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AquaVertigo

@aquavertigo.bsky.social
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Creating indie social experiences, one story game at a time Creativity. Education. Compassion. Entrepreneurship. linktr.ee/aquavertigo

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 21h
Incredible reporting by @tinavasquez.bsky.social here. A story about how the people who put food on American tables are denied water or even the ability to carry it with them or meaningfully ask for it to be provided, lest they lose their jobs working in oppressive heat.
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Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields
Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina
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404 Media @404media.co · 8h
NEW: Public records obtained by 404 Media show administrators taking meetings with parents and alumni when they take issue with student reporting. This comes as student journalists at The Cornell Daily Sun earned recognition for breaking the “Cornell Seven” story.
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How Schools and Universities Try to Censor Student Journalists
As the Cornell 7 case highlights the importance of student journalism, public records reveal how schools try to censor on-campus news outlets.
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 9h
So many different people, groups, and organizations have come together to push back against the attack on the freedom to read, including students themselves. Read more about what students in Florida are doing here:
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No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards
Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education
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ACLU @aclu.org · 7h
Christa Pike was tortured by the state of Tennessee yesterday. This is now the second horrific botched execution by Tennessee in less than six months.
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 7h
Early voting in Minneapolis was quick and easy; a few resources that were useful to me: Early voting info: vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/vote-... • TakeActionMN's endorsements: takeactionminnesota.org/endorsements • @naomikritzer.bsky.social's ballot deep dives: naomikritzer.com/category/ele...
a calico cat peeking out of her flower-shaped bed next to an "I voted early" sticker.
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AquaVertigo @aquavertigo.bsky.social · 7h
Send help! Brain is considering Forged in the Dark #FitD but through the spirit of games such as #Fate Accelerated.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 22h
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you're having trouble visualizing 57 men ignored an attack on another human, this might help. 57 people is 11 basketball teams + 2 5 football teams + 2 A school bus full of children Four 12-person felony juries, plus nine people. That's how many men failed to help this poor woman. #Cornell7
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
RFK Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety. This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them. (Published March)
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
The idea is that, since USPS trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation.
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Takako Yamaguchi (Japanese, born 1952) Trap, 2024 Oil paint and metal leaf on canvas 60 x 40 in (152.4 x 101.6 cm) Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Truthout @truthout.org · 30/09/2026
A recent disclosure of Amazon’s internal “employee relations” documents reveals just how extreme Amazon’s methods of warehouse surveillance and control have become.
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Amazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They Form
Internal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move.
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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
Finally, a member of this adminsitration that tells the truth.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nurses and community members are protesting in San Francisco today as part of the "People vs. Palantir" Global Week of Action. Organizers say the demonstration is focused on Palantir's work with ICE and concerns over immigration enforcement.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 NEW: Wisconsin’s highest court will hear a case brought by the DNC that could allow courts to extend polling hours when Election Day disruptions threaten voting access. The ruling won’t come before the midterms.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear case on expanded voting hours during Election Day disruptions
The DNC is asking the justices to clarify whether Wisconsin courts can extend voting hours when election-day problems threaten voters’ constitutional right to vote.
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Ben Robbins is launching M2 @lamemage.com · 30/09/2026
In one week I click the button and let slip the dogs of fractal history… Tuesday October 6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...
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Coming soon: Microscope (2nd Edition)
The fractal game of epic histories
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Find Out Productions @findoutproductions.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our bounty hunters have their own score to settle as they attempt to pull off a heist that will take everything that matters from their former bosses. Join us today at 6pm PT for episode 8 of Deadly Crescendos, Mambo Royale 📺: www.twitch.tv/findoutprodu...
On the far left in vertical text it says Deadly Crescendos. Next to it is 6 images of the bounty hunting characters of the players and the words Mambo Royale At the top Cassandra Butch and Kid the Big Shots. At the bottom Lorena, Montgomery Kirk, Uma, and Dean. 

Kid is depicted in an illustration, they are a pale man with shorter silver hair and a goatee, dark eyes, and a navy blue Henley shirt.

Cassandra is a femme appearing person wearing a pink cowboy hat. They have dark orange hair, tanned skin, an eyepatch a choker with a small gem on it

Lorena has long, curly black hair and dark purple eyes. She wears a green headband and a green off-shoulder dress with a rose print shawl. 

"Dean" is depicted in an illustration. They have orange colored bangs with the rest of their hair being black in an updo. Their left arm has a tattoo of some sorts. They are wearing a black mock neck top.

Uma is depicted in an illustration, they have long ping hair put into braids. They are wearing a black button up shirt over a white one. They have several silver delicate looking chains around their neck.

On the right at the top it says A Cowboy Bebop TTRPG Actual Play Episode Eight. Below the text is 6 images of the games players

A selfie of Eli with long gray hair and a small beard, wearing a white shirt and a forest green tie. 

A selfie photo of Catrina. They have mid-length, curly black hair and green eyes, and are wearing a white dress. 

A selfie of Insha, they have their hair in twist or locs. The roots of their hair are black while the tips of their hair are a blonde color. They wear large black rimmed glasses. 

A selfie of Dusty wearing a yellow beanie and dark glasses they have a small beard. 

A selfie of Garnet. They have their hair in braids of Magenta and Blue. They are smiling at the camera wearing dark red lipstick. 

A selfie of Tony. They have small oval shaped glasses, a full beard and mustache combination and are wearing a green bomber style jacket.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seattle
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Small Cool Games @smallcoolgames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh, lots. Removal of trauma and a harm system that is more cinematic. Giving players control of the game phase loop. Abilities that are cosmic in scope. Family connections. Play built around challenges instead of crews. Those are the ones that occur to me off the top of my head.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
By Will McPhail
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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AquaVertigo @aquavertigo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have started reading the A|State 2nd edition #ttrpg. I haven't gotten far, but it's very evocative and positions the PCs seemingly as underdog heroes. If you've run or played A|State 2e, please comment.
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スキタダキマ〜ス🌻 @synxiec.blacksky.app · 18/08/2026
Hey folks, About that AI opt-out feature Twitch was talking about? It's not just the streamers that have to turn that off. EVERYONE has to turn it off, because anything on your account, including the clips you make, will be fed to that infernal, ignominious devil machine if you don't. /1
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Rowan || Aurora || ECLIPSA @ruadhain.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
-IMPORTANT- Gumroad has recently updated their website with the intention of phasing out the ability to manually edit your storefront and allowing you to only edit your storefront via AI agents. I will be dropping gumroad support entirely in the near future. More to come as I sort things out.
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jess @jessfrom.online · 29/09/2026
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUE BESTIE
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Demonstrators gather to protest Trump’s attendance at the Presidents Cup Protest sign: “TRUMP IS A RA_lST” 📍Medinah Country Club — Medinah, Illinois (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Jess 💖 @jessicajrossana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Millennial bisexuals everywhere arise! The beacons are lit!
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz on the set of The Mummy 4
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Cezar Capacle @capacle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This has been a long time coming! I've been considering making this video for the longest time, and I finally got around to doing it. So, here is the first video in a potential series about how I make a living as a tabletop RPG designer 😊
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How I make a living as a full-time indie TTPRG designer | Part 01
YouTube video by Cezar Capacle
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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is right on…….
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
UK textile artist Rachel Wright creates artworks using machine embroidery on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt
Pictorial textile artwork featuring a view looking down on a lighthouse in a swirling sea
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Its Getting Clear @its-the-squirrels.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reminder to Texans! By October 5th make sure you check registration and/or register to vote ✔️ 🗳️💙🌊Vote early starting October 19th Take a neighbor or two with you (carpool). If someone is disabled they can get assistance voting at the polls. Just #VoteBlueTexas down your ballot!!! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
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Good Morning, Jazmin Antoinette! Vote Early
ALT: Good Morning, Jazmin Antoinette! Vote Early
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another Steve Sack cartoon
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 28/09/2026
Why Between Earth and Sky: The Roleplaying Game belongs at your table: 🪶 Based on Rebecca Roanhorse's bestselling Black Sun trilogy 🌎 Rich fantasy world inspired by Pre-Columbian American civilizations 🐦‍⬛ Unique magic: sea-singing, dreamwalking, & crow communication 1/2
Fantasy game art with a blue-toned woman, a Teek from the world of the Black Sun trilogy by Rebecca Roanhorse, posed water swirling with her magical control. The BETWEEN EARTH & SKY and THE ROLEPLAYING GAME in large gold lettering is also featured above a book cover that appears on the right. The bottom text reads Between Earth and Sky ©2026 Rebecca Roanhorse | montecookgames.com | Artist: Patricia Gutierrez.
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JuneSim63 💚 @junesim63.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On Thursday 1st October, patients, NHS workers and activists across England are taking action to say NO to Palantir in our NHS. See link for an action near you. #Palantir #NHS #UKPolitics People vs Palantir - International Day of Action | Amnesty International UK www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter...
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People vs Palantir – International Day of Action
On Thursday 1st October, patients, NHS workers and activists across England are taking action to say NO to Palantir in our NHS. Join a local action near you!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lisa Benson (British Artist, born 1958) "Lunar Light", 2019. Linocut Print, 37.5 × 48.5 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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