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Don’t judge me for the season, when the 5yo says let’s play a board game you set it up and play In unrelated news managed to play some Santa’s Workshop today! Family rules and we got halfway through (and tied) which was cool Then the sled had to take off and deliver presents, as you do #boardgames

submitted 5 hours ago • 0 comments

So apparently for story writing time 5yo has just been writing one giant story detailing the times she got sick / threw up and how sad she was And now I’m worried about what her teacher thinks of us as parents 😂

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I played Catan for the first time this weekend! I… may have played Catan for the last time this weekend #boardgames

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Instead of illegally trying to shut down huge pieces of our government that serve working people, Elon Musk could cut $2 trillion of actual waste by targeting handouts to the rich and powerful. Here’s how: (🧵)

submitted 3 days ago • 29 comments

This is a clear, concise & specific essay about the end of USAID from a former speechwriter. Thanks to @bittersouth.bsky.social bittersoutherner.com/feature/2025...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

UT scholars rightly argue that shutting down USAID makes Americans less safe. A bird flu outbreak in the US is already increasing the price of eggs—and USAID monitors bird flu in 49 countries. Trump and Musk are unlawfully destroying an agency that protects Americans’ health, wealth, and security.

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

submitted 14 days ago • 313 comments

With all the crazy, nonstop headlines coming out of the Trump White House, is there a way to understand what’s happening without being buried by the flood? I think there is. My write-up: https://buff.ly/3Q7i62z

submitted 16 days ago • 22 comments

Played King of Monster Island with my kiddo tonight Like King of Tokyo but it’s coop: your monsters against a big boss. Had a touching moment where she took my hand, looked me right in the eye and vowed to protect me always Might have to do more #boardgames before bed

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Oops I accidentally stumbled upon a commissions on Bluesky. Oops oops double oops

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

For what it’s worth, when I spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most powerful thing I ever saw was USAID digging wells & repairing schools. The most effective power we will ever have.

submitted 18 days ago • 73 comments

5yo spent the last two nights sadly searching for her secret base in Minecraft. “It’s lost forever” I tried to console her. Tried to get her to build a new base. Tried to get her to make a new world She doesn’t want to leave her axolotls behind. Doesn’t care about the pigs (she killed them all)

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

I don’t know how the Discover feed works but it’s decided I need to see cute kid anecdotes and I’m here for it

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Achievement unlocked: my 5yo, who is a big girl and therefore refuses to let me use the word “cute” now says I can call her please-y face, and only her please-y face, cute

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

She refuses to let me name it CakeCraft though

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

My 5yo decided every surface of her secret base in #minecraft needs cake. So it’s on all the floors and random nooks And then we discovered an amazing thing: you can stick it to the walls too! So now we have floors of cake and walls of cake and it is good

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

I remember hearing and being jealous of Finland’s successful anti-fake-news initiative. Going to check this out!

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Having a completely wild #balatro run: 20 kings, Photograph joker, hitting five of a kind all the way up. Just waiting for my luck to run out!

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Was having a little trouble with the firehose, so I made a list for politics news etc and added folks who have popular posts and I don’t know personally Buuuut I just realized I can reverse that, use Mutuals feed for people I *do* know personally, and follow anyone I want Progress!

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments