Eugenio Vargas @ PAX Unplugged

Happy birthday!!! Thank you for your wonderful daughter. I hope you have the best day. 💜

A graphic with maps and hours for the Take This AFK Room and Hope Booth at this year's PAX Unplugged. Text at the top reads "Come visit us!" Below that, two maps are shown depicting the Philadelphia Convention Center. In one, the Take This AFK Room, located right next to the Broad Street entrance to the center, is highlighted in orange. In the other, "Bandland," located in the southern hallway of the second floor outside the expo hall, is highlighted and has an arrow labeled "Hope Booth" pointing toward it. At the bottom, hours are listed. For the AFK Room: Friday and Saturday from 11 to 7, Sunday from 11 to 5. For the Hope Booth: Friday and Saturday from 10 to 6, Sunday from 10 to 5.

#PAXUnplugged, Day 2!

Yesterday was a GREAT day & we were thrilled to see so many of you at the Hope Booth & in the AFK Room!

Remember: We still have 2 full days of PAX remaining. Hydrate, pace yourself, & take breaks when you need. The AFK Room is open & available from 11-7, so stop by any time.

The Greenhearth Necromancer demo is now available! ✨🌱💀

Start your magical journey and:
🌱 Grow & care for a balcony of plants!
✨ Try out some spells, potions, and rituals!
👋 Meet + greet some of your fellow neighbours!
+ sandbox play, achievements, & more!*

➡ store.steampowered.com/app/2127570/...

A graphic with maps and hours for the Take This AFK Room and Hope Booth at this year's PAX Unplugged. Text at the top reads "Come visit us!" Below that, two maps are shown depicting the Philadelphia Convention Center. In one, the Take This AFK Room, located right next to the Broad Street entrance to the center, is highlighted in orange. In the other, "Bandland," located in the southern hallway of the second floor outside the expo hall, is highlighted and has an arrow labeled "Hope Booth" pointing toward it. At the bottom, hours are listed. For the AFK Room: Friday and Saturday from 11 to 7, Sunday from 11 to 5. For the Hope Booth: Friday and Saturday from 10 to 6, Sunday from 10 to 5.

WELCOME TO PHILADELPHIA, #PAXUNPLUGGED!!!

Stop by our Hope Booth in Brandland for pins, dice, bag charms, & more, the proceeds of which go to support AFK Rooms at future cons.

And of course, any time you need a break, please come by our AFK Room, curated for peace & quiet amidst the busy con.

Good dinner with good friends.

Some tv, a bit of reading, and sleep.

Tomorrow: PAX

See you soon Philly!

I've now expanded upon this observation!

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Pinny Auction announcement. All proceeds benefit Take This. The pin from PAX West 2019 features the main character from the Population: One game, an illustrated white man wearing yellow goggles and a blue parka. Link to the auction is bit dot L Y slash take this pin. There is also a QR code on the image leading to that URL. Bidding opens Friday, November 21st at 10am EST and closes Sunday, November 23rd at 1pm EST. Thank you to Mr_Rippe for their support!

A graphic with maps and hours for the Take This AFK Room and Hope Booth at this year's PAX Unplugged. Text at the top reads "Come visit us!" Below that, two maps are shown depicting the Philadelphia Convention Center. In one, the Take This AFK Room, located right next to the Broad Street entrance to the center, is highlighted in orange. In the other, "Bandland," located in the southern hallway of the second floor outside the expo hall, is highlighted and has an arrow labeled "Hope Booth" pointing toward it. At the bottom, hours are listed. For the AFK Room: Friday and Saturday from 11 to 7, Sunday from 11 to 5. For the Hope Booth: Friday and Saturday from 10 to 6, Sunday from 10 to 5.

#PAXUnplugged is TOMORROW! Before then, we've got one final item to share!

This weekend, we'll be running our 3rd & final Pinny Auction! You've got one more chance to win an ultra-rare 2019 Population: One Pinny Arcade pin! Bidding opens tomorrow morning and runs all weekend.

See you all tomorrow!

A photo of a keychain on a wooden background. The keychain has two cute illustrated racoons holding hands and skipping. Next to them on a separate piece is a speech bubble that says "C'mon Bestie, we're going to therapy!"

#PAXUnplugged looms ever closer! Today's special feature: back by popular demand, adorable raccoon bag charms!

Stop by the Hope Booth all weekend long and grab your very own "C'mon Bestie, we're going to therapy" charm! If you think they're cute, so will everyone else, so get them while they last!

I do understand: you want permission. There’s a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don’t look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn’t notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don’t need me to believe it’s useful, you just want me to be polite about it. But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.

I cosign every single word of this

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

Omg SIDETRACK. Aww I miss her!

A close up of a wooden six sided die being held in front of the camera by a hand. The side of the die facing the camera has the Take This sword and shield logo as well as the org's name in a speech bubble on it.

A pile of wooden six sided dice in a woven basket. The pips on the dice are open circles, and on the side that would normally show 6 pips is the take this sword and shield logo and the organization's name in a speech bubble below.

#PAXUnplugged is on Friday, but today we're featuring the brilliant wares of the @arielleishere.bsky.social

Roll that fireball damage with style using bespoke wooden d6s with the Take This logo on them from Fantastic Knickknackery. Stop by the Hope Booth all weekend log to get yours!

TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.

TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.

every author in the class action, please file the claim.

Indie Allies for Impact. Play it forward! The bottom of the image has the logos for Take This, IGDA Foundation, and itch dot eye oh. Behind the image’s text are the cover images of several of the games offered in the bundle. The borders of the image are purple and green lines with Tetris like blocks in the corners.

🚨 LIVE NOW: the Indie Allies for Impact Bundle on @itch.io! 🚨

Featuring more than 40 games and a total value of over $60, this bundle can be yours for just $10! Proceeds benefit Take This & the @igdafoundation.org!

Join the Indie Allies for Impact & grab your bundle now!

itch.io/b/3381/indie...

Indie allies for impact "play" it forward! By Take this, IGDA Foundation, and itch.io. Background shows many of the games included in the game bundle.

🎉 It’s live! 🎮

The Indie Allies for Impact itch.io bundle is officially out!

Dozens of amazing indie games, all supporting @takethis.org + @igdafoundation.org and their work with mental health and the global dev community.

Check out the bundle:
👉 buff.ly/yAMkc6b

#IndieGames #GameDevs #IndieDevs

They call her "climate killer Kathy."

The centrist Democrat has gone all-in on setting the climate on fire as crypto-investors, fossil fuel executives, and her own husband cash in.

hellgatenyc.com/climate-kill...

We’ve gone from “there’s no ethical consumption under Capitalism” to “literally everything you like is funding the end of the world in one way or another.”

I hate it here.

This is a very good case in point - if BlueSky wants to moderate heavily, then moderate heavily, but you gotta hit all the offenders, *especially* the powerful ones

Have you contacted your Democratic senators yet?

Demand that your Democratic senators call on Chuck Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We need new leadership that will actually fight for us.

Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/dem-sen...

This whole end of year season is completely upside down. That card in mid November. PAXU before Thanksgiving. IS TOMORROW NEW YEARS EVE???

Also that’s a baffling amount of time to have passed in the last month. 😵‍💫

I also got this mail (I assume we’re talking about the same thing) and I also had this experience. TWO??? YEARS???

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:

“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”

JD Vance is a Nazi.

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

The problem isn't that they caved for a promised vote; the problem is that the vote will be a meaningless gesture impressing no one but Senate Democrats.

It will fail. ACA beneficiaries will suffer considerably as a result and there will be no consequences of any kind for Republicans.

You’re a coward. Resign and let someone with real leadership and concern for their constituents take your place. New York deserves better than you.

A navy blue background with a semi transparent gold and white confetti starburst coming into frame from the top. Wrapped gifts and a chocolate cupcake with blue icing and orange and white candles that say 13 stuck in the top. Text reads "Happy 13th birthday, Take This. Donate at take this dot org slash donate. Discord at discord dot gee gee slash take this org. Newsletter at take this dot org slash newsletter. W W W dot take this dot org

HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY, TAKE THIS!

As we enter our teens, we wanted to mark the occasion by thanking all of you for your support over the years. We hope to continue serving the gaming community for many years to come.

Join the celebration and help keep our mission going at takethis.org

I can't wait to see all of my mutuals that play Fortnite regularly to not touch the game for the entirety of the season in solidarity of all of their trans homies! It's so nice knowing so many people that aren't just allies when it's convenient for them! 🙂💖

Hint. Fucking. Hint.

As a nice bonus joy for Mamdani winning, we also get the delight of knowing Cuomo lost

I’m thrilled, of course, but this resonated too. I’m just so…relieved.