iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 23/09/2026

In a couple of weeks, I'm going to be going to an open mic poetry night at a local book store, and if I can build up the courage to read, I'll be reading one of these poems. Which one should I read?

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 22/09/2026

The Marches are full of prospectors, smugglers, isolated colonists, abandoned stations, forgotten battlefields, and worlds barely touched by galactic civilization. Most irregularities have simple explanations. Some do not.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 22/09/2026

That is where the heroes come in. Assigned to a small survey vessel, the heroes travel from system to system, confirming navigational data, checking remote settlements, investigating discrepancies in the charts, and reporting what they find.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 22/09/2026

The Empire has decided that needs to change. A new survey initiative has been commissioned to update the charts of the region, inspect neglected navigation beacons, confirm the status of remote colonies, and identify routes that might support future trade and development.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 22/09/2026

I am now recruiting for an online Star Wars D6 campaign: "The Lantern Survey." The Veiled Marches sit at the ragged edge of space, where hyperspace routes grow unreliable, navigation data becomes outdated, and entire settlements can go years without meaningful contact with the rest of the galaxy.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 21/09/2026

This is amazing. city-builder.online/index.php?la... I think I want to pick up some sets and build them.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 18/09/2026

Grey and Adira were the two worst characters on Disco. Which sucks, because the story was important, and could have been good. The actors were absolute dogshit.

A photo of one of the worst two actors on Star Trek Discovery, Gray. Text says "could he act? no. but was his character good? also no. And were his plotlines compelling? not really. But did he look good? also no. But did I enjoy his time on the show? Again, no. But would I watch more of his character? Also no."

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 13/09/2026

People are starting to receive their copies of Courts of Rememory! I myself got in 8 copies (4 are going to the FLGS).

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 04/09/2026

Getting some of my poems put up on the stairway to surprise Bridget with she gets home.

Two posters. One reads:
i loved you
until i forgot
where i ended
and the tide began.

love is not drowning.
it is learning
how to breathe
under the same wave.

The second poster says :
i trained my voice
to sound steady.
but whenever i say your name,
the vowels scatter
like they're looking for cover.

the posters, with the two previous posters, but now you can see a third that says:
today
i will try
to see
what is good
before i decide
what is wrong.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 03/09/2026

Excuse me, his name is Travis.

A picture from CNN showing Travis Kelce and a white dog. caption reads: "Everything you could possibly need to know about Taylor Swift's dog."

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 31/08/2026

The Sons of Ariadne are loose in the Hive. #Warhammer #Necromunda

A group of Van Saar gangers on a multilevel necromunda board.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 26/08/2026

Wrapping up the final-final edit of Courts of Rememory. #SongOfTheRiverPrince #IndieRPG

A Warning, Offered Kindly
If you use this book, your characters will be noticed. Not immediately, and not always clearly. But patterns will form, names will be repeated, choices will echo. A character who keeps their word will become known for it. A character who breaks one will be remembered longer. The courts do not rush. They have learned patience from trees and rivers and things that do not die quickly.
Courts of Rememory is an invitation to consequences that unfold like roots beneath the soil. It rewards attention, restraint, and curiosity. It punishes certainty, haste, and the belief that intent matters more than outcome.
If that sounds unsettling, it should. If it sounds beautiful, it is.
Now step carefully. The path is narrowing.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 25/08/2026

Got to pull out Queen’s Gambit last night, and it remains just as good 26 years later. #boardgames #starwars

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 20/08/2026

I planned out our whole trip, day by day, to Disneyland in November.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 17/08/2026

Great game of Marvel Heroic today. The heroes fought a team up of Graviton and Hydroman, while Luke Cage was trapped in an elevator fighting Living Lightning. Then in the Savage Land, Luke Cage punched a T-Rex in the head.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 15/08/2026

Made great progress tonight on the tower, getting a couple of floors done.i still need to get weathering on it, but have to wait for the glue to dry.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 15/08/2026

This “map” of Deer Park, the town just north of us sure is ugly, but at least they didn’t use AI!

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 14/08/2026

Me, all wrapped up in my DD-214.

A photo of a devilishly handsome man with a beard with a blanket on himself. The blanket has a DD-214 on it.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 14/08/2026

Me now, when someone in the military tries to tell me what to do:

Jennifer Connelly as Sarah in Labyrinth saying "You have no power over me."

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 14/08/2026

Two days until Breakout day. The start of another universe in the Marvel Multiverse. I've made these cards to show the players the scene distinctions in different locations. #MarvelHeroic #MarvelRPG #Marvel

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 13/08/2026

THE TOWER has returned to the house.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 06/08/2026

Is one of the members of Weezer a Scientologist? Because it's weird that there's two of them in their new music video, and it REALLY feels like no one was CLAMORING to get Giovanni Ribisi into a music video.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 04/08/2026

They call it Level Three. They call it Go Now. As though Now is a suitcase you keep packed beneath the bed. As though Go is a simple thing. As though a lifetime does not hesitate in the doorway.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 02/08/2026

We’re the blue dot. Close to getting an evac order.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 02/08/2026

Tried taking a photo from the back yard to show how smoky it’s gotten, and… well…

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 02/08/2026

Shit’s getting real. We’ve packed the essentials if we have to bounce. #spokanefire

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 23/07/2026

Liking the look of this new X-Men team.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 22/07/2026

We each opened a pack last night and had to play with what we had. The others ended up with some five-masters, and I had… one two mast ship and a fort.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 21/07/2026

Putting together a big PDF. It'll likely be quite a long time before it actually gets put out there, but it would have all the best known heroes and villains and locations, all in one place. It's getting harder and harder to get ahold of official MHR content. #MarvelHeroic #MarvelRPG #Marvel

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 20/07/2026

We’ve even got a logo for the week!

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 19/07/2026

This is the dude who’s got middle school boys hating on women, meanwhile he’s dressed as a middle-aged mom circa 2010 with his Toms shoes, purple billowy blouse, and capri pants.

Andrew Tate with a purple shirt, black capris, and black shoes with no socks, getting arrested.

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Mark Meredith @dicemonkey.itch.io · 17/07/2026

This morning, the sky forgot how to be blue. It dressed itself in the color of old photographs, And every breath feels borrowed from a campfire's flame.

A morning sky filled with smoke over a suburban neighborhood.

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