Dan Arndt Is Looking Sadly At PAXU Through A Distant Window
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Board Game and TTRPG Journalist, Managing Editor at @TheFandomentals. Bylines at Polygon. Comics, Writing, and Goth Stuff. dan@thefandomentals.com
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Talked to Karen Page about D&D. Might have peaked there tbh
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Talked to Karen Page about D&D. Might have peaked there tbh
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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WHAT'S up YouTube, it's your boy Bartleby the Scrivener here, coming at you for another day of the I Would Prefer Not To challenge. Be sure to SMASH that subscribe button and hit that bell so you don't miss a single video. If you saw last week's video, you'll know I am now SLEEPING in the office.
Bartleby the Scrivener logging on for another day of bullshit
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
WHAT'S up YouTube, it's your boy Bartleby the Scrivener here, coming at you for another day of the I Would Prefer Not To challenge. Be sure to SMASH that subscribe button and hit that bell so you don't miss a single video. If you saw last week's video, you'll know I am now SLEEPING in the office.
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This Day in Labor History: November 9, 1935. The Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations) was created. Let's talk about the CIO and how it transformed the American labor movement!
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 9, 1935. The Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations) was created. Let's talk about the CIO and how it transformed the American labor movement!
I've only had Dr. Mel for a few hours but if anything happens to her I will kill everyone in this room and then myself #DaPitt
a group of doctors and nurses are standing in a hospital room .
Alt: a group of doctors and nurses are standing in a hospital room .
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November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I've only had Dr. Mel for a few hours but if anything happens to her I will kill everyone in this room and then myself #DaPitt
Anyone trying to go to PAXU, don't forget about Amtrak! William H. Gray is a beautiful station and you're going to have a much more comfortable ride into Philly
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Anyone trying to go to PAXU, don't forget about Amtrak! William H. Gray is a beautiful station and you're going to have a much more comfortable ride into Philly
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This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
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Latest write-up about outrageous administrative over reach at IU. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Latest write-up about outrageous administrative over reach at IU. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
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"There's too much actual play, there are too many game jams, there are too many solo games, there are too many SRDs, there are too many indie games on steam, there are too many Sopranos, there are too many books
there are too many people making stuff for reasons that I don't personally understand"
there are too many people making stuff for reasons that I don't personally understand"
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"There's too much actual play, there are too many game jams, there are too many solo games, there are too many SRDs, there are too many indie games on steam, there are too many Sopranos, there are too many books
there are too many people making stuff for reasons that I don't personally understand"
there are too many people making stuff for reasons that I don't personally understand"
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Notable that FIRE (@thefireorg.bsky.social) filed an amicus in support of bullying trans youth. This is why trans people don't trust your transphobic organization, @aricohn.com.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Notable that FIRE (@thefireorg.bsky.social) filed an amicus in support of bullying trans youth. This is why trans people don't trust your transphobic organization, @aricohn.com.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
You had me at "guzzling ambergris"
What originated as a simple setting for @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social and @daniellocke.bsky.social 's ECO MOFOS!! has grown into Islands of Weirdhope, a new vision of the watery post-apocalypse full of hope, whale guts, and smashing corpos.
www.thefandomentals.com/sail-the-psy...
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Sail The Psychedelic Future Seas In New ECO MOFOS!! Spinoff 'Islands Of Weirdhope' - The Fandomentals
Players set sail as Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules-light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play.
www.thefandomentals.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
You had me at "guzzling ambergris"
She's not dead they're just doing a big Zoom call
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
She's not dead they're just doing a big Zoom call
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To be clear: if we are talking about audiences for AP being outstripped by the number of participants, that was a convo half a decade ago.
It remains true that AP has always been made for many reasons, & for that reason cannot be understood as a single scene, industry, or community of practice.
It remains true that AP has always been made for many reasons, & for that reason cannot be understood as a single scene, industry, or community of practice.
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
To be clear: if we are talking about audiences for AP being outstripped by the number of participants, that was a convo half a decade ago.
It remains true that AP has always been made for many reasons, & for that reason cannot be understood as a single scene, industry, or community of practice.
It remains true that AP has always been made for many reasons, & for that reason cannot be understood as a single scene, industry, or community of practice.
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Here's Part Two of my recent interview with the ever-thoughtful @colewehrle.bsky.social . Expect rich ruminations on historical board games, the violation of player agency, and games that are meant to feel bad on the first playthrough: www.wargamer.com/molly-house/...
Board game auteur Cole Wehrle says "Molly House is the most controversial game I've worked on"
"A lot of the core board game audience is playing to master a system or demonstrate some kind of skill - that's not how I play games."
www.wargamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Here's Part Two of my recent interview with the ever-thoughtful @colewehrle.bsky.social . Expect rich ruminations on historical board games, the violation of player agency, and games that are meant to feel bad on the first playthrough: www.wargamer.com/molly-house/...
I'm not sure if anyone actually cares about the 80s D&D cartoon, but it's kind of charming that the company still makes them a core part of their marketing.
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'm not sure if anyone actually cares about the 80s D&D cartoon, but it's kind of charming that the company still makes them a core part of their marketing.
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This fall has been an extra slow one for small businesses out here, and the tea house is $3.7k shy of where we need to be to make rent before late fees hit this month.
All this to say, if you have some tea shopping to do or friends to point our way today, we'd sure appreciate it!
All this to say, if you have some tea shopping to do or friends to point our way today, we'd sure appreciate it!
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This fall has been an extra slow one for small businesses out here, and the tea house is $3.7k shy of where we need to be to make rent before late fees hit this month.
All this to say, if you have some tea shopping to do or friends to point our way today, we'd sure appreciate it!
All this to say, if you have some tea shopping to do or friends to point our way today, we'd sure appreciate it!
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I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
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There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
Glep really is the most relatable guy
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Glep really is the most relatable guy
Have they confirmed Hunter's pronouns in Fionna & Cake?
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Have they confirmed Hunter's pronouns in Fionna & Cake?
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We're coming up on the FINAL HOURS to back RIGSBY WI, Vol. 2: Burn It Down! Both volumes can be picked up for $30 if you're just getting here! NOW is the time to back!
Could we surpass the backer # from the first run? Could we reach 600??👀🎯
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Could we surpass the backer # from the first run? Could we reach 600??👀🎯
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We're coming up on the FINAL HOURS to back RIGSBY WI, Vol. 2: Burn It Down! Both volumes can be picked up for $30 if you're just getting here! NOW is the time to back!
Could we surpass the backer # from the first run? Could we reach 600??👀🎯
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Could we surpass the backer # from the first run? Could we reach 600??👀🎯
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Whitney Moore is so great and also confirmed she is absolutely reading your Ao3 work
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Whitney Moore is so great and also confirmed she is absolutely reading your Ao3 work
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Take a mind-bending trip into the unknown as @unstablebooks.bsky.social reviews Veil, the latest from @jonathanjanz.bsky.social
www.thefandomentals.com/veil/
www.thefandomentals.com/veil/
Veil by Jonathan Janz Will Break Your Mind - The Fandomentals
In Jonathan Janz's newest novel, Veil, he turns our gaze to the horrific unknown. How, you may ask? When we think of alien-based books, UFO's and little green
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November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Take a mind-bending trip into the unknown as @unstablebooks.bsky.social reviews Veil, the latest from @jonathanjanz.bsky.social
www.thefandomentals.com/veil/
www.thefandomentals.com/veil/
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IDW Games returns with the first ever official Godzilla TTRPG, set to hit Kickstarter in 2026.
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Battle The Greatest Kaiju Of All In IDW's Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game - The Fandomentals
Featuring work by veterans of Warhammer, IDW Games Joins the Kai-Sei Era with Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game
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November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
IDW Games returns with the first ever official Godzilla TTRPG, set to hit Kickstarter in 2026.
www.thefandomentals.com/godzilla-the...
www.thefandomentals.com/godzilla-the...