NightlingBug

NightlingBug

@nightlingbug.bsky.social

Mazey Veselak a smaller, softer moon ennie-winning ttrpg designer nebula award finalist (she/her or zey/zem) Wickedness: http://nightling-bug.itch.io/wickedness Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast: https://possumcreekgames.com/pages/yazebas-bed-breakfast

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"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" Beauty is subjective, but girls like Snow White are often celebrated for their fairness. "What?! She's seven! Who enchanted you?" You're right, my queen. Thanks for catching that! The fairest of them all is actually Snow White.

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Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

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One thing most people don’t know about disability is how unsafe you feel ALL the time. It’s terrifying not being able to trust your body to function properly. It’s scary to need to rely on others for basic survival. It’s frightening watching society label you expendable.

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Replying to @valeriehalla.dicot.moe

i think it is in fact the responsibility of schools to give children an education and i do not think parents have a "right" to decide that their children don't get to learn basic facts about the world, one of which is that it is easy, fun, and medically practical to become a girl if you feel like it

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Yesterday, Wizards informed us that it doesn’t intend to voluntarily recognize the D&D or Studio X units of our union ahead of a vote. We remain committed to creating a workplace focused on wellness, transparency, and collaboration by winning our coming election.

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The problem with Melania Trump is that she has championed fascism and enabled massive corruption. Not that she emigrated from Eastern Europe and was once an adult model. Why is this so difficult for some people?

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They invented an "ethically justifiable Omelas" where instead of one child, it's trans women, and instead of utopia it's a society that's gradually getting worse for some reason even though they keep throwing trans women under the bus

imagining a social epidemic to deny the actual epidemic

NightlingBug@nightlingbug.bsky.social

about two months ago I saw Kathleen Stock use "social contagion" to describe long covid sufferers using mobility aids, which was when I realized it's a version of "woke mind virus" for the Just Asking Questions set

because if it works for pathologizing trans people, you can move to weaponizing it against other vulnerable groups

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

why would you cite a survey of parents and not children to uncover the behavior of the children

Given the moves hasbro has been making around D&D, this is a huge step towards protecting the future of the hobby, and if the workers are successful it will have a knock-on effect for the entire ttrpg industry, including indie and freelance workers not directly involved.

Kotaku@kotaku.com

Target creature gains protection from layoffs and AI https://kotaku.com/the-dungeons-and-dragons-and-magic-the-gathering-teams-are-forming-a-union-2000741031

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Do you want to help block AI from being normalized as part of the TTRPG industry? Yes? Great! Hasbro corporate leadership would like to stuff it into your face, while the actual creatives don't want it. So go sign the support letter for the D&D and Magic Workers unionizing.

actionnetwork.orgStand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...

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"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.

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Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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I think a lot about why Wendy Carlos’ albums are out of print and her wonderful website is now reserved for having a friend of hers tell people to leave her alone. It’s so fucking heart breaking what the world does to trans women

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why on earth would i want music that only exists for me, by artists who will never have concerts i can attend, that i can never share with anyone else why do all these AI boosters ultimately sound like they dream of living alone on desert islands surrounded only by their AI?

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I feel like at least half the reason for the AI craze is that you get to blame a robot when stuff goes wrong, even if you totally could have prevented it and the way it went wrong was completely illegal And for some reason legal systems just accept this as an excuse

I'm remembering having a full on "hey you need to code good because the real world implications of stuff fucking up can lead to huge financial issues or even death" so it's kinda wild how insanely sloppy the profession is lmao Ppl are vibe coding in the health sector, they're doing it in cars

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A fascist loving trillionaire with a pedophile robot is bankrolling the Republican Party and the opposition won’t say anything about it.

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nic is one of my boys, the backbone of indie small press publishing, the sweetest and most personable fellow in ttrpgs, a ray of sunshine at every gencon, and my champion when rogue swordswomen challenge me. please please help support him!

Sylvan Lawrence Is Long Hauled Again@lonelamplighter.bsky.social

Not sure who here heard already, but Nic from IPR was in a really bad car crash two weeks ago, and his car is completely totaled. Anything you can give would be immensely appreciated, and even if you can't, please please please spread the word on this! www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...

we're about two years away from "electing" an AI hologram projected from a solid gold sarcophagus, and all the establishment democrats are doing about it is trying to entomb Nancy or Chuck in the eternal sepulchre instead

NightlingBug@nightlingbug.bsky.social

the US has always been a nation of death, but with Mitch's appearance today we have finally passed from gerontocracy to flagrant necrocracy

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My fellow hashtag resistance cyber vanguard heavies on an unpopular microblogging website, today on the front lines against the evil Trump my fearless unit went bayonets fixed into a genocidally targeted minority’s mentions and aggressively gaslit them in favour of the President’s anti trans stance

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Replying to @spacetwinks.bsky.social

and again... i don't blame them if they're feeling that way. we did all watch a coup attempt not budge a damn thing in the party's behavior. straight back to the same old shit, in office and on the campaign trail. of course you feel like you can't influence them if THAT doesn't influence them.

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Replying to @spacetwinks.bsky.social

looking for some incredibly complex electoral balance where you can tell a group to eat shit, and not only expect them to still vote for you, but they also have to bite their cheek and pretend to either be happy or indifferent about it until the campaign is over. think that's asking for a bit much.

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(centrist adviser): "Sir, what our voters want most is someone who'll fight! Who'll fight for them and not back down! Who'll fight to defend freedom! And, sir, that's why I'm urging you to make sure you tell everyone that you're willing to sacrifice a trans kid playing soccer."

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Dear Democrats, You will never be able to triangulate your way through racism/sexism/transphobia, because pushing a lighter, politer form of bigotry is always a lose-lose proposition. The bigots want the uncut stuff, while normal people aren't drawn to cowards who sell out. Stand your ground.