Romman’s statement is great! I agree it’s better than Zohan’s.

Returning to Zohan’s post & angry replies to it… I mean, even Hamas felt obliged at one point (~1.5 years ago iirc?) to issue some statement like “mistakes were made” (on Oct 7). Proving they know how to do politics

Statement on the Two Year Anniversary of October 7 and Ongoing Genocide

Agreed on both counts

Completely agree about the death toll, and it’s also fair to criticize him for not saying Palestine or Palestinians. I haven’t read Ruwa’s statement, I’ll look for it!

I’m very alert for signs of Zohran Mamdani selling out and starting to suck but this ain’t it

I’m very pro Palestine but some of the pro Pal replies to this OK statement are not smart. Like when some pro-Pal guy on X got mad at Linda Sarsour for calling Hamas a “terrorist organization” (instead of a resistance group). When you talk to normals you gotta sometime use the language of normals

Youre both right

This is one of those strange RPG sessions where the players completely ignored the plot I had intended to use and chose to do something different, so I made a new adventure for them 🤪😂 I’m glad I rolled with it!

Always been a big fan of Allan Servoss’s weird illustrations for the 1975 Arkham House edition of Gary Myers’ “The House of the Worm”. Just learned Servoss passed away (1947-2024) after a long career as an art teacher and landscape painter who occasionally drew monsters. RIP.

Dreamland #ttrpg Notes: the Skai is plagued by drought; the Carpenter and the Witch go looking for wood for the priests' sacrifical pyre; trip to Nir; chosen for sacrifice by the locals; the locals are Persuaded; return to Nir; the mad high priest of Nath-Horthath; Ulthar burns to the ground (!!)

Possibility 1: the dumplings just won’t be as big because the shoots are useful filler

Possibility 2: the dumplings will suck

Made har gao (shrimp dumplings) for the first time, left the raw dumplings in the fridge BUT: I realize I forgot to put in the bamboo shoots??! Are they gonna fucking suck? Will find out in 2 hours when I go home and steam them

Pump this song into my veins youtu.be/fh3vJmWTEEI?...

I love this

A second flotilla in less than a week is headed towards Gaza tonight and it has a significant amount of Turkish citizens on it

I've heard of that original version, but thankfully never seen it. I grew up on the '80s version with Oompa-Loompas...

IIRC the Dahl estate was going to roll out censored/revised editions of these books but... did they end up backing off? The edition I'm reading seems to be from 2023 but has the 1980s text as far as I can tell. I don't know if it's the last edition before the change or if they decided "forget it"

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory": This book is still so good. Surely some nostalgia factor in me reading it, but our 5-year-old is loving it. It's also a good introduction to the themes of poverty and taking care of elderly relatives

(I don't mean the manga is about polyamory 😂... but it does have sort of a "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with" thing going on)

It really is interesting for a shojo manga how "Nina the Starry Bride" (at least as of v.14) has a message of "You don't just have one true love! You might be able to fall in love with multiple people!"

I'm sure the heroine will end up with a true love, but even the suggestion of choice is unusual

I love the TVTropes entry for Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “Dream-Land” that lists every creature Poe mentions in such detail you can make a wandering monster table out of it. TVTropes, don’t ever change

Less than 24 hours left to jump in on the Tuesday night playtest of Dreamland: Fairytale Portal Fantasy Beyond the Wall of Sleep using Camilla Greer & Evlyn Moreau's "Where the Wheat Grows Tall"! 🌾 No Dreaming experience required! #ttrpg discord.gg/4hkxeCUJ?eve...

Obviously still better than the sound of someone locking their door as you approach the house

I hate the sound of someone locking the door after you leave their house, so when I have guests, I always like to wait till they’re down the stairs at least