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Ben Walter

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The Sorcerer's Slam Book - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild Special Release Week discount: Click here for 25% off! Lifelong Friends and Bitter Rivals! Who is Who at Strixhaven U?

The Sorcerer’s Slam Book is now available @dmsguild.com!
9 designers have crafted this collection of over 100 pages of Relationship-focused encounters for the “Fellow Student” NPCs from Strixhaven.

To celebrate, a 25% discount is available for a limited time!

site.dmsguild.com/product/5412...

20.10.2025 18:45 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
“Therefore, in order to improve the administration of the executive branch and to increase regulatory officials’ accountability to the American people, it shall be the policy of the executive branch to ensure Presidential supervision and control of the entire executive branch.  Moreover, all executive departments and agencies, including so-called independent agencies, shall submit for review all proposed and final significant regulatory actions to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Executive Office of the President before publication in the Federal Register. 
     Sec. 2.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this order:
     (a)  The term “employees” shall have the meaning given that term in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code.   
     (b)  The term “independent regulatory agency” shall have the meaning given that term in section 3502(5) of title 44, United States Code.  This order shall not apply to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to the Federal Open Market Committee in its conduct of monetary policy.  This order shall apply to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System only in connection with its conduct and authorities directly related to its supervision and regulation of financial institutions. “

“Therefore, in order to improve the administration of the executive branch and to increase regulatory officials’ accountability to the American people, it shall be the policy of the executive branch to ensure Presidential supervision and control of the entire executive branch. Moreover, all executive departments and agencies, including so-called independent agencies, shall submit for review all proposed and final significant regulatory actions to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Executive Office of the President before publication in the Federal Register. Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this order: (a) The term “employees” shall have the meaning given that term in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code.   (b) The term “independent regulatory agency” shall have the meaning given that term in section 3502(5) of title 44, United States Code. This order shall not apply to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to the Federal Open Market Committee in its conduct of monetary policy. This order shall apply to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System only in connection with its conduct and authorities directly related to its supervision and regulation of financial institutions. “

With this EO, Trump is explicitly seizing control of agencies meant to operate free from presidential interference, such as the FCC, FTC, FEC and financial regulators.

Now any new regulations must go through the White House. Monumental change here.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

19.02.2025 11:00 — 👍 425    🔁 238    💬 41    📌 32
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Committee hears 2 hours of testimony on bill to ban mRNA vaccines for 10 years BOISE — Senate committee members heard arguments on a bill that would place a 10-year pause on administering mRNA vaccines in Idaho on Monday but did not take a vote.

If they ban mRNA vaccines for 10 years we will have no #BirdFlu vaccines. The current #H5N1 vaccines are made using chicken eggs. We don't have enough eggs to make vaccines for the entire population in case of a pandemic. The hens are sick with Bird Flu. Stupidity

www.idahopress.com/news/local/c...

19.02.2025 20:14 — 👍 334    🔁 142    💬 21    📌 14

Ugh, me too, all to often lately. 😞

23.01.2025 08:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Game Design In the Classroom - Activities A few activities that use or teach game design from my own experiences in the classroom.

I I love using games and teaching game design to students of all ages and levels, from elementary school to post-grad. I go over some of the activities and tools I have used to integrate games into my classroom in this week’s MonarcWriter newsletter.

open.substack.com/pub/monarcwr...

17.01.2025 17:16 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

JP, AIQ, Foo, Bond, BKSoR, Jaws, Venom, XMen, and Star Wars. I like my modern Sterns, I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️

11.01.2025 02:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

FYI: The name “Pinjamin” comes from my love of pinball. It’s my main hobby in this era of my life. I have nine machines at home. Come on by sometime and give them a flip!

09.01.2025 08:04 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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