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Letter to Rep. Vince Fong California's 20th district. October 31, 2025 Mr. Fong, Eleven things you could do if The House was in session: 1. Stand up for California ranchers and stop the $40 Billion Dollar Argentina Bailout. 2. Move to release $6 Billion Dollars earmarked for SNAP emergencies. 3. Investigate allegations of child abuse by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. 4. Vote to stop tariffs that are decimating the economy. 5. Propose a Republican-approved plan for health care. 6. Write a bi-partisan Continuing Resolution to fund the government. 7. Propose a bill to fund Air Traffic controllers. 8. Support any bill to pay federal employees. 9. Draft legislation to piecemeal government funding. 10. Swear in Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva and respect The Will of The People. 11. Put your name on the discharge petition to release the Epstein Files. Working twenty of 120 days is called grifting on the taxpayer dime. Stop with the cheap excuses and go to work. Have a day!

I write my rep in The House regularly. This is a tame letter. I should publish them all. FWIW Republicans will never create a health plan bc they don’t want one. Still, I dare them to try.

@padilla.senate.gov & @schiff.senate.gov
#WeThePeople are #TheResitance 🗽

Tiger blood! 😝
Seriously though, I can’t keep up. But I sure like trying.

Four books on a wooden coffee table. Left to right, top to bottom: Tomb Raiders of the Crystal Frontier, Dolmenwood Player’s Boog, The Valley of Flowers, and Dragon Town.

This is what I’m reading. I gotta keep up for my current games, pitch the other two and read the one that doesn’t get picked for fun.

#OSR #GMProblems

I’m going to pitch #ValleyOfFlowers and #Dolemenwood to my adult group. I wonder if they’ll go with Arthurian or Folktale fantasy.

Whatever they choose I’ll be heartbroken to not play the other. I want to get into these realms and live in them for a while.
#OSR

It was really interesting that even though we had our own devices, conversations happened by looking at each other and focused around the screen.

Lessons:
- Need a good room mic or individual audio.
- TV screen for map and video chat supports the sense of a fireplace we gather around.
- Each player uses a device to move tokens and explore the map.

Using mural.co everyone could access the puzzle lock mechanism and work out a solution.

A combined IRL/online session. GM screen in the foreground, tv in the far corner, player with tablet at left edge. Valley Flowers on coffee table in the foreground.

This foray into the #CrystalFrontier left us at the doorstep of the throne room. Party returned to town to heal and plan. We played a combined online/IRL session. Read on for some thoughts on that. #OSR

What I'm trying to say is that this shit doesn't happen in a vacuum. I had a lot of help! Anyway here's the adventure:

yochaigal.itch.io/the-feast-of...

Need a chuckle? Here I am running in a chicken suit. 🐓 🌮 #NoKings #taco

A tangent, the Navajo are reappropriating Star Wars. Some really cool art is coming out of that scene. Here’s a poster I saw a couple years ago in Arizona promoting a screening dubbed into Navajo. Leia’s hair is traditional. So is their story of twins that bring balance to the cosmos.

Star Wars without the opera is grim dark.

#Dragontown landed on my doorstep today. Been running it with my teen group for a while. They’re gonna love the treasure cards. I love the screen! So sleek, low profile and useful info inside. Thank you @jpcoovert.bsky.social! We are having a blast. 🐉🏘️

#OSR #ItHasArrived #HappyGM

I had so much fun at the #NoKings2.0 parade! Hope everyone had IRL time with friends.

🎶Get up. Stand up! Don’t give up the fight. 🎶

#WeThePeople are #TheResitance 🗽

Dolmenwood books: Campaign Book, Monster Book, Player’s Book.

It’s here! It’s here! My #Dolmenwood books are here! 😍🥰

I predict: when enough white people complain, the government will open. The Temu Dicktatershit won’t piss off 370 million people with 1/2 a billion guns. Pass the popcorn please. 🍿

Foundry requires quite a bit of power to render a map, which the Pi lacks. That’s why we stream. It’d be much simpler to use something lighter like Schmeppy on the Pi's browser.

Sure! On a desktop, Steam streams a web browser window to a Raspberry Pi4 running steamlink. The laptop controls FoundryVTT. One of the guys has a projector and light-stand to mount it.

I gave them one action. After some back and forth, the party realized that stuffing their fingers in their ears might work. They lived to see more.

⚰️ T.P.K. Day 1, Room 4

If touching the crystal gave you a migraine, then smashing it with a war hammer triggers the whole room and everyone’s brain explodes. I swear I gave them all the warnings.

So goes it in Gus L.'s Crystal Frontier.

This #osr module by @ratkingrpg.bsky.social is ruthless.

Ooh! Pray do tell, what’s your first impression. The construction has got to great, like everything they’re doing. I’ve had it in my cart for a while.

Sweet! Been prepping #CrystalFrontier for tomorrow from the pdf. The book arrived just in time! Four players new to the game, one GM stoked to get started. The anticipation is killing me. I’ll be channeling my best @ratkingrpg.bsky.social Running this will be epic.
#osr

Okay, you’ve convinced me!

Opened my mailbox to find a nifty yellow label from @themerrymushmen.bsky.social Its my copy of #Knock5 🎉 Now, the big question… do I want to collect them all? 🤔 #osr

Drawing pad and character sheets on a table.

Turns out, if you put a pad on the table with drawing tools you get art. #osr #gameday

Today's note to Fong. Hello intern, hope you're okay. It's hard to learn our leaders protect child rapists. It's okay to walk away. Mr. Fong, The DOJ should release the FBl's compilation of Trump mentions in the Epstein files. Clearly this would exonerate him. They can do it without seeking judicial approval, unlike the pacifier of the grand jury documents. Are you a leader or a politician? Politicians seek reelection over justice. What's your legacy going to be. Have you been swallowed up by the swamp? Disrespectfully, Mr. ____ _______

My note to #VinceFong, rep for #CA20 (Nunez and McCarthy legacy). I ask him about the #Epstein files.

#WeThePeople are #TheResitance 🗽

Fun idea. How about using this tarot deck to play 👑🪱 #HMtW in Thra, the world of The Dark Crystal?

Might have to try it. 😎
#osr

You bet! It’ll be fun to play this world from the GM side. Maybe some day I’ll be able to introduce them to the monastery. 😉

OSE Player’s Tome and Referee’s Tome on a wooden surface.

My adult group chose #OSEadvanced, houseruled to match #Dolmenwood. Start setting, Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier by @ratkingrpg.bsky.social.

Players are new to #TTRPG and felt that OSE exposed them to old and new system ideas. I thought it was a compelling point.
#osr

Take time to chat and share stories. I forget that when I’m excited to get going. Other than that, go slow, be ready to repeat yourself. Redirect to the game when needed.

Table spread including White Box Cyclopedia, Blueholme, OSE, OSRIC, 5e,Mythic Bastionland, Dragonbane, OSE Advanced, Cairn 2e, His Majesy the Worm and Mork Borg.

#SessionZero problems. Starting a second group today, hoping they’ll be game for playing a 3-4 session module with each system before settling into something. #osr #dnd #ttrpg