BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores.

The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

Yellowface is SO good and so insidious and somehow inspiring? In the way that I need to write more, not in the way that I need to steal another author's work and take credit for it.

Abo Jameel’s family needs support to get medical care for multiple serious conditions and to maintain some basic needs. Please share and help if you can!

Wisconsin city passes nation’s first anti-data center referendum The vote suggests ballot measures could become a powerful new tool for grassroots activists seeking to block data center projects.

Wisconsin city passes nation’s first anti-data center referendum www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Our TTRPGs for Trans Rights Bundle is Live!
We've already made over $1500 and climbing.
Get over 500 games,zines, and more for only $5 and support @transaffirminc.bsky.social & @tccidaho.bsky.social!

itch.io/b/3525/ttrpg...
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I've got some exciting news...

As a way of saying thank you to the TTRPG community for all the love and support y'all have given me for Breathless over the years, I decided to fully revamp the original pamphlet and giive it for free for y'all to enjoy some zombie survival horror gaming ^^

Enjoy ❤️!

a group of pokemon standing next to each other including pikachu Alt: a group of pokemon standing next to each other including pikachu

Happy Pokémon Day!

Since today is the 30th anniversary, I've decided to finally start my huge Pokémon challenge/project--PokéDraw 35th! I'm going to try to do a marker ACEO of EVERY Pokémon, including shinies, regional variants, and mega evolutions, by the 35th anniversary on February 27th 2031 ✨

If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.

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“sorry about the fascism you’re dealing with; here’s a $10 coupon that expires next week.” via @marisakabas.bsky.social

A drawing of some things you might find in a kitchen: a tea towel, a bundle of herbs (parsley, thyme, sage, bay), two wooden spoons, some butcher's twine, a cutting board, a big knife, a candle stub on a little plate, a ceramic jar, some cardamom pods, a garlic bulb (bisected).

kitchenalia 🥄

The Windy Realm Gazette Issue 1 A Quarterly TTRPG Zine focused on the Chicagoland TTRPG scene and it's amazing creators

I am posting this here now to remind myself to post it again during a more traffic heavy posting time.

Chicago is getting a quarterly zine to celebrate our robust RPG scene! You can support it now on Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/chi...

Korean March 1st Movement: Movies To Watch For The Holiday – The Soul of Seoul March 1st is a major national holiday in South Korea. Learn about the Independence Movement Day and the movies to watch to learn about the fight for freedom.

thesoulofseoul.net/korean-march...

Cover for the solo TTRPG: The Outcast - a game of reputation and redemption. Photo of a hilly, craggy valley with a cloaked wanderer looking ahead at the dirty weather coming in from afar

New to the #SoloRPG List: The Outcast by @capacle.bsky.social
Your reputation is ruined and you are ostracized by your community. It's time for your redemption arc!
LINKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...

An intricate comic-style poster drawn digitally, depicting a group of figures in a dark, gloomy fantasy setting, surrounded by gothic arches.. The colours are contrasting shades of muted reds and pale green on black and grey background. There is a bright red-pink moon on the top edge of the illustration, lighting the figures below. The center has 6 adventurers huddled together back to back, all in pensive and solemn state. There are roots winding their way up the group and up the stone arches on the borders. Above the group of characters, there is a large portrait of a dark haired vampire woman and 5 more smaller vampire figures to her side arranged in a crescent. There is a castle and a bare-branched tree in the background as well. The plaque at the bottom edge says “Curse of Strahd” Characters: Top left - Orren ( @aghdom.eu ), top right - Bo’rah ( tumblr.com/betaadmin ), center - Petrichor ( @eyeofthenewt.bsky.social ), bottom left - NPC Ezra (genderbent Esmeralda) (GM - Paulina) bottom centre - Victoro ( @coupleofkooks.bsky.social ), bottom right - Ireena Centre page - Countess Strahd, left of her bottom up - Kasym (genderbent Ludmilla), Escher, Anastrasya, Volenta, Rahadin.

Curse of Strahd

An anniversary poster I made for our CoS group!
Happy 3 years darlings, may we not succumb to The Horrors <3

[ We are running the She Is The Ancient module with a healthy sprinkling of even more homebrew on top, players tagged below. ]

If you are in Glasgow and want a treat, go try the Glasgow Radical Tours walking tour. One of the guides wrote "John Maclean; Hero of Red Clydeside", Henry Bell and will indulge endless questions like a champ <3
All their tours are great.

radicalglasgowtours.com?utm_source=i...

Spirit Tea Dev Log #6 | Anna Blackwell Get more from Anna Blackwell on Patreon

The latest devlog where I reveal the secret reason for making Spirit Tea is up for everyone over on my Patreon :) www.patreon.com/posts/spirit...

This Hit Series Wasn’t Created for Black Fans. We Made It Our Own Anyway. Our long and complicated relationship with the late Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball.

Akira Toriyama died two years ago today. When he passed, I explained how Black American fans of Dragon Ball reinterpreted the series into a contemporary pillar of our culture.

I loved writing this essay, and I hope you enjoy it, too. Piccolo is wearing a wave cap.

slate.com/culture/2024...

too many people are being waaaayyyy too consent manufacturing shaped right now dawg. they fucking blew up kids. if your gut reaction to what's going on right now is anything less than "holy hell this should never have happened and it needs to stop immediately" you need to do a lot of self reflection

Been banging this drum for a while - it doesn't have to be all at once. Every app or service counts. There's tons of guides online.

@lukathemouse.gay recently posted a great one about google here: bsky.app/profile/luka...

If I reshare something that’s AI. Tell me. I’m correctable. I won’t crash out on you.

You probably can’t personally stop the war in Iran today. Is there something you can do for your neighbors hiding from ice? For a trans person in Kansas? Any local aid orgs or rapid response networks? Phone banks? Anyone already doing good shit that just needs a hand?

Supported! Thank you for your hard work on this.

"In a world trying to tell us how far apart we are, this necessary and urgent project reminds us of the kinships that transcend borders and time. A special thanks to every translator carrying ideas and stories across languages to bring us each thrilling new book!" —Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King

I spent a year putting together this bundle of e-books that supports global writers and translators and also supports independent journalism at Global Voices. It only goes a few more days and it's stalled out. I'd love to do better for people, but it would need eyes.

storybundle.com/translation

Coming up next: an exploration of crowns and their effects on wearers both potential and actual. It's @adambell.games running his game Uneasy Lies the Head, featuring @crackedwall.bsky.social, @foolinc.bsky.social, Skyler, and Wren! twitch.tv/rollplusbond

~45 minutes outside Minneapolis this afternoon, a small but spirited crowd is gathered to protest outside the gates of Sherburne County Jail.

According to organizers: the jail has held an average of 131 ICE detainees daily for nearly 20 years. As of 2023, the jail makes $110 per detainee per day.

The way far too many left of center (and plenty even on the left itself) have internalized reactionary propaganda around "cancel culture" has led to a place where any real consequences on those in power are considered "too far."

So even incredibly basic movement tactics end up off the table.

Emergency protests against war on Iran in cities across U.S. Act Now to Stop War & End Racism

There's an emergency "Stop the War in Iran" protest kicking off in NYC at 2 pm at Times Square. www.answercoalition.org/iran/ - I'm going to head out. I've also included the list of other protests across the country.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.