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James Mendez Hodes

@lulavampiro.bsky.social

Cultural consultant (D&D, Magic, Jackbox, Daggerheart, Eat the Reich) and game designer (Streets of Jade, Avatar Legends, Scion). I like religious studies, martial arts, hip hop, and orcs. He/him. jamesmendezhodes.com

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watching batman beyond for the first time since childhood and WHOA i did not realize how formative this show was for ten year old lin

07.10.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Living wage? What of the laughing wage. How much is the loving wage. Tell me that

06.10.2025 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 579    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
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AI still can’t do this

06.10.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2440    πŸ” 862    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 16
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (πŸŽ₯: Elias Eliahu)

25.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 28250    πŸ” 14196    πŸ’¬ 5819    πŸ“Œ 4096
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Are you a werewolf who needs to explore mind-body connection, or a ghost who wants to explore lingering attachment issues? Whatever you are, this podcast is for you.*

*Human listeners are acceptable. Relax at your own peril.
Trailer out now!

open.spotify.com/show/25yBvxc...

23.09.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.

19.09.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 27414    πŸ” 12656    πŸ’¬ 1707    πŸ“Œ 820
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I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:

19.09.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5886    πŸ” 1785    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 223
Black-winged Kite – Raptor Identification – The complete raptors guide

The legendary KaruαΉ­aαΉ‰ is associated with various real-world species of eagles and kites, but Featherlight and her costume are specifically based on the black-winged kite of South and Southeast Asia (Elanus caeruleus vociferus). www.raptoridentification.com/aves/black-w...

19.09.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Featherlight, a teen superhero from the Clash Comics TTRPG. She's a young woman with a feathered white superhero costume resembling a black-winged kite, and enormous wings. She's depicted stooping out of a purple sky over a cityscape, with kites flying in the air nearby. A caption describes her as "Featherlight, Δ€yutatΔ“vi of the KaruαΉ­astiram." Another caption credits James Mendez Hodes @LulaVampiro with her design, and Raya Sarkar @rabbitbucket with the illustration.

Featherlight, a teen superhero from the Clash Comics TTRPG. She's a young woman with a feathered white superhero costume resembling a black-winged kite, and enormous wings. She's depicted stooping out of a purple sky over a cityscape, with kites flying in the air nearby. A caption describes her as "Featherlight, Δ€yutatΔ“vi of the KaruαΉ­astiram." Another caption credits James Mendez Hodes @LulaVampiro with her design, and Raya Sarkar @rabbitbucket with the illustration.

Featherlight (Meg Merchant) originated as a minor NPC in my long-running teen superhero TTRPG campaign, but grew into a major character in the storyline and in my heart. She's the living incarnation of the celestial Raptor Missile. @rabbitbucket.bsky.social brought her to life!

19.09.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative

12.09.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 31394    πŸ” 7876    πŸ’¬ 290    πŸ“Œ 211

at the gym yesterday i saw the crossfit class before me had a β€œ9/11 commemorative workout” involving 9 sets of one thing and 11 sets of another thing and I couldn’t tell whether that meant they respected or disrespected 9/11

12.09.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess I need to update my resume.

11.09.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 308    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1

Having an upper case head and a lower case face is crazy.

11.09.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 6

maybe yasiin will rap an entire verse for the first time since 2010

11.09.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

losing my entire shit over this

11.09.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

black thought, asha puthli, dave jolicoeur, and anoushka fucking shankar

this is gonna be the best gorillaz album of all time

11.09.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.

06.09.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the bar has chosen you

30.08.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that you like straight FB

30.08.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

or, okay, also Michael Caine's Alfred Pennyworth

30.08.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you are the only person i have ever heard say this who is not my mom

30.08.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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this ok?

28.08.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

do you have preferences on what we're wearing?

28.08.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

today my mom asked me if i’m worried AI might replace my cultural consulting business. i replied that no, for the time being AI is unfortunately providing me with more work, because it’s wrong about everything and also racist

26.08.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair looking at the camera Alt: Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster in the Jeeves & Wooster television series, sitting wearing a gray three-piece suit, pointing to himself and saying, "Me?!"

me watching the number of ppl entering the #StreetsOfJadeRPG discord

26.08.2025 05:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But...but *you're* the mayor right now

25.08.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2703    πŸ” 307    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10

being afraid of the subway is so fucking funny. you mean the choo-choo train???

25.08.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4291    πŸ” 728    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 32

i've decided to run for mayor of new york city. i hate this city, i hate being in it, i think everyone in it is stupid except for me, when people have fun here it makes me mad, i don't know why i'm running, i don't want to be mayor, and i have $4. see you at the polls

25.08.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5363    πŸ” 458    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 22

Day 5 of trying to be hired by Andrew Cuomo

23.08.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 839    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 1
The Cracker Barrel logo featuring their new slogan β€œWhite people are devils created by the great scientist Yakub”

The Cracker Barrel logo featuring their new slogan β€œWhite people are devils created by the great scientist Yakub”

Okay I guess I can see why this new logo is controversial

22.08.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 12086    πŸ” 1757    πŸ’¬ 212    πŸ“Œ 62

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