Oh hell yeah. We all knew someone who insisted that they (not their character) were somehow a Toreador, and we all just had to live with it. It was a whole THING. T-shirts, clan pins, wearing fangs out to dinner... it was a THING.

Natalie P (is not a vampire) 🦇@sashette.bsky.social · 12h ago

You have people who, to this day, will talk at you for hours about Clan Tremere and how they genuinely could not imagine YOU choosing another clan. Even though they're in their 40s now. It sunk into them that deeply. Maybe, when it's a better day, I'll put it all together in an essay. Someday.

I'm hoping to fill my editing slots for August and September and pay some bills, so if you've got a game or game product that needs an editor, let's chat! I've edited a bunch of titles and games over the past 14 years, as listed in my editing CV. Thanks! #AmEditing #TTRPG #RPG

T.W.Wombat - Editor Experience

I've rewritten, hacked, expanded, and otherwise "fixed" board game and RPG rules for as long as I've been reading and playing them, so in 2012 I decided to focus that drive into a career. I'm always b...

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Nobody told us before we gained guinea pigs that it was going to be essentially like having a couple muppets in the house.

It's fun that this crossed my feed while I'm literally writing my next piece on the topic of solo TTRPGs and creativity right now. It's nice to have a reminder that I may be on the right track.

Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · yesterday

To be clear: If “TTRPGs” in your scholarship, teaching, & outreach start & end with D&D — or even GMed games — that’s a skill issue you need to reconsider. You’re gonna get left behind.

I've been slowly leaking classic games into my kid's Steam account without her knowing. She finds them in the library periodically. Today, she asked some magical words: "Dad, what's Portal?" *evil cackle*

Something about the speed of the video makes this feel like an elaborate shitpost, but it's true and I really want to try most of these things.

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 17h ago

Did you know the banana "tree" isn't actually a tree but it's the world's largest herb? [📹garden .my.lifee] Original post

LOTION, my sworn enemy. People used to insist it was nice and try to get me into it, and I was like "AHHHHH please peel my skin off, I would rather be flayed alive than moisturized"

Encephalophatass@encephalophatass.bsky.social · 4d ago

47. Socks. 48. Clothing tags. 49. Having trouble finding shoes that don't feel excruciatingly painful in the absence of foot injuries or deformities 50. Trouble using lotions, moisturiser, some brands of liquid makeup, and similar products, as the sensation on my skin is almost unbearable 🧵

OMG, both number 27's... (click through for the other one) The number of times I have to say "I'm not angry, I'm just invested/interested". It doesn't help that I'm a New Englander, so I use F-bombs like punctuation, and people generally interpret that as hostile.

Encephalophatass@encephalophatass.bsky.social · 4d ago

26. Mismatched affect: smiling when telling a sad story, looking angry when I'm not (and having to train myself to avoid it) 27. Mismatched tone of voice: sounding sarcastic when I'm sincere, angry when I'm not, robotic when focused 🧵

Me, reading this list: Oh... Oh no... Oh shit oh shit oh shit.

Encephalophatass@encephalophatass.bsky.social · 4d ago

Weird things I've experienced my whole life that I didn't know were symptoms of, comorbid with, or otherwise related to autism. A thread. 🧵

You'd have to read to the thirteenth paragraph to discover the pull quote for the title was from Marcus Siding, a 23-year-old Swedish man living in Sweden that wanted to become a cop, but his ADHD diagnosis at the age of 12 barred him by law from becoming a Swedish cop Seems relevant

It is still mind boggling to me that The Netherlands, a country that is about 25% below sea level, is experiencing drought. Climate change is so weird.

Good morning, y’all. I’m up early on #FundFriday and I am happy to repost any requests for #MutualAid that anyone would care to share! As usual, I’m sharing a feed full of mutual aid requests for those who might have a moment to repost or a dollar to share.

the apogee of being a total loser is literally not knowing how to enjoy your life even when you have gazillions of dollars.

I have to pay rent tomorrow night and I'm still £610 short Really anything at all you can give or sharing helps me get closer

Jane@fightingpride93.bsky.social · last wk.

I HAVE UNTIL SATURDAY TO MAKE RENT AND I'M CURRENTLY £660 SHORT You get literally 1000s of posts, over 1000 recipes for £5 and more added every day. 16% off if you sign up annually! Please just give it a try. You improve my life and can cancel anytime.

36%? 36% you say? 🙂 Now where have I heard that number before? 🔮🧙🏿‍♂️

Brian Beutler@brianbeutler.bsky.social · 6d ago

Never count your chickens, but yeah. newrepublic.com/article/2137...

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif Hard mode (lol): no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney or Ghibli (these rules are silly)

Princess Bride

Alt: The Princess Bride, where Inigo says to Vizzini "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

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𝙶𝚎𝚎𝚔𝙶𝚢𝚛𝚕@geekgyrl.bsky.social · last wk.

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif Hard mode (lol): no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney or Ghibli (these rules are silly)

Ruin a book by adding a word: The Fellowship of the Ring Light Python for Ventriloquism Dummies A Wrinkle in Half-Time A Brief History of Time-Out Spoon River-dance Anthology Sixth Sense and Sensibility The Once and Future King Crab (I got locked in, sorry)

Laura Bee@writerlaurabee.bsky.social · last wk.

Ruin a book by adding a word: The Amazon Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie

Blacksky. Available now on iOS and Android.

Blacksky Algorithms@blackskyweb.xyz · last wk.

Joining the beta is easy. Download for iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/ST8N2Qda Download for Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... If you run into any issues, you can follow the instructions here for help: docs.blacksky.community/info-about-b...

Do I know anybody at Gen Con who could grab me a copy???

Avi Henriques 🩸@legalizegoblins.bsky.social · last wk.

Hey if you are going to Gen Con, do me a favor and make sure you check out the new rules-light horror TTRPG I'm edit lead on: 13 Omens! We put together a preview rulebook and adventure for the show, which we're not selling anywhere else. Find it at the Paizo booth.

Thought of the moment: My life would be very different right now if I didn't have huge ethical issues with LLMs, and dove into it with the same verve I dove into kubernetes 10 years ago. I'm feeling pretty at ease lately, so I'm not sure it would be "better", but definitely different.

How's your afternoon going?

I got a notification that I've been added to an automated block list of... Fans of... Leeds? To which I said "Fans of Who?" (I assume it's maybe an FC or something) So, if you're wondering what the current state of automation is...

I cannot wait for SNL to do a Ken/Ghost Rider crossover sketch.

zOMG, when I was moving, the number of times I said "Why do I have so many copies of this book?!?!"

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w ago

Name physical media you purchased more than once.

Other than Sir David Attenborough? (Who is the obvious choice) Maybe John de Lancie. Maybe Sam Elliott. Maybe Tom Waits. Maybe Ru Paul. Can I just pick the vibe each morning?

Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w ago

You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?

Money making idea: inside a children's/science museum, admission to a calm quiet room with comfy chairs, for parents to chill.

Still trying to move this needle The horrors persist, but so do I.

Ari is afraid to change pfp now@raantuva.blacksky.app · 4w ago

$708 🥹 I am deeply moved by everyone's kindness. 💸💕

I have 2 weeks to make rent this month and I currently need 147 sign-ups. You get literally 1000s of posts, over 1000 recipes for £5 and more added every day. 16% off if you sign up annually! Please just give it a try. You improve my life and can cancel anytime.

Jane@fightingpride93.bsky.social · 3y ago

I'm a black trans woman fighting poverty and homelessness. To support myself, I set up a patreon where you can get access to all my recipes, poetry, artwork and photography for just £5. Something new EVERY SINGLE DAY. You won't regret it. http://patreon.com/fightingpride93

Me: "I should put on some nice calm music, to go to sleep" Also Me: Puts on 36 Chambers

A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.