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Today I retire from Wizards of the Coast after 28 years. With D&D’s 50th anniversary wrapping up and the revised rulebooks doing gangbusters, this is the perfect fairytale ending for me. I can’t wait to enjoy D&D purely as a fan again, knowing the game is in good hands. See you in the Feywild!

If you're a tabletop designer and/or publisher whose business will be adversely affected by Donald Trump's April 2nd suite of tariffs, I want to hear from you. Changes in business, canceled or delayed projects, etc. email: [email protected] Signal: ChaseTC.24

I haven’t seen this yet so: Gonna ask that we be real patient and real cool with TTRPG and Board Game companies with delays around their printing and fulfillment — especially for recent crowdfunders.

It was only a matter of time... David Leavitt followed me here on BSky. <laugh> I blocked him before I could experience the "unfollow/follow/unfollow" merry-go-round.

Mister Rogers never misses

Farmworker activist Alfredo Juarez Zeferino, known in his community as “Lelo,” was taken into custody by ICE Tuesday and is being held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.

Either professional card player via Balatro or cutthroat pirate via Sea of Thieves. <laugh> Either way, I'm just putting "years of experience," and nothing else. =P

"In a political climate where government officials increasingly offer vague accusations without evidence, expecting journalists to just move on to the next question, we need more Michel Martins who simply refuse to play that game."

Hey I wrote a big story about the personal data the government has, and how it's at risk among all the DOGEing. www.npr.org/2025/03/11/n...

Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal says that the Trump administration's defiance of judicial orders is another step toward the president's ultimate goal of "the destruction of our democracy and our Constitution."

Miles and miles of fire damage make it nearly impossible to remember what Altadena looked like before the Eaton Fire. The street signs are gone. The palm trees look like spent matches. Block after block has been obliterated.

FCC chief Brendan Carr launches inquiry into NPR and PBS stations with an eye to help allies on Capitol hill unravel federal funding for public broadcasting My story for NPR: www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

The Audio Shop here is full of really awesome folks! This is a great opportunity!

Here's the full list of qualified applicants for the Seattle Council District 2 seat, just released by the city clerk.

Are you even celebrating the season if your local dive bar isn't playing "10 Things I Hate About You"?

31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.

Popped out of my apartment this morning to head to the office for Morning Edition, and watched as the Needle shifted colors from blue to green and back. Really awesome, I wish they did this all the time.

I learned today that when you're voicing something in Prod C at KUOW while you forgetting to turn the sound off in the mini-studio next door (whose door is wide open,) AND you're screaming into the microphone for a wrestling themed bit, that the Business Support team will come check on you.