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Helen Savore (she/her)

@paperninja.bsky.social
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A recovering engineer unfolding legends in story, table, and paper. Chronically ill writer when I can, playing Pathfinder and folding too many cranes otherwise. Figuring it out. helensavore.com

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Bijhan Agha @bijhan.bsky.social · 5h
"Male Loneliness Epidemic" Except... I know a lot of men. A lot of good men with open hearts, open minds, and kind souls. They're not lonely. We have a cruelty epidemic. And cruelty is isolating. So many men are lonely because so many men are cruel.
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Gaby Fermi @gabyfermi.bsky.social · 5h
Siding with the Pope was not in my bingo card, but it happened. This is a thing that happened.
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Helen Savore (she/her) @paperninja.bsky.social · 3h
If someone asks me how AI helps me manage my lines of code, I'm gonna ask how many lines they can take off a dick. If I can work full time hours in IT again, I'm probably just gonna get fired.
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Helen Savore (she/her) @paperninja.bsky.social · 4h
Anyone who has already grabbed a copy previously should have all of the new files. So download and play away!
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Helen Savore (she/her) @paperninja.bsky.social · 4h
Affinity Learning Template is updated!!! V3 now features... Affinity 3 advice! But we haven't left Publisher 2 folks behind. Honestly it's a lot of the new stuff I've been practicing. And a couple tidbits for our new Infinite Scenario writers. www.pathfinderinfinite.com/en/product/4...
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Affinity Learning Template | Paizo | Pathfinder Infinite
Updated with files for Affinity 3! You've written some pathfinder / starfinder rules, but not sure how to publish them? Curious about Affinity now that it's free, or picked up Affinity Publisher 2 dur...
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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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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 7h
Whitney Dafoe
@DafoeWhitney

Do you ever have days when you're just barely well enough to have mental clarity, and you're scared to do anything you dream of doing because you know if you do, you'll lose the carity and that clarity is better than 5 minutes of activity and then "mental blindness".
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J.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hi, I'm open for sensitivity reads rn. I can read for queer characters, disability (focuses in CPTSD, hypermobility, Long Covid, OCD, Anxiety), and progressive/reform Judaism. Please DM me for more information if you're interested in working together.
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SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 19h
This November we're hosting our first solo RPG game jam at @itch.io! Solovember 2026: All flavours of solo TTRPG welcome: tactical, journaling games, dungeon crawls, experimental, etc. A fun alternative to NaNoWriMo or to do as part of NaGaDeMon 🧡 itch.io/jam/solovemb...
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Solovember 2026
A game jam from 2026-10-31 to 2026-12-01 hosted by Sero. We've all been waiting all year, and it's almost finally November. Just like SoloSeptember we have another month all about solo and solo-friend...
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 23h
The context of *this* wave of visceral rage at rapists is that in the past decade we've seen them take complete control of the government, turn the entire economy into their ponzi scheme, gain trillions of dollars of exploited wealth. We've seen an opposition party abjectly fail at stopping them
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 23h
Do you think it's valuable to put biodiversity education smack in front of people integrated into their daily lives? Support @skypeascientist.bsky.social. Ideally monthly! I need to raise more $ before the end of '26 so we can afford to do projects like this in '27. givebutter.com/SupportSAS26
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Governor just signed my bill to allow people to sue ICE, Border Patrol, and other federal agents for violating people’s constitutional rights. Starting immediately, people can sue federal agents retroactive to abuse occurring in March 2025.
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Emmurder Killwell えま @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
believe women, even when it's really fucking devastating to hear.
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Shay ❄️ @spellsinsugar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey remember how I was almost golden Well today I got into a car accident And I have no idea how much it’s going to cost me to do anything for my car I have $11 in my bank account Please donate
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Count Avi Henriques 🩸 @legalizegoblins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you see laid-off Paizo staff fundraising, I can tell you that these are URGENT needs. Severance pay was limited, and the job market is a dumpster fire. My friends are really struggling. Any help you can give is huge.
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Helen Savore (she/her) @paperninja.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For any one who needs to know, especially parents, one way to fix Minecraft Dungeons 2 on a PC not working was deleting/repairing Game Services. Wtf do they make it run all the time! Trying force everyone to be gamers. We don't do Xbox pass or junk, just Minecraft. dungeons2db.com/fixes/crash-...
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Dungeons II Crashing or Won't Launch: Fixes | Dungeons2DB
Minecraft Dungeons II won't launch or hits an Unreal Engine crash? Player-reported fixes: Gaming Services repair, closing RivaTuner overlays, restart.
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🎃🧛🏾Vita Ahhhh-yala👻🙀 @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These fools think people wanted isolated, hyper individual lives/experience when art (visual, textual, music, etc) is about connection and communication between people.
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PSL_4Loko @psl4loko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The whole speech is good, but this part in particular is particularly relevant now. www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/publ...
A screenshot of a section of the linked speech by former President Harry Truman:

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign.

But when a Democratic candidate goes out and explains what the New Deal and fair Deal really are--when he stands up like a man and puts the issues before the people--then Democrats can win, even in places where they have never won before. It has been proven time and again.
We are getting a lot of suggestions to the effect that we ought to water down our platform and abandon parts of our program. These, my friends, are Trojan horse suggestions. I have been in politics for over 30 years, and I know what I am talking about, and I believe I know something about the business. One thing I am sure of: never, never throw away a winning program.
This is so elementary that I suspect the people handing out this advice are not really well-wishers of the Democratic Party.
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Helen Savore (she/her) @paperninja.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What's blows my mind is I went to gofundme to find Ivis's page ...and saw too so many Ivis's. But this is the one I'm talkin today. Not only one of the laid off former Paizo employees, but they have been through the ringer with medical emergencies, car, and moving. Can we get them some support?
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rain @theyhaterain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
minors are a heavily oppressed group no matter if they were born privileged or not.
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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 27/09/2026
Wow this is blowing up. Please buy my gay Mario game with fox girls. It's good I promise. It's won awards, and I have to pay rent
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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 27/09/2026
i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot
Eniko Fox
@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

OH. right! i get it now!

i get why AI is so depressing to me. because covid already shrunk my world to almost nothing, where almost all of my life revolves around socializing and watching videos on the internet (which is being ruined by AI) and creating creative works through coding (which is being ruined by AI), often using open source tools and libraries (which are being ruined by AI)

i already had so little and now even that is being rotted away before my eyes
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 24/09/2026
in the age of AI, making art is a radical act
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 27/09/2026
When asked why he doesn’t become an independent, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman responded: “Because I’m a lifelong Republican.” After realizing his slip-up, Fetterman laughed and said: “That’ll get clipped.” He then corrected himself and said he's a lifelong Democrat. #TribFest26
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Helen Savore (she/her) @paperninja.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nor'easter means no solar power for a few days. Hmmm.... Could I sneak a few pinwheels onto the roof and run wires into my panels? That'll work, right?
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Helen Savore (she/her) @paperninja.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
IT'S DONE! I just finally took/found a few days and knocked out last of the writing on Basilisk Battle. Now with 33 Banners, one for each of the teams in the Avistan Basilisk League (or at least who I think they could, canon is a little light on sports details) I'll announce the teams later ;)
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Helen Savore (she/her) @paperninja.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why does the PTO's Halloween party say no mask's or face covering? Like, that's the one place you especially expect masks: costumes. Me and my n95s are feeling called out. I still haven't fully recovered my first school infection from the year. Imagine if masking wasn't stigmitized.
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Helen Savore (she/her) @paperninja.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I know the Pathfinder2e Daredevil is more about battefield positioning... but damned if I'm not on a mission to find every stupid material I can use for my character's breakaway attack. Last night featured throwing throwpillows. Although I think the fireplace embers were more effective.
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Jen Vaughn, Storyteller at Large @thejenya.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Imagine all the jobs governments could claim to have created by shutting down these AI companies and people being hired back worldwide.
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Helen Savore (she/her) @paperninja.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I love me rainy and dreary weather (I was just fine at RIT which was only sunny at Open Houses)... But now that I've got solar I needs the sun's touch every day!!! (Well, on my roof, not me. I'm still a vampire)
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
screenshot of a Bluesky post by Chronic Illness Humor (@chronicillness.bsky.social) displayed over a colorful, stained-glass pattern background.

The main text, written in a typewriter-style font, reads: "Me after having two good days in a row: something's fucking wrong."

MyBodyIsTryingToKillMe.com
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026
I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation.
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 20/09/2026
Perfect explanation of fascism simple enough that a 10 year old could get it
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MegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trans rights ARE human rights. If you are so mean-spirited that you’re willing to accept that any group of already marginalized people is somehow deserving of even greater oppression, then I’m disappointed in you. It’s so damn easy to let people live with all the same rights you have.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tired: STEM (Science Tech Engineering Math) Wired: STEAM (Science Tech Engineering Arts Math) On Fire: STEAM PUNK (Science Tech Engineering Arts Math+ Pyrotechnics Ukulele Ninja Klezmer)
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Azra L Hawthorne @azra-l-hawthorne.itch.io · 20/09/2026
I’m trying to work on paying overdue bills and start saving for moving Aug ’27! Trying to start early so I have a chance of raising enough by then. I can’t save normally as I’m on Disability. Pls share and/or donate! Ty! 💕💸🏳️‍⚧️ #TransCrowdFund #DisabilityCrowdFund #MutualAid ko-fi.com/azralhawthor...
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The Billowing Hilltop @billowinghilltop.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bonus ep tomorrow! Vanessa Hoskins @gamedesigner.ninja author of Punks in a Powderkeg, joins us to chat adventure design, rpg production and all things gaming!
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you ever need your faith in the sciences restored after having it so violently compromised by techbros masquerading as technologists, I encourage you to check out the breakthrough after breakthrough ongoing in oncology. 
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Because it’s come up a lot today, both at the hands of people I admire and people I disdain: If you’re tired of being told COVID never ended, imagine how it feels being impacted by it daily and having to watch everyone pretend it’s done. That response that galls you so is trauma.
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Shay ❄️ @spellsinsugar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Provided an update and updated the final goal!! www.gofundme.com/f/bridge-the...
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Donate to Bridge the Gap for Shay and Khangi's Future, organized by Sarah Snow
I’m Shay Snow, previously Paizo’s Pathfinder Society developer. Due to circum… Sarah Snow needs your support for Bridge the Gap for Shay and Khangi's Future
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.
Nichole Hiltz
The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

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maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I am a cis, white, straight woman who was born and raised on a remote dairy farm, raised around no diversity at all. Virtually everything I know about people unlike that narrow group came from meeting people at cons first. Embarrassing but true.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent
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The Ken In Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Critics of genAI 🤝 AI companies genAI is horrific thieving bullshit
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
three-panel stick figure comic with text at the top that reads: "Me on my way somewhere realizing I forgot to take my medication"

First Panel: A simple stick figure with a small, cheerful smile and dot eyes.

Second Panel: The same smiling stick figure, remaining unchanged.

Third Panel: Text above the stick figure reads "*realization*". The stick figure's face changes dramatically to wide, staring eyes with visible pupils and a flat, straight line for a mouth, conveying sudden dread and shock.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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The Absalom Archives @absalomarchives.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sorshen: So you created a Stargate? Karzoug: It is a Fargate! Legally distinct! Sorshen: What's different about it? Karzoug: ...This one goes through time instead of space Xanderghul: Mine would be able to do both Sorshen and Karzoug: SHUT UP!
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Christian Lauersen @clauersen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Libraries are an investment. Not an expense
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Pank 🦑 @littlepinksquid.gay · 17/09/2026
The DNC is forever chasing Republican Votes. Why would anyone who loves Original Classic Bigot made with real sugar, ever vote for Store Brand Diet Bigot. No R will vote for a D, they will lose Votes and gain nothing. NOTHING. Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory. AGAIN, and AGAIN
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