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And that lead to my being much more of a parent concerned with where my kids were and what they were doing. We weren't helicopter parents, but the notion of raising my kids the way I was raised wasn't shunned...it just, never ocurred to us to repeat it. 2/2

Right, but as a Gen Xer who grew up with these in 1984, it was the culmination of an extended campaign of 'KIDS ARE NOT SAFE' that we were drenched in from a panic that started in 1979. We soaked in that for years and in some cases I knew kids (myself included) that were victimized 1/2

Good things CAN still happen.

Picture of a game of Hercules and the 12 Labors in progress on a game table, with dice and cards laid out showing a battle with the Ermanthian Boar.

At my meetup, one of the women who goes there said ‘you’d appreciate this: I backed some games in KS, then forgot I did and bought them at pAXU’ and sold me this lovely extra copy of “Hercules and the 12 Labors” from @envyborngames.bsky.social

Also: I FEEL ATTACKED.
Also Also: she wasn’t wrong.

Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

So #BoardGame publishers - maybe think about whether or not someone who leaves random sexist comments on board game videos is someone you want in the credits of your rulebook as a proofer/editor.

"(Palantir leadership sometimes refers to employees as “hobbits,” after the fictional Lord of the Rings characters.)"

My original response was FUCK YOU x100. Palantir is a terrible name for a company if you actually understood LotR, but this shit? My nerd rage blazes unreasonably and red hot.

Never mind treating First Nation cultural signifiers and dress as props, mixing and matching Tepees, Totem Poles, sacred face paint and warrior dress as if it's universal. You'd never see this inaccuracy in a game about Germany, Spain, France or Poland. I'd say it was a different time, but..

Just listening to the latest episode of the @saltandsass.bsky.social podcast and @425suzanne.bsky.social mentioned this racist game I wondered 'is is that bad?' and WOW, she was underselling it. I'm not gonna post pictures, but a First Nations woman in a pink fur bikini named 'Teasing Cloud'?

A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., on foot, completing a 15-week trek for peace from Texas apnews.com/article/budd...

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

When I heard that Trump was suggesting blocking a bridge because of billionaires wanting it stopped...I was immediately like '...Wait, didn't 99Pi....' and here we are.

Screenshot of a Wall Street Journal article titled "The Big Money in Today’s Economy Is Going to Capital, Not Labor." Two charts show trends since 1980: corporate profits rising as a share of gross domestic income, while labor compensation steadily declines.

The Wall Street Journal just illustrated the core argument of my book: a system rigged to reward capital over labor is one in which even full-time work no longer secures the most basic material needs.

This is the economic order that produces the "working homeless."

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Yeah, I feel the same with Soderbergh. Apparently it was filmed conventionally, but during editing he decided to scramble it the way you see it. Including clips from an old movie was a big help and Stamp is great in it.

Two solid bangers, dang.
"You tell him I'm coming. YOU TELL HIM I'M FUCKING COMING!!!!!"

Saw this in the theater with no idea what it was going to be. Fantastic stuff.

Who the hell is this proper literrati author thinking Important Thoughts from his serious book place? Where is the half-mad goblin leader of the Apple Gang, broadcasting from his mystery shed in Parts Unknown?!? I DO NOT KNOW THIS MAN!

I would argue that MOST X-Men readers pick up the story 'already-in-progress' - and either they immediately say 'I MUST KNOW MORE' or bounce off of it. It's fun to read older stories, but no one should be beholden to them in this serial format; things change every few years - enjoy the now!

Very fond of this Mr Hyde by Grickle, look at that lovely Mr Hyde face

Recently, I learned Carol Channing - still very much on TV and in movies when I was a kid - was Black. Channing, who died in 2019, said in her memoir she passed for white to succeed in show business. In early photos, her Blackness is more evident. beaconbroadside.com/2019/01/24/b... #BlackHistory

Not the point, but...is he saying the SuperBowl was created to lull the 'men of our nation' into being compliant to...what? Letting PoC and LGBTQIA+ people EXIST? What do they use for the other 364 days of the year? I watched a 40 year old anime yesterday instead of the game. Guess I'm not a 'man'.

HA! The jokes on you @danschkade.bsky.social ! You might think I'm freaking out that we don't know what Bok will do next (and it can go SO MANY WAYS), but I'm freaking out that I have no idea what's going to happen to Flash and Dale!

A CITY ON MARS Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no Twitter—beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critica...

I knew that Space was a difficult, but it wasn't until I read 'A City on Mars' that I really understood how even the most inhospitable places on Earth (the Antarctic, the bottom of ocean) are many factors of easier than the Moon. Musk's promise are alwasy '3-5 years' from now.
www.acityonmars.com

None of them regret their vote.
NONE OF THEM REGRET THEIR VOTE.
NONE.
OF.
THEM.
REGRET.
THEIR.
VOTE.

(and one says he hopes Trump doesn't trigger a constitutional crisis...but he DOES NOT REGRET HIS VOTE).

This should be obvious, but READ THIS.

A post on threads from user stephens_bens. It reads 'I'll always remember an interview with Steve Buscemi on Bulleye, Jesse Thorn asked him "As an actor with many decades of varied and outstanding roles across your career, does it ever bother you that one of the things you will most be remembered for is a 3-second gif in which you're wearing a backwards baseball cap and carrying a skateboard?" And without missing a beat, Buscemi replied "I'm carrying *two* skateboards." And you know what? He is.' Below that is a screen cap of Buscemi's famous "fellow kids" moment.

I never noticed this either.

ah the drone footage of this skiing is INCREDIBLE they're going SO FAST

The Uncanny X-Men 128 (483)

COLUMBO: My wife, she loves your games. The sunken ghost ship level. It’s her favourite

MARIO: Thank-a you!

C: Just one more thing. Now you say your girlfriend, the Princess, was kidnapped by Bowser, your enemy. And yet you were go-karting with him this morning?

M: What’s-a your point, Detective?