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Have you played THE GROUND ITSELF ?

By Everest Pipkin

A GM-less narrative game for 2-5 players about what happens in a single place across time, scope ranging from days to thousands of years. It's played with a deck of cards, a six sided die and a coin

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things that happened to me when i was a woman in STEM:

an advisor humiliated me in front of an entire lab group because of a call I made in his place when he wouldn't reply to my e-mails for months

he later delegated part of my master's thesis work to a 19-year old male undergrad without my approval

a male scientist at a NASA conference looked me up and down and asked when i was graduating and if i was open to a job at his company. right before inquiring what my ethnicity was because i "looked exotic"

a random male member of the public began talking over me and my female advisor, an oceanographer with a pHD and decades of experience, saying he knew more about oceanography than us

things that have happened to me since becoming a man in STEM:

being asked consistently for advice on projects despite being completely new to a position

male colleagues approaching me to drop candid information regarding our partners / higher ups that I was not privy to before

lenience toward my work in a way I haven't experienced before. incredible understanding when I need to take time off to care for my family.

conference rooms go silent when I start talking. no side chatter. I get a baseline level of attention and focus from people that's very unfamiliar and genuinely difficult for me to wrap my head around.

like. yes some PI's will still be assholes regardless of the gender of their subordinates but, I've lived this transition. misogyny in STEM is killing women's careers, and trans men can and do experience male privilege.

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actually, you know what, as a fan of transgressive art, tabletop rpgs as an artistic medium, and transgressive tabletop rpgs, I'm gonna say this up front: DrivethruRPG's willingness to host basically anything legal - no matter how graphic, tasteless or bizarre - is a good thing, and should be celebrated.

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snippet of something from patreon

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Hey locals, I'll be at Deecon again this year, with my friends @tsundernova, and @evegwood + @spiremint representing @quindriepress. Join us on April 5th at the University of Dundee campus, on the second floor of Bonar Hall. I cannot guarantee that we will be brandishing ugly little guys like in the pictures.

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Now at IPR: Tollund

“The crops have failed, and your village is starving. The Council of Elders says the gods demand a human sacrifice to restore the fields. You have been selected as an offering in exchange for a fruitful harvest… but you must be willing. Your fate lies in the black waters of the bog, but not yet. Use your remaining time to make final preparations, talk to loved ones, and consider your decision. The choice is yours.”

Inspired by the Tollund Man bog body of Denmark, Tollund is set in Iron Age Northern Europe. Experience events over four days as you choose your fate.

https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Tollund-Print-PDF.html

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At least two people are interested, so here are my thoughts on the anti-intellectualism surrounding queer histories and why it matters:

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next in @mortiscausa 's Road to Camelot challenge is Ruin!

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Gulmp.

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So I was writing a small paper in Microsoft Word and the program suddenly crashed (I saved a couple minutes before, thank god) and I get this message in the corner of my screen two seconds afterward

what the fuck

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Gee, if only Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg had made a blockbuster movie about how this was a bad idea.

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Wall have ears. They also love gossip and having your attention 🫶✨

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Pioneers of literature never get their roses

The iron hand of Götz von Berlichingen (1480-1562), a knight and mercenary who lost his right arm in a siege [640×360]

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Just today I got to see a chess book that I remember reading as a little kid. While it didn't give me a lifelong passion for chess, it did give me a lifelong passion for fantasy for its artwork.

The book is "Chess for Young Beginners" from 1975, and here's some of the artwork:

Like, this artwork goes hard. I especially appreciate the colour scheme for the black pieces, with its browns, bronzes, reds and oranges.

This artwork is amazing, evocative, exciting and dramatic. I recommend giving it a look if you have a chance - you can probably scrounge up a PDF of this thing with a bit of searching.