Joseph D. Carriker, Jr.
@oakthorne.bsky.social
He/Him/His. Queer. Poly. Bear. Geek. Game designer. Author. Shipping trash. Waterdeep Enthusiast. Portland OR
Oneiropolis Project: https://www.patreon.com/c/Oneiropolis
DM's Guild Author: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Joseph%20Carriker
Oneiropolis Project: https://www.patreon.com/c/Oneiropolis
DM's Guild Author: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Joseph%20Carriker
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After all this division, it is time for the greater TTRPG community to come together and drag the shit out of Ryan Dancey.
February 18, 2026 at 5:08 AM
After all this division, it is time for the greater TTRPG community to come together and drag the shit out of Ryan Dancey.
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Linda Davis was killed by ICE today. A Black woman, a beloved teacher, killed by ICE in Savannah, Georgia.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Linda Davis was killed by ICE today. A Black woman, a beloved teacher, killed by ICE in Savannah, Georgia.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
Her name is Linda Davis and she was killed by our government.
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Reposting with ALT because this kind of phenomenal disdain and disrespect from within the industry literally against two of their own titles and the designer who made them is important to recognize.
February 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Reposting with ALT because this kind of phenomenal disdain and disrespect from within the industry literally against two of their own titles and the designer who made them is important to recognize.
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They are going to charge Black people more.
(5/11) Walmart, Whole Foods, and Kohls are switching to electronic shelf labels that can display dynamic prices. Kroger deployed them with Microsoft AI—a setup a 2024 Senate inquiry warned could enable “surge pricing” via facial recognition. (Kroger claims it will only lower prices.)
February 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
They are going to charge Black people more.
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The risk with the midterms isn't that the Republicans hold onto power illegitimately, it is that the Dems don't win big enough to impeach and remove Trump and Vance from office in 2027.
Trump can't steal the midterms.
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
I say that not as a call for complacency, but to right-size worries. Authoritarianism partially exists in our heads. Excessive fear plays into their hands.
Be vigilant but don't panic. Don't grant the regime more power than it actually has.
Me, in @thebulwark.com:
Trump Can’t Steal the Midterms
The case for being vigilant without panicking.
www.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The risk with the midterms isn't that the Republicans hold onto power illegitimately, it is that the Dems don't win big enough to impeach and remove Trump and Vance from office in 2027.
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Please buy some games from your favourite creators! Making art is hard, and making any money from art is harder.
If you can't spend money, tell your favourite local store about your favourite publisher, drop a review on a game, or offer to run a game at a local club.
Every little helps!
If you can't spend money, tell your favourite local store about your favourite publisher, drop a review on a game, or offer to run a game at a local club.
Every little helps!
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Please buy some games from your favourite creators! Making art is hard, and making any money from art is harder.
If you can't spend money, tell your favourite local store about your favourite publisher, drop a review on a game, or offer to run a game at a local club.
Every little helps!
If you can't spend money, tell your favourite local store about your favourite publisher, drop a review on a game, or offer to run a game at a local club.
Every little helps!
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A tiny bald kid being my hypeman would fix me
February 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
A tiny bald kid being my hypeman would fix me
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Really keen to interview Trans+ cyberpunk creators in any medium who are disabled, of colour, a current of former sex worker - or any intersection of these.
Feel free to comment, DM, or email foxenlock@proton.me
Feel free to comment, DM, or email foxenlock@proton.me
Cyberpunk and transness have always been linked.
For the first time, that connection will be explored in-depth.
This book will also showcase the amazing films, games & stories being made by Trans+ creators.
Be part of the new cyberpunk canon.
🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
For the first time, that connection will be explored in-depth.
This book will also showcase the amazing films, games & stories being made by Trans+ creators.
Be part of the new cyberpunk canon.
🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Really keen to interview Trans+ cyberpunk creators in any medium who are disabled, of colour, a current of former sex worker - or any intersection of these.
Feel free to comment, DM, or email foxenlock@proton.me
Feel free to comment, DM, or email foxenlock@proton.me
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There's this weird assumption that absolutely everyone who criticizes establishment democrats and wanted them to do better didn't vote.
The VAST majority of progressives and "leftists" who are politically engaged voted for Harris in the last election.
Politically engaged people knew the stakes.
The VAST majority of progressives and "leftists" who are politically engaged voted for Harris in the last election.
Politically engaged people knew the stakes.
February 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
There's this weird assumption that absolutely everyone who criticizes establishment democrats and wanted them to do better didn't vote.
The VAST majority of progressives and "leftists" who are politically engaged voted for Harris in the last election.
Politically engaged people knew the stakes.
The VAST majority of progressives and "leftists" who are politically engaged voted for Harris in the last election.
Politically engaged people knew the stakes.
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As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.
February 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.
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Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp
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I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers who’ve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers who’ve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: “To get out of here.”
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When artists start independent studios, are able to get youtube pilots made by big name animation houses, or otherwise launch speculative ventures, I want to know more.
These are stories... So where are the journalists?
These are stories... So where are the journalists?
February 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM
When artists start independent studios, are able to get youtube pilots made by big name animation houses, or otherwise launch speculative ventures, I want to know more.
These are stories... So where are the journalists?
These are stories... So where are the journalists?
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Feel free to describe these 2 any way you wish.
February 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Feel free to describe these 2 any way you wish.
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I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
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After masterminding the dismantling of USAID, leading to an estimated 90,000 deaths internationally, Russ Vought is using some $15,000,000 of that budget for his own security detail as "acting director" of USAID.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
After masterminding the dismantling of USAID, leading to an estimated 90,000 deaths internationally, Russ Vought is using some $15,000,000 of that budget for his own security detail as "acting director" of USAID.
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i think nominating Gavin Newsom will lose the White House again for Democrats. The party's left flank will stay home again because he's an empty corporate shell. The age of Democrats punching left to appeal to the center is over and it's now a matter of if the party as a whole realizes that or not.
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 PM
i think nominating Gavin Newsom will lose the White House again for Democrats. The party's left flank will stay home again because he's an empty corporate shell. The age of Democrats punching left to appeal to the center is over and it's now a matter of if the party as a whole realizes that or not.
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end qualified immunity and make cops carry personal liability insurance
"'She is dead,'" Officer Auderer told Officer Solan, before bursting out laughing.
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
Seattle to Pay $29 Million to Family of Woman Fatally Struck by Police S.U.V.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
end qualified immunity and make cops carry personal liability insurance
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Alex Thomas and I talk to Ang on the Gnomecast about the upcoming fourth edition of Mutants & Masterminds!
Gnomecast 229 - M&M 4E with Steve Kenson & Alex Thomas
https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GC_230_Mutants-and-Masterminds-with-Kenson-and-Thomas_final.mp3
Join Ang along with special guests Steve Kenson and Alex Thomas from Green Ronin as the...
gnomestew.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Alex Thomas and I talk to Ang on the Gnomecast about the upcoming fourth edition of Mutants & Masterminds!
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yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
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Start taking assets from this criminal….
February 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Start taking assets from this criminal….
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feels like i should re-post this every few weeks
NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them.
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 AM
feels like i should re-post this every few weeks