Let Us Build a Tower: A Mythic Bronze Age Adventure in Babel now has a project preview page on Kickstarter. Smash that “Notify me on launch” button to hear the minute our kick-ass, one-of-a-kind OSR dungeon crawl to heaven goes live!
https://t.co/5UqTxGDZzH
@SebbaasDungeon One of my favorite Verhoeven movies for this and so many other reasons! By the way, is there a good way to get in touch with you about sending a complimentary review copy of a game? No strings attached—just a new RPG you might potentially be interested in, based on your channel.
@CHPAlerts@LAPDHQ This was a serious misuse of the Emergency Alert system that makes people more likely to disable the feature on their phones in the future, putting them at risk in case of actual emergencies.
Just hours after Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolved Move Forward Party, I wrote some thoughts for the @spectator. Thailand should not be viewed as a democracy. And its authoritarian roots are still thoroughly intact.
https://t.co/2VW7IZtVGC
Even in all that, they’re miserable, their life made tolerable only by fleeting moments of happiness and (far more often) the anesthetic of mindless entertainment. There’s a sickness at the heart of the Simpsons’ society, diagnosed but never treated, only managed.
Rewatching the Simpsons chronologically, which I’ve never done. Not a new observation to say season 1 is surprisingly dark, sad, and—like its Homer—frequently angry or bitter. Interesting to see so many “fixture” characters show up as fresh introductions. Ongoing thoughts🧵
They live near still-not-wholly-spoiled natural beauty, they’re part of the mainstream religious community and don’t experience racism or any other identity-based source of marginalization.