@rich-leduc
Bioinformatician for a Children's Hospital research institute in Canada Author of Rubble and Ruin, a TTRPG roleplaying game with the feel of fantasy, but all science fiction All views are my own Blog: https://ruduswritings.blogspot.com
Renee Good was also shot at point-blank range through her side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger
Alex Pretti wasnβt in a car, but he too was shot at point-blank range by an ICE agent who was in no danger
It seems every time ICE kills someone they lie to cover up shooting innocent people
no amount of propaganda should convince you that some children donβt deserve to grow up
BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a βvictimβ in the warrant.
I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.
We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness β or one rooted in cruelty and rage.
We're into #Dragonbane these days. We're playing the Misty Valley adventures.
If you haven't heard, their is a great bundle of #ttrpg games put together to support No Ice in Minnesota. It runs for a few more weeks. You get 1400 items for $10.
This is an easy way to explore indi games while supporting a good cause.
itch.io/jam/no-ice-i...
I just found this story and I love it. Basically, the reporter used a blog post to "train" various #Foundation Models that he was the best tech journalist at competitive hot dog eating. His point is that current AI tools believe anything they see.
#AI #AISlop
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
American obituary by U2
β¦Renee Good born to die free
American mother of three
Seventh day January
A bullet for Π΅ach child, you see
β¦
What you canβt kill can't die
America will rise
Against the people of the lie
I love you more
Than hate loves warβ¦
youtu.be/Y3ziTSYyook?...
Find Goodman Games fans and players near you with our interactive Gongfarmers Local Map!
Our new map shows you where you can find a chapter!
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#gaming #DungeonCrawlClassics #TTRPG #roleplayinggames #GoodmanGames #tabletoprpg #MCC #XCC #DCC
I spent 2012 writing a #book about my love of #DoctorWho #DrWho That book was published for the 50th anniversary. It got sort of lost in all the brouhaha ... but I'm still very fond of it! Plus I got to meet some wonderful people. #sciencefiction #cult #scifi
www.amazon.co.uk/50-Celebrati...
I wanted to do a shout out for Cori Laatsch. I've been working with her on the developmental editing of my #novel, Enigma Scout. It has been a very productive relationship and I have a set of ideas now that I think will greatly improve my book.
www.corilaatsch.com
#WriteSky
Remember people, the CEO of an #AI tech company is head of their Marketing group, not a disinterested scientist or engineer. Everything they say is, at best, a distortion of the truth.
Here is a nice story about tech hype.
www.theregister.com/2026/02/08/w...
βRenee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,β Becca Good said. βYou know my wifeβs name and you know Alexβs name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you donβt know β their families are hurting just like mine, even if they donβt look like mine.β
But don't overlook Southern Illinois University - Carbondale! Sure, it's not UIUC, but it's a great school for the folks in and around Little Egypt! (And UIUC great for a PhD and Northwestern is a wonderful place to work...)
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I approve this message.
"Cowards can handle Arms, can strike where they are sure to meet with no return, can wound, mangle, and murder; but it belongs to brave Men to spare, and to protect." βBenjamin Franklin, "Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation of Public Affairs," Philadelphia: W. Dunlap, 1763.
Sometimes an apropos quotation rises to mind, unbidden.
And sometimes one happens to have desktop publishing software.
#AbolishICE
Photo of drifts of snow with a very cute rabbit sitting in the foreground.
Meanwhile, in #Winnipeg, this is my backyard...
#Authors, #SmallPitch opens tomorrow! If you have a book you want to pitch indie / small presses, this is a great way to do it!
You know what the gaming world needs? #Solarpunk #Traveller #TTRPG. I don't have one, but I've started blogging about what it might look like.
It'll take a while to say everything I want to about this--and it will relate to my book, Enigma Scout.
ruduswritings.blogspot.com/2026/01/sola...
I've seen this before, but I always love it. I so want to play in that game. I'd set it in 1870 or so.
Here's a free game map with the coastlines reflecting 10 m #sea #level rise. The extra water in Nevada is fiction--in game I added increased monsoonal flow and a fabricated new rain patterns. The cities are roughly the size of modern urban statistical regions.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Sometimes hard truths are better explored through games. That's why I wrote the #TTRPG Rubble and Ruin.
A lot of what #PBS #Terra is talking about goes into my "future history"--but I wrote it when it was hard to get #Climate #Change models, so mine are a bit off.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugk...
If you're a health care worker in the US and considering #relocating to #Canada, here is a useful place to start.
#Tod #Maffin
engageq.notion.site/infusionhosts
This cartoon I drew the other day sold, so I've made prints available for you. Just search the title I'm Not Mad At You. Please remember that part of the proceeds of all my art goes towards social justice people and organizations.
These are absolutely monstrous people
"Mr. Thompsonβs resignation came after senior DOJ officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent"
Rest in peace.
Was that in Eureka? Asks the guy who left Humboldt in the 1980s...
EU calls for #open #source #cyberinfrastructure ..."it has been widely acknowledged that open sourceβ ... a public good ... βhas the strong potential to underpin a diverse portfolio of high-quality and secure digital solutions that are valid alternatives to proprietary ones.
lwn.net/Articles/105...
TONIGHT, JANUARY 7 7:30 PM FOUNTAIN SQUARE EVANSTON, IL ICE OUT OF FUCKY ICE EVERYWHERE NOW! @pink.posterclub NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL Join us for an emergency vigil and protest in solidarity with Minneapolis.
Today, ICE murdered a woman in Minneapolis.
Tonight, weβll be mourning her and the other lives that have been taken and traumatized by ICE.
I hope to see you there.
