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Andy Eaton

@urbanmech.bsky.social
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Quippy profile pending. Tabletop RPG’s and board games, genre fiction, and Star Wars. Last book read: The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18m
There does seem to be an interesting subset of folks who seem huffily annoyed that creators might want to be compensated for their stolen work by the people whose intentional acts of theft has literally allowed to become billionaires, I mean, how dare we, right
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 4h
A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 4h
"Clammy Sam" Altman out here doing his best Lord Farquaad impersonation. "Some of you may have your life's work stolen or develop 'AI' psychosis, but that's a price I'm willing to pay."
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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 18h
Dumbing of Age: "Hex bar" www.dumbingofage.com/comic/hexbar/ #webcomic
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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It decimated the federal workforce - not overhauled it. The elimination of expertise. The destruction of capacity. It also did NOT slash government spending. Spending is UP. It has been reallocated to the secret police and military. Stop publishing falsehoods.
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Encephalophatass (Any pronouns) @encephalophatass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The problem with the average man is that he's a billionaire-bootlicker little bitch. Or, put another way: 🧵
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We're one month out from Election Day. Listen to Willie. Vote for change this year.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Okay, George Lucas remains a schmuck but his wife is pure class. She made him make the museum souvenirs and food cheap so that schoolchildren without much money can still have a good day, because she says she remembers how bad it felt to go on expensive field trips. It DOES.
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James D'Amato @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"How did you get into RPGs?" I had a crush on someone in college who was playing and I thought joining the game would help me get to know them. Turns out the hobby is full of cool, interesting, hot people, so I became an expert.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Elon, whose genAI is the world's largest distributor of CSAM, has essentially infinite money to throw at evading any kind of consequences for producing and distributing more CSAM than any human in history.
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Angus Abranson @angusabranson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(RPG PDF Spotlight) Marvel Multiverse RPG – Spider-Man Midtown Mayhem, Scenario by Marvel The Hand brings on the wrath of the Hulk as Manhattan runs for cover! It’s the latest attack in a gang war between the ninja clan and Tombstone’s gangster empire. angusabranson.com/2026/09/28/r...
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(RPG PDF Spotlight) Marvel Multiverse RPG – Spider-Man Midtown Mayhem
Spider-Man Midtown Mayhem Marvel Multiverse RPG Scenario by Marvel The Hand brings on the wrath of the Hulk as Manhattan runs for cover! It’s the latest attack in a gang war between the ninja…
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Friday.
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I just. Two thirds. That's what they're saying, assuming they're not simply spouting nonsense. If we take them at their word, they believe two thirds of the country shouldn't be here. There are only ~150.7 million non-white people in America.
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Rob Donoghue @rdonoghue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ok, so I dropped this one like it was self explanatory, and that may have been a jerk move, since it's almost certainly not. So, put on your thread boots - let's talk about D&D, cognitive load, predictability, turn taking, and whatever other nonsense I stumble across along the way.
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Art of Battletech & Mechwarrior @artofbattletech.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
MechWarrior 5 Clans and all of its great campaign DLCs are on sale on Steam right now! Highly recommended to get and support the studio store.steampowered.com/app/2000890/...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's a shouty DORK TOWER FRIDAY up now, at the Mothership! Void where prohibited. www.dorktower.com/2026/10/01/2... Repost/reblog/Reshame! Please and thank you!
Matt, screaming "I'M A GAMING
NERD, AND EVEN! KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A #%!@! HAWK AND A
HAWKEYE!"
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"I was still pretty young when it happened,but yeah, it wound up being more of a Butlerian Crusade than a Butlerian Jihad ..."
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ooh, they sent a bunch more BattleTech stuff and NO MORE URBIES FOR ME!
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Steve Kenson ❌👑 @stevekenson.com · 01/10/2026
I desperately want Democrats to pay attention and acknowledge that THIS is the "center" or "moderate" position, in agreement with the majority, not the "radical left", and to act accordingly.
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's so frustrating. 'Weird' was such a great framing because A: you absolutely know these ghouls are huge weirdoes (derogatory) and B: it doesn't work on Democrats because the best response to being called 'weird' (laudable) is "Hell yeah, brother!"
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TableTopBill @tabletopbill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Shut Up And Take My Money - Fry Meme
ALT: Shut Up And Take My Money - Fry Meme
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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A year on from me starting it, I complete my list of 101 TTRPGs I played before my 50th birthday. How did you spend your birthday? I bet it wasn't doing your work and then hammering out 3.5k words about the chatgames with funny dice (or no funny dice, or no dice.) #ttrpg
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My 101 Favourite TTRPGS: 10-1 - Old Men Running The World
Lawks. We've only gone and done it. I set myself a year to write about my 101 favourite TTRPGs. In my tribute to freelancers everywhere, I do almost all the
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Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's a Pumpkin Spice DORK TOWER WEDNESDAY! Seasonal new strip up now, at the Mothership: www.dorktower.com/2026/09/29/2... Repost/Reblog/Respice/Repeat, please and thank you!
Chad, talking about how much he hates pumpkin spice
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TableTopBill @tabletopbill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
5 favourite Mechs you say? Don’t mind if I do! #Battletech #PewPewPew
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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is not really true at all. The rise of frats as centers of undergrad drinking and partying started in the north during prohibition and the rise of coeducation. Modern hazing was imported with the GI Bill and a generation of college students who'd been in the military.
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Sean Murray @seanmurray683.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's that time again! We got the new MechWarrior 5: Mercs DLC, an overhauled Master Unit List website, and a BattleTech romance novel, all here alongside Shrapnel 26 in Sarna's September news. #BattleTech www.sarna.net/news/battlet...
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Your BattleTech News For September 2026 | Sarna.net
New MechWarrior 5: Mercs DLC, an overhauled Master Unit List website, and a BattleTech romance novel are all here alongside Shrapnel 26 in our September news.
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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Starting to think the destruction of facts and knowledge serves the fascist agenda…! 🤔
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olive 🌺 @wick.works · 29/09/2026
v1.4.4 is live: wick.itch.io/lancer-tacti... Another small bundle of bugfixes, but ft. a new batch of sprites from @gentrigger.com for drones & mines!
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Jason Bradley Thompson @mockman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey everyone! I'm so excited to announce this! If you like the D&D 'walkthrough maps' I've done over the years, I'm proud to present my new book... DUNGEONS! ILLUSTRATED MAPS OF CLASSIC DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ADVENTURES, coming from Ten Speed Press on April 27, 2027! (1/4) #dnd #ttrpg
"Dungeons!" book cover showing the exterior of the Tomb of Horrors, in a nighttime swamp, surrounded by red-eyed monsters. A group of stick-figure adventurers stands with a lantern preparing to enter the tomb
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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 25/07/2023
In Golden Flame Act 1 is now LIVE! The system of Calliope needs YOU to pilot a giant mech! vexwerewolf.itch.io/in-golden-flame… #InGoldenFlame #LancerRPG
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In Golden Flame Act 1 by Vex Werewolf
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 29/09/2026
(like in some books) "Song listened to by the author while writing these posts: Know Your Enemy. Then Know Your Enemy again." I should learn guitar. I'm so lazy.
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Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy (from The Battle Of Mexico City)
YouTube video by RATMVEVO
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Universal Daycare is a staggering boon for working parents and for kids, it is among the greatest blessings of living in New Mexico in this time, and everywhere else should be so lucky. The whole point is to make stay-at-home a choice, not obligation, so everyone can have full lives as full people.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The arguments you've heard against California's billionaire tax are utter BS. Here to debunk them — and explain why you should vote YES on Prop 40 — is renowned economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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d4: D&D Deep Dive @colbypoulson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Time to see whose Sneak Attack is the sneakiest in D&D. youtu.be/-fkq-K2LzuY
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The Usual Suspects: Ranking the Rogue Subclasses
YouTube video by d4: D&D Deep Dive
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
God I hate being right.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rape and pedophile party specifically use transphobia as a wedge to make *all* their intended victims more vulnerable, and Jeff Epstein literally advised them in many, many, many barely literate emails to do this.
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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Developing a theory that the more evil and unethical a megacorporation grows, the more they find themselves compelled to develop a cute mascot to serve as some perverse form of sin eater
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Patrick King @patrickkingart.com · 27/09/2026
So basically all the best episodes of Rebels on top of being a co-creator
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BIG_RED_40TECH @bigred40tech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fun fact: They probably already are legally liable. The laws just aren't being enforced. Western countries have basically stopped prosecuting "elites" for illegal activities. It's wild. If I hacked a government server, in Canada, I'd be going to jail, basically for the rest of my natural life.
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Clever Resistance @cleverresistance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Voter registration deadlines.
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