Solis People of the Sun GM's Day Sale on DTRPG
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If you were even interested in a near future setting using accurate star maps, and the Cepheus rules, today is DTRPG's GM's Day sale.
A lot of time why I like "play by post" games, they are slower, and more thoughtful, like crafting a story.
My "perfect candidate" who some libs and "centrists" insist I will destroy America over:
- doesn't support genocide
- isn't a pedophile or bigot
- doesn't keep on handing out my tax dollars to billionaires
- makes policies which actually help working-class people
Clearly, I ask too much.
So it's Black History Month and that means I think it's a good time to get familiar with Mike Pondsmith, if you're not already.
When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.
Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.
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Adrian and Liam have more courage than any billionaire, the WashPo, the NYT, and the entire Republican delegations in the House and Senate, and most of the senior Democratic delegations.
The people of Minneapolis are showing breathtaking courage. Facing down armed federal goons to protect their neighbors isn't just brave; it’s legendary.
Woman in a space helmet
What are you waiting for? Winter sale on the SPOTS AD bundle, just $10 a savings of 71%! Solis People of the Sun is a Cepheus Engine ATU using accurate starmaps in a near future setting, so c'mon let's go!
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(IMAGE: A drawing by a 5-year-old detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” You don't have to know your Bible to hear echoes of oppressions throughout history, or to know what side the oppressor is. But those other echoes sure do resonate, too.)
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ICE has booked at least 3,800 children +
(Drawing by a 5-year-old detained in Texas with her mother. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” You don't have to know your Bible to hear myriad echoes here, but phew, those too.)
Flaming Carrot Hey! Everything you know is wrong!
Bad Brains was on the back of my jeans vest:
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Forty years ago if asked I'd have said I was an anarchist, still have no respect for authority. Back then this song was "old" being from 10 years ago ...
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RIP Bob Layzell, I grew up with the TTA books and his artwork adorning many a sci-fi book cover. Many of his pieces have inspired me as well, one of the greats.
Space Habitats, Tech Level to Traveller standards.
Food trucks are golden.
THIS IS THE EMPLOYMENT JELLY Drawing of a slime with a briefcase and pencil REBLOG WHENEVER THE HELL YOU LIKE AND YOU'LL GET A JOB THAT YOU LOVE AND DESERVE.
🕯️Manifesting 🕯️
I spent my entire adult life, 35+ years, working to support US national security. Which very much included the Atlantic alliance.
At the end of that time, 69% of the American public decided they were okay with throwing all that on the trash heap.
Yeah, I'm a little salty about that.
I knew we were going to fall, though to paraphrase Franz-Joseph on his death bed: "Not like this."
Just got word from Steve Sullivan that Jean Rabe has passed.
She was the RPGA's fourth Network Coordinator, a position she held for almost a decade, but I personally know her best for her Dragons of a New Age trilogy (but she wrote *tons* of books).
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Experience volcanic rage is apt.
Deal Alert: HAUNTED SPACE: PARADISE FOR EXTINCTION. A sci-fi/horror novel pitched as The Expanse meets Lovecraft Country. A universe filled with werewolves, space pirates, vampires, faeries, doomsday cults. Even the Yeti. Appreciate @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for giving my second novel a home.
All those galleries are destroyed pretty much, no way to search anymore.
I don't think I've ever seen such a pithy and clear summation of the consequence of Lost Cause ideology.
Sidereal is a favorite word.
Stealing a train full of gold, is also perfect; origin of the interwar years Legion Bank.
the Czech Legion needs to be adapted into more settings, because "we're a third party in this civil war and we're going to fight our way to the other side of the world to get home" is awesome (and a great gaming premise)
Bar chart titled “Who’s Really Blocking California Development?” showing the share of CEQA lawsuits by plaintiff type. HOAs and NIMBY groups account for the majority at 54%. Business and commercial plaintiffs file 20% of cases, government entities 13%, environmental groups 8%, tribal or cultural groups 4%, and labor unions 2%. The chart notes the analysis is based on 1,234 CEQA court opinions from 1973–2025 using CourtListener data, with HOAs/NIMBYs defined as homeowner associations, neighborhood groups, and ad hoc project-opposition groups.
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
