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Cyrus "OmegaEgo" Riahi

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Amateur writer, game designer, and human. Always trying to be better at all 3. Huge fan of superheroes, kaiju, sci-fi, and esports. Disabled. He/him πŸ’–πŸ’›πŸ’™ cyrusriahi.com

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In Esoteric Ebb, men talk to men about manhood, and that's a good thing It does not shy away from the things many of us are always thinking about when we interact with others, like, β€œWho are you voting for?” and β€œWhat does being a man mean to you?”

The best D&D game since Baldur's Gate 3, *and* it contends with gender? Yes, please. By @zoehhannah.com
www.mothership.blog/in-esoteric-...

11.03.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 288 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 10
Paper minis of a gibbering mouther and tabaxi

Paper minis of a gibbering mouther and tabaxi

Paper mini of the nuckelavee

Paper mini of the nuckelavee

Paper minis of a dragonborn and carrion crawler

Paper minis of a dragonborn and carrion crawler

Paper minis of slime cultists

Paper minis of slime cultists

If you like little guys, you should follow me.
I have so many little guys to show you

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10.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 10926 πŸ” 2219 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 41
Life Is Strange: Reunion

Life Is Strange: Reunion

A game doesn't need to be 'by and for fans'
aftermath.site/life-is-strang...

22.01.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 401 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 39
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hi guys I know I haven't been very active lately, and I don't talk about where I'm from often, but the government made some really scary announcements today so I thought I'd share to let everyone know what's happening. here are some posts from twt for context

17.02.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 7752 πŸ” 6500 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 138

Letterkenney has so many amazing lines, the writers did a phenomenal job. One of those pieces of art that engaging with it makes me feel like a sports analyst watching a GOATed team. Just hollering about how good of a job they did every single episode

10.03.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Huge congrats and well earned!!!! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³

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10.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 1336 πŸ” 582 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6

The creator of the very excellent Keeping Time, Kody, is trans and a very awesome person too!!

bsky.app/profile/kody...

10.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Losing my mind at even putting these two passages next to each other πŸ’€

10.03.2026 12:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THIS IS INSANE

10.03.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 525 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 56

REMINDERRRRRRRR

10.03.2026 11:33 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I LOVE blobbert already!!!

10.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet Blobbert!

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Watching a demo of how you can turn every NPC in your RPG town into somebody who says "That's right β€” you *are* the four LIGHT WARRIORS. You make a great point! The bridge to the main continent *does* need to be repaired, and you're just the person to do it."

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WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt tells Fox News that a military draft is on the table.
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Post Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt tells Fox News that a military draft is on the table. 4:19 PM β€’ Mar 8, 2026 CEverybody can reply 276 reposts 699 quotes 685 likes 36 saves 184 β‘  975 685

This is an irresponsible, misleading post that misrepresents what Leavitt said. There's enough awful stuff happening. Don't confuse people.

08.03.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 2835 πŸ” 437 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 0
a baby looking at a water ring toy. text reads "12 hour longplay, goty?" with a hmm emoji. it's a youtube thumbnail

a baby looking at a water ring toy. text reads "12 hour longplay, goty?" with a hmm emoji. it's a youtube thumbnail

29.01.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 885 πŸ” 211 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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This is the warning on the blood pressure monitor my dad just got.

Exceptional work. Anybody know what the fuck it’s supposed to mean?

Last line is especially ominous

09.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 2871 πŸ” 648 πŸ’¬ 185 πŸ“Œ 209
My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me.

In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.Β 

On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.Β 

Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me. In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.Β  On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.Β  Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.Β 

"It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do.

Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTokβ€”the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go.

It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.Β  "It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do. Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTokβ€”the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go. It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:

09.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 4791 πŸ” 993 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 92
McDonaldland guys.

McDonaldland guys.

PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT THREAD 🧡:

19.09.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

my hot writing take is that playing with POV is neat and you can do what you want. present tense first! close third! first-person-direct-address with bits of omniscient third! anything is legal if you look good doing it!!

09.03.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 576 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 19
A Shadow The Hedgehog promotional image with the caption 'SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. I SIMPLY DIDN'T REALISE THAT IT WASN'T ALL YEAR.'

A Shadow The Hedgehog promotional image with the caption 'SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. I SIMPLY DIDN'T REALISE THAT IT WASN'T ALL YEAR.'

09.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 15960 πŸ” 5261 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 27
a raccoon standing in an aisle at the library

a raccoon standing in an aisle at the library

what is he doing here? he can’t even read

08.03.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 1798 πŸ” 323 πŸ’¬ 123 πŸ“Œ 130
Text saying "You've read your last free article."

Text saying "You've read your last free article."

Jacked action hero with goon in headlock, in raspy yet firm voice:

08.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 5424 πŸ” 936 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 0

I've never seen a wall so bombable in my life

09.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68

musician Gary Numan, born March 8, 1958, aged 68

actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67

actor Gary Oldman, born March 21, 1958, aged 67

Happy Gary Retrograde everyone!

The next two weeks are the only two weeks out of the year when Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman

08.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 4742 πŸ” 1410 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 72

Also worth noting, there is nothing in the game that indicates it as a roguelite. That was genuinely just me being a baffling idiot completely unprompted. It...happens more often than I'd like to say πŸ˜… 4/4

08.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hated it because I framed it as a roguelite when it isnt one at all

Once I reframed it as a survival mode and met it on its terms, I really fell in love with it!

So imo, framing really does matter a ton. Not just to attract the right players, but to put them in the right mentality too! 3/

08.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

However, the powerups are temporary and you don't accrue more power as the run goes on. In fact you're probably lower on life and are strength
-neutral by the end of it.

Judging it as a roguelite, it kind of sucks. Kind of like if you judge an amazing burger as a pizza, itd prob suck too 2/

08.03.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0