Steve Kenson ❌👑
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(he/him) tabletop gamer, game designer, superhero fan, anti-fascist, geek, witch, polyamorous, and queer 🏳️🌈 partners with @christopherpenczak.bsky.social and @adamsartwell.bsky.social 💖 stevekenson.com • patreon.com/stevekenson
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Coming soon: Mutants & Masterminds 4th Edition RPG
A new edition of our classic superhero TTRPG with updated and streamlined game systems, more options, and a new look!
www.kickstarter.com
Hey, folks, can I both commit capitalism and get a bit personal for a moment? I wanna talk a bit about the upcoming Kickstarter for the fourth edition of Mutants & Masterminds.
(I'm probably gonna be doing a LOT of this for the next five weeks, so now's your time to mute or unfollow me.)
(I'm probably gonna be doing a LOT of this for the next five weeks, so now's your time to mute or unfollow me.)
Narrator: The 'nannies' however, remained unaccounted for.
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Narrator: The 'nannies' however, remained unaccounted for.
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Hey all! It’s #TabletopTuesday, and unsurprisingly I’m sure, I’m chatting about @greenroninpub.bsky.social's #Mutants&Masterminds4e Kickstarter, which is live now. I’m really excited for this new edition of superhero #TTRPG goodness. If you don’t know M&M? Now is a great time to find out about it.
Tabletop Tuesday — The Mutants & Masterminds 4e Kickstarter
Hey folks! It’s Tuesday, which means time to get nerdy, and today I wanted to get nerdy about a Kickstarter I’m really, really excited about: Mutants & Masterminds 4th Edition (I know, I know, …
apostrophen.wordpress.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Hey all! It’s #TabletopTuesday, and unsurprisingly I’m sure, I’m chatting about @greenroninpub.bsky.social's #Mutants&Masterminds4e Kickstarter, which is live now. I’m really excited for this new edition of superhero #TTRPG goodness. If you don’t know M&M? Now is a great time to find out about it.
The next five releases on my Patreon are scheduled out through mid-March and, honestly, it's hard to wait and stick to the schedule, when I want to just go ahead and release it all at once.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The next five releases on my Patreon are scheduled out through mid-March and, honestly, it's hard to wait and stick to the schedule, when I want to just go ahead and release it all at once.
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So, I dropped this comment in passing in another thread, because I consider it kind of self evident, but a number of people raised very reasonable objections, and that's on me for being a bit loose with language.
So, let's talk about modularity and RPG design.
So, let's talk about modularity and RPG design.
An idea that has fallen out of favor in design circles is the idea of RPG rules as something modular, but for a period of time, this was the default assumption - one way of building good rules was to build them so that others could write complementary rules and slot them in.
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 PM
So, I dropped this comment in passing in another thread, because I consider it kind of self evident, but a number of people raised very reasonable objections, and that's on me for being a bit loose with language.
So, let's talk about modularity and RPG design.
So, let's talk about modularity and RPG design.
First they removed the "T" and trans pride flags from Stonewall, now they're removing pride flags altogether. This is how they do it, by the way. If you think the Project 2025 crowd is going to go solely after trans people and leave the rest of queer folk alone, you're delusional.
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
gaycitynews.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
First they removed the "T" and trans pride flags from Stonewall, now they're removing pride flags altogether. This is how they do it, by the way. If you think the Project 2025 crowd is going to go solely after trans people and leave the rest of queer folk alone, you're delusional.
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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 6:22 PM
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...
Concept: A fantasy setting wherein sworn oaths are magically vetted or enforced and how that changes the character of governance, business and trade deals, diplomacy, treaties, and so forth.
Something I've seen played with a bit (in settings like Blue Rose and Exalted) but not overly much.
Something I've seen played with a bit (in settings like Blue Rose and Exalted) but not overly much.
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Concept: A fantasy setting wherein sworn oaths are magically vetted or enforced and how that changes the character of governance, business and trade deals, diplomacy, treaties, and so forth.
Something I've seen played with a bit (in settings like Blue Rose and Exalted) but not overly much.
Something I've seen played with a bit (in settings like Blue Rose and Exalted) but not overly much.
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God knows you don't go to a mall in the Marvel Universe unless you're looking for a fight
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
God knows you don't go to a mall in the Marvel Universe unless you're looking for a fight
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Under a new Georgia bill, librarians could be arrested for allowing a minor to read a book with LGBTQ+ characters or storylines.
georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/g...
georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/g...
Georgia librarians could face criminal charges for ‘harmful materials’ • Georgia Recorder
Librarians and education advocates are warning that a bill moving through the state Legislature could cause Georgia’s librarians to self-censor controversial materials and lead to more challenges on b...
georgiarecorder.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Under a new Georgia bill, librarians could be arrested for allowing a minor to read a book with LGBTQ+ characters or storylines.
georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/g...
georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/g...
It's Day 7 of the Mutants & Masterminds fourth edition Kickstarter and no. 3 of our M&M Match-Up previews, pitting Siren vs. Devil Ray!
M&M Match-Up #3: Siren vs. Devil Ray
In this issue of M&M Match-Up, the preview of the fourth edition of Mutants & Masterminds goes to sea, with a face-off between Siren, goddess of the sea
greenronin.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
It's Day 7 of the Mutants & Masterminds fourth edition Kickstarter and no. 3 of our M&M Match-Up previews, pitting Siren vs. Devil Ray!
Heh. On the periphery.
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Heh. On the periphery.
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Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
The prime points of alliance between Libertarians and Republicans in the U.S. has always been that "small government" means "too small to even to function as government" and "we don't want to pay taxes."
Yet when "government overreach" appears in MAGA form, where are the Libertarians...? 🤷🏻♂️
Yet when "government overreach" appears in MAGA form, where are the Libertarians...? 🤷🏻♂️
One basic problem with libertarianism is they have no functional theory of governing. Their alternative to delegating power to administrators is that governments stop doing the things that people have repeatedly said they want. That is not a philosophy, anymore than sticking your head in the sand is
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The prime points of alliance between Libertarians and Republicans in the U.S. has always been that "small government" means "too small to even to function as government" and "we don't want to pay taxes."
Yet when "government overreach" appears in MAGA form, where are the Libertarians...? 🤷🏻♂️
Yet when "government overreach" appears in MAGA form, where are the Libertarians...? 🤷🏻♂️
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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REP. STEIL: Some Dems demands put at risk the safety of members of law enforcement
CNBC: You mean like taking off their masks and having a badge that shows who they are?
STEIL: Well, they're known to their supervisors
CNBC: No other law enforcement officials in the US are allowed to wear masks
CNBC: You mean like taking off their masks and having a badge that shows who they are?
STEIL: Well, they're known to their supervisors
CNBC: No other law enforcement officials in the US are allowed to wear masks
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
REP. STEIL: Some Dems demands put at risk the safety of members of law enforcement
CNBC: You mean like taking off their masks and having a badge that shows who they are?
STEIL: Well, they're known to their supervisors
CNBC: No other law enforcement officials in the US are allowed to wear masks
CNBC: You mean like taking off their masks and having a badge that shows who they are?
STEIL: Well, they're known to their supervisors
CNBC: No other law enforcement officials in the US are allowed to wear masks
I particularly like 'Nathan's fourth wall-breaking trick of including the telepathic character in the 'omniscient' narrative: Having the text talk about what a character is thinking, and then having the telepath respond to it as if it were dialog because they can 'hear' it too. Clever.
So, one thing that’s as true at the gaming table for #StarTrekAdventures as it is in writing Trek fic is this: Betazoids add a crap-tonne of complexity. So many narratives would be/are just torpedoed by "enter: telepath."
But I *love* that challenge, I really do.
But I *love* that challenge, I really do.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I particularly like 'Nathan's fourth wall-breaking trick of including the telepathic character in the 'omniscient' narrative: Having the text talk about what a character is thinking, and then having the telepath respond to it as if it were dialog because they can 'hear' it too. Clever.
Narrator: He won't, you know.
Musk: I'll Have A City On The Moon Within Ten Years - Joe.My.God.
“For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years. The missi...
www.joemygod.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Narrator: He won't, you know.
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Good time to remind everyone that "no fap" and similar anti masturbation pushes are — and this is not hyperbole — literal Third Reich Nazi propaganda that was digested through the bowels of 4chan and shat out in its current form.
Alexander Rhodes, founder of NoFap, the much-maligned anti-masturbation group, has filed suit against researchers he claims are part of a vast conspiracy to defame him, along with Aylo, owner of Pornhub, and 150-year-old peer-reviewed scientific journal Taylor & Francis.
NoFap Founder Sues Aylo, UCLA, Scientists & Academic Publisher AVN
Aylo leads a class of defendants in a state-level defamation lawsuit brought by the founder of NoFap, a controversial anti-pornography group.
avn.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Good time to remind everyone that "no fap" and similar anti masturbation pushes are — and this is not hyperbole — literal Third Reich Nazi propaganda that was digested through the bowels of 4chan and shat out in its current form.
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
Quit caffeine? In THIS economy? ::sips:: ☕️
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Quit caffeine? In THIS economy? ::sips:: ☕️
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Here is a true thing and it has nothing to do with sales or marketing or my of that noise.
If your blood family sucks, come be with us. I get the privilege of inviting you to be an honorary X-Man and you get to ride in the Blackbird and steal Gambit’s beer and be part of a family that loves you.
If your blood family sucks, come be with us. I get the privilege of inviting you to be an honorary X-Man and you get to ride in the Blackbird and steal Gambit’s beer and be part of a family that loves you.
February 9, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Here is a true thing and it has nothing to do with sales or marketing or my of that noise.
If your blood family sucks, come be with us. I get the privilege of inviting you to be an honorary X-Man and you get to ride in the Blackbird and steal Gambit’s beer and be part of a family that loves you.
If your blood family sucks, come be with us. I get the privilege of inviting you to be an honorary X-Man and you get to ride in the Blackbird and steal Gambit’s beer and be part of a family that loves you.
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
I’d be marginally more willing to listen to Trump’s opinion of the Super Bowl halftime show if he’d had the courage to show up there to see it in person.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I’d be marginally more willing to listen to Trump’s opinion of the Super Bowl halftime show if he’d had the courage to show up there to see it in person.
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40 year olds the world over, in unison: “IS THAT RICKY MARTIN????”
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
40 year olds the world over, in unison: “IS THAT RICKY MARTIN????”