I think that to a degree the mass of MBAs controlling industries, not just gaming, is really a core cause. While you may not maximize business efficiency with someone from within an industry running the business, that maximization is by nature short term, exploitative, and causes damage over time.

And they're going to have medicines for themselves that won't be available to us, the people they want to die to "improve" the stock of the USA.

I know it's halfway through the month, but I think I'm going to try to put together a game for the Blood Worm Moon TTRPG Jam on @itch.io. I'm thinking to try to do a game where you're a crew of space pirates who don't know they're undead, need to find out they're undead, then figure out how to die.

I'm just reminded of when I brought up taking care of our trans athletes in a local organization and was informed my kid was the only trans player in the organization.

I let them know I knew of three, and I wouldn't tell them who because they clearly didn't feel safe being out.

Probably a lot of war crimes.
Like, a LOT of war crimes.

(Helldivers 2)

The Democrats have the wild delusion that this is so bad they're going to win the next couple of elections without having to try hard. The worst opposition party we could have right now.

folks, there’s good news for a change.

that anti-trans executive order sports ban won’t be a law this week; they didn’t get closer to defining trans people out of legal existence or trans women as men under the law.

this matters.

no democrats broke ranks.

thank you to everyone who called. 💜🏳️‍⚧️

We had issues where the insurance company would refuse to change a gender marker because the medical record didn't match, and then when we got the doctor's office to change it, the insurance would mandate changing it back to provide coverage because the gender marker didn't match.

For 3 years.

I've always assumed the death cult part was mostly associated with the Dominionists, and their desire to create an apocalypse so they can go to their imagined heaven, and consign everyone else to eternal suffering. Us suffering now is just a bonus.

It's almost like collaborator owned news sources are unreliable, as intended.

I'm also seeing that a lot, and a lot of "I tried (basics) and didn't get anywhere so I'm stuck."

Me: "Did you google it?"
Them: "No."

The thing I had failed to factor in was the Democrats not being targeted at all, as they're such an ineffective opposition party the Republicans haven't even had to slow down to speedbump the Democratic Party as a whole.

A worth while thread. Humor can be a tool of social control, and definitely helps define groups.

The best advice I've gotten (and followed) about marriage is to keep dating your partner. Especially after having kids when it's stressful. It's not just fun, but it's key to maintaining the connection with your partner! Having had a fun date last night is really rejuvenating.

I’m seeing a lot of soft takes from industry mutuals at the moment that we shouldn’t be so hard on those who use generative AI because it’s becoming harder and harder to resist.
Wrong. Betraying your ethics (and your peers) because ‘everyone else is doing it’ does not suddenly make it acceptable.

Democrats looking toward the midterms are foolish. It hasn't even been 3 weeks and Trump has destroyed critical components of the government. By the midterms, it will be too late.

Pretty much what I'd expect from the current NYT.

It's both fun to play and inspiring for kicking around our own home made RPG ideas!

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.

I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x

Dusk Micro Setting by coureton A declining town with strange roots.

My submission to the @itch.io Tiny World TTRPG Jam, the town of Dusk. I'd love to hear comments, or what folks do with it.

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Just got the email with pre-sale ticketing offer to see the @pwhlfleet.bsky.social at Aganis 6 minutes ago, and it's already sold out! I'm glad folks are so excited it sold out that fast!

A quote by Rokowski

I think of this quote often, whenever someone says art and vibes will be enough for what's to come.

Like they give a fuck about the law.

I have to say, as unimpressed as I have always been with Maura Healey, wanting to deploy traffic and speeding cameras to implement more surveillance in the opening days of an authoritarian regime is wild.

Homeward Calling 🦦🐟
#newart

Adding my signature.

This is how you do it...

Gritty holding a pride flag with the message "love is luv"

Gritty continues to be a real one

Why I have resigned from the Royal Society The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...

It's time for the Royal Society to revoke Elon's fellowship. Surely Nazi salutes are against the Code of Conduct?

@deevybee.bsky.social's blogpost from Nov last year is evergreen ⬇️

deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

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