10 Birds in a Trenchcoat

The Hunt of the Unicorn: A TTRPG

There is only one unicorn left. Rumors about it spread through the land– that it will only appear to a girl pure of heart, that consuming it will grant immortality, or that it has killed all who looked upon it. You don’t know the truth, but you do know that you need to reach it. the hunt will commence tonight.

I'm back with another TTRPG! The Hunt is a dark fantasy game about making sense of rumors, investigating secrets, and, of course, hunting unicorns. It's designed to be run by a GM and supports up to 6 other players-- don't fear, it's short and should be easy to pick up even for beginner GMs :)

I set the minimum price on itch.io to $1, which gives you 3 unique modules with different settings, unicorns, art, and characters to play around with. If that's not enough for you, there are also blank character sheets for GMs and players to create their own unicorns and hunters.

If that sounds interesting to you, the link is right here:

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

So.

in light of that.

Check the replies/notes of this post :)

I was informed that posts containing links in them aren't findable in the search so i'll just.... drop a link in a seperate reboot :)

first things first though, copy this key:

and also the Google drive link :

Stumbled upon #ShittyEridians, and had to contribute.

i was invited to once again do a piece for the dndads pride zine, and i spent about 2 hours in a panic with no idea what to do. and then i was struck by inspiration and knew exactly what i wanted to do. so go buy the zine and then you can see this piece in the real life whaow!

Typing this from Graphene now, in fact. But, both of those take the Android Open Source Project, without all the bloatware--and largely de-Google the whole thing. They give you much more control over privacy and what the apps you choose to install can do and access on your phone.

I know Graphene sandboxes everything, including the optionally installed Google Play Services which a lot of apps unfortunately require to run. (Lineage uses an alternative to Play Services instead.) So, you can install what would normally be unacceptably intrusive apps and just lock them away from pulling any funny shit with your data, or phoning home. Including the couple of Google things I do still keep around.

I also prefer running much more transparent, privacy-respecting open source apps where possible. Besides the transparency, I'd rather avoid the shitty tech corps entirely where I can. There are pretty good alternatives available for a lot of the usual suspects.

An alternative app store:

Nigerian Pride 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇬