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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 20/09/2026

"My concerts are a place where everyone is welcome. Well, everyone except Macklemore." - Ed Sheeran, probably.

Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 18/09/2026

BREAKING: Jem and the Holograms announce withdrawal from Ed Sheeran tour. "Silencing artists that speak up for oppressed peoples is truly, truly, truly outrageous," Jem said.

An illustration of Jem and the Holograms from the 80's cartoon "Jem and the Holograms," featuring Jem in the foreground singing into a wireless microphone and the rest of the band in the background playing their instruments.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 18/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Max Rebo Band has announced they are pulling out of Ed Sheeran's tour. "Jee-jee wawa do Free Palestine," Sly Snootles added, to the approving nods Droopy McCool and Max himself..

The Max Rebo Band, from a scene in "Return of the Jedi." The image features, from left to right:

Max Rebo, an elephant like alien with blue skin playing a sci-fi keyboard-style instrument;

Droopy McCool, a fleshy alien playing a woodwind instrument;

Sy Snootles, a lanky alien with a round torso and trunk-like mouth serving as the vocalist.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 14/09/2026

Nuuuuuuuuu! SWAMP WITCH!!! 😭😭😭

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 14/09/2026

I wasn't sure about this guy at first, but apparently he knows Swamp Witch so I guess I'll give him a chance. Any friend of Swamp Witch...

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 13/09/2026

Swamp Witch? Why, yes, thank you. We shall be great friends!

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 25/08/2026

Stopped updating my stuff on World Anvil for some time. Finally got back to it and... these updates. I can't navigate through my own work, I spend all my creative time figuring out how to access what I already wrote... Sucks. I'm looking at transferring it to Legend Keeper, we'll see how that goes.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 21/08/2026

Pathfinder 2e; Extinction Curse Session 1: Our PCs are a mime, a sword swallower, the circus doc, and a bulbous cactus leshy that's DEFINITELY just a little guy. Trying to convince some troublemakers to leave, Fergus (our leshy) max rolled a crit trying to poke one in the butt. Cue trauma!

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 19/08/2026

I've been using them for like... little mini-heists... Is that not right?!

A screen grab of a YouTube "thumbnail" featuring a chef about to cook with capers (the plant). The title is "You've Probably Been Using Capers Wrong."

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 31/07/2026

떡볶이 is not supposed to be al dente 😣

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 30/07/2026

If you cold message me on Discord to talk about my pfp, I'm blocking you right away. Find a new scam, this one's boring!

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 28/07/2026

The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting isn't perfect, but I did appreciate 3rd Edition's commitment to giving us a full shelf of source material.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 17/07/2026

So far, this is the only legitimate criticism of "The Odyssey" I've seen on social media.

A screencap of a Threads post by jaxmagicman stating:

"I saw 'The Odyssey and while I liked it, it was just a blatant ripoff of 'Oh Brother Where Art Thou'."

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 16/07/2026

So this came in the mail today! Setting agnostic, rules light with some interesting roll mechanics! I'm looking forward to running something with my group 😅 Great work, @oakleafinsignia.games!!

A picture of the newly released TTRPG "Fortune Favors Dice"

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 13/07/2026

Damn, they couldn't just do some junior congressman to get him back, they needed to sac ol' Lindsey...

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 09/07/2026

"I know today we've all been brainwashed into believing EVERY player NEEDS one or more sets of their own cool dice, but... you don't...?" Wow, I thought Bob World Builder was a chill, unproblematic fella, but turns out he's a monster! #CancelBob

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 07/07/2026

DM/GM 🚩 When the DM peers at you with narrowed eyes from behind their DM screen and then slowly steeple their fingers...

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 29/06/2026

I'm Shib Jangsaeng (십장생) Flack and you're listening to NPR.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 28/06/2026

Ya'll, I think this man is on to something...

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 27/06/2026

A "SCROT" of bros! 🤣🤣🤣

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 24/06/2026

I'm tired of YouTubers telling me I'm DMing wrong! Maybe I already do it exactly how you're spelling it out in your video, did you ever think of THAT?!

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 23/06/2026

Sometime's, when I'm not feeling great about myself, I remember that I am my dog's favorite bed.

A small black and white dog sleeping on my lap. You can make out that I am wearing blue jeans.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 20/06/2026

World building with ADHD is just a string of half formed paragraphs that stop when a new person, location, or concept is introduced... So... SO many article stubs in World Anvil...

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 20/06/2026

You know what? At least the "scrying is/isn't ableist" drama is new. The rotation was starting to get a bit stale.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 26/05/2026

My TTRPG hot take: We don't need a hundred new JRPG ➡️ TTRPG systems.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 21/04/2026

Never forget Whit Whitman's 10-step 12-step method for masterful game directing! Never forget to porkon cows and always remember villains needs flaws and also more flaws! Unrelated, watch out for grifters in the #ttrpgcommunity.

An AI slop thumbnail for a YouTube video claiming to feature "The Whitman Method," subtitled "12 steps to masterful game directing."

On the left, under the title are the steps in two columns. On the right is an AI image of (presumably) Whit Whitman (a fellow known for not making good on some Kickstarter projects) in front of a bookshelf filled with TTRPG paraphernalia.

It lists the following 10 (not 12) steps:

1. Session Zero
2. Timeliness
3. Session lime
4. Mancipatonts
5. Porkon Cows
7. Connectiarg
8. Villain Flaws
10. Enveglments
11. Coural Done
12. Villain Flaws

Missing are 6 and 9, which is definitely NOT nice.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 20/04/2026

If ya'll ain't played "South of Midnight"... Why not?

A screenshot from a cut scene in the video game "South of Midnight." Pictured is the protagonist, a young Black woman, sitting atop a giant catfish as it takes her across the river.

She's wearing town jeans and a yellow tank top. She has a nose ring and multiple ear piercings. Her hair is held up in twin "boxer braids" and extend to her chest.

Concept art for Compulsion Games' "South of Midnight."

It shows our protagonist, a young Black woman named Hazel, walking amidst several other supernatural creatures that are featured in the game, among them a magic catfish that she befriends early on.

Art by João Bragato

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 10/04/2026

J-Hope trying desperately not to drown after "Da Bomb."

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 10/04/2026

V stopped after 2 wings and... you know what? I can respect that. He said hot/spicy food was not his thing and that he'd reached his limit. He didn't make a scene, he didn't fuss about it, he didn't feel compelled to power through anyway. Watching J-Hope and Jin suffer through was hilarious, tho 🤣

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 07/04/2026

For over 4 decades, this snippet of a song has played in my head with only a vague impression that it was a gang of animated cats singing it. Just two lines: "Ali Baba, you may not know But tonight, we're gonna win!" I eventually just accepted it was some sort of fever dream, but today...

The DVD cover of the 1971 Toei animation "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." The title and marketing information is printed in Katakan and Kanji (Japanese writing), the title is romanized to "Aribaba to yonjūnin no tōzoku."

The art style is defined by late 60s/early 70s Japanese animation, with large, round heads and big eyes and mouths and an almost "chibi-like" aesthetic.

It features Ali Baba as a shirtless boy wearing a turban as he rides a magic carpet with a cat and other cats dance below him, particularly a large, pink cat that features prominently on the right. Various other characters are illustrated, along with a green/gold lamp at the bottom center.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 29/03/2026

Clavicular still trying to hammer that browline straight, I see...

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 23/03/2026

Me: I need something fun. Oh! I'll watch the new season of One Piece. S2E7: Get wrekt, you fkn baby.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 04/02/2026

Imagine being a grown ass man and getting your ass beat by GenZ/Alpha kids... (NOTE: Despite the caption, the girl/woman with the Choose Kindness Always hoodie was trying to de-escalate the situation.)

A screen grab of a Facebook post from Josh Helfgott, it features two images from an incident in which an adult man got into a verbal altercation with high schoolers who were demonstrating in their town before he physically assaulted a female student.

Several other teenagers stepped in to defend their peer, ultimately chasing the man away.

The first image shows students grappling the man as he try to maintain his balance. He is desperately clinging to his MAGA hat in his left hand.

The second image shows a girl wearing a black hoodie that says, "CHOOSE KINDNESS ALWAYS." Despite the caption, this person was actually trying to de-escalate the situation. They were truly choosing kindness.

Josh Helfgott captions his post with:

"If you've ever been beaten up by a teenager wearing a "Choose Kindness Always" hoodie, you should probably reconsider your life choices. "

The adult man in the image was identified as Chad Michael Watts and later arrested for two counts of assault causing bodily injury.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 01/01/2026

With the alpha male mythos extending all the way to sigma, now, we should go ahead and assign traits to the rest of the letters. Just get it over with. What do you suppose a kappa male is like?

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 28/12/2025

I dunno, I feel like booking would be a bad idea... #scp

A screegrab of a link to a website for "SCP Hotels." The post suggests that SCP might stand for "Special Containment Procedures," a series of stories and concepts centered around paranormal or supernatural entities or events that are kept secret from the general public.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 21/12/2025

Adding another one from @mythworks.bsky.social to my collection. I'll try to find time to stream a run of this next year, hopefully before spring! #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #zines

An picture of the "Time Force" zine-style TTRPG by Myth Works.

The cover is blue with the title in bold, blue with thick white outline, all-caps font that is centered on the page, "Time" over "Force."

The title hovers over a blue and white circle, ostensibly a time portal. White movement lines emote outwardly from the circle.

Around the title are several figures. Starting at the 12 o'clock position and rotating clockwise:

12: a cartoonish tyrannosaurus rex with bulging yellow eyes and gaping maw is rising above the title.

2: a "chrononaut" (the games protagonists) wearing his chrononaut suit (strikingly similar to an astronaut suit), but also a bandolier with bullets, a Sombrero is flying off of his helmet, a six-shooter just out of reach, and a classic alarm clock just below the gun.

5: a chrononaut flying in Leonardo da V9nci's flying machine, a painting of the Mona Lisa with a chrononaut helmet (but you. An still see her hair?!) Floating out of reach.

6: a Roman-era vase with a chrononaut/centurion blend figure painted on it.

7: a chrononaut in Samurai armor weild8ng a katana and holding a scroll painting of a woman in a kimono but her face is a chrononaut face shield.

10: a chrononaut in a toga and crowned with an olive wreath reaching for an hourglass.

Along the top of the zine cover are printed the names of the authors Vincenzo Ferriero and Ray Chou and the artist Sebastián Adano.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 10/12/2025

A statue commemorating that time a dog accused a man of murdering its master, dueled the man in a Trial by Combat, and got the man to confess his crime, for which he was hanged.

A picture of the "Dog of Montargis" statue in Montargis, France that depicts a dog biting the neck of a man with his arms out and a panicked/pained expression.

The statue honors a 13th century legend of a dog avenging his murdered master (Aubry de Montdider) by winning a trial by combat against the killer (Robert Macaire), who confessed to the murder and was hanged.

The duel was ordered by King Charles V after the dog "accused" Macaire.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 04/12/2025

Since #Eschaton by @archongames.bsky.social is my favorite board game of ever, seeing a recent YouTube review say it's probably best in genre is pretty validating. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGRj... #BoardGames #BoardGame #DeckBuilder #DeckBuilding #StrategyGame

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Review | Eschaton | Archon Games | The Players' Aid

YouTube video by The Players Aid

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 03/12/2025

When the #BBEG casts Time Stop at the start of the round to cast some beefy spells and then summons a pack of nasty wraiths so you pull out your Dispel Magic scroll and roll straight Charisma checks for each spell. Dude powered up and then I just powered him back down. #TTRPG #DnD #ActualPlay

A stream of dice rolls publicly rolled in the Roll 20 VTT, showing Charisma checks with results of 18, 24, 18, and 17.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 27/11/2025

The #Shadowrun crew is in San Fran and already bribed a local go-gang. Now it's time to see what the job is. Can Popi convince Ms. Johnson that the crew is worth more than the initial offer? Starting ~7.30p ET/4.30p PT (Wed) www.twitch.tv/dndenial or www.twitch.tv/scxrlet64 #ActualPlay #TTRPG

An "oni" character from a Shadowrun 5 actual play, named Popi. She has blue skin, blue horns, white hair and red irises. She is wearing thin glasses and a purple dress similar in style to a Chinese "cheongsam" with pink flowers on it. She is muscular and standing in a hand on the hip pose. Her right arm (the one resting on her hip) has a red dragon tattoo.

She is standing in what appears to be a bar or nightclub, but the background is blurry.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 21/11/2025

Hey, I get to play in this! Willie Burnham is way past his prime, but he can still knock them down in this post-apocalyptic #TTRPG built on a #PbtA framework. The game really makes me think of "Remnant: From the Ashes." Stream will start at 830p ET (Thursday) Come say hi! #ActualPlay

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 19/11/2025

Hey, we're back after a few weeks break with our DnD 5E #ActualPlay "Beyond the Stellar Veil." Space shenanigans abound, stop in and say hi! Tuesday, 18 November 7p-1030p ET/4p-730p PT www.twitch.tv/dndenial #TTRPG #DnD

An image capture from Twitch featuring the players for the D&D 5E actual play "Beyond the Stellar Veil."

The DM, @thespeedofcandy is in the center, labeled Shenanigan Sovereign.

The players are, from top right and going clockwise:

@davidjoneskrause playing Kessel, a druid
@iSneezeStars playing Samanthar'ra, a gunner
@Coddlesworth playing The Captain, a ship's captain
@DungeonMistressKatie playing Giulia, a bard

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Scxrlet 64 | Art and TTRPGs @scxrlet64.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Sebina Stiletto, played by Mournique, is a dwarf tiefling monk who specializes in Mountain Stance. She is the leader of the Stiletto gang, and has a punch first ask questions later outlook on life #ttrpg

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 18/11/2025

Social media isn't the place to push nuanced discussion on hot button topics, you just piss everybody off and get piled on. Just how it do. But it's important to seek context and nuance when you can, for real conversations with real people you care about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVIJ...

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we need to change the AI conversation.

YouTube video by Michael Burns

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 13/11/2025

If you got some free time tonight, we're streaming a State of the Union side mission. Tonight we'll be meeting with Ms. Johnson to see what she's got on offer. Wednesday Night (Semi-weekly) 7p ET/4p PT www.twitch.tv/dndenial or www.twitch.tv/kikiclownmen... #Shadowrun #TTRPG #ActualPlay

A screen grab from a twitch stream featuring an actual play of the Shadowrun TTRPG. The title of the stream is State of the Union.

There are four players and a game master, each in their own windows.

The players are:

@KikiClownMenace (femme presenting) playing Smokey, a changeling rigger
@MaxRomans (masc presenting) playing Simon, a human mage
@MilestoneRPG (femme presenting) playing Popi, an oni face
@Scxrlet64 (femme presenting) playing Loophead, a human sniper

The gamemaster is @Coddlesworth (masc presenting).

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 10/11/2025

Faxing still exists to create a barrier to document submission for the sole purpose of increasing revenue by: A. extending fee periods (since whatever it is "can't" officially cancel until documents are submitted) B. charging late fees There is nothing—NOTHING—that will convince me otherwise.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 08/11/2025

In what world does it make sense for ANY type of corn chip to cost the same per ounce as beef jerky?! Oh, it's this one. Fuck, I hate it here.

A "SidexSide" screen grab from Amazon showing the per ounce price of ofJack Links Beef Jerky and a per ounce price of caramel Bugles Corn Chips.

It shows the Beef Jerky at $1.46/ounce and the Bugles at $1.43/ounce.

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Coddlesworth @clockworkcirc.us · 07/11/2025

When your feet are on the edge of a sock size range, new socks are never going to fit quite right. It's a curse that millions live with and nobody cares.

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