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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 18h

Damn, that's awful, Aaron. Best of luck tomorrow!

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 29/09/2026

Oooo -- this is such a great idea!

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will jobst @willjobst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

a universal feature of the game designer working on a long project is that their next game wells up inside of them until it is physically painful

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 28/09/2026

mukhtar ibrahim, founder of the sahan journal, and ubah ali, a former WCCO reporter, have just launched the somali brief, an independent media outlet where somali americans can tell their own stories www.thesomalibrief.com

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The Somali Brief

The Somali Brief is a digital-first media platform covering the stories shaping Somali American life.

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Mike Martens | Clear Keep @clearkeep.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tourist Hole has been doing really well in retail shops and conventions … First run is sold out! So we're doing a second printing. It's a stark, whimsical exploration and escape of the stories we tell when we're in spaces between. If you'd like it on your shelf, contact @plusoneexp.bsky.social.

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Josh Martin @joshmartinmpls.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Join CD5 DFL (and me) next Saturday, Oct. 3 as we head to Winona State (my alma mater) to team up with Team Keith and Team Ilhan to help Jake Johnson flip CD1 back to blue. And if you can't make that one, we've got plenty more opportunities for you to help. www.mobilize.us/ilhanomar/ev...

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Team Ilhan and CD5 Shows Up for CD1 · Ilhan Omar for Congress

Join Team Ilhan and the CD5 DFL team for a road trip to CD1! We're heading to Winona to join Team Keith and others to turn out students at Winona State University and throughout Winona. We'll be dorm ...

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Sam D @sam.diceexploder.com · 25/09/2026

This looks sick, just read the free version on itch and I'm gonna write pregens for it so hard

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Statewide Bicycle System Plan is at a critical threshold! Let MnDOT know that YOU want a fairer share of funding to be prioritized towards upkeep, improvement, and expansion of bike infrastructure in Minnesota! talk.dot.state.mn.us/statewide-bi...

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Public Comment

The draft Statewide Bicycle+ System Plan is now open for public comment. Minnesotans are invited to leave feedback on the draft plan through Friday, October 23rd, 2026.View the draft plan here before ...

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(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do you like Mass Effect? Once More into the Void is basically the rules light, Mass Effect style RPG that plays in 1-3 sessions. The physical copies are $20 and whatever doesn't sell is going to be pulped bc it's too expensive to send them back up into Canada for storage.

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 20/09/2026

In my neighborhood there are a few lawn signs, and I just saw my first TV ad from her, so I think they're ramping up.

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Trash Mob Minis @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NEW WILDWOOD TRAILER JUST DROPPED!!! I was in the department that built the wild-wood itself. Come see all our hard work! youtu.be/bJQGtSeLPII?...

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Wildwood – Final Trailer | Get Tickets Now

YouTube video by LAIKA Studios

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Michael Van Vleet (he/him) @signalstation.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Did you know... there's a new issue of Sprigs & Kindling out? The free fanzine for Carved from Brindlewood games? You get free Silt Verses content! Weird gods & weird followers! Plus: entire games! Amazing layout variety! There's a reason these folks were Ennie-nominated. sprigsandkindling.com

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Sprigs and Kindling

An ongoing digital zine of community collected creative works for Carved from Brindlewood TTRPG games

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Sean Tibbitts Is Submitting to Sprigs & Kindling! @pizzoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Latest Sprigs & Kindling just came out! I have a Trophy Gold incursion in it—The Frozen City—and there are tons of amazing Faith Sheets and Assignments for The Silt Verses RPG! Check it out at sprigsandkindling.com !!!!

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Sprigs and Kindling

An ongoing digital zine of community collected creative works for Carved from Brindlewood TTRPG games

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Nat Knight @natknight.xyz · 15/09/2026

_PbtA to Z_ is a collection of Powered-by-the-Apocalypse moves. I wrote it for the _Making Moves_ jam, and just released it for free. It's here on my website, which also links to Itch, RPG Trader, and (soon) DriveThruRPG. games.natknight.xyz/pbta-to-z/

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PbtA to Z

A collection of moves

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 15/09/2026

A fucked up deer is always appropriate for Trophy.

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 15/09/2026

I hope there's a secret 6th option for that d6 table so I know what I am too.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 13/09/2026

We're planning to see it on Monday!

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 12/09/2026

So good! Thanks for kicking this off!

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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Over 20 people showed up. Multiple people are helping to plan the next one plus other community stuff. Wow! Local shit is good.

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 11/09/2026

Today! Come hang out, Twin Cities game designers! Broken Clock Brewing 5:30–7:30 PM

A black and white poster that says "Twin Cities RPG Design Meetup. All skill levels welcome. Talk design. Make friends. Just chill. Broken Clock Brewing. Friday, September 11. 5:30-7:30 PM." In the middle of the poster is a stack of game books and dice.

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 10/09/2026

If you're in the Twin Cities and want to talk tabletop game design, come hang with us out tomorrow! Broken Clock Brewing Friday, September 11 5:30–7:30 PM

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This Saturday (9/12) in Minneapolis, there's a cool West Marches-style session of Cloud Empress (my ecological science fantasy game set in the Midwest, thousands of years in the future) being held at the Greenway Glow festival. More info here: www.simpletix.com/e/greenway-g...

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Greenway Glow Bike Ride and Arts Festival Tickets | Midtown Greenway Coalition

The Greenway Glow Arts Festival is a cultural celebration of art, light, music, local artists, and community along the Midtown Greenway.

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This old railroad bridge in taylr's video looks basic but has an important history, especially relevant this weekend. And the great new bike path through what was once inaccessible industrial land now allows people to (legally) see it up close. A bridge🧵!

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 05/09/2026

I'm so sorry to hear that, Andy. My heart is with you 🫂

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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.

A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 03/09/2026

Tom compiles a great list of inspirations and shows why “vanilla” doesn’t mean “boring.” Plus there’s this great quote: “In some ways the ideal space to be in a participatory artform is to be good enough to inspire and bad enough to get some people in the audience thinking ‘I bet I could do that’.”

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Fuck you're welcome to buy MY game! #iHunt is such a huge piece of work for just two people. We put so many pages into that game. And pretty much everyone that follows me would have fun just reading it, not even necessarily playing. It's a game about poverty. But from the poor POV.

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 01/09/2026

You might also need a bit of a prompt at the beginning of the session to remind all the players of what XP triggers are in play.

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 01/09/2026

This feels like it works, but I'd rephrase it a bit. Something like: "Did another PC back down and let you win when you threw your weight around? Tell them to mark XP." That way it follows the standard end-of-session XP question model -- you're just offering the XP to another player instead.

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🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

If you were going to teach a course on TTRPG design and (besides playing lots of games) could assign three books that *aren't* games to read, what would they be?

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Cam Banks 🇳🇿 ❌👑 @rustysellsword.com · 29/08/2026

Cortex Prime is a gorgeous toolkit of a game but it can be intimidating for the casual gamer or new GM! I highly recommend Jeremy’s CORTEX LITE as a starting point for your Cortex journey. Grab it for only $5 and see what all the hype is about!

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Dr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Have you ever wanted to visually compare the size of your favorite extinct animals? Now you can, as I'm launching an interactive size comparison tool on my website. Give it a try and let me know what you think: www.skeletaldrawing.com/compare/

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 28/08/2026

Minnesota voters should have an early-voting strategy this year, and to help I made this FAQ. Feedback/questions encouraged. It’s aimed at Democracy Defense trainers who are informing/organizing voters, but we want everyone to do this work & uphold voting rights! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Nov 3 2026 voting FAQ

This Frequently Asked Questions document is for Democracy Defense facilitators to better understand how early in-person and mail voting works as of August 28, 2026 for the 2026 general election in Min...

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Jennifer Nelson’s entry to this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art

A localized version of Guernica with a loon at the center and a person holding an ICE OUT sign

“My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica, a work that was his response to the Nazi's bombing of the Basque town. I thought there was a fitting parallel between these incidents about the high price paid by ordinary people when aggressive regimes try out new tactics of war, as well as a fitting juxtaposition of the darkness of living such an experience and the light we shone through it in our own resistance and care for one another. The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’”

Jennifer Nelson

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functional moron @fiveburger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

really good thread and something i hadn’t considered strategically. donating to out state long shot dems could be the best bang for your buck in helping protect peggy, keith etc. especially when you know for sure they are doing the work. donating now.

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Minærva McJanda (she/her, zie/zir) @minahoneybat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A masterclass in how to critique – which, in the indie RPG space, is really 'how to explain that a book is worth the reader's time'.

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 25/08/2026

I just grabbed a copy of PROXY and have only read to page 4 and I'm already sold.

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 25/08/2026

Maya Caldwell is so cool!

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Jesse Ross @jesseross.com · 24/08/2026

Working on a new game and am looking for some inspirational reading: which TTRPGs have the best mechanics *or* GM guidance for promoting and managing intra-party drama?

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