Michael Bernth

@monovoce.bsky.social

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Digital designer and owner of mono voce (yes, you can hire me).
TTRPG GM, music and comics nerd, and lover of useless nonesense. - and you can buy cool t-shirts at my web-shop, mono units, and I have a few books for RuneQuest on DriveThuRPG. He/him

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Maybe THIS will be the dumbest thing I read today: Florida’s education commissioner announced Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as a book of the month to “highlight the importance of American pride.” Can’t make this stuff up. H/t @ericcolumbus.bsky.social

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Last call on this one - Six Seasons in Sartar part 2 for RuneQuest Glorantha by Andrew Montgomery. youtu.be/OFWR-CvtlvE?...

Six Seasons in Sartar part 2 for RuneQuest Glorantha by Andrew Montgomeryyoutu.be - If you found this video useful, why not buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/budsrpgreview - Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/budsrpgreview - Becom...

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Chaosium's David Larkins and Jeff Richard join Really Dicey to discuss how Pendragon differs from other fantasy roleplaying games.

How Pendragon Core Rulebook Differs From Other Fantasy Roleplaying Gamesyoutu.be We interview Line Editor David Larkins and Creative Director Jeff Richard about their work in the creation of the Pendragon Core Rulebook, the first book of ...

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I live inside my own heart, Matt Damon. And in my city, everyone should breathe. Eating, sleeping and going to the bathroom are all fine thing, but you can wait on those if you have to. Breathing is key, though. You can’t really put it off for twenty minutes.

Let's have some fun on Bluesky tonight! Tell me where you live and one thing everyone should do in your city! #flythefriendlysky

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2nd call on this one - Six Seasons in Sartar part 2 for RuneQuest Glorantha by Andrew Montgomery. youtu.be/OFWR-CvtlvE?...

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Menendez’s biggest mistake was not appointing three Supreme Court justices.

Remember, if the government can obtain a conviction against Bob Menendez for taking bribes and stuffing gold bars into his closet that he was given for working on behalf of a foreign government, there's nothing stopping them from indicting you for the same thing.

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A Freebie: Pavis and Big Rubble Companion: Director's Cut — Index pages, lists and other helpful PDFs www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

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Karkas! I’d love to do a monster comic with all those Kirby monsters like him.

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phone-friendly version of the new one: tinyview.com/this-modern-...

Our top storytinyview.com TMW cartoon for 7-16-24

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On #TTRPG Reviews and Actual Plays: my own take on "played" vs "unplayed" reviews, and where actual plays fit in! https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2024/07/16/on-ttrpg-reviews-and-actual-plays/

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Said it before, I’ll say it again, tell people Republicans want to take away their tax refunds.

Project 2025 raises taxes on a family of four with two parents earning a combined $100,000 by $2,600, in order to fund a tax cut of over three times their combined income for someone earning $5m. x.com/SteveRattner...

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party of grifters, from top to bottom. same dudes who pump crypto and AI are now pumping Trumpism: the image of a robust, dynamic, businessman lifestyle, without producing or doing anything of actual value to anyone

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“In the name of unity, stop taking issue with Jan. 6” is “when you say it’s wrong that I hit you, you’re tearing this family apart” on a national scale.

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One of the guiding premises of my research is that most people -- even extremists -- think of themselves as the good guys. @intelwire.bsky.social's Extremism goes a long way in explaining why/how this is so. mitpress.mit.edu/978026253587...

JD Vance and >90% of the people at the RNC convention think of themselves as the good guys. Ascribing to them self-consciously evil intent does not help us understand what they are up to, nor does it help us reach the sorts of people who might vote for them but are still reachable.

Extremismmitpress.mit.edu What extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why extremism can escalate into violence.A rising tide of extremist movements threaten to de...

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We do! Until July 27. Don't miss out!

DnD’s classic rival has a $309 bundle for just $18 right nowwww.wargamer.com The latest Humble Bundle is worth a look for Dungeons and Dragons fans, featuring 18 books from the classic Chaosium TTRPG, RuneQuest.

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FOR REAL THIS TIME! The all-Dyson Bundle of Holding is so popular that it got extended 7 days, AND WE ARE IN THE LAST 48 HOURS NOW! If you were on the fence about spending a little pile of money for a big pile of maps, this is your last chance! bundleofholding.com/presents/Dys...

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All the more reason to keep on talking (and posting) about them.

Trump Allies Try to Bully Dems, Media to Shut Up About His Fascist Planswww.rollingstone.com Republicans are seeking to capitalize on Trump’s assassination attempt — using it to demand everyone stop talking about his threats to democracy.

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The number of people Trump says he'll deport keeps going up. It's now 20 million, 50% higher than the largest estimates of the undocumented population. It's clear sign that distinguishing legal from illegal won't be a priority. They're just going to round up people they don't want to be here.

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It’s all 100% masks off at this point, lads.

Judge Cannon went and did it. She has dismissed the stolen documents case against Trump on Clarence Thomas’s (nonsense) appointments clause rationale.

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Wanting to destroy people who are bent on ending the world to fulfill some insane religion is not “stooping to their level” it’s fucking self-preservation.

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I can’t stand “this is not who we are” platitudes. We all KNOW it’s a lie. “Who we are” is savagery. Our bloodiest war was with ourselves over slavery. We see children slaughtered daily and we shrug. We go to war for spite. America loves itself for its violence. Ask it to be better. But don’t lie.

Does Joe Biden even know the history of this country?

Biden says assassination attempt on Trump is 'contrary to everything we stand for as a nation'abcnews.go.com Biden says assassination attempt on Trump is 'contrary to everything we stand for as a nation'

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The rules of the game: Nothing Republicans say about Democrats, no matter how deranged — such as Mark Robinson saying that “some people need killing” — will be considered out of bounds, yet standard political rhetoric from Democrats will be treated as incitement to violence.

Today's newsletter: Rewriting the Rules of Engagement: GOP's Attempt to Silence Legitimate Criticism www.readtpa.com/p/rewriting-...

Rewriting the Rules of Engagement: GOP's Attempt to Silence Legitimate Criticismwww.readtpa.com Republicans revive the familiar tactic of misconstruing Democratic rhetoric as an incitement to violence.

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Reopening my Serwer hymnal

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As Jamelle Bouie wrote, GOP are already framing Dems as engaged in an authoritarian power grab, to rationalize GOP’s actual power grab. The assassination attempt will escalate that: eg calls for armed MAGA mob at all polling places, just for protection of course www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/o...

Opinion | Why Republicans Are Talking About Biden’s ‘Dictatorship’www.nytimes.com The breathless catastrophizing of Trump and his allies is not an expression of ignorance as much as it is a statement of intent.

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Rest in peace, Bill Viola www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/a...

Bill Viola, Celebrated Video Artist Who Played With Time, Dies at 73www.nytimes.com Inspired by Renaissance painters, he explored life’s passages — birth, death, romantic love, redemption and rebirth — in often moving, often thrilling exhibitions.

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Political violence always benefits authoritarians because liberals will always condemn it and authoritarians, regardless of whether they are perpetrators or victims, will always use it to claim more power.

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The mass deportation scheme is probably the most immediately scary part of Trump 2025. It’s not just the just the forcible deportation of millions of people and accompanying family disruption That’s bad enough. Nor is the let’s-see-what-pulling-this-lever-does-hurr economic recklessness./1

Full quote from ex-ICE director Tom Homan: "Trump comes back in January... I will run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen. They ain’t seen shit yet. Wait until 2025.” Tonight in Florida Trump pledged to bring Homan back. Homan, BTW, is a listed Project 2025 contributor.