Meanwhile over on Elon's echo chamber: Nazi medal gimmicks, apologetic boardgames and the "idols of hobby wargaming" ranting that "iT's JuSt A gAmE yOu UnMaNlY mAn!"
In a shocking turn of events, a guy called "Stuka Joe" turned out to be a piece of shit. If only he had given us clues about this years and years ago when he chose his screen name.
Always pay attention to how things are framed in Old Hollywood history books. For example, multiple books paint Mildred Harris as an immature spendthrift and bad wife to Charlie Chaplin. Yeah, thatās why adults shouldnāt marry 16 year olds. A teenage girl likes to shop. Horrifying.
Kingdom of Heaven - debrief video with my awesome opponent Sahm. He shared his perspective on the Crusades history, growing up Muslim in Canada, and his scary Halloween costume from when he was a kid (trust me, it's all connected). Oh, and we talked about the game! youtu.be/HGEEkiij3ew
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I love academia and academic publishing. I think itās great to spend four years of my life writing a thesis no one will read, with the ultimate goal of turning it into a book that I will lose money on and barely anyone will read because itās prohibitively expensive
āThe Korean adoptee diaspora of around 200,000 children is thought to be the largest in the world. At the peak in the 1970s and ā80s, South Korea was sending out babies by the hundreds per month.ā apnews.com/article/sout...
Western governments ignored widespread fraud in South Korean adoptions and sometimes pressured the country to keep the kids coming, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found.
Where i spend an hour talking with Liz at @beyondsolitaire.bsky.socialwww.youtube.com/watch?v=5-1V...
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If you havenāt yet listened to the Cult of the Old boardgame podcast, gobble up seasons 1 & 2 before Thanksgiving to be ready for the next one just entering production. Also jump on their Discord server to give feedback or discuss specific games featured.
Maybe my only obscure masterpiece that I can say I saw in cinemas - the little art house in my home town. I've been obsessed ever since, it's such a great and beautiful film.