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Gaurelin
@gaurelin.bsky.social
AuDHD, queer, polyam, demi 🐺 (he/him). Pantheist, discordian, futurist. TTRPGs (GM & gaming history buff), Tolkien, Star Trek, general SF & Fantasy, video games (PS5), etc. Level 53 & living the geek life full time! Profile art by @rhapsodna.bsky.social
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We live in a society run by folks trying very hard to bend reality to suit their ends & egos to a greater extent than ever before (as a country we've always preferred revisionist history). Speak the truth (especially to kids), archive books & films, & do all in your power to counter their ignorance!
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Mitch, as your political advisor, I am advising you to keep saying this shit out loud
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
February 20, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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This is basically the problem with, well, everything at the moment. Increasingly, our economy is built around extraction, rent-seeking and fraud, and because these are the only ways to get ahead, everyone is giving up on providing actual goods and services to people who actually want and need them.
The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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I've been looking forward to getting into #TheSixDomains mechanical stuff, as much as I also love the more purely narrative parts of the project, too!
Today was a tweaks & edits day for #TheSixDomains. I made a few adjustments & plugged some holes. I'm now gearing up to write the next section, on ancestries in The Six - how standard Daggerheart ones are altered to suit the setting, and some that are unique to the place! Onward & upward!
February 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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I have purchased, used, and recommend this product. It's filled with a wonderful assortment of Adversaries, Environments, and some fantastic stat block scaling advice!
February 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Well I suppose that’s one way to get your opponent to drop their guard. 😅
swordfighting tactics, germany, 16th century
February 19, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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Someone is watching me.
February 19, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Ring Nebula, NGC6720 - NASA/ESA JWST Space Telescope - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qW1yL1
February 19, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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February 19, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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February 19, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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Today was a tweaks & edits day for #TheSixDomains. I made a few adjustments & plugged some holes. I'm now gearing up to write the next section, on ancestries in The Six - how standard Daggerheart ones are altered to suit the setting, and some that are unique to the place! Onward & upward!
February 19, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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We live in a society run by folks trying very hard to bend reality to suit their ends & egos to a greater extent than ever before (as a country we've always preferred revisionist history). Speak the truth (especially to kids), archive books & films, & do all in your power to counter their ignorance!
August 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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We’re like 2 minutes away from tech companies working with the Trump admin to design predictive voting where they say an AI already knows who you would’ve supported and just picks a winner based on an algorithm
February 19, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Interested in how much people get to run or play #TTRPG

On average its online 3 nights a week. Running 3 campaigns, playing 1. Some ad-hoc.

Feels like a lot. I appreciate some play less, but I'm at a stage in life I can afford to indulge hobbies.

How about you? Please repost if you can.

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February 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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All of this! And it’s in danger of dying on the vine because the government funding has been pulled! Yes, even Muppets!!
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”

High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 19, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Does anyone remember that Congress is supposed to be the only American institution that can declare war?
Breaking news: The Trump administration appears ready to launch an extended military assault on Iran, current and former U.S. officials said, as the Pentagon amasses an immense strike force in the Middle East.
Trump appears ready to attack Iran as U.S. strike force takes shape
Although the United States and ally Israel have a decisive military advantage over Iranian forces, there are ways for Tehran to make any attack painful, officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 19, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I have purchased, used, and recommend this product. It's filled with a wonderful assortment of Adversaries, Environments, and some fantastic stat block scaling advice!
February 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I've been looking forward to getting into #TheSixDomains mechanical stuff, as much as I also love the more purely narrative parts of the project, too!
Today was a tweaks & edits day for #TheSixDomains. I made a few adjustments & plugged some holes. I'm now gearing up to write the next section, on ancestries in The Six - how standard Daggerheart ones are altered to suit the setting, and some that are unique to the place! Onward & upward!
February 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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If this gets funded, we're paying our writers 22.5 cents (USD) per word and we're gonna commission a slew of art from real human artists. #TTRPG

Because screw AI!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gno...
Coming soon: Twelve Realms RPG
An original fantasy tabletop roleplaying game and a realms-spanning campaign setting
www.kickstarter.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Today was a tweaks & edits day for #TheSixDomains. I made a few adjustments & plugged some holes. I'm now gearing up to write the next section, on ancestries in The Six - how standard Daggerheart ones are altered to suit the setting, and some that are unique to the place! Onward & upward!
February 19, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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I think about this all the time, actually. I spent much of the last 25 years trying to get other people to see it before it was too late. Clearly, I failed.
You ever just think about how part of why we got here is because the Democrats have never been a functional opposition party? Because they have been and still are too tied to capitalism and imperialism to function as anything but the establishment?
February 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I think about this all the time, actually. I spent much of the last 25 years trying to get other people to see it before it was too late. Clearly, I failed.
You ever just think about how part of why we got here is because the Democrats have never been a functional opposition party? Because they have been and still are too tied to capitalism and imperialism to function as anything but the establishment?
February 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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"If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear."

~ Gene Roddenberry
February 19, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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You know who never says "that's unrealistic, it'll never happen"? Billionaires. They want *us* to keep saying it, about getting rid of them. Dream bigger, babes
February 19, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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Unclench your jaw.

Relax your brow.

Go get a drink of water.

See if you've taken your meds

Eat something.

Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing.

Because you do.

You're a wonderful person.

And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through
February 18, 2026 at 5:21 AM