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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16h

Like do you need to see a film with clear influences from Buster Keaton, Looney Tunes, Monty Python, Too Many Cooks, and Legend of Zelda? ...I sure af didn't know *I* did.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16h

I remember when I was graduating high school inagining what media people my age would make. Wondering excitedly how the media diet I was raised on would reflect in their work. it's great to see the apotheosis of that in Hundreds of Beavers.

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JoCat is slow at making videos @jocat.net · 06/10/2026

"this wouldn't have existed without AI anyway, it's not taking away any potential jobs or opportunities" if you do not have the willingness or drive to make something without AI, then it shouldn't exist AI is built off of stolen labor. Want art? Do or fund the labor.

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markerslinger @markerslinger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tis the season! #slingertoken

Color marker illustration of a bat like beast carrying a pumpkin bucket who has arms and legs and carrying a pitch fork

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 05/10/2026

Just because someone who is literally selling something makes extraordinary unfounded claims about it doesn't make it true You know this about vacuum cleaners; it's embarrassing that you can't hold it in your heads about computers

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh no my to read list. It will all need to wait when this comes out.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I believe in restorative justice. I want that for Jacob and perhaps he was on that path (though fuck his uni for giving him the meagerest of punishments, but that’s the system working as intended). But he is owed nothing & he owes his/other victims ALL his consideration, which he did not give.

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Nebula @nebula.tv · 01/10/2026

Jacob Geller is no longer a part of Nebula. Ongoing projects have been terminated effective immediately, and his content has been removed from our catalog.

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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Exactly. I am tired of seeing the “I always knew”/“their work was actually bad” takes whenever allegations emerge. Sometimes—often, actually!—bad people find their way into good spaces and make good things. And you’re not better than the folks who were taken advantage of for “always knowing”

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Molly "Mollylele" Lewis @mollylewis.wtf · 23/09/2026

when I say “I’ll ask Claude” you can assume that I am praying to the spirit of this albino alligator

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026

"AI" - chatbots that wake up, "set their own goals," and "spontaneously" start hacking servers - is fake. It doesn't have "a 10% chance of ending the human race." The Hugging Face hack isn't a mysterious, supernatural occurrence.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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RossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I drew a comic strip.

a comic strip. The first panel shows a goblin in a long coat approaching a guard. The second panel has the goblin saying "we're just normal men!". The third panel has the guard replying "what do you mean normal men?". The fourth panel shows both the goblin in the coat and the guard. The coat is beginning to open to show many goblins within. The guard looks suspicious and a goblin emerging from the coat is saying "We're just innocent men!"

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Scaredy @scaredyc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

the legend of zelda links awakening

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/09/2026

There is apparently no more searing hurt than an "AI" fluffer discovering their favorite science fiction writer disdains their beloved spicy autocorrect, it's a pain only matched by a conservative learning that their favorite rock band has been Marxist the whole time

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

👁️ Researchers found LG TVs logging plain text transcripts in standby, mapping every device in the house, & feeding it to LG's ad arm Unplug the internet and it saves files until network restored. LG says its TVs don't record conversations. Evidence begs to differ. 216 million in homes /Braiinsforge

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cursèd gem 💎 @gemcitygem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

me: hi gimme a large pizza pizza guy: any appetizers? me: what do you have? pizza guy: we've got fried cheese with no sauce or crust, crust with no cheese or sauce, and crust and cheese with no sauce me: gimme crust and cheese with no sauce pizza guy: and for your dip? me: sauce

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Graham Stark @graham.loadingreadyrun.com · 08/09/2026

If Werner Herzog (rightly) said this to me, I would simply crawl into a hole and die. (also, gonna adopt “Go ahead and fail” when dealing with AI bros)

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/09/2026

Authors who are members of the class in the Anthropic Settlement, please be aware that if you have a work in the settlement which has multiple authors but is self-published (or the rights have reverted), the settlement allocation is buggy. Explanation below

The Anthropic settlement allocation is buggy for self publishers with multiple authors

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I really am happy I've reached a point with drawing where I can make the weird shit in my brain real. Still not exact 1:1 translation and it takes most of a day but I'm still happy with it.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I've found a new system for making proxy magic cards more efficiently and I wanted to make a command tower (a card we own but never have enough copies of). This idea flashed in my brain last night as I was going to sleep.

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Solaire 🔜 GATEway FATE 🐏 @solairelunaire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

i must not fear The Project

tumblr post by gailynovelry:
"The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project."

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Husband and I watched Coyote vs. Acme tonight! If you grew up on Loony Tunes it's a must see. I think theres some small stuff that I think would push this from Great to Excellent but it's a ton of fun as is.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

FRIDAY-MORNING CREW These two properly seasoned and mildly weird (i.e., cats) cats STILL don't have a forever home. You—yes, YOU—need two perfectly affectionate cats to spoil. (Please reshare wherever decent humans may be. Office, neighborhood, libraries, EVERYWHERE.)

Gloriously dim gray cat with white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up, trying to spot his fleeing brain cell.

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Bengineering @bengineeringtv.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You'll be honest, brave, and free The soul of decency You'll be loyal and fair and on the square And most importantly When you're a professional pirate You're always in the best of company!

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Snow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Notice how there's no one moralizing about how you shouldn't say mean things about someone when they die out of respect right now? That's because as long as you're not a shitty person who intentionally hurts others without care or remorse, people don't do that.

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Caleb Stokes @hebanongames.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

You know what? I associate prophets with signs - hand painted, especially sandwich boards. Paint that puppy with arguments about how inevitable the product people wont buy is. Go to the busiest street corner & preach the good word of Roko. I’ll believe it this time. Promise. You’re almost there.

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 20/08/2026

I'd have to dig up the link but there was actually a review of what happens if you give extended time to students who don't need it. The answer is nothing. Their test scores didn't change. We don't need to gatekeep to make things fair: accommodations just level the playing field.

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TAHK0 @tahk0.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

it’s not me who is wrong, it’s flip canvas horizontally who is wrong

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Vampire Survivors has a 30 minute cutoff time where Death just comes in and just clobbers you. And if you spend your full 30 minutes of life grinding and making the right choices you can kill that Grim Reaper just to have the privilege of another instantly spawning and clobbering you instead.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I don't want to place a value judgement on that. There are good, bad, and neutral things about that. But I do think it's a neat observation and can help inform what pushing boundaries within this space looks like.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

And I think there's a visible trend in the ttrpgs I've read lately that reflects this. More games are now explicitly saying "here are rules for what to do if your character dies". I've seen many that give you one last crit as you go out so it's appropriately satisfying.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This also dovetailed into a really neat discussion on the expectations of players who came into this hobby by listening to a 5e Actual Play vs those that cut their teeth on earlier ttrpgs. A lot more emphasis on narrative and power fantasy. A lot more offloading rules knowledge on the GM too.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Like Dread was referenced as a stronger system for horror than 5e because pulling from a jenga tower is a better abstraction of horror than rolling a d20.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We talked a lot about, in an effort to be a lot of things to a lot of people, systems like dnd 5e devalues a lot of their own survival mechanics I service of telling a more focused story. But that leaves 5e mechanics feeling like a bland framework and can't serve ones theme or experience as well.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Very possibly my favorite part of this week was having conversations about what people look for in their games. What they want their time at a table to be. The big theme of that was that rulesets that are an active part of the story, not a blank canvas to paint a story on.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Still 2d10 and a basic assumption that every action WILL move the scene forward were very popular ideas and, for all the above statement was really neutral I think there was player interest to give it more of a shot.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I didn't play in Draw Steel as tactical combat games are not my jam. The general consensus I got from the players is that they need to see more of it before they could draw conclusions. How things shake out with fights against different styles of encounters.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I think it also engenders a bad habit from ttrpg nerds where they take turns sharing stories about their tabletop experiences without actually taking in anything anyone else is saying. Not the system's fault there. But I think the experience would be at its best at a table with a shared experience.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Mostly this is a book of storytelling prompts. I will maintain, this is an excellent system for a group who just finished a big campaign as a way to sunset things. If you came to this game without an OC, I think it'd be easy to get a little stuck with how vague things can be.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Last (that I played) was Stewpot. As a big fan of mechanically light games, this was close to being TOO lightweight for me. A very cozy book of adventurers retiring and giving up their old life for new experiences. As a mechanic, I'd actually love to see this idea developed into a deeper system.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Both of these games had such off the wall ideas that I think players would have a good time regardless but the systems were both pretty strong too! I think Slugblaster in particular really resists being put in the one shot box, but both would make really strong campaigns.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

System wise I think this is the most fun I've had with combat (since I typically dislike it throughly). And pulling from, as my GM put it, "King Arthur's Gatchapon" with random artifacts and abilities lead to some nice lateral thinking.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Next was Mythic Bastionland! I don't think any system was built for Monty Python And the Holy Grail goofs. A sort of pathetic and yet DEEPLY silly and surreal vibe.

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Some Sort of Salamander Cryptid @teapotmimic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

GMing was a tremendous joy. I WAY over prepared in terms of how much folks could do in a session. Prep is a breeze for this and it's so easy to say yes to players in this system. RPing parents is something I do well? I I have a knack for saying things those characters will talk about in therapy.

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