It's the 2020s.

Time is meaningless.

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The Cats of New Orleans A story-driven cooperative boardgame of feline adventurers, bayou danger, and voodoo-soaked mystery.

It's a co-op tactical combat game played with figures on grid maps in a spiral-bound book, connected by interactive story choices, all set in an anthropomorphic 19th-century New Orleans.

You can find it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

Cortex Prime Community Licensing

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Huge news for fans of the Cortex system and more news to come. I’ve been working for a long time to get to this point and I’m thrilled to share the announcement!

news.direwolfdigital.com/cortex-prime...

Would you like to see some gorgeous photos? Of course you would.
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"This couldn’t be a simpler scandal to sum up for the American people, if anyone cared to do so: This is Donald Trump ordering the looting of the public treasury for his own benefit."

In case folks didn't catch this talked about in the 2004 movie Day After Tomorrow... 😏

Take that AI! New comic on TINYVIEW for subscribers. Please, consider helping human artists by subscribing on TINYVIEW. The only platform that I know of that actually pays artists for their comics. social.tinyview.com/GOWZTRkMu2b

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.

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Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

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We're celebrating the future of Sentinels Comics and April's National Superhero Day with a sale!

Save on everything #SentinelsOfTheMultiverse and #SentinelsOfEarthPrime now until April 29th!

www.handelabra.com

#IndieGame #IndieDev #SOTM #SOEP #GameSale #SuperheroDay

Significant nostalgia in this image... 💚

I support this as an alternative naming system.

A male zebra finch on a perch, leaning towards and looking at the camera.

Beep is checking in to make sure you aren’t doom scrolling 🐥🫵

If everyone got a receipt for their taxes breaking it down like this, I think our country would look totally different

Reminder that there is empirical research to prove the “when the person speaking was 12” point. It’s called Reminiscence Bump and it’s literally from ages 12-14. psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-...

Five superheroes face off against a purple-clad villian in a robotic suit with a flaming hand. Above them are the words Sentinels of the Multiverse, and Definitive Edition. Box cover for the Sentinels of the Multiverse board game from Greater than Games, created by Christopher Badell, Paul Bender and Adam Rebottaro.

Almost a year of uncertainty over the future of board game publisher Greater than Games has been partially resolved, with Flat River Group selling the brand name, and the rights for the Sentinels of the Multiverse titles, to Handelabra Games:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

the human made icon

I want to be a better steward for the Human Made icon. If you have any ideas on how I can get the word out for it more please let me know. Do you think game retailers would be interested in stickers they could pass out? folks interested in pins? What can I do to support you using this icon? a zine?

This is Binoo. She will tell you when you're permitted to stop scratching. Until then, stop slacking. 13/10 (IG: binoochi)

And distinguishing the different kinds of AI is important, also!

Machine learning has SO much potential and power! I love seeing people use it to do analysis in areas where humans would take forever, fail, and/or make significant mistakes.

But current Gen AI is mostly infuriating to me.

What a tasteless cartoon of an administration.

... and claims to be a brilliant engineer. 🙄

This also explains (one of many reasons) why I won't shop at Wal-Mart. 😒

Yeah, AI's a scam. Getting folks to see that, well... it's as hard as getting people to not support horrible companies like Wal-Mart. 😔

(They're also charging corps for dedicated instances, getting some money there.)

Cool board game thing = I worked on the new edition of Fury of Dracula to make a fast-play version, and large company = Hasbro/Avalon Hill

www.wericmartin.com/fury-of-drac...

It is a profound irony when the nation under attack feels more empathy for the attacker's citizens than the attacking government itself.

As a systems designer I think a lot about how social safety nets could be efficiently deployed to a large population. You could save so much money on administration by just giving everyone a basic income.

It also support local businesses, improves the quality of life, and is great for the economy.

I love seeing this happen. What brings you joy? NEW COMIC on TINYVIEW for all to see! Share if you can. social.tinyview.com/Ewno158tm2b

🎉 #Hoosiersky -- spread the news far 'n wide over all of #Indiana!!!