iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The hedonism of Elastica feels especially relevant in a pop world whose biggest star is Charli xcx. Like brat, Elastica exudes a sleazy smokers’ area glamour" lovely writing by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social on one of the best albums of the mid-90s thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

thequietus.com

Reissue of the Week: Elastica's Debut Album is "Untouchable Louche Perfection" | The Quietus

Claire Biddles returns to Elastica's debut album and finds it short and perfectly formed; even with some extra tracks thrown in.

812217

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Concept art for The Fifth Element by Patrice Garcia (1995)

334067

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Greg Jolly @bizzarobug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Had some free time, made a small #Dragonbane battlemap. Took about an hour. Three layers of corrugated cardboard, (one for the base, middle for the map and top for the walls). Gray self-adhesive weather stripping for stones. It’s paintable and really easy to cut into stone shapes with scissors.

1154

Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols) @bloorugby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Factions of people reacting to the idea of AI in H. Beam Piper's, "The Cosmic Computer", 1963. Merlin is a "giant strategic planning computer".

"There was a growing sentiment in favor of turning the entire Government over to the computer as soon as it was found. To his horror, Conn heard himself named as chairman of a committee that should be set up to operate it. The moderates, who had merely wanted Merlin used in an advisory capacity, were dropping out; the agitation was coming from extremists who wanted Merlin to be the whole Government, and now the extremists were developing an extreme wing of their own, who called themselves Cybernarchists and started wearing colored-shirt uniforms and greeting each other with an archaic stiff-arm salute, and the words, "Hail Merlin!"

And the followers of the gospel-shouter on the west coast were now cropping up all over the mainland, and on the continent of Acaire to the north, and another cult, non-religious, was convinced that Merlin was a living machine, with conscious intelligence of its own and awesome psi-powers, a sort of super-Golem, which, if found and awakened, would enslave the whole Galaxy. Fortunately, these two hated each other as venomously as both did the Cybernarchists, and spent most of their energies attacking each other's meetings. The news-services were beginning to publish casualty lists, some heavy enough for outpost fighting between a couple of regular armies.

One thing, it helped the employment situation. Everybody was hiring mercenaries."

000

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

WHAT HAPPEN?

14372103

Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols) @bloorugby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Whoever is responsible on the show Neagley for putting Split Enz's "I Got You" at the end of episode 5 - much respect. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiqB...

youtube.com

Split Enz - I Got You (Official Video)

YouTube video by Split Enz

010

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

67117272752

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

180140546474

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿 @prospertipaldi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Militia 🪓🗡️

A woman in a beige padded textile armor, fastening the belt of her helmet around her chin. She is equipped with an axe, a sword, and a large shield. Her clothes and shield are red and blue.

249289

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

biomassart.bsky.social @biomassart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Armed Traveller ATV

2336

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

sam “ludonarrative disinterest” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

[rings bell] theoryslop! theoryslop! come get yer theoryslop while it's still hot!

one page. header reads "RPG DESIGNER THEORYSLOP ALIGNMENT CHARTS & SHEET." gray text under the header reads "You have 20 points to assign to each stat array, Pendragon-style. For tri- or otherwise multi-polar arrays, express the stats as ranges, e.g. “Gamist 1–7 / Dramatist 8–9 / Simulationist 10–20.”
subheaders followed by lines for writing read: "Designer: / Project: / Link:"
subheader reads "Binary Traits," followed by a list of silly game studies paired descriptors and space to write stats: "Ludologist / Narratologist // Game-as-Activity / Game-as-Object // Proceduralist / Anti-Proceduralist // Diegetic / Endogenous // Suitsian / Non-Suitsian // Closed Lusory Goal / Open Lusory Goal // Toy-Game / Meta-Game // Character-Locked / Authorial // Problem-Solving / Story-Telling // Rulebooks / Adventures."
subheader reads "Special Twinned Binary Traits (the Bartle Zone)," followed by gray text reading "Assign 20 points to each axis, but make a single roll when testing the combined traits." following is a two-axis chart, north-south reading "Social / Non-Social" and west-east reading "Aggressive / Passive."
in the second column, a subheader reads "Multi-Polar Traits" followed by shapes with stats at their corners: triangle, "Dramatist / Gamist / Simulationist"; square, "Agon / Alea / Mimicry / Ilinx"; hexagon, "Classic / OSR / Trad / Nordic larp / Neotrad / Storygames"; square, "Gamer / Actor / Socialite / Immersive."
a subheader reads "Skills," followed by a big list of 32 skills, with space for stats next to each: Academia, Acting, Art Direction, Blog, Cartography, Copyediting, Credit Rating, Day Jon, Game Studies, Graphic Design, Illustration, Layout, Line Editing, Livestream, Marketing, Networking, Operations, Organizing, Podcast, Printing, Production, Proofreading, Shitpost, Shortform Video, Social Media, Thirst Trap, Video Essay, Web Dev, Writ. (Adventure), Writing (Lore), Writing (Rules), Other: "
gray text reads "Sam Sorensen, September 2026"

same theoryslop designer sheet as before, this time filled out in handwritten green, for me, Sam. I skew towards problem-solving, goal-driven play, as well as towards adventures, imaginary worlds, and simulationism. the notable inclusions in my skills lists are a +6 in game studies, a +4 in academic, blog, layout, line editing, and adventure-writing, and a +2 in "museum," my "other" skill

4531386

Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols) @bloorugby.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity." -- Guillermo del Toro

000

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

187165375083

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Valeria Loves @valerialoves.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I surveyed 200 players and learned that most OSR games fall into two tiers of lethality - Meatgrinder and Picaresque. Table culture determines lethality more than system or campaign length. valerialoves.com/how-deadly-i...

valerialoves.com

How Deadly is the OSR, Actually?

A survey on campaign length and lethality

1824981

Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols) @bloorugby.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen live Bonus challenge: One of them matches the person you QT. El Vez J. Geils Band Fishbone Mighty Mighty Boss Tones Wynton Marsalis Stevie Ray Vaughn Stanley Jordan Hüsker Dü U2 Jon Butcher Axis

010

Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols) @bloorugby.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Looking at #travellerrpg Supplement 4: 76 Patrons and realizing most of these are straight up major crimes. The breakdown (outside of single player and mercenary ticket options) is 31 definitely crimes, including murder, assassination, and taking a planet hostage, and 28 probably not crimes.

130

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

EXACTLY 👇 THIS.......

210101722745

Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols) @bloorugby.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

More people need to be as entranced by Virginia O'Brien's performance of Salome in "Du Barry Was A Lady" as I am: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVtq...

youtube.com

virginia o'brien sings salome in du barry was a lady (best quality, complete)

YouTube video by that jalopy

000

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Shane Anderson 🏳️‍🌈 @shaneanderson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I haven't sat down to listen to an album from beginning to end in a long while, especially with an artist new to me. But I recently stumbled on Armenian-American jazz singer LUCY YEGHIAZARYAN and my goodness, her work is so achingly beautiful, I have *devoured* every track of her first 3. albums!

2134

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 26/08/2026

Mothership Month is back this year, with one big caveat: no crowdfunding, no new releases. Instead we're investing back in the community: For starters: the Jump-9 Writers Grant will invest $9k in 3 new writers to help them each create a Mothership zine. www.failuretolerated.com/mothership-m...

failuretolerated.com

Mothership Month 2026

Mothership Month is coming November 1 - November 30, back to our regularly scheduled timeslot. With one big caveat: No crowdfunding this year. I don’t know ...

9376156

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

To recap: humans have done war for a long time and we developed both biological and cultural adaptations for it. Those adaptations, when placed in a modern society, make us vulnerable to fascism - they are MAL-adaptive in modernity. Consequently, we must guard against this vulnerability.

335422

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

YSC Rugby - Women’s Rugby News @yscrugby.com · 24/08/2026

USA RUGBY IN COURT & UNDER FIRE! 🇺🇸🏛️ American rugby governance is facing a massive legal and regulatory reckoning on two major fronts! 🚨🏉

112

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I have stopped throwing parties and started just baking a cake and then telling my friends they should come over and help me eat this cake.

2137522

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

giving a shit about other people is a great way to convince them to consider giving a shit about you !!!

1232

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Shane Anderson 🏳️‍🌈 @shaneanderson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Banger of the year, tbh.

216394

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Jackson Crawford @norsebysw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Even more visitors will be flocking to Iceland for the solar eclipse, so here’s a much-requested phrase in Icelandic (“Hello. I am fleeing the American century of humiliation. Can you show me where to buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast?”). Icelandic pronunciation tips: youtu.be/ivLPqkEaKOI

10352129

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

we must recover the old wisdom

Biryani for 800 people
4 kg ginger
2 kg garlic
200 kg mutton (cut 6 pieces from each 500g of meat)
50 kg rice
32 kg masoor
80g saffron (8 tolas)
2 kg chilli powder (red)
2 kg crushed chillies (red)
500g whole green chillies
360g elachi
250g turmeric (use sparingly of this quantity and use egg yellow to obtain richer colour)
500g jeera
250g shah-jeera
250g tuj
20 kg ghee (use sparingly. If mutton is fatty, less with be needed)
20 litres oil
1½ litres lemon juice (or vinegar or ½ vinegar and ½ lemon)
40 x 500ml yoghurt
12-16 doz eggs
25 kg potatoes
20 kg onions
1 kg fine salt (use only as much as is required)
6 kg coarse salt (for rice and meat)

1202849485

Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols) @bloorugby.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If two party members in Mongoose Traveller 2E each roll a ship benefit, one of them has to loose. I think there's a better way. Not saying this is it but I took a stab at a matrix. And adding more subsidized and safari ships. bloostraveller.blogspot.com/2026/08/ship... #TravellerRPG

bloostraveller.blogspot.com

020

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Jeff Dee @jeffdee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

MIGHTY PROTECTORS is V&V3e, the superhero #ttrpg @Jack Herman & I created in 1979. Make random or point-buy characters! Please share. Softcover: www.lulu.com/shop/jeff-de... Hardcover: www.lulu.com/shop/jeff-de... PDF: www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/3... Review: www.rpg.net/reviews/arch...

lulu.com

Villains and Vigilantes 3.0 Mighty Protectors Softcover

You can combat the forces of evil! Find their hidden enclaves with your super-senses, and bust your way in with powerful fists! Use your incredible agility or invulnerability to ward off their attacks...

0104

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Everyone's comparing Nolan's Odyssey to Homer, but I think there's much more richness The ancient Greeks adapted the Odyssey into ART While these images might appear static to us, I want to walk through how an ancient Greek saw art: AS DYNAMIC STORYTELLING like our films 1/13

9759229

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

3262181682

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Sean Nittner @seannittner.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Since stepping down as steward of Big Bad, I’ve focused on small events, what I call housecons. No flights, no hotel, communal meals, and scheduling that is either very loose (let’s play some games) or fully scheduled in advance (welcome to SeanCon, here’s your itinerary). My thoughts.

49522

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Jolly Blackburn @jollyblackburn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Yeah, I'm that guy leading up to the Kickstarter. Don't throw rocks at the messenger (I carry a bastard sword!). Any shares would be greatly appreciated all. tinyurl.com/HackMasterLa...

1124

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Ryan Markel @ryanmarkel.com · 17/07/2026

So here's what's up, and why I need the homie network: I lost my job. As of this afternoon, I no longer work for Automattic, after 16 good years. I do not have anything else lined up yet, and will need to find a new role relatively quickly. Please boost and reach out if you can connect me.

12021

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Paul Wolfe @rpaulwolfe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Ya'll need to get over to bandcamp and get these guys in the rotation. hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com/album/sonido...

hermanosgutierrez.bandcamp.com

Sonido Cósmico, by Hermanos Gutiérrez

12 track album

232

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

TOM CRUISE as SAM ROCKWELL in... youtu.be/qORTe1wW3Wg?...

youtu.be

DIGGER | Official Trailer

YouTube video by Warner Bros.

2312

Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols) @bloorugby.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Need a NPC antagonist for your #TravellerRPG game? I turned what I think are the best stats I've ever rolled into a Zhodani spy - Doctor Lir Iirkum, aka Doctor Feelgood, a high-ranking Zho noble using Telepathy and drugs to make friends and learn secrets: bloostraveller.blogspot.com/2026/07/best...

bloostraveller.blogspot.com

Best Stats Ever?

The pair of double-six dice on the desk called to me, so I answered by rolling: BA89AC-B Probably the highest set I've ever rolled. How can ...

110

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Girl Fighter @girl-fighter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

kougin amann, the most sexual pastry it’s like a croissant but if you made it from bread flour and folded the last two layers with sugar inside the sugar is really bad for the layers but doesn’t ruin it, causes it to ooze with a simple syrup that gets caramelized during the bake

pastry dough in a big muffin tin, it’s shaped like a 4 leaf clover, the layers are clearly visible

6 finished kougin amanns on a cooling rack, they’re pleasantly browned and puffy

cross section of one showing the buttery sugary layers

2248

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Jolly Blackburn @jollyblackburn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Kickstarter launching soon. You can add your name to be noted by going to www.kickstarter.com/projects/ken...

1187

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Patrick Sean Farley @foxymoron.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A July 4th PSA from Laurie Anderson youtu.be/9cE6Pg2q3lI

youtu.be

Laurie Anderson PSA: "National Anthem"

YouTube video by Steve Mokris

163

Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols) @bloorugby.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

New three alignment system for a survival dungeon crawler where the characters mostly aren't volunteering: Guilty: you crimed. Innocent: you didn't crime but were sentenced anyway. Fuck You: maybe you crimed, maybe not, maybe you volunteered. darkatlantisrpg.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-...

darkatlantisrpg.blogspot.com

New Three Alignment System

Gamestyle surival/extraction dungeon crawl, not overly complicated. Potentially for convention play. Premise characters are being forced to...

010

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October

3353731289

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I don't enjoy making financial content, but the lack of mainstream media coverage about this is upsetting. If you can handle even more outrage, look up the new float and 3x multiplier rules applying to index funds and SpaceX, as there's no way I could explain that adeptly in a 3 minute reel.

937547

Reposted by Bloo Rugby (of The Racoon Protocols)

𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙🌙🦇 @dungeonlust.com · 11/06/2026

Art by • David Hoskins

350198