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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Duolingo, folks? So these new stories are AI generated. It fucking sucks. But also, any story where someone misunderstands or is foolish ALWAYS centres women, right?

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The optimist in me sees people decry the Arkansas anti-welfare ad as “racist against white people” and says “Well, wait. Let’s talk about that feeling and how we can connect (and contrast) that feeling with the feelings of marginalized groups.” And then we talk about intersectionality and-

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Redundant” 😒 Is WOTC planning on giving community management in part or in full to AI tools? We know how the C suite at Hasbro feels about AI.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Huge loss for the team. Wishing you the best. Rest while you can! I’m sure you’ll find your footing quickly. ❤️‍🩹

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Jes the human @jesthehuman.itch.io · 24/09/2026

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Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Putting a call out for TTRPG artists! Doing an initial discovery for an artist to work on a new cyberpunk, body horror action game I'm designing. Please link your portfolio! NO AI.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

They Deadfall on my Arcana until I Unleash.

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Jes the human @jesthehuman.itch.io · 09/09/2026

SAVE THE DATE for our Trans Lifeline HELLWHALERS Charity Stream on Sept 23 AND 24! 👀 With @helpactionneeded.bsky.social @dmsteve.bsky.social @thecandacemarie.bsky.social and @ameliasom.com Sept 23 & 24 🐋 5:30 PT

trans lifeline charity stream - hellwhalers - sept 23 and 24 @ 5:30 PT
photos of each of the tagged cast members

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dear guy at the gym with Raybans while running on the treadmill, You're not sneaky, you perv. Sincerely, Everyone else at the gym

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨 2026 update just went up for Manual of Gainful Exercise! 🧟‍♀️ Added 7 subclass workouts for Ravenloft: The Horrors Within 🧙🏽 Added 8 subclass workouts for Arcana Unleashed Still FREE on DMs Guild! Coupon code on product page. 🔗 Link below 👇🏽

Grave Domain (CR 6-8)
| Barbell | Circuit | | Gym / Olympic Platform |

Pull of Death:
Death by Deadlifts (rx 135 lbs // 95 lbs)
Rest 3 minutes
Return to Life - 3 rounds
10 deadbugs
10 bird dog
10 single leg psoas leg lifts

Vestige Patron (CR 5-9)
| Weighted vest | Running | TABATA | Gym / Outdoors |

With your vestige companion (weighted vest):
Walk 5 min (Start: 00:00)
Run 3 min (05:00)
Walk 2 min (08:00)
Run 5 min (10:00)
Walk 3 min (15:00)
Run 3 min (18:00)
Walk 2 min (21:00)
Run 5 min (23:00)
Walk 5 min (28:00, End: 33:00)

Place weighted vest weights under heels, or do on raise heels:
TABATA 40s on/20s off, 10 minutes
Bodyweight squat to standing calf raise

Enchanter (CR 12)
| Bodyweight | Chipper | Gym / Home / Outdoors |

Bolstering Belief:
400 push-ups (any variation)
Take a selfie with your new, amazing pump.

Not a joke workout. Spend a few minutes planning how you’ll do this. Example: 10 (standard) push-ups every minute for 40 minutes; 5 kneeling push-ups every 30 seconds for 40 minutes; 20 wall push-ups every 2 minutes for 40 minutes. Avoid going to failure unless you’re near the end. It’s too mentally taxing! Treat this as endurance, not raw strength!

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have free will. I can just order 20 Swedish meatballs at IKEA.

20 Swedish meatballs with gravy on a probably too small plate. Four 🇸🇪 Sweden flags on toothpicks in it. A cup of black coffee too.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If we’re watching media that engages with fictional oppression and I point out the similarities to real life (systemic) racism, and your response is “Can we not talk about that and just enjoy it as a movie?”, that’s white fragility.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New donation centre, same me. 70th donation!

Steve in a black tank and jean shorts. 💎, 🪩, and 🎐 censoring donation site and blood bag.

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Jonaya Kemper @violetriotgames.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Dark Sun is a setting with slavery at the CORE. You can make a game that has these themes... but you better respect the fact that this is a thing happening right now, and a thing that echoed in the souls of the very real world and you should go beyond sensitivity readers.

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Jonaya Kemper @violetriotgames.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I mostly agree with this, and I'd go further in one place. If you're going to have things like slavery in a game, you owe it to your players to know the purpose of it being there and to not half ass it. Let's talk about the horror of what it really is and what it means. Or don't do it at all.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Beer is a valid breakfast food.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Extremely drunk guy at this airport bar slurred an order for another beer. Waiter asked “Are you sure? Are you going home today or catching another flight?” And he just said “it’s okay, I’m Irish” in the most mid-West American accent. Masterful gambit, sir.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

omg the objective is to have fun. optimizers have really ruined this game I haven’t made yet.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Gain a life. Throw up a little. (Still brainstorming. All WIP.)

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

But have you tried eating them while everyone is looking?

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I’m working on a new solo deck building game.

A box of Kinder Cards. They are like a kinder surprise but no toy and instead a cookie sandwich with the white chocolate as the middle. They come in “booster” backs out of the box.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Definitely a movie I watched knowing my partner wouldn’t/couldn’t. I told her the main plot and some key scenes and she agrees that she’s glad it exists, but definitely not something everyone should/could watch. 😔

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Oh that’s interesting! I personally don’t see “steward” as stiffy but now that you bring it up, I can see it. I think other words (used by different people of course) would actually make the world feel more lived in, too. Thank you!

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

In terms of de-colonizing your D&D, I asked: What if instead of *getting* magic items, you became the *steward* of a magic item? And... I was shocked. Apparently that is not appealing to some people. I mean fair, but also... that's just not my experience. I gotta think more... 🤔

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Can I ask for some silly help? 🥺 I want to expand my “I miss my wife” folder. Here’s a few from my current collection.

Fish I miss my wife cigarette and red bull and credit card let’s go.

Dr. Eggman and Tails sit in silence looking over Green Hills, he clearly yearns. No other text. (Reference to “I miss my wife, Tails.”)

Kinger from The Amazing Digital Circus drawn as Omniman from Invincible saying “I tink I kiss my wife.”

Fuck this is a crazy reference.

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KP Upadhyayula @kp11studios.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

So, I can now call myself an Ennie winning Author and consultant!! Huge congratulations to the Crooked Moon team for winning Product of the Year as well as a sweep of others!! The fact I could contribute by including Desi inspired folk-creatures especially feels so meaningful to me!

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I took this picture and later when I sent it to the group chat I went, “Wait, is this AI generated?” Bitch, YOU took this picture like two hours ago! Anyways, tomahawk steak in Warsaw.

Tomahawk steak cooked medium rare in a wood cutting board, sliced into pieces. Grilled veggies underneath it and two cups of aioli and chimichurie sauce. I think it looks AI because the light is so clear and the contrast is so high that it has that almost over edited AI glaze to it. But no. It’s just a picture from my phone.

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Zedeck Siew @zedecksiew.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

What's the deal with games needing monsters you can kill with no remorse? I keep seeing TTRPGs touting this in their marketing ... There was Obojima, a while back; now Deathbringer with its pig-faced orcs. I genuinely don't get this! What desire is being served here---and whose? 1/

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

What you wanna see his past? By like what, ghost powers or some shit? Get real.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Using generative AI to distance a creative work from the Asian influences that real humans experienced, absorbed, and then shared is a kind of colonization I don’t think any of us have words for - yet.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Excellent. I will now endeavour to start new character arcs about how consenting power dynamics can be cathartic to some, even when they don’t know it. This is no longer D&D. I’m not sorry.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I’m your player. You letting this slide?

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

For the propose of the Command spell, do you consider “puppy play” one word or two?

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I’m waiting until Arcana Unleashed comes out to publish a new version of Manual of Gainful Exercise. ...But for now, check out these Horrors Within workouts! 👻

Shadow Sorcery (CR 11-16)
| Barbell | Gym / Olympic Platform |
Summon Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique: Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga:
Using one movement, accumulate total weight for each round, for 8 rounds.
After the round, do not repeat movement.
16 min timecap
100 kg // 220 lbs
200 kg // 440 lbs
[300, 400, 500, 600 kg]
700 kg // 1540 lbs
800 kg // 1760 lbs

Hexblade Patron (CR 8-10)
| Barbell | Gym / Olympic Platform |
Hexblade curse:
6 x 6 deadlifts @ +50%, with 6s pause at top

Undead Patron (CR 18)
| Bodyweight | Running | Gym / Outdoors |
Undead endurance of the Shadow Monarch - Anyway, anyhow (120 min timecap):
100 pushups
100 situps
100 bodyweight squats
10 km run

NOTE: Doing a movement to completion will cut down on transition time, but might be too taxing on your nervous system. I’m also a poor runner so I knew 10km would be too much to unbroken. My strategy was 5 sets of 2km, with 25 pushups, situps, squats in between as my “rest”. It was crucial to track my run time to make sure I could complete on time.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

€20???????? I should’ve just gotten a few beers. Sheesh.

A sad chicken caesar salad and a cup of coffee under harsh airport light. The dressing is an especially pallid colour; there are cubes of ham that have an anemic pink tone to them, too.

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M‎ I‎ K‎ E‎ ‎ R‎ Y‎ A‎ N @bikecyan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I thought @neillyleftistcook.bsky.social was joking when she said the latest Leftist Cooks video was over 5 and a half hours long (30 minutes into the video premiere), but here we are approaching hour 6 and still going strong. Absolutely incredible work from both women. youtu.be/K35FtbuyTh4?...

youtu.be

Why Don't Fascists Eat Vegetables?

YouTube video by The Leftist Cooks

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Have you tried using your hands instead when editing?

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I like that. I think in my situation, this will do more harm (because we are, of course, pushing AI adoption). But it's good to keep in mind. 👀

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Unfortunately, I think the culture has shifted to avoid these types of conversations in favour of a more rigid, corporate structure where feedback is not given without a wider, leadership consideration. Normally I'd post a general message centering my feelings, but it is a risk these days IMO.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I’m struggling on how to tell coworkers that it makes me feel disrespected when they give me AI generated replies to my (human written) messages. If this is less work for them, I guess I’m in theory okay with it??? But… the negative feeling remains. 😔

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

On a scale of 1-10, how professional is it to write a poem as part of a formal business consultant report?

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Yesterday I tried it again. 1h33m. Did 10km first fully (70m30s). Then took 5 min break and then PU, SU, squats in order (17m30s). I felt AWFUL after lol. But today I continue to feast and rest. I’ve eaten so many eggs today lmao.

Steve taking a selfie on a treadmill. He’s SO tired lol. Treadmill shows distance = 6.25 mi (10km).

Steve taking an elevator selfie. Black tank top and grey sweater around his waist.

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DM Steve @dmsteve.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Not writing, but there are days when I want to go to the gym but my body refuses. So I cut a deal w/ myself: I go to the gym (change location) and commit to stretch (easy/low energy). If after I still feel awful, I leave. But if I feel good, I stay. Maybe something like this could work?

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