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More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN

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Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 8h

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 11h

Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar? -Confucius . You'll note this is posed as a question. This is the answer: #friends #travel #WritersLife #PAXAus #BoardGames

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 22h

I want to play a couple of rounds, but I have the whole day, so I'll just rake in whoever has time. A Sunday is usually slower, so I'll be able to get people who'll commit to staying for an hour or so.

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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Wandering around #Melbourne today. Apparently the friendliest capital in the world, according to some poll.

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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Kids protesting to stop the collapse of public education really gives a sense of what Walter Benjamin meant when he described revolution as less the engine than the emergency break.

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Phoebe Barton 🚀🇺🇳 @phoebebarton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

as this is a lesbian day, please consider enjoying this story of mine about a giant lesbian!

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“More Than Feathers” by Phoebe Barton

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Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Did you know? In the Victorian era, a notorious grave robber in Ohio, became so feared that parents used him as a bogeyman to frighten their children? His name was William Cunningham, but he was better known as “Old Man Dead,” and “Old Cunny." #Victorian #history #Halloween

It shows a photograph of a man grave robbing.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/10/2026

“We determined that the best way forward was a clean start with total rebranding, and in the 90 minutes of its existence, the new Tompkins University has had an absolutely pristine record when it comes to handling sexual misconduct.” — Michael Kotlikoff, university president

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Cornell Tries Going By Different Name

ITHACA, NY—In an aggressive attempt to distance itself from an alleged sexual assault at one of its fraternity houses, Cornell University hastily announced Thursday that it was now going by a differen...

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yes, this is true - the 2P rules were made by the developer as an errata after they printed the boxes. The North Pac reprint had so many weird decisions - like marketing a 5 minute filler as an hour long dry Train Game - & I was kept out of the loop during essentially the whole process.

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Great fun at TTGDA meet-up yesterday! Got t play a couple of unpublished games and contributed some ideas. It's nice to feel useful. I'll be testing my own game at #PAXAus on Sunday. Please feel free to hunt me down. #BoardGames #GameDev #TabletopGames

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My designs are all made to fit on the folding hardware store table I have at home. Which means there's plenty of room of the player boards at the side of the main board.

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Many of my early designs were playtested on a very small table that kept getting groceries pushed onto it, in a house with three cats ergo: most of my games had a small footprint and played in an hour or less

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Melbourne, I am in you! Kicking around for most of the weekend. Attending PAX and catching up with folkes. #writing #BoardGameDev #GameDev #WritingCommunity

Melbourne from my hotel window, a highway and skyscrapers.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Melbourne, I am in you! Kicking around for most of the weekend. Attending PAX and catching up with folkes. #writing #BoardGameDev #GameDev #WritingCommunity

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Maybe you have a creative block because you've been sitting there like a lump? Why the creative brain feeds on movement Movement and creativity go hand in hand. Scientists are working to discover why www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-... #writing #art #creativity #science

A very creative picture of colourful butterflies surrounding the silhouette of a person with a bright, sunny sky in their head.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Some guy on BGG wants to know why Christian missionaries increase the demand for opium in An Infamous Traffic. Me: Hey, I'm a professor of Christian history! I can answer this! Guy: I don't like your answer. I don't believe it. Those missionaries wouldn't have done that. ... okey dokey

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 07/10/2026

Ex senior CIA official who was arrested in May with hundreds of gold bars worth over $45 million in his home pleads guilty to fraud. While at the CIA, David Rush allegedly created a fictitious classified program to obtain government funds and then used them for his personal benefit u.afp.com/S9tU

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You bots can't read pictures. Makes it really easy to weed you out.

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bellawhistle @puffysnap99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hmm I’d probably pronounce Vh-Uee as “Vee-Yoo” but I feel like I’m probably wrong. What inspired you to come up with that name though?

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Zoe Lily📖 @zoelilii.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Vh Uee is definitely giving mysterious fantasy character I’d probably pronounce it vuh ee but I’m curious if you have a specific pronunciation in mind as for the silliest name I’ve used I feel like I’ve come up with some ridiculous ones when brainstorming characters what inspired Vh Uee?

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Now I'm working a fantasy, I call a character Vh-Uee. How would you pronounce that? What's the silliest name you've ever used? #writing #characters #AmWriting #fantasy

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What little details can you add that show your character's true nature, without having to tediously scrawl out their entire inner monologue? #writing #AmWriting #masculinity #WritingCommunity #Authodons

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Eric Lang @ericlang.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Random career tidbits: I have two out-of-print published games (won't say which) that went from initial concept meeting to "files to the printer" in less than a week. Quarriors was turned down by 5 publishers before Wizkids took it. I've still designed more TCG content than any other type of game

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Enigma8750 @enigma8750.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The urge to undercut serious moments with humour can be strong. Do you allow your work to flow from pathetic to the bathetic? Or jam in the jokes where you can? #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Authodons #jokes #humour

A Sarah Anderson cartoon of her holding a ball labelled Silly Meme, entering a group chat. The group is comforting a person who has just been through "the world say of my life." They hold the ball above their head, ready to throw.

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

To answer the question, "How do you sit down with that thing?" My only answer is, "Somewhere high." #Spring #Australia #rude

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

To answer the question, "How do you sit down with that thing?" My only answer is, "Somewhere high." #Spring #Australia #rude

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Last few hours of The Hollow Drum on #Kickstarter. Discounts on this highly-rated #SciFi series. A crashed spaceship on a world of giant crustaceans, a strange society, and one woman's quest to uncover the truth. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dha... #books #reading #AmReading #bookstodon

A woman on the beach looking at her phone. Clearly, she's enjoying the books of the Desolation series, shown at the left.

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It shits out fertiliser. Okay, look. It's a horse. A very smol horsey liv under bonnet. #cars #vegan #ElectricVehicles #EV #NomNomNom.

It was only a matter of time. First hybrids, then electric and now vegan.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026

To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.

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Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Republicans are drunk on stupidity

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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC

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