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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 12h

Gods, every time I reread Grace Draven's "Entreat Me", I'm flummoxed again by how very nearly perfect it is. Absolutely a masterpiece.

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I just read a complaint about the Astarion book changing his original attackers from the gur to thugs. Poster first acknowledges the change was due to connections with Roma stereotypes, then complains it's "prioritizing a more inclusive message comes at the expense of the story's distinctiveness."

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E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@tkingfisher.com wrote a character who is doomed, who knows he's doomed, and who WE know is doomed, but it's Hadestown: we all think it might turn out this time.

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E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The best way I can describe Astarion in ASTARION is that he's...desperate for who he was, even though that person has been stolen, vivisected, and put through a cheese grater.

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is not about letting men off the hook for their role—active or passive—in upholding rape culture. I continue to have these vital conversations with my teen boys. It's about my own safety and emotional wellbeing; remembering the beautiful corrective experiences I have had with men in my life.

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Once again, I feel the tension between simultaneously holding, in one hand, the "not all men" flung as a deflection and refusal to confront rape culture, and in the other hand, holding "not all men" whispered to myself as a powerful reminder of the myriad of men who have been a part of my healing.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/09/2026

It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...

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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As someone who was at stay at home mom to (at one point in time) three kids five and under while pregnant with a fourth one... I absolutely second this in the loudest voice possible Do these people have any idea how many errands need to be run and how fucking long they take with kids and strollers?

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Sadie Lowry ✨ @incandescaent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

LaTia is so utterly incredible and brings so much passion and joy to everything she does. If you have a CM or marketing role open, look no farther.

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Nick 🐙 @nickoctopus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

fun fact: one of the things that made me decide "no, I will get an actual diagnosis", rather than just assuming, was the subtitle of a thread about ADHD on the SomethingAwful forums because it hit so hard it hurt it was along the lines of "if you were lazy, you would be having fun"

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"I don't need to squirrel away an emergency supply of this medication, because it's not one I ever run out of." Oh past Alyssa, you sweet summer child, you foolish fool. Why why would you utter such sentences, dear self?! Because, in a twist no one saw coming, I have run out of this medication.

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Ugh I can't believe we in this community are having this same conversation AGAIN, we have it every year!" YES we do have it over and over and over, because even if it is the 247th time for you and me, it's someone else's first or third (and maybe they weren't ready to absorb it the first time).

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I laughed so hard at this absolute banger from Erin Tatum.

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Prismatic Wasteland @prismaticwasteland.com · 16/09/2026

Resurfacing an old blogpost, it is interesting that standard dice notations (e.g., 1d6, 2d20, etc.) originated not from the original publisher of D&D but from the Alarums & Excursions fanzine. playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-...

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The Origins of Dice Notation

As a previous post here covered , Dungeons & Dragons was the first game to make practical use of all five Platonic solids as dice. The ...

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Shu Qing Tan @the-i-of-qing.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall is out on general release today and I'm in the credits!

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another year of school sports means discovering random inaccessibility at the various schools in my city. One parent meeting down, and there's already a lack of disabled parking spaces (plus no curb cuts) and a broken button for the front door. Tune in throughout this year for exciting updates! 🧑‍🦽🫠

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Grace Gittel Lewis @incaseofgrace.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This one applies to game design, too!

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When I'm done work today, I'm going to deep dive into whatever is happening with the BC conservatives because, very seriously, what is happening over there right now.

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Marie Kondo: I'm So Excited I Love Mess

ALT: Marie Kondo: I'm So Excited I Love Mess

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 03/09/2026

Ecological destruction now recognized as sins against creation and the Creator? Fuck yeah, hook that shit to my badly lapsed veins!

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LaurenWalshArt @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And here I stand. Still able to draw.

Just in: widespread ai outage underway as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are all down.

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

School starts tomorrow—early given we usually start after the Sept long, and one of the kids had a birthday and also the grapes needed to be made into jelly and there's four kids in three schools and last-minute "I forgot I also need XYZ" shopping all in ONE week instead of TWO because it's SO EARLY

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Lynne M. Meyer | coffee-fueled and available for hire @lynnemeyer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Real talk: I paid my September rent and COBRA today, which left about $200 in my account. I currently have $5700 in freelance work in the queue; none of that will hit my account until at least October. I'll be relying entirely on this Spotfund to get though September and pay October rent & COBRA.

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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

www.uclahealth.org/news/article...

The cause of migraines being more prevalent in autism remains something of a question mark, Dr. Nwaobi says. However, she believes one conceptual bridge lies in how the brain interprets and responds to sensory input.
"Migraine is a sensory processing disorder at its core, characterized not only by head pain but by sensory disruptions around light, sound, smell, balance, etc.," she explains. "Autism, likewise, is defined in part by atypical sensory responses, ranging from sensory sensitivity to profound aversion to certain stimuli. There is overlap in abnormal sensory processing occurring in both autism and migraine, raising the possibility of a shared neurobiological vulnerability."

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is for my fellow ADHD baddies: often we have more "routines" than we first realize. For example, I don't have a *daily* planner routine, but I do have a *yearly* planner rhythm and can identify times in the year when my interest waxes and wanes. So I buy 2 planners/year: January and August.

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James D'Amato @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Avery's impact on the RPG design landscape cannot be overstated. If you love agame that came put in the last ten years or so, the designer of that game loves Avery's work or cites her as an inspiration. That's because all her games are fucking good. If they are new to you, you're in for a treat.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Yes. And how do that is to do what you know to be right and just all the way through. Dolly showing up for queer and trans people, for example, was not the easy or crowd-pleasing move, especially for her audience. And she funded a vaccine that got *incredibly* politicized. For example.

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The thing that no one tells you about raising girls is you arrive at a point where no one can apparently tell your underwear from theirs, and suddenly you're 37, desperately searching for just ONE fucking pair of clean underwear, and despite the all laundry being clean and put away, you have none.

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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"People who go about disapproving of such things widely disapprove of it." is my new mantra.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The only reason I believe this is because it references that the data is from Abacus (who I trust for this) because ... wtf Very seriously, what does your news cover? Are you not taught this in school?

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I always forget that summer is the least productive time (work-wise) for me—even less productive than when I'm in winter flares. The chaos of having four kids home is already challenging, but there's so much recovery from summer activities. Currently day 2 bedrest after one day trip to the beach.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is why everybody’s gotta fucking quit it with the constant doomerism.

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Happy Canadians* Burned Down The White House day, to those who celebrate. Something something, we did it 212 years ago and we'll do it again. 😉😂

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Disaster Girl Meme: Pirómano

ALT: Disaster Girl Meme: Pirómano

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Basil Wright @kobanya.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Just about that time: refresh your eyes! darebee.com/workouts/eye...

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Eye Workout | DAREBEE

Eye workout for healthier, more active eyeballs.

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Y'all, it's like Skar and the Hyenas standing along with Simba and the lions, all belting with their entire souls, "We will stand by your side Filled with hope and filled with pride We are more than we are; we are one." THAT is how improbable it feels. Suddenly we're "one family under the sun"

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In today's episode of "Guy I can't Fucking Stand™️ has a fucking point, I can't believe I'm clapping for him, good gods what insane mirror-universe is this?!" (Absolutely fuck Kenney, the rage I have for him is immense, but it's good and important to see someone of that ilk push back against Jivani)

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The United States' ridiculous demand that Canada remove French to secure a trade deal—a shoddy attempt at weakening our sovereignty/making an economic 51st state—is having the absolutely hilarious effect of uniting Quebec and the rest of Canada. Y'all have no idea how hilarious and improbable it is

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I've taken a long break from bluesky, just poking my head up occasionally. It's been awhile since a thread that broke containment. I absolutely did not miss the experience of someone reading the first post, taking exception to something "missed" (it was insinuated, then made explicit further down).

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Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I started learning French again, something I started doing on Duolingo back at the start of COVID, then dropped when they were infested with AI slop. BUT Radio-Canada, the French side of CBC Radio, has a free app called Mauril, which is so far pretty good! It's a little more focused on listening...

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I, an autistic baddie with a migraine disorder, just found out that MIGRAINES are now being understood as a SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER?! Give its association with social/emotional/sensory disorders, research has begun suggesting things like additional migraine screenings for folks with autism etc

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Heads up to my fellow ttrpg designers, heretofore undiscovered picklist by Bram Stoker just dropped

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✨Sailor Scout Austin✨🔜PAXU @sailorsctaustin.blacksky.app · 31/07/2026

I hate how actually fun this movie was and how it was quickly put up on a shelf by powers that be. Anyway it’s on tubi for free

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A reminder for everyone that SW5e, a fantastic complete Star Wars fan build for D&D 5e, already exists. For free. Maintained by a loving team of humans, and created by credited human artists.

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Star Wars 5e

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Apropo of nothing: I'm increasingly concerned about the way folks wield the idea of "privilege" in such a way that very much fails to differentiate between "special advantage" and "basic human right." Like "your generational wealth, rooted in whiteness, gives you contacts" ≠ "your right to safety."

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

deeply annoying that creative breakthroughs don’t come on schedule from direct work but from things like “open-ended conversations with interesting people” and “doing nothing”

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I need new books and authors! Current vibe is cozy-ish, with elements of romance. It could be a full romance, but doesn't have to be. Very open on setting: contemporary, historical, fantasy, and sci-fi are all fine, and zero-spice to full-smut are all welcome. Would love a series of standalones!

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

There's a driving force in our neurodiversity movement that works to simply include "acceptable" neurodivergencies, like ADHD and Autism, in our existing neurotypical societal power constructs, rather than building a true neurodiverse framework that would include the dangerous, messy, unacceptable.

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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I've been nicknamed "thera-parent" by one of the neighborhood kids because I mediated a dispute about someone feeling left out in a way that apparently sounded like I'm a therapist—to which I responded with a somewhat baffled, "this is just what a parent does?" Hence, I'm a thera-parent I guess???

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