Dex Greenbright

Also! Fun fact, my chosen surname is Ugrali

@leeknoxostertag.bsky.social got me thinking about a manuscript I wrote (and turned into a D&D campaign) where the monster races really are victims and most only serve the BBEG out of fear. The MC / players work with a rebel cell & uncover the true history of the Ugrali (monsterfolk)

And this is a great thread about the article, LotR, and racism in fantasy.

senatordurbin @thejillthompson You just sold your constituents out to maga liars, a fascist regime, project 2025 and the loss of all healthcare and then you’re going to step down? How fucking dare you!!! We are fighting for people’s lives out here! We were counting on you! 11h2 likesReply You caved. I hope that’s the legacy of your political career, you spineless milquetoast 20h1,602 likesReply @rbw204 EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 16h3 likesReply @blcksmth exactly! 9h3 likesReply @blcksmth DEMONCRAP LOSTTTTT😂😂😂😂😂 9h1 likeReply You aren’t running again - so why cave now? 23h1,545 likesReply This is how you will be remembered. 17h346 likesReply @_veruca_salt_ yep as a boot licker he’s my rep from Illinois I’m utter embarrassed!! 🙈 3h6 likesReply I’m so disappointed that you’ve chosen to side with the republicans tonight. There is no excuse for caving! 19h823 likesReply @garverpeggy he embarrassed Illinois 🤦🏾‍♀️ 9h12 likesReply HOLD THE LINE, do NOT cave and give up our healthcare on a promise of a vote. The GOP cannot be trusted, HOLD THE LINE. 1d1,141 likesReply We need affordable healthcare! This is life and death for millions! 1d551 likesReply Surprise surprise - the people of Chicago are out here fighting to not get abducted and you put out performative content to look sympathetic.. meanwhile you just FOLDED like a yoga mat over a "promise" vote - because we've seen republicans keep promises... LOSER BEHAVIOR. No wonder people have lost faith on the democratic party. 18h544 likesReply Before 2025, I would’ve said you served Illinois proudly. But this year, when leadership mattered most, you let us down. Thank you for your years of civil service - I hope you carry the people of Illinois in mind through your final term. #ILPolitics #ThankYouButDisappointed #LeadershipMatters #DurbinRetires 28w61 likesReply YOU HAVE TO BE SHITTING ME IF YOU THINK REPUBLICANS WILL DISCUSS ACA SUBSIDIES IN DECEMBER. DO. NOT. CAVE. 23h429 likesReply etc.

November 10, 2025 US Senator Richard Durbin 300 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Fax (202) 228-0400 Dear Senator Durbin,

You have lost all leverage that congressional Democrats had to save Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits for 2026. You got the easily broken promise of a senate vote to extend the tax credits, and the promise from Speaker Mike Johnson that the House will never vote on it. Your betrayal will leave millions of Americans unable to pay for medical insurance or out-of-pocket medical care. I personally have friends who say they’ll die next year unless they can continue to get the treatments they no longer can afford. They still had hope until you and Team Cave gave up. Again. In this time of rising fascism and MAGA authoritarianism we need Democratic leaders willing to fight. You have burned our party’s credibility with the young voters who turned out for Spanberger, Mamdani, Sherrill, and California’s Proposition 50. You promised to fight in your press releases, but under pressure you favor surrender. You need to resign now, before the end of the year, so Illinois can have two senators ready to fight for us. Your former supporter, Gene Ha


Illinoisans are FURIOUS at @durbin.senate.gov

Screenshot of Senator Dick Durbin's (D-IL) Instagram page, his Bsky is much the same. And the fax I just sent to Dick's DC office bc the phone number no longer goes to voicemail even.

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From tonight's game: "it's like the power of friendship, but more the power of 'WTF, guys?'"

Turns out when your players all play as ex-minion dungeon monsters, there's a lot of wholesome interactions with an undercurrent of unsettling horror 😅

I found myself nodding along when reading your favorites. Not that I've played them, but taken all together I feel like they show who you are fairly well: magical powers of storytelling and transformation, with a side of appreciation of the ladies 😉

1. 4 of these 😅
2. Quiet Year, Eat the Reich, Daggerheart
3. I'm a fan of rules-light systems that put emphasis on creative storytelling (bonus points for humor, too). Stuff like Lasers & Feelings, Shenanigoblins, and my own Tarot RPG!

There are always great moments and lines in these games, but I have the memory of a gnat so I have started writing some down.

How could I not when the dancing bard and their fey backup dancers were distracting a baddie, and the blood hunter laughs, "they're twerking hypnotic pattern!"

I got to be substitute GM for a @roughmagicrpg.bsky.social event Saturday! No prep time, just grabbed Tarot RPG & ran. We had a wild, gay time with:

🫂 Siblings saving their adoptive parents who had turned evil
🍑 A twerking bard w/ backup dancers
💩 A tormented druid learning all the wrong lessons😅

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This is why I regularly let people know how awesome I think they are.

We often think that awesome people must naturally know they’re awesome, but they don’t. And letting them know could be the little push that they really needed that day.

4 pet head doodles: Bard frog, wizard cat, paladin dog, and rogue parakeet/budgie

Happy Halloween! Have some pets in costumes of their d&d characters 😸

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A "postcard" from the Studio Folly game Gubbins. It says "Quick, read up! Kept intel helps"

What happens when they burn and ban our books, and offer only misinformation and disinformation in return? We turn away and read what we've saved from them

Hey, you can TRY anything you want. Doesn't mean you'll succeed

I love this so much. One of the greatest lessons one can learn playing ttrpgs, how to gather up enough courage to try.

Make silly art, make messy art, make ugly art, just make art. It’s always worth it 🫶

Overheard and misheard a tech support call. They did not, in fact say "if it's extra delicious, eat it." It was suspicious, delete it. I... I may be hungry.

If you're immune to spoilers, I made a WIP post about a new campaign I'm working on with a couple of the Rough Magic folks. I love putting my city into projects. This whole game will be full of Chicago references, and for this section I got to put it into puzzles!
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All of this, though I fear I'm preaching to the choir here...

Actually, no, no, I'm not. I know how few reviews my books have and alla that, lol.

So yeah, do the things! It's easy and free!

- A cleric's deity was replaced by (Medusa maybe?) and then it turned out their original deity turned evil and threatened to remake the world using fey magic
- A cat-obsessed dragon interrupted a quest for magic catnip

I adore each and every game & can't wait for tomorrow! (2/2)

Day 1 of GameHole Con has come to an end, and the stories from today's Tarot RPG sessions were so delightfully unhinged 😂

- A cult of dragon-worshipping barbarians high on mushrooms
- A heist to reacue an animal from a wizard's zoo but it turned out all of the animals were polymorphed people
(1/2)

a man in a daredevil costume is walking down a street Alt: Slow camera pan up on Daredevil looking ready to fight

I mean, have you ever seen them at the same time?

If you want to turn that around, why not buy a book from a trans femme lesbian creator? ME!

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CityNerd — Shockingly, They've Been Lying to Me About Chicago I went to Chicago to see if it's really the crime-ridden, third world hell hole I've been told. You will NEVER BELIEVE what I actually saw.

Up on Nebula now: I went to Chicago to ground-truth the “crime-ravaged third world hell hole” allegations. You will NEVER GUESS what I found

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This video really brightened my day, so thank you. I love the thought, care, and humor you put into all of your videos. Hopefully the next time you come to town, tickets won't be sold out before we get a couple 🤞

Bonus: Those other nat 1s? Yeah after Cindy Lou Hoo turned Lucky, the curse spread to everyone else 😅

I decided she was now Lucky & could not roll any more 1s that night.

When they met a guard dog, CLH went 🤩😍 and gave it all of her xmas cookies. She came prepared, so i gave advantage.

Both rolls were 2s.

"Uhhh, it's only hungry for meat."

CLH froze the pup. "When kindness fails, use force." (5)