To sum up: An estimated 5 million people protested in 50 states but the stories were deliberately relegated to the back of most major newspapers.

I feel Britain and France can't tell their awful husband they're leaving him to his face because he might blow up, and they haven't anywhere sorted to stay yet, but they're squirreling money away and putting things in a bag.

So, the meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy went about as well as could be expected then. Trump has the best diplomatic skills, just beautiful skills. Ask anyone.

#FFS

Just got my Linux box up and running today. Very easy - created a boot USB for Linux Mint on my Windows machine, used it to wipe the disk and install on another laptop. Everything's up and running fine, and looking pretty good.

Waiting for a cheapo PC to arrive today to set up my first Linux box in more than 20 years. I've been getting irritated by all the recent TechBro enshittification, and a bricking of a laptop by a Windows update and all the AI slop that's being forced on us finally drove me to take steps.

The past few weeks' events in the US and elsewhere have got me seriously thinking about my digital presence, the machines and software I use and the services I subscribe to. It's beginning to think that relying 100% on US techbro services is looking like an increasingly bad idea.

I'm gonna go to the caps lock for this: THE ONLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT THE EXHAUSTION AND BURNOUT THE FASCISTS ARE RELYING ON YOU TO FALL INTO IS TO LIMIT YOUR EXPOSURE TO HORRORS, KEEP YOUR ACTIVISM CONCRETE AND EFFECTIVE, AND DO OTHER THINGS WITH AS MUCH FERVOR AS YOU DO ACTIVISM.

Version 0.7 of WINGS OVER HELWAST printed out! This draft has taken 3 months to complete, has more than doubled the wordcount, and I'm now probably a couple more iterations from having a complete manuscript. As it says on the cover, it's turning into a totally epic campaign pack for THE LAIR OF THE

So, this short character restriction thing on Blue Sky is hella irritating. Are we really just posting pithy sound bites here, and nothing of substance? Hmm... 🙄

Art Splat Friday!
Fantastic illustration by Jason Juta for the amazing cosmic fantasy RPG, The Chronicles of Future Earth

The Chronicles of Future Earth is available to download from DriveThruRPG, here:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Check it out! I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the lovely #CriticalTwits, about life, the universe, & our @typhongames.bsky.social RPG "The Chronicles of Future Earth"! We had a blast!

Spread the word! The Chronicles Of Future Earth RPG - Author Interview with Sarah Newton (youtube.com)!

Playing The Chronicles of Future Earth RPG.

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What a stonking #ttrpg!