ELON IS ALLOWED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NOT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OR STUDENTS & PARENTS. I WILL BE BACK.

Being Welsh, I love that one of your cats is called Mabon!

Thanks, I saw that Brend's still producing Cast On v8a Patreon a while ago but unfortunately, I'm on a v. low budget & already at my max personal limit for Patreons!

I 100% support the idea of creators getting paid for their work, I just can't pay for as many of those that I love, as I'd wish!

But to make it work, I'll probably need a little help - mainly, I'll need somewhere to sleep for one night, maybe two, as I can't afford a hotel!

That's the really tricky bit.

I always hate asking for help, but maybe someone out there has ideas?

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Everyone in the boardgames community has been so welcoming, kind, caring, supportive, and friendly, and I just want to hug everyone who wants a hug, give fistbumps or handshakes, or just laugh, smile, and hear your voices for real!

This might be my only chance ever to meet you lovely people IRL, and I want to try and do it - I don't want to go there to buy games though because I'm broke!

I just want to meet as many people as I can, without getting overwhelmed, & play games!

My news: my Christmas present from my Mum was my passport renewal & we just completed it today!

It should arrive in 4 wks & then we can book the ferry so I can go see my daughter & grandson, for the first time, in the UK!

And...I think that I can make it work to also get to #AIRECON!!!

I have some exciting news that I'm going to post about separately, but I just want to say that I haven't been around much recently because I've had a horrible notCovid virus for weeks!

I've v. swollen glands that's caused me to be almost completely deaf in one ear & so exhausted!

It sucks so much.

Preliminary results from the Denver Basic Income Project that's providing cash to hundreds of unhoused people for one year using the first 6 months of data:

• NO ONE receiving $1,000/mo still sleeping outside
• Full-time employment increased
• Fewer visits to the ER
• Fewer nights spent in jail

Newest addition to my Sisters of Battle pride series with the Pansexual Pride Sister ! #WarhammerCommunity #Warhammer40k #lgbt #pansexual

Zenobia Award The second Zenobia Award contest is officially live, through October 14th. Click here to be taken to the application form. We have also created a video to walk you through the application process. ...

🎲✂️Designers from underrepresented groups who are interested in designing historical tabletop games (board and card) - have you heard of the Zenobia Award?

zenobiaaward.org

Sometimes when I’m pissed off about people who are ruining the world, I remember that Kim Stanley Robinson hates Elon Musk and thinks he’s a fucking dumbass, and there’s nothing Elon can do about that

The Indie Game Dev Network is accepting applications for the 2023 IGDN Diversity Sponsorship until Oct 31st!

Their sponsorship gives monetary support & mentorship to marginalized voices in the industry.

More info:
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Like many women, I didn't know I was autistic until adulthood – how late diagnosis can hurt mental... Autistic girls tend to be diagnosed significantly later than boys,

Undiagnosed "autistic people I’ve worked with in my research have […] blamed themselves for a lifetime of struggling and being abused, pinning these things on personal failings." Dr. Rachel Moseley, at The Conversation:

Photo of a cat, and a cat in a box, in a box. Yes, I took this photo and wrote this caption. Yes, these are my beloved and dearly missed former cats, Saba (left) and Google (right).

“Um, Dr. Schrödinger? I opened the box, and, well… we might have a problem”

Boy math is telling a woman all the ways he ✨ could ✨ have won that board game if he made more optimized choices and how she lucked into her win.

I tweeted this and it's funny so you're going to keep hearing it from me.

Thrilled to announce that I’m a writer on the expansion for @TheShiversGame, w/ 12 new episodes, new pop-up rooms & tiers for new players!

I can’t wait to unleash my spoopy #puzzle-laden #mystery upon you all! Check it out & back today!

#tabletop #games

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I really wish Discord would make it easier to participate in more than one active server.

For example, if you post in a channel on a muted server, maybe that channel is automatically unmuted for a few hours so you can see the conversation that followed.

You Just Found Out Your Book Was Used to Train AI. Now What? - The Authors Guild If you’re an author, you may have recently discovered that your published book was included in a dataset of books used to train artificial intelligence systems without your permission. This can be...

Useful information.

Biblios is the one that I've not played but always wanted to try.

There's a couple of others I've not played, but I've just heard so much about Biblios.

hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave

What happened when I asked an LLM how to spin yarn

What Happened When I Asked A LLM How To Spin Yarn By Hand, Episode 1

by Abby Franquemont,
actual handspinning expert and teacher

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Hey everyone 👋 It's me, Alex, from the internet.

👋Welcome to BlueSky, Alex, from the Internet!

I think I've seen you around in a few odd, dark corners now & then ;-D

Me: a member of over two dozen Discord servers that I'd love to be really active in

Actually, very active in: one server that's home

Oh and btw the solution to "not everyone has the time to dedicate to art, you classist" is not "AUTOMATE ALL THE THINGS AND DON'T PAY ARTISTS" it's "VALUE ALL LABOR SO THAT PEOPLE ARE PAID FAIRLY AND CAN LIVE AND MAKE ART IF THEY WANT YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE"

My mum took me food shopping today because things are v. tight right now & I don't get paid until the 6th!

It's such a great feeling looking in the fridge & cupboard & knowing you have choices of what to eat.

I feel like a huge weight has lifted off me.