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RPG essay thread Since mid 2024, I have been doing some reading and on and off writing for some essays, its been a really interesting experience and i keep finding all these threads to pull on and explore more thoroughly.

a bark as old as the sun dial, the alphabet, and the spoked wheel

When your friend transitions but they keep their name

The Grand Old Rape Party

Huge reccomendation for this, even in early access. It's like a slicker, faster low-fi STALKER with a fun setting where mankind has largely been usurped by lizard people and fae magic is returning to the world on top of all the super-science reality-warping weirdnes.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Outer Wilds (Steam) is $9.76 on Gamebillet buff.ly/VdhRjyX

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Not exactly undermining my belief that the Tony Martin murder trial in 2000 is one of several Ground Zeroes for the British reactionary movement

This shit is so insane to me, same with Italy. It's like imagine if it was 1956 and West Germany was like ’we just finished talking about how bad the Nazis were, now meet Adolf Hitler Jr, he's just a little guy who loves his dad and wants to recuperate his image, we're going to elect him chancellor'

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

This has truly fucked me up. Eric Bauza somehow had both a huge impact and yet still felt he was just getting started. Not just a fantastic voice actor but a campaigner for animation. His voice was the rallying cry for Coyote Vs Acme, which became the highest grossing WB film of 2026. Fuck.

I want my foreign friends to understand the magnitude of this popular mobilization against fascism. 90-year-olds in wheelchairs, isolated Indigenous communities walking miles, and poor neighborhoods fighting for hours after far-right mayors halted buses to suppress votes. And we won.

THIS IS FOR THE GRINGOS WHO FOLLOW HERE (I love you) Peter Thiel bought the biggest TV presenter here to try to overturn the elections. Mark Zuckerberg and Meta actively sabotaged the left wing president. Trump and Marco Rubio not only threatened the country, they also actively with proof-

You ever looked at a character design and thought, “yeah I’m definitely gonna see her on my mutuals’ profiles”

when someone's linkedin bio says they're a "Founder" it's the quickest way to identify them as a cold blooded sociopath who would slit your throat for your pocket change

The Relegance Z. A beautiful car with amazing aerodynamic lines that cut the air like a hot knife cuts butter, which you can use to make your everyday breakfast toast.

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

Uhhh, so in like, summer 2022 I went to a Chinese restaurant in Chicago and me and all of my friends got fortune cookies that had ads for FTX in them. This was like... 4 months before FTX collapsed?

Outta my sight, scrub

i’m glad we’re finally talking about this: we need to excise ohio from the union

When you think of it, civility is authoritarian and harmful bullshit which never should have been invented and any proper communist movement should seek to abolish it.

Lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4yGkBNh 📷 Evan Vucci

As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind. Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.

this is fucking appalling. i already knew james dolan (who owns the knicks and madison square garden) was a douche but this is next-level. www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...

Mass Effect 3 (Bioware, 2012): Dr. Liara T'Soni, art by Matt Rhodes 😭

man I am depressed all over again I fucking love the mass effect universe, we should be getting new games in it forever what a tremendous waste to consign it to the dustbin of EA

The BBC could just like, hire anyone over from The Register, and tech/science coverage would improve in quality about 1000%