Noah Grand
@noahgrand.bsky.social
Social science PhD. 3x ENnie nominee D&D designer. They/He. Bi.
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Noah Grand
@noahgrand.bsky.social
· Aug 25
kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter in a dark room .
Alt: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter in a dark room.
media.tenor.com
Getting ready for my last gaming convention of the year, it's worth looking at what I did since the last convention:
* Wrote an adventure for the con.
* Project manaaged and edited 9 other adventures for the con.
* Wrote a first draft of a novel. Yes, a whole novel.
* Wrote an adventure for the con.
* Project manaaged and edited 9 other adventures for the con.
* Wrote a first draft of a novel. Yes, a whole novel.
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My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
February 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
My guess is that the goal here is not only to punish the children for turning more people against ICE/DHS, but also to make news outlets think twice about reporting on kids' suffering at the hands of ICE/DHS, out of concern that doing so might lead to retaliation against the kids.
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the problem with giving in on things that don't poll well is that as soon as the right wins on the the things that don't poll well, they move on and start lying about more popular things to manipulate public opinion, starting the cycle again.
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
the problem with giving in on things that don't poll well is that as soon as the right wins on the the things that don't poll well, they move on and start lying about more popular things to manipulate public opinion, starting the cycle again.
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This is a goddamn crisis
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 18 NYT
Citing the “current regulatory environment” NYC's NYU Langone Health announces it will discontinue its gender medicine program for trans minors.
Citing the “current regulatory environment” NYC's NYU Langone Health announces it will discontinue its gender medicine program for trans minors.
Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
This is a goddamn crisis
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When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
February 18, 2026 at 4:25 AM
When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.
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11/ Tell your Senators to vote NO on the so-called Save America Act: 202-224-3121. The bill is blatantly dangerous. Thanks. #NoOnSave #ProtectOurVotes
February 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
11/ Tell your Senators to vote NO on the so-called Save America Act: 202-224-3121. The bill is blatantly dangerous. Thanks. #NoOnSave #ProtectOurVotes
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"We present the first representative international data on firm-level AI use... firms report little impact of AI over the last 3 years, with over 80% of firms reporting no impact on either employment or productivity."
www.nber.org/papers/w34836
www.nber.org/papers/w34836
February 18, 2026 at 12:07 AM
"We present the first representative international data on firm-level AI use... firms report little impact of AI over the last 3 years, with over 80% of firms reporting no impact on either employment or productivity."
www.nber.org/papers/w34836
www.nber.org/papers/w34836
What's Going On
What’s the WORST song to get beat up to? I’ll go first:
“Optimistic” x Sounds of Blackness
“Optimistic” x Sounds of Blackness
February 18, 2026 at 12:24 AM
What's Going On
Shatter Me.
Which is what will happen to all my bones if I try figure skating. I was a shut down blueliner!
Which is what will happen to all my bones if I try figure skating. I was a shut down blueliner!
What song would you skate to at the Olympics?
February 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Shatter Me.
Which is what will happen to all my bones if I try figure skating. I was a shut down blueliner!
Which is what will happen to all my bones if I try figure skating. I was a shut down blueliner!
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The SAVE Act would require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Our research shows that more than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents. bit.ly/4rA2p4R
New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting
The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.
www.brennancenter.org
February 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The SAVE Act would require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Our research shows that more than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents. bit.ly/4rA2p4R
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This is disgusting, and dehumanizing, and unfortunately coming to damn near every platform you can think of. Multilingualism isn’t an inconvenience to be “solved” by technology. We have to push back.
Discovered today that Instagram had turned on (without my opt-in) automatic AUDIO translation of any reel that shows up in my feed not in English USING AI TO MIMIC THE SPEAKER’S VOICE and WOW it was creepy and upsetting.
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
February 17, 2026 at 3:36 AM
This is disgusting, and dehumanizing, and unfortunately coming to damn near every platform you can think of. Multilingualism isn’t an inconvenience to be “solved” by technology. We have to push back.
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The concept of “lying under oath” is up for grabs right now. All the Trump SCOTUS judges did it about Roe. Kennedy did it to get his post. If one of these fuckers isn’t prosecuted it will be crystal clear that there are zero repercussions for doing so, and everyone will lie forever.
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The concept of “lying under oath” is up for grabs right now. All the Trump SCOTUS judges did it about Roe. Kennedy did it to get his post. If one of these fuckers isn’t prosecuted it will be crystal clear that there are zero repercussions for doing so, and everyone will lie forever.
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This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
February 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This entire 'debate' is so maddening. We have been promised that a groundswell of rushed, dissatisfied detransitioners was about to emerge for nearly a decade.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
Not only have they never materialized, but academic research continues to show small numbers, long assessments and miniscule regret rates.
As I head to my local gaming conventions, I felt it was a good time to write up how D&D play at conventions is going these days. (Not great, with some foolish WotC decisions to blame.)
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Disorganized Play
How D&D's Organized Play Groups Split Apart During Covid And Kept Drifting
noahsriggeddice.beehiiv.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
As I head to my local gaming conventions, I felt it was a good time to write up how D&D play at conventions is going these days. (Not great, with some foolish WotC decisions to blame.)
noahsriggeddice.beehiiv.com/p/disorganiz...
noahsriggeddice.beehiiv.com/p/disorganiz...
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Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Repeat after me: thou shalt not reduce every roleplay scene in your adventure to dice rolls
(Prepping the 💩 adventure for my con first)
(Prepping the 💩 adventure for my con first)
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Repeat after me: thou shalt not reduce every roleplay scene in your adventure to dice rolls
(Prepping the 💩 adventure for my con first)
(Prepping the 💩 adventure for my con first)
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Hello! I see you've decided to conflate a human being being an evil fascist apologist committing crimes and perpetuating fraud with (checks notes) being a woman. Perhaps you would like to not do this.
Bondi is clearly going through menopause. “…mood changes and "brain fog," often begin during perimenopause (mid-40s to early 50s) - along with irrational moods and temper tantrums
February 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Hello! I see you've decided to conflate a human being being an evil fascist apologist committing crimes and perpetuating fraud with (checks notes) being a woman. Perhaps you would like to not do this.
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If an increasing unpopular leader, known for shaping reality w/ lies, wanted to subvert democracy, would they: A) complain that the polls are “fake news”, B) threaten polling organizations into silence, C) sow distrust in election results, or D) find ways to disenfranchise voters of the other party?
Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 AM
If an increasing unpopular leader, known for shaping reality w/ lies, wanted to subvert democracy, would they: A) complain that the polls are “fake news”, B) threaten polling organizations into silence, C) sow distrust in election results, or D) find ways to disenfranchise voters of the other party?
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Tinder profile as campaign ad has happened in my lifetime
It me.
Swipe for democracy!
Swipe for democracy!
February 12, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Tinder profile as campaign ad has happened in my lifetime
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CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
I've been reading some *rough* TTRPG adventure plots that my players saw through and wouldn't go for.
What are common problems and how can we fix them?
What are common problems and how can we fix them?
The Process Of Disbelief
How Can We Get People Not To Look For Plot Holes?
noahsriggeddice.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I've been reading some *rough* TTRPG adventure plots that my players saw through and wouldn't go for.
What are common problems and how can we fix them?
What are common problems and how can we fix them?
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There are many awful things in here but the phrase “non-marital teen birth rate” is utterly horrific.
The party of rapists and rapist protectors just coming out and saying with their chest that they think that statutory rape is fine, so long as it happens within the confines of marriage.
The party of rapists and rapist protectors just coming out and saying with their chest that they think that statutory rape is fine, so long as it happens within the confines of marriage.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
There are many awful things in here but the phrase “non-marital teen birth rate” is utterly horrific.
The party of rapists and rapist protectors just coming out and saying with their chest that they think that statutory rape is fine, so long as it happens within the confines of marriage.
The party of rapists and rapist protectors just coming out and saying with their chest that they think that statutory rape is fine, so long as it happens within the confines of marriage.
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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"Yeah, everyone just go ahead and delete TikTok now if you haven't already."
TikTok Refuses to Confirm or Deny That It's Providing User Data to ICE
TikTok refuses to confirm or deny that ICE is obtaining detailed information about its users via private data brokers.
trib.al
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 AM
"Yeah, everyone just go ahead and delete TikTok now if you haven't already."
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BLUESKY TIP
When you come upon a post from a stranger, target it by holding the triangle button. If the post glows green, it is about you. If it doesn’t, you can move along. Try to find all the posts about you each day!
When you come upon a post from a stranger, target it by holding the triangle button. If the post glows green, it is about you. If it doesn’t, you can move along. Try to find all the posts about you each day!
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
BLUESKY TIP
When you come upon a post from a stranger, target it by holding the triangle button. If the post glows green, it is about you. If it doesn’t, you can move along. Try to find all the posts about you each day!
When you come upon a post from a stranger, target it by holding the triangle button. If the post glows green, it is about you. If it doesn’t, you can move along. Try to find all the posts about you each day!