ENNIE-winning author of The Monsters Know What They're Doing, Making Enemies and other stuff. Humanist, antifascist, curmudgeon. ✶✶✶✶ Home: spyandowl.com Blog: themonstersknow.com Newsletter: onefootinfairyland.com Mastodon: dice.camp/@KeithAmmannhttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwvjhayd3k2iThe PAX Unplugged Intersection appears to be back? Or is this something similar to but not exactly the same as what was? https://conventions.leapevent.tech/f/467e3fd2-39ee-4a2d-b872-35cb41494021?utm_source=Eloqua&utm_campaign=PAXUN2026_Visit_Consi_Conve_1_Oct_GamingEvents&utm_medium=email&utm_term=PGEE&utm_id=PGEE&querytoken=FmeX1HwpqGGFQPzgp6UgRgs9v%2FMpiargzMaIF55Q3FA%2BMGYre431Fl8oUTS%2BKpjpYzYvV%2Fakw07EaXd2FoyYiA%3D%3D02 Oct 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvjhayd3k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwtjxytay22cWent back to the lab and began to mutate: Simic NPC tactics. #DnD https://www.themonstersknow.com/simic-npc-tactics/01 Oct 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtjxytay22chttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwsxow6skk2bMy first BG3 PC was a female fighter. And when she woke up to see Astarion leaning over her neck and his first reaction was to say, "It's not what it looks like, I swear!" she staked him.01 Oct 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsxow6skk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwrtdu7jl22wTIL that there was a time when Hammacher Schlemmer sold useful things. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrtdu7jl22whttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwrsvqfdhk2wQsotN: "That's what archdevils sound like, right? Talking bears?" "That's me—I'm always looking for a silver lining." "So you can TAKE IT." #DnD #TTRPGQuotes01 Oct 2026 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrsvqfdhk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwqbibewfs2pEdgewater Tacos is our weekly go-to. Can't wait for this new restaurant to open. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqbibewfs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwppqxqucf2pWe're just one week away from the release of REMONSTERED! THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING! There's still time to pre-order your copy and receive it on release day, Oct. 6! https://www.spyandowl.com/remonstered30 Sep 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwppqxqucf2phttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwp7kjcfv22zAnd if you're in the Chicago area, attend my release-day reading at the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square! https://www.bookcellarinc.com/keith-ammann-remonstered-monsters-know-what-theyre-doing [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwp7kjcfv22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwp3n6krwa2kWe're just one week away from the release of REMONSTERED! THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING! There's still time to pre-order your copy and receive it on release day, Oct. 6! https://www.spyandowl.com/remonstered30 Sep 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwp3n6krwa2khttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwohk7ebm527We're just one week away from the release of REMONSTERED! THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING! There's still time to pre-order your copy and receive it on release day, Oct. 6! https://www.spyandowl.com/remonstered29 Sep 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwohk7ebm527https://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwnsouprn22hEven in Chicago, where our museums are institutional powerhouses, we can see the effects of chronic underfunding as admission prices climb and commercialization infects everything. Wealth concentration robs all of us. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnsouprn22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwmncqdwpc2bThe past truly is a foreign country. #DnD29 Sep 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmncqdwpc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mw26rapli22eCome for the discussion of REMONSTERED! THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. Stay for the on-the-fly creation of an adventure outline that starts as a fey mafia rivalry and ends as romantic tragedy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGTM--jCQSc21 Sep 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw26rapli22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwenpevhic2iYouTube is recommending several channels to me featuring some genuinely fascinating-looking historical content, which I'd love to watch, except these channels' creators also make heavy use of genAI to produce their graphics. So I click "Don't Recommend Channel," and YouTube will never tell them why.25 Sep 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwenpevhic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mweb3dzsb22bWhy are we out here judging job APPLICANTS when employers don't bother to acknowledge applications, filter résumés through AI, ghost applicants after they interview, lay new employees off 18 months after hiring them, change in-office-vs.-remote expectations and generally treat workers as disposable? [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mweb3dzsb22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwbp7jnruk2dMy next elf character is going to be named Amethyst Woodstar. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbp7jnruk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mwaah7bq5s24QsotN: "The inspection of our new castle is not going well. There's a big mold problem in the basement." "Also a slight flooding issue." "Sometimes something good happens. I can't think of any examples right now." "You think I'm good with kids?" "You're the nice one, as far as I can tell." #DnD24 Sep 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwaah7bq5s24https://bsky.app/profile/themonstersknow.com/post/3mw7k5ys3nc2y🎶 At laaaaaast 🎶23 Sep 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:mlgnshplxdsuf6qkk3w7flve/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7k5ys3nc2y