I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.

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Legal Kimchi is so very much our people. youtu.be/z8WxXPNP7Pw?...

I'm glad you are fucking here, Sam. Here at the end of all motherfucking things.

🪦 gothHoblin's Grimoire is closing its pages - but before we shuffle off this mortal coil, we're awarding 6x $50 USD micro grants to ttrpg designers or content creators that could use a small boost. If this is you, apply using the form below. Open until Jan 31! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

One of the examples of social maps that we discuss in the article is this map that we've used in several games to make consensus-building a major, playable part of our campaigns. www.patreon.com/posts/148519...

It's on the Revolutionary Games Patreon, but it's a free, public post. You don't have to be a patron to read this one. This is one of the big design ideas that we'll be building Ruins & Revolutions on top of, so I wanted to make sure anybody who's interested in TTRPG design can read it.

Gullifty’s was such a Pittsburgh icon, it’s been closed for 13 years and still has its own Wikipedia page. 🧵

This is a FREE article! You don’t have to be a patron to read this one, and you definitely should — especially if you’re a #ttrpg designer — because @jefgodesky.bsky.social is on 🔥 here!

if this resonates with you you should try anarchism btw

People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day. I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.

Average Sunday show interview: OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats HOST: how will you pay for it? OFFICIAL: tariffs HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed HOST: thank u for ur time

to young people: you may at some point have heard about the Y2K problem. some people may have told you it wasn't a big deal i need you to understand the only reason it wasn't a big deal was that everyone spent loads of time fixing code before it could become a problem, which is why it never did

Good morning! 🪶

Respectfully, I am going to whisper to some of our white comrades a truth that should be more widely known: You definitely have some ancestors to be proud of, ancestors who refused white supremacy, and poured out their lives in many of these struggles over time. Time to claim your true history.

"ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval w ppl loudly expressing their disapproval. The noise has the added benefit of drawing large crowds of bystanders who can quickly outnumber the ICE agents, who then have to decide if they want to escalate a situation or perhaps abandon" it.

By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪

I certainly hope change will come soon. www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...

I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him" WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

ANTIFA PROTESTORS have begun PAINTING BRICK WALLS to look like TUNNELS!! Seventeen ICE S.U.V.s have already slammed into these walls leaving ICE OFFICERS and cans of MONSTER ENERGY strewn about the road!!!!!!!!!!

I got a fundraising text from one of these fuckers earlier today and completely unloaded on her. I’m sure it was a bot and no one will ever actually read my response, but I couldn’t help myself. The Hell Cats feel like they were designed in a lab specifically to piss me off.

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You need to be as well as you can be to find the energy to fight facism.

I recommend this one, folks. It's an easy print on unenclosed machines and it is loud as hell.

If you're still able to help Minnesota, @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social is always accepting donations. $10 buys a pack of handwarmers. If you were given Amazon gift cards this year for Christmas, you can shop their Amazon wishlist: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...

A big thing that was intensely evident while I was reporting this piece: In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere. And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.

• solo games are great • this bundle is in support of a cause that is great • do you really need a third point or are you going to click through and buy this bundle?

made some updates to the list. if you want to give to a gofundme, the ones in spanish are getting way less than other, and they are asking for much less

This week’s Patreon exclusive is a bit of a response to Jay Dragon’s expressionist games manifesto. If Jay is focused on expressionist games, are we making social realist games? www.patreon.com/posts/147961...

Jason took the new Pirate Borg Ship Generator module for Foundry VTT for a spin, looking for some of the stories it can spin.

The size of the winter COVlD wave has been revised upward as post-holiday data come in. We estimate 1 in 55 people in the U.S. are actively infectious. 🔥WV: 1 in 14 🔥IN: 1 in 15 🔥MI & OH: 1 in 21 🔥MO: 1 in 22 🔥CT: 1 in 24 🔥KS: 1 in 25 🔥MA & IL: 1 in 27 Quick 🧵 1/4

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

"Whether we're talking about space marines or a character like Darth Vader, that image of the powerful, imposing villain is a part of the appeal for fascists because they want to be feared." www.patreon.com/posts/fascis...

Telling fascists that they're not welcome in our communities and we don't want them to play our games is a good start, but there's a deeper challenge there to design games in such a way that the very same things that make them so repellent repel them from our games. www.patreon.com/posts/fascis...

Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help: Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org. Please donate what you can. www.2harvest.org

More Americans need to learn to distrust their government as a whole- not just parts, not just when the other guy is in control.

not to be disabled and grumpy on main this morning but I would have a lot more hope for collective action in this country if leftists who have been repeatedly begged to do so would show me they’re willing to wear masks for a couple of hours in public spaces like protests and doctor’s offices

These videos now making their way out of Tehran are absolutely unbelievable and truly, some of the most important moments history. This is a still of one of thousands of events taking place right now across Tehran, where women are taking their veils off and burning them in mass in public.

Our random ship generator for Pirate Borg and Foundry VTT is out now! foundryvtt.com/packages/rev...

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

Good morning.

to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app select the icon in the top left corner go to settings go to content and media make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off

Here's the thing: today sucks. Yesterday sucked. Tomorrow is going to suck. They think that if they do this for another little while, everyone will calm down and get used to it. And the problem for them is, this country has no chill whatsoever. They've already lost; they just don't know yet.

The number of Gestapo in Germany was 32,000. The population was 70 million. That's one Gestapo for every 2200 citizens. The number of ICE agents is 20,000. The population of the US is 348 million. That's one ICE agent for every 17,000 citizens. There are more of us.

It is very very dark right now. But hold on, dawn is coming. You see its light reflected in the eyes of tens of thousands across this country when they tumble out into the streets in below freezing weather for vigils and marches.

Another image that sums up the protest.

They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time. Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief. Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time. Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.