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Natalie Ash (she/her)

@thenatalieash.bsky.social
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tabletop role-playing writer and publisher. ambiguously Ennie-award-winning. open for hire for design, writing, or layout. byemberandash.itch.io Fuck you, make me. she/her, audhd, trans, gay, polyam.

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Colin Le Sueur | By Odin’s Beard RPG @byodinsbeardrpg.com · 20h
This is incredible, a great example of how to foster a creative space and highlight upcoming writers while growing a game's impact and longevity.
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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social · 12h
newsom fucking sucks
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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 20h
did end-of-quarter royalty payments this morning, and I'm proud to confirm that our bestseller City of Six Moons has surpassed over 6,000 copies sold. I decided to mark the occasion with a little data crunching - here's a look at the top 15 games from a small POD publisher.
Top 15 titles, correlated with player count and duration. City of Six Moons (1200 min, solo), Table Battles (20 min, 2P), Agricola (60 min, solo), Wars of Marcus Aurelius (90 min, solo, OOP), Charlemagne (180 min, solo), An Infamous Traffic (60 min, multi, OOP), Supply Lines of American Revolution (180 min, 2P), Field of the Cloth of Gold (30 min, 2P), Stilicho (90 min, solo), Horse & Musket (60 min, 2P), NATO Air Commander (90 min, solo), This Guilty Land (60 min, 2P), Meltwater (60 min, 2P), Nicaea (90 min, multi)
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Michele, a Ghost of Cinders @ghostofcinders.bsky.social · 14h
Alright, let's do a #promosky thread. I never did one with links. Hello, I'm Michele! They/them, 35 until we get into Sagittarius season. I'm a TTRPG freelancer, writer, and developer. My work has been described as "whimsical, nightmarish, & everything between" 🔄 are appreciated! Now, examples:
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Ramona Flowers Drinks in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
ALT: Ramona Flowers Drinks in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
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Chris AirioOOoOoOooo @chrisair.itch.io · 17h
For reference, there's ~740 Mothership modules in total that I've been able to track in this collection (including those not on itch, in the description):
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All Mothership Modules on itch.io - Collection by ChrisAir
A collection by ChrisAir
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Sa-ilent Hill Bajaj @sahilbajaj.dev · 30/09/2026
The Bronx zoo has a Himalayan Snow Leopard cub and her name is Sarka 🥹
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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 18h
Did I see this die and restart a game's design so I could use this? Yes. Yes, I did. blackoakworkshop.com/products/hea...
A red die with four sides and pointed ends. Instead of the numbers one through four, there are pixel icons of white hearts counting one through four hearts per side.
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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
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@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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Jack Panic | DNGN CLUB @dngnclub.itch.io · 20h
Happy Spookie Season - STRAHD MUST DIE is live! This 54 page supplement is a cypher to make #Daggerheart shift from heroic fantasy to dark gothic horror.
the cover for STRAHD MUST DIE: A HORROR FRAME
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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 18h
Like, I recognize that in some number of ways I am insulated from a lot of the transphobia nonsense. I'm white, I'm old(er), I live in the PNW, I have updated documents from The Before Times...
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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 19h
You are not required to engage in debate with clowns. Laugh at their dumb shoes and watch them try to get 16 of them into a tiny car. No, sorry, equating tech-bros with clowns is an offensive comparison to the clowns. Treat tech-bros like toddlers who are proud they piss themselves.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 23h
I’m sorry, what? Fraternity brothers at Cornell have a practice of taking away the phones of drunk women at parties? AYFKM? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/n...
nytimes.com
Cornell Students Question Greek Life Culture After Sexual Assault Claim
With their university under fire in the wake of a sexual assault lawsuit, students are having difficult conversations about Greek life, campus rituals and the possibility for lasting changes.
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Alex @alexsgamingcorner.bsky.social · 23h
So, I submitted by entry to the #FolkloreJam today 💛 It's a solo one-page TTRPG about childhood, ghosts, confronting mortality, & finding comfort in friendship. This folklore is personal & local, from childhood memories of playing in my church's graveyard & finding old graves of kids my own age 👻
rplyla.itch.io
The Children of Massey Woods by Alex's Gaming Corner
​A one-page solo game of childhood, of ghosts, of confronting mortality, and of finding comfort in friendship.
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 23h
We have gone long enough pretending the institutionally sanctioned rape clubs are something legitimate and worthy of continued existence.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 22h
True not just in publishing/writing. Look at how this new Meta Muse basically jumps into the user's shit, mixes it around, gets it everywhere. Shares their address. Lies to their contacts. Sells their stuff at a low price. Do not let the vampire in. Hang garlic. Sharpen stakes.
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M. Blind @mdotblind.bsky.social · 21h
"In St. Lucie County: Officials recently decided to remove all Flock cameras. But, as they prepared to do so, they found 14 they didn’t know about. The discovery has sparked alarm." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
washingtonpost.com
Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner
Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.
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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 23h
Monthly Trans Creators Boost! - Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below. - Go into the replies and look for works to read and share. - Follow new creators and make your feed brighter! NSFW and erotica welcome. #TransSky #WriteSky
trans author? share your work below!
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Jeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 29/09/2026
3rd circuit rules AI training on copyrighted material is NOT fair use. Wow! chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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BREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI training
Opinion under seal for now.
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socalbookish.bsky.social @socalbookish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You know what else the wealthy have that the lower classes don't? Billions and trillions of dollars and copious amounts of military, media, and civil infrastructure at their disposal
There's no consequences for the wealthy because there's a class war and they have solidarity and the lower classes don't.
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Clark Valentine @clarkvalentine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey dads my age who have sons in college: do anything you can to keep them from joining a social frat. Make it clear that the shit that goes on there is unacceptable. Don’t fall for the propaganda.
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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm not sure who thought a military coup to remove drumpf was a possibility, but I assure you, there is nothing "this man's army" loves more than a fascist.
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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 30/09/2026
Today's the last day of September - SOLO SEPTEMBER, that is - which means it's the last day... ✅of our solo game sale ✅to receive an @evlynmoreau.bsky.social sticker AND a @hodagrpg.bsky.social riso print with your order
A pastel-colored sticker of a smiling chalice with a cheeky-looking fish popping out (Evlyn Moreau's take on the Knave of Cups logo) and two green and black Hodag RPG Risograph prints of The Hobbit
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The “trans people shouldn’t have access to hormones in prison” have been pretty quiet about the news of Sean Combs having access to massages, liquor, and his phone.
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Sean Combs' release date is pushed up, as new report details pampered prison lifestyle — Los Angeles Times
An earlier release date for Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been set, once again, just as an NBC News report claims the disgraced rapper and producer is living a pampered lifestyle in federal prison.
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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
100%. This is not an issue open to discussion.
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Inkling @printinkling.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'She's someone's sister/daughter/mother/cousin/auntie/midlane/offtank/etc' No proximity-to-masculinity qualifier needed, babes. She's someone. And that's enough. If you start thinking of women as actual people, you won't struggle with this anymore. Give it a shot.
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Mika Fae Queen of Night 🏳️‍⚧️ @msmaxwellmusic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I'm gonna say something that might get me canceled. Trans people have an 18% unemployment rate, 4x the national average. We get paid 60% of what cis people get. The Federal government/MOST state governments strip our rights/hunt us. The only cis people that can commiserate with us are immigrants.
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Old DeuTaranomy🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 30/09/2026
A rare fully remote Narrative designer role: www.useparallel.com/app/candidat...
useparallel.com
Narrative Designer at Smile Break | Parallel
Job Summary We are looking for a Narrative Designer to join our fully remote game development team for an unannounced project within a high-profile IP. We are in development on an ambitious, unannounc...
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Ηearth & Quill Press @comatador.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
on why we keep making solo games: because most of the world doesn't have a table with four other people at it. because the deck is patient. the notebook is patient. the game will wait as long as you need. we don't make games to fill a Saturday night. we make games to fill a Tuesday.
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Beth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, I for one am an economist who supports rent controls! Here’s why 🧵: Markets only work well if: -buyers & sellers have roughly equal power -producers respond to price signals & expand supply in response to scarcity -buyers can walk away if prices get too high
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Tie, Rapidly Approaching @tietuesday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
screaming "trans rights free Palestine fuck all recruiters tricking the young gambling is a blight and i think we will look back at it the same way we do cigarettes now" at the start of every stream to give everyone an ad-free experience
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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For legal reasons, you cannot advocate for vigilante justice carried out by liberal people who are fed up with the unrelenting violence done by conservatives. Advocating for that? Illegal. Doing that? Illegal. ... In other news, have you heard about some meddlesome priest in Canterbury?
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Dalillama @dalillama.northsky.social · 30/09/2026
When they've been dragged out of the frat, brutally beaten, and set on fire by a crowd of angry fellow students, then we can talk about "mob justice". Until then, it's a thing we call "people telling them that they're assholes".
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seeing people post about how unfair the “mob justice” against the Cornell rapists is doesn’t really move me when there is no justice for survivors. The system doesn’t work; it enacts further punishment on the victims. Society is even crueler. So spare me the “mob justice” rhetoric about the accused
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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Society if those men faced mob justice
A solarpunk paradise
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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You cannot satirize anymore. It is a dead art form.
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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Should we shut down all college football teams too?" buddy, this is what's known as "threatening me with a good time"
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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey all! What are your favorite dice makers in the US? I mean, like, indie makers, not companies.
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Natalie Ash (she/her) @thenatalieash.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whatever Republicans vocally decry as evil is what they seem to do: voter fraud, sexual assault, eliminating free speech, limiting personal freedoms in health care, establishing state religions, establishing national language, ignore immigration laws, support literal treason, etc. It's ALWAYS them.
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Rowan || Aurora || ECLIPSA @ruadhain.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
-IMPORTANT- Gumroad has recently updated their website with the intention of phasing out the ability to manually edit your storefront and allowing you to only edit your storefront via AI agents. I will be dropping gumroad support entirely in the near future. More to come as I sort things out.
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スキタダキマ〜ス🌻 @synxiec.blacksky.app · 18/08/2026
Hey folks, About that AI opt-out feature Twitch was talking about? It's not just the streamers that have to turn that off. EVERYONE has to turn it off, because anything on your account, including the clips you make, will be fed to that infernal, ignominious devil machine if you don't. /1
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jae is not dead i promise 🩸✨ @naladraws.com · 29/09/2026
Genuine question: I know you’re against GenAI; so why, then, do you justify using it to code the site? Your argument of, essentially, “I can’t pay a software developer” is the same reasoning other GenAI users say wrt art (“I can’t afford to pay an artist”)
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Scarlet Rose @scarlet-rose.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Pupper has done her civic duty and voted 🗳 👏 🇺🇸 Here is to #Virginia going YES to all 3!!
Amendment one: Protect the fundamental rights to make and carry out decisions about reproductive care. Abortions, contraceptives, mischarage management and related care is between a patient and their doctor.

Amendment 2: REPEAL THE BAN ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE FROM THE STATE CONSTITUTION

AMENDMENT 3: IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF A FELON'S RIGHT TO VOTE AFTER THEIR TIME IS SERVED!
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Free League Unbound @freeleagueunbound.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
✨The Fractured Library is now available on Free League Unbound.💫 Five adventures that are all stand-alone and can be used by the GM anywhere in the Charted Sphere, or with The Flowers of Algorab campaign. And with the third book for Coriolis, the Legendary Bundle is also now available!
Image with the Coriolis: The Great Dark Legendary Bundle and The Fractured Library covers with the text Early Access and the Free League Unbound logo
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kraft is the fucking devil.
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Andrew Beauman | Hope Dies Last @andrewbeauman.com · 29/09/2026
It has been such a blast working on this project with the team at @plusoneexp.bsky.social. So proud of the art team and beyond excited to see what everyone thinks of the campaign page; this one's gonna be incredibly cool. Its time... to duel. ttrpg.link/kcc
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Kingdoms Carved Combo
Kingdoms Will Rise & Fall! In The 7th Order become rentacops trying to stop the apocalypse as the Four Horsemen draw near. In Ritual Deck it's time to duel! Take on the ancient king of games as studen...
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uosdɯᴉS ɐuɐꓷ 🦄 @danacorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Shut up, my arguments against trans rights are TOTALLY NOT the same ones people used against gay rights 30 years ago.” 30 years ago I was hearing the same thing, except it was anti-gay people being like “shut up, ours are NOTHING like the arguments racists made against rights for black people.”
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NoNi @nonimad.fr · 29/09/2026
This is insane and enraging. And at the same time, who's surprised AI is used exclusively to harm others...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@washingtonpost reported earlier that hospitals insurance costs next year are projected to spike by the most in 2 decades, partly "due to medical providers’ increased use of artificial intelligence to find more claims they can bill for" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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