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Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is I’ve been thinking of a way to explain to straight white men how life works for them, without invoking the dreaded word “privilege,” to which they react like vampires being fed a …

For those lacking context because it has, in fact, been 14 years:

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Hey folks join us for Thirsty Sword Lesbians this afternoon as we raise funds for Palestinian Children's Relief fund. Lots of romance, queerness, and messiness as our underground zine club confronts a time traveling vampire. 4 years in the making...

#ttrpg #actualplay #ThirstySwordLesbians

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It’s Thursday, and that means it’s Queer Night at Pe Metawe! This is a community focused, staff-facilitated drop-in game night in a safe and inclusive space. Age 16+, $5 drop-in fee optional 🌈

A digital flyer for the "10 Years of Survived & Punished: A Virtual Celebration" event. It features an illustration of two people embracing, broken handcuffs, flowers, and event details with a link to register.

Join Survived and Punished virtually on April 28th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm ET to celebrate our collective accomplishments and to mourn our losses over the past 10 years. Register here: survivedpunished10years.eventbrite.com

I know what the Big Man is.

He is my friend : )

You Can Check Out Anytime You Like...Smoke and Mirrors, Part 1 YouTube video by Madelancholy

You Can Check Out Anytime You Like...Smoke and Mirrors, Part 1

A leak, images in mirrors, dancing, and breakfast are just a few of the things you’ll find in the Hotel California, this liminal place between time and space…
One of the series playing the game created by Marn S!

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Even before this, why would any athlete risk being disappeared into an ICE concentration camp or deported to an offshore torture prison?

The US cannot be trusted on any level!

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The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada | The Tyee Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.

A Canadian journalist documents a group of white nationalists who’ve been meeting at a gym in Montréal, unbeknownst to the owner of the business.

What happens after the story comes out? thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Nazis are always going to use Nazi tactics to intimidate and demean. If you think we are immune to it in Canada, you’re already giving them the advantage.

Please note the CW at the start of this article. Truly heinous shit being reported here.

I have this shirt and I love it. You will too.

A sign directing people to the BC Home and Garden show to the left and to the Terminal City Tabletop Convention to the right

Two paths diverge in a yellowed convention center. I took the road more tabled.

Carnage on Cape Cod crowdfunding is (still) live!
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Body horror? yes!
Anxiety? YES!
Lovecraft? yes!
Monsters? yes!
Poetry? 𝔂𝓮𝓼!
TTRPG? yes!
Solo? YES!
Adventure multiplayer module? yes!

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#ttrpg #solorpg #horror #lovecraftian

Please, help us make it!
And spread the word 🖤

Solo Butt Not Alone 6. A blue background with 6 standard six sided dice, each showing a different number of pips one through six and placed in numerical order.

3 weeks left on the Solo But Not Alone 6 itch.io bundle, and we've 25% from our goal!

If you haven't checked out this incredible bundle full of 90 solo and solo-capable TTRPGs, now's the time! Proceeds go to support Take This and our mission. Get yours today!

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I also want to point out the exceptional transparency of the administrators, and their drive to uplift other voices in publishing.
That donation link breaks down award costs, urges people to look to urgent causes first, and provides links that support indie bookstores and small publishers

The Ignyte Awards have led me to some of my favorite reads in the last several years. Support them if you're able, spread the word if $ is too tight to donate!

#sapphic and/or #lesbian and/or #wlw authors of #BookSky...

Is anyone planning an Itch bundle for Lesbian Visibility Week this year (4/20-4/26)??

Or should I?

'We're still a mess': N.S. man who lost 3 loved ones in crash speaks out over driver's sentence | CBC News A Nova Scotia man who lost three loved ones in a fatal 2023 crash says the 4½-year sentence the person who caused the crash received is not harsh enough. "We all got hard lives," says Adam Gabriel. "T...

Seriously? We're doing sad life principle for murder now?

It's one thing when it was used for a B&E, or stole a car, or even a DUI that didn't result in any harm. He killed three people, one of them an infant. He nearly killed his GF.

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Children of Time: The Roleplaying Game puts the fate of two civilizations in players’ hands Your own personal "facsimile Adrian" Tchaikovsky.

Children of Time: The Roleplaying game, from @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social, adapts @aptshadow.bsky.social's book series into a tabletop RPG spanning both tense moments and yawning eons.

You won't have to include the uplifted spiders.

a graphic showing the mock up CHILDREN OF TIME The roleplaying game book against a background of a planet and a long tubular ark spaceship.

🚀 NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!🚀

We're absolutely over the bloody moon to be making the Children of Time RPG!

Mina, Grant and Elaine have been sequestered away with author Adrian Tchaikovsky, building a new Ark to take you to the far reaches of space.

But what (or who) is waiting for you out there?

Welcome to the Locus Awards Poll. Deadline for voting is April 1. You can return and edit or add to your ballot up until the deadline.

Let's try again today.

Please write in Guitar Concerto in C Flat Major, Op. 12: Lucina for Best Novella in the Locus Awards. The public can do so and thus I'm asking for your help. Please consider helping a self-pub author win this specific award for the first time.

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Quick USA vs the rest of the world Q here, and you’ll be pleased to hear this one isn’t along the lines of “guys, like WTF?”

But who of you whilst growing up, (maybe still) actually hung out/played games in a basement, whether yours or a friend’s?

Boyle Street housing program to lose Alberta government funding, province seeks new provider | CBC News The Alberta government is taking away funding from an Edmonton non-profit’s housing program, saying it wants to spend the money on a provider that can deliver better results.

Red flags here. Boyle Street is one of the few secular programs. This is about an amazing agency focused on Indigenous programming. #abpoli

Boyle Street housing program to lose Alberta government funding, province seeks new provider
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And if you are super into solo TTRPGs and want to support @takethis.org, grab the Solo But Not Alone 6 bundle organized by @catlinggun.bsky.social! So much solo goodness to fill those quiet hours. itch.io/b/3481/solo-...

Cast reveal for It's Dangerous To Go Alone - Take This, livestreamed on Tuesday, March 17th, 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific on twitch.tv/findoutproductions The cast members are: Fawn, a nonbinary person with a partial side shave and their hair partially dyed pink and blonde, wearing a floral shirt and grey vest. EveOnBee, a Black femme with a 4b hair updo with glasses on, wearing a grey sweater. Glaiza, a nonbinary Asian person with a side shave and wavy hair dyed purple with glasses on, wearing a black top, winking at the camera. Syn, a Black masc person with glasses on, wearing a colorful kufi, light blue cardigan and black sweater, glancing sideways.

Coming March 17th, it will once again be Dangerous to go Alone:

We've all been there. You go on an adventure. (as you do) Get knocked unconscious. (as you do) Wake up on a weird island. (as you do) And even though you just got there, for some reason everyone needs your help?

With... 🧵

Today is your last chance to grab the No ICE in Minnesota bundle for your very ownsome! Or gift one to friends! It's already raised so much, but wouldn't it be awesome if it cracked its final $700K goal right at the end? itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

Hard Wired Island: Second Gig A full-length sourcebook for the Hard Wired Island tabletop RPG.

And if you like this game, check out this completely unrelated one I'm crowdfunding—

The World's Goodest Roleplaying Game by Weird Age Games A 5E (inspired) microgame.

Inspired by recent events, I've created a free micro-rpg: THE WORLD'S GOODEST ROLEPLAYING GAME, in which you and your friends pitch a 5E clone of your favourite IP!

Huh the Godzilla rpg electronic edition is only accessible through a proprietary app. That's real cool!

Anyway, I'll give you a free pdf when you buy a physical copy of any of my games. And a complimentary pdf copy on Drive Thru RPG if you buy my games direct from me.