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Matthew Taber-Hanson
@matthewtaberhanson.bsky.social
Dad, game designer (as Matthew J. Hanson), unpublished fiction author. He/him
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Coming to @backerkit.com in February: Tent and Bedroll!

There's nothing like a good night's rest.

History of camping gear, magic items, monsters, and more!

#dnd #pathfinder #SavageWorlds

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Get Ready for Tent and Bedroll – D&D, Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds
From Sneak Attack Press - Get Ready for Tent and Bedroll – D&D, Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.

www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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Our warehousing & fulfillment is based in Minnesota. The company is closed today (their employees are getting paid). We fully support them in their struggle against federal occupation of the state.
If you are not in MN, here's a link to some ways you can stand up and take action.
iceoutforgood.org
ICE Out for Good
On January 23, people across the country are taking action in solidarity with Minnesota to demand ICE out of our communities. Join the day of action.
iceoutforgood.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
In the darkness there are glimmers of hope. The work done by DHH Church is one such spark of light. I've volunteered there and plan to do so again. If you can, please support with time or money.

www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.

The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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So it feels very weird to be talking about anything other than the ICE occupation right now, but the ARCs of my new book arrived on Saturday. I'm going to do a giveaway.
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Discord wants to know how you feel about AI.

Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Coming to @backerkit.com in February: Tent and Bedroll!

There's nothing like a good night's rest.

History of camping gear, magic items, monsters, and more!

#dnd #pathfinder #SavageWorlds

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Get Ready for Tent and Bedroll – D&D, Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds
From Sneak Attack Press - Get Ready for Tent and Bedroll – D&D, Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds
www.backerkit.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Happy New Year!

I celebrated by sending out 13 queries.

Hoping 2026 is the year I find an agent!

#AmQuerying
January 2, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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No matter how you celebrate and who you share your gift of gaming with, Happy Holidays from everyone at Paizo!
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Ideas are, no question, the cheap part. I have SPREADSHEETS of ideas, and if I keep up my current production rate, which is already unrealistically high, I will die before I finish using them all. EXECUTION is the important part.
vox.com Vox @vox.com · Dec 15
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Good Little Children Never Grow Up the video game is 20% off as part of Steam's winter sale!

Based on one of my most popular adventures, now you can play it even if you can't work our a schedule to game with your friends!

#Pathfinder

store.steampowered.com/app/3808170/...
Save 20% on Dawnsbury Days - Good Little Children Never Grow Up on Steam
In this haunted house adventure for level 9 characters, our heroes must confront terrible ghosts from an orphanage's past to rescue a farmer's children who have ventured inside — and perhaps stop an e...
store.steampowered.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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This one isn’t downloadable but if you have TikTok go watch it. Well worth your time www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4gRL7v/
@Mercado Media video credit #minnesota #illinois #louisiana #america
TikTok video by June Osborne
www.tiktok.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Just finished my latest Kickstarter campaign. Objectively it did well and reached 174% of our goal.

But in 2024 I ran a very similar campaign for another product in the same line, with the same goal. That campaign raised 667% of its goal and had three times as many backers.
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The Kickstarter campaign for 20 Cruel Curses ends tomorrow!

We posted our final preview of campaign. Want to give somebody donkey ears? Goat feet? Axolotl nose?

You can do all of that and more with the Animal Features curse.

#dnd #pathfinder #Kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...
Update 3: Final Days! Final Preview! · 20 Cruel Curses – For D&D and Pathfinder
Tomorrow is the final day for the 20 Cruel Curses campaign! The final surge has started and we’re racing to our next stretch goal. We’ve raised enough that I can afford two quarter-page interior illus...
www.kickstarter.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Just two days left to back 20 Cruel Curses.

Who doesn't want some new curses to inflict on your PCs?

Plus each curses comes with its own plot hooks.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...
20 Cruel Curses – For D&D and Pathfinder
Twenty curses for people, places, and treasure, plus optional rules for breaking curses. Each curse is adventure hook.
www.kickstarter.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I now have TWO short stories that made it past the first reader and are currently awaiting decision from the editor.

Mathematically speaking, one of them has to be accepted, right?*
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Full TOC announcement is here!

bsky.app/profile/clh2...
The time has come! Today is our Table of Content announcement for COMMON BONDS 2!

You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...

But I'll also thread them below!
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm excited to announce that my story "Behold! These are the Pastries that Were Prophesied!" Is going to be included in the anthology Common Bonds 2!
The time has come! Today is our Table of Content announcement for COMMON BONDS 2!

You can get all details directly on our Kickstarter Update: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...

But I'll also thread them below!
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Reposted by Matthew Taber-Hanson
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We posted our first preview as part of the 20 Cruel Curses Kickstarter campaign.

Taste of Ash: no matter what you eat, it all tastes like ash and brimstone.

Plus, we're 90% funded! Will you be the one to put us over the top!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...
Update 1: Weekly Preview: Taste of Ash · 20 Cruel Curses – For D&D and Pathfinder
Hello Cruel Curses Backers,Welcome to the first weekly update! Each week during the campaign, we’ll preview one of the curses featured in this book, along with other updates.As I write this we’re 90% ...
www.kickstarter.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM