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Sabrina.C

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Games, design, parenting, pittsburgh... well, mostly. Publisher: http://next.ludoliminal.com Creator: http://DiatomsTheGame.com Author: http://TransformationalFramework.com Board Member: http://globalgamejam.org Hoster: http://pittsburghplaytest.com

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · Jan 21

Your 2025 fortune

A hand holding a fortune from a fortune cookie: “A different world cannot be built be indifferent people”

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 9h

Something’s wrong here alright…

Sick of lying men using women as props in their disingenuous arguments to try to justify their asshole policies

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 14h

Yess! Love that you are working on such a game!

Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! That’s awesome! congrats!

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

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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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 2d

Boo

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Forbes @forbes.com · 2d

The renowned conservationist’s last major interview, recorded back in March, has received a posthumous release on Netflix.

‘Send Them Off’ The Planet: Jane Goodall Criticized Musk And Trump In Netflix Interview Before Her Death

The renowned conservationist’s last major interview, recorded back in March, has received a posthumous release on Netflix.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

I'm so proud of my sister, who was head writer for Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and is now the showrunner of this brand-new HORTON! series for Netflix.

Please watch with your family! It's hard to get preschool shows made these days, and the algo isn't built for this www.netflix.com/title/81388347

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 2d

It's Money Monday - the day of the week I focus on finances for my small business. Today I will have officially paid thousands of dollars in tariffs that didn't exist when I made my budget for the year.

Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes you just want to buy the game for the BOX

A dramatic red and yellow box cover with black text reads The Game Of Cootie - an exciting educational game for all ages. TRADE MARK REG.
Des. Pat. 167,006 manuactured by
W. H. SCHAPER MFG. CO. INC.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

There is a somewhat disturbing bug like creature shown in the box center.

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Skyflyer Channel 8 News @skyflyer82.bsky.social · 4d

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

Narrator: This is fascism.

The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis
) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyone—including kids—and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah I think these are fair points.

I don’t think we have currently an equal distribution of current games across the population of people playing games right now or that that should be the goal. My point is more that there’s lots of room and potential players out there for more games.

Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

If you go asking the internet about what % of people play board games in various countries considered ‘developed’, the stats actually appear to be more like 25%. I couldn’t find a singular source that seemed authoritative though

Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

And, if we can hold it together as a species, there’s 6.8 billion more people to play with if we can continue to make progress on inequality and poverty. Rising tides lift all boats.

Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

bigger picture- play is universal to humans. If only 10% of those 1.2 billion are buying tabletop games, I think there’s room to grow that number, at least in part by expanding the kinds of games we make, celebrate, and talk about.

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

But I believe we are not close to saturation.

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

Finding your audience, marketing, logistics, these are all hard things it’s true. It can feel like you are competing for a dwindling pie with not enough room for you or your creations.

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

There is so much more room for more games and different kinds of games

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

add to that perspective another stat: 1-4 MILLION books are published each year.

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

If you split up 120 million people into exclusive audiences for each game, every game would have 12000 dedicated people a year. If you assume those 120 million people buy 3 games during the year, rather than just 1 (again being conservative) that’s 36,000 people per game.

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

Some say 5000 games come out each year but let’s double that to 10k to be conservative.

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s say 10% of those people are folks who do actually buy games. That’s 120 million people.

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

There are about 8 billion people on the planet and about 1.2 billion of them live in ‘fully developed’ countries. Let’s conservatively assume this number for people who might be in a position to buy ‘non-essential’ items like games.

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · 3d

If you are a tabletop game creator feeling discouraged about how many games are coming out each year, some perspective:
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

“For Noem — and Trump, and Miller, and Hegseth, and Patel — the brutality is a made-for-tv movie. It’s entertainment. And they get off on the raw, naked will to power. The law be damned. They love this. They are proud of this. And they will keep doing it.”

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The Attack on Chicago

People need to look at these pictures and ask, is this America?

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