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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I recently read Gilgamesh (specifically the translation by Sophus Helle). The included details about the poem’s rediscovery reminded of my favourite video essay. It always blows my mind when I’m confronted with how long humans have been human (and writing weird adventure stories).

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Books You Can (Never) Read

YouTube video by TREY the Explainer

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yay! I love the stickers, thank you @escherbug.art ! I’m going to put them up on the wall!

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This Raccoons to Riches review reminded me that there’s an uncropped version of the mercenary art with legs that didn’t fit into the game lol

Screenshot of a steam review with the following text:

A surprisingly interesting deckbuilder that had me on my toes a few times! There's plenty of ways to get the ball rolling for your shop, but the game is informative without being rambley with its tutorials, and it's pretty fun for a 2 hour or so session to pick what you do. The ability to always fuse cards together, be it a new thing or upgrade the item, or in some cases "de-curse" them from negative effects is a nice twist to satisfy the need almost any deckbuilder can scratch; Number go up.
Not only that; Some of the customer designs are saucy =w= I appreciate the mercenary and landsknecht.

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’ve been collecting appearances of the mysterious wizard tag

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Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now! @raccoonstoriches.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Hey, are you going to the CNE tomorrow? So is Raccoons to Riches! Come by the gaming garage and say hi. You'll get to demo the game and see a bunch of other cool toronto indies.

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Giggling and kicking my feet because I just found out Aruko (the illustrator on My Love Story!! And My Love Mix-up!) has a new manga in serialization. mangamillion.shueisha.co.jp/en/title/1173

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The Happiest In The World! - Kizashi Haruyoshi/ Aruko | MANGA MILLION

Explore 'The Happiest In The World!' by Kizashi Haruyoshi/ Aruko. Start reading now!

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Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now! @raccoonstoriches.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hi everyone, a new big update is now incoming and available for beta testing: The Endgame Update! If you're keen to check it out, it'll be available on beta for a week ahead of the release next Monday. Check it out: store.steampowered.com/news/app/377...

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Raccoons to Riches - v1.1 -"The Endgame Update" Incoming! - Steam News

v1.1 -"The Endgame Update" Incoming! (Now available for beta testing)

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

TWRP show this week! I’m getting hype!

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I’ve been tricking my brain into enjoying running lately by treating them as nature walks where I fast-forward through the boring parts

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Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now! @raccoonstoriches.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Yay, another great Toronto based indie game out today. Go check it out!

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Does anyone have recommendations for getting film digitized in Toronto? I'm guessing Annex Photo or Henry's Camera would be the place to go?

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I’m healing my inner child (I just ordered new bulbs for my lava lamp that’s been out of commission for ~20 years)

Really cool lava lamp with a pink glitter lamp side and a yellow wax in blue liquid side

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🌈LavaLoaf🍞 @lavaloaf.com · 20/07/2026

Raccoons to Riches is OUT TODAY and I received a key so I could peep early! This deckbuilding shop management game is a GREAT TIME and I love selling trash to customers :3 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bVq... Write-up: lavaloaf.com/raccoons-to-... Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3778620/...

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Raccoons to Riches on Steam

Strike it rich in this non-combat Roguelike Deckbuilder. Run an item shop as a raccoon shopkeeper. Sell items, manage your time, and customize your shop to stay in business for a whole month!

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Raccoons to Riches is out now!! Have a Jimothy cosplaying the Shopkeeper to celebrate 🎉

A poster featuring an illustration of the viral raccoon known as Jimothy wearing a medieval style cap.

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It’s all coming together ✨

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Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now! @raccoonstoriches.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hey. It's the last #WishlistWednesday before the game is out! Now's your chance! store.steampowered.com/app/3778620/...

a day off event in raccoons to riches. it's a pie eating contest! you can either join in, sponsor a competitor, or just watch the show

the standard market day board in raccoons to riches with an item sale in progress

a very well decorated shop in raccoons to riches

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Strong opening to the diary I kept at 8 years old. I see I was chiefly concerned with 9/11 and scoring Pokemon merch at the time.

A diary entry written in purple glitter gel pen on a spiral bound notebook with black paper. It reads as follows:

Nov. 7 2001

Jenna 8 old

People on TV were still talking about the crash in the usa on sep 11. But the war goes on. I had a good time at the book fair. I got Pokemon Holiday Hi-jynx. Then we went to Grandma House.

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Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now! @raccoonstoriches.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It's Wednesday, so why not go wishlist Raccoons to Riches? If you're a fan of roguelike deckbuilders, time management, or inventory management, it's for you! It's coming out on the 20th! Wishlist and demo at the link below! store.steampowered.com/app/3778620/... #wishlistwednesday #indiegames

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I made this web app that spits out zine formatted PDFs. It’s an incredible bargain at the low low price of free. jenbarb.neocities.org/home/zine-ma...

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˖⁺‧₊JenBarb's Online Space₊‧⁺˖

゜ﾟ･:.｡..｡.:･'(this is just for fun)'･:.｡. .｡.:･゜ﾟ･

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Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now! @raccoonstoriches.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Gonna start doing a bit of looking around for folks to stream the game ahead of/during the game launch soon! If you're some flavour of content creator and want to stream/make something with Raccoons to Riches, dm me and we can get to chatting! #indiegames #twitch #smallstreamers

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Dirty Rectangles @dirty-rectangles.com · 02/07/2026

I didn't say anyone shouldn't have a fun Canada day. I would never say that. What I said was that MAYBE (and I did say maybe) we could all remember to spend just a minute or two of today thinking about another SPECIAL DAY that we can also have fun on. WEDNESDAY, July 8th Rectangles day

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Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now! @raccoonstoriches.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy #TurnBasedThursday! Raccoons to Riches is a critter-filled card game where you run a business as a raccoon shopkeeper. Customize your deck, make big profits, and redecorate as you try to stay in business for a whole month! It comes out July 20th! Wishlist & Demo -> s.team/a/3778620

A screenshot of a market day in progress in Raccoons to Riches.

A screenshot of the calendar in Raccoons to RIches

A screenshot of the decoration inventory in Raccoons to Riches

A screenshot of the Supply Shoppe in Raccoons to Riches

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I got a nice new pair of headphones without doing any research aside from demo-ing a few pairs in the store. I was worried I made the wrong choice because I didn’t overcomplicate my decision enough. Then I learned you can change the audio prompts in my new pair to Matt Berry’s voice.

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Just remembered the 2048 game exists, my productivity is going down for the foreseeable future

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Deltarune in (a) Fortnight!!

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Saw a good wizard tag on last night’s walk

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Dirty Rectangles @dirty-rectangles.com · 29/05/2026

The legend of Dirty Rectangles continues... Long ago, James, Liam and Kezia travelled from the city of Ottawa to Toronto. After a long, perilous, journey they found what they sook. A thriving game development community calling out for a monthly show & chill. And so the saga continues...

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BrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com · 27/05/2026

For those coming to town for TCAF, I'm making a thread of some other artsy fun things you might want to do while here. Obviously stopping by the festival founder's Beguiling/Little Island comic shops, 319 College Street. #TCAF

2 of of the 3 front glass sections of the Beguiling store

Inside it's clean, white with lots of comics, zines, books, original art and Alex the guy who was Chip's model for Sex Criminals.

Front of little island comics shop the third front of the shop, all attached inside.

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

One more day of #AnimeNorth2026 which means there’s still time to come check out Raccoons to Riches at the gaming hall!

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Let’s pretend I had infinite free time to do the kawaii kaiwai animation meme with Matt Johnson #ntbts #ntbtstm

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Tabis are fashionable this year

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I’m going to ignore the last few paragraphs of LOTR and pretend Frodo, Sam and Rosie happily spend the rest of their days in a bisexual, polyamorous household.

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Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now! @raccoonstoriches.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Hey, wanna talk shop? (or just report some bugs or somesuch?) We've got a little discord you can join now! discord.gg/WJUgPkvyh9

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I’m grumpy because the Xcode icon is a hammer and not like… two hammers in the shape of an “X”

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Please look forward to it 🙇

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Based librarian left a note in the romance manga I borrowed

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Raccoons to Riches 🦝 Out Now! @raccoonstoriches.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Got a few exciting things on the way! - Large(ish) Demo update either Thursday or Friday! Lots of balance, stability, and quality of life tweaks since the demo release last November - An exciting new trailer that'll go up in time for the next thing: - We're in the Steam Deckbuilder Fest next week!

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Has anyone has done the “kawaii kaiwaii” animation meme with Matt Johnson Ntbts? I need to know before I nerd-snipe myself.

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I wish programming felt like this.

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Xandor @xandor42.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

And we can change bank accounts into “loonie bins”!

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I think we should change the name Canada’s currency to Loonies across the board. It would make online shopping less confusing.

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I recently saw the Genghis Khan - Miike Snow music video play with a theatre full of people. It was fun hearing folks who were unaware of the direction it takes react to the plot.

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Miike Snow - Genghis Khan (Official Video)

YouTube video by Miike Snow

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Jenna @jenbarb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Am I understanding correctly that nasa is sending 4 astronauts to do the equivalent of going to hang out in the moon parking lot without going in?

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