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How We Practice When It Doesn’t Count

So We Can Show Up When It Does There’s a reason we dry fire. Not to impress. Not to output. But to prepare. To feel what readiness is like in the body—before the moment asks for it. In a world soaked in productivity shame, practice that “doesn’t

Scarred Hands, Lived Realities

Gun Culture Between Critique and Belonging Introduction: Between Two Camps I have a P365 in an AIWB holster and a Hi-Point anecdote in my ledger. I’ve trained with people who wear chest rigs to the range and others who keep a revolver in the sock drawer. I’ve listened

TiGGR: The Pulse Beneath the Stars

“They said it was just interference. But we heard it—clear and strange and alive.” This story is inspired by the brilliance of Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered pulsars in 1967. It’s for anyone who ever listened closely when no one else would. Best played on a quiet night

Valthorne: Playing the Flow

Civic Tools, Emotional Lexicon, and the Future Drift of Valthorne Valthorne isn’t just a setting—it’s a city that listens, its adobe spires and rune-lit canals thrumming with the psychic breath of its people. Here, justice isn’t carved in stone or decreed from a distant throne; it’

Reimagining Courage in the Attention Economy

In a world where every click, share, and viral moment fuels the attention economy, courage often feels like a fleeting spotlight—bright, thrilling, but gone too soon. Yet what if we could harness that spark to ignite something lasting? Inspired by the Companionist Theses and anchored in a vision of

Valthorne: Resonance Over Function, Community Over All

In Valthorne, you don’t wield a WAND. You harmonize with it. It’s not a weapon forged in fire, nor a badge pinned with pride, nor an artifact locked in a vault. It’s a whisper made visible—a trembling, sun-warmed feeling given form in the desert air. When

The Final Shareholder Report

A Satirical RPG of Corporate Disaster Management (Rev. 1.0 – Internal Governance Committee – Not for Public Disclosure) Welcome to Crisis Management Congratulations! You have been entrusted with the highest duty of any corporate entity: protecting shareholder confidence in the wake of catastrophic failure. In The Final Shareholder Report (TFSR), you

Valthorne: City of Living Law

Overview Valthorne, a sprawling desert gigapolis built on ancient ley lines, pulses with a psychic force known as the Living Law—a collective resonance shaped by the emotions, beliefs, and rituals of its people. This sunbaked metropolis of adobe towers, rune-etched courthouses, and bustling markets is not merely a city

Valthorne: WAND & Warrant in the City of Living Law

Welcome to Valthorne, a desert gigapolis where the Law is a living, psychic force shaped by the people’s dreams, grief, and joy. As Arcane Constables, you wield your WAND* to enforce this fluid justice, solving crimes that ripple through the city’s soul. Inspired by Law & Order’s

Pilots, Passengers, and Mirrors

Dispatch from the Drift The other day, a LinkedIn chat with a colleague got me smirking, cynical as ever. We were tossing around the soft skills that keep you sane in this AI-slick maze: focus, energy, resilience, adaptability. Not corporate flair for your next review, but the raw guts of