Author: Jaybird
Weekend Plans Post: Timey Wimey
Man, a long weekend just wrecks all kinds of being able to keep track of stuff.
Shivanthi Sathanandan posts to Facebook that she has been Carjacked
The 2nd Vice Chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party has posted to Facebook that she has been carjacked
From Politico: An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
California would be the first state to explicitly ban the practice, but the process has been divisive.
From the New York Times: All That Empty Office Space Belongs to Someone
What happens if the nearly 100 million square feet of workplace real estate stays empty?
Saturday Morning Gaming: Starfield
Jaybird makes his Starfield character: “You have a spaceship and a mission: GET YOUR MACGUFFIN TO THE PEOPLE WHO WANT IT! I’m hooked”
Open Mic for the week of 8/28/2023
On this day in 1793, the Siege of Toulon in the French Revolutionary wars began.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Stone Age
A great board game has been adapted for Steam!
I have no idea how to play well.
From the AP: In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged barricades survived
The road closures — some because of the fire, some because of downed power lines — contributed to making historic Lahaina the site of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.
Open Mic for the week of 8/21/2023
On this day in 1911 Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by three Italian handymen
Saturday Morning Gaming: Book of Hours
The long-awaited sequel to Cultist Simulator is finally here!
Weekend Plans Post: Learning to Tell Them Apart
You know how your grandparents went through 2-3 names before getting to yours? It’s kinda like that, sometimes.
University of Chicago agrees to pay $13.5 million to students after being accused of participating in a ‘price-fixing cartel’ with other prestigious schools to limit financial aid
The University of Chicago became the first of 16 top schools to settle claims it engaged in a scheme to keep financial aid packages low.
Saturday Morning Gaming: More Musings on Moral Choices
Call me old-fashioned, but I think that the only rewards for being evil should be more gold, more experience points, and different storyline resolutions. NOT extra content.