Natalie Ash (she/her)
@thenatalieash.bsky.social
Fuck you, make me.
she/her, audhd, trans, gay, polyam and available.
tabletop rpg writer and all-around awesome person. 😏
she/her, audhd, trans, gay, polyam and available.
tabletop rpg writer and all-around awesome person. 😏
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Ember and Ash
byemberandash.itch.io
Exchanging goods via currency exchange is so last century.
I've made some things. If you've made some things, let's trade those things.
Ideally digitally, 'cause my shelves are crazy full. Feel free to send a dm if you want any of these pdfs:
byemberandash.itch.io
I've made some things. If you've made some things, let's trade those things.
Ideally digitally, 'cause my shelves are crazy full. Feel free to send a dm if you want any of these pdfs:
byemberandash.itch.io
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seems like a necessary post
November 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
seems like a necessary post
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It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
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‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
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Drunk border patrol agent was in a womens restroom with a loaded gun + one in the chamber
then wandering the parking lot of a restaurant with his gun out then resisted police and threw the fucking thing *loaded*
The police tried to deny giving any of this info but this indie newsroom prevailed!
then wandering the parking lot of a restaurant with his gun out then resisted police and threw the fucking thing *loaded*
The police tried to deny giving any of this info but this indie newsroom prevailed!
A Border Patrol agent accused of drunkenly fighting with Long Beach police overdosed weeks after his arrest, according to his lawyer. New body-camera footage shows what he told the cops who'd wrestled him into custody: lbpost.com/news/isaiah-hodgson-drunk-border-patrol-arrest-long-beach-overdose/
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Drunk border patrol agent was in a womens restroom with a loaded gun + one in the chamber
then wandering the parking lot of a restaurant with his gun out then resisted police and threw the fucking thing *loaded*
The police tried to deny giving any of this info but this indie newsroom prevailed!
then wandering the parking lot of a restaurant with his gun out then resisted police and threw the fucking thing *loaded*
The police tried to deny giving any of this info but this indie newsroom prevailed!
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Yaoi: focusing on romantic relationships between men
Yuri: focusing on romantic relationships between women
Yuri: focusing on romantic relationships between women
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Yaoi: focusing on romantic relationships between men
Yuri: focusing on romantic relationships between women
Yuri: focusing on romantic relationships between women
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
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Did you know that you can get all of my Wretched & Alone games in one bundle for just £30?
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
WRETCHED & ALONE by Chris Bissette
A bundle by Chris Bissette, £30.00 for 6 games
itch.io
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Did you know that you can get all of my Wretched & Alone games in one bundle for just £30?
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
Both Maq and Rob have some good and interesting points about "Why Dice?" ( I also have a lot of curiosity about the game that made a bajillion dollars), but I think there is an a priori expectation both of them have, and that there is a secret 4th option, but I need to unravel that assumption 1st
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This is a good thread, and I’m about to agree with and disagree with it, but in a way that I hope is more clearly agreement because a) these are good takes but b) I *do* like rolling dice.
This seems a conundrum.
This seems a conundrum.
Short thread of random thoughts on this truism of "players like to roll dice", using the classic "pick a lock" example:
Parker, the World's Greatest Thief is confronted with a lock. As a GM you have 3 options:
1. If it can be picked, she picks it. The player can narrate how. Parker's badass
[1/4]
Parker, the World's Greatest Thief is confronted with a lock. As a GM you have 3 options:
1. If it can be picked, she picks it. The player can narrate how. Parker's badass
[1/4]
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Both Maq and Rob have some good and interesting points about "Why Dice?" ( I also have a lot of curiosity about the game that made a bajillion dollars), but I think there is an a priori expectation both of them have, and that there is a secret 4th option, but I need to unravel that assumption 1st
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
Justice Louis Brandeis, born on this day in 1856
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"But I want to sound some alarm bells about the influence that these platforms are having on the TTRPG space, and the push toward professionalization that could crowd out smaller artists."
October 2025 TTRPG Crowdfunding Retrospective
October: big month for Kickstarter, not so much for Backerkit, and Gamefound is around too I guess. Here's the raw data , let's dive in: 181...
ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"But I want to sound some alarm bells about the influence that these platforms are having on the TTRPG space, and the push toward professionalization that could crowd out smaller artists."
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First, this interview was great fun, and second, #AW3rd is kickstarting now and you can come along! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
First, this interview was great fun, and second, #AW3rd is kickstarting now and you can come along! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
Well, yeah 🤷♀️
Villains are the real protagonists! 💅 @CtrlAltQuin.bsky.social is here with Glitch Please! discussing why villains are always more stunning and better dressed than the heroes. Sponsored by Misty Mountain Gaming! Check out the episode on #GaymingTV: buff.ly/2ZvzZsX
#Villains #Gaming
#Villains #Gaming
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Well, yeah 🤷♀️
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Haven't had a chance to grab the first two volumes of #TheGuySheWasInterestedInWasntaGuyatAll yet? Lucky for you, they're a part of @store.crunchyroll.com's Holiday Sale this week! 🥳💚
Get 30% off from now until 11/18 to catch up in time for the release of volume 3 next month! buff.ly/p4pa9uh
Get 30% off from now until 11/18 to catch up in time for the release of volume 3 next month! buff.ly/p4pa9uh
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Haven't had a chance to grab the first two volumes of #TheGuySheWasInterestedInWasntaGuyatAll yet? Lucky for you, they're a part of @store.crunchyroll.com's Holiday Sale this week! 🥳💚
Get 30% off from now until 11/18 to catch up in time for the release of volume 3 next month! buff.ly/p4pa9uh
Get 30% off from now until 11/18 to catch up in time for the release of volume 3 next month! buff.ly/p4pa9uh
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This story made the rounds at the time too. Wall Street dudes would take a weekend to play at being snipers and shoot down into Sarajevo. They *paid* to come over and shoot civilians.
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This story made the rounds at the time too. Wall Street dudes would take a weekend to play at being snipers and shoot down into Sarajevo. They *paid* to come over and shoot civilians.
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Yes, writers steal from life. Avoid us. When my sister told me the same anecdote for the fourth time in three years, she said: "You should write a story about that!" I replied: "I did. It's in my collection." A book she loved. She didn't recognize herself because I made the character tall.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Yes, writers steal from life. Avoid us. When my sister told me the same anecdote for the fourth time in three years, she said: "You should write a story about that!" I replied: "I did. It's in my collection." A book she loved. She didn't recognize herself because I made the character tall.
I mean… yeah….
Clearly, Rob gets it.
Clearly, Rob gets it.
On some level, every RPG design is an argument for how things could be better. Few things motivate design like seeing another game and being inspired by what it could be, but is not.
So you make this beautiful argument with your soul, and the overwhelming response is *always* to keep playing D&D
So you make this beautiful argument with your soul, and the overwhelming response is *always* to keep playing D&D
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I mean… yeah….
Clearly, Rob gets it.
Clearly, Rob gets it.
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Ok, whew, now let's dig in a bit. For #AW3rd, we have been tinkering with basically everything, & as we go along, we'll talk about some of the more obvious spots. So if you're interested in #ttrpgs or #pbta or even #worldbuilding, check this out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Update 3: Playbooks: What's Changed from 2nd Ed to 3rd Ed? · Apocalypse World: Burned Over
Playbooks: What's Changed from 2nd Ed to 3rd Ed?Here's a quick outline.On the front of the playbook:
Some of the playbooks have new names.
Aggro's in as a new stat. Hot's out.
Demand something, tackle...
www.kickstarter.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Ok, whew, now let's dig in a bit. For #AW3rd, we have been tinkering with basically everything, & as we go along, we'll talk about some of the more obvious spots. So if you're interested in #ttrpgs or #pbta or even #worldbuilding, check this out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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Just cuz I suspect it's gonna be relevant: "underage women" is a contradiction in terms. There are adults and there are minors, who are children. Ditto "nonconsensual sex." That's rape. The only reason to play semantic games is because you benefit from obscuring the simplicity of these terms.
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just cuz I suspect it's gonna be relevant: "underage women" is a contradiction in terms. There are adults and there are minors, who are children. Ditto "nonconsensual sex." That's rape. The only reason to play semantic games is because you benefit from obscuring the simplicity of these terms.
Target, Home Depot, Amazon... I haven't shopped at any of these this year (also Walmart, etc). And, yeah, it has made life cost a little bit more. But if enough of us make the same choice, we can make it clear that siding with fascists is unacceptable.
Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, ＆ Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, ＆ chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/umrLzurP
We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon
app.sosha.ai
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Target, Home Depot, Amazon... I haven't shopped at any of these this year (also Walmart, etc). And, yeah, it has made life cost a little bit more. But if enough of us make the same choice, we can make it clear that siding with fascists is unacceptable.
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I had no idea this was a real thing. I saw Tempest refer to Weathervane, but I assumed it was just an RP thing and someone using Google Sheets or paper. This is so much cooler than I imagined. #OVER/UNDER
For @samsorensen.bsky.social's #OVER/UNDER I created WEATHERVANE, an in-universe themed combat simulator. Using it, our faction was able to predict the outcome of any battle with a high degree of confidence. It helped us price mercenary contracts and go into any combat knowing the expected outcomes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I had no idea this was a real thing. I saw Tempest refer to Weathervane, but I assumed it was just an RP thing and someone using Google Sheets or paper. This is so much cooler than I imagined. #OVER/UNDER
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Good morning Bluesky !
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Good morning Bluesky !