Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

Minor #Python gotcha that a lot of people fall afoul of:

if my_dict["my_key"]:
pass

If my_key does not exist in the dictionary, this will raise a KeyError exception. The use of the [] part of the dictionary implies a direct lookup of the key inside the dictionary. Which may or may not exist.

Use either (preferred):

if "my_key" in my_dict:

or

if my_dict.get("my_key"):

wake up babe a new isotype per country height infographic dropped

Qwirkle is another rainbow of a game, slightly simpler than Ingenious, but with the same arithmetic gymnastics as you try figure out how to maximize your own points while blocking your opponent. @peterdrake scored 2 of the 10 six-tile bonuses this evening to win handily.

I like the rainbow patterns and hefty wooden pieces. The drawstring bag that came with the game did not wear well, so I made a much nicer one to replace it.

#BoardGamesAtoZ #BoardGames

He gets a New York charge, he gets a Florida charge
He gets a DC charge, he gets a Georgia charge
He enters the pleas that remind him of the good times
He enters the pleas that remind him of the better times

In many parts of the US there is no where teens can hang out without spending money. My South Bronx neighborhood probably beats many cities, suburbs and small towns. (we have a skate park, and a larger park with benches-- though could use more options, for example a nicer library for kids who don't like noise)

In some towns libraries ban "teens congregating" playgrounds are out of bounds & groups of teens get the cops called on them.

This is the real reason young people don't go out anymore.

In honor of Gary Larson's birthday, the two times The Far Side and Dennis the Menace accidentally had their captions switched. I laughed for an hour the first time I saw these.

A perfect meme!

It is possible and easy to recognize the limitations and insufficiency of electoral politics and still use voting as one action among many to facilitate change.

Listen to what black people and queer people are saying.

I roll my eyes when the *only* response people have to injustice is "Vote!1!" I roll my eyes more at the idea that not voting is some big brain 5D chess radical move that lets you operate outside the system.

Use every lever of power you can reach. Every single one.