I got into @gregstolze.bsky.social's writing through his novels set in the Unknown Armies universe; which are mind-bending fun. He blends horror, humour and great character play in perfect proportions.

If you play RPGs, you've seen his stuff. Check out more here: gregstolze.com

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I discovered the down side of cowboy coffee today.
When you forget that your coffee is cowboy coffee and you just throw back the last tepid mouthful.
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I don't know what the 2nd Age of Sunday Morning Swords will bring.

Schedules are tight. The world is ass & only growing asser.

But stealing a couple hours for towers & skulls & jewels, for panther-like thews & lost mysteries, for companions of the road.

This.

This is what's best in life.

"... in the future, what additional data will be required, and how the data transmission to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection will be carried out,” DHL said on Aug. 22, announcing that Deutsche Post and DHL Parcel Germany will pause deliveries to the U.S.."

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"...New Zealand, Taiwan, and Japan. The United Nations’ Universal Postal Union said on Tuesday that postal operators of 25 member countries have suspended services to the U.S..

"“Key questions remain unresolved, particularly regarding how and by whom customs duties will be collected...

5/6

"Postal services in a growing number of countries have announced pauses to their deliveries to the U.S.. Shippers in Europe said they would suspend most shipments to the U.S. this week. Australia’s postal service on Tuesday said it would be doing the same, as have postal services from India,...

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"... duties of up to $200 US, depending on the country of origin"

Many postal services and couriers have suspended shipments to the U.S. altogether, because they don't have the bureaucracy in place yet to collect the tariffs and remit them to the U.S. gov..

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time.com/7312579/coun...

Some exerpts:

"The nearly century-old de minimis exemption, which in recent years allowed goods under $800 US to enter the U.S. without extra fees, is ending as a July executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump takes effect.

That means those shipments will now be subject to..."
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Dear U.S. neighbours: take back control of your own governance from the greedy nihilistic oligarchs, from the power-mad authoritarians, while you still can.

Don't consent to be ruled by the rich for their own benefit.

Choose your own leader.

And in the meantime, BE UNGOVERNABLE.

#politics

...it, because all the reasonable replacements are American made.

I don't want to boycott my neighbour and (until now) closest ally. But here we are.

I'll pay a kid with a dodgy soldering gun to "fix" my muffin oven before I pay extortion to Trump & Co.

#canpoli

globalnews.ca/news/1130028...