Boater Witch Poppy

It's not the first time he's played but this time it feels like it might be sticking

There should be an italics, but like, the other way.

Each year, White People™ take one thing from Asia and get really into it, like Ube or Boba, and this year I think it should be Mahjong

You also can have a lot of fun playing without money being involved, which makes it instantly better than poker imo

It is! It's a good game and there's a reason people have been playing it for at least a couple hundred years (there's a bit of learning curve, a lot of which is bc it's Chinese and there's a bunch of terminology to explain - also one suit is chinese characters - which people get quite put off by)

This is absolutely correct, it's so much fun and then you start understanding strategy things and then it's a new and exciting way to inflict damage upon your psyche, 10/10 highly recommend

You're so correct, I have been saying this (often)

If you are near me for more than like 3 minutes atm there's a solid chance I will ask if you want to learm to play Mahjong, be warned

Not to mention taste, which obvs only works if I'm actively drinking/eating/licking smth

Yeah - I can if it's a strong or unusual smell but if it's just sorta background smell then I get accustomed to it and can't pick it out

The 5/4/3/2/1 things grounding exercise is really good until I get to smell and realise that I sort of don't tend to smell very much

Whatever you think the response to Iranian missiles be fired on British citizens and British allies in the Gulf should be, I don't think that 'it might hurt Labour electorally' should be part of your answer.

I only respect people who do PPE - losing fingers to a table saw is sadly all too common

Kant this, Mills that, how about you Mill over the Kants telling the working class to hate each other and Locke in to get those Burkes

The greatest trick PPE graduates ever pulled is getting people to think you can't know what would improve the electorate's lives without an Oxbridge degree

Mahjong is great bc the more you play the more you understand that god hates you specifically

an illustration by Spindle of the characters Asimov (a half-elf woman with short white hair) helping Ottilie (a human with brown-orange hair tied up in a high ponytail) dress up for work, she's tying up her hair, while Otti is wrapping a string bracelet accessory around her wrist. Ottilie is sleepy, while Asi is trying to get her awake (for context, this takes place after the booba succ animation where Otti is asleep on Asi) Lore note, Ottilie works as a tavernlady (waitress basically, sometimes cooks though)

helping her get ready for work

fuck israel and fuck the united states

Zack on the phone on the train

EXCL:

Zack Polanski overheard speaking loudly on his phone on a train saying there's shit loads of new green party members.

And the Greens are going to win elections right across England and Wales in May.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Poor Labour. If only Reform hadn't split their vote.

AND we've seen Keir Starmer, a man who's definitely read at least one book of political theory, be affected by this in the worst possible ways, so I still don't think it's a particularly useful criticism

True as that is, I get an impression of Polanski being less likely to be swayed on e.g. SWer rights by Nordic Model weirdoes than other party leaders bc the focus of his messaging is largely on caring about workers and minorities

Rory Stewart moding fr

Which of us is Campbell and which of us is Stewart? Answer very carefully.

At least I'm not considering starting a podcast, that's the important thing

HAHAHAHA has he scheduled the post in advance with the wrong date selected?

It’s not. Its political results are that of a standard European democracy in 2026, mediated through a worse electoral system.

You can tell I'm back to being electoral brained bc I half seriously thought to myself "maybe I should start a politics blog" a minute ago

Still though, I'm overall very hopeful: comms-wise they've been stunning, their ground campaign in G&D was very clearly successful, and the stumbling block of Green being a wasted vote tactically is being cleared - I'm certain we're going to see more Green victories from now on