PLEASE check your children's candy VERY CAREFULLY this Halloween. I found an M4A3E8 Sherman tank in this box of Pocky.
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He/him. #BLM. Writer/Games designer - Pacific Drive, Paranoia, Magical Kitties, Zafir, Feng Shui, OMQ & more. Loves arts, humanities and animals. SU&SD founder.
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Day XXX of quarantine and I made this and I don't know why.
I'm not sure what I hate more. The level of manipulation this man sinks to, or the ongoing loyalty of his enablers and supporters.
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Johnny Depp fans paid $3k to unseal the court documents just to get dirt on Amber, but ended up unintentionally exposing Depp and information he tried to keep private instead. A thread 
Sorting Hat: I sense madness in you.
Me: Madness?
SH: So much.
Me: So what house am I in?
SH: Our house.
Me: Huh?
SH: IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR S
Hot singles are in your area!
Hot singles are closing fast!
Hot singles are in your building!
50m!
10m!
5m!
THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE WALLS.
"Roll for initiative."
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D&D spells designed by a neural network. I love this. I want more. MORE. lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/159363915
To those saying social justice doesn't belong in gaming:
Respect is for everyone, everywhere, in everything. Games aren't exempt from that.
If this was my players coming to me with their D&D party, I would tell them to take the game seriously and make new characters.
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I'm fully a Britain truther now. There is no such thing as Britain. Britain is not real. Britain is a marketing ploy. Britain is a theme park.
Today is a good day to remember that Theresa May deported 48,000 people in a broad sweep based entirely on hearsay: independent.co.uk/student/news/t
Me gradually approaching the point at which I can apply for Canadian citizenship.
Unedited footage of me responding to even the slightest setback.
If the claim is that #CharlestonShooting was due to mental illness, why make guns so readily available and mental health care so expensive?
The Age of Perpetual Crisis is pretty much the perfect term. The 2010s have been a time of increasing upheaval, disruption and polarisation. I know a lot of people who don't feel safe or stable, two things that continue to be defining goals for me.
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The age of perpetual crisis: how the 2010s disrupted everything but resolved nothing, by Andy Beckett theguardian.com/society/2019/d
Please, use my new Riker Mood Board to share with me how your week has been.
I'm a firm number 8.
In response to those who may have felt shame or guilt for not being at their best during a difficult time in their lives, I spent time researching and compiling The Official List of People who Handled their Abuse or Trauma Perfectly and Without Incident.
Here it is:
The types of die, ranked:
D4 - Esoteric integer envoy
D12 - The artisanal choice
D6 - A timeless classic
D8 - Somehow vaguely alien
D20 - Basic but I'll allow
D10 - A D8 that let itself go
D100 - Golf ball bullshit
So here's a thing.
Being an abuse survivor, I've found the last month or so of social media and news to be a constant, hellish reinforcement. And I care much less about people piling on abusers after it's safe to do so than discussions on how to prevent abuse in the first place.
Here it is.
It took a long time for me to write this lengthy, difficult and often personal collection of stories about travel and visas and complications and petty stupidities and so much more.
I think it's very important and I hope that you read it.
It wasn't that O'Reilly repeatedly harassed women, but that this got out and wouldn't go away.
Those are the standards. Think about them.
Ursula Le Guin has passed away and I am very sad.
There's no better time to re-watch this video of her speaking at a convention about the importance of being inclusive.
In NINETEEN SEVENTY-FIVE.
Impossibly ahead of her time.
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Instead of "Mr/Mrs" consider using "Commander" instead.
- Gender neutral.
- Confers respect and authority.
- Good way to start any briefing.
- Inevitable anyway in light of the coming apocalypse.
Today I completed the final stage in my evolution toward Disney Princess.
No food. No tempting. Just patience and stillness.
Every single game should do this and if a broshooter is taking action then the rest of you have no excuse.
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Rainbow Six Siege instantly bans players for using slurs
gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018- Bans last nearly half an hour for the first offense, with possible permanent bans after the third
Shut Up & Sit Down
2 Shut 2 Sit
Shut Up & Sit Down: Tokyo Draft
Ups & Downs
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The Shut and the Sat
Shut Up & Sit Down: Fluxx Suxx
The F8 of the D8
You have nothing
nothing
nothing
to gain from attacking, bullying, marginalising or excluding trans, queer, non-binary and GNC people. It will not make the world better, make you happier or produce any positive result.
Non-binary people are sexy, trans people are sexy, men can compliment one another on their looks, all body types are attractive. We hold these truths to be self-evident and, frankly, who gives a fuck what anyone else thinks. It's 2019 so get on board or miss the ride entirely.
The arrival of my Permanent Resident card is the full stop tapped at the end of an incredibly long sentence.
Thank you so much to everyone who supported and believed in me, especially those who supported my appeal. It was extremely hard at times. I was tempted to give it all up.
This is Avatar. We are going for a walk. For every like and RT this gets, I will pet him and tell him he's a good boy.
OH MY GOD.
OH MY GOD.
THE NUMBER YOU CALL TO GET SOCIAL INSURANCE AND OTHER CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SERVICES IS LITERALLY 1-800-O-CANADA.
OH MY GOD.
AND THE MAN ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE IS SO EXCITED FOR YOU.
God, I love toast. And to prove it, for each RT and Like this gets, I'll eat ANOTHER slice of toast.
It's going to be such a great evening.
13 months ago, Chris and I began planning #SHUX17. It ended today with a standing ovation.
Thank you.
Goodnight.
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I am ready and prepared to emergency marry a French lady. The catch: my education means all our conversations must be in the present tense.
This is remarkably brave, civil and honourable, in light of what had just happened. #FinsburyPark
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory, saving twice their salaries by the age of 35.
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Original Trek Queen obviously from here. I switched out her background before putting her into TNG.
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Good luck to the Englishman on this train who moved to Canada to get away from immigrants, who he describes as doing "work" with full-on airquotes.
1. You're an immigrant, mate.
2. Canada is a nation of immigrants.
3. It's also a nation of colonisers.
4. You're a racist cunt.
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oh man if u think poor people are lazy just wait til u hear abt rich people
Meme carries meme. Metameme contains and syngergises both. This is how it ought to be, despite what your gender studies professor says.
2019 as been a year that I've really struggled to feel attractive or desirable. This week I got myself a haircut, plenty of exercise and a lot of sunshine.
Just spent a portion of my evening pulling these down in my neighbourhood, following three minutes behind the lady who was putting them up.
Bullshit.
I am outright banning racist, insensitive and hostile dickheads on our latest SU&SD Disqus thread, as we would anywhere. Zero tolerance.
I know half the Trump family being speakers at the RNC isn't a good look, but the rest of the lineup isn't much better either.
At 7pm, my Vancouver neighbourhood has decided to open their windows, take to their balconies and applaud healthcare workers as they change shifts at the local hospital.
It's incredibly moving and I'm very proud. #WestEnd
Yesterday I went for my FIRST PROPER WALK since surgery. I walked about 900 meters, got TAKEOUT and functioned almost like a NORMAL HUMAN. Whatever could be NEXT?
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I now get to live in Canada for the rest of my life, confirmed, for real, for sure. I have the bendy little card in my hand right now that says this. I can wave it at a machine or a human every time I cross the Canadian border and they’ll say this:
“Welcome home.”
The soul-wrenching frustration borne of seeing incompetent and indecent people in authority comes not just from knowing how foul and foolish they are, but also from the knowledge that so many better humans are struggling to do good, but lack the same levels of privilege or power.
Can't be bothered to vote? If you don't engage with a democracy, you kill it. This via last week.
Okay, I'M DOING IT. I'm going to CROWDFUND MY IMMIGRATION REVIEW.
My lawyer says I have an excellent case, it'll cost a bit less than expected and I'll start the campaign very soon.
Unfortunately, I can't share specifics until it's resolved. Then, you get to know ALL ABOUT IT.
Sometimes I remember that there's a hotel where a bear can watch you in the bath and I totally lose it.
Congratulations to Donald Sutherland, one of my very favourite actors, on his honorary Oscar. As excellent an actor as he is an interviewee.
Living in a hidden basement flat means I am now the last unmelted man in England. As the rest of the population evaporates, I wander the streets at night, looking for the Unmelted Woman, so that together we at least have enough people to form a rudimentary game of Mario Kart.
By the time you are 35, you should have at least six spirits in your soul gem, a safe underground fortification for your phylactery and a standing army of around two thousand ghouls. This will set you up comfortably for your first full reaving.
Good news, everyone! The pandemic has given me the chance to finally and authoritatively rank all of the liquorice allsorts. I will not be taking questions at this time.
Here's a picture of my nice burgeoning industrial network and here's a picture of the horrible man who just screwed me out of all of my beer.
Okay. I finally watched the first episode of The Witcher.
That boob tower wizard has extreme reddit energy. He definitely has broadband in there and is extremely online arguing about men's rights, board game rules and why women can't be academics.
Bro 1: no way dude whoa bro sweet sick damn that chick whoa haha yeah chill later
Bro 2: shit was lit
Bro 3 [suddenly turning to me]: what up?
Me [visibly sweating]: T-t-t-t-t TALLY HO!
Good morning. Canada just banned assault weapons because "Canadians deserve more than thoughts and prayers..." and I could fly a fucking flag right now.
cbc.ca/news/politics/
The last time I saw my friend he was still trying to pack this game away.
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Trans people aren't "political opinions" put into a game. Nor are POC, women, other sexualities. They are humans. Who exist. In the world.
This week marks my one year anniversary of gaining Permanent Resident status in Canada.
It's autumn, raining heavily, and it was a day like this when I first visited in Oct '14.
Moving here was the best decision I ever made. I'm so glad I trusted my gut.
Wow, they let anyone on the news these days.
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There were warnings of extreme heat and poor air quality from wildfire smoke Saturday, but it was rain that had people talking. bc.ctvnews.ca/video?cid=sm%3
Imagine if the people pouring all that time and energy into raging about fixing Game of Thrones and Star Wars put their time and energy into raging about fixing abortion rights or immigration reform or climate change or voter apathy.
You know, real things.
A very thoughtful thread. We're not talking about someone here who seems to have taken risks, nor built things for others, nor even shown much in long-term planning skills.
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Trump seems terrified by the concept of sacrifice. The idea that you'd risk yourself -- out of love, loyalty, or duty -- is alien to him.
I've been working on a meme about Theseus for so long now that I've changed just about every part of it and I have no idea if it's funny any more.
As I was saying at the this weekend, it's hard to believe is seven this year, or that I am thirty-eight today.
Here's a picture of me when SU&SD started, plus another of me explaining the rules of Agricola in 2009.
My partner's adopted cat displays a bunch of trauma responses and is afraid of men. This is how 2020 began.
After a week of prep and filming, I'm editing my first video about board games (and other things) in quite a while. After all, extraordinary times, extraordinary measures.
I will try any stringed instrument I'm left alone with. After about three or four hours, I'm off to an okay start with this one.
Sometimes I remember the video of the cat in the
h e a t e d
b a s k e t
and my whole day is suddenly twice as good.
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ATTENTION PLEASE this cat has a heated basket for mountain bike adventures.
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Don't become one of those people who is defined by the things they don't like. 💙🌞
I cannot stop laughing. I know this is a place of worship and introspection, but it's also what working class English people shout when you make them jump.
It's time to go to a wedding.
The first semi-public event I've been at in... twenty months? Eek.
The most successful people I've met:
1. Won't talk to me or my son ever again.
2. Walk along with one lady but look back at another lady.
3. Have saved twice their income by 35.
4. Oh my God the memes are colliding.
5. All your base is still popular right.
5. REALITY IS COLLAPS-
I bought prosecco and everything went wrong and maybe we won't make it to the con.
