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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.

I would be utterly thrilled to rid the Democratic Party of everyone who was pals with Jeffrey fucking Epstein why exactly would I want a child abuser to make government policy

Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.

jeffrey epstein thinks donald trump is the worst person he has ever met. he's right.

You need to understand that there is both an officially licensed "Avatar: The Last Airbender" RPG where nobody is allowed to be the Avatar AND an officially licensed "Doctor Who" RPG where nobody is allowed to be the Doctor. The situation is dire.

The official Power Rangers ttrpg including rules for getting Tetanus is what radicalized me into a deep believer of "Design with Intention."

And this right here is why I was so incensed about the 3 Cues reading travesty stuff earlier: Words. Matter. They have weight and meaning. Underage = Child. Girl != Woman. You can’t just pretend they’re interchangeable because they are loosely related.

the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true

What the Epstein files show is the *solidarity* of many men-across class, race, religion, profession & party affiliation-in the global political project of keeping the boot on women's necks. People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?

Hidden in the controversial about UK "choking ban" proposal are a host of even more egregious proposals that could: * make camming illegal * redefine escort ads as pimping * render model contracts unenforceable * criminalize discussions of teen sexuality And a whole lot more ...

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

I approve of dyke pandering

Ibuprofen is very literally the ONLY thing that helps my chronic pain. It is my lifeline. They say this shit because they want to eliminate all disabled and chronically ill people from the face of the earth and a great way to do that is to strip us of all of the medications that help us survive.

Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.

i can only feel god in this chili's if there isn't anyone distracting me

The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.

i am refreshed and buoyed by the love of my friends on this nasty little day of work. i am grateful for the people around me who not only believe in me but are unafraid to tell me when i am wrong or could just stand to be more right

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Republicans will be like oh you just oppose everything Trump does. Well let me tell you, he's 100% right in getting rid of the penny. Fuck the penny.

"it is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to the closet"

allegorical trans art made by trans people who havent come out yet or are just coming out tends to have this weird relationship with self-annihilation and ambiguity, like the art tends to conflate transitioning with the end of the story / death / impossibility

"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.

This is actually the original definition of emotional labor, as defined by Arlie Hochschild, the sociologist who coined the term. It refers to the labor of performing emotions in order to do your job. It is not enough to just do your job, you have to put on a performance

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

Convincing you to read my novella (AUDITION FOR THE FOX) by sharing the first page - share yours if you want!

ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy

Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested: www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme... I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!

Another day, another man who only lists his top designers as other men. I kinda wanna challenge men to name their top 10 female designers… it’ll be like that “name a woman” meme… People just don’t think very deeply about the preferential bias we have toward our own gender and race.

"On the road to buy new shoes, one must still wear shoes" — nonexistent proverb Porn needs to be better, but we will not get there by abolishing it

Schumer allowing the ACA to be gutted is actually insane. Like, so many Americans are directly and immediately affected by this, and it’s easy to point to the culprit. Might as well personally mail millions of Americans a flyer that says “I hate you. Love, Chuck”

Tonight! TONIGHT! I will become the heel of the NY science/comedy community. Phlogiston REAL! Riyad Comedy Festival GOOD!

By the way, the blood-pact you signed upon becoming a creative states that you don't need to create every day. The council of creative demons allow breaks. You're fine. You're not falling behind. You're no lesser a creative for needing rest. Shit happens sometimes, bro. You're doing great.

Mass market games are more likely to be sold in "normal" stores instead of hobby stores/direct sales. Also less likely to have the designer credited (or framed as "a game by" x), more likely for games to be "owned" by the publisher. It's a little like trying to separate a movie from an "art movie".

In this game, a character is... ...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.

writing it "f*ck" sickens me. a coward's curse. say fuck or find a different word. get that nasty starfish asshole out of my sight

I have been trying to avoid this conclusion, as angry as this all makes me, but it's fucking undeniable at this point that in Esther Ghey's view the real tragedy of Brianna's life is that she was trans at all, which made her a target. Her advocacy smacks of railing against "social contagion".

Two things need to happen simultaneously: 1) A rapid mobilization and expansion of mutual aid networks to protect, feed, and care for each other 2) A tireless effort to elect progressive politicians looking to oust these fascists and their spineless enablers

Kinda funny the Dems did the shutdown largely as a show for the base and now people are madder than before lol

It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

trying to avoid "told you so" in favor of "do you see where i'm coming from now"

If you’ve historically been a “vote blue no matter who” type, it’d be cool if you could use this moment to understand why vilifying leftists who actually do think it matters is basically a psyop you accidentally fell for. This is why people warn you about guys like Newsom.

What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced

Of all my great regrets, getting talked out of casting 1001 Imps to smite an upstart rogue magic user in a church certainly sits near the top. There are no problems 1001 Imps cannot solve. If you think they can't do it, my only suggestion is another 1001 Imps.

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

two contradictory ideas that i hold in my head at the same time: 1) i think the threat to both SNAP recipients and federal workers is significant enough now that even bad deals are worth making to prevent further harm, and, 2) everyone who caves now should retire in shame

I've still got some extra exhibitor badges burning a hole in my pocket, in case I have any mutuals interested

This look so eldritch, I love it. Weird old school wizardry full of weirdness. I downloaded the demo and you will eventually be able to play as a green hag. 🤘

I stopped giving advice how to get into games narrative a while ago because nothing I did is particularly relevant now beyond "make your own games to learn" which is always true whether or it gets you an industry position.