Emi (they/them)
@queeringsmite.bsky.social
they/them • (gender)queer • disabled • japanese • prison abolitionist • pro GM & TTRPG reviewer & alleged TTRPG designer • wear a mask & free Palestine
https://queeringsmite.carrd.co/
✉️ EmiRunsGames@gmail.com
https://queeringsmite.carrd.co/
✉️ EmiRunsGames@gmail.com
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New pinned! Hi, I'm Emi. Paladin lover, TTRPG reviewer, and pro GM specializing in games with fairy tale energy.
Trans, abolitionist, disability justice centered, even/especially when I'm talking about games.
TTRPG folks—drop an intro! Say hi! Always open to new friends & collaborators.
Trans, abolitionist, disability justice centered, even/especially when I'm talking about games.
TTRPG folks—drop an intro! Say hi! Always open to new friends & collaborators.
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CNN is reporting that federal authorities may have been collecting information and "documenting details" about Alex Pretti before killing him on Saturday, and that officers tackled him a week earlier. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:25 PM
CNN is reporting that federal authorities may have been collecting information and "documenting details" about Alex Pretti before killing him on Saturday, and that officers tackled him a week earlier. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
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Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
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A start!
ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week.
California bill would ban ICE agents from jobs in teaching and policing
ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 1:26 AM
A start!
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We're not much longer for this Earth, but before the Grimoire is tossed into the River Styx, we're awarding 6x $50 USD micro grants to ttrpg designers or content creators that could use a small boost. 🖤
If this is you, apply using the form below. Open until Jan 31!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If this is you, apply using the form below. Open until Jan 31!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
gothHoblin's Grimoire - TTRPG Micro Grant Application
Thanks for your interest in receiving a micro grant! Please fill out the form below to let us know who you are and what you would use the grant for in the event you are successful.
Grants are availab...
docs.google.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:02 PM
We're not much longer for this Earth, but before the Grimoire is tossed into the River Styx, we're awarding 6x $50 USD micro grants to ttrpg designers or content creators that could use a small boost. 🖤
If this is you, apply using the form below. Open until Jan 31!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If this is you, apply using the form below. Open until Jan 31!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
so who's free on Valentine's Day and wants to fall in love with me. I mean play this game with me. serious inquiries only
SWORNHEART was very popular at Tabletop Scotland - happy to say it's back in stock!
Play as a Paladin and their beloved, solving cosy mysteries and trying (not to) fall in love. Inspired by T. Kingfisher's Saint of Steel series!
⚔️💖: rb.gy/znav7f
#ttrpg #romantasy
Play as a Paladin and their beloved, solving cosy mysteries and trying (not to) fall in love. Inspired by T. Kingfisher's Saint of Steel series!
⚔️💖: rb.gy/znav7f
#ttrpg #romantasy
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
so who's free on Valentine's Day and wants to fall in love with me. I mean play this game with me. serious inquiries only
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Have you produced an Actual Play?
Do you want it to exist in 10+ years?
Do you want ppl to be able to find it & get what it's about?
I made a checklist to walk you through documenting your AP & uploading it to the Internet Archive!
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist
Do you want it to exist in 10+ years?
Do you want ppl to be able to find it & get what it's about?
I made a checklist to walk you through documenting your AP & uploading it to the Internet Archive!
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist
Internet Archives Checklist
All My Friends Are Stories is a project designed to help people tell collaborative stories through Table Top Roleplaying Games (TTRPG). There are so many ways to play TTRPGs: you can play them for the...
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Have you produced an Actual Play?
Do you want it to exist in 10+ years?
Do you want ppl to be able to find it & get what it's about?
I made a checklist to walk you through documenting your AP & uploading it to the Internet Archive!
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist
Do you want it to exist in 10+ years?
Do you want ppl to be able to find it & get what it's about?
I made a checklist to walk you through documenting your AP & uploading it to the Internet Archive!
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/iachecklist
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Haymarket Books has made three of their eBooks free for download during this time of turmoil. You can get copies of:
"Unbuild Walls" by Silky Shah,
"Border & Rule" by Harsha Walia, and
"The Case for Open Borders" By John Washington.
"Unbuild Walls" by Silky Shah,
"Border & Rule" by Harsha Walia, and
"The Case for Open Borders" By John Washington.
January 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Haymarket Books has made three of their eBooks free for download during this time of turmoil. You can get copies of:
"Unbuild Walls" by Silky Shah,
"Border & Rule" by Harsha Walia, and
"The Case for Open Borders" By John Washington.
"Unbuild Walls" by Silky Shah,
"Border & Rule" by Harsha Walia, and
"The Case for Open Borders" By John Washington.
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I had to come to terms with the fact that in order to play some non d&d games while on this island - I'll have to play online.
5min after that I'd signed up for a game with Emi and will be kicking some ass in Draw Steel 😌
Come join me!
5min after that I'd signed up for a game with Emi and will be kicking some ass in Draw Steel 😌
Come join me!
Just ONE (1) seat left in this mini-campaign! Session zero is this Wednesday, so get in if you're getting in!
Hey, plant-lovers, announcing a new Draw Steel 2-3shot, just for you! Level 2, beginner-friendly, Wednesdays 2PM PST.
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I had to come to terms with the fact that in order to play some non d&d games while on this island - I'll have to play online.
5min after that I'd signed up for a game with Emi and will be kicking some ass in Draw Steel 😌
Come join me!
5min after that I'd signed up for a game with Emi and will be kicking some ass in Draw Steel 😌
Come join me!
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When you're next furious that MN kids are going hungry, well, there's a fund for that; & when you're livid that brave observers may struggle with rent, there's one for that; & when you're heartbroken about pets being left behind when their owners are kidnapped, well, there's a fund for that, too.
go to standwithminnesota.com and pick someone on there and give them $5.
tomorrow go back and give someone else $5.
do it every day for a week and you will have made life immediately & materially better for 7 different people, at the cost of $35, and you will feel so much better than you do now.
tomorrow go back and give someone else $5.
do it every day for a week and you will have made life immediately & materially better for 7 different people, at the cost of $35, and you will feel so much better than you do now.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
When you're next furious that MN kids are going hungry, well, there's a fund for that; & when you're livid that brave observers may struggle with rent, there's one for that; & when you're heartbroken about pets being left behind when their owners are kidnapped, well, there's a fund for that, too.
Just ONE (1) seat left in this mini-campaign! Session zero is this Wednesday, so get in if you're getting in!
Hey, plant-lovers, announcing a new Draw Steel 2-3shot, just for you! Level 2, beginner-friendly, Wednesdays 2PM PST.
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Join Dark Heart of the Wood | Draw Steel Mini-Campaign 🌈 - Discord / Owlbear Rodeo - Draw Steel | StartPlaying Games
Trouble is afoot in the neighboring village. Mysterious drought and famine are slowly starving the citizens, and now travelers are going missing—they go into the valley, then never come out again. In ...
startplaying.games
January 25, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Just ONE (1) seat left in this mini-campaign! Session zero is this Wednesday, so get in if you're getting in!
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There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
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It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
January 24, 2026 at 7:05 PM
It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
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You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
Donate to Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE, organized by Jac Kovarik
I have been involved in rapid response in the Twin Cities area since the b… Jac Kovarik needs your support for Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE
www.gofundme.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
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I don’t think we should be using words like “innocent” or “US citizen” or “bystander” or things like that because — what if someone was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record? Would they deserve this? No one deserves to be executed on the street in cold blood.
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I don’t think we should be using words like “innocent” or “US citizen” or “bystander” or things like that because — what if someone was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record? Would they deserve this? No one deserves to be executed on the street in cold blood.
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there are so many gutting stories, but this one is hitting me extra hard. just imagining wael tarabishi slowly dying without his dad there to care for him because he was jailed by ICE makes me…i don’t have words. this country is disgusting.
Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
www.wfaa.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 AM
there are so many gutting stories, but this one is hitting me extra hard. just imagining wael tarabishi slowly dying without his dad there to care for him because he was jailed by ICE makes me…i don’t have words. this country is disgusting.
my Draw Steel players are also drawing each other's characters...making minis of them and mailing them to each other...beautiful things happening in this group 🥲
January 24, 2026 at 6:39 AM
my Draw Steel players are also drawing each other's characters...making minis of them and mailing them to each other...beautiful things happening in this group 🥲
another incredible Draw Steel tonight! our heroes somehow created MORE weird rumors about themselves in town, then nearly drowned, then finally faced the werewolf they've been hunting for weeks. next time we'll find out how many of THEM are werewolves now :)
January 24, 2026 at 5:35 AM
another incredible Draw Steel tonight! our heroes somehow created MORE weird rumors about themselves in town, then nearly drowned, then finally faced the werewolf they've been hunting for weeks. next time we'll find out how many of THEM are werewolves now :)
Zoom turned its goddamn AI features back on again today. I've literally never touched them. I turned them off the second they were forced upon me. and yet. HATE it here
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Zoom turned its goddamn AI features back on again today. I've literally never touched them. I turned them off the second they were forced upon me. and yet. HATE it here
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Hey, plant-lovers, announcing a new Draw Steel 2-3shot, just for you! Level 2, beginner-friendly, Wednesdays 2PM PST.
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Join Dark Heart of the Wood | Draw Steel Mini-Campaign 🌈 - Discord / Owlbear Rodeo - Draw Steel | StartPlaying Games
Trouble is afoot in the neighboring village. Mysterious drought and famine are slowly starving the citizens, and now travelers are going missing—they go into the valley, then never come out again. In ...
startplaying.games
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Hey, plant-lovers, announcing a new Draw Steel 2-3shot, just for you! Level 2, beginner-friendly, Wednesdays 2PM PST.
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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In Pakistan, the CIA went around door-to-door pretending to be giving polio vaccines, while secretly hunting for Osama bin Laden. The result was that real health care workers were ignored or even killed, and hundreds of people got polio, which had otherwise been nearly eradicated worldwide.
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
January 22, 2026 at 10:24 PM
In Pakistan, the CIA went around door-to-door pretending to be giving polio vaccines, while secretly hunting for Osama bin Laden. The result was that real health care workers were ignored or even killed, and hundreds of people got polio, which had otherwise been nearly eradicated worldwide.
Hey, plant-lovers, announcing a new Draw Steel 2-3shot, just for you! Level 2, beginner-friendly, Wednesdays 2PM PST.
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Join Dark Heart of the Wood | Draw Steel Mini-Campaign 🌈 - Discord / Owlbear Rodeo - Draw Steel | StartPlaying Games
Trouble is afoot in the neighboring village. Mysterious drought and famine are slowly starving the citizens, and now travelers are going missing—they go into the valley, then never come out again. In ...
startplaying.games
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Hey, plant-lovers, announcing a new Draw Steel 2-3shot, just for you! Level 2, beginner-friendly, Wednesdays 2PM PST.
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
🌳 Explore a mystical forest!
⚔️ Battle strange plant monsters!
🤔 Solve a 🌵 thorny 🌵 mystery!
Find out what's in the DARK HEART OF THE WOOD!
startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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I'm sorry, abolishing ICE is now off the table as the centrist compromise.
The floor is now The Hague.
The floor is now The Hague.
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I'm sorry, abolishing ICE is now off the table as the centrist compromise.
The floor is now The Hague.
The floor is now The Hague.
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Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
Donate to Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home, organized by sarai Orquiz
Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos is just 5 years old and currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and h… sarai Orquiz needs your support for Help Bring 5-Year-Old Liam Home
gofund.me
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family.
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
gofund.me/be8a1b2ab
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right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out
January 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out