@brass2000
Writer and editor. I run The Generations Games about family tabletop games and board games, including reviews written with my daughter. Autistic. Usually found on a mini-golf course. thegenerationsgames.substack.com
It really works! A year ago, I still had lots of FB friends posting AI "art". I was nicely talking to them about it at first, but nothing changed until I got mean about it. Zero AI in my feed now, and half those people have joined in being staunchly anti-AI. We gotta be mean!
Yes this. All the paid 'expert' pundits are still there, not here. And what keeps me feeling far more informed there rather than here is there's still a bunch of leftist shitposters there who can directly contradict what they say – and it's them who turn out to be right a few days/weeks later.
Hard to say what's worst: the frenzied kiwi bloodlust, or this calculating, sell-out prick.
you know I would say her matching pink phone case really makes this, gives Goodwin a huge "sad loser man at the end of Legally Blonde" vibe
We spoke to Malachi Ray Rempen about his god sim board game Almighty, currently on Kickstarter.
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Dear Lucy On the eve of the by-election, your Labour party spokesperson has admitted to the Huffington Post that a Labour party leaflet has been delivered through doors with your imprint recommending a vote for Labour by a tactical voting organisation which does not exist. This is deeply troubling, it is actually lying to voters. Did you approve this? Do you feel the Labour Party in government should be held to different standards in terms of honesty to the British public? In your last letter to me you mentioned your ‘very extensive data’ and ‘having spoken to over a third of eligible voters’ which led you to an understanding that the by election ‘was a contest between labour and Reform’. Clearly this latest development only tells voters one thing - you will employ any type of political deception (or in Urdu “Dhoka” ) to win. You will be very aware that all three real tactical voting organisations are recommending a vote for the Greens as the best way to stop Reform. Lying to the voters, as you have been caught doing, raises the real prospect that Reform will be the beneficiaries, something you have said that you don’t want. As this is such an important issue, for the sake of your own reputation, I would strongly urge you to apologise to the voters of Denton and Gorton before the polls open in the morning.” Kind regards, Zack Polanski Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social,
Why did you invent a fake tactical voting company to stop the Green Party beating Reform?
I'm starting to think your letters haven't always been in good faith...
![Q: How would you improve the music industry?
A: Burn it to the ground and start again.
I would fire everybody in every major record label, every streaming [platform], every major company in the industry. I would get rid of everybody at the top. Let's start again and make practices ethical for the artists making the music.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3u4yezfifhwdhtv4jjjbo7e4/bafkreibsdvzk7jzfubamkyxmg2sezu6rzb3b3i3telnsqnnmcya6pjbr2u)
Q: How would you improve the music industry? A: Burn it to the ground and start again. I would fire everybody in every major record label, every streaming [platform], every major company in the industry. I would get rid of everybody at the top. Let's start again and make practices ethical for the artists making the music.
Kate Nash in the current Amnesty Magazine. 🔥
"You could have smartened up for the occasion."
I… I did…
still the most "i can hear this tweet" tweet of all time
AI is the “asbestos of the internet”
‘It’s a game that a cat would design if a cat could design a game," says @senfoonglim.bsky.social on his co-creation with David Killing.
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I love the Winter Olympics. But I've come to accept that it's really just people jumping off differently sized ramps.
liam @liamhindley_ You are the most unfunny cunt on this app Callum you singlehandedly ruin my day every time I see your tweets ® Callum Melia @Callum_Melia99 • Feb 12 Spending £500 on a meal and a hotel for Valentine's Day just to shag in missionary Show this thread
I found this exchange on Twitter five years ago, no idea who either of them are but it remains the funniest thing I've ever seen on the site. There's SO much lore here.
I feel like you've neatly encapsulated there why the people who delight in saying "the grown-ups are back in charge" when it comes to things like politics are the people that should be listened to least. They're wearing a suit! They don't rock the boat! I'm so serious! It's all just vibes.
Same trick they're trying to pull in Gorton and Denton. Not because they think they can win it, but because they know a Green win means their vote will plummet nationally as a result.
We spoke with Facade Games' Travis Hancock about the latest Dark Cities journey through the history books, Roma XLI, and its upcoming Kickstarter campaign.
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If anything, it serves as an incredible illustration of exactly how we ended up here in the first place.
Yes, all this. It's also worth noting that that picture of Mandelson sharing a nice birthday treat with the 21st Century's Most Notorious Sex Criminal was Googleable as early as 2019. Starmer – ultimately responsible for the UK's intelligence services – would absolutely, surely, have known enough.
Now the Olympics is upon us again, a whole new batch of people are going to find out that the worst streaming service is not what they previously thought: it is Discovery plus.
It's pretty amazing to me the amount of shit that apparently you can Just Do as an NYC mayor. It makes basically every other American politician look like an incompetent loser.
What do you mean there was just a button that reversed wage theft? Why wasn't and isn't everyone hitting it all the time??
Best family board games, as reviewed by a dad and a daughter.
No. 1. Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar
E says: 'Vul-Kar does seem really cool when he does shoot out fireballs like this [launches fireballs causing devastation].'
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Best family board games, as reviewed by a dad and a daughter.
No. 2. Rhino Hero Super Battle
Help an idiotic superhero scale a skyscraper before knocking it down.
E says: 'It’s just so fascinating that the tower falls down every time we play.'
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Best family board games and tabletop games, as reviewed by a dad and a daughter.
No. 3. Coconuts
Catapult poo-looking objects into pots via monkey paws, all for points.
E says: 'I liked it when we had a red cup and we got to have two goes'
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Pot Noodle: "They're no good for you."
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Best family board games, as reviewed by a dad and a daughter.
No. 4. Dive
Depth perception is key, alongside a stick-or-twist mechanic.
E says: 'It’s really clever because we can only see six or seven layers below the transparency top.'
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Best family board games, as reviewed by a dad and a daughter.
No. 5. Formula D
A strategic, forward-thinking racing game that keeps the interest of young and old alike.
E says: 'I like those little cars and the big dice.'
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A game store in St Paul is being targeted for exercising their free speech.
Keep them in mind when shopping!
