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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 6h

Your Friday reminders:
1. Trump is using all the powers of the US gov't to take vengeance upon his enemies.
2. He is the president of white racists, not America.
3. It's American companies that pay Trump's stupid tariffs.
4. Puerto Rico is an American territory so Bad Bunny was born a US citizen.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 6h

I worked at Kim's Video in NYC for a few years in the early 90s and the store was a magnet for those looking for hard to find movies. The buyer knew people who'd go to various parts of Asia and bring back laser discs of movies not available here that'd they'd then dupe on VHS for us.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 1d

After enduring the dentist, I decided to treat myself to a khachapuri at Skalka. It’s been a year or two since I last stopped in. I typically get just cheese and gooey eggs but I tried the vegetable today and it was on point. Properly cooked eggplant for the win.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 4d

Same!

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 4d

I watched it a few years ago and enjoyed it. It's one of the reasons I thought Yamato merch would be easier to find.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 4d

Not the Yamato but cool nonetheless.

Pic of the two Gamila ship models I got in Tokyo last year.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 4d

Star Blazers, as the series was called in America, was essential afternoon viewing for young Chris in the early 80s. When I was in Tokyo last year, I figured it'd be easy to find Yamato merch, but not so. Finally found a shop in Akihabara with two ship models from the 80s and scooped those up.

The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 4d

Leiji Matsumoto's Space Battleship Yamato, one of the most influential anime series ever, started 51 years ago today.

"In the year 2199, the space battleship Yamato embarks on a voyage to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a device that will rejuvenate a war-ravaged Earth."

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 7d

Himmler liked to recruit a certain type of person into the SS: losers. He looked for men who had achieved little on their own merits, but felt they'd been cheated in some way. Give such mediocrities power and a legal way to enact cruelty and they'll do anything for you. ICE is full of these people.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 7d

The title of this old Australian wargame is really on the nose for America 2025.

Cover shot of the game America in Flames: Democracy vs Darkness.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 8d

That would never work. :)

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 8d

Last night I played Lion Rampant, a historical minis game from Osprey. It was touch and go for a while but my Normans pulled out a win. The new edition of the fantasy version, Dragon Rampant, comes out later this month.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 8d

I understand why they decided to work psionics into the existing magic framework of 5E, but it's never felt right to me. What was cool about D&D psionics is that it was different.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 11d

The biggest bank in America is trying to steal thousands of our books. The richest man in the world destroyed one of our main marketing venues by turning it into a Nazi site. The rapist-in-chief is shitting on small businesses and wrecking the economy with stupid tariffs and fascism. Fuck the 1%.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 13d

Moving Targets was another great Boston band that my friend Jay would later join as drummer. The Lemonheads opened and they were just coming on the scene. Their first show had only been the month before. I saw them open for a lot of bands in ‘86 and ‘87.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 13d

This is what I was doing on this day in 1986. The show was at TT the Bear's Place in Cambridge, MA, where I saw many great shows in that era. Jerry’s Kids had been broken up when I got into punk, so I was psyched to see them. This was their first show after reforming and they killed.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 16d

Donald Trump hates the UN because it’s more welcome in New York City than he is.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 17d

The cultural evolution of monsters:
It’s scary, kill it!
It’s misunderstood, protect it!
It’s adorable, befriend it!
It’s sexy, fuck it!

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 17d

I say this in all seriousness: the world needs to tell Donald Trump to fuck off. I'm sure the MAGA dopes believe the US is respected like never before but that's because they don't know anyone who lives in another country. Trump and his fascists are turning the US into a pariah state.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

Trump to the UN: "I have ended seven unendable wars."

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 20d

Fuck. This. Shit.

NPR @npr.org · 20d

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

www.npr.org

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 21d

Two time Republican president Dwight Eisenhower was such an anti-fascist that he was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force that comprehensively defeated the Nazis in the West. You think he'd have stood for Nazi flags at Republican rallies or quislings like Stephen Miller? Please.

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Chris Pramas @chrispramas.bsky.social · 22d

I sent GRRM some sample's of Green Ronin's work circa 2006. I went heavy on Mutants & Masterminds b/c I knew he was an old school comic fan. He liked the books and we made a deal to do a Wild Cards setting book for M&M. That helped us get the Game of Thrones the following year.

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