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Writer, librarian and occult enthusiast She/her All my stuff! linktr.ee/Anunusedfrequency

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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 5h
ko-fi.com/post/The-sha... A look into how in universe refference materials can be use for world building.
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The shadowlands between fiction and nonfiction: encyclopedias and lore
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Empty street benches, the paradox of unused public spaces
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Kati Knitt @katiknitt.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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A comic drawn in pencils.

Panel 1: The cartoonist Kati looks at an old rotary phone, covered in cobwebs. "I’ve been struggling to find work as a trans woman with ADHD, depression and CPTSD. ... Why do I have this?"

Panel 2: Kati sits in front of a graphic tablet, frustrated. "And when I do find work, I can have trouble working full-time, because of my ADHD, depression and CPTSD. And some jobs pay you in goofy goober dollars."

Panel 3: Kati opens her wallet and a fly carrying a restaurant stamp card flies out. "Which has led to me sometimes not being able to pay my bills and having to depend on people’s help."

Panel 4: Kati sits in front of a graphic tablet, motivated. "But I can work a lot easier on my comics, where I get to hyperfocus on the stories I really want to tell."

Panel 5: Kati gestures at a caption spelling "Patreon.com/katiknitt", saying "So if you like my comics and want more, please support me on Patreon. A site that let’s you support artists on a monthly basis. Every bit helps! If somehow, 150 people gave me 10 Euros a month, that would cover my monthly expenses of about 1500 Euros. I can stop being scared of losing my apartment and you get way more comics!"
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spooky season is closing in! Might need to take up work on that horror text adventure.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ko-fi.com/post/Cutting... Meditating on research and preservation of internet content.
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Cutting up the internet
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Remaking my offprint #offprint blog into an in universe #ElderScrolls research blog. Discussing art, culture, history and maigc. anunusedfrequency.offprint.app/a/3m…
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Introductions
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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hi...im so sorry but would anyone be able to spare a little for my grocery bill today and perhaps get an art book? My bill was $38 total. Im just really strapped rn due constant doctor appts & med bills. I apologize for asking for more help again. I really do. Thank you.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just realized that boro and kantha — the Japanese and Indian techniques for repairing cloth or creating new material from scraps by connecting them through a series of running stitches — looks a bit like the peeling bark on an aging tree.
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Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of the (several) reasons I make the most of open access at Stonehenge is my interest in lichens. There are 70-80 species here (some very rare). Today’s equinox was an opportunity to get up close. They’ll be even better at the winter solstice. #lichen #stonehenge #equinox
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里見信乃 @sa103-s.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
こ!こんばんは✨ 帰宅途中ですが電波が悪くて💦 でも、これだけupしたくて浮上🔝 某N◯Kのジャムの顔に似てない? #地衣類 #ichen
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エソヒコ @esohiko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
コアカミゴケだろうか…よくわからない。
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
anunusedfrequency.com/2025/05/25/g... Stairs are more vital in game design then you might think!
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Gwylim notes on Skyrim: Stairs, gameplay and narrative guides
Introduction Skyrim is the latest installment in the Elder scrolls series. The game series is an open world rpgs filled with magic, monsters and intrigue. Skyrim is set in the fringed northern land…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
anunusedfrequency.com/2022/07/24/h... A tale of death, responsibility and hope..
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Short story: Harbor
The third short story focuses on a navigator of a civilian ship in wartime, and the costs of duty and empathy. Like my other short stories, this one follows a nameless protagonist, and explores the…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Rage bait, stop feeding the trolls
Poes law stats that there is no way to know if a radical standpoint is an expression of a genuine belie, or irony in the absence of clear signifiers. Likewise would I argue that it today is impossi…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The problem with writing an assat joke questgiver is that you still need to deal with an asshat! And ESO sure love their asshatt questgivers.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This text really helped me form how I approach my writing. anunusedfrequency.com/2020/03/22/t...
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The scribe: A comparative look at the writing professional
The concept of the professional writer has changed wildly over the years, and are indeed still changing to this day. What this texts is going to focus on specificity is the invention of the printin…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Would love ideas on how I could preview some of the lore I am creating for Landurst in an interesting form.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I am currently deep diving into the architecture and history of Landhurst. Allowing myself to write a lot more freeform before translating it into a specific fictional writer's voice.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The work of a scholar is never done.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Playing around with perspective.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I sometimes gets motion sick from games, Ashes of the singularity is the first RTS that ever made me feel sick enough to stop playing.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I understand the logistical gameplay reason for the Camlorn siege camp, making sure the player goes through the proper sequence of events. But it leaves a strange landmark, especially after the quest is done.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I adore civ 6, but I wish the devs would have gone the Rise Of Nations route late game, keeping the unique feel to each culture group's architecture. I usually quit when late game approaches in civ 6 since everything starts to look the same.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
More history trough the lense of D&D! anunusedfrequency.com/history/
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History
Here you will find my various discussion son various historical topics and themes.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My first short story about history and memory, and how it is preserved. anunusedfrequency.com/2022/07/10/s...
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Short story: Sanctuary
A short tale of a scribe, and her battle with the inevitability of the future, and the struggle to keep the past alive. This is the second short story following an unnamed person, struggling with d…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A shot story of history, memory and who has the right to safeguard it. #Indiewriter #Shortstory #History anunusedfrequency.com/2022/09/11/c...
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Short story: Curator
A short story devling in to the passage history, and the artifacts that it leaves in its wake, as well as the mysterious figure behind the collection of these forgotten, or lost objects, collector-…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I made the bundle for emergency funds, but I am still proud of the collection. ko-fi.com/s/1e6c2e2b22
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Donation bundle: Liminality In time and space - SamRandom's Ko-fi Shop
I am selling a bundle of some of my essays that have before only been available to my monthly supporters. The bundle is themed around liminal spaces a...
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A historical breakdown of the Wizard D&D class. anunusedfrequency.com/2019/09/15/d...
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Dungeons and dragons and history: part 1, the Wizard
Introduction The modern myth of the Wizard may be traced back to the renaissance in Europe, but the concept of magic and the men and women that could wield it goes way further back then that. In th…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A examine public and private spaces in cities, and how they are, and not used. #Essay #Publicspaces #indiewriter ko-fi.com/post/Empty-s...
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Empty street benches, the paradox of unused public spaces
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A look at how website archives can be made more readable and accessible. ko-fi.com/post/Cutting...
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Cutting up the internet
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korraiko @korraiko.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hey, artist! Quote one art to promote yourself!
The digital illustration showing a woman in a dark dress holding a scythe. The cathedral and red sky are in the background
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Horror in time for fall! ko-fi.com/s/628bd8e83d
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Why we bleed - SamRandom's Ko-fi Shop
There are some tales that can not be told in sunlight. There are stories and myths that cannot take the brightness of the sun's rays, that sling back ...
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A meditation on time and space in simulation games. anunusedfrequency.com/2025/10/19/h...
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Highways and industrial complexes: the melancholy world of eurotruck simulator 2
Introduction Simulator games are uniquely limited in scope and place where its narrative takes place. It is the only form of art where the players have the need to traverse the text’s narrati…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Gathering inspiration for future essays. #Eso #Essay #Writing
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heywow @heywowart.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
recently obsessed with Petra Parker all over my timeline, she's so cool
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There is a thin line between making engaging quests in the form of busywork, and just making the player do busywork. Morrowind's mage guild quest straddles this line masterfully. anunusedfrequency.com/2025/11/02/g...
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Gwylim notes on Morrowind: Guild quests, the value of mundanity
Mundanity is a powerful tool of storytelling, it helps anchor and expand the narrative, it gives the reader a chanse to recover from a particularly intense chapter. This last part is especially imp…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This was a really useful game design exercise for me, one I highly recommend, to break down an area of a game and see what components make it work. anunusedfrequency.com/2025/11/16/g...
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Gwylim notes on Morrowind: Seyda Neen, the anatomy of a tutorial area
Introduction All players of Morrowind start their adventure by leaving their prison ship, and entering through Vaardenfell costumes office. They enter the game as a prisoner, brought to Vadeenfell …
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Join a prestigious arcane academy, study history, alchemy and so much more. Make friends and maybe even find love. #Queer #twine #indiegame #textadventue samrandom.itch.io/oakendale-ac...
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Oakendale academy Demo by SamRandom
Magic knowlage is more then simple spells and incantations.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A shot story of history, memory and who has the right to safeguard it. anunusedfrequency.com/2022/09/11/c...
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Short story: Curator
A short story devling in to the passage history, and the artifacts that it leaves in its wake, as well as the mysterious figure behind the collection of these forgotten, or lost objects, collector-…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A very personal essay about my experience with the sea, and living on its borders. #essay #kofi #indiewriter ko-fi.com/post/The-uni...
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The unique loneliness of a sea town
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The first real photo set I published, still proud of how it turned out. anunusedfrequency.com/2023/12/31/n...
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New years eve, a liminal study in gray
New years is a time of liminality, of barriers and of new beginnings. In the western hemisphere it is also a time of transition between the darkness of winter, and the light of spring, between snow…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
ESO is such a wonderful game to explore and take landsape pictures in.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Solve arcane puzzles and hunt for secrets in an archive turned upside down by strong and wild magic. www.dmsguild.com/en/product/3...
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The August winds are here, and I feel renewed!
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Looking for a newsletter platform that only requires an email to sign up for.
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
ko-fi.com/s/d231a6698b An ezine about mushrooms, magic and the wonder of storytelling. #ezine #mushrooms #magic
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The journal of a mushroom witch - SamRandom's Ko-fi Shop
This is a short Zine dedicated to the wonder of stories, mushrooms and magic. In this Zine I aimed to play on the borders between reality and fiction,...
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I am replaying the Ratchet and Clank series. This essay is the beginning of a breakdown of the strange and wonderful world of the late ps 1 and early ps 2 era. anunusedfrequency.com/2026/08/04/t...
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The strange, fully functioning phasing of Ratchet and Clank 1
Ratchet and Clank 1 shares a lot of the same quirks as the first Crash Bandicoot game, created by the teams contemporaries, that of being the first. There is a sense of being on uncertain grounds a…
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SamRandom @samrandom.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The logistics mechanic of the Chaos Dwarves in Warhammer total war 3 has just enough micromanagement to keep me invested, without getting cumbersome.
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