It feels like very little to sign a petition, but every little bit counts:
The U.S. government should work to deescalate the crisis, prevent a full blown war, and not escalate tensions that put our national security at risk. sign.moveon.org/petitions/no...
Front covers of three “conversational game” books, each with striking covers.
Back covers of three “conversational game” books, each with spirals of numbers to be used as a randomizing tool.
Pitch Page What the fuck is this book? A conversational, cooperative game. Is playing a big commitment? Fuck no: you can play 30 minutes at a time, and there's no board / pieces / electronics. So what's gameplay like? One player runs events and scenarios. The other players make main characters they control in those scenarios. This book contains an entire storyline of premade scenarios. What's the storyline? Come find out. It's a full narrative are, like a season of a TV show. What's the setting then? St. Disma, a neon-soaked island city in the year 2140. Genetic engineering, cybernetics, criminal underworld, political violence - you get the idea. How do you win? Completing in-game goals, and putting on the best riffs each session. How many players will there be? 4 to 6 players is the sweet spot, but any number works. So I just show up then or what? Exactly, just bring a pencil.
Closing Notes Bull Press books are free to prisoners incarcerated in the US. While these book donations rely on funds we don't always have, if you write into your regional books to prisoners workspace, we know the good people volunteering there would be happy to send you similar conversational games and tabletop material. To get a copy: have your people email your info to requests@/bullpress.org. Even if your phone time is limited, this method should enable us to get a copy in your hands faster than mail-in requests. People on the outside: if you'd like us to send a copy to an incarcerated friend, make sure to include their goverment name, ID number, and current facility in your email. LIBRARY Every book contains main character sheets, spinners, and everything else needed to play.) Corpse Thieves: a Kung Fu are set in mythology-heavy Qing-era China. Unwind a bizarre series of graverobbings, scrap with supernatural wigsplitters, bust open esoteric conspiracies. Solid for newjacks (short and linear). Illadelph: a game distilled from 90s hip hop, set in a parallel Philadelphia laced with powers, strange creatures, and superbeings. Solid for newjacks (short and linear), plus 75 optional missions across 13 cities for those trying to run longform games. Stirring Giant: a grimy near-future are tracking down a depraved patrician in a lawless megametropolis. Gene splicing, cybernetics, criminal underworld, political violence etc. → Digital copies of the entire Bull Press library are free at bullpress.org Internal Font: Times New Roman Style Guide: Ligma's Authoritative English This extends to groundless prohibitions on double comparatives (more faster, most oldest), verbiage (they is, she be), pleonasms (complete and total, where at) and so on. If meaning was successfully conveyed, the function of language was fulfilled - sweating about dangling participles and whatever is only a waste of time and effort. language evolves. If you disagree, you can always talk in old-timey Sh…
Very excited to add to my teaching collection these TTRPGs by Bull Press, distributed (free) to incarcerated folks & designed for their needs — which is to say, they conform to US contraband rules (including no dice, no maps, etc).
Purchased with my own cash.
Bullpress.org
Wick Witch
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Otter in a backpack figurine and their illustrated box
Platypus in a backpack figurine and their illustrated box
Raccoon in a backpack figurine and their illustrated box
Seal with a guitar figurine and their illustrated box
Little guys, ready to travel around the world 🎒
we need decolonial and harm-reduction economic advisors who are Black and/or Native to help guide yall on disengaging with capitalism and restructuring your community relations
it’s the opposite of investing in western “assets” and money, and a totally different style of wealth structure
seal figurine with a backpack
seal figurine with a backpack
She'll go at her own pace 🎒
A graphic that reads "Other finished books" in front of a bookcase background. Pictured are covers of other books that Dancer finished during the month of January. From top to bottom, left to right: the audiobook of "Dragonflight", by Anne McCaffrey, "Fate Touched" by cinderpaw1 (with a note added by Dancer that reads: "the story Cinder was writing when we first met, that sparked our relationship"), "Out of Air" by Rachel Reiss, "A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic" by J. Penner, and "Turning Point" by Lisanne Norman.
I had a great time returning to one story, and finding many others! My TBR may have grown by several hundred books over the last few weeks, but if you have any book suggestions, send them my way and I'll definitely consider adding them to my ever-growing pile of anticipation! 3/3 #tbr #reading
A graphic in front of a bookcase background reads "Favorite book", next to a picture of the cover of "Camp Damascus" by Chuck Tingle. The Cover of the book is a mix of reds and blacks, featuring a mouth open to the sky in a way that's shaped like the mountains behind it, spitting out mayflies in a spurt of black smoke. Lower on the page is a set of cabins, most of which are dark but one of which has an eerie blue light glowing from within. A quote on the side of this cover, added by dancer, reads “Our relationship wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows, but it was real. It was misunderstandings and growth and forgiveness and acceptance and, of course, the beauty that comes along with all that. We were so much more than a montage of upbeat music and endless smiles.” ― Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus. A list of themes is added by Dancer below the cover, reading: LGBTQ main character; horror young adult; grapples with heavy themes; elements of found family; discussion: Christianity's good and bad sides.
Camp Damascus, by Chuck Tingle, was an intriguing and compelling read that I didn't expect to like as much as I did, but the more I read it the more I could feel myself getting swept away in the story. 2/3 #chucktinglebooks #horrorbooks #reading
Two graphs under the caption "January Reading Wrap-Up". The top graph reads "genres" and lists the genres of dancer's books that she read during the month of January. These include: fantasy (4 books), science fiction (2 books), romance (2 books), speculative fiction (1 book), LGBTQIA+ (1 book), young adult (1 book), thriller (1 book), mystery (1 book), horror (1 book). The second graph reads "Pages in January 2025", displaying the number of pages dancer read of books during the month as 1,941. Notable peaks are around the 7th, 9th, and 18th of January.
This year I wanted to start getting back into books, especially as real life has been a little grim. I read from quite a few different genres this month, mostly fantasy, yes, but also discovered my intrigue for horror books and horror as a genre. 1/3 #storygraphapp #reading #books
Watercolor painting of 63 little bunnies in a grid like pattern they’re all unique
63 little bunnies 🐰
Incredible read! I'm honestly surprised and kind of stoked about the success of non-violent movements described here. I'm not even dogmatic on that issue, but if this stuff works, it's the way to go.
With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for,
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
Starting today, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in Thailand.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
We have 185 entries into our RPGs for Accessible Gaming jam that will be turned into a charity bundle on @itch.io to support @dotsrpg.bsky.social! THANK YOU!!
There are 17 days left for you to enter your game (new or old, the only stipulation is that it must be an RPG!)
If you went to college:
1. What was your career goal when you started?
2. Initial major?
3. If you changed majors, what you changed it to?
4. What do you do now?
1. Undecided between PT and engineer, but leaning toward PT
2. Double major dance + chemistry
3. Exercise Science w/ dance minor
4. PT!
My OCs being a typical lesbian couple. Miho has her arm swung around Cels neck as she's jumping into Cel with a Sword pointed at Cel's neck. Cel is catching her with her hand resting on a Zweihänder . They're both smiling. Miho is wearing a shirt with puffy sleeves, leather pants and boots. Cel is wearing a black armor.
may i offer you some sword lesbians in these trying times? 🙇♀️🤲❤️
#art #oc #miho #cel #knightau #illustration
Good things come to those who wait - the Video Game History Foundation Digital Library launches on January 30th, 2025. (We'll tell you all about it then!)
anyway. crying over the parade to congratulate newly wed LGBTQ+ couples who registered their marriage today
Warm lines don’t call the police. Call Blackline 800-604-5841, Trans Lifeline 877-565-8860 US 877-330-6366 Canada, Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line 888-407-4515, StrongHearts Native Helpline 844-762-8483, Thrive Lifeline 313-662-8209, LGBT National Help Center 888-843-4564
warm lines save lives. please share 💖
credit ig: @/inclusivetherapists
Remember that fascists want you to feel hopeless and helpless. We are neither. Continue to be a pain in their fucking ass, even if that just means refusing to go away.
If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.
If you're stressing out about tomorrow, there are now over 400 local immigration groups listed on this spreadsheet across all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico - take a minute, find one near you, and commit to spending an hour volunteering with them.
A white woman lays on a pillow, with a tortoiseshell cat's paw stretched out in front of her face, claws digging into the pillow's green and white pillowcase.
Jarlaxle ("Jay") has her claws out but she's here to share love with everyone who believes in #transrights #queerrights #immigration #etc
Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
How are they doing this AGAIN omg 😳😖
A two panel comic strip. Panel 1: A light gray human shape (like a thicc stick figure) labelled "THE WEALTHY ELITE" reaches greedily, mouth open in excitement, towards a large floating yellow ball that is labelled "A SECOND GILDED AGE" Panel 2: same as above, but behind the gray figure (who now has a sweat drop to indicate nervousness on its head) is a VERY large pink blob labelled "THE RETURN OF OUTLAW FOLL HEROES" with one arm wrapped around the gray figure, expression quietly threatening
Please tell me who first posted this so I can properly credit, bc it made me laugh hard this morning
How To Perform A Breast Self-Exam Lure the tumors to the surface by opening a can of tuna. -The Onion
How To Perform A Breast Self-Exam
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collage of art that resembles actors, including kathryn hahn, ali ahn, aubrey plaza, sasheer zamata, tippi hedren, and nicola coughlan
somebody asked me "how are you so good at drawing people's likenesses" and tbh i don't know that i'm THAT good at it lmao (joe locke, you mysterious beast) but i guess i can offer some tips that might help? the first is SO MANY REFERENCES haha. different angles, different lighting
Hey, you.
Yeah, you, the one reading this.
I just hummed a song for you. You've got Bardic Inspiration.
You can use that extra d12 for anything you need to conquer today.
Do the thing. Start that project. Punch the sun.
#OperaGeek #DnD #BardLife
