A short story by @giuli.revolutionarygames.co set in the Fifth World, originally released just to Patreon backers but now available for free to everyone. www.patreon.com/posts/151961... “Of course the Beatles are real. They always have been, and they always will be.”

Either it's a war and we've committed a whole bunch of war crimes, or we've done a ton of mass murders. Take your pick.

This is something I’ve been in some state of either doing or trying to convince orgs to try for a decade now. When we do it, it’s glorious, every single time, but it’s way outside the realm of what some orgs are willing to entertain. I’ll also say it becomes super easy with a good design system.

How come “How are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?

I've long insisted that "user error" is a signal of a design issue. Marin Cogan discusses everything from car crashes to workplace injuries with author @jessiesinger.bsky.social and encourages us to reconsider the word “accident.” https://www.vox.com/23016529/there-are-no-accidents-jessie-singer

there is no metric by which this is true. even 2028 primary polling (which is meaningless in general but seems like a fair yardstick here) doesn’t have him on top. just a brazen attempt to impose him on us by the rich and the commentariat.

Or Shapiro, or McCormick, or anyone else in PA politics that I could name. I really like our state representative, Jessica Benham, and (going back to the thread this came from), I'd happily support Kenyatta, but to be totally honest I wouldn't like either of them as much as I like Summer Lee.

As a Pittsburgher, I’ve been SO disappointed of late by locals regretting not voting for Lamb, and looking forward to voting for him to replace Fetterman. 😞 People seem to have a hard time understanding that just because one option turned out bad, that doesn’t automatically make the other one good.

“Every Republican president comes to office, cuts benefits for the poor, cuts taxes for the rich, raises prices, and then bombs a Middle East country.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains how Trump’s ‘anti-war’ campaign was a lie, noting the president has bombed seven countries in his second term.

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Events like Gen Con owe their community an explanation of how they intend to ensure the safety of convention-goers who may be targeted due to national origin, racial profiling, or “gender policing” in a state like Indianapolis, while justifying their continued presence in such an unwelcoming state.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

I can’t help but remember that an attempted regime change in Tehran was like the fantasy position of the fringiest group in Dick Cheney’s Circle 20 years ago

When I was young they used to go to the effort of lying to you about the need for their illegal war first, these lazy bastards didn't even fake one dossier or pressure a single weapons expert to kill himself, it's insulting

Remember: Donald Trump created this crisis. He walked away from the Iran nuclear deal that was working, promising a "better deal." He didn't deliver. He escalated, abandoned real diplomacy, and has now led us into a conflict that puts us all at risk.

Earlier this week, @astralfrontier.org started a great thread on the Fifth World Discord on health, medicine, disability, and how we take care of the people who need it most in a rewilded future. discord.gg/wYtyGf5Q5s

The administration is trying to erase transgender existence. We’re all a risk because of it.

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

We have lost a decade of our life to an evil idiot…a dolt. A moron. One of the most racist and dumbest humans on the planet. 10 years.

The sailors on the USS Gerald Ford who keep stuffing their t-shirts into the toilets so the bathrooms flood and the carrier can’t deploy to Iran should be awarded a collective Nobel Peace Prize

trans women are my sisters, trans men my brothers. their struggle is my struggle. their freedom is my freedom.

We literally know now that anti-trans legislation was pushed by a pedophile ring to allow a pedophile ring to serve a pedophile ring’s interests, and legislators have decided the best course of action is to keep doing what the pedophile ring wants.

I don't give a shit if you think porn is yucky, or if transness confuses you, or if seeing/hearing a foreigner makes you uneasy, GET THE FUCK OVER IT. If you lst the government take rights from those people, ANY PEOPLE, then NOBODY has rights. They'll find a way to criminalize you too, promise.

What started as a meetup to learn and play the popular tabletop game Dungeons & Dragons has grown into a community of 2,500 people offering friendship, refuge and mutual aid as immigration enforcement ramps up in Minnesota.

There will be a day, at some point in the future, when you will go from sun up to sun down without once reading his name, seeing his face, or hearing his voice. Feels impossible now. But it will happen. Just hold on until then. You can do it.

the COVID stimulus cheques were a proof of concept for Universal Basic Income (UBI). Numerous pilot UBI projects have demonstrated that if people have a basic level of income and the certainty and predictability that comes with it, they become both healthier people and more active citizens.

We’re starting a newsletter called the Barricade. Starting two weeks from today and every other Tuesday thereafter, you’ll get a round-up of our recent work with an exclusive offer, deal, or gift. Sign up on our website! revolutionarygames.co

Don't want to listen to Trump's lies, but DO want a State of the Union update? We've got you. Summer Lee will speak to what people are really feeling: anger at a rigged system, frustration with politicians who protect it, and pride in how our communities are fighting back. wfpus.org/SOTU2026

Discord has announced that it's cutting ties with Persona, the AI software company backed by Peter Thiel used for age and identity verification.

Sitting down in my Princess Mononoke t-shirt to write an article about Princess Mononoke so I can post it on my social media account with my Princess Mononoke avatar, I wonder if I maybe shouldn’t have made this cartoon my whole-ass personality.

Wrote a piece about many looking at the Epstein case all wrong: He's not the thing that connects a network of rich and powerful men; he's the lens that shows us how they were already connected. newrepublic.com/article/2068...

So, as was said repeatedly before the election and since, Harris could have chosen to win the election at literally any time. Instead she decided that the end of American democracy was a small price to pay to support the genocide of the Palestinian people.

wrote about Discord's new age-verification rules, the resounding backlash to their implementation, and why the users who are (rightfully) angry about this change need to aim their ire at the real culprit: the bad social media laws getting passed worldwide that are *forcing* platforms to do this:

Fun fact you can do everything you want with just HTML tables and people liked that version of the Internet a lot better

Knowing who to be mad at really is praxis.

Trump's cruel immigration policies are shrinking the childcare workforce and driving up costs for American families. I joined my colleagues in calling out the ways in which the administration is targeting caregivers and pushing childcare further out of reach👇 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Even if raising taxes doesn’t close budget deficits, it should still be done if only to keep the ultra rich from accumulating such vast wealth that it distorts every aspect of society. Even if the money is confiscated and burned, that is still vastly preferable to them having it

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

If it’s right and popular, you run on it. If it’s right and unpopular, you make the case for it. If it’s wrong and popular, you make the case for why it must be stopped. If it’s wrong and unpopular, you condemn it and run on abolishing it.

Okay folks, here’s the deal: Pitt = the school (University of Pittsburgh) PIT = the airport Pgh = Pittsburgh

Bush was the result of pardoning Nixon. Trump is the result of Bush never being charged. Putting everyone involved in the Trump administration on trial for their crimes is the only way we break this cycle before we get an even worse tyrant.

Angela Davis does not believe in selective freedom. Justice is not a privilege. It is a principle. American scholar and activist whose writing and organizing reshaped feminist, racial justice, and liberation movements. Black History. Always. 🖤 #SheShed #Voices4Victory

I’m looking forward to this “post-pandemic era” I keep hearing people talk about.

Starting this week, @giuli.revolutionarygames.co's biweekly flash fiction will no longer be a Patreon exclusive. Anyone can click the link below to read "The Lady of the Harvest" for free! www.patreon.com/posts/lady-o...

The more I think about it, the more making stupid Keynote animations to illustrate the stories in Seeing Like a State seems like a good use of my time.

Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹) RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.

As of this morning, only one of the men who was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel that fateful evening is still living. Since Brother Jesse passed at 84 this morning.

Wow.