kalloway @kalloway@fedibird.com

From Jenny and the Cat Club, written and illustrated by Esther Averill. 1958.

My brothers and sisters in christ, to all the PbtA Devs, because we seem to be the only motherfuckers who do this, do not say "the playbooks are available online so we aren't putting them in the print book."

For the love of god, pay the extra 2 dollars a book to print them. Otherwise, in twenty years when every download link to them is gone forever because the internet is ephemeral, your game will be literally unplayable.

To my friends in the #TTRPG scene: Two of my works are included in this bundle, along with 500+ other items, all for $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous).

FYI: I'm not an organizer of this bundle. I'm just a contributor.

If you want some fun stuff for a good cause, it's right here.

https://itch.io/b/2383/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-west-virginia

Seen on the way back from picking up glasses (I'm trying, universe, believe me):

We fucked up, the internet was supposed to be a fun weird thing with hamsters dancing and now it’s a thing where you pay bills and your boss spies on you

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We're looking in particular for translations! If you know of anyone who writes science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, slipstream, or some related genre in a South Asian language, please let us know!
https://www.blaft.com/blogs/news/call-for-submissions

Nanuraq only started running dogs two years ago and was participating in his first Nunavut Quest, a race that his grandfather and father have both run.

And today he was announced as the winner.

#Nunavut #Arctic

Examining The Ways Punk Fashion Influenced Ai Yazawa’s NANA - Kat Schmidt explores the fashions that Ai Yazawa referenced while creating classic manga NANA, and the ways that iconic designers like Vivienne Westwood and the greater lolita scene impacted the work's overall style and visual language.

Link: http://hera.fyi/nanafashion

#anime #manga #nana #fashion

My thoughts and prayers go out to #voyager1, which after journeying for half a century to reach interstellar space is still expected to answer fucking work emails

OK, the big experiment has begun. A ham radio group has funded the scanning of 4,000 manuals from the Great Manuals Plus Haul. Now, the experiment is - will people kick on a special link in the blog entry to help fund the other 20 PALLETS of manuals?

https://blog.archive.org/2024/04/24/a-happy-ending-for-some-manual-labor-and-a-call-for-support/

Elon Musk – Dead at 52 – Says There Is No Need for Misinformation Laws
https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/23/elon-musk-dead-at-52-misinformation-laws/

I finally sat down and read this, which is not a short read, not about social media alone, and not good for bedtime:

“How social networks prey on our longing to be known”
https://janmaarten.com/polywork/

Fuck. If you weren’t already wary of tech, you will be. If you *were* wary, well, lots of good reference links all laid out in one place.

Might take that notice at the end for my own site.

Op-Ed: Your Value as a Manga Fan Is Not Measured by the Size of Your Collection: Victor Santiago discusses the ways money have entered fandom with the rise of social media, and how trends like Bookstagram have created toxic myths and preconceptions that need to be dispelled in the modern era.

Link http://hera.fyi/fanvalue

#manga
http://hera.fyi/fanvalue

Ramayana: The Anime Film that Changed Indian Animation Forever: Aniket Singh Chauhan examines 1992 film Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, and the film's troubled production process. He uses this to segue into a discussion of how the film impacted the Indian animation landscape, as a whole.

Link: https://www.animeherald.com/2022/11/26/ramayana-the-anime-film-that-changed-indian-animation-forever/

#ramayana #anime #film

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