iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent

Diagram of absorption of emf by water. There's a gap right that dips in the 500 nm range

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thepseudonym.bsky.social @thepseudonym.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tell you what man $20 bag of factory seconds from some dice factory for hire is great. There could be literally anything in there. My last bag was a bafflement of delights, so stretching that delight daily is great.i think i might grab a big one tomorrow.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This week in Dragonbane, we found a well with a chimera guarding treasure at the bottom. Lowering ourselves one by one on a rope turned out to just be feeding PCs to the chimera with extra steps, so we’ll be back with a metal grate and light a fire over the mouth of the well.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some friends playtested Mousetrap and won't shut up about how brilliant they found it. :)

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anybody got phrases they use a lot in their writing notes, which they have to cut or rephrase in work meant for publication? One of mine is “pour encourager les autres.” In my notes, les autres are forever getting encouragé.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This week in the Tang Dynasty campaign, we successfully lured Princess Gaoyang into making an open move agains her brother the emperor by once again pretending to be said emperor. Rather like checking if a gun is loaded by placing your palm over the muzzle and pulling the trigger.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One thing in my career that's hard to describe is that for a while there on the early Internet, nerd humor was sort of revelatory? Meaning like, there were all these formerly siloed nerd jokes that were suddenly getting shared. And people started making new ones and it was really amusing.

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em cassel @biketrouble.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

here's something that's brought me a lot of joy over the last two weeks while apparently pissing off some of my neighbors lol

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An Interview With the Person Who Put Hundreds of ‘Wedding Crashers’ DVDs in South Mpls Little Free Libraries - Racket

'It is 100% a queer art installation,' Sable Adelaide tells us.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Turns out the solution to excessive portion sizes in American restaurants was shrinkflation.

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The Heathyorker @theheathyorker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Heathcliff Panel:
Heathcliff is dressed as a wizard and using a magic rake leaves. Grandpa Nutmeg is watching and holding a drink. His neighbor is raking leaves next door. Grandpa says to his neighbor "I like to think of myself as the kind of person who would rescue a cat whether or not he was going to pay me."

New Yorker Panel:
Two people walk down a the sidewalk. A cat presses against the window of a parked car holding money. One person says to the other "I usually frown on his wizardry."

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barenuckelavee.bsky.social @barenuckelavee.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I have a blog now and wrote about playing a bastardized version of OD&D in prison and how the DIY spirit of the OSR is most alive when you don't buy anything at all barenuckelavee.bearblog.dev/no-one-can-t...

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NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR GAME FROM YOU

There is a sickness in the modern tabletop hobby, a kind of creeping, insidious consumerism that tries to convince you that you need things to play. We get c...

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m teaching myself to draw, inspired by the efforts of @spookshow71.bsky.social and @planesailinggames.com. For my first step, I’m tracing old paintings. Just basic practice.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This week in Dragonbane, our two PCs most given to flights of fancy both rolled critical fails on the same knowledge roll. Their players gleefully embraced the wrong conclusion offered to them by the GM and triggered a big trap. :)

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

An odd blind spot in my knowledge: I just learned that we didn’t know humpback whales sing until the 60s, and it didn’t become popularly known until 1970. All that 70s–80s whale zeitgeist was in response to new knowledge. I just kinda figured we always knew, like how we’ve always known wolves howl.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits (Or don't. I'm not a cop). FATE Merryshire Detective Club Dragonbane Necronautilus

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One of the cool things about doing get-out-the-vote is that when I ask folks if they also would like to help get out the vote too, as we get closer to the election more and more people are saying “I’m already involved!”

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Tiff 🏳️‍⚧️ & Eve Comics @tiffandevecomics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And this is how you learn that Tiff and Eve are from the Twin Cities #webcomics

(Claire and Tiff are both carrying Eve by their shoulders. Both look annoyed)
Eve: (Singing loudly and obnoxiously) “…ST. PAUL BOYS WON’T YOU COME OUT TONIGHT AND DANCE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOOON!”
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Claire: “If anything, you’re scaring them away, Eve.”
Tiff: “Plus, we’re back in Minneapolis.”
Eve: “What? When’d that happen?”
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Claire: “Remember the bridge?”
Tiff: “Over the river?”
Eve: “Ohh, riiiiight.”
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Eve: (singing again) “MINNEAPOLIS BOYS WON’T YOU COME OUT TONIGHT, COME OUT TONIGHY…”
Claire: “We shoulda left her.”
Tiff: “But think of those poor St. Paul boys.”

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Casey G. @caseyg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I love paleoart that implies there's a person there observing. If I was this implied photographer I'd shit my diving suit.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This week in Dragonbane, we encountered a situation where there was definitely a LOT more going on than meets the eye, but it involved a big scary NPC we didn’t want to fight. We didn’t ask her any questions and managed to get out of there with our treasure and our hides.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A new version of World of Warcraft is adding blue elves and people are big mad about it. Purple elves? Everyone loves purple elves. Cream-colored elves? Very popular. Blue elf-ancestors? Beloved. But blue elves are apparently a bridge too far.

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Alex @axmdoes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We had like twenty people show up, from seasoned Names You've Heard Of to people thinking about their first homebrew. It was awesome! :D

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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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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today I learned about the Marlet, a mythical bird in English heraldry. It has no legs, so it lays an egg mid-flight, which hatches mid-fall, and the hatchling takes wing immediately. It only touches the ground when it dies and falls from the sky.

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Pangur Ban Collective @pangyban.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

GALACTIC DAWN IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! Check us out if you like worldbuilding, GM-less, or faction games! Time to vibrate unproductively in my chair for the rest of the day. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pan...

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Galactic Dawn: A Collaborative Worldbuilding TTRPG

Build the pillars of galactic civilization. Vie for a place amongst the stars.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This week in Dragonbane, we met a dog-sized horned toad named Ambrosius living in a tower overgrown with roses. He already had an owner, or else we definitely would have adopted him. #ttrpg

A line drawing of a toad with impala horns over a heraldic rose.

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Sue @cameratrapsue.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

There's a certain finesse to getting off the top railroad tie and onto the dirt path below - this kit has yet to learn it and falls off the railroad tie before reappearing none the worse for wear. #mammals

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If you are a US voter, I’d like to encourage you to consider voting early in-person, if your state permits it. We’ve already seen that the administration is trying to get the postal service to not deliver your absentee (mail-in) ballot. And election day voting is susceptible to 1/3

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Map projections being in the news again means I have to see everyone’s bad takes about maps. But at least it’s exposed me to the Equal Earth projection that the UN resolution favors, which is honestly a pretty terrific projection. Look at these Tissot circles! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_E...

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Equal Earth projection - Wikipedia

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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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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 31/03/2024

New Character Corner: Huck Finn of Now

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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One week from today!

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I am vindicated! Tattled on the suspected cultist to a witch-hunter, who determined I was right, hanged the cultist NPC without due process, and then blackmailed my character. Quacklin Silverbill will learn nothing from this.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A routine Athenian raid in 480 B.C. suddenly got real weird when a seer declared the gods wanted a human sacrifice. The raid’s commander and his commander were both politicians and mortal enemies. It was a real gameable mess. #ttrpg moltensulfur.com/post/the-ath...

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Rebecca M-O @reduplicater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Crop art at the Minnesota State Fair! It is what it says it is - art made from various parts of crops, primarily seeds, lentils, and grains, occasionally leaves or flowers. For any non-Minnesotans viewing this, I'll start with mostly less political pieces. It's harder than you might think.

Untitled? by Jenny Lau
A red heart with radiating lines is in the upper half of the piece. In the middle are two loons, rising up out of the water to either fly or dance. The words "Forever - MN" appear in black at the bottom. The piece is edged in a wavy border. You can see from the seedlist that the inspiration was a Keith Haring drawing on a US "Forever stamp" where people instead of loons are dancing and holding up the heart.

Crops include white sorghum, red sorghum, french lentil, canola, wild rice, garlic skin, and millet. Any others have been cut off by the photographer's (my) carelessness.

Untitled? by Alice Hogan
In the center are two traditional portrayals of Vikings, with horned helmets. The left is a bearded man with a photo of Governor Tim Walz's face, and the right character is a female with long blond braids and a photo of Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan's face. She holds a scepter topped by what might be a stalk of wheatand stands next to some miniature ears of multi-colored corn. Below them are the words "WELCOME TO MINNESOTA" in blue and green. Behind the two Vikings are a lake or river with swans, a pink house I don't recognize, and a stylized version of the Minneapolis skyline with some of its landmark buildings such as the Foshay Tower and the IDS Center.

The seed list is partially hidden and partially too blurry to read due to the photographer's (my) inability to take good photos.

"Pac-MN" by Meredith Keller
This is a 3 dimensional piece in that the yellow frame of it is moved forward and shaped as if it's an arcade game. The screen has a black background. The words "MINNESOTA STATE FAIR 2026" are written in the Pac-Man font at the top left. the rest of the screen has a map of the fairgrounds making the path that Pac-Man can follow, complete with yellow trails. Some of the yellow trails have the street names spelled out on the seeds. The screen also has red and blue ghosts, but instead of the normal bonus icons we see a pickle, an ear of corn, some pronto pups, and a chocolate chip cookie - all popular foods at the MN State Fair.

The seedlist shows yellow painted mustard seed in a Pac-Man shape, and the rest of the seeds are lined up for Pac-Man to eat: red and blue painted mustard seed, black canola, white, yellow, and green millet, white navy bean, yellow soy bean, and yellow split pea.

This entry was awarded a blue ribbon for first place in its category.

"Minnesota Welcomes You" by Megan Bell
Paul Bunyan, in brown laced up boots, blue jeans, and a pink and ight blue checked shirt and cap, is neeling on the ground. He steadies an axe against the ground in his left hand, while his right hand is outstretched to the viewer. The grass is green, there are autumn colored trees in the background, and a multicolored swirly sky is above. The words "MINNESOTA WELCOMES YOU" are in the foreground.

This piece was made with amaranth, hulled barley, black beans, canola, flax seed, millet, rye berries, and wheatberry. Most of these were painted.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ooh, I’m gonna have such a good time at Game Hole Con! I’m playing Eat the Reich, L5R, Piaga 1348, Nimble, Riverbank, The Sickest Witch, OSE, and Little Fears, *and* I’m running two late-night horror sessions of Ballad Hunters! I just can't wait for October. :)

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This week in the Tang Dynasty murder mystery campaign, we rescued Emperor Gaozong from an inferno set by his enemies. My character, a doughy intellectual like the emperor, braved the arrows of the attackers as his body double, wearing the emperor’s flashiest robes and his tallest hat. #ttrpg

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Another highlight from the Minnesota State Fair: seeing a fully veiled woman having a ball filming a high school marching band playing Dua Lipa while I munched on elote tots…it’s all gonna turn out alright folks

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This week in Dragonbane, I think I figured out who the secret demon-cultist in town is. If I’m right, she’s someone we’ve come to rely on. The rest of the party is unconvinced. I may have to take matters into my own hands. #ttrpg

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Game Hole Con event registration is Sunday. If you're gonna be in lovely Madison, WI and would like to play Ballad Hunters, I'm gonna be running a game Thursday night and Saturday night. www.gameholecon.com/events#conID...

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Featuring role-playing games, board games, fantasy and historical miniature gaming, and collectible card games, Gamehole Con is for the fantasy and adventure tabletop gaming enthusiast.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This week in the Tang Dynasty murder mystery campaign, pursued by rebels, I barely convinced one I was an old acquaintance and their actual quarry went *that* way. Then another PC came in and rescued me on a big horse, which rather spoiled my cover story. #ttrpg

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This week in Dragonbane, we discovered we’d accidentally already accomplished the task the oracle wanted us to complete in lieu of her killing us and drinking our blood. We were gonna fight the oracle, but she was “as large as two fat horses, and with as many legs,” so we didn’t. #ttrpg

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gemelli23.bsky.social @gemelli23.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Back in 2023 I first heard the pitch for Hollows, an RPG where you enter the personal hells of other people and destroy the monsters within, knowing that eventually you will end up becoming one of these monsters yourself. Today I finished running players through the personal hell of a PC they knew.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A dear friend was out in the woods and found some delicious chicken of the woods, a cool mushroom. It was delicious, and really different from other mushrooms.

Two bowls of food. Long slices of pale mushroom, looking very much like sliced chicken cutlets, lie upon a bed of risotto and asparagus.

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Tristan Zimmerman - Molten Sulfur Press @moltensulfur.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Ran a pre-alpha playtest (just a “get the minimum version to the table and see if it’s any fun”) with @kevinkulp.bsky.social @planesailinggames.com @czamboni.bsky.social. It went much better than I expected, which means now I have to make the alpha version of it, and that's gonna be a lot of work!

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Crow @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 14/08/2026

I think about this a lot.

Tim Henke
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Mauv @ThatsMauvelous • 1d the machine refused to recognize my humanity until i professed to believe that a sign painted to look like a traffic light is indeed a traffic light.
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Select all squares with traffic lights

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We say, Airbud style, that there's nothing in the rules that says you can't have Bruce Campbell on the team for a notoriously hard pub quiz that has a Bruce Campbell round. Bruce points out there's a John Carpenter round. says he'll give Empire John's phone number but he may not get here in time /8

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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We're finally doing it.

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