Molly Porter
@gameslibrarian.bsky.social
(She/her) | Adult and Teen Services Librarian | Board member, Games and Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association | TTRPG GM | Yarn Crafter | Cat Lady | Evil Hag
goodreads.com/mporterbooks
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N.K. Jemisin Named Damon Knight Grand Master by SFWA
N.K. Jemisin Named SFWA Grand Master
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has named NK Jemisin the 42nd recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. SFWA President Kate Ristau said, Jemisin is a c…
locusmag.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
N.K. Jemisin Named Damon Knight Grand Master by SFWA
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Sorry I have not posted today, I have been fighting crime
September 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Sorry I have not posted today, I have been fighting crime
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hey i just got an alert saying your personal info was found on the dork web
March 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM
hey i just got an alert saying your personal info was found on the dork web
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Tums causes hurricanes. How about that
September 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Tums causes hurricanes. How about that
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lots of funny replies to this but what tickles me so much about Even Flow is its plausibility. like "Love Stinks" is ironic, but Even Flow could easily be someone's drunk uncle earnestly trying to keep the party vibe rolling
at a friend’s wedding recently we were trying to think of the funniest possible song to request at the reception and we settled on Even Flow
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
lots of funny replies to this but what tickles me so much about Even Flow is its plausibility. like "Love Stinks" is ironic, but Even Flow could easily be someone's drunk uncle earnestly trying to keep the party vibe rolling
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my wife didn’t hesitate to name me the kermit in our relationship. almost offensively fast
i feel in most relationships one partner is miss piggy and one partner is kermit. it's important to understand which one you are
September 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
my wife didn’t hesitate to name me the kermit in our relationship. almost offensively fast
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I’ll sleep when I’m dead (of sleep deprivation)
September 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I’ll sleep when I’m dead (of sleep deprivation)
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I found this article by @jdragsky.bsky.social incredibly interesting and compelling, and I think many of my current (boardgame design) and ex (philosophy) colleagues will too: possumcreek.medium.com/does-super-m...
Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules?
Yes! No? Maybe? Why do you care? Why does it matter?
possumcreek.medium.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I found this article by @jdragsky.bsky.social incredibly interesting and compelling, and I think many of my current (boardgame design) and ex (philosophy) colleagues will too: possumcreek.medium.com/does-super-m...
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Like Alasdair says: even if we made NSFW stuff it should not be delisted.
But nothing we make has been tagged NSFW or adult.
We have contacted itch support.
This is why supporting us directly is SO important.
But nothing we make has been tagged NSFW or adult.
We have contacted itch support.
This is why supporting us directly is SO important.
Nothing Soulmuppet do is NSFW. Even if it was being delisted for it would be bullshit. But this is a company that isn’t even close to what the ban is supposed to cover, being directly penalized for it. With no warning.
They do great games. Go help them out.
They do great games. Go help them out.
We think this is due to new UK laws and @itch.io delisting a load of stuff.
You can still find all our stuff here:
soulmuppet-store.co.uk
This stems from problems arising from payment processing companies... it's concerning
You can still find all our stuff here:
soulmuppet-store.co.uk
This stems from problems arising from payment processing companies... it's concerning
July 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Like Alasdair says: even if we made NSFW stuff it should not be delisted.
But nothing we make has been tagged NSFW or adult.
We have contacted itch support.
This is why supporting us directly is SO important.
But nothing we make has been tagged NSFW or adult.
We have contacted itch support.
This is why supporting us directly is SO important.
In addition to the great commentary on censorship and autonomy, there's some really interesting stuff here about examining consent or reconsidering how to frame it altogether through the lens of kink, especially with more difficult or uncomfortable subjects (and not just the kinky ones).
Contributor @therisingtithes.bsky.social digs their fingers deep into complicated feelings around erotic games. Half personal introspection, half vociferous endorsement of art in peril.
I love horny games but I'm also afraid of them
What are we losing if we let people censor the perverted stuff?
www.rascal.news
July 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In addition to the great commentary on censorship and autonomy, there's some really interesting stuff here about examining consent or reconsidering how to frame it altogether through the lens of kink, especially with more difficult or uncomfortable subjects (and not just the kinky ones).
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Earlier this month I did an AMA facilitated by @stickydoodler.bsky.social with indie TTRPG designers who want to learn about how some libraries with TTRPG collections collect and process indie titles. This is a thread with notes and photos of the games in the collection at my academic library.
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Would you like to see your games in libraries around North America? Watch this video to learn 📕👁️ SECRETS 👁️📕.
youtu.be/vkhrBwimb6Y?...
(and also: read the thread after the jump...)
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(and also: read the thread after the jump...)
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Will libraries carry your journaling game?
YouTube video by StickyDoodler
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July 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Earlier this month I did an AMA facilitated by @stickydoodler.bsky.social with indie TTRPG designers who want to learn about how some libraries with TTRPG collections collect and process indie titles. This is a thread with notes and photos of the games in the collection at my academic library.
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In 2021 I warned itchio could one day face payment processor censorship. Many people thought I was creating drama by “attacking” the company
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
July 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
In 2021 I warned itchio could one day face payment processor censorship. Many people thought I was creating drama by “attacking” the company
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately
archive.is/nxbzh
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🎮🔥 Call for Games! 🔥🎮
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
July 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎮🔥 Call for Games! 🔥🎮
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
I'm curating a show on GAMES AS PROTEST/ACTIVISM and looking for titles that explore resistance, civil disobedience, or political action.
Made one? Know one? DM or comment! Lets make some interactive uproar ✊️
More to come soon!
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🐝 I love when bees appear in RPGs.🐝
Given the chance, will I remind people that bees are the most important creatures in the world?
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
March 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
🐝 I love when bees appear in RPGs.🐝
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The government is about to give OpenAI the ability to legally steal if we do not flood this page in the next 12 hours.
OpenAI will have immunity from all lawsuits regarding copyright infringement. All other AI companies will follow.
Do you despise AI? Dissent, retweet. Do something. #furry #art
OpenAI will have immunity from all lawsuits regarding copyright infringement. All other AI companies will follow.
Do you despise AI? Dissent, retweet. Do something. #furry #art
Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan
On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the NITRD NCO requests input from all interested parties on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan ("Plan"). Th...
www.federalregister.gov
March 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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💀ROTTAGECORE💀 I curated this list with horror fans in mind who enjoy medical experiments on humans, body horror, grave digging, anatomy, gruesome descriptions of cadavers, slightly mad scientists, people in pies, and echoes of Frankenstein...enjoy! List in the alt text
Horror Books 🩸📚
Horror Books 🩸📚
February 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
💀ROTTAGECORE💀 I curated this list with horror fans in mind who enjoy medical experiments on humans, body horror, grave digging, anatomy, gruesome descriptions of cadavers, slightly mad scientists, people in pies, and echoes of Frankenstein...enjoy! List in the alt text
Horror Books 🩸📚
Horror Books 🩸📚
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Every time you don't buy a book from Amazon, but use a good indie store who actually values the sale & treats you & your purchase with respect, the sun shines brighter, floofy puppies gambol in fresher grass, & Jeff Bezos's piles sting for just a biiiit longer.
Sounds GREAT to me.
Buy independent.
Sounds GREAT to me.
Buy independent.
January 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Every time you don't buy a book from Amazon, but use a good indie store who actually values the sale & treats you & your purchase with respect, the sun shines brighter, floofy puppies gambol in fresher grass, & Jeff Bezos's piles sting for just a biiiit longer.
Sounds GREAT to me.
Buy independent.
Sounds GREAT to me.
Buy independent.
Game designers, publishers, and distributors, come and join us at the American Library Association national conference in Philadelphia this June! Publishers can apply to be in our space on the exhibit floor, get their own booths, or even donate games for people to play during conference time!
Game publishers- interested in getting your products into libraries across the country? Be a part of the Gaming Grove at the American Library Association's Annual Conference- June 26 - 30, 2025 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. games.ala.org/publisher-pa...
Publisher Participation at ALA Annual Conference – ALA Games and Gaming Round Table
games.ala.org
February 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Game designers, publishers, and distributors, come and join us at the American Library Association national conference in Philadelphia this June! Publishers can apply to be in our space on the exhibit floor, get their own booths, or even donate games for people to play during conference time!
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I spoke to @washingtonpost.com about reports that AI tools are being used with federal data noting that this is occurring without transparency, consent, or attention to privacy and security concerns, and heightening the American public's mistrust of AI www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts
Department of Government Efficiency workers embedded in the Education Department have been processing sensitive agency data using artificial intelligence.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I spoke to @washingtonpost.com about reports that AI tools are being used with federal data noting that this is occurring without transparency, consent, or attention to privacy and security concerns, and heightening the American public's mistrust of AI www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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This quote has been getting around quite a bit these days for some strange reason.
Anyone curious to see the essay containing that quote, it is in my book VERY FINE PEOPLE.
armoxon.com
Anyone curious to see the essay containing that quote, it is in my book VERY FINE PEOPLE.
armoxon.com
“Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience…
February 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This quote has been getting around quite a bit these days for some strange reason.
Anyone curious to see the essay containing that quote, it is in my book VERY FINE PEOPLE.
armoxon.com
Anyone curious to see the essay containing that quote, it is in my book VERY FINE PEOPLE.
armoxon.com
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Help us reach our goals this month during our first anniversary pledge drive!
Were currently at 1967 paying subscribers, just over 50 new subscribers away from a new monthly column from @ckunzelman.bsky.social
www.rascal.news#/portal/
Were currently at 1967 paying subscribers, just over 50 new subscribers away from a new monthly column from @ckunzelman.bsky.social
www.rascal.news#/portal/
February 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Help us reach our goals this month during our first anniversary pledge drive!
Were currently at 1967 paying subscribers, just over 50 new subscribers away from a new monthly column from @ckunzelman.bsky.social
www.rascal.news#/portal/
Were currently at 1967 paying subscribers, just over 50 new subscribers away from a new monthly column from @ckunzelman.bsky.social
www.rascal.news#/portal/
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Cis folks, check on your trans friends right now. I don't ever think I've seen this many friends in crisis. It's beyond anything I ever imagined. We're not ok.
January 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Cis folks, check on your trans friends right now. I don't ever think I've seen this many friends in crisis. It's beyond anything I ever imagined. We're not ok.
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The US Copyright Office has declared that generative AI art and text generated by prompts cannot be copyright protected.
(Read more: The Verge)
(Read more: The Verge)
January 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The US Copyright Office has declared that generative AI art and text generated by prompts cannot be copyright protected.
(Read more: The Verge)
(Read more: The Verge)
Loooooove Wildsea and my first dungeon pod! This will be a great listen
Guest GM @felixisaacs.bsky.social leads our crew of wildsailors deeper into the bowels of a mysterious vessel in Pt.2 of our Patreon-Exclusive mini-series of The Wildsea!
Listen to the public preview: open.spotify.com/episode/1jd5...
Listen to the public preview: open.spotify.com/episode/1jd5...
[Patreon Preview] The Wildsea: Wreckage (ft. Felix Isaacs) | Part 2
My First Dungeon · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Loooooove Wildsea and my first dungeon pod! This will be a great listen
For people who can't find this setting in your mobile apps, and can't find it when you search for it on the desktop site, you can find it through this link: www.facebook.com/help/2207256...
January 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
For people who can't find this setting in your mobile apps, and can't find it when you search for it on the desktop site, you can find it through this link: www.facebook.com/help/2207256...