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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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!
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This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
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Uh oh.
Amazon Plans to Transform Publishing with New AI Content Marketplace www.itp.net/digital-cult...
Amazon Plans to Transform Publishing with New AI Content Marketplace www.itp.net/digital-cult...
www.itp.net
February 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Uh oh.
Amazon Plans to Transform Publishing with New AI Content Marketplace www.itp.net/digital-cult...
Amazon Plans to Transform Publishing with New AI Content Marketplace www.itp.net/digital-cult...
Anyone who wants to make it harder to vote wants to be your king. Crawl back to the dustbin of history, freak.
Mike Johnson: "Americans need an ID to drive, to open a bank account, to buy cold medicine, to file govt assistance, even to attend the DNC. So why would voting be any different? They can't answer that question."
February 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Anyone who wants to make it harder to vote wants to be your king. Crawl back to the dustbin of history, freak.
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Gold. Medal. 🏅 Curling. 🥌
Starting SOON.
Cheering on the US for the gold!
Starting SOON.
Cheering on the US for the gold!
February 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Gold. Medal. 🏅 Curling. 🥌
Starting SOON.
Cheering on the US for the gold!
Starting SOON.
Cheering on the US for the gold!
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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And there it is: "I hold my teams to the highest standards and have a duty to protect them as well. No artist, agent or employee should ever be expected to defend or overlook actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values."
Chappell Roan is no longer represented by Wasserman
Chappell Roan is no longer represented by Wasserman
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
And there it is: "I hold my teams to the highest standards and have a duty to protect them as well. No artist, agent or employee should ever be expected to defend or overlook actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values."
Chappell Roan is no longer represented by Wasserman
Chappell Roan is no longer represented by Wasserman
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ICE is currently holding around 80,000 detainees. Nazi Germany didn't reach this number in its formal camp system until 1942, nine years after seizing power and three years into the war.
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 AM
ICE is currently holding around 80,000 detainees. Nazi Germany didn't reach this number in its formal camp system until 1942, nine years after seizing power and three years into the war.
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This is a very favorable study design (the doctors wrote clean scenarios and recruited participants to play along). Real patients will mention irrelevant/distractor/somatic symptoms, and may use language related to conspiracy theories. Chatbots will tend to reinforce those.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
This is a very favorable study design (the doctors wrote clean scenarios and recruited participants to play along). Real patients will mention irrelevant/distractor/somatic symptoms, and may use language related to conspiracy theories. Chatbots will tend to reinforce those.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...