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I'm really curious what you'd point to as examples of when this art *was* possessed/prioritized in the wargame writing space. I've always kind of associated Wargames with lack of clarity, layout, and editing.

No. Embrace it (and take me with you 😭)

Meanwhile Rick Priestly making games with AI art now in the books 🤢

Appreciate the response. I maybe didn't lend enough weight to the recognition that it's still an open question.

Most white workers do not see the benefits of settler-colonialism because it is no longer dominant or ubiquitous as it once was. Land relations have continuously been destroyed, confined to the land within reservations. Due to the dominance of capitalism, and the finiteness of these land relations in modern day, most white workers do not see the direct benefits of settler-colonialism and neither do they participate in the destruction of these relations. White workers, of course, do benefit from the ideological superstructure of white supremacy which has maintained itself in a systemic form, defined by the dominance of capitalism. However, while white supremacy is a tool used to oppress Native Americans, it is different from settler- colonialism, though both are connected. Ultimately the working class has a material interest in ending capitalism and any system of oppression as it divides the working class and makes their collective power weaker. If white workers aren't settlers, what are they? Some analysts of settler- colonialism use a third term, arrivants. Coined by Kamau Brathwaite and elaborated on by Jodi Byrd, the term is used to "signify those people forced into the Americas through the violence of European and Anglo-American colonialism and imperialism around the globe." This is still, however, unsatisfactory because it still produces a non-answer when non-Native folks of white descent don't actively exploit Native lands or play an active role in the negation of Indigenous land-relations as part of their social relation.

So not even in a grilling kind of way. Statements like this concern me when they overshadow intersectionality and liberation in specific contexts. I don't disagree these are fundamentally class issues, but co-opting a term used for the descendents of enslaved folks for white workers seems sus.

Right. Makes sense.

Gotcha. Apologies. Do you have somewhere to read re: Austin?

I'm frankly more concerned with the part scolding Austin chapters for "Black Panther Tactics", having Zionists speak at conventions, and saying that settler colonialism is not among the chief contradictions of the US. I've met a lot of CPUSA members doing good shit. But the top lvl org seems rancid

I think there's some movement happening to see if someone can get the formula that's not Greenstuff World (they're one of the other producers, but it's not quite the same formula and they're a shit company tbh). But it could end up being kinda bleak for modelers and sculptors

Factory that produced the original GS just shut its doors for good. Not many other producers. Most GS was repackaged bulk from this factory

Definitely fur worm 💜

Good lord. Just know that she's got so much love and care and community from y'all right now. It doesn't make it any less cruel, but it really does matter. 🫂

I am in your walls

Let's fuckin' gooooo

Welcome to Smamsara (complimentary?)

by the age of 30 every woman should have:

- several crystals
- sexual trauma
- The Heft
- a pair of fingerless gloves
- 1 or 14 copies of The Communist Manifesto
- regular trauma
- at least one metaphysically impossible kink
- kleptomania

What game/minis are you messing with for this project? 👀

Employment is just a social experiment to see how much nonsense a person can absorb politely.

Oh shit. This is the one with Takeshi Kaneshiro! That guy is *jaw line* incarnate.

This feels correct

big things happening

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO

this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

Good lord

You've been carless for 3 months?!

You have in 3 posts made a game with as many vibes shoved into it as 100+ pages of "Royal Blood" a tarot driven RPG with a fairly similar premise.

Wargames I keep finding as I talk to friends don't answer interesting questions even about "how do the little guys *feel*?", or even the grim stuff "what does it mean to shoot someone?" And like an RPG might. And having a game structure or aesthetic is a big driver to create minis for me, so 🤷🏻‍♀️

I've been thinking a lot about this. I love the tactile and crafty side of minis a lot and playing with them, but there aren't many compelling "semi-structured (not fighting) play with our little guys" games.

my friends are so unbelievably talented i dont understand how they make it through a day without their hearts bursting from their bodies

Is it working?