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Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.

If you voted for him, you've done this.

Wow. They canceled the Jimmy Kimmel show? So cowardly of ABC.

Make sure to let abc know what you think about cancelling Jimmy Kimmel:
support.abc.com

Four people with green bamboo behind them act playfully for the camera. One sticks their tongue out, another makes bunny ears behind a third's head. The team from French board game publisher Ludonaute.

An illustrationg of an old, black steam from the US train chugs towards the viewer, with various robbers aboard holding guns. To the right, a person on horseback fires a rifle at a robber on the train. Colt Express is written in yellow above. Cover for the board game Colt Express.

A glowing tree sits on a mossy rock in the middle of a glade, featuring a pool of very light blue water. Several strange creatures are present in the glade, evoking forest spirits. Living Forest is written in green above. Front cover for the board game Living Forest.

Two early 19th century explorers, one dressed in mocassins and one in military attire paddle a canoe. Two sailships are visible in the background to the right, and a native American stands on an outcrop above the water with a child and black dog. Front cover for the board game Lewis & Clark: The Expedition.

Long-running French board game publisher Ludonaute is calling time on creating new games at the end of 2025, saying the hobby's huge expansion in recent years had seen passion within the industry leech away in favour of economic decision-making:

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Done. Tried muting and deleting at first, but felt like I was just giving the asshat a bone.

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE AUGUST 29, 2025 Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

I need to stop interacting with antagonistic posts. Regardless of political leaning, It's always an absolute garbage fire.

Mute and move on.

Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,

With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.

He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3

Two playing cards, both with red and black backgrounds, and beige areas towards the bottom explaining the cards' rules in-game. The left shows a white man with moustache wearing an 1800s-style white suit and cracking a whip, and is titled SLAVER. The right card shows a half-naked black man in chains, apparently drooling or foaming at the mouth, titled FUGITIVE. Cards from the board game Ace of Spades.

Head and shoulders image of a man wearing a black suite, white shirt with light blue stripes and pink striped tie. He has short black hair, swept to one side, and smiles at the camera. CMON chief financial officer Koh Zheng Kai.

The words 'Welcome to GEN CON 2025' in white on the front of a glass building, with several people walking below. A small board outside says 'SOLD OUT ALL DAYS'. Entrance to Gen Con 2025.

A man with grey, short wavy hair and brown/grey beard,left, sits next to a woman with long blond/brown hair. Both smile at the camera, and are wearing identical black t shirts with ROCNEST GAMES printed on in white. An outline of a bird spreading its wings hatching from an egg is above the t shirt text. Between them sits a copy of board game Chroma Arcana. Multiple hobby board games are stacked horizontally behind them. Mo Shawwa and Alice Armstrong from Roc Nest Games.

Another big week of news for the board game industry - and the best way to keep up with it all remains our regular newsletter. It's free (but you can pay if you like, and want to support me doing the journalism I'm doing. Every dollar helps!): buttondown.com/boardgamewir...

The Dice Tower is removing any comment won their YouTube channel that mention the CGE controversy.

We need to pressure them not to do this—by pushing more comments and emails than they can otherwise handle.

They need to make a comment and a direct statement on where they stand with #BlacklistCGE

Consimworld 2025: Congress of Vienna, Pax Penning, Spindletop - In July, I braved the hot, hot sun, like we do about this time, and attended Consimworld in Tempe. It was nonstop gaming for five days!

NEW POST: In July, I braved the hot, hot sun, like we do about this time, and attended Consimworld in Tempe. It was nonstop gaming for five days!

www.boardgamemeeplelady.com/2025/08/06/c...

All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

Folding party!!! 🎉

Come fold zines with us at the Diana Jones Award table in Hall C - Red

We stand with trans and non-binary people, and any association with JK Rowling and her campaign of harm and exclusion is a threat to them. Thus, unless and until CGE changes its policies, we will cease any and all coverage of CGE products going forward.

Good news: I have been contacted by and am currently sharing guidelines and expectations with a representative of CGE.

Let’s hope they can make this right in their next statement. 🎲✂️

This was our full statement to BG wire on the CGE situation. Just making sure there is absolutely zero ambiguity in where we stand :)

Secret Cabal just dropped CGE as their sponsor for the show.

Show them some love if you can afford to!

www.patreon.com/thesecretcabal

A zine printed on yellow paper with a Mr Yuk that looks like the CGE logo. The logo around it says “Yuk Yuk Says Stay Away” with the CGE letters below it. Below that, a hashtag: #BlacklistCGE

During Gen Con, I will have 250 of these zines with me.

The goal is to inform normies about what’s going on with CGE and a call to action to join the blacklist.

No buying, pitching, or covering CGE games until they give the community a proper apology and response on how they plan to make good. 🎲✂️

Wouldn’t it be interesting if the couple of dozen staff working the CGE room at Gen Con, many of whom don’t have a formal relationship with them beyond that, suddenly had to call in sick starting Thursday. Wouldn’t that be a shame

A blue box to the left with four sillhouette-style humans, each notably wearing wizard-like robes from the Harry Potter universe. The box says Codenames and Back to Hogwarts on it, with Harry Potter in golden letters at the bottom. To the right, a cartoon astronaut head in a Harry Potter scarf winks, a variation of the logo of board game publisher Czech Games Edition.

Reviewers including No Pun Included and Shut Up & Sit Down are boycotting Codenames publisher CGE for releasing a new Harry Potter-themed game while ignoring JK Rowling’s anti-trans rhetoric:

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I think CGE is in for a rude awakening if they think the Gen Con crowd is going to have any of this BS.

I wanted to share a few thoughts recent discussions around CGE’s decision to partner with JKR for their upcoming @codenamesgame.bsky.social game have prompted. Thankful to those who spoke early to this issue (Marceline, Tiffany, @nopunincluded.com et al) for helping this get the needed attention.

For the past 6 months CGE has been a sponsor of The Cabal and it's been great. I love their games and the people I've worked with have been awesome but in light of their recent bullshit, I can't in good conscience continue our relationship and chose not to renew our contract.

JKR is funding life-destroying legislation. When you license HP and put it on your product, the money you pay to do that is literally ruining lives. This isn't ambiguous, it is direct, measurable harm. I will never give a penny to a company who chooses money over the lives of my friends.

While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle.

https://trib.al/ayccoO7

Origins 2025: Cross Bronx Expressway, Rebel Princess, Hot Streak - I went to Origins Game Fair for the first time ever in June. It was by far the largest gaming con I've been to! Here's all the games I played.

NEW POST: I went to Origins Game Fair for the first time ever in June. It was by far the largest gaming con I've been to! Here's all the games I played.

www.boardgamemeeplelady.com/2025/07/10/o...

I just want everyone to know that Mamdani did way better on his SATs than I did and my job is basically “professional smart guy on the internet.”

Nationally - Net Support For Mamdani's Policies:

Raises Taxes On Corporations/Millionaires: +43%
Free Child Care For Children Under 5 Years: +38%
Freezing Rent For Lower-Income Tenants: +38%
Government-Owned Grocery Stores: +20%
Eliminating Fares On Public Buses: +10%

YouGov / June 30, 2025

Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed. Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.

Exclusive: Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon who has been released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for his cooperation in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego García.