#updates and info

[thepenandpaperarchive]

Introductions

Welcome to the tumblr blog of the Pen & Paper Archive, a project seeking to record, store, and preserve tabletop roleplaying games, with a particular focus on obscure titles and authors.

Right now, the archive is a hard-drive, a spreadsheet, and a tumblr blog. In time, the goal is to grow into a resource for authors, historians, and anyone looking for games they of which they may not have heard.

The purpose of this blog is two-fold. Firstly, to promote the archive itself and seek donations from supporters. Secondly, to highlight the kinds of games general audiences may not have heard of before.

I hope you enjoy what the Archive has to offer, and greatly appreciate your support.

If you'd like to donate a game or have your game highlighted here, email me at shawthornegames@gmail.com.

[empiireans]

rags’s gift

and this mf ruining it

[whyissupernaturaltrending]

May 25 and 27-29, 2024 - the NDAs are no more.

Purgatory 8 con took place this past weekend and words have been spoken [x].

Jensen Ackles trended briefly on May 25 and then several tags began trending again on May 27. It looks like a bunch of things about destiel were said, alongside the typical con chaos which resulted in the trend. Below are some highlights (though not all of them have video sources):

The confession scene played before the Jensen and Misha's panel: [video], [x], [x], [x]

Jensen said that Cas' confession was textual rather than subtext: [video], [x], [x]

DJ and Ty started their panel by thanking everyone for the congrats on their marriage: [x] + Ty mentioned he'd read some Dean/Benny fanfiction: [x]

In response to a question about what Kevin had seen when he was a ghost, Osric replied "destiel": [x]

Multiple people tweeted about various panels throughout the weekend and most tweets can be found under the #purcon8 tag.

It looks like spn was also trending on Twitter [x]:

[hermitseasonzine]

🎉✨The Hermitcraft Season 9 Zine is OUT NOW!!! 💥🎊

📥📒DOWNLOAD HERE :D

🎨📝Featuring artwork and writing from dozens of fandom creators, this zine is meant to celebrate the hermits and all the work they put into their ninth season. From dedicated pages to each hermit, communal builds, events, and even with a few fun moments thrown in, we hope you enjoy your read through this work of love and appreciation.🧡

Art by @terracottakore✨

[leroibobo]

in 1972, zeinab shaath released the EP "the urgent call of palestine". inspired by the contemporary counterculture movement, and the protest songs of bob dylan and joan baez in particular, the then-teenage shaath used her life experiences (she was the first member of her family born outside of palestine (specifically, in egypt) in 1954) to write the first english-language songs dedicated to palestinian liberation. in 1973, she'd even shot a four minute music video for the title track in collaboration with the PLO. the original master was siezed by the iof in the 1982 siege of beirut.

you can read the full story about her, the songs, and how both the ep and music video were only recently remastered for international listeners with help from the majazz project and discostan here. you can listen to it (and buy it, both physically and digitally, directly from her) on the bandcamp embed/link provided.

[timethehobo]

Pocket sized necromancer. 💀

[librarycards]

Hey, that's my book, Failure to Comply!

Cavar's Failure to Comply is an abolitionist text concerned with trans, disabled, and Mad liberation as a speculative art.

Every story has its fugitives. “I,” a deviant self-hacker with three arms, two stomachs, and no name, is on the run from RSCH, a high-tech, authoritarian government that mandates wellness and carves the contours of truth itself. When I is kidnapped at axe-point to be mined for forbidden memories, they must struggle against RSCH’s medical abuse to recapture their history, reunite with their lover, and rewrite their future—or risk remaining Patient forever.

I crosses an epistolary, time-flipped dreamscape as they recollect their memories from RSCH’s hungry archive, and, in the process, write the story of their liberation.

Rivers Solomon said this about it:

Failure to Comply is a striking and fresh examination of life under boot of hegemonic corporate society lovingly and ecstatically told. With language that sings and stings, this novel disrupts the status quo with the form and poetry of its telling. This book made me feel. Each sentence excited and thrilled. I loved it.

It'll be out on August 6. A percentage of the proceeds from pre-orders of FAILURE TO COMPLY (check out the new ~official~ cover!) now-June 30 will go to Palestinian LGBTQ organization alQaws. In July, for disability pride month, a percentage will go to the anticarceral care collective/respite space Wildflower Alliance.

If you haven't pre-ordered your copy yet, now is the perfect time. Consider adding on goodreads –– where there's currently a giveaway going! –– and storygraph while you're at it, and tell your friends!

[see the original post about my book here :)]

[bovineblogger]

Hi, so I work in a vet clinic, not as a veterinarian but as a secretary. I don't see cows at my job for obvious reasons, though i type down their illnesses and meds into computer program. This all got me interested in cows since like a lot of people i didn't know much about their nature and behaviours before. Your blog came to me at the right time, I scroll it on my coffee breaks. Cows and coffee are my daily ritual 🐄

Also i wanted to share my favourite local cow story, a young cow said bye losers & ran away from home to live with a herd of wild żubrs (ehh Polish bisons? Not sure about the translation!) She was noticed 3 months later strutting around with her gang like a boss. There's also a short videoclip but tumblr won't let me post. Everybody just look at her:

this story is super super interesting! unfortunately she is going to have to be separated from the herd to protect both it and her, as crossbreeding could kill her and contaminate the genetics of the population :(

but these photos are really beautiful and a cool display of bovines (limited) ability to herd together cross-species!!

[vagueconfusion]

[achingly-shy]

since i've been getting a lot of asks and i want to make sure everyone's donation link is shared, here are the fundraisers that have reached out to me

(part 2)

— vetted

@mohammed--shehab / @hyamshehab222 / @mohammed11shehab (vetted here)

@asmaamajed2 (vetted here)

@save-amal-family (vetted here)

@faten-lolo12 / @fatensama12 (vetted here)

@besanalbalawi11 (vetted here)

@majedgaza1 (vetted here)

@emanabosedo (vetted by association here)

@dutifullymykid (vetted by association here)

@nevinalser (vetted here)

@fatma-anqer (vetted here)

@hassanmadi2 (vetted here)

@maria-gaza1 (vetted by association here)

@lina-gaza (vetted by association here)

@haneenmohamaad (vetted here)

@anasfamilys (vetted #25 here)

@basharal-habil / @basharbfamily (vetted by association here)

@mohamadsmeer35 (vetted here)

@yasermohammad (vetted here)

@abdallahblog0 / @abdallah-gaza (vetted here)

@sameh-mostafa20 / @rodainaayyad83 (vetted here)

@motaz-gaza / @huda-gaza (vetted by association here)

@mohammed-665 (vetted here)

@save-amal-family (vetted by association here)

@a-ss-123 (vetted by association here)

@atalah-mohammed (vetted here)

— unvetted

@mohammednasers-blog (clean reverse image search)

@aboodalqedra-2

@familygazaamal

@hebamatar

@scentedtyrantmusic

@ahmadallouh32

@ameerakhaled

@fatimaalbalawi2

@moatasemgaza

@helpamalm (clean reverse image search; gfm protected)

@a6h16

@salmagaza

@jomana-ha (gfm protected)

@acertainfadi

@em-omer

@tarbeen-family-2 (clean reverse image search)

@ayuwbfamily

@ehabayyad23

@osama-family (clean reverse image search; gfm protected)

last updated: september 7th

[mistercakerz]

Face expressions

[5ummit]

Important things I’ve learned about the new tumblr polls so far (which are NOT mentioned in the official announcement post):

Once you’ve voted you can’t change it and you can only vote once.

You can only view poll results on the dashboard or in blogview. The buttons are still displayed on custom blog layouts, but if you try to click on them it will automatically take you to blogview.

Responses are completely anonymous. Neither the poll creator nor the respondents can see who voted or what they voted for. The only visible metric is the total number of votes.

Votes don’t show up on your activity feed so you have to go find the poll on your blog if you want to see the results or know if people are even voting.

You can’t view the results of your own poll without participating (clicking on one of the answer choices yourself).

You can’t edit a poll post once you publish it, you can only delete it! I assume this lasts until the poll has timed out, which will either be in a week or a day depending on what you picked This is permanent, so you better hope you got all of your tags and answer choices correct before you publish! This also means you can’t change your poll duration later either.

UPDATE (Jan 22, 2023):

You can send individual polls to someone as a submission, which the recipient can then edit and customize before publishing, but this will NOT give that person the ability to create new polls on their own.

Polls have a maximum of 10 answer choices and each answer choice is limited to 80 characters.

Polls can’t be added to reblogs, only original posts. Additionally, only one poll is allowed per post.

You can add a poll to a previously published original post (that doesn’t have one already), but as soon as it’s published again all editing will be disabled. Also, the poll time limit starts from the original post date, so if you add a poll to a post older than your set time limit, the poll will automatically show up as completed with zero votes.

If you aren't sure if you have the ability to create polls, check this guide. As of right now, according to my current poll, only about 10-15% of users have this feature.

For more detailed info about polls and other currently known bugs and exploits, check out gotinterest’s polls masterpost.

[whyissupernaturaltrending]

January 9, 2024 - It looks like Taylor Swift may have caused Supernatural to trend.

It is the year of our Lord Godstiel 2024 and yet Supernatural is trending alongside Taylor Swift and Misha Collins.

Whilst the trend may just be the universe recalibrating itself, it looks like it may have started with Taylor Swift. Apparently there've been some discussions about what would happen if Taylor Swift came out as straight [x] [x], though don't quote me on that, as I'm not up-to-date on the Taylor Swift news. She was however trending earlier today with Misha Collins as a secondary tag [x].

This may have then brought back the memories of Misha Collins' coming out as straight back in 2022 [x] [x]. The posts gained some traction, and alsongside some general spn posting and the news of Our Flag Means Death cancellation announced through the destiel meme [x] [x], this appears to have impacted the trend. In addition, some people have been commenting on Jensen's apparent hopes for a Supernatural reboot which definitely helped boost the tag [x] (no announcements here, just discussions, but maybe one day).

However, this is mostly a theory and sadly, I do not have a ✨straight✨ answer today.

[hermitseasonzine]

Mark your calendars!! The Hermitcraft Season Nine Zine is releasing soon at

10AM EST THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH!

See you there! ;]

Art by @terracottakore

[littlemssam]

Mod Fix & Temporary Workaround Fix for some 123 Errors

As always delete old Mods Files and the localthumbcache, when updating my Mods!

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Social Activities (Visit Friends, Family and more) Fixed a UI LE, when coming back from a Social Activity

Important Info: I uploaded a temporary Workaround Fix on my Patreon, which should fix one of the 123… Lot not loading Error Issues.

Like I did in my own Mod Fixes I uploaded last time, I edited all ingame Situations where "time jump" was set to "simulate" and set it to "allow" instead. It will not fix all stucked Lots but should unstuck those, where my Mods like Auto Employee spawned these Situations.

Download the Fix here if you have stucked Lots or when you use my Auto Employee, My Little Neighborhood… Mods to prevent Lots getting stuck/not loadable.

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My Site with all possible Download Links: lms-mods.com

Support Questions via Discord only please!

[scottsmajorshipbracket]

And the winner of SSSB is...

SCOTT/JIMMY AKA FLOWER HUSBANDS

Congratulations to the Husbands of Flowers!

💐🌸💮🪷🏵️🌹🥀🌺🌻🌼🌷🪻