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There Is No Outside

A Space Horror Folktale Overview No Outside is a space horror TTRPG module for 3–6 players and a Game Master (GM). The players are crew members of the Anamnesis, a salvage ship that has intercepted a looping distress signal from an unknown source. The ship is not merely a

Soup Is Good Food (2025 Remaster)

Or: How Dead Kennedys Predicted the LinkedIn Economy In 1985, Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys released "Soup Is Good Food," a brutal prophecy about technological displacement and corporate cannibalism. Forty years later, as I scroll through LinkedIn watching professionals optimize themselves into algorithmic nutrients, I realize: the

Fragments from the Signal Wastes

Compiled from open-channel memory caches, ghost logs, and residual mindprint overlays. 1. The Neon Liturgy (Archive Loop 7) "This city's made of light..." Found on a corrupted DAT relic embedded in a broken synthpriest's chest cavity. It loops endlessly, like a hymn from

Cupcakes and Shrapnel

Notes from Your Local Gadfly I’ve been called a naysayer, a killjoy, a purveyor of hot takes with too much vinegar in the batter. Fair enough. In Oregon politics, where public messaging often arrives pre-frosted with solidarity statements and pre-approved hashtags, anything sharp or unsweetened can feel

A Ledgered Meal: Cutie Pie Pizzeria, Portland

Let’s hear it for the local and unfranchised! Portland’s got no shortage of pizza joints, but we’ll always root for the little guys next to the dive bar. Cutie Pie Pizzeria recently set up their ovens next door to the Mad Hanna, our neighborhood watering hole, and

Decline As a Business Model

A Prospectus for the American Patch Economy EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For over three decades, American governance has perfected a revolutionary business model: converting systemic failure into sustainable revenue streams. Rather than the costly and disruptive work of replacing failing infrastructure, we have created entire industries dedicated to managing, monitoring, and monetizing

From Cyberpunk Hack to Container Revelation

How a simple Lasers & Feelings hack accidentally became the DevOps approach to RPG design It Started With a Simple Question Like most RPG design stories, this one began with someone asking "what if?" What if we made a cyberpunk version of Lasers & Feelings? Simple enough. The

From Costco Pizza to Cultural Inheritance in the Post-Late-Stage

On the impossibility of bartering for touring bands, the comfort of perpetual collapse, and how we learned to stop worrying and love the industrial cheese blend The Condiment Station as Cultural Theory We are living in the aftermath of late-stage capitalism, but the aftermath never ends. Like cartoon characters

Thank You, Sam

I remember stumbling across a CD by Black Tape For A Blue Girl at our college radio station back in the day — one jewel case among hundreds, but somehow the room seemed quieter when I held it. Time flows differently for independent musicians and label owners, and my mind still

The Cadre of the Fading Light

Four heroes of the Kingdom of Myth who serve the crown. This cadre, named for their struggle against an Inevitable darkness, brings together varied approaches to defying their world's demise. Each member, despite their personal flaws and beliefs regarding the Doom, is committed to fighting for Myth'