GOP Senate candidate Hung Cao warns of 'witchcraft' happening in California: 'We can't let that happen in Virginia' Cao, who was the GOP nominee against Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton in 2022, also said he was "African-American because I grew up in Africa too."

Reminder that the now acting SecNav is locked in a a mortal struggle with the daughters of Hecate

Step Into the Darkness for a Dollar with Fanatical’s Dark Conspiracy RPG Bundle - The Gaming Gang Fanatical has unveiled a standout bundle built around GDW’s cult-classic Dark Conspiracy RPG—and it’s packed with value.

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Tonight, I explode five fallacies always being foisted onto DMs/GMs; especially those new to the hobby. Plus fresh #TTRPGNews from @koboldpress.com @landofeem.bsky.social @theschwalb.bsky.social and more on The Gaming Gang Dispatch. Live at 8pmET/7pmCT/5pmPT. 😄 #TTRPGs youtube.com/watch?v=BJEv...

As someone who has been running multiple games for kids aged 8-14 for the last 6 years, I can say with enthusiasm that Jacob is 100% right on all three counts.

It isn't too complex, they have the attention span, and it can be lethal/have consequences.

I've been hesitant to say any of this online

"I'm sorry. Which deranged, offensive, aggrieved, unending Truth social post from the president over the past 24 hours are you referring to?"

GAME OF THRONES Movie Gets Obvious Title AEGON'S CONQUEST

The first Game of Thrones movie goes with the obvious title of “Aegon's Conquest”

Here we go, folks: the Coyote vs. Acme trailer has officially exploded onto the scene. https://bit.ly/4cKpKe9

It Was on Your Table Every Morning Growing Up. It’s Dying Before Our Eyes. No One Wants to Face It. The powerhouse of American citrus is suffering a brutal decline. Everyone has a theory about why.

"In 2003, the mighty Florida orange industry produced 242 million boxes of fruit, with 90 pounds of oranges per box, most of which went on to become orange juice. Now, not even 25 years later, the United States Department of Agriculture was forecasting a pitiful 12 million boxes of oranges."

My home group is currently in Tamoachan and turn based play is key to managing lighting, food, rest, wandering monsters, etc.

Big fun

A Case for the Return of The Dungeon Turn A mechanic that has vanished from various tables is a subtle one. But along with it is a fundamental change in how we experience dungeon exploration. The Dungeon Turn. It was in some form or other …

I keep coming back to this #ttrpg post about, “The Dungeon Turn” or when dungeon exploration was done with turns rather than their formlessness now.

The #OSR seems to have left it behind also for meat grinding.

More regulation may offer more space.

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Archaeologists find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy Papyrus fragment discovered inside mummy buried in Roman-era tomb around 1,600 years ago

Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy | The Independent
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Mycenaean statues and their possible role in rituals This paper argues that the focus on terracottafigurines has obscured an important side of Mycenaean religious life.

Mycenaean statues and their possible role in rituals
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A 3D Printer Brought More Broken Promises to Cairo, Illinois I spotted the printer abandoned off a country road. Finding out how it got there is a whole other story of tangled politics, tiny banks with big business deals, and the future of a town some say canno...

NEW: Two local men promised to build housing with a 3D printer.

That didn’t pan out. When reporter Molly Parker started to investigate what went wrong, she found the printer disassembled on a flatbed truck at a country repair shop.

Then things got weird.

With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social

Kash's kayfabe lawsuit His defamation claim makes a mockery of the law.

New in PN: Kash's kayfabe lawsuit

"Patel seems to think he dropped a world of hurt on The Atlantic when all he really did was show that both he and his attorneys seem to have been struggling with hangovers during their first year of law school."

013 // “By Any Means Necessary”

Londo will just NOT let G’Kar get high.

LISTEN: BoomTMRW.com/e/013

THE FOG - John Carpenter's Ghostly Masterpiece. YouTube video by REEL OBSCURE

For those interested, I did an episode on The Fog a while back discussing the production, influences and the cast.

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#FrightClub

Share an action movie that's great from beginning to end.

The Rocketeer is a solid Action Adventure Film and has a nice bit of Romance too. #Filmsky

Anthony Mackie plays a legendary bandit helping a princess on the run in Desert Warrior, coming to theaters on April 24!

Mega Empires: The Far East Lead and develop your empire in East Asia in two new civilization building games, spanning centuries of fascinating history.

I just backed Mega Empires: The Far East on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/are...

A Tale of Two Countries Two superpowers, one behaving pathetically

Pakistani bridal dowries now routinely include four panels, an inverter and a battery:

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This is an inversion of the normal order, in which rich countries get all the good stuff first, and countries like Pakistan get scraps after we've gorged ourselves.

9/

New on the show today! The First Punic War: pirates, sieges, shipwrecks in storms and sacred, seasick chickens - PLUS the largest naval battle *in all of recorded history* - to guide us through this fascinating conflict is military historian extraordinaire @bretdevereaux.bsky.social

Republican redistricting efforts 1) happened first 2) were literally at the behest of the President 3) were not voted on

but guess which one gets critical op-eds from the political media

watch very closely as every single Republican who was crying about "the will of the voters" pivots to begging the courts to overturn the results of this referendum

It’s his day

Comic: Types of Board Game. [Each panel has a person, a person with a ponytail, a person with shoulder-length hair, and a person with a white hat seated around a table with different board game and pieces on top. (1) Boring: PERSON 3: Each turn, roll a die and move your token. Turns proceed clockwise around the table until we all get tired and go home. (2) Abstract: PERSON 1: Each turn, you can place any number of red triangles or blue squares on a hexagon, or move any hexagon to a... (3) Hyperspecific Theme: PERSON 2: It’s October 2, 1814. The Congress of Vienna convenes. You are each in charge of distributing and lighting candles for the opening ball, which was held at these three locations... (4) Overcomplicated: PERSON 4: It’s a cross between *Twilight Imperium* and *Cones of Dunshhire*, but implemented entirely in category theory. Every cone is a monad, and... (5) Cooperative: PERSON 3: We’re working together to sort these decks of cards using only hand gestures. After that, we’ll silently organize my junk drawer. (6) Branded: PERSON 1: You can play as Phoebe, Chandler, Monica, Rachel, Ross, Joey, or, due to an ill-advised tie-in, Goku. (7) Party: PERSON 2: Each of the cards in your hand has a bad word on it. On the count of three, yell the... (8) Social Deduction: PERSON 3: Remember, per our *find the secret murderer* house rules from last week, discovering that a player has committed a real-life murder does *not* count.

Types of Board Game

xkcd.com/3235/

we all know I have no life, so:

Why did Rome win the Punic Wars? - A chief reason was its manpower advantage from its numerous allies. (Image from #Hannibal&Hamilcar @phalanxgames.bsky.social) Read more: cliosboardgames.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/t...

KERNEN: By the time Biden left, inflation was down to about 3%--

TRUMP: No it wasn't. It was down to 5%. And the reason it was down was because I had won the election and it started falling after I won the election and I started getting prices down from right after November 5

Trump: "There's one thing and nobody ever talks about it but me unfortunately, so I'm sure it's not correct, but I think it is. We should have the lowest interest rate in the world."