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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 04/10/2026

Average social media comments:

Two comments on a Royal Road chapter:

"Thank you for the chapter! Take good care of yourself."

"Thank ME for the chapter! Take BAD care of yourself (evil version)"

Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 03/10/2026

Tying a big figure 8 worked but used up enough of the drawstring that putting it on with both arms is a pain. I'm only reviving this bag to carry my TTRPG stuff at PAX though so I can just sling it over one shoulder. Problem Solved

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 03/10/2026

Watched a couple YouTube videos sped up to see what the internet thinks, and so far it has recommended I tie the ends into a knot and light them on fire. I should watch videos at 1x speed.

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 03/10/2026

Dug out an old drawstring bag that broke in the corners. What's the smart boy way to repair this?

Drawstring bag, inside out. The cords are threaded through the bag but the ends aren't attached to anything

Left side. There was a metal ring here holding the drawstrings but it ripped off

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 03/10/2026

It's a BYO situation!

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 03/10/2026

Running Spelljammer. PC rolled Investigation to look around a room and got a 1, so I said he got distracted by a really nice chair and he could decide what the chair looked like. It's the Perspective Chair

A sleek black chair whose legs are shaped like human legs. There's calves and feeties.

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"biden is sooo mad at netanyahu he's going to stop funding the genocide any day now, probably" is a tactic they tried every couple of weeks while he was in office. there's no rescuing his legacy here sorry

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 02/10/2026

This is always happening to me 😔

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 02/10/2026

I haven't cleaned up my bookmarks in an embarrassingly long time so I just tidied them all up. Turned out to be 50% deleting dead links. I have once again been betrayed by Online

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 02/10/2026

Alright, it's that time of year again: I'm going to PAX Aus. I'll be demoing Wetrunner down there on Friday/Saturday afternoon and I'm free to hang out until Monday evening. Who wants to hang??

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 02/10/2026

I did visibly damage the side near the bottom while setting it up months ago though. What if I went to the trouble of covering it by painting stripes or adding a decal...

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 02/10/2026

Finally finished the set of drawers I'm using to store essential items. Drawer liners sealed, all the household goods (tissues, wet wipes, bin liners, extension cords, etc) that were scattered around the house consolidated inside. Really happy with this

A set of 9 drawers from IKEA, drawers painted yellow with green handles, topped by a fun eucalyptus vase on a checkered base

A drawer of facial tissue packets on a drawer lined in a 90s pattern

Different drawer of batteries and light bulbs

Different drawer containing a K-On! Season One box set

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 17/03/2026

Thinking of getting into the "game lore theory youtuber" business

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 01/10/2026

Saw Hope with a friend last night and I really enjoyed it. Most intense Seinfeld episode I've ever seen

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 01/10/2026

Yoo this rules though

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 01/10/2026

Aussie pals: what's a good, reasonably priced dishwashing powder/tablet that will protect my beautiful mug children?

Four Memphis-pattern mugs, my wonderful sons

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 01/10/2026

A friend sent me a recording of bird sounds over WhatsApp and my phone has decided this counts as an album. Sorry but I think my musical palate is too refined for this

Screencap of my YouTube Music library. "WhatsApp Audio" included. No album cover unfortunately

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metaregress @metaregress.com · 08/11/2025

the crashout of haruhi suzumiya

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Oh no!! I think the light shuts off automatically eventually at least, but I'll just leave it off this time 😔

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Heard that the moths swarming through Sydney could be kept out of my home better if I left an outside light on to tempt them, so I've been turning the porch light on overnight. That may have goaded nearby moths into nesting where I'd sprayed long-lasting roach killer and getting annihilated. Whoops

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Nina Modaffari @ninamodaffari.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

absolutely no hatred towards teen fantasy but I heard someone once call titles that are like 'a crown of blank and blank' stories as 'A kraft of mac and cheese' and I cannot stop thinking about it

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 29/09/2026

I love going to the B Vil Diaig :)

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 29/09/2026

You should, it slaps 👀

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 29/09/2026

TTRPG followers: Anyone got a back cover of an RPG book they really liked? We're talking backs specifically, not those boring "ooh look at me I have the title of the game" front covers

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 29/09/2026

TTRPG followers: Anyone got a back cover of an RPG book they really liked? We're talking backs specifically, not those boring "ooh look at me I have the title of the game" front covers

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 29/09/2026

seppopilled ghostslop for inspoops

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 29/09/2026

I don't think there's one near me (so I won't lose it twice, phew)

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 29/09/2026

This is Australia, we barely do Halloween! It's imported American ghostslop!!

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 29/09/2026

My local mall has these two shops right next to each other. I'm going to become the Joker

A big Halloween store display. It has a giant inflatable purple hand with an eye on it, a black horse, a spoopy clown, all kinds of stuff. This is Australia by the way. Once when I was younger a single child came trick or treating on Halloween and my mum told him to fuck off.

A Christmas pop-up store with a giant inflatable Santa that can only fit here because the upper floor is a mezzanine. It is a hundred percent September.

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 28/09/2026

In bed and every time I'm about to get comfy a moth gets in the blinds and rattles around. Finally got mad and started using the bug spray. Leave me alone!!

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 28/09/2026

Shoutout to the backers who independently asked for 3 gals in swimwear and 2 guys with long sleeves. I should have coordinated that better

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 28/09/2026

Preparing to demo Wetrunner at PAX and trying to decide which sample characters to include. All fourteen is probably too many

Fate character sheet for Bazza, a scientist who wears a floral-print lab coat and board shorts and carries a little robot. He has a scifi sheet with slightly janky Coolvetica headers and a lot of unnecessary background text around his portrait.

Character sheet for Maka, who is like if Tifa got cybernetic arms and a 90s palette swap. Her sheet is laid out similarly to Bazza but has more of an 80s action hero theme with a brush font and pink-purple gradients.

Character sheet for Markus, an Aussie guy with a vest, shorts, Akubra hat, and a lot of chest hair. His sheet looks like a stylized desktop with computer windows and a task bar behind him.

Character sheet for Markus, a dark-skinned woman with a purple dress, scales, teal hair, and a big floppy hat. Her sheet is designed to look a bit like a spread from a magazine, with a barcode behind her and fancier fonts.

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 28/09/2026

Went and got lavender spray just to bully them into leaving. Enjoy my scents, fucko!!

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 28/09/2026

How do these fucking moths keep entering my house. Get outta here. If this fucking guy flies into me again I'm getting out the spray

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 28/09/2026

Sure it does. There's the, uhhhh [trying to remember a Blizzard game] the bulky manly guy, the hot lady, the corrupted fallen hero hot lady, the gunk that makes you evil, the forces of Order that aren't Good, the Pandaren

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 27/09/2026

Tech used to be about helping people, but not any more. We've solved that. All we need to do is wait for superintelligence and we'll be getting sucked off on Mars in no time. In the meantime we're solving the last urgent issue: how to get people to stop hitting me with hammers

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 27/09/2026

This is from the Second Gig writer's guide but I bet I can sneak these into the actual book

Things Mars Perverts Say

Nah: “AI is coming for your job. Enjoy poverty.”
Yeah: “We’re shipping you to the Martian camps.”

Nah: “In a decade, sentient super-AI will take over Earth and suck my dick wacky style.”
Yeah: “In a decade, the Mars Empire will rule Earth. Mars robots will suck my dick wacky style.”

Nah: “Oh, you’re an artist? Did you know ChatGPT can make movies?”
Yeah: “Oh, you’re an artist? They won’t need art on the Mars generation ships.”

Nah: “AI will create fully automated factories and all kinds of world-changing singularity tech.”
Yeah: “Mars will have continent-sized spaceship factories, city-sized particle accelerators, and robots that suck my dick wacky style.”

Nah: “We need all of the world’s computer parts to build extremely real data centers.”
Yeah: “We need all of the city’s industrial space to build extremely real spaceships. Also if you could throw in the computer parts that would be great.”

Nah: “Sure, AI companies are losing billions of dollars a year with nothing to show for it now, but AI will be the future. It’s inevitable.”
Yeah: “Sure, Mars companies are losing billions of dollars a year with nothing to show for it now, but Mars will be the future. It’s inevitable.”

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 27/09/2026

Freyja did also write a new class whose thing is Violence, so

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 27/09/2026

Been struggling with this a little while writing the next Hard Wired Island. Second Gig is further in the future, so how many rich perverts should it have? I focused a lot of the new corpo stuff on a parody of the gen-AI fad, but it turns out that's just rich perverts again

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/09/2026

"The central lesson of this cycle is not that Charlie Brown should stop trusting Lucy. It is that Charlie Brown must do a better job explaining why trusting Lucy remains the responsible choice." buff.ly/X2RjqP5

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“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party

“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen...

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Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 26/09/2026

There's a big TV in here from the 2000s and I don't want to figure out how to recycle it, so I'm leaving it out in the hopes that the guy who drives around collecting scrap metal sees it. Help me, metal man

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