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Chris Hopper Accessibility Consulting @chrishopper.bsky.social · 21h

I'm pitching an accessible gaming room at Gencon, with emphasis on... * recharging stations for mobility aids * low-stimulus sensory space * curated gaming library and demos And I need your help! Involved in a similar space? Interested in sponsorship? Just have advice? replies or DMs please!

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 23h

Looking for information on accessibility laws? Lainey Feingold has a resource on digital accessibility laws and policies that she's updated over the years. Though not exhaustive, it has great insight, histories, explanations, and links. www.lflegal.com/global-law-a...

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Global Law and Policy

The legal framework gives us permission to dream what is possible. Lizzie Kiama (Kenya) at Microsoft Ability Summit 2021 Welcome to LFLegal's Digital Accessibility Global Law and Policy page. The…

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!

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tuomaspirinen.bsky.social @tuomaspirinen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Friends, are you or do you know any graphic designers who are free to take freelance gig on a short notice? Experience in tabletop games is a huge plus! If so, please contact me!

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Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The Seventh of #fatbatweek 2026: Tome's Sword-nosed bat with a medley of Colombian and Brazillian fruits on a cream slathered merengue. #microbats #biodiversity

A fuzzy bat with an extremely long nose structure and tragus, and BIG pointy ears perches on a double stacked merengue topped with colourful columbian fruit and cream.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Africanfuturism (one word, not two) is concerned with visions of the future, is interested in technology, leaves the Earth, skews optimistic, is centered on and predominantly written by people of African descent and it is rooted first and foremost in Africa. 🌍🤖👽🚀🪐

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African Futurism: Nnedi Okorafor, Wole Talabi, and Adam Oyebanji by DAW Books

Read daring, imaginative science fiction stories in this African Futurism ebook bundle! Pay what you want and support BINC!

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Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Sixth of #FatBatWeek 2026: Fijian Long-tailed Fruit bat with Kavika sorbet. Last minute Bat suggestions for the last few days?

A fruitbat clutches half a coconut with a big scoop of melting pink sorbet with three tiny slices of kavika (white fleshed, red skinned pear shaped fruit) and a teaspoon with a star pattern.

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Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Fifth of #FatBatWeek 2026: Western Big-eared bat and Cranberry Cheesecake. Shout out to @albertabats.bsky.social, @wildlifeacoustics.com, @azbatrescue.bsky.social, @honkifurhoary.bsky.social who suggested the bat species. Half way through the week already!

A long eared bat with a simple but lumpy nose sits on top of a square slice of layered pink cheese cake with generouse thick bands of cranberry jam and a garnish of fresh berries.

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Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Fourth of #fatbatweek 2026: Western Barbastelle and Hazelnut Pudding. According to my deep (wikipedia) research Hazelnuts & Barbastelle barbastelle range extends from Ireland to the Middle East. Spotlighting: @batrescueberks.bsky.social, @batconservation.bsky.social, & @battylisa.bsky.social

A dark chocolate coloured bat with a triangular head and a rather marsupial like nose array (it makes me think of a wombat's snout) clings to the side of a short round glass with a layer of hazelnuts then a creamy pudding topped with a swirl of cream, gold star shaped cachous and a pair of autumnal hazel leaves.

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Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Third of #FatBatWeek 2026: Rider's Free-Tailed bat and a caramel Macadamia nut tart. Shouting out to the Australasian Bat Society, @flybynight and all the Australian Bat researchers I've met while enthusing on this annual event– please tag yourselves in if you see this!

A free-tailed mastiff bat, with angular ears, perches on a glossy wedge of caramel slathered cream coloured nuts and a nut studded creamy filling.

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Cats Have No Lord @catshavenolord.itch.io · 03/10/2026

A pair of posts about my solo dungeon crawl are up on my blog now. First covers how I'm combining the AD&D Appendix A dungeon generator with OSE for the rules of doing the crawl. Second is a play report with notes on how the procedures generated the narrative outcomes.

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Pidj @pidj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you're considering horror one shots for Halloween, or October more generally, let me lay out some of my games as contenders for you!

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BrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com · 02/10/2026

I was going over some of the trends/eras of illustration with my students today and Corporate Memphis created the most conversation. It was compared to a business man in a happy face mask, Arial & pop music. Good in contexts like brightening up a train station, bad in masking the cruelness of tech.

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Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Second of #FatBatWeek 2026: A Trident-nosed bat and a Mubuyu* Mousse. These species are found across several South Eastern African countries. Tagging @batswborders.bsky.social @africanbatcon.bsky.social, and @irorotanshi.bsky.social in particular for people to follow their great conservation work.

a pompom of a bat with a complex leaf-nose three little cones along the top. It rests by feet and wing thumbs on a martini glass with a creamy dessert garnished with little crumbles of white baobab fruit. At the foot of the glass is a white baobab blossom, also a pompom of golden stamens with big white petals remeniscent of a dog rose.

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Pidj @pidj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

piggybacking off of Hugh's 6-month-old post to remind people that I made an anthology of games and game materials based off of Tracy Chapman songs! Titled 'Fiction in the Space Between', it is available digitally from my itch pidj.itch.io/fiction-in-t...

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Fiction in the Space Between by pidj

A Tracy Chapman TTRPG Zine

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’ve been thinking a lot more about freelance design and how mystifying it is to most people, especially if you came through the proverbial back door with rpgs. Today, I’m thinking about the three most popular pricing models and my thoughts on them. www.explorersdesign.com/working-desi...

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Design Hireling: Pricing Models

3 pricing models for freelance graphic designers and artists in rpgs.

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Rob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The other bit of gravity (that also has nothing to do with the undead) is that the "three threes" fractal of the underlying design is TREMENDOUSLY satisfying, and is exactly the kind of symmetry that draws the mind as you build from scratch.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The same image can be used in multiple contexts and need to have different alt text in each instance. As Sheri Byrne-Haber points out in this blog post, context is a critical aspect of alt text that many people miss. www.sheribyrnehaber.com/context-is-t...

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Context is the most critical aspect of alt-text everyone seems to miss - Sheri Byrne-Haber's Blog

This is the article I SWORE I would never write. But I have a different perspective on alt-text than most accessibility managers, so I decided to share it.

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Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Quick games design lesson: Consider your spaces in terms of points of interaction. (Think consoles, NPCS to talk, item storage or pickups). Here I have three POI placed in a convoluted space. Lets see how a player interacts with them...

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was finally able to track down an actual 3-D version of “AL’S BRAIN IN 3-D”… so if you have a VR headset, 3-D TV, or even cheap 3-D glasses, you can now watch this in the way it was originally intended! youtu.be/LKgKQK7tKIU

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"Weird Al" Yankovic - AL'S BRAIN IN 3-D

YouTube video by alyankovic

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Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · 24/09/2026

Director Psalmayene returns to the Folger to tackle "Measure for Measure." In this Q&A, he shares his first thoughts on the production, set in the American South in the 1950s, and how he approaches Shakespeare’s text like a new work. www.folger.edu/blogs/folger...

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Reframing Shakespeare's Measure for Measure in the American South in the 1950s | Folger Shakespeare Library

Psalmayene 24, the Helen Hayes Award-winning director of Folger Theatre's Metamorphoses, shares his first thoughts on the upcoming production of Measure for Measure, set in the American South in the 1...

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · 24/09/2026

For nearly 14 years, you’ve been adding location info to your Uses. We’ve always wanted a visual way to see this data. Rob Meek built it for us. Introducing the Fonts In Use Map: fontsinuse.com/map

Screenshot of a browser at fontsinuse.com/map showing a website titled Fonts In Use and a header, “Map”. Below the head is a world map with many circle and pin icons.

The pin for Kyiv is selected, showing a pop-up with the title, “Kyiv”, and “Has 59 uses”. The most recent use is displayed with the title, “The Civilian Readiness Center”, an image, and a “View” link.

A screenshot of fontsinuse.com showing “Uses with artwork from Kyiv (Ukraine)” and a grid of images.

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MegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hey, #ttrpg #pbta #dnd folks, you might want to go check if your stuff is up on Scribd without your permission. I just reported links for about twenty of our games, & I see a lot of other work up there. They appear to have a decent take-down policy, but you have to submit the form. www.scribd.com

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Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is true, in context or otherwise

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In two short weeks our Forged in FIYAH anthology will be out in the world! So naturally we'll take this time to scream about all the authors who contributed their stellar work, beginning with @mhayinde.bsky.social!!!

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You might personally choose not to use AI, but you might not have a choice as to whether your team or office uses it. If your organization is using AI to write alt text, always review it to make sure it's accurate and appropriate. AI won't necessarily understand how or why an image is being used.

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momatoes @momatoes.com · 13/09/2026

What are some games that have interesting mechanics for encouraging or rewarding failure, say, on a story level?

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Cold Crash Pictures @coldcrashpics.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Aaaand it's up! Allow me to introduce you to the world's very first dinosaur film—now available to the public for the first time!

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Saurian Cinema: Introducing the World's First Dinosaur Film

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Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New notepads plus restocks to update my shop soon.

Four notepads, one woolly bat on fried plantain, one tubenosed bat on a pineapple fritter, a #numbat on a #Norton, and pied oyster catchefs

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The end of an era: Phil Tippett is shutting down his stop-motion studio.

Miniature props, including an AT-AT, below a wall of storyboards.

A crate labeled TIPPETT on a work shelf.

An in-house blood drive poster modeled after Starship Troopers: WE NEED YOUR BLOOD -- DONATION GUARANTEES CITIZENSHIP

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MajorFlake @majorflake.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I just got these stickers in the mail that are the most me thing on earth

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Another neat #bug from Costa Rica, but this time it's very smooth and beautiful, like a little abstract painting. I love the iridescent green punctures! Hnnnggg 😋 #Scutelleridae: #Pachycoris torridus

A smooth shield shaped bug sits on a white background facing right. It has orange to reddish circular markings, ringed with dark color on a light olive colored background. The body is covered with fine metallic green punctures.

Close up of a smooth shield shaped bug showing orange to reddish circular markings, ringed with dark color on a light olive colored background, stippled with fine metallic green punctures.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Color contrast is the difference in brightness between foreground and background colors. You can check your color contrasts with the WebAIM Color Contrast Checker to determine if people with low vision can tell the colors apart and see your content. webaim.org/resources/co...

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WebAIM: Contrast Checker

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RPG Roots @rpgroots.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Another of our guests for RPG Roots Season 1, “Narratives of Oppression and Resistance,” is @thoughtfulemoji.bsky.social, a doctoral student in sociology at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the author of the incredible “Dog Eat Dog” - currently being republished by @cmichpress.bsky.social

This is a poster for a guest of the podcast, Liam Liwanag Burke, showing a picture of Liam and the cover of the new edition of the game "Dog Eat Dog" against a gray background.

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Marcin Wichary @aresluna.org · 11/08/2026

I was hoping for your help with something. (Please RT for reach.) Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that?

An old dot-matrix display at the platform of Bay Area Rapid Transit near San Francisco

An old street sign in Szczecin, set in a distinctive typeface

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 10/08/2026

Okay so I'm getting more into solo/journalling games. Do you have a favorite "universal" resource for them? If I want to 'roll' up a random character — background, looks, quirks? Locations? The sort of thing you could tag onto virtually any game to help push things a bit further.

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MegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I've had a bit of a day, so let's do a little #WorldBuildingThread as a treat. Tonight's topic: every-day carry mending kit. Unsurprisingly, I have several of these, because different "every day" situations may require different things, but these 2 are my actual honest-to-goodness everyday carries.

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I have just been sent the transcript of a deposition my grandmother gave in 1977 while she was serving as an expert witness in a series of tribal rights cases and let me tell you, if nothing else this is proof that I come by it honest for every conceivable value of “it”

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Cats Have No Lord @catshavenolord.itch.io · 02/08/2026

Remember Itch has a handy link to take you to the jam entries that haven’t gotten many (or any) ratings and comments yet. Make sure to give a look to the work from newer folks in the scene that might get missed, not just the big names. #TTRPG #OSR

Screenshot of the Appendix N Jam page with red line and arrows around the link that says “Help rate submissions that have few ratings”

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”

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Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

it is of vital importance to keep a whole bunch of 80-120 page novellas around for the moments when you simply need to read a whole book in one sitting but you don’t have a whole day to do so

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DC Bradshaw @dcbradshaw.com · 18/07/2026

Right, we have a Kid/Family-Friendly TTRPG collab bundle in the making! Max 2 games per creator. Standalone games, not expansions. Ideally if you add 2 games, please make 1 of them a quick game to learn (e.g. a one-pager). Thank you :) @rpgtrader.bsky.social rpg-trader.com/dashboard/bu...

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RPG Trader

TTRPGs from digital to print, made simple.

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Cold Crash Pictures @coldcrashpics.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Asking this sorta thing would get me swarmed with bots over on Twitter but I have more faith in getting some real replies here: where does one go to seek out good voice-over talent for hire?

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ghoul dente, convenience BASTARD 🍝 @katbridges.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

gang, the trail cam is a treasure trove 🐻 🥰

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DC Bradshaw @dcbradshaw.com · 18/07/2026

Looks like I’m kicking this off this evening then! Probably a “go live” date of the start of August?

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