Cassie aka Lamia

I know we've talked, but I'm still here for you. You're support after the fuckery was really helpful so let me know if I can return the care.

Two years of continued and livestreamed genocide following decades of occupation, colonization, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes is sitting heavy in our hearts and souls.

We must continue to fight for liberation beyond fiction. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. 🇵🇸

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Boy, y'all better hope the revolution never kicks off given that you're sticking all these vital data centers in the south to poison black people.

We recorded this last Wednesday, and remarked on how much would probably change before it's up since there are like a dozen new horrible things every day now.

In the time since then, Border Patrol tear gassed several neighborhoods—and shot a woman:

It’s Bad Actually for the blue billionaire savior to feel so comfortable lying about the excessive force his state police are using in Broadview.

His relative superiority to Newsom, and the desperation for real opposition to Trump, discourages open criticism or even critical thinking re: Pritzker

One of the things that brings me the greatest despair in authoritarianism is watching people react to state violence the way they react to domestic violence.

By justifying anything and everything the perpetrators does through blaming a victim for failing to be submissive enough.

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

Well I for one am happy to see you on my skyline.
Will you be at Unplugged?

Lol. To the tune of "Thanks for The Memories" by Fallout Boy. lol

You and last year's host are still off having fun. lol

@renegadedumpling.bsky.social You are are lovely. I appreciate how understated Noelani is until it is time to tell someone about themself or do magic mess. I am also rooting for Noelani and Sataya to make it! Thank you for being Leander's platonic gossip and dance partner!

@jienbirb.bsky.social You are an amazing producer and hilarious as a player. Ash is so great and it had been a joy helping you to stay in one piece as the party doctor.
#WetGays #WetGod
It has been wonderful playing with you.

Don't forget to come see me in the PAX Intersection and play some games with our amazing storytellers!
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A PAX Unplugged panel announcement for Panel Don't Kill My Vibe on Sunday November 23, 2025 at 12pm. The background is teal, blue and green with a teal sun with wavy rays . Panelists are Lamia aka Cassie, Alix Skye, Lauren Urban, Nala J. Wu, David Lee, and Kay Purcell

Finally on Sunday at 12pm we have Panel Don't Kill My Vibe with @alixama.bsky.social @lauren-urban.com @naladraws.com @fullrubberducky.bsky.social and @damphyr.com
This is a panel of killjoys talking about the nuance of addressing (or not) when something is problematic.

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PAX Unplugged Panel announcement for the live actual play gameshow Date or Do Battle 2 on Saturday November 22, 2025 at 9 pm. Background has cupids on the top corners and roses on the bottom corners. Daters are Blizz, Josephine Kim, Breedo, Ambrose Smith-Edwards, Amir 'dimplesndice' Manzah and Nala J. Wu Lamia is the host.

Saturday Night at 9pm is the return of my TTRPG dating combat gameshow Date or Do Battle!
Our Date Battlers are @blizzb3ar.bsky.social @scarydogfriend.bsky.social @breeedo.bsky.social @ssambrose.bsky.social @dimplesndice.bsky.social and @naladraws.com
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PAX Unplugged Panel announcement for Accountability: Rated E for Everyone on Saturday November 22 at six pm. Background is light pink with pixelated clouds. Panelists are Jeremy Cobb, Alix Skye, David Lee, Kay Purcell, Lamia aka Cassie, and Health Silva

Saturday Evening at 6pm you can find me leading a timely and needed discussion from a non-carceral lense on the Accountability: Rated E for Everyone panel with @jeremycobb1.bsky.social @alixama.bsky.social @fullrubberducky.bsky.social @damphyr.com @worlds4all.bsky.social
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A panel announcement for How to Avoid Creating a Non-Melanated Game Group Revisited at PAX Unplugged on Saturday November 22, 2025 at 11 AM. The background is a sunny desert landscape. Panelists are Tanya Depass, Brian Gray, Quincy, Eugenio Vargas, Omega Jones, and Lamia

Saturday at 11:00am I am on the How to Avoid Creating a Non-Melanated Game Group Revisited with
@cypheroftyr.bsky.social @urbanbohemian.com @critbard.com @quincystavern.bsky.social and @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social !

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Panel announcement for Playtesting yourself at PAX Unplugged on November 21st 2025. Panelists are Nala J. Wu, Amihan Johnson, Lexi McQueen, Cate Osborn, Austin Taylor, and Lamia

On Friday at 2:30pm I will be on Playtesting Your Self. This is a panel about exploring identity through games!
Panel: @naladraws.com @therosecleric.bsky.social @blackgirlmage.bsky.social @catieosaurus.bsky.social @sailorsctaustin.bsky.social and me!

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PAX Together The gaming community is a wonderfully diverse place and the PAX Together Intersection is meant as a celebration of that. Whether you count yourself among the under-represented, or just want to learn a...

Announcing my Panels/Events for #PAXU

First, I will be work the The PAX Intersection Games Library all weekend! We will have BIPOC, LGBTQ2SIA+ and Disabled Storytellers running and teaching games all weekend. You can also check out one of our games to play!
unplugged.paxsite.com/en-us/featur...
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a picture of a cup of coffee and a cookie with the words good morning on it Alt: a picture of a cup of coffee and a cookie with the words good morning on it

Tuesday Tea & Co-Working is live.
Chicago/US News, TTRPG Mess, PAXU Announcements and Decaf Coffee, Oh My.
🔴 twitch.tv/mentallamia

Breeedo has agonized over whether or not to share for so long.
I believe Breeedo.
I know what happened to me & Candace
And I believe the other people who have confided issues with Noir.

Noir's lack of accountability and patterns of DARVO + career sabotage with Black women and queers must stop.

To be absolutely clear: if ICE or DHS says something happened, it almost certainly didn't happen.

And even if it did, at this point, the burden is on them to produce evidence. Anybody who gives them even the least benefit of the doubt hasn't been paying attention.

Front of the special addition of the game The Time We Have The box is small and black with a fungus growing out of a key hole in a door. The picture is a shiny silver

The back of the box of the game The Time We Have. It is black with white text

The side of a black box with silver writing that says The Time We Have

A picture of a box that folds open to show white text on the lid top to the left that says "This is a game about brothers." The right is the card deck with a paper guide on top.

My copy of The Time We Have has arrived!

Character art for Ash Penhallow: A changeling with silvery green hair and prominent dragonfly-like wings, leaning back casually, their black cat Luna next to them.

As the finale of our #TheBetween campaign on @starcrawlrpg.bsky.social is approaching, I want to shout out the fantastic players at the table, starting with @jienbirb.bsky.social, playing Ash, who has not only stepped up as our producer but also started the #WetGod and nonbinary magic in-jokes.

So tomorrow's Tea and co-working stream is probably going to be heavy and full of talk about what is happening here in IL. Please don't feel bad if you don't want that level of anger and news first thing in the am.

Also Friday is World Mental Health Day, so I may do a long stream Friday