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Bioinformatician for a Children's Hospital research institute in Canada | Author of Rubble and Ruin, a table top roleplaying game trying for the feel of a fantasy game with science fiction | All views are my own Blog: https://ruduswritings.blogspot.com
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Study finds that Meta and X Approved ads containing anti Muslim and antisemitic hate speech ahead of German Election techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/m...

Hey #SelfPromoSaturday I’d like to tell you about Tail-End Charlie, my new solo #ttrpg about the tail-gunners in bomber command in WW2. Odds of surviving a tour were frighteningly small. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

We understand our world by the stories we tell. Tolkien imagined a benign god who made a royal bloodline to rule lesser men. In #dnd / #ttrpg normalize incompetent/greedy/petty rulers who force adventurers to adventure to survive. We need to remind people that real-world absolute authority is evil.

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Classic Wizards Tees are now at our .com shop: bit.ly/Wizards_TeeS...

BMG was honoured to have the Minister of Health, Uzoma Asagwara, visit the department and learn more about the Manitoba Ovarian Cancer Research program!

NEW: Minnesota was just ranked a top state both to retire and to raise a family.   By investing in the things that matter – economic opportunity, health and safety, and strong communities – we’re building the best state for all Minnesotans from childhood through retirement.

If you're trying to figure out what to do right now, my advice is to just pick a thing that you think might be useful in some way, however small, and do it. Doing a thing leads you to doing another, bigger thing, and prepares you for that next thing.

tiny scarecrows #ttrpg #cartography #art

Good morning America...💙

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

I have a Bluesky special. Half off the Rubble and Ruin pdf through March 2025. One of my design goals with this game is to help players understand real world science and technology while enjoying a #dnd / #osr like game. #ttrpg Use this link for the discount: www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?d...

SEIZE JOY FROM THE JAWS OF PAIN. ARE YOU HYDRATED?

When I write #scifi #fiction and #ttrpg, this is my main theme. I expect my teenaged kid to live in a world where genome editing is solved--we're that close--but I don't see people talking about what will happen when billionaires have the power to rewrite human genes. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

With lots of good suggestions, Anna updated their flier. Feel free to use it in your communities.

-The Question: How the hell did we get here? -The Answer: Citizens United.

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

I was today-years-old when I learned about this program. SDG is Sustainable Development Goals and if you are into #solarpunk I think you should look at the goals and at UN initiatives they are based on. www.springernature.com/gp/researche...

The Emerging Scholar Podcast is designed as a resource for medical trainees and residents to help guide them on their journey to becoming a clinician scientist. Hosted by Dr. Jonathan McGavock, professor of pediatrics and child health at the Max Rady College of Medicine. #Medsky

YOU MUST TOUCH SOMETHING SOFT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO WIN A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE.

New Sunday sport: naming parts of our continent

Happy President's Day from Union Square in NYC, which is filled with protesters preparing for a march down Broadway This picture is a fraction of the people in the park, and many people have already started marching It's a beautiful day. Let's do this 🧵

Anyone looking for a refresher on Niven's #ringworld, I just posted a short one. I'm working up to a blog post on a new type of #DysonSphere, but before I can get to that, I need my readers to know some #megastructure history. #scifi #ttrpg ruduswritings.blogspot.com/2025/02/lets...

"Provisioning decent living standards for 8.5 billion people requires 30% of current global resource and energy use, leaving a substantial surplus for additional consumption, ... and other social investments"-- paraphrased for space. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes…

I'm in. February 28, 2025!

As a publisher I can't review other games on Drivethru so I thought I would give a shout-out here to @embersofhumanity.bsky.social. They have a cool new post-apocalyptic #d100 RPG. Would give it five stars if I could. #ttrpg #scifi www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

However it's going to have to take the Democrats getting 38 state houses in full control, plus the presidency and congress to make serious amendments to the Constitution.

Here's my 2nd Substack Article today on General Strikes. The last General Strike we had were decades ago...but it will take 3.5% of us to really make a difference in the streets (peacefully) and in our purchasing decisions.

You might think that I would want to get a degree from SIU-C, but I already got one--it's a very nice! Good job Carbondale! Great school in a great location.

Money talks

Yes, the more you keep up the pressure even on GOP senators, the more the they'll have a come to Jesus moment.

If you are looking at the old TSR adventure "B5 Horror on the Hill", I have drawn a little more modern map of the monastery you are welcome to use. #DnD #OSR #ttrpg #gamemaps ruduswritings.blogspot.com/2025/02/b5-h...