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Jennifer Hartshorn

@editorjen.bsky.social
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Godless New England liberal intellectual. Retired TRPG/larp designer (Wraith: The Oblivion, Vampire: The Dark Ages). Opinionated academic. TRPGs, higher ed, writing studies, cats, larp, IRLs. Everybody else, scroll on by.

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Durrell @durrell.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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MegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Today, in an hour and a quarter, is the moment of astronomical solstice, when the sun will be the farthest away from the northern hemisphere. May the light and warmth return, may the coming year be more merciful, just, and kind.
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Alex P. 👹 @saddestrobots.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
a bunch of guys too young to remember vampire the masquerade are getting mad at women in rpgs all over again i guess
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LaTia is a free agent @latiajacquise.com · 14/12/2025
I’m *pretty* sure I’ve earned this but no one has presented it to me. Just gotta work harder, I guess :P
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🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The early era of White Wolf was a massive infusion of mostly very white liberal-progressiveness into gaming, a kind modern leftists find deeply flawed now. But, I can't stress this enough, that was social progress in the hobby to a degree such that some people never recovered from the shock. Both.
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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
An anthropomorphic lemon asks about a picture of Jenna Ortega, "Who is this again?? Morticia, right?"

Alec Baldwin replies, "Lemon, it's Wednesday."
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Jennifer Hartshorn @editorjen.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
FFS. This should be illegal.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
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Ben from Spookily Drawn Swords @glenatron.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Some traveller once told me He's from a land so old he Saw a pair of vast and trunkless legs Near them on the sand An expression of command The sneering visage on a half-sunk head Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming Lone level sands to horizon running
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
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Your Brain’s Memory of a Story Depends on How It Was Told
Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories
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Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Since this article is making the rounds again, I guess this is a good moment as any to plug my book (despite me feeling super weird about self promotion), as I describe these dynamics in (some would argue) excruciating detail.
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Gaming Democracy
From #Gamergate to the ongoing Big Lie, the far right has gone mainstream. In Gaming Democracy, Adrienne Massanari tracks the flames of toxicity found in the...
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 16/10/2025
"The University of Chicago’s architecture once paid homage to the medieval trivium and quadrivium—the bedrock of the liberal arts. Now it pays homage only to money."
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Jennifer Hartshorn @editorjen.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Atlanta” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS in Atlanta · No Kings
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and o...
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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 06/10/2025
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RetiredBPDmurdercop @chiefmlt.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
If you allow a government to break the law because of an “emergency”, it will create an emergency to break the law.
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𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕘 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕤 @gbmusicmaster.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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21st Century Schizoid Tran @grayathena.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.
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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Alt text:
Cover to a the classic “Shadowrun” game which classically takes place mostly in what is currently North Western US (Seattle / Portland region) 

It’s a very cyberpunk sceen with subtle magical elements. 

Added Text: 
“MÈ AND THE ANTIFA SQUAD
BATTLING ICE AGENTS IN WAR RAVAGED PORTLAND”
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Yf you are walkinge arounde and you see i) a squirrel or ii) a crowe or iii) a catte, you muste saye "hey buddy" these are the rules
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Cheeres to my catte. What a lovelye litel guy.
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Jennifer Hartshorn @editorjen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Three things I could talk about for *three hours* with no prep? I'm going to assume that's internet hyperbole. I think in smaller chunks, like an hour. * Broadway musicals of the 50s-90s * Why Kit Marlowe is the coolest figure in English Lit * Principals of live-combat larp design
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent more on administrative costs than on health care.
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Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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Jennifer Hartshorn @editorjen.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Disney is getting trolled so hard and ngl, I am here for it.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 16/09/2025
I saw goody proctor celebrating charlie kirk’s assassination
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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Well said!
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Update: Civil War cancelled due to shooter being demographically uncooperative
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Jennifer Hartshorn @editorjen.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
When my computer serves up content I didn't ask for, but it's in my wheelhouse, I tolerate it. And then it gives me this.
A Bing quiz about Francis Crick that states, "With whom did Francis Crick discover the structure of DNA?"  The answer Rosalind Franklin is marked incorrect, and James Watson is marked correct.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
This week's news: * many male elites approve of & participate in raping girls * POTUS is a pedophile serial rapist voters chose TWICE over more qualified women * he wants to decriminalize domestic violence bc it's so common it's driving up crime stats Male pundits: "Misogyny is a side issue."
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
- you clean up that banksy? - sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
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Nerdy | Bitch Goddess | Righteous Traitor Midnight @nerdysimulation.titterpig.academy · 07/09/2025
This is actually really important for solo-play, EVEN NON-JOURNALING PLAY, that a lot of folks do not get when they say the phrase, "if I wanted to play alone I'd just write a book." Solo-RPGs are not about creating coherent narratives. I argue TTRPGs in general are not a medium for storytelling.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 09/09/2025
Faculty in red states are being punished for failing to signal in their course descriptions that their classes will include content on "gender ideology." Remind me again which party was appalled by idea of "trigger warnings"? www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
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A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
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Jennifer Hartshorn @editorjen.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
That is one of the most powerful images I have seen in a long damn time.
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Jennifer Hartshorn @editorjen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
YEP. In case anyone was confused about there being a difference between "romantic" and frisky.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
To all who wryte storyes & poemes, to everyone who doth wryte scriptes & screenplayes, to those who make art of all kyndes, and to those who designe and performe yn daunse, and theatre -- thanke yow. Whethir you make for a few friendes or an audience of millions, thanke yow. You helpe us all.
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
People saying Trump is dying or possibly dead, but I for one would urge caution, because it is quite possible a second healtbar will appear as he enters his second phase and a gargantuan centipede will burst forth from his torso, so be careful of his new sweep attacks and toxic buildup from bites.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
"There are more than 19 million college students in the US. Most are well removed from corridors of wealth+power..43% of undergrads attend community college. 25% live with their parents." a listicle for everyone, especially for the NYT editors themselves to learn www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
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The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is
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Mightymite @mightymite.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Prompt: DRINK (1) Not boisterous or Attention-seeking, just chill I drink that shit in (2) So many choices So many variations Just stay hydrated #haikufeels #haiku #poetry #micropoetry
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
If not authoritarian, why authoritarian-shaped?
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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 22/08/2025
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
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Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Smartest overview of where US is politically I've read in a while www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
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Opinion | How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.” This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over. Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I just can’t believe our Reichstag Fire is the Big Balls Beatdown.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
“How does it feel to be queer and live in a red state?”
Rainbow painted crosswalk in the University District of Columbus Ohio. It is defaced with splattered black tar.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
"Tangerine Tyranny" When a lifelong Republican wakes up and turns on the GOP
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
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Jennifer Hartshorn @editorjen.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
I mean.... I never shut up about my problems so I'm pretty sure everyone is aware. :-D But posting out of empathy. <3
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