a 9-foot-tall rookie the Spurs luck into in the draft lottery?

I wrote entirely too much about the Knicks, curses, OJ Simpson, and Danhausen. Knicks in 5. www.patreon.com/samwtennyson...

Melody, Gloucester, Pegasus. Danhausen. | Monkeys, Bears, Robots, and Words

Melody, Gloucester, Pegasus. Danhausen. by Monkeys, Bears, Robots, and Words on Patreon. Join Monkeys, Bears, Robots, and Words's community for exclusive content and updates.

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To anyone reading this - we are ACTIVELY SEEKING someone to cover indie comics as a regular beat...but everyone is making 15 minute videos now and it's hard to get them to put down the camera. I get that we need both platforms. Anyway who wants to write about comics, DM me.

help the cause, which will be touched on later this week. You can donate or join our team at give.translifeline.org/PAtM #pride #charity #translifeline

we'll be raffling off are one each of all four of our PAtM Adventure Path book sticker sets, as well as a a choice of one of three additional pride stickers (rainbow, trans, or nonbinary). We'll be giving away other items as well, including a couple from some amazing partners who've donated to/2

Happy pride Scrappers. This month (and possibly longer into the summer) we'll be raising money for Trans Lifeline, a charity that works to connect members of the trans community with local help and support. To that end, we've created a team page at give.translifeline.org/PAtM, with an initial /1

I wish all users being charged for Microsoft AI a very You did this to yourselves. Suffer.