Maz
@mazistyping.bsky.social
Putting the Rowan in Rowan, Rook and Decard since 2017. They/them.
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Maz
@mazistyping.bsky.social
· Aug 21
So, on 29th August, the US is ending de minimis treatment for parcels under $800 value globally. It's already done this for China; now it's going to come in for everyone. If you post parcels to America, this is going to affect you, in one of several ways.
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Real suggestions from Real RRD employees
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Real suggestions from Real RRD employees
clothes 2kg
chargers and laptop 2kg
toiletries 0.5kg
print and paper samples 50kg
books 0.2kg
someone who is good at packing please help me budget this
chargers and laptop 2kg
toiletries 0.5kg
print and paper samples 50kg
books 0.2kg
someone who is good at packing please help me budget this
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
clothes 2kg
chargers and laptop 2kg
toiletries 0.5kg
print and paper samples 50kg
books 0.2kg
someone who is good at packing please help me budget this
chargers and laptop 2kg
toiletries 0.5kg
print and paper samples 50kg
books 0.2kg
someone who is good at packing please help me budget this
finished up at Frankfurt book fair today; there’s something quite lovely about getting production nerds to talk at length about their special interest. The last meeting I had featured ombré neon page edging which apparently can only be done by one woman in the factory wielding two paint guns at once
October 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
finished up at Frankfurt book fair today; there’s something quite lovely about getting production nerds to talk at length about their special interest. The last meeting I had featured ombré neon page edging which apparently can only be done by one woman in the factory wielding two paint guns at once
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
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MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
I find myself at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where I have acquired two sample kits so enormous that I suspect I might not be allowed to take them on the train home. But one of them includes gold-flecked cork as a book cover material so if I have to choose between that and clothes, well…
October 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I find myself at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where I have acquired two sample kits so enormous that I suspect I might not be allowed to take them on the train home. But one of them includes gold-flecked cork as a book cover material so if I have to choose between that and clothes, well…
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One hundred games is a heck of a lot of games to play, or even to own, but it's a staggering number to write, even if they're only a single page long. Chase chats to Grant Howitt, designer of Honey Heist and many other one page games, about the game jam he's running to celebrate the milestone.
One hundred one-page RPGs later, Grant Howitt isn’t ready to quit
Don’t you dare call it a legacy.
www.rascal.news
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
One hundred games is a heck of a lot of games to play, or even to own, but it's a staggering number to write, even if they're only a single page long. Chase chats to Grant Howitt, designer of Honey Heist and many other one page games, about the game jam he's running to celebrate the milestone.
today I collated 391 Hollows objects, checked them all against the revised full rules, resolved internal consistency, fixed all the places where the letter D was incorrectly capitalised, did a full proofing check, and honestly I don’t understand how no one noticed the autism till well into my 30s
October 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
today I collated 391 Hollows objects, checked them all against the revised full rules, resolved internal consistency, fixed all the places where the letter D was incorrectly capitalised, did a full proofing check, and honestly I don’t understand how no one noticed the autism till well into my 30s
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ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
October 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.
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Surprise! I have joined the fearsome and terrible hive at RRD, and will be the new Soc Media wretch!
Lots of love and mouth full of dice, Naomi xoxo
Lots of love and mouth full of dice, Naomi xoxo
October 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Surprise! I have joined the fearsome and terrible hive at RRD, and will be the new Soc Media wretch!
Lots of love and mouth full of dice, Naomi xoxo
Lots of love and mouth full of dice, Naomi xoxo
The Greens currently have the same number of MPs as Reform, but less than 1/3 the number of members. Just in case you’re looking for a small but significant action you could take in this moment.
September 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Greens currently have the same number of MPs as Reform, but less than 1/3 the number of members. Just in case you’re looking for a small but significant action you could take in this moment.
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"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
What Do We Have To Lose
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders; and the non-existence of grey, and other letters.
jonn.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!"
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?
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Vanity Fair and Newsweek of all places have some explainers— tho the latter's article is characteristically far more willing to imply the alleged shooter held leftist ideologies than far-right ones, & of the two only VF's digs into the gaming culture aspect, so I'd say it's definitely the better one
September 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Vanity Fair and Newsweek of all places have some explainers— tho the latter's article is characteristically far more willing to imply the alleged shooter held leftist ideologies than far-right ones, & of the two only VF's digs into the gaming culture aspect, so I'd say it's definitely the better one
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And this has happened *without* a massive sea change of actual popular opinion in favour of these thugs; the elite flip has not been responding to the public, but to social media
It's a tad concerning that columnists who five years ago would've condemned today's marchers as racist thugs, are today implicitly or explicitly supportive
September 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
And this has happened *without* a massive sea change of actual popular opinion in favour of these thugs; the elite flip has not been responding to the public, but to social media
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Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
September 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
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No seriously media outlets: Get gaming desks, your internet culture desks, & your extremism desks linked up YESTERDAY or you're going to find yourselves missing so much context it'll be fundamentally embarrassing.
Already seen things from NYT, BBC, & AP all failing to elucidate CRUCIAL information.
Already seen things from NYT, BBC, & AP all failing to elucidate CRUCIAL information.
September 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No seriously media outlets: Get gaming desks, your internet culture desks, & your extremism desks linked up YESTERDAY or you're going to find yourselves missing so much context it'll be fundamentally embarrassing.
Already seen things from NYT, BBC, & AP all failing to elucidate CRUCIAL information.
Already seen things from NYT, BBC, & AP all failing to elucidate CRUCIAL information.
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
theonion.com/protest...
theonion.com/protest...
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump administration any pretext for what they’re already doing and will keep doing no matter what. “Angelenos—don’t engage in violence and give the administration an excuse to inflict all the […]
theonion.com
June 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
theonion.com/protest...
theonion.com/protest...
meanwhile on yesterday’s stupid little walk (salt flats) I met this flamingo
September 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
meanwhile on yesterday’s stupid little walk (salt flats) I met this flamingo
trying to work out which combination of flags I can fly to signal “fuck this bullshit it’s my country too”
September 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
trying to work out which combination of flags I can fly to signal “fuck this bullshit it’s my country too”
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You are conducting a performance review of Gregg Pendleton, your direct report. The other party is the GenAI-powered software trying to replace you. Also, Gregg died last week.
If you got 5 minutes, I'd love for you to play my free twine game about grief: For Gregg.
barilleon.itch.io/for-gregg
If you got 5 minutes, I'd love for you to play my free twine game about grief: For Gregg.
barilleon.itch.io/for-gregg
September 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
You are conducting a performance review of Gregg Pendleton, your direct report. The other party is the GenAI-powered software trying to replace you. Also, Gregg died last week.
If you got 5 minutes, I'd love for you to play my free twine game about grief: For Gregg.
barilleon.itch.io/for-gregg
If you got 5 minutes, I'd love for you to play my free twine game about grief: For Gregg.
barilleon.itch.io/for-gregg
appear to have reached the point in complex book editing where I fire up Touhou Mystia's Izakaya and go to Portugal
September 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
appear to have reached the point in complex book editing where I fire up Touhou Mystia's Izakaya and go to Portugal
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LAST 48 HOURS to back Ways & Means! It lurches incrementally closer to reality, second by second! Get it while it's largely theoretical!
Ways and Means: A Heart Sourcebook
The newest hardback sourcebook for the critically acclaimed TTRPG Heart: The City Beneath. MORE CALLINGS! MORE CLASSES! MORE GUNS! MORE MAGIC! MORE DRUGS! MORE ALLIES! MORE ENEMIES! MORE FALLOUTS!…
buff.ly
September 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
LAST 48 HOURS to back Ways & Means! It lurches incrementally closer to reality, second by second! Get it while it's largely theoretical!
I did not have “become deeply if narrowly knowledgeable about trade taxes” on my list of “positive things to do during the authoritarian takeover of the USA” but here we are
Trump's latest tariff changes, including the loss of de minimis exemptions, take effect today. Several small press tabletop designers are trying to anticipate the impending chaos.
Tabletop designers rush to prepare for another looming US tariff storm
Another hole in the boat, while everyone frantically bails.
www.rascal.news
August 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I did not have “become deeply if narrowly knowledgeable about trade taxes” on my list of “positive things to do during the authoritarian takeover of the USA” but here we are
can’t fix anything or do anything about anything so here’s some fast-moving weather from the stupid little walk I went on earlier
August 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
can’t fix anything or do anything about anything so here’s some fast-moving weather from the stupid little walk I went on earlier
“every hobby becomes logistical minefield” is an elegant summary
Buying anything from overseas is about to get more expensive, more logistically complicated, slower, and overall more annoying. Film photography community, retro games community, people into skincare already seeing chaos on eBay. eBay sellers locking US buyers out.
www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
Trump Tariffs Cause Chaos on Ebay as Every Hobby Becomes Logistical Minefield
Buying cameras, retro games, board games, skincare, flashlights, sex toys, watches, and anything else from overseas just became far more complicated, slow, and expensive.
www.404media.co
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“every hobby becomes logistical minefield” is an elegant summary