In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

one of the various things i have my hands in is Andrea's Adventurers, which was set up by @wisdomcheck.ca to support Cancer Research

which means we get to play games, people get to donate to make things more exciting, and there are also goodies in a silent auction! including signed Delta Green?!

What’s inside the book is equally peculiar, a collection of excerpts about immortality and several magicians who sought it. These excerpts include texts of diverse genres, all by different authors and sewn together at the spine by a self-important scholar.

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NEW (FREE) GAME FORTHCOMING:

SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.

In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…

you're alive! and hopefully doing well - good to see!

every time i see news about j peterson i am reminded of well regarded uk poet and translator who keeps batting for him because 'someone has to look after young men'; which in turn reminds of other well regarded uk poet who, while terfing also defended a nazi because 'woman in position of power'

a house game of @lackingceremony.bsky.social's The Quiet Year, with three eyed bears, four eyed mice, a tree religion, spidersilk, and much internal struggle and strife (and illness and religion and family fallouts)

this was the book, in case anyone is interested!

very very early in my career (circa 2015-6), i wrote parts of a book; today, i was contacted by an org who has (fought for and) collected royalties on it and wants to pay me my share, which is... weirdly exciting?

i fully expect it to be oh, at least 5 maple burgers

what, and forego the perfect horror viewing experience on the back of someone's head while also watching a second film three rows ahead?

not for the first time, i am very proud of italians shutting their country down, and incredibly disappointed in the government, the cops, and the cronies of both trying to play it off as violence and shouting neener neener

feeling very jort-circuited, so this is apt

ACT NOW

Share this and tag relevant MPs, officials and embassies.
Tag media outlets in the comments.
Demand your government cut ties with Israel.

ALL EYES ON GAZA!

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EMERGENCY: ISRAEL ATTACKS GSF
Israel has attacked the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. People of conscience have been abducted.
The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and the Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.

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the vibes are rancid, chat

At least six ships have been boarded by the Israeli navy so far and more interceptions are expected to take place.

Here’s the official live, with over 60k people watching. Please join us, western witnesses are the only thing that may stay Israel’s hand.
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there are games that really help feel that shift, and the loss, and how learn to work with that pre-emptive grief (a quiet year, dialect, above many others)

it doesnt't hurt any less, and stories are a balm but not a solution, but sometimes you need a proxy, right?

my go to similar sentiment is from italian rojava martyr lorenzo orsetti, who put it as 'each storm starts with a drop; try being that drop'

it's a dark one out there, and also in here, and both 'here' and 'there' are in most places by now

Welp, I'm looking for work again!

But bad news for me, could become good news for you!

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hi i'm getting a kickass set of new genitals installed in 2 weeks from now !! isn't that fucking cool ?

i could use a little bit of help with medical bills + housing expenses during recovery and so i've set up a little gofundme!
gofund.me/394dc2e93

Sorry folks, I have to do the gross thing and actually remind folks I sell games.

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