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Fedmar

@behindthehelm.bsky.social

Much of OSR GMing advice talks about how important (and at times difficult) it is to make problems that can't be brute-forced. Well, i posit, what's more organic and hard to brute-force than a person?

behindthehelm.bearblog.dev/running-soci...

#osr #rpg #gamemastering #blog

Running Social Games

The adventures I run the most, and the ones I most enjoy playing in, are about interacting with people. My ideal session is filled with running around differ...

behindthehelm.bearblog.dev

November 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM

Coreyartus

@coreyartusimagery.com

I've officially become a member of a co-op art gallery.

For me, as a digital artist, this is a HUGE deal. Galleries of any kind rarely happen.

coreyartusimagery.com/blogs/musing...

#art #artblog #Blog #ArtistLife #IndieArtist #Gallery #DigitalArt

Photograph of ProPanel walls with several pieces of artwork hung on them.

November 7, 2026 at 7:28 AM

shin

@shindv6.bsky.social

こんばんは🌙

雨降ってきましたね〜☔
ま、たまにはイイよね🐱

blog: dvd12shin.blogspot.com
note: note.com/shinh_anote6

#flowers #blooms #nature #photography #dailylife #peace #blog #blogger #bluesky #motorcycle #バイク #花 #自然

November 5, 2026 at 8:23 AM

Caverns & Dryads game

@caverns-and-dryads.bsky.social

A new bog post about the progress in my dark fantasy game Caverns and Dryads, true love and the muses that inspire us.
www.beautifulfantasy.art/2026/11/subt...

#IndieDev #SoloGameDev #GameDev #fantasy #darkfantasy #solodev #indiegames #rpg #turnbased #devlog #steam #blog #blogger

Subterranean Notes, November 8: The source of inspiration, why tell this story, and devlog

This has been quite a creative week. I've also realized a few things I hadn't noticed before. I am calling this "Subterranean Notes" because...

www.beautifulfantasy.art

November 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM

HyperComboGamer

@hypercombogamer.bsky.social

Let’s take a trip down memory lane and discover the 25 best SNES beat ‘em up games that made this console the king of the concrete jungle.

hypercombogamer.com/25-best-snes...

#Gaming #RetroGaming #Arcade #Blog #Nintendo #SNES #BeatEmUp #FGC #Blogpost #GameDev #IndieDev #BookSky #PromoSky

The 25 Best SNES Beat ‘Em Up Games

Take a trip down memory lane and discover the 25 best SNES beat ‘em up games that made this console the king of the concrete jungle.

hypercombogamer.com

November 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM

EvolvingYourMan

@evolvingyourman.com

FLR101 – Read this first
#blog #modernmarriage #evolvingyourman

FLR101 - Read this first

I’m a professional woman with a science and medical background as a primary care provider. Don’t take the fact that I’m a care provider as any special qualification about semen retention.

evolvingyourman.com

November 8, 2026 at 1:43 AM

geodell.bsky.social

@geodell.bsky.social

Chronicles from the Wastelands dellsweet.com/chronicles-f...

#horror #horrorwriter #horrorfans #readersky #booksky #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #booklovers #bookaddict #blog

Chronicles from the Wastelands

Chronicles from the Wastelands Books and Audio Cast Chronicles from the Wastelands 01The collapse had been a swift, brutal amputation. The surge, a cataclysmic event that had not only silenced our…

dellsweet.com

November 8, 2026 at 7:04 AM

Elaine (Love & Life)

@mscyprah.bsky.social

"...when I am having a bad day, as quickly as possible I remind myself of the following 7 things I’m going to list."
#art #writingcommunity #gamedev #Gaming #wellbeing #artist #loveandlife #bluesky #MindsetMatters #SelfCare #Blog #Mood #MentalHealth #selfesteem #badday

vocal.media/psyche/how-d...

How Do I Turn A Bad Day Into A Great One?

Changing adversity into triumph

vocal.media

November 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM

—>realhackhistory.org

@bsky.realhackhistory.org

Excerpt from my next long form #blog, on the life, career & crimes of the grandfather of #ransomware, Dr Joseph Lewis Popp. WordPress estimates it is currently a 25 minute read, it will be the most complete account of this odd character anywhere when finished.
#hacking #hacker #history #skystorians

He is described as having “dressed in a Banana Republic outfit with a loaded and cocked elephant rifle over his shoulder” and that Popp “fancied himself the Great White Hunter”. Sapolsky described him as “politically conservative and homophobic” and Rebecca Yerak notes that Popp’s “activities and attitudes angered some Kenyans.”

In Christopher Evans’ article he wrote that “for a while” “Popp was engaged to a ballerina in the Nairobi Dance Troupe” which caused some gossip among his colleagues but that Popp’s many money making schemes raised more eyebrows. He had apiaries and sold the honey, had baboon t-shirts made so that he could sell them to tourists, published postcards and wildlife books but one of his schemes got him into trouble with the Kenyan authorities.

Joseph Popp had decided to act as a tour guide for visiting tourists on the Masai Mara game reserve, violating Kenyan law that forbade foreign researchers from profiting from their research positions. His Harvard adviser Irven DeVore told Evans that “any time the Kenyan government interfered with research studies, Joe was blamed.”

It is hard to read the accounts of Popp’s years in Africa without picking up on heavy implications of racism on his part or that at the very least he considered himself above the law and local customs.

Joseph Popp’s time doing research on the reserve in Kenya came to an end when he became involved in a fist fight with a game reserve official, an incident that caused the Kenyan authorities to briefly revoke all field researcher licenses across the country. Popp’s colleagues said the altercation and its aftermath soured relations between U.S. researchers and local Kenyans even after Popp eventually left.

Sapolsky said of the incident that after it Popp “packed up his car with his gun and his suitcases and he went into hiding, after leaving a note for me, saying I needed to go to the U.S. embassy and tell them to contact Kissinger and say his life was in danger and he needed hel

November 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM

HyperComboGamer

@hypercombogamer.bsky.social

Dust off your Memory Cards and find that RCA cable, because we are ranking the 30 best PS1 fighting games that defined the grey box’s legendary lifespan.

hypercombogamer.com/30-best-ps1-...

#Gaming #RetroGaming #Blog #PlayStation #PS1 #PSX #FGC #Blogpost #GameDev #IndieDev #BookSky #PromoSky

The 30 Best PS1 Fighting Games

Dust off your Memory Cards, because we are ranking the 30 best PS1 fighting games that defined the grey box's legendary lifespan.

hypercombogamer.com

November 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM

José Torres Criado

@josetorrescriado.bsky.social

En mi blog reseño "Frankenstein de Mary Shelley". El Frankenstein de Kenneth Branagh es demasiado teatral y a veces, también, descompensado, pero no creo en absoluto que sea una película tan mala como se dijo en su día que era. En el enlace explico mi visión. #Frankenstein #KennethBranagh #Blog

FRANKENSTEIN DE MARY SHELLEY. NI PERFECTA, NI TAN MALA COMO DICEN

FRANKENSTEIN DE MARY SHELLEY de Kenneth Branagh - 1994 - ("Mary Shelley's Frankenstein") Se machacó bastante en su día (y hoy todavía lo sig...

elblogdejosetorrescriado.blogspot.com

November 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM

mirlo

@mirlo.space

New on our blog: Mirlo Mondays: Selection Box Edition by Mirlo

https://mirlo.space/team/posts/839

Support Mirlo: https://mirlo.space/team/tip ❤️🐦‍⬛

#Music #Mirlo #Blog #Blogs #MusicNews #Musicians

Mirlo Mondays: Selection Box Edition

A post by Mirlo

mirlo.space

November 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM

Mike Hindle

@mikehindle.uk

Solo Photography Adventures 🏨

The creative and mental health benefits of solo travel with a dedicated mission 📷

mikehindle.uk/words/solo-p...

#blog #writing #travel #photography #mentalhealth

Solo Photography Adventures - mikehindle.uk

Ayup! I tootled off on my first solo photography trip about 10 years ago. At the time, it felt a bit odd and strange. At least, telling people I was going away

mikehindle.uk

November 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM

HunkyKubrick/♑♄ ZoSo/🇮🇪🇬🇧

@hunkykubrick.bsky.social

Picking a random film(s) from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #345

Two #Porn classics from #MarilynChambers today - my updated writing can be read below if sex & a spot of smut doesn't offend thee! 😉

letterboxd.com/hunkykubrick...

#Blog #Letterboxd #4K #BluRay
#Writing #FilmSky

November 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Andrew Wilcox (Wilco)

@readersheds.co.uk

My blog about sheds, shedblog.co.uk is 20 years old tomorrow

So for #SundaySheds (Yeah remmeber that)

I will be posting my favourite posts from the past, good chance there will be shed content

Happy blog day tomorrow my flaky wordpress frenemy

2027 new platform - I think #sheds #blog

Shedblog.co.uk

The official blog of Shed of the year (now in it's 20th year)

shedblog.co.uk

November 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM

Jen Paul

@jenpaul13.bsky.social

#BOOKREVIEW - Exploitation and Emancipation - #TheDeadEarthProtocol #blog #booksky

Exploitation and Emancipation

The lives of Martian workers are controlled by an AI Foreman, but never having seen the Earth they’re supposedly helping has fostered a desire for a change in their circumstances that reaches a breaking point in The Dead Earth Protocol by Graeme Butler. In a Martian mining colony that’s tasked with providing material for Earth, Gordon has managed to secure the explosives apprenticeship he’s been working toward, but when his mom becomes a wanted person, his future is thrown into disarray.

makinggoodstories.wordpress.com

November 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM

Lisa Catara (official)💎

@lisa-catara.bsky.social

My latest thrifted Running Blog: BOUGIE 🎼✒️

#Blog #thrifted #arts #style #health #running
youtube.com/shorts/0I3yA...

Bougie 🎼✒️

YouTube video by Lisa Catara

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November 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM

My Authentic Shelf Says

@myauthenticshelf.bsky.social

6 Degrees of Separation: from The Apple Pie Ice Cream Parlor to You’re Doing it Wrong: Adele Bound in Books

#6degrees #BookSky #blog

6 Degrees of Separation: from The Apple Pie Ice Cream Parlor to You’re Doing it Wrong

This monthly meme is hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. This month we’re starting with a novella from our reading list.

adeleboundinbooks.blog

November 7, 2026 at 10:11 AM

Randy Narine

@randynarine.bsky.social

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered was a necessary remaster and modernized a game that sorely needed it. My thoughts:

#blog #blogger #writing #WritingCommunity #TheWitcher3WildHunt #videogames #witcher3 #remaster

www.culturedindividual.com/2026/11/the-...

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered Was Necessary

Cultured Individual - The occasional adventures of a complex being

www.culturedindividual.com

November 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM

dorotaC

@dcz.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy

When the whole Free Software world went behind Anubis, I was silent.
When old #reddit went behind a #login, I was annoyed.
When Stack Overflow went behind #cloudflare and blocked my #browser, I was angry.
When #anubis made me wait 5 minutes, I started shouting:

WE'RE BURNING THE INFORMATION […]

Original post on fosstodon.org

fosstodon.org

November 8, 2026 at 9:03 AM

SoaringMoon

@soaringmoon.bsky.social

Has it really been a week? Geez, I need to update more.

Anyhow, I've been working on a flowchart project to help with worldbuilding for a specific project post-Orros 1.7.

Devlog will be up later today.

#indiegame #indiedev #gameart #wip #blog

November 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM

DrNaturegirl

@drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk

Not quite back on track this week, but I did manage to write a #blog post, though to be fair it’s a bit of a #brainfart That side, I’d be very happy for you to read it!

drnaturegirl.substack.com/p/download?r...