We have allowed the very worst of us to have the power they should never have and it has to be stopped.
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(he/him) tabletop gamer, game designer, superhero fan, anti-fascist, geek, witch, polyamorous, and queer π³οΈβπ partners with @christopherpenczak.bsky.social and @adamsartwell.bsky.social π stevekenson.com β’ patreon.com/stevekenson
We have allowed the very worst of us to have the power they should never have and it has to be stopped.
Pixar is saying, as so many do, βWe think the minority should suffer for the ease and comfort of the privileged majority.β
Because better the therapy be borne by the queer kids, as it always has been, for living lives where they never see anyone like themselves, believing theyβre completely alone and unloved, something too shameful to be seen.
Imagine if films were reviewed the way folks review TTRPG adventures.
"The movie's 124 minutes, 5 minutes is credits and 1 minute is an intro, so 118 minutes of movie. There are plenty of characters in there. At the 47 minute mark there's a bird"
Iβm sorry, doing this in a baseball cap sold by your campaign store is deliberately disrespecting the dead.
I've been spoiled by gaming sessions, but @adibkhorram.bsky.social's Ensign smashing a JemβHadar-DNA-laced-potato into a scanner, yelling "Did I fix it?" followed by @premeemohamed.com Dr. screaming, "Russet!" with anguish, and then @kateheartfield.com's Rinβs "Move" as she drew a phaser?
Top 10.
βThe ratio of dialog to run-length produces a barely acceptable level of text density.β
Russet saved us all in the end.
Many Americans are grateful to President Trump that they no longer have to say "The Gay of Hormuz".
Liberals: we will do literally anything and run literally anyone to entice swing voters Leftists: we're swing voters, we'll swing your way if you run someone we like Liberals: fuck off, we want the REAL swing voters: belligerent racists who hate us
π² Can TTRPGs help students learn?
One high school English teacher is replacing worksheets with dice rolls, narrative journaling, and collaborative storytelling based on assigned reading.
Would this have helped you in school?
See how it works: buff.ly/Y61Wr6e
Check out Swords Against! The swords & sorcery fiction magazine on @BackerKit! (I Have a brand new story in the first issue.) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Literally only because it was required by law and without any ceremony to call attention to it.
graphic with the text βWe Need Your Helpβ in large black and purple lettering above a purple megaphone. In the foreground, numerous raised hands of varied skin tones reach upward, representing a diverse group of people. Among them are distinctive elements including a robotic prosthetic hand, a blue mechanical-looking hand, and hands with visible scars or markings. A Progress Pride flag and a flowing rainbow ribbon weave through the crowd. A soft outdoor background with trees and a rainbow sky sits behind the megaphone. The image is framed by a multicolored Pride stripe border, and a βTGβ logo with a tabletop gaming die appears in the top-left corner.
Volunteer with TG at Gary Con 2026 - March 19-22, 2029 - Lake Geneva, WI
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tapping the "people underestimate how many of our society's elites are motivated not by self-interest, but by sadism" sign
if you think the greatest threat to effeminate gay boys is the trans movement and not the cis straight men who overwhelmingly exclude and brutalize them then you should walk into the ocean immediately
Remember, Donald Trump believes if it isn't reported, then it may as well not have happened. Expect the regime to take a similar approach to casualty reports from Iran and basically any information that would worry people or make them look bad.
Thereβs a significant difference between spiritual and religious traditions that embrace both life and death, understanding how each makes the other meaningful, and traditions that treat death and an afterlife as superior and more desirable than life in the hear-and-now.
The Hercules βlabubuβ π
Dee Snider and Twister Sister released "We're Not Gonna Take It" over forty years ago but here we all are, still taking it.
"Kickbacks and increased stock prices to gov't officials owning shares in these defense companies are already underway! The economy of blowing things up is booming HAHAHA! Forget about gas prices and eating and watch more foreign stuff and people blow up on TV! I love watching that."
HEY GANG - if you haven't read AVENGERS ACADEMY and are wondering what all the fuss is about, you can actually read the first four issues here at this link - no need to register or anything, just click and read!!! www.marvel.com/infinitycomi...
Quick Leverage/Shadowrun hack w/Cortex Prime:
Change the roles to Decker, Mage, Rigger, Shaman, Street Samurai. Assign d8, d6, d6, d6, d4, d4. Add a bonus step anywhere you like.
Also choose three specialties at d6 and assign them to a role
Stats: Physical, Mental, Spiritual
d8/d8/d8 or d10/d8/d6
GLAAD MEDIA AWARD WINNER: OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK Avengers Academy: Marvelβs Voices By Anthony Oliveira, Elsa Sjunneson, Carola Borelli, Bailie Rosenlund, Pablo Collar, Charles Stewart III, Alti Firmansyah, Minkyu Jung, KJ DΓaz, Ruth Redmond, Dono SΓ‘nchez-Almara, Ariana Maher, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Infinity Comics)
I am so thankful for the gift of this recognition on behalf of myself and all of the crew on Avengers Academy. We strove week after week to make art worthy of our community β to deepen and enrich the world for queer, trans, and HIV+ representation and readership, to insist we belonged in these worlds of fiction and in the world that dreams them. We wanted both to illuminate queer stories told long ago and to trailblaze new paths forward. It was not always easy, but it was always worth it. I am so proud of this work, and so honoured to have it so celebrated. Thank you. Thank you to all the impossibly gifted collaborators on this project for all your brilliance, enthusiasm, and generosity: our regular artists Carola Borelli, Bailie Rosenlund, and Pablo Collar; our colorists KJ Diaz and Ruth Redmond; our letterists Ariana Maher and Joe Caramagna; as well as our numerous guest talents β who enriched this book week after week with their gifts and perspectives. Thanks too to our editors, Lindsey Cohick, Sidney Stubbs, Wil Moss, and founding editor and Sarah Brunstad who willed this book into life. Time and again this book redefined what could happen, how it could look and read, and above all who could be in a superhero comic, and I could not be prouder. And, with great admiration and profoundest appreciation, thank you to my community, for always lifting me up. Finding all of you has been the great gift of my life. This category is full of the fellow artists who showed me there was a place for us to create and to live in this world, and I live in the enduring blessing of their work. I said it when we ended, and I will say it here again: comics will mend your heart, if you let them. When I was a scared, lonely, closeted kid, the Marvel universeβs heroes were there for me when very little else was. That is a debt I can never pay back, but one Iβve tried with great travail to pay forward. I want to believe we have afforded a little of that same refuge to those who sougβ¦
Amazed and honoured that AVENGERS ACADEMY has won the GLAAD Media Award for OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK!
This book pushed every boundary in this industry, and I am so grateful for the gift of these talented collaborators and this generous, uplifting community of readers. deadline.com/2026/03/glaa...
"Words mean whatever Dear Leader says they mean today."
That tracks, given he doesn't want the United States to remain a democracy.
π Starfleet Academy fans rise up!
For today's blog, Jim Johnson takes a look at the diverse cast of characters from the new Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series, and discusses ways to incorportate them into your Star Trek Adventures scenarios!
π Check it out here:
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Ideally, I'd like a damn job again. My linked in is here if you have any opportunities for:
Writing (tabletop or video games)
Editing
Executive Summary
DEI Consulting
Community Management
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As someone who has worked on the Trek license for RPGs, I just want to acknowledge what a CRAZY amount of work these map graphics are for something that shows up on-screen for mere seconds at a time.