iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 4h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Graham Stark @graham.loadingreadyrun.com · 20h

I'm going to #MCAtlanta and I'm going to be really normal about Star Trek. @mtgfestivals.com #sponsored

Splash art of Graham and the MCAtlanta info: November 13-15, 2026

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jordynne, final girl 🔜magiccon atlanta @sick1y.bsky.social · 20h

very excited to be going to #MCAtlanta, hopefully I get to see some of you too 👀 @mtgfestivals.com #sponsored

promo image of me (Jordynne Hatton) as a guest to Magic Con Atlanta from November 13th to 15th of this year

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Sam Antics @dsoart.com · 28/09/2026

Garffeld Pt 15

3 panel Garffeld comic: panels 1 and 2, Nergal is sitting next to Garffeld who thinks, "Nergal thinks himself a comely cat; a picture of vanity. I hate vanity."; panel 3, Nergal thinks, "Envy is no less a sin deserving of hate in the eyes of God."

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 28/09/2026

I appreciate your candor and bravery, and your choice to focus on yourself and your mental health. I had a great time on your charity stream, and all your articles are great. Hope we can get a game in together at some point, either in person or on stream when/if the time is right for you.

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Jordan Hopkins @jordanhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That means I'm on the job market again! If anyone is either hiring in, or knows someone who is, Social/Community/Comms Strategy and Management please reach out!

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Tim Rogers @timothyjrogers.com · 28/09/2026

Charity is swell, but if you're not playing every Kathleen adventure you can you're missing out!

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 28/09/2026

Every artist: I must create to fill the hole in myself. Also every artist: Oh wait, people can see my art? Fuck! No! Ahh! Look away!!! It’s hideous! (Repeat ad infinitum)

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Michelle Rapp ➡️ MagicCon Atlanta @kilnfiendpotter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And we're done. This was a fun project. Definitely learned a lot of good lessons, but hope I made a certain megalomaniacal dragon tyrant proud. #fanart #magicthegathering

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 28/09/2026

Surely you'll be able to step away at any time. Surely you're built different now.

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 28/09/2026

One of my favorite things I've done with this year's Pizzamas is find a way to reference some classic Nerdfighter memes in D&D form, but without just making them all combat encounters. This is "pumpkins and penguins." Yes, the whole game is this weird. pizzamas.com/collections/...

You warily take a step forward and find yourselves in a sunlit pumpkin patch. It is a warm sunny day, and in the distance you see rolling hills draped in their best autumn colours.
The pumpkins are pleasingly orange and the hundreds of chinstrap penguins waddling among them seem happy, even though this isn’t their usual Southern Pacific or Antarctic ocean habitat.
Above you, the Great Auk Who Lives in the Sky waves a massive flightless wing and rolls the D6 of celestial intervention.

DM NOTE: You can make a player roll for the Great Auk or do it yourself. There is no map for this area.

Auk roll results:
1. Auk! Auk auk! Auk auk auk! (Players choose 1 person to gain 10 temp HP)
2. Auk! Auk auk! (Players choose 1 person to heal 3D4 HP)
3. Auuuuuuuk! (Random player heals 1D12 HP)
4. (while whispering) Auk auk auk auk auk! (Random player heals 1D4 HP)
5. AUK! (Players choose 1 person to regain a spell slot)
6. Auk auk! (Random player gains inspiration)

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 28/09/2026

A certain faction would be most welcome at the Drones club... Once they get over the face-melting horror of the situation...

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 28/09/2026

This year’s Needfighter themes were “back to cowboy times, mola molas, tiny chicken disease, and the phrase “puff levels are rising,” so it’s certainly the weirdest!

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 28/09/2026

It’s Pizzamas! That means you can give $10 bucks to charity AND get an all-new, extremely weird one-shot! This one features an extended P.G. Wodehouse parody, a ton of classic Nerdfighter memes, and the best batch of pre-gen characters I’ve ever designed! pizzamas.com/collections/...

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2026 Pizzamas TTRPG One Shot - The Timeless Island

The adventure continues! The island of Vlogrill experiences a big shake up when destabilized faultlines go critical, unleashing a magical explosion so violent it causes not just an earthquake, but a t...

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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.

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Darla @basicandbizarre.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The @loadingreadyrun.com has me envisioning @robotrad.bsky.social sneaking into the WotC offices and popping out from behind corners like

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Jeremy Geist @jeremygeist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good evening! Would you like to learn some of useless minutia about #mtgfracture 's mirrored pair sheet? I mean of course you would, who wouldn't? #wotcstaff

The Magic: the Gathering card "Chandra, Torch of Defiance"

The Magic: the Gathering card Chandra, Chill of Compliance

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 25/09/2026

Aftermath Hours is our weekly podcast. You can listen to the full episode on Apple, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts. You can also watch it on our YouTube channel

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Bobby Kotick's Been Sending Legal Threats To Games Journalists

YouTube video by Aftermath

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most riveting thing I've seen all week

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Rayne🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ 🔜 CommandCon Fürth @nuclearrayne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Currently reading through @phelddagrif.quest's blog (which you all should do. Everything I've read so far has been really informative and funny. Definitely check out the footnotes.). They linked to this fantastic article from the mothership. A really cool lexicon explaining the origin of magic

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The Lexicon Archive

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 25/09/2026

Roll a D6. A loud noise happens and you release a _____________ with opinions. 1) Modron 2) Demon 3) incompetent Lich 4) Demigod 5) Animate bag of holding 6) Double-necked killer giraffe

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dressing @ddressing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@robotrad.bsky.social at my local pauper night someone pulled this out

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 24/09/2026

What sort of music is that? I haven't heard either of those bands?

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 24/09/2026

music.apple.com/ca/album/nat... Yes it starts with somber harpsichord and a single voice, but it ends with synth drums and a 90s electronica build. It's an amazingly fun song when it's finished.

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 24/09/2026

I have seen way more about music people are listening to cross my feed, and I think it's great. I've seen people talking up the new Beck album (I also really like it) and lots of people saying Carly Rae Jepson has done it again (good for her!) and if you liked those you'll also like Perfume Genius!

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