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Will Sobel 🔜 PAX Unplugged
@wlsobel.bsky.social
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he/they | game designer (astro knights, betrayal 3E) | atomic number 83 | SFFH writer | unprofessional cook https://linktr.ee/wlsobel
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wlsobel.bsky.social
Your queer friends see you making fun of Trump and Bill Clinton being sexually active. You wanna be more nuanced in those jokes? Great! But Donnie and Bill being sexual active with one another as two consenting adults isn't the gotcha you think it is.
November 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
wlsobel.bsky.social
Tomorrow marks 14 years since Skyrim came out for the first time.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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mikerunderwood.bsky.social
The Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart Kickstarter just crossed the $250k mark, which means we'll be writing a brand-new adventure site for the book!

Next: at $300k, we'll add even *more* adversaries. <3

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dun...
Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart
The ENNIE Award winning adventure redesigned for Daggerheart. Levels 1-10 eldritch horror Campaign where Hope dies and Fear reigns.
www.kickstarter.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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coyoteandcrow.bsky.social
We are live at @geekgirlcon.bsky.social!
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
wlsobel.bsky.social
Yesterday got my flu and COVID shots AND had blood drawn for some unexpected tests.

Today I'm wiped. Absolutely can't stay awake, let alone focused.
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
wlsobel.bsky.social
The scariest thing you can be for Halloween is a late-capitalist billionaire taking away SNAP benefits from families in need.
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
wlsobel.bsky.social
Reminder that no one is gonna pay for drugs then put them in your kids Halloween candy. Drugs are expensive.
October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
Hey Bluesky, could you help me spread the word about my Big Cartel shop? A sale or two would be a colossal help. Here's a pic of who I currently have available.

All of my creations are designed, sewn, and hand-embroidered by me. Each takes many hours to make.

jeremycreature.bigcartel.com
Here's a lovely photo of some of my fabric art creatures. They're on green fur with a beautiful fabric galaxy in the background. There's a fabric art watermelon with eight eyes and a wide toothy grin. There's a black phantom with purple eyeshadow, red lips, and four tentacle-like arms. She has an embroidered flower on her forehead where each petal is a different color of the rainbow m there's a watermelon ghost, two yellow blob like creatures. They each have three eyes, two tentacles, and open mouths full of sharp teeth. There's also a rabbit-like creature with a purple body, a pink face, and sharp tooth. The rabbit also has two blue tentacles and a blue pouch over the belly with an embroidered pink flower on it.
September 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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jasonsanford.bsky.social
F&SF has released the new cover for their summer 2025 issue. The art is for the story "Soul Rebel" by @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social.

The magazine decided not to use their previously announced cover art for the issue after learning it was likely AI generated.
asimovs.com/wp-content/u...
Cover of the summer 2025 F&SF featuring art for the story "Soul Rebel" by Maurice Broaddus.
August 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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djangowexler.bsky.social
Bank robber warns that if he has to compensate EVERY person he stole from, it would financially ruin the bank robbery industry.
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
wlsobel.bsky.social
Oscilio winning is bonkers, but especially in a sea of Gravy Bones. Congrats.
fabtcg.com Flesh and Blood TCG @fabtcg.com · Aug 25
Congratulations to Alexander Vore for piloting Oscilio, Constella Intelligence to a Battle Hardened Phoenix win! 🏆

Check the Decklist here - fabtcg.com/en/decklists...
August 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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cwodtke.bsky.social
People who see my bookshelves ask if I’ve read all those books. That would be bragging. My shelves are a promise to future me that I’ll always have something to read.
August 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
wlsobel.bsky.social
The collective noun for old white people is called an “embarrassment”
isreallytwodogs.bsky.social Autumatopoeia @isreallytwodogs.bsky.social · Aug 23
Referring to a mediocre breakfast restaurant as your culture and heritage is one of the whitest things I've ever read.
Story headline that says Cracker Barrel backlash: Americans 'sick of having our culture and heritage stripped from us,' Starbuck says
August 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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stevejwright.bsky.social
I'm not going to choose among my top three:
"Saint Death's Daughter" by @csecooney.bsky.social
"The Vengeance" by @emmanewman.bsky.social
"How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying" by @djangowexler.bsky.social

(I mean, why do one book recommendation when I can do three?)
August 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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cristianaleone.com
Today is my birthday! 🥂😁 Would you share my art, please?? 😇🥰
It is the best gift an artist can get!! 💖
Thank you!!! 💜
EOWYN - digital painting depicting Eowyn lying on the ground, looking dead. Long blond hair frames her pale but seemingly serene face. She holds the hilt of her sword, the broken tip of which is in the now-empty crown of the sorcerer of Angmar. The head of the Nazgul's monstrous mount lies at her side, above the broken shield. LORDS of LOTHLORIEN - The two elves Galadriel and Celeborn, in the foreground, from behind, look at each other smiling lovingly. He waves her to proceed to the elf who, in front of them and in front of a crowd of other smiling elves, offers them tiaras on a leaf-shaped tray. In the background they catch a glimpse of the elven city perched in the giant trees of Lothlòrien. Digital painting of Cristiana Leone, featuring a bust portrait of her Original character Herm, an halfish (hybrid human-fish race), who, with a sad and melancholic look, holds a book close to his bare chest. BONDED IN WILD - Digital hand painted portrait of a beautiful shamaness, embracing her familiar, a giant white cat, while some magic flows all around.
August 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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garethlpowell.bsky.social
And it seems lots of people think it's bad to start a sentence with a conjunction. But I don't care. Because I'm going to do it anyway.
August 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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therisingtithes.bsky.social
Did you miss my Opening Ceremonies or Best Poem Hugo presentation poems at @seattlein2025.org?

Fret not!

You can still watch the recordings here: www.youtube.com/live/G0GGYLV... | www.youtube.com/live/py7MeV3...

And you can read the text here: seattlein2025.org/program-and-...
Daily ’Zine
This is the home for the official daily 'zine of Seattle Worldcon! Download your own copy of the 'zine, and scroll down for each day's 'overflow' -- all the stuff that just didn't quite fit in the pri...
seattlein2025.org
August 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
Welcome to OTHERSIDE, a magazine of speculative fiction and poetry by 2SLGBTQIA+ writers! This October, we’ll be fundraising on Kickstarter. Until then, you can join us on our Patreon! We’ll open for submissions in January 2026.

See thread for details! 🪐🗡️ (1/5)
The OTHERSIDE logo with a hazy purple-tinted fairyland, painted by Gustave Doré, as the background. Text: OTHERSIDE. Queer. Fantastic. Coming 2026. http://othersidespec.com, http://patreon.com/othersidespec. Background art is public domain, courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
March 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
wlsobel.bsky.social
I just finished Amazon’s new War of the Worlds movie featuring Ice Cube. Some of the worst dialogue and worst acting I’ve seen. So much fun to watch while a little high and laugh at when Ice Cube looks into the camera and says “it’s a Brave New World” and just be like… nah that’s a different story.
August 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
Hey Bluesky, could you help me spread the word about my Big Cartel shop? A sale or two would be a colossal help.

All of my creations are designed, sewn, and hand-embroidered by me. Each takes many hours to make.

jeremycreature.bigcartel.com
Here's a lovely photo of a plethora of my fabric art creatures. There's a green fur floor and a galaxy print fabric background in the pic. Here are some of the creatures: a watermelon ghost with a green body and pink face and twinkly black eyes and a little frown. There's a black crablike creature with wide set blue eyes and purple eyeshadow. She has red lips, four tentacle-like arms and an embroidered rainbow flower on her forehead. There's a black ghost bag covered with red embroidered flowers. There's a watermelon ghost bag. There are two yellow creatures. Each has three eyes, two tentacles, and mouths full of sharp teeth. There's a cosmic moth sitting on a little chair. The moth is black with a gray face, twinkly red eyes, and a wide grin full of sharp teeth. The moth is covered with hand-embroidered stars and planets of various sizes and colors.
August 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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wolfgangbaur.bsky.social
I am off to Seattle Worldcon today. Hope to see some of you at booth 617!
August 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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matthewkingauthor.bsky.social
🦝
August 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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patrickleder.bsky.social
I was getting ready for then I was at Gen Con. Here are my thoughts about games right now.
Sorry this is too long for alt-text. It is a statement about my life and inclusivity. Part of it is here. I get that I have lived a privileged life. I’m male, white, from a middle class family. I generally had a pretty solid concept of my sexuality and a safe place to explore it. I remember vividly the first time in high school that someone giddily told us about how unnatural homosexuality was. How homosexual acts would harm the human body. In the moment, I laughed. I was confused and did not know what else to do. I had some concept that these things happened. As I withdrew from the conversation and had time to think about it, I realized that this conversation violated my sense of justice. I think through literature, exposure to the arts, and most importantly the safe space of role playing I had arrived as an adult with a strong sense of justice about identity. That every human is worthy of dignity regardless of how they live, as long as their life is not hurting others. I see games as a vehicle to allow people to explore identity inside of a safe space. I see it as the same bridge that I had to a world free of judgement. A world where we can all sit down together and have a common dialog about an event. We can all participate. This sense of inclusivity permeates all of the decisions I make in my life. My gamer folks, I’m not mad at you. I do not blame you for your mistakes. I just want you to think about the impact your actions have on the world. How confusing the message can be. I challenge you to look into your hearts and try to find compassion for those around you. I’m not saying I’m perfect, for sure I have made mistakes along the way. No one is. We need to accept our mistakes and strive to improve. And the rest of us need to have the grace to help you change and possibly forgive you when we all get there.
August 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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malachitetiger.bsky.social
This is not how corporations respond to an ineffective protest. This is how they respond to a protest that they would like to have go away.

So don't let it go away. Keep it going.

In fact, Streissand Effect this shit. Call attention to how much they want this to go away.
August 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
wlsobel.bsky.social
If I had a nickel for every cozy tabletop game announced or released this year with the word "River" in the title I'd have 3 nickels...
August 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM