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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 1d

We never deviated from Ryan's initial vision for Luthen, which was both top-down "send your agents into danger" & also supported an initiative subtheme in red in the set. What did change in design was the addition of "or base" to the ability, which made him easier to use and thus more fun #FFGStaff

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 2d

F me, it's already October which means we're expecting the ODSTs to come out and I've barely made any progress on painting my Spartans 🙃🙃🙃

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2d

It's one thing to be politically divided into red states and blue states. We are now being militarily divided into red states and blue states. It's crossing the Rubicon, a bright-red flashing warning that the constitutional order is coming unglued, in a way that will have monumental consequences. /x

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Advocate for the tactics you believe are powerful and effective—we probably agree about those. But stop preemptively scapegoating the same people that Trump scapegoats for his fascist violence. Only this administration is to blame for its violence. It was already planned.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 2d

1. CBS, once one of America's most trusted sources for news, has hired anti-woke crusader Bari Weiss as its Editor-in-Chief

With Weiss, CBS is embracing someone who talks a lot about honesty but has a history of distorting the truth to conform to her right-wing ideological agenda.

Let's review.

The devolution of CBS News

A network once revered for fact-based reporting is embracing right-wing pseudo-journalism

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 3d

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 3d

I love it when I'm analyzing data and I realize I made a misinterpretation—and the updated reinterpretation supports my conclusion even better than before

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 3d

We wanted all our Plots to fill different niches for what you might want to do with your leader, one of which is "protect the leader." Tala's role, therefore, is to be cheap leader protection...even if it means she takes the attack in place of your leader #FFGStaff

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 4d

The state goons are powerless before the awesome might of someone in an inflatable frog costume, and you seriously expect me to believe the situation is hopeless?

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

The Republican platform is simple: they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it.

JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 4d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon.

There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.

This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:

Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation

According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 6d

Early drafts of Sly Moore were easier to trigger, and easy Spy creation led to extremely effective snowballing advantages. We needed to rein her in, but in a way that made her still playable in draft (her primary format). It took a while, but lots of units lying around was the answer #FFGStaff

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 7d

I'm not personally familiar with it, but I do believe it was one of the reference points during early systems design. The XP mechanic as Danny originally imagined it was derived more from traditional RPGs, which I imagine is the shared source material with VS System #FFGStaff

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 7d

Have you ever wondered why Leaders work the way they do? Today's Behind Unlimited article is all about the history of Leader design: what did we do, why we did it, what we changed, and how we ended up with the mechanics we have #FFGStaff starwarsunlimited.com/articles/beh...

Behind Unlimited: A History of Leader Design

Tyler Parrott on the Development of the Leader Card Type

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 8d

We're playing Secrets of Power premier games on the livestream! Going live in a few minutes! www.youtube.com/live/fQIGSmm...

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 8d

After missing with Twilight of the Republic, I wanted another chance to support "attack with lots of tokens" as a strategy. That archetype ended up falling into green/villain, where the Spies and Officials can create a very aggressive shell that normal midrange decks might struggle with #FFGStaff

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 8d

Yessss this is maybe the best minis game I've ever played, and I've been playing it on and off for decades

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 9d

I may have lost, but let me tell you Sam Gamgee absolutely refused to get hurt by this troll chieftain despite the trolls best efforts

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 10d

Ryan named this card, and it couldn't be more perfect. It gets at the dread of intrigue, it has the word "sneak" in the title (so you get the vibe), it features one of the faces of the set (Padme), and it's a small Plot that can, in the right circumstances, have a huge impact on the game #FFGStaff

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Katelyn Gadd @kg.luminance.org · 10d

It's truly insane that it's legal to go "I'm going to spend $50 billion dollars to buy this company. Do I have $50 billion dollars? No, the company I'm buying is going to take out a big loan"

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 11d

It’s official: EA is going private.

The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

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Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social · 12d

Man, Helldivers truly is the spiritual successor to Halo.

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