AquaVertigo
@aquavertigo.bsky.social
Creating indie social experiences, one story game at a time
Creativity. Education. Compassion. Entrepreneurship.
https://linktr.ee/aquavertigo
Creativity. Education. Compassion. Entrepreneurship.
https://linktr.ee/aquavertigo
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The Trump administration ignored a request from top election officials seeking answers to its unprecedented hunt for state voter data. As their deadline came and went, the federal government’s motives, and what this could mean for voters, remain unclear.
https://bit.ly/4orsd0L
https://bit.ly/4orsd0L
Trump Administration Snubs States Asking Why the DOJ Wants Their Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Trump administration ignored a request from top election officials seeking answers to its unprecedented hunt for state voter data. As their deadline came and went, the federal government’s motives, and what this could mean for voters, remain unclear.
https://bit.ly/4orsd0L
https://bit.ly/4orsd0L
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The members of Philadelphia's Senior Environment Corps wade into streams, peered through microscopes and teach kids how to identify aquatic critters. (via @whyy.org)
Philadelphia seniors track air and water pollution to ‘leave a better world’
Members of the Senior Environment Corps wade into streams, peer through microscopes and teach kids how to identify aquatic critters.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The members of Philadelphia's Senior Environment Corps wade into streams, peered through microscopes and teach kids how to identify aquatic critters. (via @whyy.org)
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perfect is the enemy of good and demanding perfect RCTs for annual flu shots = no flu shots
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
perfect is the enemy of good and demanding perfect RCTs for annual flu shots = no flu shots
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📚 🦸🏻♀️RUTHERFORD COUNTY — “Go and thank your librarian. Absolute heroes.”
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
December 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
📚 🦸🏻♀️RUTHERFORD COUNTY — “Go and thank your librarian. Absolute heroes.”
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
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Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios
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Worth reading
EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Epstein was never cast out of Silicon Valley’s inner circle. Docs unearthed via @bylinetimes.bsky.social show he stayed inside a confidential network linking Musk, Bezos, Brin, Page, Gates & Zuckerberg – now wired into Trump’s new tech order bylinetimes.com/2025/12/03/h...
How Epstein Infiltrated the Silicon Valley Network Behind Trump’s New Tech Order
Documents show Jeffrey Epstein was not cast out after his child sex-crime conviction but remained embedded in a confidential inner circle of Silicon Valley founders with strategic influence on the mod...
bylinetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Worth reading
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NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
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"So much money is being earmarked to put your neighbors into camps, to abuse protesters, to line the pockets of thieves, and worse. Every part of that that gets blocked is a win."
I wrote about how no one knows for sure what's going to end this nightmare, but the possibilities are expanding, and we can help them along. Includes some thoughts on the Hola Massacre, the Falklands War, and Watergate (because extrajudicial killing, an unprovoked war, and presidential impeachment).
This may be the last time
I don't know exactly what will end Trump. And neither does anyone else.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"So much money is being earmarked to put your neighbors into camps, to abuse protesters, to line the pockets of thieves, and worse. Every part of that that gets blocked is a win."
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In her latest column, @fridaghitis.bsky.social runs down five elections in 2026 that she’ll be watching closely for their impact on global affairs:
The Five Elections That Will Be Pivotal for Global Politics and Democracy in 2026
The U.S. midterm congressional elections are just one contest in 2026 that could have a significant impact on global affairs.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In her latest column, @fridaghitis.bsky.social runs down five elections in 2026 that she’ll be watching closely for their impact on global affairs:
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"Let me be very clear: nothing that the DHS is doing is making us any safer. In this moment under Noem and Trump, DHS has become the single greatest threat to public safety." - Rep.
@ramirez.house.gov
@ramirez.house.gov
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Let me be very clear: nothing that the DHS is doing is making us any safer. In this moment under Noem and Trump, DHS has become the single greatest threat to public safety." - Rep.
@ramirez.house.gov
@ramirez.house.gov
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This move comes even though a federal judge previously ordered the agency to preserve strong, independent news operations for audiences in countries where reliable press access is limited.
Trump to Close Voice of America’s Overseas Offices and Radio Stations
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This move comes even though a federal judge previously ordered the agency to preserve strong, independent news operations for audiences in countries where reliable press access is limited.
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Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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Prospera: Honduras' Bitcoin City Project
Prospera is Honduras' Bitcoin City project. Located on the island of Roatan in the Caribbean Sea, it faces several challenges.
colombiaone.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TTRPG ART COMMISSIONING AND LICENSING
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
A Comprehensive Guide to TTRPG Art Commissioning & Licensing | Araukana
Get more from Araukana on Patreon
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August 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO TTRPG ART COMMISSIONING AND LICENSING
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
It's done! Here is my guide to art commissioning, licensing, and art direction in TTRPGs. It's free to see, has contract and brief templates, and plenty of resources to aid in art literacy in the space.
www.patreon.com/posts/compre...
More straight-forward calls for change are needed to be met with the will to act.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
More straight-forward calls for change are needed to be met with the will to act.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
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So work breaks allow my brain to remember that I like to read. This means I only have ~5 times a year when I binge/catch up. One of the books I'm returning to for fun rather than work or development is Mage: Ascension. I've never finished reading it since buying a copy at HBP a few years back.
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So work breaks allow my brain to remember that I like to read. This means I only have ~5 times a year when I binge/catch up. One of the books I'm returning to for fun rather than work or development is Mage: Ascension. I've never finished reading it since buying a copy at HBP a few years back.
Corridor Games on Demand is playing online today due to the winter weather. Stay safe out there!
a picture of a man with the words winter is here below him
ALT: a picture of a man with the words winter is here below him
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Corridor Games on Demand is playing online today due to the winter weather. Stay safe out there!
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This is why folks call it a tool of fascism. It generates fear and distrust, which benefits fascist liars.
one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is why folks call it a tool of fascism. It generates fear and distrust, which benefits fascist liars.
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Want some human made grotty scanline goodness sci fi spaceships for your ttrpg? Interchangeable backgrounds for mix n match fun!
Check out my artpack SPACESHIPS VOL 1
From A-F INDUSTRIES (Chief executive idiot: Me)
carlydraws.itch.io
#art #ttrpg
Check out my artpack SPACESHIPS VOL 1
From A-F INDUSTRIES (Chief executive idiot: Me)
carlydraws.itch.io
#art #ttrpg
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Want some human made grotty scanline goodness sci fi spaceships for your ttrpg? Interchangeable backgrounds for mix n match fun!
Check out my artpack SPACESHIPS VOL 1
From A-F INDUSTRIES (Chief executive idiot: Me)
carlydraws.itch.io
#art #ttrpg
Check out my artpack SPACESHIPS VOL 1
From A-F INDUSTRIES (Chief executive idiot: Me)
carlydraws.itch.io
#art #ttrpg
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A wonderful, resonant essay from @thesicktimes.org about how we can better listen to anyone going through something catastrophic. "Avoiding the topic feels absurd — like I’m standing in quicksand, and we’re chitchatting over glasses of lemonade as I slowly sink." thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A wonderful, resonant essay from @thesicktimes.org about how we can better listen to anyone going through something catastrophic. "Avoiding the topic feels absurd — like I’m standing in quicksand, and we’re chitchatting over glasses of lemonade as I slowly sink." thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
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Kansas looking at three bidders for $10 million contract relying on AI to find guns in schools | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas looking at three bidders for $10 million contract relying on AI to find guns in schools • Kansas Reflector
Kansas officials are working with a $10 million appropriation to launch a school-safety program relying on AI technology to identify people carrying firearms.
kansasreflector.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Kansas looking at three bidders for $10 million contract relying on AI to find guns in schools | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
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1. My wife @profbanks.bsky.social is doing Tarot readings for $30, she is great
2. You could switch a free Patreon membership to paid for a month Patreon.com/cambanks
3. I do design/dev consults, world building assistance, and mentorship for $50/hour, I’d love to help you out.
Thanks. 💜💜
2. You could switch a free Patreon membership to paid for a month Patreon.com/cambanks
3. I do design/dev consults, world building assistance, and mentorship for $50/hour, I’d love to help you out.
Thanks. 💜💜
Rusty's House of Swords | Patreon
creating open source worlds and tabletop games
Patreon.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
1. My wife @profbanks.bsky.social is doing Tarot readings for $30, she is great
2. You could switch a free Patreon membership to paid for a month Patreon.com/cambanks
3. I do design/dev consults, world building assistance, and mentorship for $50/hour, I’d love to help you out.
Thanks. 💜💜
2. You could switch a free Patreon membership to paid for a month Patreon.com/cambanks
3. I do design/dev consults, world building assistance, and mentorship for $50/hour, I’d love to help you out.
Thanks. 💜💜
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63% of Americans support Medicare for All:
✅ everyone is covered
✅ families save money
✅ no premiums, deductibles or copays
✅ prescriptions covered
✅ you pick your doctors
✅ cuts spending by $650B per year
✅ covers dental, vision, hearing and long term care
It’s time.
✅ everyone is covered
✅ families save money
✅ no premiums, deductibles or copays
✅ prescriptions covered
✅ you pick your doctors
✅ cuts spending by $650B per year
✅ covers dental, vision, hearing and long term care
It’s time.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
63% of Americans support Medicare for All:
✅ everyone is covered
✅ families save money
✅ no premiums, deductibles or copays
✅ prescriptions covered
✅ you pick your doctors
✅ cuts spending by $650B per year
✅ covers dental, vision, hearing and long term care
It’s time.
✅ everyone is covered
✅ families save money
✅ no premiums, deductibles or copays
✅ prescriptions covered
✅ you pick your doctors
✅ cuts spending by $650B per year
✅ covers dental, vision, hearing and long term care
It’s time.
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Running all year long! The *third* Forever Open Source game jam. Come contribute not just games (though we love games!) but SRDs, art, music, settings, anything that helps people create or play TTRPGs! Explore a world of open gaming:
itch.io/jam/forever-...
#TTRPG #GameJam
itch.io/jam/forever-...
#TTRPG #GameJam
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Running all year long! The *third* Forever Open Source game jam. Come contribute not just games (though we love games!) but SRDs, art, music, settings, anything that helps people create or play TTRPGs! Explore a world of open gaming:
itch.io/jam/forever-...
#TTRPG #GameJam
itch.io/jam/forever-...
#TTRPG #GameJam