Gareth-Michael Skarka
@gmskarka.bsky.social
Writer (comics and fiction), game designer (most recently FAR WEST), consultant/researcher (most recently on Netflix’s THE OLD GUARD) and publisher (Adamant Entertainment). Big Ol’ Nerd, Socialist, Antifascist and Abolitionist.
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Seeing a lot of people posting images of that murderers face.
From what I've seen reported, he never dropped his mask and that's actually AI generated so you should probably stop sharing that.
From what I've seen reported, he never dropped his mask and that's actually AI generated so you should probably stop sharing that.
January 8, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Seeing a lot of people posting images of that murderers face.
From what I've seen reported, he never dropped his mask and that's actually AI generated so you should probably stop sharing that.
From what I've seen reported, he never dropped his mask and that's actually AI generated so you should probably stop sharing that.
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"Rise like Lions after slumber
in unvanquishable number
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you.
Ye are many - they are few"
in unvanquishable number
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you.
Ye are many - they are few"
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
"Rise like Lions after slumber
in unvanquishable number
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you.
Ye are many - they are few"
in unvanquishable number
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you.
Ye are many - they are few"
Pay attention, @democrats.org. Read the room, or get out of the fucking way.
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 8, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Pay attention, @democrats.org. Read the room, or get out of the fucking way.
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
I’ve seen it. It’s horrific.
Ask yourself if you really need to expose yourself to something that disturbing. No shame if the answer is No.
Abolish and prosecute ICE.
Ask yourself if you really need to expose yourself to something that disturbing. No shame if the answer is No.
Abolish and prosecute ICE.
There is video of the shooting of a woman by ICE in Minneapolis circulating that shows an ICE agent repeatedly shooting her at point blank range while she tries to drive off. There was no obvious threat to any ICE agent.
January 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I’ve seen it. It’s horrific.
Ask yourself if you really need to expose yourself to something that disturbing. No shame if the answer is No.
Abolish and prosecute ICE.
Ask yourself if you really need to expose yourself to something that disturbing. No shame if the answer is No.
Abolish and prosecute ICE.
Adamant Entertainment’s spaghetti western and wuxia mash-up anthology, TALES OF THE FAR WEST features NY Times Bestselling Authors @scottlynch78.bsky.social, @chuckwendig.bsky.social, @tessagratton.bsky.social and more!
Available in softcover and digital:
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Available in softcover and digital:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/9...
Tales Of The Far West - Adamant Entertainment | Far West | DriveThruRPG
Western.Wuxia.WILD.
Imagine: A fantasy world, but not one based on Medieval/Dark Ages European culture and myth, but rather on the tropes of the Spaghetti Western and Chinese Wuxia. Add steampunk elem...
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January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Adamant Entertainment’s spaghetti western and wuxia mash-up anthology, TALES OF THE FAR WEST features NY Times Bestselling Authors @scottlynch78.bsky.social, @chuckwendig.bsky.social, @tessagratton.bsky.social and more!
Available in softcover and digital:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/9...
Available in softcover and digital:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/9...
Some great ideas here to mine for use with @modiphius.bsky.social’s STAR TREK ADVENTURES role playing game.
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Some great ideas here to mine for use with @modiphius.bsky.social’s STAR TREK ADVENTURES role playing game.
“Americans are being pulled into something worse than war. We are being pulled into a global realignment in which our existence is inconvenient. The ruling class doesn’t want to spill my blood: they want to kill my soul and hope that I don’t notice.”
My newsletter is back! I wrote about a road trip through Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas — and what it tells us about America’s imperial ambitions.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-invaders
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-invaders
The Invaders
Thieves of American empire are gunning for your future.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
“Americans are being pulled into something worse than war. We are being pulled into a global realignment in which our existence is inconvenient. The ruling class doesn’t want to spill my blood: they want to kill my soul and hope that I don’t notice.”
Americans need to get this, and fast. As long as we’re doing nothing to remove him, we own everything this regime does.
It’s on us. We need to act.
It’s on us. We need to act.
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Americans need to get this, and fast. As long as we’re doing nothing to remove him, we own everything this regime does.
It’s on us. We need to act.
It’s on us. We need to act.
Everything you need to run Savage Worlds adventures beneath the Moons of Mars! The MARS print bundle gives you the Mars Core Book, and the Mars Adventure Omnibus in both print and PDF, for a combined price of only $30!
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January 6, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Everything you need to run Savage Worlds adventures beneath the Moons of Mars! The MARS print bundle gives you the Mars Core Book, and the Mars Adventure Omnibus in both print and PDF, for a combined price of only $30!
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/2316...
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Adamant Entertainment has just released our second volume of FELL BEASTS: MONTHLY MONSTERS for 5th Edition! Check it out:
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January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Adamant Entertainment has just released our second volume of FELL BEASTS: MONTHLY MONSTERS for 5th Edition! Check it out:
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The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.
Back to work tomorrow, and a bit down that the holiday is over… but then again, I get to make shit up for a living, which is pretty damned cool.
Thanks to everyone who allows me that opportunity. Back at it tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone who allows me that opportunity. Back at it tomorrow.
January 5, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Back to work tomorrow, and a bit down that the holiday is over… but then again, I get to make shit up for a living, which is pretty damned cool.
Thanks to everyone who allows me that opportunity. Back at it tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone who allows me that opportunity. Back at it tomorrow.
I’ve got a PDF copy of the original pitch deck, but this is the first time I’ve seen the sizzle reel.
Knowing the story was originally set in Montauk, I laughed out loud at the line in the finale that Hopper was considering a job there.
Knowing the story was originally set in Montauk, I laughed out loud at the line in the finale that Hopper was considering a job there.
Stranger Things (2016-2025): OG mock trailer, composed of 20 to 30 movies, to convey the overall tone of "Montauk" (early version of ST)
Co-showrunner Ross Duffer: "This is the original sizzle reel Matt and I made to help sell the show."
Everything this show would become was in that trailer. 👌
Co-showrunner Ross Duffer: "This is the original sizzle reel Matt and I made to help sell the show."
Everything this show would become was in that trailer. 👌
January 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I’ve got a PDF copy of the original pitch deck, but this is the first time I’ve seen the sizzle reel.
Knowing the story was originally set in Montauk, I laughed out loud at the line in the finale that Hopper was considering a job there.
Knowing the story was originally set in Montauk, I laughed out loud at the line in the finale that Hopper was considering a job there.
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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Impeach the Motherfucker
Convict the Motherfucker
Remove the Motherfucker
Convict the Motherfucker
Remove the Motherfucker
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Impeach the Motherfucker
Convict the Motherfucker
Remove the Motherfucker
Convict the Motherfucker
Remove the Motherfucker
Seeing a lot of people saying “we” didn’t do this, our criminal oligarch rulers did.
Sorry, but unless we take drastic action to overthrow them, we own everything they do.
Sorry, but unless we take drastic action to overthrow them, we own everything they do.
January 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Seeing a lot of people saying “we” didn’t do this, our criminal oligarch rulers did.
Sorry, but unless we take drastic action to overthrow them, we own everything they do.
Sorry, but unless we take drastic action to overthrow them, we own everything they do.
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I miss Dave Stevens.
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 AM
I miss Dave Stevens.
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The one exception to this being @gregrucka.com's QUEEN & COUNTRY series, which is simultaneously the best parts of THE SANDBAGGERS and its own unique thing.
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The one exception to this being @gregrucka.com's QUEEN & COUNTRY series, which is simultaneously the best parts of THE SANDBAGGERS and its own unique thing.
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I love spy stories, and by that I mean I love THE SANDBAGGERS and am constantly disappointed by other spy stories that are not THE SANDBAGGERS.
January 3, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I love spy stories, and by that I mean I love THE SANDBAGGERS and am constantly disappointed by other spy stories that are not THE SANDBAGGERS.
Looking forward to DC Comics’ Next Level launches this year, especially @gregrucka.com’s BATWOMAN and @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social’s take on one of my favorite teams, the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES.
Looks like 2026 will have me buying comics again!
Looks like 2026 will have me buying comics again!
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Looking forward to DC Comics’ Next Level launches this year, especially @gregrucka.com’s BATWOMAN and @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social’s take on one of my favorite teams, the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES.
Looks like 2026 will have me buying comics again!
Looks like 2026 will have me buying comics again!
One of my favorite scifi series, first broadcast on this day in 1978 (although I didn’t see it in the US until 10 years later).
My daughter got me the Series 1 BluRay for Christmas, so I’ll be doing a rewatch soon!
My daughter got me the Series 1 BluRay for Christmas, so I’ll be doing a rewatch soon!
Opening titles for "Blake's 7" (first transmitted 02/01/78).
Music by Dudley Simpson.
In the future, Blake and his crew struggle against the totalitarian Federation...
The series was devised by Terry Nation who had created the Daleks for "Dr Who".
#sciencefiction #scifi #Blakes7 #1970s #horror
Music by Dudley Simpson.
In the future, Blake and his crew struggle against the totalitarian Federation...
The series was devised by Terry Nation who had created the Daleks for "Dr Who".
#sciencefiction #scifi #Blakes7 #1970s #horror
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
One of my favorite scifi series, first broadcast on this day in 1978 (although I didn’t see it in the US until 10 years later).
My daughter got me the Series 1 BluRay for Christmas, so I’ll be doing a rewatch soon!
My daughter got me the Series 1 BluRay for Christmas, so I’ll be doing a rewatch soon!
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
Hi, I’m the FAR WEST Kickstarter.
(No joke—stress-related infection led to intestinal perforations, leading to a massive abdominal infection that was barely caught in time. Still spent almost 2 weeks in the hospital.)
Hi, I’m the FAR WEST Kickstarter.
(No joke—stress-related infection led to intestinal perforations, leading to a massive abdominal infection that was barely caught in time. Still spent almost 2 weeks in the hospital.)
Hi, I'm the ground.
Oh, okay. It's just that it wasn't walking off the roof of my parents' house when I was three that almost killed me, and it wasn't the fall that almost killed me. It was the ground that stopped my fall.
(Yes. I fell on my head as a child. Let the jokes begin!)
Oh, okay. It's just that it wasn't walking off the roof of my parents' house when I was three that almost killed me, and it wasn't the fall that almost killed me. It was the ground that stopped my fall.
(Yes. I fell on my head as a child. Let the jokes begin!)
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
Hi, I'm the fireball from the kitchen oven
Hi, I'm the fireball from the kitchen oven
January 2, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you:
Hi, I’m the FAR WEST Kickstarter.
(No joke—stress-related infection led to intestinal perforations, leading to a massive abdominal infection that was barely caught in time. Still spent almost 2 weeks in the hospital.)
Hi, I’m the FAR WEST Kickstarter.
(No joke—stress-related infection led to intestinal perforations, leading to a massive abdominal infection that was barely caught in time. Still spent almost 2 weeks in the hospital.)