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iainr @ireddick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Got my hands on GOLD TEETH the latest from @rossignol.bsky.social and @marshdavies.bsky.social nicely in time for the weekend. Looks fantastic in print! teethrpg.itch.io/gold-teeth #ttrpg

A thick red cloth-bound book whose front cover bears a large grinning gold skull and crossbones wearing a pirate hat. On closer examination the skull also appears to have somewhat too many teeth.

A spectacular full page colour illustration from the book GOLD TEETH that shows two 18th century British officers meeting a grisly fate by being turned into a school of fish by a supernatural figure standing behind them.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

You'll likely know @tomhumberstone.com from various things (his comic on the Luddites went large), but he's got a new one on the Gig Economy, couriers, the history of all that, specifics of exploitations and the fight against that. Read it, and spread it around. Strong. tomhumberstone.com/just-work

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Just Work | Tom Humberstone

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Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday

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Marsh Davies @marshdavies.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

GOLD TEETH has launched! It's a piratical TTRPG set in a cursed version of the Age of Sail, with 350 pages of briny phantasmagoria, colonial terror and nauseating seafood. It's part Master & Commander, part Blackadder, left to ripen in the sun like a beached porpoise. teethrpg.itch.io/gold-teeth

Exploded diagram of a ship's cargo hold with many annotations. It appears to be filling with water, which is generally not ideal.

A sample spread from the book, featuring a map of a Spanish settlement and a biography of its wretched governor.

A large map of the town of Great New Plymouth.

Another spread from the book featuring a large illustration of a ship cresting a wave. On the opposing page is a description of the fictional island of Iguanique and a picture of a skull sprouting tube worms.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

what if we put issue 8 of Wyrd Science on sale? What if this got more likes & shares than our stupid jokes? featuring Dolmenwood, Blades In The Dark, Doomsong, Kamping Kitbash, Lee Gold, The Old King's Crown, weird fiction, aggro comics, dungeon synth & lots more shop.wyrd.science/products/wyr...

the cover to the new issue of Wyrd Science, featuring an illustration of psychedelic mushrooms growing out of a pink skull by tom j newell

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Stoo Goff @stoogoff.com · 26/03/2026

Still a few spaces left if you want to play #aegeanrpg at #ukgamesexpo

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight. 1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms" 2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral 3) How tools are productized is not neutral [rant]

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 27/02/2026

*sigh* great. There’s obviously some sort of device nearby I’m gonna need to use this on to compete a puzzle so I gotta lug it to the leftist coffee shop and bookstore with me

A heavy metal wheel crank laid against a wrought iron fence among various other free items

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Jes the human @jesthehuman.itch.io · 09/02/2026

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle

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Ozma @psychicozma.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A small but deeply meaningful local project - digitising issues of 90s Scottish trans magazine The Tartan Skirt so all of us can access them. It's a really modest fundraising target with a significant outcome, please share or contribute if you can!

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Donate to Help The Tartan Skirt Go Digital, organized by Julia Gordon

Hi, I'm Julia Gordon and for several years in the 90s I was involved in working for wide… Julia Gordon needs your support for Help The Tartan Skirt Go Digital

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Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

We're launching a website. Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers. jank.cool If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

anyway it's a new year, a year in which we plan* to release 4 (+ actually) issues, and so for the fifth year running I am on my hands & knees begging people to try sending us info about what they're working on, ideally 2-3 months before release our inbox for all press releases is press@wyrd.science

a beholder looking with a mixed, maybe excited expression at a postman who is passing him a letter

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Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Totally random, but I really feel like the head of this snake in Haunted Castle (1987) was inspired by the lizard in Frank Frazetta's "Jongor Fights Back" painting (1967).

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

big fan of @bodieh.bsky.social's artwork there's some lovely original paintings that have just gone up on the store. super tempted by this big round lad just floating around looking for some fool to zap with an eye stalk www.slowquest.com/products

a painting of a cartoonish beholder gliding through the corridors of his subterranean lair in search of snacks

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Chris B 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

As promised, I've bundled together everything I've released on itch for @morkborg.com. 7 adventures, 2 pamphlet adventures, 2 soundtracks, and a short story for £50, or 34% off everything (because it makes the £10 adventures £6.60 and that's fun). itch.io/s/167473/mrk... #ttrpg #osr

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Stoo Goff @stoogoff.com · 17/10/2025

Come and listen to me talk about myth and history and everything Aegean at 7pm with @rookeryp.bsky.social

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

More interiors from the new issue to feast on. Here @rossignol.bsky.social speaks to @jfg.land & @unormal.bsky.social about their epic @cavesofqud.com @elkowalczuk.bsky.social supplying all the wonderful art here Get your copy now at shop.wyrd.science

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dymphna @dymphna.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I'm thinking more about this and I think industrial music keeps re-evolving from first principles because the conditions that produced it are everywhere

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Also! Sir, You Are Being Hunted is on sale in the Steam Autumn sale, and there is no more autumnal experience than fleeing between the hedgerows chased by tweedy British robots. And hey, it's a game you should probably own if you like anything I have ever done.

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Save 40% on Sir, You Are Being Hunted on Steam

Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a freedom sandbox stealth experience, where each playthrough is unique, thanks to our British Countryside Generator. Escape from these robot-infested islands with violence...

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Ready for a new issue? Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide! ✨🪞✨ Mirror magic, ritual masks, films that cast a spell, doppelgängers and fetches, changelings, evil portraits, spirit traps and much more. 👉🏼 helleborezine.com

Cover of Hellebore: The Mirror Issue, showing a woman with eyes closed and her reflections in two mirrors, both with open eyes

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results: 1) Does UBI work? (yes) 2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

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M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial

: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

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Emmurder Killwell えま @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight. I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open: emmkid.info

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Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🍒 CHERRY RUSH has begun! 🍒 50 games, 50 cherries, 3 days of UFO 50 and fundraising for charity - organized by the community! Come watch! cherry-rush.org

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Generative art tools

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Hey, hey, hey. We have very very big news. We finally have a new issue on sale right... NOW! We hope it's not our last but that is up in the air so this really is a case where YOU ARE THE HERO but also other very cool non WS stuff mentioned! so check it out...

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Wyrd Science 7! Back from the Dread

Not going to sugarcoat this, we're here to talk - at length- about our new issue here...

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iainr @ireddick.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I'd forgotten how amazing Proteus is - just had a play through of it. Gets quite psychedelic in a few of places. twistedtree.itch.io/proteus

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Proteus by Twisted Tree

A musical island exploration by Ed Key and David Kanaga

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🎀 i'm katey! @bagenzos.house · 29/07/2025

really annoying to hear the ghosts in pacman called "ai" when in reality they're the souls of 4 teenagers who broke into an arcade one night on a dare

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🏳️‍⚧️Jet Set Willært (Critical Kate) @katewillaert.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Worms is part of a genre of “artillery” computer games that we thought went back to the 70s, until we discovered it actually went back to the 60s. In this thread, Kevin Bunch reveals he’s unearthed long forgotten footage of the lost game that started it all.

Example of an artillery game from the Wikipedia article on the topic.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/06/2025

Word on the street, literally, is that this is the biggest demonstration in Hungary since 1918

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 29/06/2025

The Steam Summer Sale IS ON! ALL our games are up to 70% off from now until July 10th. Check them out here: store.steampowered.com/developer/Wa...

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Steam Developer: Wadjet Eye Games

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

oh yeah! Magazines, I always forget they have this annoying habit of not actually selling themselves. So if for some bizarre, non financial reason, you follow us and haven't read an issue maybe we can help fix that, yeah shop.wyrd.science use code WYRDWELCOME at checkout & get 25% off!

a photo of Wyrd Science volume 1, issue 3 lying flat. It's bright yellow and features a gorgeous linocut picture by Mat Pringle of Cthulhu being summoned to play games with you

a photo of Wyrd Science volume 1, issue 4 lying flat. It's white and red and features a gorgeous linocut picture by Mat Pringle of a knight killing a dragon in the style of Albrecht Durer

a photo of Wyrd Science volume 1, issue 5 lying flat. It's burnt orange and features a gorgeous linocut picture by Mat Pringle of various dystopian future scumbags menacing each other

a photo of Wyrd Science volume 1, issue 3 lying flat. It's a wintry white and features a gorgeous linocut picture by Mat Pringle of 2 mice soldiers standing guard inside the new defleshed skull of a king, lying on the ground of a wintry battlefield

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The BIG ROBOT classic, Sir, You Are Being Hunted, along with our other games, are all on sale this week! It would make a rubbish summer significantly nicer if you could pick one of these up and enjoy our weirdo worldbuilding. store.steampowered.com/app/242880/S...

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Save 40% on Sir, You Are Being Hunted on Steam

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Issue 4 of Wyrd Science saw us explore the swamps of Lustria, investigate occult detection, delve into dungeon crawls & much much more 25% off all print mags this weekend with the code: WYRDWELCOME shop.wyrd.science or get a 6 issue PDF bundle for just £6 (ish) drivethrurpg.com/product/4991...

a photo of Wyrd Science issue 4 laid on a bright red background, the cover features a gorgeous linocut illustration by Mat Pringle of a knight (who if you squint you might say looked a bit like Lin Codega) atop a horse driving a spear into a dragon, it's based on a classic Albrecht Durer woodcut. The illustration may also give you some clue as to when this issue was released.

a photo of Wyrd Science issue 4 open to a feature about the (then) new version of Heroquest, written by Andy Ewington and with an incredible illustration by Lukasz Kowalczuk

a photo of Wyrd Science issue 4 open to an interview with Lynne Hardy about the Rivers of London RPG written by John Power and featuring some of the gorgeous art from the game depicting the characters from the books (inc a magical fox) sat around a table playing Call of Cthulhu

a photo of Wyrd Science issue 4 open to an interview with Dave Allen about the new Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play Lustria book, written by John Power and illustrated with a great picture of a stupid adventurer lost in the Lustrian swamps about to get dino-fucked

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Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org · 18/04/2025

🚨WEEWOO🚨 #GIGF2025 TICKETS NOW ON SALE! Go to glasgowindiegamesfest.org and choose: Day Tickets Evening Tickets Full Tickets or ✨ VIP Tickets! Concessions too :3 It's finally here! Secure your spot to our indie game pool party today! 🎉 #glasgow #convention #festival #gaming #showcase

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

MBA considered harmful

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

The presence of AI in Notepad has to be one of the saddest, most desperate features in all of software development history.

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jenn schiffer 😎 @jennschiffer.com · 03/04/2025

needing to do mass layoffs is an exec’s skill issue

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Max Read @maxread.info · 25/02/2025

one thing this demonstrates is the extent to which racial, gender, and sexual discrimination has been an important cause and substance of worker organizing, rather than (as is too often claimed) some kind of HR-driven distraction

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 23/02/2025

What??? This is pathetic. Come on, UK, you can do better than this! Go respond to this ridiculous UKGOV consultation on AI asap! Just ignore all the fiddly questions in the middle; they're there to discourage you from having your say. www.gov.uk/government/c...

A crop from an article with the words "The consultation, which has so far received upwards of 2,500 responses, it's set to close on 25th February."

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