Emily Zhu Bo Ging
@dragonfucker69.bsky.social
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Rascal is the most important source of tabletop news in the hobby. If you can afford to subscribe, I highly recommend you do! My upcoming big video draws HEAVILY on the work of Rascal journalists, and would be much worse without their reporting
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Independent journalism on the cheap? Yippee-Ki-Yay, Anklebiters!
Independent journalism on the cheap? Yippee-Ki-Yay, Anklebiters!
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Rascal is the most important source of tabletop news in the hobby. If you can afford to subscribe, I highly recommend you do! My upcoming big video draws HEAVILY on the work of Rascal journalists, and would be much worse without their reporting
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really important personal news i learned from the ursula k le guin estate instagram: as part of an exhibition accompanying a new book about maps from uklg’s entire body of work, the artist rain wu made an edible map — including the unrealised communal anarchist pickle jar from the dispossessed
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
really important personal news i learned from the ursula k le guin estate instagram: as part of an exhibition accompanying a new book about maps from uklg’s entire body of work, the artist rain wu made an edible map — including the unrealised communal anarchist pickle jar from the dispossessed
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On this, the day of my birth, I am pleased to announce that I will be launching my next publication, THE GREATER REALITY AREA, on JANUARY 3RD, 2026. It has been several years since NORTH OF REALITY, and here shall begin my long awaited return to the fray! New logo by @tinyobscurae.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On this, the day of my birth, I am pleased to announce that I will be launching my next publication, THE GREATER REALITY AREA, on JANUARY 3RD, 2026. It has been several years since NORTH OF REALITY, and here shall begin my long awaited return to the fray! New logo by @tinyobscurae.bsky.social
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I also love this guy
December 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I also love this guy
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@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
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the tarot of the real thread:
August 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
the tarot of the real thread:
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If you DM me a good memory I will pay for your Rascal subscription. First 100 people only.
New subscriptions to Rascal News will be rising by $1 in 2026. If you've been waiting to support us, we're currently running a holiday sale where the first two months of our entry tier is only $1/month!
Independent journalism on the cheap? Yippee-Ki-Yay, Anklebiters!
Independent journalism on the cheap? Yippee-Ki-Yay, Anklebiters!
We’re raising Rascal’s subscription prices by $1 in 2026
But you can lock in the old price right now with a holiday discount!
www.rascal.news
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If you DM me a good memory I will pay for your Rascal subscription. First 100 people only.
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listen. listen to me. libraries are getting indie TTRPGs in circulation. high school teachers are bringing weird stuff to the teenz TTRPG club. we continue to be in a beautiful moment for showing more people the full breadth of what games can be. nurture it by playing & loving games!!! a gift!!!!!
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
listen. listen to me. libraries are getting indie TTRPGs in circulation. high school teachers are bringing weird stuff to the teenz TTRPG club. we continue to be in a beautiful moment for showing more people the full breadth of what games can be. nurture it by playing & loving games!!! a gift!!!!!
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dragon wrapped 2025
You slept: 45% of the time
you flew: 12,523 kilometers, which puts you in the 0.1% of fliers
your highest recorded speed was: Mach 3.7
You cast: 3,343 spells. Of those, 821 were horny curses your girlfriend wanted!
You slept: 45% of the time
you flew: 12,523 kilometers, which puts you in the 0.1% of fliers
your highest recorded speed was: Mach 3.7
You cast: 3,343 spells. Of those, 821 were horny curses your girlfriend wanted!
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
dragon wrapped 2025
You slept: 45% of the time
you flew: 12,523 kilometers, which puts you in the 0.1% of fliers
your highest recorded speed was: Mach 3.7
You cast: 3,343 spells. Of those, 821 were horny curses your girlfriend wanted!
You slept: 45% of the time
you flew: 12,523 kilometers, which puts you in the 0.1% of fliers
your highest recorded speed was: Mach 3.7
You cast: 3,343 spells. Of those, 821 were horny curses your girlfriend wanted!
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One exchange in the books has stuck with me deeply:
"Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That's what sin is."
"It's a lot more complicated than that-"
(cont.)
"Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That's what sin is."
"It's a lot more complicated than that-"
(cont.)
July 17, 2023 at 11:14 PM
One exchange in the books has stuck with me deeply:
"Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That's what sin is."
"It's a lot more complicated than that-"
(cont.)
"Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That's what sin is."
"It's a lot more complicated than that-"
(cont.)
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I was masking a house out of a photo for an edit and accidentally made an ontologically evil image
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I was masking a house out of a photo for an edit and accidentally made an ontologically evil image
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That male-to-male extension cord you're trying to make is not just a good idea — it's inspirational.
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
That male-to-male extension cord you're trying to make is not just a good idea — it's inspirational.
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Lord you know I don't believe in You but please let me re-write the Left Behind books please God I will make them so much worse
look I’m not an evangelical but “a guy calling himself the Beast wants control of your earthly wealth” feels like some kind of sign, no?
oh that’s good. not enough of every aspect of our lives were financialized quite yet
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Lord you know I don't believe in You but please let me re-write the Left Behind books please God I will make them so much worse
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look I’m not an evangelical but “a guy calling himself the Beast wants control of your earthly wealth” feels like some kind of sign, no?
oh that’s good. not enough of every aspect of our lives were financialized quite yet
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
look I’m not an evangelical but “a guy calling himself the Beast wants control of your earthly wealth” feels like some kind of sign, no?
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More than 2,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. They’re demanding dignity: fair pay, safe conditions, a contract that respects their labor.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
More than 2,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. They’re demanding dignity: fair pay, safe conditions, a contract that respects their labor.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
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RATS RATS WE ARE THE RATS!
Ya ever wondered what would happen if you took X-Com, turned it a TTRPG, and then set it in a Dystopian Cyberpunk world, and then made everyone rats? Well wonder no more!
In this video we check out CyberRats!
##TTRPG #Review
youtu.be/xXZsyqZEX5g
Ya ever wondered what would happen if you took X-Com, turned it a TTRPG, and then set it in a Dystopian Cyberpunk world, and then made everyone rats? Well wonder no more!
In this video we check out CyberRats!
##TTRPG #Review
youtu.be/xXZsyqZEX5g
Cyber Rats!| A TTRPG Review
YouTube video by Deval in the Details
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
RATS RATS WE ARE THE RATS!
Ya ever wondered what would happen if you took X-Com, turned it a TTRPG, and then set it in a Dystopian Cyberpunk world, and then made everyone rats? Well wonder no more!
In this video we check out CyberRats!
##TTRPG #Review
youtu.be/xXZsyqZEX5g
Ya ever wondered what would happen if you took X-Com, turned it a TTRPG, and then set it in a Dystopian Cyberpunk world, and then made everyone rats? Well wonder no more!
In this video we check out CyberRats!
##TTRPG #Review
youtu.be/xXZsyqZEX5g
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who's coming to the wizardmoot this month (art by @robbiaburns.bsky.social)
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
who's coming to the wizardmoot this month (art by @robbiaburns.bsky.social)
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The *actual* old school revival we need in RPGs is that glorious post Vampire pre D20/Magic period when everyone was putting out stuff like In Nomine, Unknown Armies and Underground.
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The *actual* old school revival we need in RPGs is that glorious post Vampire pre D20/Magic period when everyone was putting out stuff like In Nomine, Unknown Armies and Underground.
it should have been me
Congratulations to Emily Selove and the Magic Centre at the University of Exeter for their new PhD programme in magic! I know the Magic Centre folks via my husband (who is doing a drama PhD there involving esoteric studies), and they are an amazing group of scholars. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
it should have been me
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Congratulations, I guess, to some of the worst humans in the UK who are no doubt racing to be the first to pin down their commissioning editors and barf their bovine thoughts on this into print
Anyway, looks fascinating, would apply if I thought a C in English & D in sociology might get us in
Anyway, looks fascinating, would apply if I thought a C in English & D in sociology might get us in
Congratulations to Emily Selove and the Magic Centre at the University of Exeter for their new PhD programme in magic! I know the Magic Centre folks via my husband (who is doing a drama PhD there involving esoteric studies), and they are an amazing group of scholars. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations, I guess, to some of the worst humans in the UK who are no doubt racing to be the first to pin down their commissioning editors and barf their bovine thoughts on this into print
Anyway, looks fascinating, would apply if I thought a C in English & D in sociology might get us in
Anyway, looks fascinating, would apply if I thought a C in English & D in sociology might get us in
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"Thagomizer" in Japanese is, in fact, サゴマイザー/sagomaizaa, and you can imagine my delight when it dawned on me what the katakana I was reading represented.
Come to think of it, Johnny, what's the Thagomizer called in Japanese?
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Thagomizer" in Japanese is, in fact, サゴマイザー/sagomaizaa, and you can imagine my delight when it dawned on me what the katakana I was reading represented.
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one of the funniest sequences you could put together
Whiskey Pete tried to attack the reliability of @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social by noting that there was one EXTRA text in what Whiskey Pete turned over, on top of what Goldberg published.
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
one of the funniest sequences you could put together