HEART enjoyers, I've got a mini-campaign for you! NEXT OF KIN is a frenetic race against time to rescue an old adventurer from his family of hateful weirdos before he explodes. Plus, cursed monks, haunted mushrooms, all the usual horror fun. Thursdays 2PM PDT, 2-3 sessions. Get in!

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What does a retired adventurer do with a huge fortune, a pack of awful grandchildren who want it, and one day to live? Why, he hires some fresh-faced young delvers to kidnap him, of course. Your missi...

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it's fun to be self employed bc you get to be your own accountant and editor and project manager and secretary and ten thousand other things as well. good thing there aren't any consequences for doing ten thousand jobs at once eh

the only problem with having One Big Project is my to do list is quite literally never done. there's always some other damn thing. will I ever know peace again

Gavin Newsom is trying to sneak through an SCE-sponsored bill that aims to make it impossible to sue your utility company when they burn your house down. It also adds a $100/year "pay for the next fire we inevitably start" surcharge to your power bill. www.latimes.com/california/s...

L.A. fire survivors say Newsom is trying to help utilities reduce their wildfire costs again

Survivors and the insurance industry slam purported last-minute bills to shift wildfire costs away from utilities.

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buddy i have never used it. i don't know how to use it. i don't know if it's an app or what. i will never use it. if it disappeared today i'd go out and celebrate because it being gone would be instantly great for the planet and humanity

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 24h ago

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

I’ve gone from needing money for an oil change to needing money for, well, everything Any contributions appreciated while I continue to fight the uphill battle that is finding a job while in grad school!!

krista baked cookies for you 🍪@kristalauren.bsky.social · last wk.

I need to get my oil changed so now would be a great time to buy something I made or venmo me or leave a crisp $100 bill on my doorstep (venmo: @ kristapechacek) www.depop.com/kpechacek/

"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!

I've had a Change in my Personal Routine (lip balm I've used for a decade went extinct) so I hope nobody needs me professionally for anything for the next week

It's been a minute since I plugged my friend Haneen's fundraiser. Haneen and her husband Bassam are located in Gaza, and need to fundraise mutual aid to afford housing, food, and basic necessities. Right now we need to raise $400 for this month's rent. Please chip in if you can!

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🌋 THE EARTHWARDEN is coming soon to Draw Steel! Get ready to rock and roll with a new lithomantic subclass for the Fury, along with new treasures, titles, enemies, and more. Follow below! #drawsteel #ttrpg #mcdm #nahiri #toph #earthbending #lithomancy #rockandroll www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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From Jonas Tintenseher - Get Ready for The Earthwarden — A Lithomantic Fury Subclass for DRAW STEEL

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I'd love to read your TTRPG newsletter. unfortunately you've chosen to host it on substack, the Nazi website, so I won't be doing that. sounds so interesting though. wish I could!

this one tiny little section of my project has taken me about eight thousand years and I'm not kidding. my first notes are from at least four months ago. and it's not even one of the bits where I had to cut out a ton of bigotry. it's just like...a list of twelve things basically. what is my deal

people could respond to this framing around reporting deaths—"had significant underlying health conditions"—with more confidence if we weren't also living through a pandemic in which we have been told only people who have "underlying health issues" are "vulnerable" or "at risk"

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

Some radical transparency: we may only have a year left at our current pace. If you'd like to help us survive to reach our full potential, consider subscribing, donating, or buying a gift subscription.

Rascal News@rascal.news · 2d ago

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I recently hit 1000 followers on Itch, so my entire catalog is on sale for 50% off until August ends! Come grab HARDCASE (and its TRUTHSEEKER expansion), my stuff for Mothership and Songbirds, or some of my microgames 💛 Everything available separately or in a $30 bundle. itch.io/s/197553/100...

1000 Followers Sale by Thursday Garreau

A bundle by Thursday Garreau, $30.00 for 14 games

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@glitzydemon.itch.io 's game 'A Field of Sunflowers' explores remembrance and hope, tied to the memorial of the Romani Genocide during WWII Get the game or directly support @travellerpride which does work to provide representation, advocacy and support for LBGT+ Travellers. Scan the QR code to help

The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

Friendly reminder that even though Disability Pride Month is over, Disabled people still exist, and lots of us still really appreciate you using alt text on your images so we can engage with your content at the same level as our pre-Disabled pals 🙏👍

"A study done in Phoenix done by Arizona State University found data centres can increase air temperatures by up to 4 degrees Fahrenheit in downwind neighbourhoods. The waste heat given off by one data centre as it cooled itself exceeded the amount produced by 40,000 households."

CNN@cnn.com · 6d ago

New research suggests data centers have an alarming and overlooked environmental impact: heat pollution. CNN's Laura Paddison reports.

absolutely incredible scenes in today's Witchlight. the party, bargaining with a hag, promised to put on an "unforgettable" play. the tragedy of all time. "not a dry eye in the house" they said. and what's it called? Beverly, Andrew, and the Unfun Old Woman

To help relieve work stress, don't answer emails on the weekend. Also on weekdays after 5 PM turn off your email. On Mondays, don't log into your email until after noon. Before logging in on Tuesday burn your computer and erase your identity. By Wednesday morning gather supplies and escape into the

I'm still in the hospital, recovering from major surgery. Missing work and income, still have to pay the plumbers and my regular bills. Struggling, help if you can. I've been in here for weeks. Again. #MutualAid #ttrpg ko-fi.com/ofgodsandgam...

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tonight in Draw Steel: our heroes, EXTREMELY famous and VERY physically distinctive, tried to enter the Big City by subterfuge. two knights, one warhorse, and a space alien with four arms walk up to the city gate and say "hello we're ordinary people and we're here for market day..."

the system rules. the Strahd campaign @queeringsmite.bsky.social has been running over the past 18 (?) weeks has been phenomenal for learning and leans into its tactical, heroic strengths. we've also had a ton of social encounters so don't let anyone tell you it's not supportive of that kind of play

Matt Colville?@mattcolville.bsky.social · 5d ago

Happy Birthday Draw Steel. Year One has been a crazy ride and we're just getting started.

Hey I'm Izzy. I'm a freelance illustrator on the US east coast specializing in character & creature design I wanna keep human-made art available at all budgets, and my work starts at 20 USD! Email me or slide in these DMs if you're looking for art 💀🗡️🌻 web: izzydotpng.carrd.co

it's love island o'clock again! there are TEN (10) women in the villa rn. tonight, we are promised, Serena will give the men a piece of her mind, and also, foot guy will cry. I've got high hopes

the trouble with a sandbox: I THINK I know where my players are going next. but do I really? and also what if they turn into speedrunners all of a sudden? clearly I've gotta prepare thrice as much as I normally would

hi, some of you know my friend Maha's son suffers from a lung condition that requires surgery but because he's so small, she gives him home treatments. i just heard from Maha that she needs a new battery ($1200) to power the solar panels that operate his ventilator. please help! gofund.me/ae41774db

Every single policy that this administration puts in place is 100% consistent as long as you assume that their first and foremost goal is to increase death rates.

Tyler King@tyleraking.com · last wk.

I dunno but it should probably be a bigger deal that the White House announced it wants to slap a 100% tariff on drug imports at the same time it is eliminating Medicare drug subsidies. And we’re talking about critical life-saving drugs like insulin, blood thinners, antibiotics, and heart meds.

There's always a non-negligible number of folks that go from SDCC to GenCon. I hate to break it to you, but COVID is still a thing, conventions are still super spreaders, and you should still test and wear masks if you care about community at all!