Xavid
@xavid.itch.io
Genderqueer game designer, union activist, and treehugger. I also do stuff with computers?
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For all the NYT is doing wrong (a lot), this is the brightest spot of real journalism I’ve seen from the outlet.
This is what every journo should be doing with Roblox and every other platform/company/exec with power.
Getting Baszucki to admit he wants kids gambling on his platform is ace work.
This is what every journo should be doing with Roblox and every other platform/company/exec with power.
Getting Baszucki to admit he wants kids gambling on his platform is ace work.
We asked Roblox's CEO about child safety on the platform. It got tense www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
For all the NYT is doing wrong (a lot), this is the brightest spot of real journalism I’ve seen from the outlet.
This is what every journo should be doing with Roblox and every other platform/company/exec with power.
Getting Baszucki to admit he wants kids gambling on his platform is ace work.
This is what every journo should be doing with Roblox and every other platform/company/exec with power.
Getting Baszucki to admit he wants kids gambling on his platform is ace work.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Idk if I posted these autumnal pbta moves on here yet
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Idk if I posted these autumnal pbta moves on here yet
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November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” about the war in Gaza won the nonfiction award at the National Book Awards.
A provocative bestseller wins the National Book Award for nonfiction
Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” criticizes Western indifference to civilian suffering in Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” about the war in Gaza won the nonfiction award at the National Book Awards.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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I think the debate over what people "want" is a distraction given two basic facts:
1) America vastly over-provides suburbs and under-provides dense walkability;
2) Suburbs are hideously bad for the environment and harmful to numerous markers of well-being.
That's enough! We should do more density!
1) America vastly over-provides suburbs and under-provides dense walkability;
2) Suburbs are hideously bad for the environment and harmful to numerous markers of well-being.
That's enough! We should do more density!
as will notes, people tend to *say* they want suburban living. they want a big house and a big yard and etc. this is not however what is suggested by their actual purchasing practices, which invariably result in something like this:
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think the debate over what people "want" is a distraction given two basic facts:
1) America vastly over-provides suburbs and under-provides dense walkability;
2) Suburbs are hideously bad for the environment and harmful to numerous markers of well-being.
That's enough! We should do more density!
1) America vastly over-provides suburbs and under-provides dense walkability;
2) Suburbs are hideously bad for the environment and harmful to numerous markers of well-being.
That's enough! We should do more density!
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Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
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I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
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Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I do think a lot of the indie ttrpg scene as it exists is built out of a pretty specific understanding of what an RPG is based on effectively the OSR concept of what a ttrpg is, and as a result a lot of games just go by without ever being really seen by the scene at large
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I do think a lot of the indie ttrpg scene as it exists is built out of a pretty specific understanding of what an RPG is based on effectively the OSR concept of what a ttrpg is, and as a result a lot of games just go by without ever being really seen by the scene at large
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Clayton does a great job diagnosing indie roleplaying's fascination with mashups.
There is one more reason I'd like to add to the discussion: the heightened atmosphere of mashups is often there to ease fears of 'roleplaying out of tune'. It takes the imaginative pressure off, so to say.
There is one more reason I'd like to add to the discussion: the heightened atmosphere of mashups is often there to ease fears of 'roleplaying out of tune'. It takes the imaginative pressure off, so to say.
I love the genre mashup. Give me all the Golden Girls/Cthulhus and WWII/Draculas you've got.
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
But I'm also looking for non-mashups. Sometimes it feels like the industry has an allergy. Westerns without magic. Drama without aliens. Detectives without Cthulhu.
www.explorersdesign.com/one-genre-ga...
Dare to Play it Straight
The rarest tabletop genre is the simplest one. A call for more anti-mashups.
www.explorersdesign.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Clayton does a great job diagnosing indie roleplaying's fascination with mashups.
There is one more reason I'd like to add to the discussion: the heightened atmosphere of mashups is often there to ease fears of 'roleplaying out of tune'. It takes the imaginative pressure off, so to say.
There is one more reason I'd like to add to the discussion: the heightened atmosphere of mashups is often there to ease fears of 'roleplaying out of tune'. It takes the imaginative pressure off, so to say.
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For a more nuanced approach that jettisons the term "hygiene hypothesis" in favor of "targeted hygiene" strategies that let beneficial microbes into our personal ecosystems, this is a good read:
Time to abandon the hygiene hypothesis: new perspectives on allergic disease, the human microbiome, infectious disease prevention and the role of targeted hygiene
To review the burden of allergic and infectious diseases and the evidence for a link to microbial exposure, the human microbiome and immune system, and to assess whether we could develop lifestyles which reconnect us with exposures which could ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
For a more nuanced approach that jettisons the term "hygiene hypothesis" in favor of "targeted hygiene" strategies that let beneficial microbes into our personal ecosystems, this is a good read:
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Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Coming soon: Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
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A queen
Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A queen
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I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
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“This isn’t what any of us signed up for,” a lawyer from the Department of Homeland Security told the AP. https://to.pbs.org/4i6kXpz
They thought they were in court for a routine immigration hearing, but walked into a deportation trap
In a court system with a backlog of about 3.8 million asylum cases, families have been torn apart and lives upended. Due process seemingly is an afterthought.
to.pbs.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“This isn’t what any of us signed up for,” a lawyer from the Department of Homeland Security told the AP. https://to.pbs.org/4i6kXpz
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I'm really tired of people acting like car dependency happened organically when even a cursory look at history will make it clear that automakers pushed infrastructure and even zoning to juice car sales.
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I'm really tired of people acting like car dependency happened organically when even a cursory look at history will make it clear that automakers pushed infrastructure and even zoning to juice car sales.
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Jessica Hammer's chapter on Online Freeform from the RPG Handbook (here I've included the 2018 version, which was circulated open-access online 7 years ago) serves as a useful overview of this particular RPG form, distinct from others by its use of platforms.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Jessica Hammer's chapter on Online Freeform from the RPG Handbook (here I've included the 2018 version, which was circulated open-access online 7 years ago) serves as a useful overview of this particular RPG form, distinct from others by its use of platforms.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sgp7c...
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there used to be a roast beef joint in downtown Boston bang up against the wall of the county jail where they infamously imprisoned Malcolm X and folks when I say Boston has changed what I mean is not only is the roast beef joint gone but now the jail's a luxury hotel
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
there used to be a roast beef joint in downtown Boston bang up against the wall of the county jail where they infamously imprisoned Malcolm X and folks when I say Boston has changed what I mean is not only is the roast beef joint gone but now the jail's a luxury hotel
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owning a kupperman print is a boon to your household. this is an insane price for one of my favorite prints i own: michaelkupperman.com/shop/are-com...
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
owning a kupperman print is a boon to your household. this is an insane price for one of my favorite prints i own: michaelkupperman.com/shop/are-com...