Rich LeDuc (He/Him)
@rich-leduc.bsky.social
Bioinformatician for a Children's Hospital research institute in Canada Author of Rubble and Ruin, a TTRPG roleplaying game with the feel of fantasy, but all science fiction All views are my own Blog: https://ruduswritings.blogspot.com
Are you a #DragonBane fan? If so, consider this new fan site. If not... Well, maybe you should be. #TTRPG #d100
Dragonbane RPG@dragonbanerpg.bsky.social · 24h agoWe are a new, unofficial, fan account. A VERY new account. So new in fact that at the time of typing we have zero followers! So come on, who wants to be in the first 100?! ⚔️🎲🏕️🧌🧝🧙 #dragonbane #ttrpg #dragonbanerpg #freeleague
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Wellman For MO@wellmanformo.bsky.social · yesterdayAnn Wagner thinks she’s entitled to this seat after 13 years in Congress, so she doesn’t show up. That should make you mad. If you’re sick of her absence and her inaction, join us at the link below👇 #MO02
Today is Other Places Books' one month lunaversary! Feels longer, but not in a bad way. Possibly because the staff and I worked towards the opening for longer than we've been open. Come visit, if in downtown Winnipeg.
Does anyone who has played Fetch My Blade want to provide a pull-quote about your experience with the game? 😁
Angel S. Rampersad Michael Swinton Tyler J. Feehan Isabella Gonzales Gabriel Edwards John Klinner Ariana Savino Ashley Pruitt Seth Koval Curtis Angst Tyler Simmons Benjamin Pennington Jeffrey O’Brien Robert Marzan Nicole Amor Declan Coady Cody Khork Noah Tietjens Stop lying.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoLutnick: "The way the president is playing Iran -- there haven't been American deaths, it's really just an economic choke-out ... " (There have been 18 American deaths!)
Is that @krayvankirk.com on the cover of this edition of the Independent Fantasy and Sci Fi magazine? #ifsf I believe it is! #Fantasy #SciFi #fiction. ifs-mag.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
The Independent Fantasy and Sci-Fi Magazine
Supporting independent authors by sharing their stories with the world!
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I found this today and I love it. Related to #solarpunk is the idea of #Weirdhope fiction. If you are looking for #scifi stories or games ( #ttrpg ) with a positive vibe, you might be looking for Weirdhope. davidblandy.substack.com/p/weirdhope-...
Weirdhope Not Grimdark
A primer for adventures in a hopeful future
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🇨🇦 OH, CANADA. Canada’s economy just posted its fastest quarterly growth in over 3 years…3.3% annualized. And yes, that’s more than DOUBLE the U.S. rate. 👀 Keep standing strong, Mark Carney. Canada isn’t backing down. 🇨🇦💪 #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong #USDemocracy #RisingBlue
Still unclaimed. My hopeful guess is that it's because, on weekdays, most of our visitors are folks who work around here.
Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️⚧️@didichanoch.northsky.social · 2w agoOk, let's try and do a fun thing. The first person to come to Other Places Books between now and Saturday, and asks for them, will get two tickets to see Weird Al at Canada Life on Sunday evening.
Come on. This is too much. First Dolly Parton, now Tim Curry. 😞 www.tmz.com/2026/08/26/t...
Actor Tim Curry Dead at 80
Tim Curry -- the legendary film and TV actor best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
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Friends, book reviews are drying up. We all know this. But it's worth repeating. Advance reviews we used to (gratefully!) count on are no longer a given; we're not getting them. Newspapers where intrepid reviewers used to talk about our books . . . well, you know. PLEASE, if you read our books . . .
On Ukrainian Independence Day Andrian Makhnachov meets with Premier Wab Kinew in #Manitoba
100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions. They told YOU to recycle better while they polluted more. Don't fall for it. Hold systems accountable. #ClimateCrisis
The powerful forces trying to dominate our country want us to fall into cynicism. That way, they win everything — and they'll be able to take it all without the rest of us putting up a fight. If you are worried about the future, you are not alone. I am too. But please do not fall into cynicism.
ICE agent, Christian Castro, shot a MN resident, fled the state, & was caught in TX. @ag.state.mn.us sued Gov. Abbott for ignoring his extradition demand. He joins me on the case & updates us on the investigations into the murders of Alex Pretti & Renée Nicole Good. youtu.be/Asvit5TMFhU?...
Yikes! Texas FACES LEGAL NIGHTMARE as Minnesota SUES Over ICE Agent!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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And you definitely don't want to use a high-powered 532nm green laser, because it can permanently burn and disable digital camera CMOS or CCD sensors. Green light is absorbed at a very high efficiency by these electronic sensors, meaning concentrated beams easily melt or overload the pixel array.
"Organized people can beat organized money." This is the lesson of the day people! Lift up someone else today. You can start small and it will build. If you can do nothing else, try to help those who are trying to effect positive change. Like and subscribe to that channel you follow.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2w agoHere's some good news to round out the week: progressive Aisha Wahab just won a special Congressional election in California, defeating a centrist backed by millions in AIPAC spending. More proof that organized people can beat organized money.
My kid handcrafted a webpage to teach themselves HTML. Very Gen-Z artsy. There is a guest book and it would be cool if someone other than dad signed it (I sign Peter S--my old SCA name). To me, it's today's kids rediscovering the early web--pure fun. distant-present-dystopia.nekoweb.org/index.html
A Distant Present Dystopia
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A small, used bookstore in Lunenburg #NovaScotia is getting more attention for one unique reason. It opens in the evening and doesn't close until customers stop coming, even if that means keeping the lights on into the early morning. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Why this Lunenburg bookstore stays open late into the night
A small, used bookstore in Lunenburg, N.S., is getting more attention for one unique reason. It opens in the evening and doesn't close until customers stop coming, even if that means keeping the light...
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Well, I did it. This old, boring scientist has tried to describe a #post #scarcity #solarpunk world. It is in the context of the #TTRPG #Traveller, but you don't need to know the game. If you think about a successful solarpunk world, you might like this. ruduswritings.blogspot.com/2026/08/sola...
Solarpunk Traveller: The World of Mora
TL;DR. In a long, rambling post I try to describe what the world Mora, the “hub” of the Spinward Marches, would be like in solarpunk Trav...
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People have also mentioned getting books from the library to me at the bookstore, also in an apologetic tone. We support the library. Libraries are just as much of the book/reading infrastructure as bookstores are. If you come to the store and use our curation to pick books to read, that is great!
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2mo agoSomeone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
A thoughtless piece of paper from Donald Trump does not reverse decades of research and scientific evidence about protecting kids. Illinois will continue to follow the science-based guidance that keeps our children safe from serious illness.
Illinois public health department reaffirms child vaccine schedule despite federal order
IDPH says its endorsement of the 2026 American Academy of Pediatrics immunization schedule is unchanged by a federal executive order.
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I have all these blogs I want to write, but I wrote about #biopunk today instead. It's coming faster than #cyberpunk. A genetic modification technique I included in my #TTRPG 15-years ago is becoming real! And I think #scifi folks should know about it. ruduswritings.blogspot.com/2026/08/adul...
Adult Recombinant Technology is becoming Real
TL;DR : Our biopunk future is becoming real faster than I expected. Techniques which use genetically engineered viruses to insert cust...
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When it comes to your children’s health, listen to doctors. Not a president who once told Americans to inject bleach. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ immunization recommendations have not changed.
