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Sidetone

@sidetone.bsky.social
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👾 Hobbyist, TTRPGer, Indie 2D Roguelike Designer | 💰Freelance Make-Tech-Do-The-Thing-er | 📍Berkeley, CA | 🚻 He/Him-ish | 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Solidarity Forever Made an App Once, Whoops. Bones Exhale the Sigh of Pale Moss

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026
The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply
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lily hoang-zhu 🍊 @ little craft fest @liliuhms.com · 10/05/2026
something to take the edge off
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 26/03/2026
Let's cook the joke vegetarian food from Alison Bechdel's Dykes To Watch Out For aftermath.site/dykes-to-watch...
A panel from Dykes To Watch Out For
Sydney: Revelatory. I don't get this mortification of the flesh thing. No meat, no sugar, no whipped cream. Do you have a hair shirt under the stripes?
Mo: Hey, don't talk to me about mortifying the flesh. You know what all that dairy is doing to your arteries?
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16/02/2026
"Why do programmers not like AI contributions on open source softw-" theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…
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The Blind Archer (Commission Waitlist Open) @theblindarcher.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!
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Coming soon: The Thunder Perfect Mind
An Occult Action Thriller Tabletop RPG
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[👤] 𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝 [🐈‍⬛️] @owllog.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Its only Tuesday
Oh god
Oh fuck
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🎃 Chaz the WoOoOosel 👻 @chaztheweasel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Steel thyself, child, and focus on the pins. Just as in life, you may only take one step at a time. But take care; every step removes yet another pin from the triangle of fate. Leave but one, you're genius. Leave two, you're purdy smart. Leave three and you're just plain dumb. Leave four or more...
Closeup photo of the Cracker Barrel peg game. A wooden triangle is lined up with plastic pegs, reminiscent of golf tees, in multiple colors.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
You can fork #zork! opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
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Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Off to new grand adventures!
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Gavin solo grinding Fortnite explains a lot honestly
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Emily Tull SGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Absolutely delighted to announce that my artwork "In the landscape - Corn Crake" Thread painting - hand embroidery artwork Has won the Mavis Hall Art prize at the Disappearing Worlds Exhibition. Thank you to everyone who voted at the show. #birds #WildlifeArt #embroidery
We have a winner sign on the bottom right corner on a cropped photo of a women's body, holding a brown framed hand embroidered artwork of a corn crake and a leaflet saying the Mavis Hall art prize.A rectangular artwork of a hand embroidered corn crake bird in profile walking across right to left. Set in a stripe of brown and black Harris Tweed with a light green fabric background
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Well, I’ll be following you from now on then!
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
The benefit of Dicebreaker was that it told me *what to look out for* and *why that was cool*. Where RPGNews/En World/ICV2 publish press-kits as-is, and Rascal is doing investigative journalism there is absolutely a gap in the market. Too bad net ad revenue has thrown itself in the garbage.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Already launched (looked it up), first launched on 7/30 (6hrs after the Atlanta game).
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Love this, and I'll add CGE was one of my favorite vendors to work with. Great team, glad they chose to do something good. The comment section is *not it* tho.
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izzy curse-trel @iznaut.com · 07/08/2025
evergreen headline
screenshot of a reference on Crystal Dynamics' Wikipedia page

"Software developers angry". The Miami Herald.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Oh shit we talkin' "Live. Die. Repeat."?
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
If you like what you're working with, go for it. The reason I highlighted the overlap was for accessibility. If you want to keep that effect I might suggest either greater contrast between your hues, split text, or colors other than red/green. Cheers, excited for whatever you cook up.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Nah that looks great! Maybe raise the titles a smidge. My best advice is to add a background texture. I'm partial to "paper", but I think woodgrain would fit the setting. Merge it onto a Rastr, 15-20% opacity in your hero color, 👌! Plus, it lets you "bounding box" in paper color to save legibility.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Maybe not the moment for it as it might be more pertinent to feature contemporary artists, but "Caper in the Castro" is the earliest known LGBT game and is available for free on Archive. CW: 80s Humor & Sensibilities, Misspelled puzzle answers. archive.org/details/hype...
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Caper in the Castro : CM Ralph : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Artist Statement, 2023: I regret the spelling errors found in the game. I am mildly dyslexic and suck at spelling.  Back in 1988, I had no one to edit my...
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Health Potions?
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⭐️ The cabbit of the stars ⭐️ @tommothecabbit.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A good time to post this now due to current events
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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
message to all bitches
please survive
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
It's a rogue instead of not a cleric and still femme, but there *is* an "Evin" if you wanted to go a slightly different way.
Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist 
Cost: 3 and Black
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Menace
Ward: Sacrifice a Creature.
Evin gets +2/+0 for each Treasure you control.
Whenever one or more players sacrifice one or more creatures, you create a tapped treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Power 2, Toughness 4
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This whole year has been watching people I dislike build various #TormentNexus… Nexuses? Nexii? Point is how the hell is anyone with half a brain able to function right now.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 29/06/2025
It's just too bad there was no way to anticipate this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
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ELIZA effect - Wikipedia
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Is that Victory Point Cafe? That place rules!
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Amph 🎮 🔜Saga BCN Game fest @amphxros.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Buenos días
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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
When people say that ”things were better back in the day,” I can only assume they're talking about 1983 frog phone
A vintage novelty corded telephone designed to look like a green frog. The phone's receiver resembles a frog's head and body, complete with raised eyes and a smooth, rounded shape. The beige coiled cord is attached and bundled with a rubber band, ending in a clear RJ11 connector. The phone rests on a plain white surface.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Space Trains™ go so fucking hard. George Lucas never dared to dream this radically.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
No idea who to write to about this, but we *NEED* more films about Space Trains.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Sound design in late 70s anime is so enticing. Love a quiet moment with natural foley on a single track.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Haha, well what else can be expected from a game with Dying Earth as its biggest influence. If you're not exploring inexplicable ancient megastructures of technology unknown, what're you doing. Clark Ashton Smith deserves some ire too, but hard to stay mad at a guy so sad he quits books forever.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Ok, I'll bite. What about Blackmoor is worth contempt in 2025? My knowledge of OD&D comes from Oldheads explaining it to me over a sales counter so aside from the color pun (Braunstein, Greyhawk, Blackmoor) and being "the first module" I only know it in the context of the Gary-Dave rights beef.
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defrericO))) @defrerico.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
huge day for sufjan stevens
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
What I said: “QWOP-y” What I communicated: “Moments of engine-based skill-descriptive bounded contingency”
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Color is lovely, and deserves to be used more. Beautiful! Pattern is a touch too uniform to be irregularly centered, and a little too large such that its business feels inconsiderate.
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 04/04/2025
Redeploying 2023 AP Survey for folks to re-take (or take for 1st time) We are collecting data about how & why people make & consume (or don’t) #TTRPG Actual Play media. This 10 minute survey is totally anonymous. Aggregated data will be shared with the community! More details: aub.ie/ttrpgsurvey
TTRPG Actual Play Performance & Audiences
Research Survey!
Goal
gathering information about labor in AP production, viewing/listening habits, why some don't watch/listen

PI Dr. Emily Friedman
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Dove 🚬🥃 @dovegraveyard.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Ancient critters
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
There are *plenty* of adventures that begin with the players falling into literal holes and the fun of crawling out, I don't know why a proverbial one would be any less fun. It comes down to the core principle of player agency: once in the hole is there more than one fun way out.
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
With the caveat that the spaces I'm in are more open to storygames (and often discuss a few on the OSR spectrum, e.g. Dungeon World, Freebooters, etc), the games that get brought up most are the ones that exhibit genre fiction e.g. Fiasco, Monsterhearts, WorldWide Wrestling, Pasión de las Pasiones.
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salt∴ @wickedsalt.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
1/2021-1/2025 After 4 years, Howl is finally finished! A companion and a project of love to me; I hope it keeps inspiring magic and creativity. 🧿🩵 See the rest of the thread for close ups! #howlsmovingcastle #howlcosplay #katsucon2025 #embroidery
Photo of my Howl Pendragon cosplay on a sewing form, frontal three quarters view. White shirt and black pants with a pink and blue jacket thrown over the shoulders, like the Studio Ghibli design. The jacket is heavily beaded and covered in floss and ribbon embroidery. There are also two necklaces with blue pendants around the form's neck and a pair of green drop earrings pinned close by.Photo of my Howl Pendragon cosplay on a sewing form, view from the back. Black pants pinned to the sewing form with a pink and blue jacket thrown over the shoulders, like the Studio Ghibli design. The jacket is heavily beaded and covered in floss and ribbon embroidery. The back of the jacket shows the scene from the Ghibli film as a young Howl standing on a meadow catches a falling star. There are other falling stars in the night sky. The meadow is completely beaded and framed in a golden velvet ribbon. Embroidered with golden floss beneath the golden ribbon reads: "You who swallowed a falling star, o' heartless man".
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Royale👑Tiger🐯Towel🧻Paper📰Towel🧻Power Play🚨! Power through🤜🤛tough💪messes🤢!
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elliejoypanic on vacation 😴 @elliejoypanic.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
warm lines save lives. please share 💖 credit ig: @/inclusivetherapists
Warm lines don’t call the police. Call Blackline 800-604-5841, Trans Lifeline 877-565-8860 US 877-330-6366 Canada, Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line 888-407-4515, StrongHearts Native Helpline 844-762-8483, Thrive Lifeline 313-662-8209, LGBT National Help Center 888-843-4564
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Conlin (wuz) @wuz.quest · 19/01/2025
can’t sleep and i’ve lost my “disassociate before bed” app so now i’m just stuck in this horrible liminality
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Bartle's "Taxonomy of Players" haunts this industry like ghosts haunt mansions. #GameDev
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Sidetone @sidetone.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Thoughts on best East Bay ramen spots?
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UselessFodder @uselessfodder.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Just incredible things from the VLC folks
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