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Gold ENNIE winning TTRPG Designer & Writer • Podcaster & Streamer • Co-Chair GAMA Horizons Fellowship • Owns goldenlassogames.bsky.social & @happyjacksrpg.bsky.social • she/her
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SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

QTP with powerful women 💪

Mad As Hell is our next #TTRPG of anti-capitalist demonhunting, coming soon to Kickstarter. This is a game of learning the tools of resistance, the strength of community and deciding that the horrors in this world are something you cannot accept. Read More 👇 www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou...

URGENT: The House is set to vote tomorrow on whether to advance $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid — eviscerating essential programs that provide lifesaving services for people with disabilities, children, seniors, and more. Tell your representative now: Don't cut Medicaid.

📢 First speakers announced for GAconf Europe! Melody Powell, @hereliesstacey.bsky.social, @thewobblygamer.bsky.social, @seawolfly.bsky.social, @radderss.bsky.social, and @theslasherchick.bsky.social. Many more to come! 14th-15th April, hybrid online & London. Tickets and info at gaconf.com

The Wildsea: Storm & Root is available now from Mythworks Get it here: tinyurl.com/ycyt3tzp From the hungry skies to the wilds below... Storm & Root is the first expansion for The Wildsea roleplaying game. #ttrpgs

#DarkArtSky

Do I know anyone who lives in California who has been able to get their ADHD meds mailed to their home (especially if they’re on Kaiser)? I’ve missed a month of medication due to being housebound for weeks. Adderal schedule II under the DEA, but some CA friends get theirs mailed with apps?

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

If you use AI for your book cover and say artists need to 'get with it' while simultaneously whining about how insulting and saddening it is to 'all the time you spent writing' that people think your writing is AI gen too - maybe consider if you're a massive hypocrite. Also get out.

Join us live in 30 minutes for Happy Jacks RPG advice show! Don't miss out on joining the fun of our weekly round table #ttrpg discussion that's informative, honest, and funny. #podcast www.twitch.tv/happyj...

Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

if u see this, quote-post with your tips for writers that no one gives anymore because they seem obvious (even though they're not)

🎲✂️ Just a PSA: This is a grifter that follows & unfollows anyone vaguely into board games to fish for followbacks. He's been known to start harassment campaigns against people in the industry for spurious reasons. Rodney Smith from Watch It Played even posted an old video about him on Twitter.

This is a sleeper that's coming Tell Your Representative to Vote NO on the SAVE Act

Reminder: if you put hashtags in your bio, people can look for those hashtags on just your blog, which is very nice to help organize your stuff!

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

Heading to GAMA today. For the first time I’m stressed about flying. Stressed about (probably) being the only masked person on the plane. Stressed about going to a place as red as Kentucky to support a DEIA initiative… Currently doom scrolling to cope. Not a great choice. I need to pack.

The furious tantrum of blue dog and centrist democrats going "fuck you, you little shits, I'M your boss!" to their constituents when it's literally the opposite.

fk Karen Bass for just firing LA’s fire chief because they refused to be the scapegoat and take blame for her negligence. she underfund the fire department in favor of the LAPD (do research on the city controller mentioning this, it’s true). we need a new mayor yesterday.

The City of LA's BUDGET SEASON is among us! • Want to know about the City's budget process? 🤔 • Have a question about the City's budget and finances? 🤔 RSVP & ask your question at the link below! Join us Thursday, February 27, at 8pm on Zoom! bit.ly/lacontroller-townhall

It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids

#Booksky You know what I, a smol press publisher of queer books, would love? To survive this hellscape and move into a world where we could thrive, obvs. But also to see our print sales rise above 20-40 sales a month, preferably from indie platforms/direct from us. bookshop.org/lists/queen-...

If you're in Ontario, early voting is open. You don't have to wait for next week's lines. We went in this afternoon and were in and out in probably 3 minutes. Find your advance polling locations here: voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...

🚨🚨If you use kindle, Download your books before Amazon removes the ability next week. That is your money you spent and those are your books. 🚨🚨

Happy Friday, y'all! 💚 This is your semi-regular reminder that if you've bought someone's game or grabbed a community copy, take a few moments to leave a review or comment for the creator. It will undoubtedly make their day!

If you played TTRPGs between 1970-2004, PhD Candidate Geoffrey Ramirez (Binghamton U) is seeking participants for “Character Creation: The Tabletop Role-Players Oral History Project” as part of his dissertation. Interviews will be archived at the Strong Museum of Play (can be time-locked, etc)

Imagine if the media pointed out there was already a Government Accountability Office whose job it is to go after actual waste and fraud, not just things Elon doesn’t like, and found $70 Billion in savings last year and $2 Trillion in waste since 2003. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm...

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Now would be a good time to consider freezing your credit with the three credit bureaus because of *gestures wildly* reasons.

I just added more things to this list today: docs.google.com/document/d/1...