Trick Dempsey (She/Her)
@trickdempsey.bsky.social
Game Designer, novelist, and swamp witch. I rise from the bog with a curse on my wretched lips.
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IF YOU BUILD OVER A PILE OF CORPSES, SOONER OR LATER, YOU'LL BE GRABBED BY THE ANKLE
I feel vindication in a way that is hard to grasp. To FINALLY wake up to this. A few of you reached out to me, and I to a few of you, over the last year. So now it's the best time to talk about this.
Buckle up.
🧵
I feel vindication in a way that is hard to grasp. To FINALLY wake up to this. A few of you reached out to me, and I to a few of you, over the last year. So now it's the best time to talk about this.
Buckle up.
🧵
Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart
Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.
www.rascal.news
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 PM
IF YOU BUILD OVER A PILE OF CORPSES, SOONER OR LATER, YOU'LL BE GRABBED BY THE ANKLE
I feel vindication in a way that is hard to grasp. To FINALLY wake up to this. A few of you reached out to me, and I to a few of you, over the last year. So now it's the best time to talk about this.
Buckle up.
🧵
I feel vindication in a way that is hard to grasp. To FINALLY wake up to this. A few of you reached out to me, and I to a few of you, over the last year. So now it's the best time to talk about this.
Buckle up.
🧵
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If I was able to separate myself from the churn of history and could watch this with an untouched heart as calm as a desert horizon I do think “addled old pedophile gangster threatens war bc he didn’t receive the peace prize with insane letter aimed at someone unrelated to the prize” would be funny.
“Even by Trump’s standards, this letter is so dangerous and so delusional that there is no longer any question that the president is mentally ‘unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,’ as laid out in the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.” www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump’s Insane New Threat Leaves No Doubt: It’s Time for the 25th Amendment
There is no longer any denying the president is unable to carry out the demands of his office.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:17 PM
If I was able to separate myself from the churn of history and could watch this with an untouched heart as calm as a desert horizon I do think “addled old pedophile gangster threatens war bc he didn’t receive the peace prize with insane letter aimed at someone unrelated to the prize” would be funny.
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I haven't spoken about this publicly until now, but I and 4 other collaborators for Yazeba's have been in an incredibly exhausting and ethically dubious legal battle for over a year. I'm thankful that Rascal News has officially released our story.
Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart
Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.
www.rascal.news
January 19, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I haven't spoken about this publicly until now, but I and 4 other collaborators for Yazeba's have been in an incredibly exhausting and ethically dubious legal battle for over a year. I'm thankful that Rascal News has officially released our story.
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rest in peace dr west i don't know where i'd be without you
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:14 PM
rest in peace dr west i don't know where i'd be without you
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The Trump letter to the PM of Norway is like... say you're a nuclear armed country and you get a letter like that. Do you not just launch out of collective embarrassment for the entire human race? I would.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The Trump letter to the PM of Norway is like... say you're a nuclear armed country and you get a letter like that. Do you not just launch out of collective embarrassment for the entire human race? I would.
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They did it with the War on Drugs, the PIC, with Iraq and Gaza. They will stoke your outrage out of power and plead their political helplessness in it. The Democrats are a core part of this regime. Dems have been in power over and over and over these last 20 years. The trajectory never changed
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
They did it with the War on Drugs, the PIC, with Iraq and Gaza. They will stoke your outrage out of power and plead their political helplessness in it. The Democrats are a core part of this regime. Dems have been in power over and over and over these last 20 years. The trajectory never changed
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Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
She'd better keep this spine when the soldiers come to kidnap her and her family. Keep this spine when the bombs and blockades start.
Trump is simply the figurehead leading a vast empire. The hydra will need to be beheaded many times before we are all safe from it.
Trump is simply the figurehead leading a vast empire. The hydra will need to be beheaded many times before we are all safe from it.
January 18, 2026 at 10:24 PM
She'd better keep this spine when the soldiers come to kidnap her and her family. Keep this spine when the bombs and blockades start.
Trump is simply the figurehead leading a vast empire. The hydra will need to be beheaded many times before we are all safe from it.
Trump is simply the figurehead leading a vast empire. The hydra will need to be beheaded many times before we are all safe from it.
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americans, please: do not take the bait by resisting ICE yourselves. just give the democrats $20. they will give it to ICE so they can train more guys
January 18, 2026 at 9:15 PM
americans, please: do not take the bait by resisting ICE yourselves. just give the democrats $20. they will give it to ICE so they can train more guys
Kill this asshole. Kill his friends. Kill his family. Kill anyone who has ever worked with him or aspired to work with him.
Leave a scar on the planet and on history. Let the scar announce: "Never again."
Leave a scar on the planet and on history. Let the scar announce: "Never again."
January 17, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Kill this asshole. Kill his friends. Kill his family. Kill anyone who has ever worked with him or aspired to work with him.
Leave a scar on the planet and on history. Let the scar announce: "Never again."
Leave a scar on the planet and on history. Let the scar announce: "Never again."
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Meanwhile in Minneapolis, the National Guard is being deployed today to escort the *checks news* *checks news again* *checks my vision at the optometrist* *checks news* racists marching through Somali neighborhoods to protest the existence of day cares for Black kids
mndaily.com/city/minneso...
mndaily.com/city/minneso...
January 17, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Meanwhile in Minneapolis, the National Guard is being deployed today to escort the *checks news* *checks news again* *checks my vision at the optometrist* *checks news* racists marching through Somali neighborhoods to protest the existence of day cares for Black kids
mndaily.com/city/minneso...
mndaily.com/city/minneso...
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here's a thing to understand for cis people
we voted how you wanted. the actual voting data for trans people shows this.
we got a special extreme anti-trans-flavored fascism anyway.
and now we're supposed to accept that the transphobia is here to stay.
no, fuck you
we voted how you wanted. the actual voting data for trans people shows this.
we got a special extreme anti-trans-flavored fascism anyway.
and now we're supposed to accept that the transphobia is here to stay.
no, fuck you
Liberals: I need you to understand that if you nominate this man, we will NOT vote for him. Period.
You've got three years. Reject him. Because if he's your standard bearer, you lose.
Polite fascism is not an acceptable alternative to fascism.
You've got three years. Reject him. Because if he's your standard bearer, you lose.
Polite fascism is not an acceptable alternative to fascism.
January 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
here's a thing to understand for cis people
we voted how you wanted. the actual voting data for trans people shows this.
we got a special extreme anti-trans-flavored fascism anyway.
and now we're supposed to accept that the transphobia is here to stay.
no, fuck you
we voted how you wanted. the actual voting data for trans people shows this.
we got a special extreme anti-trans-flavored fascism anyway.
and now we're supposed to accept that the transphobia is here to stay.
no, fuck you
These ICE monsters should be stuffed into airtight body bags, have all the air pulled out, then given just the fumes of a lone tear gas grenade to breath for the rest of their short lives.
Fuck these scum and show not one of them even an ounce of mercy.
Fuck these scum and show not one of them even an ounce of mercy.
His 6 month old stopped breathing!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
These ICE monsters should be stuffed into airtight body bags, have all the air pulled out, then given just the fumes of a lone tear gas grenade to breath for the rest of their short lives.
Fuck these scum and show not one of them even an ounce of mercy.
Fuck these scum and show not one of them even an ounce of mercy.
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Unfortunately, this is the part where I remind people that Black 10th graders get beat up by cops every day.
This is the part where I remind people about modern civil asset forfeiture, where US police steal more value from people (mostly Black) than every form of theft other than wage theft.
This is the part where I remind people about modern civil asset forfeiture, where US police steal more value from people (mostly Black) than every form of theft other than wage theft.
It is in no way “law enforcement” to beat up an American 10th grader and steal and sell his possessions.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Unfortunately, this is the part where I remind people that Black 10th graders get beat up by cops every day.
This is the part where I remind people about modern civil asset forfeiture, where US police steal more value from people (mostly Black) than every form of theft other than wage theft.
This is the part where I remind people about modern civil asset forfeiture, where US police steal more value from people (mostly Black) than every form of theft other than wage theft.
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This never happened and he shot her in the face. Look I know most people don't read or watch CBS News to begin with as is evidenced by the ratings, but I don't care what happens going forward when this is over, CBS is done forever. We should've put them down for Big Bang Theory but let's do it now
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This never happened and he shot her in the face. Look I know most people don't read or watch CBS News to begin with as is evidenced by the ratings, but I don't care what happens going forward when this is over, CBS is done forever. We should've put them down for Big Bang Theory but let's do it now
So, y'all understand why we can spare absolutely zero US cops? Cops claim solidarity with these bastards.
Cops and ICE demonstrate every day why the need to be televised as they are slowly lowered into giant blenders.
Pig puree, my friends. A new delicacy.
Cops and ICE demonstrate every day why the need to be televised as they are slowly lowered into giant blenders.
Pig puree, my friends. A new delicacy.
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
So, y'all understand why we can spare absolutely zero US cops? Cops claim solidarity with these bastards.
Cops and ICE demonstrate every day why the need to be televised as they are slowly lowered into giant blenders.
Pig puree, my friends. A new delicacy.
Cops and ICE demonstrate every day why the need to be televised as they are slowly lowered into giant blenders.
Pig puree, my friends. A new delicacy.
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You don’t understand, we gotta burn out senior experienced devs, so we can keep having the same 5 discourses on a loop. There is a very real risk that if we treat people with respect and manage them well that we might have to stop re-debating basic terminology and practices.
January 14, 2026 at 8:39 AM
You don’t understand, we gotta burn out senior experienced devs, so we can keep having the same 5 discourses on a loop. There is a very real risk that if we treat people with respect and manage them well that we might have to stop re-debating basic terminology and practices.
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crunch in games is reckless, it’s running a car without oil or care, watching sparks fly and smoke billow and going “that’s what maximum efficiency sounds like, when parts fail I’ll replace them knowing I squeezed 110% from them”
except the parts are people so the driver is evil as well as stupid
except the parts are people so the driver is evil as well as stupid
January 14, 2026 at 7:54 AM
crunch in games is reckless, it’s running a car without oil or care, watching sparks fly and smoke billow and going “that’s what maximum efficiency sounds like, when parts fail I’ll replace them knowing I squeezed 110% from them”
except the parts are people so the driver is evil as well as stupid
except the parts are people so the driver is evil as well as stupid
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Advice from a game designer to anyone else who takes a lot of pills regularly:
1. Make a ritual of organizing your weekly pills. A dedicated moment.
(Post 1/3)
1. Make a ritual of organizing your weekly pills. A dedicated moment.
(Post 1/3)
January 12, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Advice from a game designer to anyone else who takes a lot of pills regularly:
1. Make a ritual of organizing your weekly pills. A dedicated moment.
(Post 1/3)
1. Make a ritual of organizing your weekly pills. A dedicated moment.
(Post 1/3)
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"The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state."
—William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987
—William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
"The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state."
—William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987
—William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987
You motherfuckers so whipped, you asking folks to apologize to the devil.
January 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
You motherfuckers so whipped, you asking folks to apologize to the devil.
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Elon Musk should never see the sky again.
Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Elon Musk should never see the sky again.
Six push-ups! My first successful push-ups since my coma.
I had to use my knees since my feet aren't of much use anymore. And I had to use fist instead of my palms... But it's a start!
I had to use my knees since my feet aren't of much use anymore. And I had to use fist instead of my palms... But it's a start!
January 11, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Six push-ups! My first successful push-ups since my coma.
I had to use my knees since my feet aren't of much use anymore. And I had to use fist instead of my palms... But it's a start!
I had to use my knees since my feet aren't of much use anymore. And I had to use fist instead of my palms... But it's a start!
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If you're saying "Fuck JK Rowling" and "stop keeping Harry Potter culturally relevant through fandom or funding" then you should drop FNAF too. Scott Cawthon is a Christian Conservative who uses his wealth to donate to republicans, including Trump and Mitch McConnell.
www.axios.com/2021/06/15/f...
www.axios.com/2021/06/15/f...
"Five Nights at Freddy's" creator defends donations to top Republicans
A Twitter user posted screenshots of his donations to Republicans including Trump and McConnell.
www.axios.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
If you're saying "Fuck JK Rowling" and "stop keeping Harry Potter culturally relevant through fandom or funding" then you should drop FNAF too. Scott Cawthon is a Christian Conservative who uses his wealth to donate to republicans, including Trump and Mitch McConnell.
www.axios.com/2021/06/15/f...
www.axios.com/2021/06/15/f...