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Game writer, Outer Worlds 1, Mass Effect 1&2, EverSpace 2, Aliens: Fireteam, Dawngate, Asheron's Call, Elder Scrolls Online, Magic: the Gathering Known elsewhen as Stormwaltz. A fairly terrible person trying to do the least harm. He/Him, masks, dysthymia.

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I love the idea that *this* US government, which has been nabbing landscapers and five year olds knows where Iranian sleeper cells are but just hasn’t gotten around to doing anything about it yet.

12.03.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 5916 πŸ” 1574 πŸ’¬ 181 πŸ“Œ 42
Facebook post by Nekima Levy Armstrong:

"Friends, A Breaking News headline just appeared in the Star Tribune, claiming that the national Target boycott ended today. This is false. The writer of the story, Carson Hartzog, is fully aware that the Target boycott was launched in Minneapolis on February 1, 2025. I have spoken to her several times since then, yet she failed to reach out to me, Jaylani Hussein, or Monique Cullars Doty, the three founders of the national Target boycott for the story. Carson even used the photo from our press conference that includes my daughter, Assata Joy and Ms. Rosemary Nevils, an elder in our community, to try to add legitimacy to a bogus story. 
I am once again disgusted by the Star Tribune and their attempts to minimize and erase the voices of our community. 
The nationwide Target Boycott is not over, unless and until Target reverses its decision to rollback Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, as we said from the beginning. β€œPastor” Jamal Bryant does not speak for us or our community and has zero authority to end the nationwide boycott of Target, a company that is headquartered in Minneapolis. 
Please don’t believe the hype and these attempts to rescue Target from the effects of capitulating to the Trump Administration. Target rolled back DEI because of Donald Trump. They donated $1 million to the Trump/Vance inauguration committee. Target also allowed ICE to stage in its parking lots during Operation Metro Surge.
The nationwide boycott of Target is successful and it will continue. Please continue to shop elsewhere."

Facebook post by Nekima Levy Armstrong: "Friends, A Breaking News headline just appeared in the Star Tribune, claiming that the national Target boycott ended today. This is false. The writer of the story, Carson Hartzog, is fully aware that the Target boycott was launched in Minneapolis on February 1, 2025. I have spoken to her several times since then, yet she failed to reach out to me, Jaylani Hussein, or Monique Cullars Doty, the three founders of the national Target boycott for the story. Carson even used the photo from our press conference that includes my daughter, Assata Joy and Ms. Rosemary Nevils, an elder in our community, to try to add legitimacy to a bogus story. I am once again disgusted by the Star Tribune and their attempts to minimize and erase the voices of our community. The nationwide Target Boycott is not over, unless and until Target reverses its decision to rollback Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, as we said from the beginning. β€œPastor” Jamal Bryant does not speak for us or our community and has zero authority to end the nationwide boycott of Target, a company that is headquartered in Minneapolis. Please don’t believe the hype and these attempts to rescue Target from the effects of capitulating to the Trump Administration. Target rolled back DEI because of Donald Trump. They donated $1 million to the Trump/Vance inauguration committee. Target also allowed ICE to stage in its parking lots during Operation Metro Surge. The nationwide boycott of Target is successful and it will continue. Please continue to shop elsewhere."

Nekima on the Target boycott.

11.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 1888 πŸ” 991 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 167

30 years ago, I and my friends Tim Beach, Teeuwynn Woodruff, and Wolfgang Baur designed a Magic: The Gathering RPG called Manastorm. It was never released. But now, our boss Jonathan has put the manuscript up for auction to benefit Planned Parenthood. If you want it, contact Jonathan today.

11.03.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

I can't say that I'll be boycotting Chili's as it has been years since I've been in one, and you can't really boycott a restaurant you already don't go to. That said, I'll be happy not to change my habits, transphobia leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

11.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 1236 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 11
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Concepts and final render of a space station for a Exile 2097, a game in development for next year.
#space #art by "εŒ—ι™΅ι‡ε·₯ηš„η₯¨η₯¨".
www.artstation.com/artwork/4N0Krl

11.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

...around $20. πŸ˜•

12.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SHOWTIME!

I'm breaching the containment of semi-retirement to cover Fatal Frame 2's remake (full version) this week! On to our second night enjoying this great glow-up of a horror classic!

#Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero

#YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7I-...

#GoLive #FatalFrame

11.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US military says it destroyed 16 Iranian minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz The U.S. said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian vessels Tuesday, and the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region's oil exports, saying it would not allow β€œeven a single liter” to be...

Thinking about how in ES2 one of the random encounter types is rescuing a cargo ship trapped in a minefield.

The mines were left behind from a war that ended fifteen years before the game.

apnews.com/video/us-say...

11.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Again, all speculative benefits via unproven methods. Buzzwords of magical thinking with no plan of action for how to get from point A to B. Some vague reference to Tencent who use AI for story development, scriptwriting and building 3D models, all of which require human interaction to be shippable.

11.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think grammarly should just get to do "sorry deleting now" after ventriloquizing living and dead people without their consent to make money

11.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 3547 πŸ” 653 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 40

Apart from the sovereignty issue, that's about 22% of annual US production of Tomahawks flying past there.

This isn't a sustainable campaign.

11.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 376 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5

Yeah, ha ha, when I was a kid the most expensive thing on the menu was $3.

11.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
DriveThruRPG - The Largest RPG Download Store! Your one-stop online shop for new and vintage RPG products from the top publishers, delivered fresh to your desktop in electronic format.

If you're in the market for Architect of Worlds, it's one of the titles that's on sale at 25% off for GM's Day at DriveThru RPG

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

11.03.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

81F / 22C and a tornado watch in southern PA, in the second week of March.

The weather is Extremely Normal, citizen, buy more products and services.

11.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...plus, for specific topics, Kyiv Independent and NHK World.

11.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't have one reliable source anymore. I cycle through CBC, NPR, AP, Reuters, and Guardian.

11.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"On the advice of counsel, we have decided that opt-out wasn't maybe the best way to do this..."

11.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is false.

Jamal Harrison Bryant, a Megachurch pastor, has said the boycott is over. He is not leaders, plural. He and his church were not the ones to start the calls for boycott.

Nekima Levy Armstrong, who founded the Racial Justice Network, and other Minnesota civil rights activists were.

11.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 1888 πŸ” 831 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 19

it's difficult for me to get excited about gdc when my mutuals are either unemployed or outside the us and don't particularly want to make a saving throw vs. cbp/ice to attend a trade show

11.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

A fun cycle we've been locked in for 6-7 years now: AI company implies thing will happen, a load of experts point out thing can't happen as described, media spends six months talking about how thing will happen soon, AI company announces it's not actually trying to make thing happen. Rinse, repeat.

11.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard is smiling while sitting at a desk ALT: a man with a beard is smiling while sitting at a desk

Everything is bad, but at least I can focus on my dissertation chapter about how the British in 1915 didn’t have the navy to force a strait when it needed to because it spent the previous decades funding their army’s misadventures in unimportant areas that turned into expensive quagmires.

11.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 1494 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 7

"...all and sundry had best take care not to enrage lest they suffer the consequences of a bad mauling."

11.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come experience the original LucasArts vision for Star Wars Battlefront 3 in the leaked First Assault beta, finally playable on PC Cancelled in 2013, Star Wars: First Assault was the first step on the road to a Battlefront 3 revival, and now the leaked beta is finally working on PC.
11.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump is spending $1 BILLION A DAY bombing Iran while Republicans in Congress cut health care at home.

11.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 751 πŸ” 214 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 6

I did a full double take & asked:

β€œWhere did you even hear the phrase fight the power?”

They giggled madly and said it’s in a Dogman book.

Then belted out BEYOND THE BARRICADES IS THERE A WORLD YOU LONG TO SEE directly in my face.

So it’s going well! And, uh, thanks Dav Pilkey!

11.03.2026 13:56 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Kathryn Janeway, Starfleet's ultimate weapon
#StarTrek

11.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 283 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1

Ride in clown car, be forced to wear clown shoes.

11.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"

80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"

The 3 genders

11.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 12400 πŸ” 3235 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 234
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Hey Chicago, I’m going to open for 3 more commission preorders for @c2e2.bsky.social
This is the only way to guarantee a full color 9x12” piece. Starts at $140 per character. This is for pickup at the con only. Email me at silvaniart at gmail with your request!

11.03.2026 01:45 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s been a week already. Anyone fancy seeing the new synopsis/blurb for β€˜Star Wars: Star Pilots’?

10.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2