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booster / ip lawyer / patent and tm agent / raised by celery / ttrpgs
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@aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · May 27
“We each have property in our own hands and minds, and a right to fairly trade in what we produce with them.” – #Anonymous
aefact.bsky.social
Sicherman dice.
Pair of non-standard six-sided dice.
Oh, the fun we'll have.

#rpgdice #ttrpg #dice #dnd #Sicherman-dice

phys.org/news/2026-02...
A 'crazy' dice proof leads to a new understanding of a fundamental law of physics
Right now, molecules in the air are moving around you in chaotic and unpredictable ways. To make sense of such systems, physicists use a law known as the Boltzmann distribution, which, rather than des...
phys.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 AM
aefact.bsky.social
Patrons as Faction higher-ups. Put PCs on Retainer, instead of Salary.

Lone-acting patrons, perhaps, as more individually well-appointed and resourceful. Vs, Faction higher-up Patrons who may draw from more collective resources and appointments. Each, still mostly to the same effect as the other.
February 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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I backed #GallowsCorner from @threesailsstudios.bsky.social. Ask your feudal lord if "A Peasants' Revolt" (RPG) might be right for you... ? Or, maybe just decide for yourself! ;P

www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...
Gallows Corner - A Peasants' Revolt RPG
Rise up, ye pitiful commons! Throw off your shackles and take up the call: there is a brighter future beyond the noose!
www.kickstarter.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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What the world needs now... ? Consider pledging this Kickstarter!
youtu.be/1n8rfFRvIH0
February 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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The rule of Diminishing Returns in Break!! is pretty cool... (Might use it elsewhere too:)

#breakrpg
January 30, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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"Tariffs," growled another sailor. Again, they all spat into the bay.

– The Obsidian Oracle, Prism Pentad: Book 4 (1993)

#DarkSun
January 29, 2026 at 7:29 PM
aefact.bsky.social
'The Tyranny of Work' by sociologist J.W.Rinehart discussed how people lose control over their works by serving the market over what's personally meaningful. Without balance, people can become alienated from their works...

1/2
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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”Start off
with Something
make it
Weirder
make it
Fantasy
make it
Sci-fi…”

– said of #Troika! by Moose of @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io discord
Text on graph paper reads as follows: START OFF with something make it weirder make it fantasy make it sci-fi (And, a dragon and a rocket ship are shown in a double exposure.)
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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#CloudEmpress : Stories from the Slip by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social arrived, via the wonderful folks at @ratti.bsky.social 💚 Should tide me over until the Life & Death KS starts fulfillment, maybe, in the next few weeks 🤞

Also pictured (bonus) : #Borglite by @calenheydt.bsky.social 💛

All awesome!
The photo shows 3 zines: Cloud Empress Almanac Vol. II, Bodyhopping in Polite Society, Blooming Blade. Plus, a Shrimp Mouse patch, a Ratti Incantati sticker, and the Borglite game on a business card.
January 15, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Business funnel / model for starting an "OnlyLabs" to fund your science, should other funding fail...
aefact.bsky.social @aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · Jul 24
YouTube +Twitch +Patreon +Blog +Newsletter

> Monetize the YouTube channel. Push viewers to the Patreon and the Newsletter.

> Patreons get exclusives, plus previews of upcoming public stuff, and can vote from among your predetermined areas of interest for your upcoming scientific direction.

1/3
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
aefact.bsky.social
“In a monarchy, the king can turn tyrant; but so can the wealthy become despotic in an oligarchy, or the poor in a lawless democracy.”

– The Syntopicon (1990)
January 15, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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From almost 150 years ago: Statue, Bust. (Patented...)

#StatueOfLiberty #Patents
US Patent No. D11,023 issued on 18 Feb 1879 for a 'Statue'. Text below the statue's image reads "Liberty Enlightening the World." US Patent No. D10,893 issued on 5 Nov 1878 for a 'Bust'.
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you ⚪⚫⭕

"1-25"
An array of 5 x 5 circles, all but the first with varying numbers of circles within. Text at the bottom of the image reads "© 2006-2015, Kevin Edward Holbeche. All Rights Reserved."
January 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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PSA: Today's "Deal of the Day" from @drivethrurpg.com is #Dolmenwood Player's Book! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🤎 Ask your TTRPG doctor whether #NecroticGnome might be right for you 🙂

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Dolmenwood Player's Book - Necrotic Gnome | Dolmenwood | DriveThruRPG
The complete player’s guide to the beguiling realm of Dolmenwood—a moss-clad forest on the borders of Fairy, rife with intrigue, secrets, and magic. Step then, bold and foolhardy adventurer, into the ...
www.drivethrurpg.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
aefact.bsky.social
Another unfinished work : The Kite Fluttered (2012)
Black text on a white background: One die tumbled. The girl at the bar wore a camel colored coat and a red scarf. That damn red scarf. Not now. Now, when everything else seemed either static or in flux. That damn red scarf. The die bounced. People looked away. There was a window beside the door. Outside the window, there was a crowd gathering. The people inside looked to see what had attracted their attention. The camel colored coat was leather or a nice looking approximation thereof. The girl at the bar sipped from a tall glass with ice and coke. Only she and the bartender knew what, if anything, else might have been in that glass. Another bounce. It would not settle for at least a few bounces more.
January 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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"This crowdfunder doesn't have to do as well as the last one—if it does half as well as the last one, we will be on cloud nine." – @mattcolville.bsky.social 47 min 17 s youtu.be/aUjNv2ireGk?...

CLOUD 9: @hellomcdm.bsky.social, @alphastream.bsky.social, welcome, it's like you never left.

#drawsteel
Screenshot for this crowdfunder, with the number $2,343,676 highlighted. Screenshot for the last one, with the number $4,600,520 highlighted.
January 4, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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* c o r p o r e a l o r g a n s *

It was September 2019...

I'd been kicking around how to model multi-layered #corporate-structures based on a #cellular-biology analogy.

The following, an unfinished work, only adapts TOC items shown in the source material's 3rd photo in my quoted post below...
aefact.bsky.social @aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · Jan 1
It was September 2019... Here, a 2nd year Bio textbook from 1989. From which, I'd planned to pull an outline for a nascent #DAO corporate hack...
Princes of Cell Biology (a textbook) by Lewis J. Kleinsmith & Valerie M. Kish Detailed Contents. Preface. Part 1 Introduction. 1 Cells, Viruses, and the Origins of Life. 2 Enzymes and Catalysts. (And, subsections.) 1. Cells, Viruses, and the Origins of Life WHAT ARE CELLS? - Cell Functions - Cell Architecture - Comparison of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes MOLECULAR COMPOSITION OF CELLS - Water - Organic Building Blocks - Polysaccharides - Lipids - Proteins - Nucleic Cids
January 1, 2026 at 11:57 PM
aefact.bsky.social
It was September 2019... Here, a 2nd year Bio textbook from 1989. From which, I'd planned to pull an outline for a nascent #DAO corporate hack...
Princes of Cell Biology (a textbook) by Lewis J. Kleinsmith & Valerie M. Kish Detailed Contents. Preface. Part 1 Introduction. 1 Cells, Viruses, and the Origins of Life. 2 Enzymes and Catalysts. (And, subsections.) 1. Cells, Viruses, and the Origins of Life WHAT ARE CELLS? - Cell Functions - Cell Architecture - Comparison of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes MOLECULAR COMPOSITION OF CELLS - Water - Organic Building Blocks - Polysaccharides - Lipids - Proteins - Nucleic Cids
January 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
aefact.bsky.social
Yesterday i learned (YIL?) you can pre-order Slime, Warp & Solder by @wilkiescandylab.com from @mythworks.bsky.social right now! :)

💜 #Slugblaster | Kickflip Over a Quantum Centipede™ 😜 Happy New Year!

slugblaster-book-of-warp-slime-solder.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
December 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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For my new year's resolution... I'm going to altogether quit swiping and scrolling, cold turkey... ROFLMAO, not really. But, I'd favor a better tech.
December 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
aefact.bsky.social
Monsters in His-tory

#dnd #adnd
Cover of AD&D 2e Monstrous Compendium vol. 1 Entry for "Men" includes 24 subtypes, many overlapping...
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Ok, I just searched my own posts and confirmed I've never posted (on bluesky) about DAOs* before... Leaving this here.

* #DecentralizedAutonomousOrganizations
December 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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* Although I work as a copyright lawyer, this is not legal advice...
aefact.bsky.social @aefact 🌾 @aefact.bsky.social · Sep 7
1/2: Consider whether* to embed this statement (or similar) in your paper along with a standard copyright notice:
"No part of this paper may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems."

Precedent:
www.theverge.com/2024/10/18/2...
Penguin Random House books now explicitly say ‘no’ to AI training
Copyright protections apply whether a note is there or not.
www.theverge.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
aefact.bsky.social
🤣🤔 “He's trying to conquer the whole world, and make himself the only saint,” said of a dnd* character, by @thedicesociety.bsky.social.

* #drawsteel
thedicesociety.bsky.social The Dice Society @thedicesociety.bsky.social · Jun 25
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!

Tomorrow I will be doing a #DrawSteel flip through LIVE on YouTube! Come hang out and let's chat about the amazing release candidate PDF that patrons got this week ⚔️

📅 Join me on June 26th at 5PM PDT / 8PM EDT / 9PM BRT

youtube.com/live/13bMuXg...
Draw Steel Flip Through LIVE!
Let's take a look at the Draw Steel release candidate that MCDM shared with patrons on Tuesday! More from The Dice Society: - Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheDiceSociety - Mailing list: https://mailc...
youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM