jex thomas
@lastpinepress.com
Nonbinary Dad // Author of Crit Awards Best Indie TTRPG Finalist BUMP IN THE DARK // Not as Punk as I Used To Be // Forever Aspiring to be Your Weird Gay Aunt // ACAB // https://lastpinepress.com #ttrpg #fitd #pbta
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In this game, a character is...
...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.
...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In this game, a character is...
...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.
...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.
I think they already know, Senator.
Democratic Senator Shaheen says ending the shutdown wasn't a failure because it achieves a later vote that will get Republicans on the record.
"Americans...are gonna know who's on their side and who is not."
"Americans...are gonna know who's on their side and who is not."
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I think they already know, Senator.
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Y'all, the things I'm penning in my notes to improve on this ashcan are making me very nervous and very excited.
Have I talked about Family Meal yet? @napel.itch.io 's rpg about running the front and back half of a restaurant? Felt real good to go back to that sort of space and not have to deal with real drama but instead pretend drama with my friends.
napel.itch.io/family-meal
napel.itch.io/family-meal
Family Meal [ashcan] by Hendrik ten Napel
a restaurant drama role-playing game
napel.itch.io
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Y'all, the things I'm penning in my notes to improve on this ashcan are making me very nervous and very excited.
Being surveilled constantly has fully broken us
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Being surveilled constantly has fully broken us
Proud to be the 39th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Last Kiss! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
Last Kiss
Ever feel like the world is out to get you? It is.
A TTRPG of unheroic teens facing down the end of the inevitable world. You're the main character, with all the misery that entails. How will you mak...
www.backerkit.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Proud to be the 39th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Last Kiss! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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this is obviously a quip and not a full analysis, but I do think that discussion of "liminal spaces" tend to put a sort of magical aura around the spaces themselves which elides the much more interesting aspects of the psychology triggered within those spaces. there's nothing magical about a hallway
you don't love "liminal spaces"
you love the relief of being allowed to forget
you love the relief of being allowed to forget
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
this is obviously a quip and not a full analysis, but I do think that discussion of "liminal spaces" tend to put a sort of magical aura around the spaces themselves which elides the much more interesting aspects of the psychology triggered within those spaces. there's nothing magical about a hallway
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
Pop music
What do you like now that 16 year old you would hate you for?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Pop music
I was trying to decipher whether what I was feeling was that I wanted to go but was worried I shouldn't or that I don't really want to go (or rather I know it doesn't make sense this year) but am worried I should, and I think it's actually the latter, unfortunately!
I can't decide whether it makes sense for me to go to Breakout this year. I may or may not have something to playtest, I have nothing new to promote, and I feel like I'd be going purely for pleasure more than business which my latent Catholic genes are screaming against. But I want to see my friends
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I was trying to decipher whether what I was feeling was that I wanted to go but was worried I shouldn't or that I don't really want to go (or rather I know it doesn't make sense this year) but am worried I should, and I think it's actually the latter, unfortunately!
I can't decide whether it makes sense for me to go to Breakout this year. I may or may not have something to playtest, I have nothing new to promote, and I feel like I'd be going purely for pleasure more than business which my latent Catholic genes are screaming against. But I want to see my friends
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I can't decide whether it makes sense for me to go to Breakout this year. I may or may not have something to playtest, I have nothing new to promote, and I feel like I'd be going purely for pleasure more than business which my latent Catholic genes are screaming against. But I want to see my friends
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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Four more days of funding! ⏳
If you like:
- struggling against the patriarchy of 1815's Bavaria
- grieving your beautiful friend's disappearance
- chambermaids
- slacking on your job to investigate an occult mystery
Then check out The Girls of the Genziana Hotel: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
If you like:
- struggling against the patriarchy of 1815's Bavaria
- grieving your beautiful friend's disappearance
- chambermaids
- slacking on your job to investigate an occult mystery
Then check out The Girls of the Genziana Hotel: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Four more days of funding! ⏳
If you like:
- struggling against the patriarchy of 1815's Bavaria
- grieving your beautiful friend's disappearance
- chambermaids
- slacking on your job to investigate an occult mystery
Then check out The Girls of the Genziana Hotel: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
If you like:
- struggling against the patriarchy of 1815's Bavaria
- grieving your beautiful friend's disappearance
- chambermaids
- slacking on your job to investigate an occult mystery
Then check out The Girls of the Genziana Hotel: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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Socialism now the majority preference among black voters, Harris voters, and Democrats
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Socialism now the majority preference among black voters, Harris voters, and Democrats
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Begging small press indie RPG people to understand you're not in the games industry you're in the publishing industry. You *need* to understand how licensing works if you're going to be hiring artists.
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Begging small press indie RPG people to understand you're not in the games industry you're in the publishing industry. You *need* to understand how licensing works if you're going to be hiring artists.
"Zeke has vampire teeth! He's a vampire! Give him an onion!"
- my child, who doesn't know the difference between onions and garlic
- my child, who doesn't know the difference between onions and garlic
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Zeke has vampire teeth! He's a vampire! Give him an onion!"
- my child, who doesn't know the difference between onions and garlic
- my child, who doesn't know the difference between onions and garlic
Rewatching Twin Peaks: The Return just for the whooshing
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Rewatching Twin Peaks: The Return just for the whooshing
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Thursday is good people with good games. Help out Thursday.
Went ahead and put a bunch of my most popular work - including my Mothership class, my sci-fi gig economy solo RPG (and its Online-focused expansion!), and my cyberpunk microgame trilogy - on sale through the end of November!
itch.io/s/166208/thu...
itch.io/s/166208/thu...
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Thursday is good people with good games. Help out Thursday.
I get that everyone is different but I just don't understand how someone can watch a 50 minute YouTube
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I get that everyone is different but I just don't understand how someone can watch a 50 minute YouTube
Work is really hard right now.
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Work is really hard right now.
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I feel silly boosting this because encouraging people to back this kickstarter is roughly akin to encouraging people to continue breathing. This is not just an unabashedly good thing, it is a whole stack of huge, unabashedly good things. It is so evident that I just assume everyone *knows* this.
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I feel silly boosting this because encouraging people to back this kickstarter is roughly akin to encouraging people to continue breathing. This is not just an unabashedly good thing, it is a whole stack of huge, unabashedly good things. It is so evident that I just assume everyone *knows* this.
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Chatbots...
➡️ Can't identify the most information in a text!
➡️ Can't stick to JUST the source text!
➡️ Sometimes reverse assertions or positions!
➡️ Won't retain important structure from the source text!
➡️ May add 'prevailing wisdom' that contradicts actual findings!
They are not good at summarising
➡️ Can't identify the most information in a text!
➡️ Can't stick to JUST the source text!
➡️ Sometimes reverse assertions or positions!
➡️ Won't retain important structure from the source text!
➡️ May add 'prevailing wisdom' that contradicts actual findings!
They are not good at summarising
AI summaries has got to be one of the biggest concerns about professional AI use:
1) people love summaries and will assume accuracy;
2) AI summaries often look authoritative (even citing sources);
3) if you take time to check the sources, they often don’t say what AI says in the summary
1) people love summaries and will assume accuracy;
2) AI summaries often look authoritative (even citing sources);
3) if you take time to check the sources, they often don’t say what AI says in the summary
@williamlidc.bsky.social and I were JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Chatbots...
➡️ Can't identify the most information in a text!
➡️ Can't stick to JUST the source text!
➡️ Sometimes reverse assertions or positions!
➡️ Won't retain important structure from the source text!
➡️ May add 'prevailing wisdom' that contradicts actual findings!
They are not good at summarising
➡️ Can't identify the most information in a text!
➡️ Can't stick to JUST the source text!
➡️ Sometimes reverse assertions or positions!
➡️ Won't retain important structure from the source text!
➡️ May add 'prevailing wisdom' that contradicts actual findings!
They are not good at summarising
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Very important thread if you've never tinkered with the moderation settings.
Half the point of Bluesky as a social media platform is having control over your algorithm(s), after all.
Half the point of Bluesky as a social media platform is having control over your algorithm(s), after all.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Very important thread if you've never tinkered with the moderation settings.
Half the point of Bluesky as a social media platform is having control over your algorithm(s), after all.
Half the point of Bluesky as a social media platform is having control over your algorithm(s), after all.
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It's great when the "we'll run your university like a business" types get administration positions because they always show you two things: they don't know how universities work and they are actually very bad at running businesses.
My former employer, the University of Nottingham, has axed its undergrad music and languages programs—but don't worry, there are still five separate degrees you can get in AI.
This is what happens when you corporatize education. What a joke.
This is what happens when you corporatize education. What a joke.
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It's great when the "we'll run your university like a business" types get administration positions because they always show you two things: they don't know how universities work and they are actually very bad at running businesses.
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I find it kind of beautiful that we're seeing the next iteration of Apocalypse World's DIY art. Two of the biggest names in indie roleplaying games show, once again, that it's not about spectacle or expense. It's about using the skills you have and the skills you can develop to make it how you can.
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I find it kind of beautiful that we're seeing the next iteration of Apocalypse World's DIY art. Two of the biggest names in indie roleplaying games show, once again, that it's not about spectacle or expense. It's about using the skills you have and the skills you can develop to make it how you can.