Most board games are printed offshore, usually in China. I buy and play a lot of board games. I’ve been buying everything I think I want now, before the price doubles or triples.

Thank god for RSS.

I’m marginally interested in something like Substack. But I’m only interested in services that host the data somewhere outside of Five Eyes reach anymore.

Get Ready for Inflation and Interest Rate Rise Again

That turned out a lot worse than I thought it would…

Giving David Brin’s Earth a reread. Hat tip to @BillSeitz@mastodon.social #books #sff

The Vatican’s Anime Mascot Is Now an AI Porn Sensation. No one could have seen that coming.

I think one reason the US is in the place it is today is due to most people not teaching their children to read books. #books #election #us

I rewatched Serial Experiments Lain for the first time in probably 20 years this weekend. Very surreal. I didn’t get the Gnostic overtones the first time. Despite being 25 years old, I think the themes are even more relevant.