Karen Twelves

I talked with @olddog.games about the fever dream that brought us to Blades '68 (from @evilhat.bsky.social). How do you take a setting and shift it 100 years into an entirely new era with new touchstones? Find out on Tabletop Talk (on all podcatchers) and here: open.spotify.com/episode/4dkd...

What is the hottest part of a dragon? WRONG. Her mind. This is why you're getting nowhere on Dragon Hinge

@wyattyhalpert They're giving He-Man pronouns @jondelarroz Now they're making a Masters of the Universe and giving He-man pronouns. These people won't stop until they ruin everything.

They're giving He-Man pronouns

J_whose When ur cat is stuck in the wall and you throw ham on it

I’ve stopped saying “or I’ll eat my hat!” as an expression of certainty. I like my hat. I’ll eat someone else’s hat, if it comes to that.

Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

A photo of a light-colored cat with a gray face and ears and wide blue eyes. Unknown forces are holding up to the cat’s ear the handset of a beige antique-type touch tone phone. A rectangular speech bubble with a jagged tail has been drawn on the photo to indicate it is the sound coming out of the handset. Words inside the bubble read, ‘Maybe it will happen today…’

@HelloCullen 8 days ago ai wont replace you but a person using ai will. that person is CEO's stupidest nephew. his name is Chart and he got kicked out of his frat for killing a dog

the decomposing pile of (alleged) human flesh known as donald trump wearing a USA hat that's definitely going to fire its agent for this gig

Best alt text ever.

You know the rules, you gotta repost

@sabbox97 about a month ago religion @wesyang about a month ago It's super interesting that there are cultures where homosexuality is grounds for death but raping boys is fine, what's a good explainer of this phenomenon?

feeling compelled to post this new yorker reject from years ago, for some reason

It would be great if it happened today. Just saying. It would really brighten my day.

We're 53 backers away! You (yes, you!!) could be the one to finally put an end to this mystery.
Find out more about the technicolor dystopia of Blades '68 here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

Black and white digital illustration on a warm gray mottled background. Stout, indeterminately goth-y serif lettering filling out a shield-like shape with some decorative additions top and bottom. Like lettering you’d see on an overly ambitious gravestone or an overly sincere tattoo. Kind of runic. Kind of metal. And a little Victorian with flourishes and vines twisting through the spaces. It reads ‘Maybe it will happen today’.

A digital illustration of a black crowned night heron in profile looking right, with a prominent bright red eye making them look especially expectant. Standing on a rock with green river-like swirly colors behind. The drawing is framed by a simple line, and under the frame lettering reads, 'Maybe it will happen today'.

Final proofs sent!

Now I've got an index to review and 75 more pages of a 180-page draft to read before inputting edits. Should be able to do all that by Sunday.

A screenshot of an email from an ad agency to Evil Hat Marketing: Hey Evil Hat team, Promised this is the last time you’ll hear from me. We are wrapping up generating content on the house. The AI studio is starting to get fully booked with our paying clients, and I have strict orders to stop promoting this come the weekend. I figured Evil Hat might as well get some work out of us at no cost while you can. Want in before we close it up? Best, [redacted] And then our reply: Hi [redacted], We will never use AI for our games or for our marketing. It's toxic to our customer audience and it's an ethical violation of the hard work put in by the human artists we hire to illustrate our books and the human writers who design our games. In short, it's not "free work" it's theft. Feel free to take me off your mailing list. Hope you turn around your business model because frankly, your current approach sucks shit. -Tom

sometimes you have to be clear about your values

Tweet from Custard Smingleigh (@Smingleigh): I remember when email was useful. Now it's all * Confirm your email address for Slorp * Thank you for creating a Slorp account * Slorp is now BONTO! * BONTO!'s terms and conditions have changed. * BONTO! misses you. * BONTO! is shutting down.

a man covering his face with his hands while sitting in front of a microphone with a sonic cup in the background Alt: Simon Cowell has covered his face with his hands but peeks through his fingers

omg I want to watch but don't want to watch

Reviewing author comments and updating accordingly...

WOW. I have not checked out how well any of the American contestants hold up 25 years later. 😬

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

It's on YouTube. It's a reality/historical reenactment show from 2002 on PBS. Absolutely amazing casting.

Have you tried watching Frontier House??

A digital illustration of Artie, The Strongest Man in the World! (As portrayed by Toby Huss in the TV show The Adventures of Pete and Pete.) He’s a white guy of extremely average build with short hair and heavy-rimmed glasses, wearing a horizontally blue and red-striped long sleeve tee, red sweatpants and black shoes. He’s striking one of his most powerful heroic poses, standing on one foot with the other angled out behind, torso angled forward and back arched, arms held up in a big flex with fists pointing outward, and making a cartoony tough guy face. He’s balanced on a pyramid of 3D lettering colored in bright red, orange, and yellow. Behind him is blue sky and sun rays beaming out from the lettering which reads ‘Maybe it will happen today’.

Blades '68 Blades ’68 is an official supplement for Blades in the Dark, moving the timeline forward 100 years to the swinging 60s.

📣 EU/Canada/Australia/NZ fans 🎲
While we won't be shipping directly to your region, we have partnered with several local game shops so you can access the exclusive campaign rewards for Blades '68 via special pre-order.
Find out more about how it works here:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

A SKLETON HOLDIN UP A FINGER TO POLITICANS AND THE PEACES OF SHIT WHO WANT TO WRECK EVERYONES LIFES, IF SOME OF US ARE NOT FREE THEN NONE OF US ARE FREE, THE POLITICANS AND BILLIONAIRES WHO RUN THE COUNTRY MEET ON A SECRET ISLAND TO BREED SEX SLAVES BUT THEY WANNA TELL US THAT WE SHOULD BE SCARED OF SOMEONE TAKEN A SHIT IN A PUBLIC BATHROOM, OR MAD AT SOMEONE FOR HAVIN A DRIVERS LICENSE, FASHISM AINT CREEPIN ANY MORE ITS JOGGING, THEY BETTER GET THERE BIG ASS BUNKERS BUILT QUICK CAUSE THERE FULL OF MEAT AND WE GROW HUNGRIER BY THE DAY - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

TRANS RIGHT'S ARE HUMAN RIGHT'S - dashare.zone ADMIN

babe are you ok you’ve barely talked about the horrors of being alive

(looking out the window at fascists goose-stepping down my block) hmm not sure which subscription to cancel over this one