🎲🧵 Saturday board game review thread for September 27, 2025:

A wild finish to clinch during a roller coaster run.

boss: "what do you need to solve these problems" me: "hmmm I bet I could do it if you gave me six months of baseball" boss: "okay sure" (six months of baseball later) boss: "hey how's it going" me:

"[…] pre-clearance is something that is done at the expense of the U.S. government. We paid for it." According to CBP: "Preclearance costs include capital expenditures, for which the applicant is responsible, and operational expenditures, which are shared between the applicant and U.S. Government.

If Canadians, travelling domestically, want to use the "good" security line at the airport, they need a NEXUS card, even if they aren't going to the US. And they need the blessing of Donald Trump's Homeland Security apparatus to get one. I'm calling on Canada to end this absurdity. #Canada #NEXUS

This is the first legit Alberta media outlet I've seen posting about the death of Dr Darren Markland. He was a bright light to so many as he shared his love of biking & challenges in Alberta's healthcare system. His voice will live on. Rest well. 💔 #abpoli www.westernstandard.news/news/beloved...

Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike

The first time an Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause, public outrage forced a reversal in less than 24 hours. I wish to God Albertans would show the same moral fury now, when school children are outed & bullied by the government that is supposed to protect them. #ableg #abpoli

me, if someone else screwed up this badly in their second week of any other job: "This is a failure of the system. Guardrails should be put in place to make sure that mistakes like this are proactively prevented." me, watching this: "lmaooooooo"

the vehicle the average canadian wants:

🎲🧵 Sunday board game review thread for September 14, 2025:

Such a powerful video from @boston.gov and @streets.boston.gov about the impact of e-bikes (and the city's e-bike voucher program). Just look at the joy these bikes have brought to Steven and Muriel Leonard!

The morning’s bright the sky is blue and we have a teaser trailer! WAKE UP DEAD MAN the new Benoit Blanc mystery, in theaters Thanksgiving and on Netflix 12/12

I really enjoyed making my way through The Case of the Dungeon Descent this evening. It's a very satisfying narrative deduction game, telling a story full of "aha" moments once you start connecting the dots.

So, I've been meaning to make a thread about my current obsession: Narrative deduction games! ✨🔎📖 That's the term I'm using for games like Obra Dinn, Golden Idol, and Roottrees, where using story information is how you progress. Aka the best genre!

the next democratic regime should appoint gavin newsom as the united states ambassador to the sun

“Between 2012 and 2022, no suicide-determined fatalities occurred“ on the Seoul Metro. Absolutely essential reading for anyone who cares about PSDs about the political coalition to make them happen in South Korea.

Wrote about why Drag X Drive's controls miss the mark for accessibility and representation. Thanks to @3llebelle.bsky.social @supercrip1994.bsky.social & to @stevesaylor.net for putting this on my radar. Feat. our radio interview with @laurakbuzz.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/s...

Every friend group has that one guy that says, "Press Ⓐ to vault over short walls" and "Watch your breath meter when underwater". If you can't think of one in your friend group, it's you!

Maxing out my (teensy patio-sized) grill today

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i'm genuinely convinced the Canadian Tories have no idea why they did so well in the last election

🎲🧵 Sunday board game review thread for August 24, 2025:

We can manufacture and distribute COVID vaccines entirely within Canada. Glorious and free!

He is also completely wrong. 55 million is the total number of people in the entire world who hold visas which allow them to enter the United States.

I have a hard time believing that Mr. Poilievre, who couldn't win the votes of his constituents and was less popular in Battle River—Crowfoot than the honourable member he pushed out, would fare any better gaining the respect of world leaders.

So here's the discussion where John Kruk asks Tom McCarthy how the person who invented the first clock knew what time it was

My Source Disk Operating System

Gonna kick back and spend the afternoon solving a hard-boiled period mystery on the holodeck. Sure there’s an ion storm going on, but it’s probably fine. I won’t be trapped in there or anything.

I find it funny when instructions on food packaging use the word "desire", as in the "desired amount" of something. Like, who are you, the vizier in my court who talks about fulfilling my every desire (but who my trusted advisors claim is scheming behind my back)?

🎲🧵 Sunday board game review thread for August 17, 2025:

When I became a Senator, I started flying a lot. Back and forth from Edmonton to Ottawa - not to mention flights to conferences and events. I had never before understood the archaic way that flight attendants are paid. The clock only starts when the airplane door closes. 🧵

I played through The Crimson Diamond for the first time yesterday and really enjoyed it. A real page-turner of an adventure game! 🍁 The clue-gathering and mystery-uncovering was super satisfying.

There’s a live? coral reef??? in Queen Charlotte Sound????? that was only documented in 2021 by a combination of Indigenous traditional knowledge and modern submersibles?????

Canadian waiter: Do you need the machine? CDN customer: Yes US customer: Umm. (Gulp) What is the machine? US waiter: (Takes card away to back room) CDN customer: Whoa! where are you going with my card?!

Do you follow baseball? Do you not follow baseball? It does not matter. Please listen to Phillies announcer John Kruk, with the team up by ten runs and not much happening, talking about what he learned at the Franklin Institute. You will not be sorry.

🎲🧵 Sunday board game review thread for August 3, 2025:

I miss rural newspapers where the headlines were nice and big.

Maybe you've been offline all day? Maybe you've wondered if "art crime reporter" was a real beat? Maybe you didn't know the US government is currently selling four very valuable artworks on a sad looking auction website? Or maybe you just want to know what experts think might affect actual bids?

Pac-Man, famously, was a game that with sufficient practice you could play until a game-breaking integer overflow bug because the behavior of the enemy “ghosts” was predictable enough to reach a level that the designers considered self-evidently impossible to reach.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

For my D&D group, I recently wrote and ran a fun little murder mystery adventure. When putting it together, the most useful thing I read was the Three Clue Rule: thealexandrian.net/wordpress/11...

If you're a Canadian dev directly affected by these changes on Itch or Steam, I want to talk to you.

Alan Cumming used his monologue guest-hosting for Kimmel to express his righteous indignation on behalf of trans people.

🎲🧵 Sunday board game review thread for July 20, 2025:

Okay, here’s my pitch: 1) BC Rail should operate Squamish–Whistler–Pemberton–100 Mile House with a new fleet of Stadler FLIRTs 2) BC Ferries should add a passenger-only route from the Lower Mainland to Squamish, integrating fares and schedules with the new BC Rail service