"You Can Beat Me Now"
The situation in Hong Kong this week is extremely complicated. It's a real shame neither the US nor the UK have a government worthy of the name that can act as an agent of calm, but for the most part it's not about us, it'
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Did Jeffrey Epstein Kill Himself?
So the argument is raging right now: was Epstein's suicide actually self-motivated, or murder?
I don't have an answer (you don't either!) so let's look at the facts.
Case for murder:
* As a prisoner who had attempted to hang himself 3 weeks
First Strike, Second Strike, All Fall Down
Aside from the always great irony of a Cheney lecturing on morality in matters of war and peace, I'm wondering if anyone is ever going to inform Rep. Cheney what the words "second strike capability" mean.
For 60+ years nuclear war has not only assumed that
"They're Not Human"
An essential look at the racist underpinnings of nonhumans in roleplaying games.
In the last game I worked on, I actually had some room to run with on the nonhuman species, and I very specifically tried to make them challenge these kind of tropes. The elves were (with some exceptions)
History is Screaming
The men of my group who are under indictment here were under my military command. If they had not executed the orders which they were given, they would have been ordered by me to execute them. If they had refused to execute the orders they would have had to be
The Troll Summit
Trump Invites Far-Right Internet Figures to Discuss Bias At "Social Media Summit" - The Guardian
With the Troll Summit happening at the White House today, it's worth a thought for how the far right is seeking to legitimize and weaponize trolling.
* Contrasting a "freedom of
King Zog Wins World War Two
Dystopia is fun! I wrote this speculative piece 10 years ago - an almost plausible way World War 2 could have gone down a different path, given one key moment.
In our reality, the frankly hilarious in almost every way possible King Zog of Albania personally defeated an assassination attempt