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

The Great Squid People used to ride the gleaming white chalk roads in great glass globes of water pulled by teams of clattering crabs.

But then the deers took over, a Dark Age came when the roads were covered with grass.

they nerfed cis people

We have arrived at a compromise.

#DogsOfMastodon #Violet

Workers at Portland bookstore Powell’s Books are going on strike tomorrow, “a one-day Unfair Labor Practice Strike.”

Some of their recommendations:

“
🪧 Do not shop at any Powell's Books location on Monday, September 4.

🪧 Do not shop on powells.com on Monday, September 4.

💰 Donate to the ILWU Local 5 Strike Fund: www.ilwulocal5.com/support

📝 Sign our petition, letting Powell's leadership know you support workers' demands: bit.ly/tell-powells
”

More info:

https://www.facebook.com/events/304955958609311/

Worlds of IF (January 1960)

I love how this tells the whole story: “dude WTF, that's not a toy that's my damn space ship!” and how the cheesy wholesome-family-at-play illustration style is offset by the alien guy.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1960-01_IF

#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration

I see a lot of people sharing blanket condemnations of all of those who still remain on #Twitter / #Xitter , and I need you to slow down a bit.

Sure, in some cases this is justified - journalists should really know better. But there are a lot of communities on that platform that are vital to many people's well-being that _haven't_ been replicated on the #Fediverse or elsewhere. Take #BlackTwitter - while #BlackMastodon is growing, it's still minuscule in comparison. The number of Twitter users in #Pakistan is staggering, while they are only a handful on #Mastodon . And so on, and so forth. Twitter was a lifeline to many marginalized people, and it still is - even though it gets worse every day - and we need to recognize this.

As a white European guy, it was easy for me to walk away from Twitter (I still have an account there, but I only post "you should go to Mastodon" stuff these days) - since it is easy to find people of a similar background to interact with. But this is NOT true for everyone!

So I'd like everyone to show a bit less contempt to the remaining Twitter users in general, and put some more effort in how to make the Fediverse friendlier to marginalized voices. Because there is MUCH work to be done here!

She's not technically lying on the forbidden bed, but...

#DogsOfMastodon #Violet

PATH

permalink: https://wizardzines.com/comics/path/

Weird dog's bath day! [sound on for splishy splashy sounds]

#IKnowItsABear #dog #dog #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon #bear #bears #humor #humour #funny #cute

I've played hundreds of games of Race for the Galaxy over the years. It's definitely in my Top 10.

The best way to learn is two-player because you have more control choosing two actions each turn. It's also important to be a patient teacher and give people time to process the iconography and card interactions.

I usually prefer a military strategy, but tonight I forced a fast Consume X 2 victory (36 vs. 20). They don't call it RACE for the Galaxy for nothin'.

#BoardGamesAtoZ #BoardGames

this is what happens when you make a typed language without some form of generics 😆

https://youtu.be/Ja7KObmd-Ks?si=_WWqmE6bs2XLaOca I’m having trouble breathing while laughing this hard with one of the new hosts of Shut Up and Sit Down. #Boardgames