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

Public transport isn't supposed to make money. It's not even supposed to break even. It's supposed to lose money and to be financed and extended from general taxes because it gives back way more than mere money.

And all the politicians know this because they keep building and maintaining streets for free

@JoParkerBear https://preview.redd.it/qakt5m0v42641.jpg?auto=webp&s=067ea83355924316ec41c7ca24ed8fab01535e02

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@peterdrake came home early today so we could learn Near and Far and give it a try. He even built a fire for ambiance.

It's great! The art design is beautiful. The rules are clearly written with an excellent index. There's a bit of setup, but the pace was snappy and it didn't take as long as I feared it might.

Even though Peter trounced me 59 vs. 24 thanks to TWO completed trade routes, better artifacts, and faster camp building, I'm really excited to play the full Campaign game.

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I have mixed feelings about the Wingspan Nesting Box. It is beautiful and compact, but I think it also nudges me against playing. It’s a bit of a production to pull the giant, heavy chest out of our game cabinet, find enough space to open it up, and dig through all the bits to grab what I want for a particular play. I’m not giving up on it yet. But I have, more than once, thought about putting everything back into their own expansion boxes…

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The Onion is on a roll. https://www.theonion.com/evangelical-leaders-announce-j-k-rowling-finally-bigot-1850129128

@pluralistic here in Iceland, we log in to the tax office website, check that the details are correct, update if necessary, and then submit. The site not only has a built-in error checker, it also gives you a preliminary breakdown of your tax liabilities and (re)payment schedule. Even if you're doing complex things like trading stocks, getting dividends from foreign companies, etc, it's barely any work at all.

If you press your belly button three times in rapid succession, it restores your personality to the factory setting

Just learned set theory and I cannot contain myself.

@peterdrake really likes Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix and I really don't. With two, I have too many cards in my hand to process. With six, there's too much randomness and risk of not even finishing.

He stomped me in the first race, taking 1, 2, 3. But by our third race I managed to (a) make him overpay for his cars, (b) buy pole position and thus the winner's circle, and (c) make him frown in concentration several times. Moral victory.

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