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Eran Arbel
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Writer, gamer, programmer, designer, amateur samurai, creator of "Mountain Legacy"

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Whenever I see something like this, I remember the little foreword to Nightfall. And whenever I think about doing something like that, I tell myself to remember Nightfall.

Remember Nightfall, dear fantastical writers. Remember Nightfall.
TO THE READER Kalgash is an alien world and it is not our intention to have you think that it is identical to Earth, even though we depict its as speaking a language that you can understand, and using terms that are familiar to you. Those words should as mere equivalents of alien terms—that is, a conventional set of equivalents of the same sort that a writer of novels uses when he has foreign characters speaking with each other in their own language but nevertheless transcribes their words in the language of the reader. So when the people of Kalgash speak of "miles," or "hands," or "cars," or "computers," they mean their own units of distance, their own grasping-organs, their own ground-transportation devices, their own information-prcressing machines, etc. The computers used on Kalgash are not necessarily compatible with the ones used in New York or London or Stockholm, and the "mile" that we use in this is not necessarily the American unit of 5,280 feet. But it seemed simpler and more desirable to use these familiar terms in describing events on this wholly alien world than it would have been to invent a long series of wholly Kalgashian terms. In other words, we could have told you that one of our characters paused to strap on his quonglishes before setting out on a walk of seven vorks along the main gleebish of his native znoob, and everything might have seemed ever so much more thoroughly alien. But it would also have been ever so much more diffcult to make sense out of what we were saying, and that did not seem useful. The essence of this story doesn't lie in the quantity of bizarre terms we might have invented; it lies, rather, in the reaction of a group of people somewhat like ourselves, living on a world that is somewhat like ours in all but one highly significant detail, as they react to a challenging situation that is completely different from anything the people of Earth have ever had to deal with. Under the circumstances, it seemed to us better to tell you that someone put on his hiking boots before setting out on a seven-mile walk than to clutter the book with quonglishes, vorks, and gleebishes. If you prefer, you can imagine that the text reads "vorks" wherever it says "miles," "gliizbiiz" wherever it says "hours," and "sleshtraps" where it says "eyes." Or you can make up your own terms. Vorks or miles, it will make no difference when the Stars come out. -- I.A. -- R.S.
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Whenever I see something like this, I remember the little foreword to Nightfall. And whenever I think about doing something like that, I tell myself to remember Nightfall.

Remember Nightfall, dear fantastical writers. Remember Nightfall.
TO THE READER Kalgash is an alien world and it is not our intention to have you think that it is identical to Earth, even though we depict its as speaking a language that you can understand, and using terms that are familiar to you. Those words should as mere equivalents of alien terms—that is, a conventional set of equivalents of the same sort that a writer of novels uses when he has foreign characters speaking with each other in their own language but nevertheless transcribes their words in the language of the reader. So when the people of Kalgash speak of "miles," or "hands," or "cars," or "computers," they mean their own units of distance, their own grasping-organs, their own ground-transportation devices, their own information-prcressing machines, etc. The computers used on Kalgash are not necessarily compatible with the ones used in New York or London or Stockholm, and the "mile" that we use in this is not necessarily the American unit of 5,280 feet. But it seemed simpler and more desirable to use these familiar terms in describing events on this wholly alien world than it would have been to invent a long series of wholly Kalgashian terms. In other words, we could have told you that one of our characters paused to strap on his quonglishes before setting out on a walk of seven vorks along the main gleebish of his native znoob, and everything might have seemed ever so much more thoroughly alien. But it would also have been ever so much more diffcult to make sense out of what we were saying, and that did not seem useful. The essence of this story doesn't lie in the quantity of bizarre terms we might have invented; it lies, rather, in the reaction of a group of people somewhat like ourselves, living on a world that is somewhat like ours in all but one highly significant detail, as they react to a challenging situation that is completely different from anything the people of Earth have ever had to deal with. Under the circumstances, it seemed to us better to tell you that someone put on his hiking boots before setting out on a seven-mile walk than to clutter the book with quonglishes, vorks, and gleebishes. If you prefer, you can imagine that the text reads "vorks" wherever it says "miles," "gliizbiiz" wherever it says "hours," and "sleshtraps" where it says "eyes." Or you can make up your own terms. Vorks or miles, it will make no difference when the Stars come out. -- I.A. -- R.S.
November 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Introduce yourself with four spaceships
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

Yes. It's a good one.
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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כוחון. בדיוק כמו אלמה.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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🤨
עצים.
October 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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October 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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#BrokenDogMorning #פידכלבים
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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איך שהוא חזרתי למועדון...
#פידזריחה
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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אני מקווה שהעם יזכור אותה כ'המלחמה הלא נחוצה', 'מלחמת דראון עולם', או 'מלחמת השמדת הצידוק למדינת ישראל'.
הממשלה תצביע ביום ראשון על שינוי שם המלחמה מ״חרבות ברזל״ ל״מלחמת התקומה״
October 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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October 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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שומר על הבן-דוג. איזה כלב חמוד. #פידכלבים
October 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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#פוליטיקה
וזאת בדיוק הבעיה עם כל הדתיים הקיצוניים/משיחיים. לא אכפת להם איך לפתור בעיות או למנוע אותן בעתיד. לא באמת מעניין אותם איך לשפר את החיים של האזרחים. אכפת להם רק איך להשיג עוד כסף ופטורים לנישה שלהם וזהו.
October 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Because of a random reference, I recently watched To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything.
It's a journey, it's a story about helping those less fortunate, it's about seeing the best people can be, it's about acceptance, it's about just making the best of the moment and having fun, but > #ContinuedInAlt
But I see it mostly as a story about how the people in our lives only have as much control over us as we let them, that oppression and indoctrination is all about convincing you you have no power and no control. As Trapt says, "No need to take the power back. We already have it." Yes, I'm talking about the #Politics in the world right now. The government always governs by the consent of the governed. If you think the "people in power" are wrong, do what's right.
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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September 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score
September 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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אה... יש אמרה לגבי זה: אם יש תגרה בכל פאב שאתה הולך אליו. אולי הבעיה היא לא בפאבים.
*ראש האופוזיציה יאיר לפיד מפרסם במהלך ביקורו בארה״ב מאמר ב-FoxNews: ״האו״ם הפך להיות במה לצביעות. הגיע הזמן שהדמוקרטיות יפרשו ממנו״:* - מתוך 193 חברות באו״ם, רק 25 מדינות הן דמוקרטיות מלאות ועוד 46 דמוקרטיות פגומות. - למדינות לא דמוקרטיות יש רוב אוטומטי - אני לא מסכים עם רוב מה שהממשלה הנוכחית עושה. אבל היחס של האו״ם לישראל הוא המקבילה הדיפלומטית להתקף פסיכוטי. ישראל מהווה 0.1% מאוכלוסיית העולם, אך מהווה יותר מ-60% מההחלטות המגנות של האו״ם בעשור האחרון. - מציע להקים או״ם של דמוקרטיות. עלינו לומר לעולם בצורה ברורה: אם אתם רוצים את הכסף, הכוח והיכולות של דמוקרטיות — עליכם לעמוד בכללים שלהן.
September 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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41+ and I'm now truly moving towards creating my own brand of creative content.
September 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Hey, USians! Get your freaking HHS secretary under control. Now he's trying to kill people in other countries!
#Measles #Vaccines #חצבת
*משרד הבריאות מעדכן על חולה בחצבת בטיסה מניו יורק לתל אביב* משרד הבריאות מעדכן על חולה בחצבת, שטס מניו יורק לתל אביב. על פי החקירה האפידמיולוגית, עולה כי הנוסע טס בטיסת ארקיע שמספרה iz994 מניו יורק לתל אביב. הטיסה המריאה מניו יורק ביום ראשון ה 31.8.25 בשעה 02:30 לפנות בקר שעון ניו יורק, ונחתה בנתב"ג ב- 31.8.25 שעה 20:00 שעון ישראל. נוסעים שהיו בטיסה זו מתבקשים לוודא כי הם מחוסנים בהתאם להמלצות משרד הבריאות. ניתן להתעדכן בסטטוס החיסוני באמצעות האתר האישי הממשלתי דרך פנקס החיסונים הדיגיטלי. מומלץ כי תינוקות מתחת לגיל שנה, אנשים מדוכאי חיסון ונשים הרות לא מחוסנות יפנו לבירור הצורך בקבלת חיסון סביל בהתאם למצבם. מחלת החצבת היא מחלה נגיפית מדבקת ביותר שמתבטאת בחום, הרגשה כללית רעה, נזלת ופריחה ועלולים להיות לה סיבוכים קשים ואף מסכני חיים. ניתן להתחסן בסוף השבוע בבתי החולים ובמוקדי ‘טרם’ שירה סולומון דוברת משרד הבריאות
September 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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חרדים חוסמים כבישים כי הם לא רוצים להתגייס כמו כל שאר בני ישראל. אז גם בהם מכים ועוצרים אותו כמו חוסמי הכבישים במחאות על הממשלה המושחתת, נכון?
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נכון?...
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נכון???...
עימותים עם נהגים וקריאות "שיקסע": שעתיים של חסימות חרדים קיצונים בכבישים 2, 4 ו-6 פקקי ענק במרכז: אנשי הפלג הירושלמי הודיעו על הפגנה ליד כלא 10, אבל עברו לחסום צמתים ומחלפים בכבישים 2, 4 ו-6 באזור נתניה - ובבני ברק. הסיבה: מעצר עריקים. תיעוד דרמטי: המונים הכו על רכב שפרץ את החסימה - אחד נותר על הגג. חרדים קיצונים כינו שוטרים "נאצים" וקראו "נמות ולא נתגייס".
August 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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This is another small reminder that I have an Itch.io page with some of my creations. I would really like it if you can check out my Brawler class for D&D 5th Edition. It's a no magic take on a hand to hand fighter with a brand new resource mechanic for it.
August 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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או בקיצור, לכל הצדדים, פחות דיבורים ויותר מעשים.
August 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky judge you

Open the Steam client, click your name in the top right -> account details -> View purchase history and scroll down

Hmm... I thought there was something before that... or that I had more purchases. Anyway, I regret nothing
August 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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To reiterate: If a trusted news source like AP, Politico, or Propublica says something, I'll probably trust that. But if I have to choose between an inquiry conclusion by the IDF or another shock and awe publication by Hamas, I'll go with IDF.
Still, the prevalence of certain diseases is a problem.
A photo of 5-year-old Osama al-Rakab has gone viral, used to falsely depict Israel as responsible for his condition, claiming Israel is starving children. #TheFacts: Osama suffers from a serious genetic illness unrelated to the war. On June 12, we actively coordinated Osama's exit from Gaza with his mother and brother through the Ramon airport. He is now receiving treatment in Italy. Tragic images rightfully stir strong emotions, but when they’re misused to fuel hatred and lies, they do more harm than good. Don’t let compassion be exploited for propaganda. Check the facts before parroting blame.
July 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM