Patrick Lofgren
@patrick-lofgren.bsky.social
Writer of distressing stories and DnD adventures. Clarion West 2017, CWNWW 2025! Work in Dark Matter Magazine and The Deadlands. They/Them
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We joke about the Torment Nexus and all that, but...
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We joke about the Torment Nexus and all that, but...
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
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me to others: it's hard right now. be gentle with yourself
me to me: wtf is wrong with you
me to me: wtf is wrong with you
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
me to others: it's hard right now. be gentle with yourself
me to me: wtf is wrong with you
me to me: wtf is wrong with you
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You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.”
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.”
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
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i think it's worth it to read Lovecraft, and not just because so much horror canon comes from him. his work embodies an extremely specific kind of modern american derangement syndrome, whereby someone can tell Something Is Wrong, but they aim their fear in the wrong direction, i.e. at minorities.
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
i think it's worth it to read Lovecraft, and not just because so much horror canon comes from him. his work embodies an extremely specific kind of modern american derangement syndrome, whereby someone can tell Something Is Wrong, but they aim their fear in the wrong direction, i.e. at minorities.
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I know inflation is bad but if this pricing is accurate and we can find thirty or forty more, we can take care of this nonsense the old school way
October 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I know inflation is bad but if this pricing is accurate and we can find thirty or forty more, we can take care of this nonsense the old school way
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This is how you blurb
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is how you blurb
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tolkien: man I'm sure glad my book about how much industrialization sucks has found its intended audience, dudes who build war machines and want to kill the night sky
October 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
tolkien: man I'm sure glad my book about how much industrialization sucks has found its intended audience, dudes who build war machines and want to kill the night sky
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With great pride and pleasure I offer you this fiercely optimistic tale, informed by how bad everything sucks right now, beautifully read by christianaellis.bsky.social.
Hail, observers! Sometimes a title wins the game from the get-go, and that's certainly true of today's reprint, "Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias" by @ellybangs.bsky.social. So go experience it! Even the trilobites agree!
Escape Pod 1015: Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias
Ursa Major got right the fuck out of our universe on the very afternoon she learned there were other options. It was the lucky break of her life that she just happened to be there, a short sprint from...
escapepod.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
With great pride and pleasure I offer you this fiercely optimistic tale, informed by how bad everything sucks right now, beautifully read by christianaellis.bsky.social.
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Hey narrative folks my team is looking for a narrative designer to come work with me in Iceland! If you have solid storytelling fundamentals, some technical experience, and live ops or adjacent experience, we are looking for someone like you!
careers.ccpgames.com/en/postings/...
careers.ccpgames.com/en/postings/...
Narrative Designer
Job Opening: Narrative Designer at CCP Games in Reykjavík.
careers.ccpgames.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Hey narrative folks my team is looking for a narrative designer to come work with me in Iceland! If you have solid storytelling fundamentals, some technical experience, and live ops or adjacent experience, we are looking for someone like you!
careers.ccpgames.com/en/postings/...
careers.ccpgames.com/en/postings/...
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OPPORTUNITY Lead Writer - CDProjekt - US
Not affiliated. Shares welcome
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...
Not affiliated. Shares welcome
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...
Lead Writer
Company Description: To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social medi...
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October 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
OPPORTUNITY Lead Writer - CDProjekt - US
Not affiliated. Shares welcome
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...
Not affiliated. Shares welcome
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...
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GREY GARDENS in space:
A fledgling documentarian gets overly entangled with two deposed Imperials in exile on a once-opulent space station.
He must choose: launch his career as a truth-teller, or protect these people from the judgment of a hostile audience.
#DVpit #A #SF #LGBT #TV #novella
A fledgling documentarian gets overly entangled with two deposed Imperials in exile on a once-opulent space station.
He must choose: launch his career as a truth-teller, or protect these people from the judgment of a hostile audience.
#DVpit #A #SF #LGBT #TV #novella
October 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Hey #DVparty! Here’s the moodboard for my #SpaceOpera WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE.
Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption.
Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption.
October 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hey #DVparty! Here’s the moodboard for my #SpaceOpera WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE.
Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption.
Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption.
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Important to understand that many lies are not meant to be convincing. When a schoolyard bully steals your lunch money, he says "that's mine." The absurdity is the point. It's an assertion of dominance. It is to say "reality is whatever I say it is. You disagree? What are you gonna do about it?"
October 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Important to understand that many lies are not meant to be convincing. When a schoolyard bully steals your lunch money, he says "that's mine." The absurdity is the point. It's an assertion of dominance. It is to say "reality is whatever I say it is. You disagree? What are you gonna do about it?"
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Home libraries are more than books.
When children pass a wall of books and see parents reading, it has the unspoken effect of showing how much knowledge there is to know and how much they don't know.
I recall looking through my mom's books wondering what they were all about and created a curiosity.
When children pass a wall of books and see parents reading, it has the unspoken effect of showing how much knowledge there is to know and how much they don't know.
I recall looking through my mom's books wondering what they were all about and created a curiosity.
September 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Home libraries are more than books.
When children pass a wall of books and see parents reading, it has the unspoken effect of showing how much knowledge there is to know and how much they don't know.
I recall looking through my mom's books wondering what they were all about and created a curiosity.
When children pass a wall of books and see parents reading, it has the unspoken effect of showing how much knowledge there is to know and how much they don't know.
I recall looking through my mom's books wondering what they were all about and created a curiosity.
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Stop buying Brandon Sanderson's books.
Hey so... did you know that the Mormon Church filed an amicus curiae brief on the 19th of September? Me either...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
In short, "Giving trans people rights hurts us because it ruins our religious freedom to be bigots!"
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
In short, "Giving trans people rights hurts us because it ruins our religious freedom to be bigots!"
September 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Stop buying Brandon Sanderson's books.
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i am gesturing at the democrats as well as the republicans when i stare straight into your eyes and ask you if you're tired of these freaks being in charge of you yet
September 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
i am gesturing at the democrats as well as the republicans when i stare straight into your eyes and ask you if you're tired of these freaks being in charge of you yet
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it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
Kenya transgender rights victory hailed as African first
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
qnews.com.au
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
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you don't make socially relevant/critical art expecting it to magically destroy all the evil in the world, you make it to let conscious people in the present and future know that they're not alone, to preserve our collective memory
September 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
you don't make socially relevant/critical art expecting it to magically destroy all the evil in the world, you make it to let conscious people in the present and future know that they're not alone, to preserve our collective memory
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ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy describes his approach to side characters.
“There are no subsidiary characters….Every single person who arrives must have something. Anyone of any consequence whatsoever, I want them to be fully realized…. That’s good writing.”
(Source: The Bulwark)
“There are no subsidiary characters….Every single person who arrives must have something. Anyone of any consequence whatsoever, I want them to be fully realized…. That’s good writing.”
(Source: The Bulwark)
September 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy describes his approach to side characters.
“There are no subsidiary characters….Every single person who arrives must have something. Anyone of any consequence whatsoever, I want them to be fully realized…. That’s good writing.”
(Source: The Bulwark)
“There are no subsidiary characters….Every single person who arrives must have something. Anyone of any consequence whatsoever, I want them to be fully realized…. That’s good writing.”
(Source: The Bulwark)
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When you find out about Libro.fm, an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible that’s 100% employee owned, a Certified B Corporation, and shares profits with 4,000+ independent bookshops 😍
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When you find out about Libro.fm, an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible that’s 100% employee owned, a Certified B Corporation, and shares profits with 4,000+ independent bookshops 😍
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lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
September 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
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This is not polyamorous peoples fault this is monogamous people doing don’t ask don’t tell cheating sorry
September 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is not polyamorous peoples fault this is monogamous people doing don’t ask don’t tell cheating sorry