That’s how censorship operates in the USA (and many places) government pressure is used to force people & groups to self-censor. It’s a constant pattern: The majority of censorship is self-censorship, but the majority of self-censorship is deliberately cultivated by an outside power. It’s the goal

This essay, by an Egyptian-American former New Yorker staff fact-checker, is an incredible read And incredibly damning Huge recommendation

WE ARE LIVE! Back us now. Rules, icon dice, tokens, and retinues are all available. Backers will receive The exclusive 'Combat of the Thirty' scenario. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gri...

If you have significant crossover between games and Bowie fans in your life, the "remastered" version of BOWIE is now available for download on the BGG game page. Changes are mostly cosmetic, but the batshit premise is still the same. Enjoy! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25...

we just need one thousand five hundred more subscribers to the print magazine this week to secure our future! wyrd-science.subsail.com/subscribe/

lot of people been posting this one but here’s my post of it with my name correct. okie doke

Round 8! This time we're in the outfield. My view is a little obscured but also these tickets were like $10 each. We've beaten this team 13 times to one loss, so feeling optimistic even if they got one run in the first.

A few of my favorites from this experience. First up, The Killers. The opening scene, which adapts a Hemingway story, is top tier noir and the mystery they spin out from that premise is a lot of fun (and vaguely Citizen Kane-ish) archive.org/details/thek...

I only recently learned that there is a ton of classic film noir available for free on @archive.org and I've been on a noir binge ever since. If you have any fondness for the genre I recommend plumbing its depths, there are some stone cold classics on there.

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

Only 48 hours left to back Another Adventure Double Feature! We have a fulfilment solution for US backers (no extra cost to you, American friends), and we’ve added double rewards backer levels too. Check out our two dragon-flavoured adventures for OSE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/896...

DuBois knew how, in death, lives get sanitized: "Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, R.E. Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God."

Unsurprisingly, the thing Noah Smith is saying is obviously not true. Look at reports on the reaction to the assassination of MLK... "glee, satisfaction and weeping in equal parts" (www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/r...) as the Smithsonian notes "some actually celebrated" (nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...).

Tracy Hickman was a guest at a tiny Irish gaming convention I helped organise and he was super nice. Incredibly generous with his time and just a really good person to be around.

It's my birthday!! I'm 49 - how did that happen? I would LOVE it if you could share or follow my art for my birthday, that would be a brilliant gift! Thank you everyone who follows and comments, it is such a great place here! 49 feels ace btw. #artshare #birthday #watercolour www.emilyhare.co.uk

If anyone follows the company who is fluent in Korean, and interested in writing some Space Opera from a Korean navalist POV for game industry pay, please DM. Editorial support is great; this is writing scenario vignettes of ~550 words, and interstitial pieces of ~1150 words.

The good news is this semester I'm teaching history to undergrads, hurray. The bad news is that it's in 3 hour blocks that start at 9am. It's hard for me to maintain enthusiasm for that long, I feel bad for the students who have to listen to me! (I'm trying to break it up so its not all lecture)

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I did a thing on Reddit: “Ask a Historian,” about my book, Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex. I’m posting it here if anyone wants to take a look. People asked lots of great questions!

Update to this chart that I share a lot. Not breaking news: Game design teams are still OVERWHELMINGLY all men. About 7% of the top 500 games have a woman or non-binary person credited as a designer. A 🧵of related charts: (1/6) 🎲✂️

The Kickstarter for Écorcheurs! is now LIVE! There's an exclusive scenario to reward backers: The Combat of the Thirty, 1351. One of the most famous chivalric deeds of arms of the 100 Years War. Backing launches on Sept 18th but register now to stay up to date. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gri...

Graham Greene was one of those actors whose presence was absolutely, 100% guaranteed to make whatever movie or TV show he was in better. He added instant gravitas and authority, reliable stealthy humor and depth beyond whatever was on the page. Should've been Emmy nominated for "Reservation Dogs."

4 when R.E. Lee is in the news: "Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God." tinyurl.com/mr3p3v76

I expect nothing and yet I am disappointed. The farce of trying to argue that this Nazi simulator is a nuanced take on its subject matter has never been supported by how the publisher has handled it, and Blitz Print is just another pebble on the Iron Cross gift pile.

Round 7! Already off to a rough start. Double, single, strike out(!), stole home, single. Going to take some work to come back from this.

I expect nothing and yet I am disappointed. The farce of trying to argue that this Nazi simulator is a nuanced take on its subject matter has never been supported by how the publisher has handled it, and Blitz Print is just another pebble on the Iron Cross gift pile.

Time for the 2025 survey! 📆 Wargaming Research: Solo War & Historical Gaming 2025 🎲🎲 For past few years, we've partnered w/ @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social for a survey about your solo wargaming prefs ✅ It's year 3 & we're still at it! Survey open thru 15 Sep wp.me/pae4WL-czn

And one more time! Now live on Kickstarter. www.kickstarter.com/projects/896...

Next week on Kickstarter! Stay tuned.

Round 6! First time we've done two games in one week. This is against the Landers, who are currently 3rd place and we're pretty much exactly evenly matched. They won on Friday, we won yesterday, expect a tight game tonight.

Some good information here in this thread on accuracy by 16th century firearms and crossbows.

We're proud to announce the 2025 Summit Award finalists: Operation Bøllebank, GHQ, War Story: Occupied France, and Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires of Medieval India, 1290-1398. More details, and honorable mentions, here: sdhist.com/2025-summit-...

The gazetteer, the only newsletter I know of where you’ll find recommendations of great looking tabletop games, an entire weekend’s worth of odd stuff to read & electronica tracks called shit like Reference Gravy You should subscribe, it might be bad for your wallet but will be great for your mind

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

I have received notice that the shipping company I've been using will cease accepting packages to the US this weekend. I hate to feed FOMO, but if you're in the US and considering getting any of my games, you do need to place the order within roughly eight hours from this post.

We may have lost horribly but my daughter was the real winner. Huge thanks to the Hanwha stadium - she was dancing her heart out trying to get on the big screen with no luck, but when they did the look-a-like cam someone stuck in a picture of Dakota Fanning as a child, and she got so excited.

Is this Round 5? I'm beginning to lose track. Best seats we've ever had. Playing the second worst team in the league, but we're weirdly bad against them.

just in case you needed an excuse to buy our new issue one of my personal goals is to stop haemorrhaging money long enough to hire Andriy here to make our logo look less like it was done by, well, me

Spent the weekend on Wolmi-do in Incheon and there is a stall there that serves ice cream inside toasted marshmallow, and what a time to be alive.

When I first saw this movie I thought it's appeal would be timeless, except maybe this joke which felt very of its time. Never have I been more wrong about anything in my life. I just watched it again last week and it just grows funnier every year.

Finally got time to edit a chat I recorded with @assaultgames.bsky.social to talk about his design process and demo Assault: Sicily '43 published last year by @soundofdrumsgames.bsky.social ! youtu.be/4RFIjbq1QYg

"To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who doesn't care about any of them is to be told, simply, to keep quiet." Omar El Akkad, ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

Spreading the word for @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social 's survey. I did mine, and then realized I left off #SkiesAboveTheReich... docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Can you believe Hollandspiele has been around for nine years? We're having a flash sale now through Sunday, offering a $9 discount on five of my games.

Decided to start punching my copy of Burma and I got out a spare set of @cube4me.bsky.social trays I had. It turns out the Burma box is millimeters smaller than OCS Korea (which I used these trays for), and the trays dont fit! (Burma box shown nesting inside of Korea)

since we don't have kickstarter to kind of provide some kind of exciting goal/target/sense of urgency I'm thinking maybe we do something really depressing like this instead

I’ve turned 35 today! The best present for an artist is their art reposted, and I’d be grateful for that too ) especially since I’m currently open for new opportunities :3

Tugging further on this fascinating historical thread... This painting shows Sir Harry Harper with a favourite horse, Furiband, and an unnamed groom, c. 1774: could this be a portrait of "Jockey Jack"? I certainly hope so! #18c

This year at Punched Con, @pierrevj.bsky.social and I got to play a super deluxe version of C&C: Napoleonics, and it was EPIC! We highly recommend this version of the game from @gmtgames.bsky.social, such a unique experience. youtu.be/y9YggCbLdk8