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Julia L
@calenmir.bsky.social
SFF/horror #TTRPG + #WritingCommunity (see #AgentGuide). Wants #FriendPromotionFriday to be a thing
Writing site: https://jklafondwriter.wordpress.com/
GM profile: https://startplaying.games/gm/julia_lafond
Calenmir's RPGs: https://www.calenmirsrpgs.com/
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Breaking News: I've just released "Noctopolis", a Mystery module for Apocalypse Keys (a #TTRPG from @evilhat.bsky.social and @temporalhiccup.bsky.social )!

My site: www.calenmirsrpgs.com/shop/p/nocto...
Itch: calenmirs-rpgs.itch.io/noctopolis
DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Today's thread highlighting people who have reached out for help via Bluesky. 19 today, no bonus posts

1. Mohammed: bsky.app/profile/moha...
Ahumanitarian appeal onbrink death
Myfamily 15 person,Myfather suffering heart disease
Mybaby condition critical needs Medication,continued medical check-ups
Myfamily freezing Weurgent need 400£
Dont letus down,saveus before its too late🥺🙏🏾
verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/Support-my-f...
February 16, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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ICYMI New stretch goal unlocked, plus pet pictures!

Only a couple days left to back the Fascination anthology campaign. --> www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
February 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Hey #WritingCommunity, if you like romantic fantasy but hate ICE, consider picking up Kelsey Epler's "The Monsters We Keep" and "The Sins We Reap", because she's donating this month's proceeds to mutual aid in Minnesota!

Available on KU, Goodreads for reference: www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Kelsey Epler
Author of The Monsters We Keep and The Sins We Reap
www.goodreads.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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This is ongoing! We can reach $500k for Immigrant Law Center, ez!
The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
February 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Bloggies voting has begun! This week is the tournament: the Thunderdome of rpg blogs. If you're thinking to yourself, "This is a lot of reading." I've got bad news: you're already running out of time.

Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4

www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
www.explorersdesign.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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Want to learn more about misogynoir? Here is a thread of some things I suggest engaging with.

First up my students work on the harm: digitalmisogynoir.commons.gc.cuny.edu
Misogynoir in Digital Spaces – A Look into How Misogynoir Shows Up in Digital Spaces
digitalmisogynoir.commons.gc.cuny.edu
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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This reminded me of going into a UPS store in Minneapolis and seeing 5 relatively recent teen missing signs and wondering why there wasn't more community alarm.

They were all BIPOC kids, and mostly girls.
February 16, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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It's a very good idea!

If you stopped you can start again!

You can even find a maskbloc near you and get them free!

maskbloc.org
Maybe, wearing an N95 mask may not be such a bad idea after all...
"How long diseases like measles and the flu linger in the air — after an infected person has left the room"

RSV: up to 45 mins
Influenza: at least 1 hr
Rhinovirus: 1-2 hrs
Measles: up to 2 hrs
Norovirus: up to 2 hrs
COVID-19: up to 3 hrs
Chickenpox: several hrs
Mumps: several hrs
TB: 6-12 hrs
February 16, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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For years I have received pushback when I said that an animating principle of the modern right is a belief that being queer is worse than being a pedophile.

I rest my case.

www.cnn.com/2026/02/14/w...
Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis | CNN
Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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I forgot, this valentines day buy my game of whirlwind romances and chance encounters!

dare2dreamrpg.itch.io/strangers-to...
Strangers to Lovers by Dare
A game of chance encounters and sincere goodbyes
dare2dreamrpg.itch.io
February 15, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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Measles is one of those nightmare diseases that, if it hadn't been killing people for hundreds of years, people would ABSOLUTELY be pushing conspiracy theories about right now. It's too nasty in too many different directions to seem natural. But oh, boy, it sure is.
February 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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in conclusion, please, everyone reading this, be aware that 49% of covid infections are asymptomatic. you might not even know you’re sick.

but covid is damaging our immune systems and organs with every single infection.

#MaskUp and get vaxxed, because #CovidIsntOver.
News Release 27-Jan-2026

COVID-19 viral fragments shown to target and kill specific immune cells in UCLA-led study

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

An interesting angle to me but I'm no immunologist.

They talk about long Covid later on

#LongCovid #COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2
February 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Friends and Thriends, I need your help with this fantastic legislation that will repeal Illinois' anti-BDS law. It is unconstitutional and particularly shameful when Israel is committing genocide.

I signed a witness slip in favor, and I hope you'll do the same. Easy instructions are at the link!
Our Bill | Advocate for Rights Now — Illinois Coalition for Human Rights
Support civil liberties and free speech in Illinois. Join us to advocate for the Illinois Human Rights Advocacy Protection Act and stand up for human rights.
www.ilchr.org
February 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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One of my favorite book series has a courtesan as the main character who basically works for something like this as a reform to their system. So naturally this is a thing I highly support and the rest of us should as well.
Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for the first unionization
Sex workers at a brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are fighting to unionize. If successful, they'd be the only unionized brothel in the United States.
apnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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i was reading this because as a tech reporter, i've been getting a lot of pitches suggesting all out surveillance of youth and / or bans on their free expression and freedom of association online. and welp. a lot of these cite haidt's book.
2024 book review in Nature: "Two things need to be said after reading The Anxious Generation. First, this book is going to sell a lot of copies, because Jonathan Haidt is telling a scary story about children’s development that many parents are primed to believe... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes.
www.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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9 from October. 8 from November. 2 from December.

11 and 16, Jan and Feb respectively.

Priorities remain the same.

Since I have so many partials and fulls to read I am considering closing to queries in March and April...
QUERY UPDATES

I still have 25 queries from October, 16 from November and 15 from December that I need to reply to (either request more pages or pass).

That won't happen for a few more weeks so if this is your query please bear with me (or withdraw if you prefer). 👇🏽
February 16, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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Out now is the latest issue to Fantastical Geographic!

This issue explores the Star Trails Sanctuary, a place full of rare flora and fauna, all spread across three magical islands

Check it out below 👇
buff.ly/YS7GO1t
February 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.

We'll let their words speak for themselves.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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I came upon this red-tailed hawk as he was in the ditch hunting. He had dropped down from a tree and was doing the grab-the-grass technique hoping to feel and catch a mole or vole. He came up empty this time and launched back up to the wire.
#birds #red-tailedhawk
February 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Want these mittens? Send me a receipt showing you’ve contributed to mutual aid in MN and you’ll get entered! Every 5 bucks is an entry.

Knit by me, but pattern by @/cosgriffcreations on insta.
February 16, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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As I finish the latest draft on $ in TTRPG Actual Play, I’m curious how many folks NOW would say they:

1. do not monetize at all
(literally no way for audiences to provide money, actively avoiding platform monetization)

and/or

2. monetize but only to support material costs (all-volunteer labor)
February 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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no more AI "art." i want art made by people because i want to know how people think, feel, live. how a day on this earth is for someone else. a night. and why the heart, though so heavy, still wants to dance. i want art that looks into this mystery. art that connects me to another person who wonders
February 16, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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February 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM