Andrew Gero

A skeleton dressed as an anarchist holding up a sign that says "be gay, do crime!" in front of a rainbow backdrop

Happy Pride to those of us who celebrate and to all allies. And happy "go fuck yourself and unfollow me" to those who don't.

Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA Silent auction 'Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK and SA' hosted online at 32auctions.

The Genre for Trans Rights 2 auction is running til 7 June 1am BST. bit.ly/genrefortrans (a sequel after Genre for Trans 1 raised £20 500!) Lots of cool things to bid on and friends, we are still accepting new lots if you have something biddable you want to donate + postage, please DO hit me up.

Twitch chose to replace a lot of the non-gaming category images with AI-generated images, which is a huge spit in the face for all the art communities that are now repped with AI.

There's a uservoice here to voice our displeasure!
twitch.uservoice.com/forums/31021...

#vtuber #art #twitch

Pod Against the Machine podcast background (a layered gray cityscape dominated by a black hill from which purple fire issues, filling the top of the picture) cut into a portrait shape. In the middle, wavy, shadowed orange letters that read "The Most Understated Sticker." At the bottom, in cursive, it says "Episode 200: A Pod Against the Machine Musical" in smaller orange text.

The hills (or the spaceships buried under them) are alive with the sound of podcasts!

It's finally here, y'all! Episode 200, a 4 hour and 40 minute, three-part podcast musical extravaganza from five non-musicians!

It was probably a mistake!

#Pathfinder #ActualPlay #TTRPGs #SciFi #Musical

There was another poster! I said there were no more posters, but I lied!

Come and listen to probably the most audacious, most ill-advised, most ambitious event in the history of this particular podcast.

14 Million Books Later, Jim Butcher Thinks His Wizard Detective Needs a Hug

Your reminder that someone can appear to be at the top (of the world, of their field, etc) and feel rather dramatically differently. I'm glad Jim worked through his issues, is still here with us and is still writing the books so many people love.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...

It's going to be terrific!

...possibly in the modern sense, and possibly in the "begets terror" sense, it's honestly 50/50

and it was such a gradual decrease that I didn't really even notice it happening...

Opened this app today because I got a notification and realized it's only the third time I've opened it all year (and both other times were also notifications). I've come a long way in not doomscrolling on social media since twitter shat itself and I hopped over here, /1

"Pod Against the Machine" in the middle of a poster in glowing purple text, surrounded by a four-panel black frame. Each fram contains the silhouette of a Pod Against the Machine character, a glowing purple background, and narrow black bars. Top left is Aluwen, top right Kera, bottom left Brixbi, and bottom right Terazi.

Happy May.

Original art by @iara-art.bsky.social. Poster designed by @msbsandrs.bsky.social.

#Pathfinder #ActualPlay #TTRPGs #SciFi #OpenGaming

"You have a voice for podcasting" (compliment)

"You sound like you have a podcast" (devastating insult)

They only had themselves to blame...

MY CHILD!!

Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...

Doubt anyone on here follows me without also following the pod itself, but just in case:

This came out today! And it was one of the most fun things I've ever recorded!

A thaylen scholar looking at a fabrial - she is dressed in a green dress while wearing an apron with different tools

Interested in writing, editing, or sensitivity consulting for the Cosmere RPG? We are looking for freelancers! 📝

If you'd like your application to be considered, please submit it by end of day (EST) on Sunday, January 26th. Reposts are appreciated!

Apply using this form: forms.gle/EjFpaVRGGXho...

We distributed these materials in English and Spanish across our community this weekend and invite you to share these reminders widely.

Print it out and keep it in your wallet or on your fridge for reference and safe keeping. We are in this together. (3/3)

You do NOT have to speak to ICE without a JUDICIAL warrant. If they attempt to enter your home or your workplace, ask for a warrant. Sometimes they will try to use other, non qualifying paperwork. They need a warrant.

(2/3)

SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

(1/3)

This week on the program, Ross from @ftpventures.bsky.social, Heath from @thestfnetwork.bsky.social, and Tyler from @mnmaxed.bsky.social join the Agents of B.R.I.A.N. in our Extra Life livestream, hanging out with definitely real dinosaurs!

podagainstthemachine.com/2025/01/15/t...

Seriously, y'all--making this show has been a uniformly wonderful experience. So much of life as a "Creative" can feel like shouting into a void. I've had four friends to share the void with me for four years, and we've made something that a bunch of people seem to like.

Blows my mind.

I started this show as a lock down project--a way to stay creative and find some human connections during a very, very dark period.
I didn't know anyone in the cast at the outset. Hell, I still have never been in the same room as any of them. But they've grown into great friends.

And, of course, the six Jimmy Fame Presents Bonus Against the Machine: More Pod For Your Bod, Sponsored By Charlie Th'Lizardfolk's Chicken Emporium: More Cluck For Your Buck arcs, one by each member of the cast, plus an extra by Jeff *and* a guest GM appearance by Jason Buhlman.

To say nothing of the pile of talkback shows we've done (Machine Learning, a Pod About the Machine, from Pod Against the Machine, the Only Podcast With a Supplementary Podcast With a Twenty-Four Word Title), six The B.R.I.A.N. Identity shows (most of which were charity livestreams)...

*also* all amazing. And finally, thanks to my other three awesome cast mates for being incredible players and great people to hang out with on or off mic! Love you guys. Here's to however many more years we have in us!

really special. And that would be true even *without* the nearly quarter-million downloads! The fact that not only have I had so much fun working on this project, but that so many *others* have gotten enjoyment out of it blows my mind. So also thanks so much to our listeners, you guys are /3

and it ended up being one of the best decisions I've ever made. Sam is both a great GM and just a good human, and I'm constantly impressed at what they've created, and I think I probably speak for the entire rest of the cast when I say these past four years with this group have been something /2

It has been an *amazing* trip so far. 2019 was possibly the shittiest year of my life--which is saying something considering I was clinically dead for part of '09--and 2020 was looking to be just as bad, but I randomly decided to answer some nerd from NYs casting call for a PF1e show on a whim /1

I'll be eternally grateful for every week of it, for every episode and every roll.
I don't know where I'm going with this--mostly just rambling, I guess. The point is: this has been amazing. We're four years in, we may have four left before the final d20 rolls. I don't know. Thanks for listening.