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John Ossoway

@ottomancer.bsky.social

Defending the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. Designer, illustrator, writer, developer. Lover of Design, Type, Music, RPGs, Lego, scifi. Biodegradable. My work: https://www.ragingtrifle.com/

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Mesa
YouTube video by Hans Zimmer - Topic Mesa

I'm up late. Drawing maps. Watching Blade Runner 2049. Hans Zimmer's score is beautiful. It references Vangelis so well while still being its own thing. youtu.be/8h3SusINdAI?...

08.10.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nah they play GURPs. 🀣

07.10.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A four panel cartoon for the New Yorker by Tommy Seigel. In panel 1 an engineer says "have a safe flight" to an astronaut who replies "you too!" Panels 2 and 3 depict a rocket launch and journey to the moon.  On panel 4 the astronaut is on the moon thinking to himself "god I'm such a fucking moron."

A four panel cartoon for the New Yorker by Tommy Seigel. In panel 1 an engineer says "have a safe flight" to an astronaut who replies "you too!" Panels 2 and 3 depict a rocket launch and journey to the moon. On panel 4 the astronaut is on the moon thinking to himself "god I'm such a fucking moron."

07.10.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cyberpunk News Generator

Your evening cyberpunk news.

Synthetic Smugglers hack weathered orbital killsat in Neo-Tokyo, amid static storms / j-pop assassin wetworks team // Null Broadcast.

www.ragingtrifle.com/cybernews.htm

07.10.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Vargr captain asks if he could have the reward in the form of a giant gold bone.

07.10.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pirates of Drinax Episode 11: Smile Please!
In which our Travellers deliver Redthayne to the Provosts of Torpol and claim their reward. Later, after partying all night with Tisnee Zazzle, the Travellers find themselves hung over on Torpol Sunrise AM with Joy and Alice in the Morrrrning!

07.10.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk and saying it 's so ... it 's so beautiful . ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk and saying it 's so ... it 's so beautiful .
07.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pencil sketch of a duck necromancer called Fraser. He's an anthropomorphic duck like the ones you get in the RuneQuest RPG. Pose inspired by a duck knight with foot on box from Dragonbane.

Pencil sketch of a duck necromancer called Fraser. He's an anthropomorphic duck like the ones you get in the RuneQuest RPG. Pose inspired by a duck knight with foot on box from Dragonbane.

Fraser the Duck necromancer from our Dragonbane game. This one's for you @dampscot.bsky.social

07.10.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.

07.10.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1567    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2

You can grab the quickstart for free from the KS page. Looks like it's based on Forged in the Dark.

07.10.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

😟

07.10.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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bugs bunny is sitting at a table with a purse and stacks of money ALT: bugs bunny is sitting at a table with a purse and stacks of money
07.10.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So inventive and on (relatively) such a low budget. I was genuinely laughing out loud many times.

07.10.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon: Ghost In The Shell - The Official Tabletop Roleplaying Game The official tabletop roleplaying game of Ghost in the Shell, the anime that redefined the cyberpunk genre, set in the ARISE era.

Ghost In The Shell RPG?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/man... πŸ‘€

07.10.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Genuinely laugh out loud funny evening. Such fun. 😊

06.10.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably Batman. I forgot he was in Mars Attacks! πŸ˜‚

06.10.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Baby raccoons are trying to walk through a fence on a very windy day.

06.10.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 423    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 9
Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

"AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations"

pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

What do you think?

06.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

It feels like the emperor's New clothes, but no-one is listening to the young kid shouting.

06.10.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got asked by staff to be quiet or leave the showing of Titanic I went to because I was laughing so much. πŸ™ˆ

06.10.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

😳 srsly? Wow.

06.10.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have an irrational dislike of Jack Nicholson, so I have seen precious few films starring him. No idea why I dislike him. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, Chinatown to mention a few...

06.10.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Dynamic pricing is one of the worst things ever. it's the ticket tout pricing model. "It's a popular event so we're going to charge you so much your eyes will bleed." 😩

06.10.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes I have that, great setting. I ran a fun campaign using that system back before the pandemic. Ended up with the group getting arrested on Mars. 🀣

06.10.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. I particularly like the 1950s-60s raygun era.

06.10.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're soon to start playing The Sutra of Pale Leaves. Hope Taylor's new album features. πŸ˜†

05.10.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Taylor Swift announces next album title: The Queen in Yellow. She told Variety: "A few years back I came across this amazing play and I was so inspired. It's been living in my head for years. I even dream of it, of the city in the play."

04.10.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 931    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 13

Ah cool thank you. I will check that out. His work on For All Mankind is brilliant too.

05.10.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Battlestar Galactica Enhanced Podcast : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The complete podcast commentaries for the 2003 remake of Battlestar Galactica by Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore and others, released by the Sci-Fi (later...

Did you ever listen to BSG podcast where Ron Moore would do episode commentaries and Q&As? If not, some kind person put them here: archive.org/details/batt...

05.10.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

not putting an order in from me this week is a slur

05.10.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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