Catherine Stippell
@catstip.bsky.social
Super awkward board game designer. Nyctophobia! It’s All Connected? Back to the Present? I like hats. Earthbender. (playnyctophobia on Twitter)
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Picard management tip: If you're on red alert every day, then red alert means nothing.
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Picard management tip: If you're on red alert every day, then red alert means nothing.
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BREAKING: I'm starting up a new line of games that I'll be putting out on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social. Some will be reprints of older Formal Ferret Games, some of these will be expansions to existing games, and some are going to be brand new.
Of course, I'm calling it Informal Ferret Games.
Of course, I'm calling it Informal Ferret Games.
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
BREAKING: I'm starting up a new line of games that I'll be putting out on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social. Some will be reprints of older Formal Ferret Games, some of these will be expansions to existing games, and some are going to be brand new.
Of course, I'm calling it Informal Ferret Games.
Of course, I'm calling it Informal Ferret Games.
Buffaloooooo
🏈 TB 32 - 44 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Buffaloooooo
So close to sub-2 minutes
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 3rd 2025) in 02:03
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 3rd 2025) in 02:03
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
So close to sub-2 minutes
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 3rd 2025) in 02:03
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 3rd 2025) in 02:03
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 2nd 2025) in less than 9 minutes
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cluesbysam.com
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 2nd 2025) in less than 9 minutes
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How is James Cook real.
October 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
How is James Cook real.
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You gotta just block these accounts without interacting. They're doing this the night before No Kings so they can selectively grab quote posts and replies about how nasty people are being. It's extremely transparent. Just block and move on.
Yes, it does look like the government accounts joining Bluesky are real, including Homeland Security and the White House. They're tweeting about it on X.
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
You gotta just block these accounts without interacting. They're doing this the night before No Kings so they can selectively grab quote posts and replies about how nasty people are being. It's extremely transparent. Just block and move on.
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I am returning to my TTRPG roots with a game I originally designed 3-4 years ago but never released.
RITE is a #TTRPG #zine game? experience? ritual? where up to four players take on discrete roles to create sacraments for midwinter.
Launching Oct. 14th
7 day campaign
Other RPGs as add-ons
RITE is a #TTRPG #zine game? experience? ritual? where up to four players take on discrete roles to create sacraments for midwinter.
Launching Oct. 14th
7 day campaign
Other RPGs as add-ons
October 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Bills don’t get a flag challenge (impossible)
October 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Bills don’t get a flag challenge (impossible)
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Okay fine!
RITE is an up-to-4 player game (experience?) to create 4 sacraments during midwinter. It's a bit ritualistic. It's a bit not-a-game.
You can follow it here. I'll probably launch in a week or so!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tra...
RITE is an up-to-4 player game (experience?) to create 4 sacraments during midwinter. It's a bit ritualistic. It's a bit not-a-game.
You can follow it here. I'll probably launch in a week or so!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tra...
Hey @gilarpgs.bsky.social, I'm back. And I'm back on my 7 day, let's-get-this-game-out-there thing.
October 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Okay fine!
RITE is an up-to-4 player game (experience?) to create 4 sacraments during midwinter. It's a bit ritualistic. It's a bit not-a-game.
You can follow it here. I'll probably launch in a week or so!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tra...
RITE is an up-to-4 player game (experience?) to create 4 sacraments during midwinter. It's a bit ritualistic. It's a bit not-a-game.
You can follow it here. I'll probably launch in a week or so!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tra...
Unpub!
Badges and Reserved Blocks for Unpub Festival 2026 are now open for purchase!
www.unpub.org/upcoming-eve...
www.unpub.org/upcoming-eve...
October 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Unpub!
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🫨 We announced it in our September newsletter:
Unpub Festival Badge sales and reserved tables will open on October 1st at 12pm ET!
More info:
https://www.unpub.org/upcoming-events/unpub-festival-2026
Unpub Festival Badge sales and reserved tables will open on October 1st at 12pm ET!
More info:
https://www.unpub.org/upcoming-events/unpub-festival-2026
September 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🫨 We announced it in our September newsletter:
Unpub Festival Badge sales and reserved tables will open on October 1st at 12pm ET!
More info:
https://www.unpub.org/upcoming-events/unpub-festival-2026
Unpub Festival Badge sales and reserved tables will open on October 1st at 12pm ET!
More info:
https://www.unpub.org/upcoming-events/unpub-festival-2026
Buffalooooooo
🏈 BAL 40 - 41 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1092nd unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1092nd unique final score in NFL history.
September 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Buffalooooooo
My grandma passed away earlier this week.
If you ever wanted to know where my creativity for my weird board games comes from, look no further than Grandma Pat. She was a zany lady and a skilled artist who made her own urn.
If you ever wanted to know where my creativity for my weird board games comes from, look no further than Grandma Pat. She was a zany lady and a skilled artist who made her own urn.
September 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My grandma passed away earlier this week.
If you ever wanted to know where my creativity for my weird board games comes from, look no further than Grandma Pat. She was a zany lady and a skilled artist who made her own urn.
If you ever wanted to know where my creativity for my weird board games comes from, look no further than Grandma Pat. She was a zany lady and a skilled artist who made her own urn.
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Start small. Give yourself SMALL goals you can complete quickly, while inspiration and courage hold out.
There ARE people whose first writing work is a series of epic novels. But they are rare.
When you are starting, make a goal of a page, a paragraph, even a sentence.
Completion is triumph.
There ARE people whose first writing work is a series of epic novels. But they are rare.
When you are starting, make a goal of a page, a paragraph, even a sentence.
Completion is triumph.
@gailsimone.bsky.social any advice for writers trying to get started? How do you go from the brain to the page?
April 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Start small. Give yourself SMALL goals you can complete quickly, while inspiration and courage hold out.
There ARE people whose first writing work is a series of epic novels. But they are rare.
When you are starting, make a goal of a page, a paragraph, even a sentence.
Completion is triumph.
There ARE people whose first writing work is a series of epic novels. But they are rare.
When you are starting, make a goal of a page, a paragraph, even a sentence.
Completion is triumph.
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I've thought a lot of about my issues with AI, especially LLMs, and one thing besides the more pressing environmental and power structure issues: people using AI to change human-made creative outputs. Getting AI summaries of human writing, YouTube adjusting videos already uploaded, etc. [1/2]
August 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I've thought a lot of about my issues with AI, especially LLMs, and one thing besides the more pressing environmental and power structure issues: people using AI to change human-made creative outputs. Getting AI summaries of human writing, YouTube adjusting videos already uploaded, etc. [1/2]
I got around to watching Leverage Redemption Season 3 and very much enjoyed it.
August 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I got around to watching Leverage Redemption Season 3 and very much enjoyed it.
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Please pay no attention to the 13 new AI data centers we're building. Now get rid of your picture of the last time your mom held your baby before she died.
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Please pay no attention to the 13 new AI data centers we're building. Now get rid of your picture of the last time your mom held your baby before she died.
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'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
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Card Rails Exchange is now available for preorder if you want to snag a copy. This will be up for a few weeks, hoping to ship in mid-late August.
Thanks all for sharing.
www.presspot.games/store/p/card...
Thanks all for sharing.
www.presspot.games/store/p/card...
July 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Card Rails Exchange is now available for preorder if you want to snag a copy. This will be up for a few weeks, hoping to ship in mid-late August.
Thanks all for sharing.
www.presspot.games/store/p/card...
Thanks all for sharing.
www.presspot.games/store/p/card...
We've had these old vacuum poster ads in our house for ages. And I just noticed how weird these "E"'s are. Why are the middle arms so long??
July 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We've had these old vacuum poster ads in our house for ages. And I just noticed how weird these "E"'s are. Why are the middle arms so long??
Brains are funny things. I've been watching some various lectures/talks and my brain went "How come they get to be so passionate about something??? I want to be passionate about something!!!" And then I started working on a project I hadn't touched in 6 months.
July 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Brains are funny things. I've been watching some various lectures/talks and my brain went "How come they get to be so passionate about something??? I want to be passionate about something!!!" And then I started working on a project I hadn't touched in 6 months.
I thought this was a really cool talk:
"Tomáš Hlava shares "Dear Amelia" which is a series of letters written by Hlava in 2024 to a typeface designed by Stanley Davis in 1963. "
www.youtube.com/live/4typvHe...
"Tomáš Hlava shares "Dear Amelia" which is a series of letters written by Hlava in 2024 to a typeface designed by Stanley Davis in 1963. "
www.youtube.com/live/4typvHe...
Dear Amelia
YouTube video by The Cooper Union
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I thought this was a really cool talk:
"Tomáš Hlava shares "Dear Amelia" which is a series of letters written by Hlava in 2024 to a typeface designed by Stanley Davis in 1963. "
www.youtube.com/live/4typvHe...
"Tomáš Hlava shares "Dear Amelia" which is a series of letters written by Hlava in 2024 to a typeface designed by Stanley Davis in 1963. "
www.youtube.com/live/4typvHe...
Me strolling up to my local library: so how does this work
June 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Me strolling up to my local library: so how does this work