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Matthew Taber-Hanson
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Dad, game designer (as Matthew J. Hanson), unpublished fiction author. He/him
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
To be clear, MOST democratic senators voted AGAINST reopening the government in exchange for nothing.

Only 8 voted for it (that's 17%). Those individuals are: Dick Durbin, Catherine Cortez Masto, John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Tim Kaine, Jacky Rosen and Sen. Angus King.
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
All right Minneapolis voters, please say filled out your 2nd and 3rd choices properly with ranked choice voting.

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Live results: Key elections in Minnesota
From Minneapolis and St. Paul mayoral races to special elections for two crucial Minnesota Senate seats, if you’re looking for the results of the 2025 general election, we’ve got them here.
www.mprnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Zohran Mamdani campaigned a lot and appears not to hate the voters whose support he's seeking. Here's what other Democrats can learn from his unorthodox strategy.
November 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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I grew up on food stamps--not SNAP, physical paper stamps that came in a little book that Mom kept in her purse.
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Shall we talk about ebooks?

It might be a bit of a weird thing for a physical bookshop to do, but bear with me. There's a reason.

Take a seat for a short thread. 1/?
a woman in a suit and tie is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom
Alt: a woman in a suit and tie is smiling with #schitts creek written on the bottom
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October 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
For RPG fans out there. For a dedicated monster book, what's the minimum number of new monsters you want to see in it?

#dnd #Pathfinder #SavageWorlds
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Apparently it needs to be said: The best (and possibly only) living conditions for humanity are on Earth.

Space wants to kill you all the fucking time. You can visit, but not for significant portions of your lifespan.

Seriously, look it up.

Fix, cherish, and live on Earth. Visit space.
a black and white photo of a man in a suit standing in front of a white background .
Alt: a black and white photo of a man in a suit standing in front of a white background . Prince slides across the scene, pitying you
media.tenor.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I am not a good songwriter, but for some reason, I keep including songs that are integral to the plot of my novels.

Which means I have to keep writing lyrics for the songs.

#AmWriting
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I'm an ENnie- and Origins-award-winning veteran ttRPG designer with 28 years of experience, who co-created the Saga Edition Star Wars RPG and Starfinder 1st ed. I'm creating a new ttRPG in weekly Patreon posts, step-by-step, and answering questions.
www.patreon.com/posts/writin...
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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🎲 Role (or roll!) Announcement! 🎲

I'm ecstatic to be returning to Dawnsbury Days in the newest expansion as Lenka, Saya, Kaylee & Orphan Girls 💛

Play now on Steam 🎮 store.steampowered.com/app/3808170/...

#voiceactor #indiegame #voiceacting #roleannouncement
October 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I have submitted my first ever query!!!!

📘💙📗💚📕❤️📙🧡

#amwriting #amquerying
October 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Great crowd at No Kings Minneapolis today.

No idea how to tell how many people, but it was packed.

#NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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If you can, get out and protest today.
You don't have to be up front, you don't have to be the loudest, you don't have to have a sign.

Showing up matters.

Just go. And if nothing else, enjoy the feeling that solidarity gives you.
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
An adventure I wrote has been adapted to a video game!

Explore a haunted orphanage and save the spirits within!

On sale now!

#Pathfinder
October 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
DriveThruRPG's Halloween sale is on!

In addition to spooky adventures like Good Little Children Never Grow Up and Bonedigger, they're also including post-apocalyptic stuff in the sale, such as our Broken Earth setting.

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
Good Little Children Never Grow Up (5e) - Sneak Attack Press | DriveThruRPG
Everybody in Hedgebird knows that the old DeMay orphanage is haunted, but that did not stop the Perseville family from moving to town and buying the place. Nor did it stop the Tarnak boys from venturi...
www.drivethrurpg.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I have finished revising my novel's second draft!

#amwriting #amrevising

Me: Now what should I do?

Costco: There's still five more packet of brownie mix.

Me: You win another round Costco.
October 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Dawnsbury Days, a turn-based tactics video game, has a level 9 expansion coming out in one week, on October 17th! If you're a content creator, journalist, or are otherwise interested in covering the game, let me know — I'll be happy to send you a key and answer questions!
October 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I've decided that the fact that none the characters in my book have last names is part of the world building.

It's not because I'm too lazy to come up with last names.
October 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Me: I'm just going to Costco for diapers.
Costco: What about some brownie mix.
Me: Brownies do sound good. Maybe I'll just get one.
Costco: Six.
Me: What?
Costco: There's six pans worth of brownie mix in each box.
Me: Can I get less?
Costco: No.

[That night a dinner]

Me: Who wants brownies?
October 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Your reminder that 29.3% of all revenue from indie bookshops immediately recirculates in the local economy 😊

That's 4x more than Amazon.

When you buy audiobooks through Libro.fm, you're supporting not only your indie, but your local economy.

*American Booksellers Association + Civic Economics
October 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We're now in the final 48 hours for the Paw and Whisker Kickstarter campaign!

Don't miss out on tiny hats for you PC's favorite pet!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...

#dnd #Pathfinder #SavageWorlds #Kickstarter
Paw and Whisker - D&D, Pathfinder, and Savage Worlds
A short PDF about pets in RPGs. It includes real history, magic items, monsters, and more!
www.kickstarter.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM