You've got a great voice, very natural for podcasting I feel, just wish we could've gotten better audio quality in the recording. (And sorry for cutting out your campaign story, I think it was because the audio was a little rough, and so I made the tough call.)

Today with Celeste we watched 3 very different animation masterpieces First, we started with Avatar: 7 Havens. Just the first chapter... but still, I had my bar very low with all things happening with Avatar Studios, and I was impressed. Looking forward to seeing the rest

people will just say anything

"When one side rejects pluralism, electoral legitimacy, or epistemic accountability, then 'reconciliation' & even 'civility' function less as neutral civic virtues than as asymmetric constraints, & they risk unilaterally disarming pro-democracy forces." Gonna link to this piece every week, forever.

about to roast somebody who left a dumb comment, wish me luck

Reading the news, it would be easy to believe that the Green Party has adopted a policy to expel its Jewish members, prevent them from attending synagogue or at the very least scrutinise their activities outside the party. *None of that has happened* 🧵

ME: (shivering, stripped naked and tied to a chair) Drag queens have pretty privilege… CIA AGENT: Again. Do another. ME: Please, I can’t, I— CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter! ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…

Oh jeez. Oh no.

i love that! i am at a place where I either want a Perfect Story or something that is So Weird It Stings, and both are a high bar but there are so many good books that my list is also well-stocked.

i have read empress of salt and fortune (and the second I think, maybe, but I'm not sure), and she who became the sun! i liked both of them well-enough but neither shook me by the collar, if that makes sense. (city of glass is on my list also!)

your halloween usernames are very funny and i like seeing them, that's all

Now to ideally, move onto another book quickly before I am called again by the siren song of Phone

Reading has been slow but Notes From A Regicide really grabbed me. A fantasy novel, of sorts. Beautiful, sad, sharply observed book about revolution, art, family, and trans life.

Me, learning a new game: Is this one of those games where it's rude to try hard and win? I need to know beforehand, mostly so I can add it to the long list.

Random career tidbits: I have two out-of-print published games (won't say which) that went from initial concept meeting to "files to the printer" in less than a week. Quarriors was turned down by 5 publishers before Wizkids took it. I've still designed more TCG content than any other type of game

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