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My boardgame plays in September. Check the alt txt for my current ratings. #boardgames

The Castles of Burgundy [9]
Digging For Dinos [8]
Dewan [8]
Frosted Blooms [9]
Das Orakel von Delphi [8]
Coal Baron [8]
Bunny Kingdom Town [9]
Distilled [8.5]
Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor [9]
Habitats [8]
Mountain Goats [8]
Mountain Goats: Legacy [9]
Res Arcana [9]
Carnuta [7.5]
Forest Shuffle [9]
Pacts [9]
Paladins of the West Kingdom [9]
Viscounts of the West Kingdom [9]
Wayfarers of the South Tigris [10]
The White Castle [10]
Wingspan [9]
Zenith [10]
3 Witches [6.5]
Avio [9]
Civolution [7.5]
Enchanted Ivy [8]
Gachapon Trick [7]
The Game Makers [8]
Linko [5]
Luthier [9]
Pirates of Maracaibo [9]
Quartermaster General: South Front [7.5]
Sky Team [8.5]
Splendor [7]
Take 5 [7.5]
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 1: Asia + Legendary Asia [7.5]

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

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Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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Kirsty Isla Thomas @kirstyislathomas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Folks - Category Is Books has had another window smashed in - please donate if you can!! This is an amazing queer bookshop and community hub in Glasgow, we need to support these spaces more than ever just now!

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Donate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is Books

For the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.

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OTHERSIDE @othersidespec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We are opening submissions for our fourth and final issue of the year in October! SOON! Issue 4 has a theme: EXPLORATION 🪐🗡️ Early opening for trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors: October 1-7 General submissions: October 8-21 Guidelines: othersidespec.com/guidelines/

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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE

Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

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Neha🍰 @nehapolitan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i am serious composer that writes serious music here is my serious trailer RTs appreciated!!

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Patrick @tearsinrain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I could make many more of these, but I'm pretty happy with this selection!

Alone in the Dark
Bloodnet
Monkey Island 2
Parasite Eve II
Rockstar Ate My Hamster
Side Meier's Colonization
Streets of Rage 2
Vandal Hearts
X-COM: UFO Defense (UFO: Enemy Unknown)

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Patrick @tearsinrain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm a bit embarrassed to share this, but here you go. 😬 youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

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Patrick @tearsinrain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Did any of you know about my music career? I sure as fuck didn't! Someone asked what music I liked. I was pretty sure I'd made a list somewhere, so I searched for one of my usernames. Google's AI informed me of my surprising career, which it took from a 3 year old Instagram post about a boardgame.

An AI Overview of my fictional music career, which says I'm an "independent solo electric guitarist" who "plays a wide range of genres, including calypso music."

My original Instagram post in which I described my play of a boardgame called Battle of the Bands.

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE

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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls

UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

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Podcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you've a few pounds to spare, consider donating some to a lovely queer and trans bookshop in Glasgow who've been having their windows smashed and sadly need to install roll shutters to be safe. They're close to the target, so help push it over? www.gofundme.com/f/categoryis...

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Donate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is Books

For the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

guy who fell into a coma after the last episode of fawlty towers wakes up and looks at the internet

5 panel comic

Panel 1: Purple Guy looks at a laptop and says “boy o boy! I wonder what my comedy hero’s up to”

Panel 2: A tweet from John Cleese that reads “This is where the Arabs were ahead of us

By castrating all their slaves, they made sure that there were no descendants who could claim reparations”

Panels 3-5: Purple Guy slowly closes laptop with a mystified look of revulsion

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Glitterjaw @glitterjaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How did Mothman go from scary story to queer icon? On a new Glitterjaw Presents, @gonkbinary.bsky.social, @papillonvoleur.bsky.social, and @derekbgayle.bsky.social emerge from a dark forest to explore what makes queer people so into cryptids! Find the podcast at glitterjaw.com/glitterjaw-presents

Glitterjaw Presents: Our Favorite Queer Cryptids

Featuring Mothman, Flatwoods Monster, Fresno Nightcrawler, Dover Demon, Squonk, and Bigfoot

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Happy #BiVisibilityDay to you and your favourite bisexual! Looking for more bi representation to add to your bookshelf? Here are 20 LGBTQ+ books and graphic novels about bisexual characters available at proud-geek.co.uk now: #queerbooks #booksky

Text reads: 20 bisexual books to add to your bookshelf for Bi Visibility Day

20 bisexual book covers:

▪️ Reality Check by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
▪️ Cursed Under London by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch
▪️ Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
▪️ Big Date Energy by Bethany Rutter
▪️ Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
▪️ Something to be Proud Of by Anna Zoe Quirke
▪️ Punk’n Heads by Dave Baker & Nicole Goux
▪️ The Deep Dark by Lee Knox Ostertag
▪️ Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
▪️ Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland
▪️ Boyslut by Zachary Zane
▪️ Daybreak by Moosopp
▪️ Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley
▪️ Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
▪️ Cacoethes by Chloe De Lullington
▪️ The Unsinkable Ship of Fools by Jonas Goonface
▪️ Dead Real by Poppy T. Perry
▪️ My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner
▪️ She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
▪️ Roll for Love by M.K. England

Staff pick at Proud Geek - Running Close To The Wind by Alexandra Rowland (18+)

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Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Putting a call out for TTRPG artists! Doing an initial discovery for an artist to work on a new cyberpunk, body horror action game I'm designing. Please link your portfolio! NO AI.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/09/2026

WE CAN GROW MOTOR NEURONS NOW HOLY SHIT

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Patrick @tearsinrain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I just watched Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. It's pretty special. 💜

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Matt R. Lohr @mattrlohr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Jack Haven is a vital part of one of this year’s best films. And they’re in need of some help. The film industry, man… www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqB5...

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Are You Casting?

YouTube video by Jack Haven

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Patrick @tearsinrain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some photos of games I played (and actually remembered to take photos of!) kinda recently. The Game Makers, Viscounts of the West Kingdom, Paupers' Ladder, and Lost Ruins of Arnak. #boardgames

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Millions of Chopped Landlord Pieces @thirteentwelve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Charlotte Church roasting Ed Sheeran over a Dead Kennedy's cover

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Patrick @tearsinrain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I left my phone to charge in my friends' kitchen while we played the first few chapters of Mountain Goats: Legacy. I checked my gallery earlier and discovered it had somehow taken 426 photos of their kitchen worktop. #boardgames

A kitchen surface with a box of teabags, a jar of coffee, and a piece of cardboard.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

O hey Reminder that in (homophobic) '94 as Dookie was blowing up, Green Day picked queercore Pansy Division to open for them + a lot of venues pressured them to drop them as openers -- Green Day told the venues they wouldn't play if PD didn't - and the venues (mostly? all?) backed down. huh.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

sherman, for the love of god!

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fuck man he even addressed the top shortage

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Patrick @tearsinrain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I just saw Resident Evil. It's brilliant. 🧟

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026

great art articulates eternal truths

script of the end of Waiting for Godot which has been modified to read

ESTRAGON: Well, shall we log off?
VLADIMIR: Yes, let's log off.
[They do not log off]

CURTAIN

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The SCP Foundation 🏳️‍⚧️ @scpwiki.com · 13/09/2026

The staff of the SCP Wiki have released a statement on the recent announcements regarding the V/H/S: SCP film. We would like to remind our community that under no circumstances should you contact anyone involved with the film on our behalf. scpwiki.com/statement-on...

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Thew @amazingthew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

god i love videogames. have you heard about "places"? they are called locations

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Patrick @tearsinrain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Me, looking at "tabletop" photos on FetLife: I love this, I really do, but I'm gonna need you to budge up to make room for my Cyberpunk 2020 GM screen. #boardgames

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

seeing all these artists sacrifice money for what they believe in is really quite moving.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

opener for most of ed sheeran’s shows in south america just now on IG:

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lukas Graham, another support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour, also now withdrawing from the tour.

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Oh My God Our AI Is So, So Advanced & Dangerous" Confirm CEOs Of AI Companies Making Huge Losses & In Desperate Need Of Investment loom.ly/wwWgkFc

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Cute Monster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A week ago at Dragoncon I met Richard Garriott at a panel about his new Ultima game. Long story short he wants to use AI. He already has for concept art and ChatGPT generated fantasy language. I wrote an account with the hope that this could spread to the right people. Please pass this along.

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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026

Macklemore just fried Ed Sheeran on IG 😬

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Patrick @tearsinrain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Elf stands for Elf I'd Like to Fuck. 🧝

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Patrick @tearsinrain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I feel pretty, oh so pretty!

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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

trying to make new friends as an adult

Amy Adams in Arrival holding the white board that says HUMAN while she's trying to communicate with aliens

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W.H. Arthur RPG @wharthur.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The page for Folklore Jam 2026 is now up! #FolkloreJam Join us in October (1st to 31st) to create your own folklore-inspired TTRPG! 🎲 Thanks @ginkgogoes.bsky.social for illustrating this year's banner! 🦭 itch.io/jam/folklore...

Banner for folklore jam 2026, depicting the illustration of a seal and a selkie.

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Over 3000 People have already responded! Can you help us reach more people than ever before? Respond to our Trans Lives Survey today, and share on your social media, so we can get a full picture of the experiences and views of trans people in the UK. form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3

A pink and blue graphic with a black and white cartoon of some people on the bottom.

Text reads: TransActual is launching its biggest survey for the trans community yet!

TRANS LIVES SURVEY

2026

We want to hear about your experiences as a trans person living in the UK.

It's quick, anonymous, and will help us campaign for our community!

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 11/09/2026

Just discovered @trueref.bsky.social. Looks like a great resource for illustrators. Love the diverse models, never AI-generated. As someone who lacks time these days to seek out live drawing opportunities, am esp intrigued. trueref.io Discovered on @leaflet.pub via @torrentempress.neocities.org.

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TrueRef – Just the reference you were looking for

Real, unretouched figure and pose reference photos for artists. Never AI. Browse packs by aesthetic, model, and style.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

"I think Black people should be able to use the same drinking fountain that white people do as long as it's safe and fair."

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