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It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

You absolutely must see this thing for yourself. Astonishing level of artistry.

the 2024 student encampments on college campuses had movement discipline and the state still beat them, tear gassed them, expelled them, and in some cases deported them

Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:

it's all "of course" and obvious from the right angles, but it still is completely fucking bonkers that they are sharpening rhetoric around protest violence after pardoning everyone who literally sacked the capitol building lmao

"it's a distraction" is a desperate, deluded attempt to linearize a very nonlinear world. "A means B and thus C" rather than "oops, the alphabet spilled on the floor and we're all stepping on it"

All Living Things Demo is OUT on STEAM The short demo will introduce you to a few main puzzle mechanics. How one thing is hidden in another, how another thing can deceive, and how all things have a role to play in the eternal becoming store.steampowered.com/app/3681490/...

Is anyone posting about the optics of resistance actively building the movement they're talking about? Can you show us? otherwise, in the games industry, we have a word for people who love to yell about ideas

"I mustsay we do our movement disservice by eschewing the protocols of nonviolent resistance put forth by Dr King et al" -a guy whose previous tweet was about playing Dave the Diver from bed

If you work for a big company, especially one that would like to gain visibility (and goodwill) with a very smart community of technologists, designers and creative coders, this is a very easy win for your marketing department: an established event, a pretty small ask and direct impact.

roguelike celebration will be 10 years old this year. it remains one of the most important, thoughtful, joyful gatherings in all of games. if you have a few dollars to throw toward their excellent live captioning work, please help out!

I said it kinda sounds like you're just feeding Waymos to the just and righteous people of LA and the police commissioner started crying

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

You *must* swallow your impulse to parse and nitpick and find fault with protestors’ actions right now. We need solidarity so badly. It’s literally all we have. I am begging you, as a mother of 2 kids who is terrified of martial law, to find it in yourself to support the protestors. We need you.

Elden Ring (2022)

Severian-ass headline

San Francisco Bay Area— TOMORROW 6 PM ICE BUILDING

The most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets. These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.

There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

Cole jeered and pelted me with metal pawns on my way out

I'm at the boardgame designers' meet up. Someone approaches. "Hey man, they're saying you haven't designed a game with the word 'Pax' in the title. Is that true? Is that right??" My silence is damning. "I'm afraid you're going to have to leave." I shuffle out the door

I emerged from my den today

lotta [redacted] going on at Freehold Games

“I’m just going to say it, shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus for thinking they’re going to get elected. That child deserves our support. Don’t worry about the pollsters calling it distractions, because we need to be the party of human dignity.”

reach me dirigible

I'm not gonna be able to stomach the Democrats' Elon Musk rehabilitation. I'll be gone by then, you can reach me dirigible

reading dorian gray the way oscar wilde intended

Had a great time on Paper Labyrinths, where over the last few months nic and brendan have been hosting insightful conversations with folks across games

Someone should have the courage to cast a baby as Jean Valjean

I'm at a CVS and everything is locked behind glass but the paging system is broken. It's like a 30th century museum of 21st century life

huh I did not realize Locus Mag was based out of Oakland

Leaving the house with 2 kids a lot like trying to hit a starship launch window. Clock is ticking until the next eat/nap/flail cycle

Had a great time on Paper Labyrinths, where over the last few months nic and brendan have been hosting insightful conversations with folks across games

Reggie Watts addresses Thom Yorke’s statement on Palestine and it’s good

Anyone in your circles who tries to rehabilitate Elon's image over the next few years you have a moral obligation to suplex

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look, I don’t have much positive to say about jobs right now. but growing your creative skills is never a waste. in a world that prioritizes “good enough for non-experts” and the simulacra of competence, growing a practice of critical and artistic thought helps you from sliding down into the muck.

This was always happening in Constantinople