Working with Books Through Bars more these days and I really wish we had more TTRPG books, manga, comics, and graphic novels brought in to send to people in prison because they're some of our most requested (and infrequently donated) things. Like... How do I manifest this?
@itskindred
Can confirm
They ran out of prisoner vans COMPLETELY and stopped going after property damage and stealing entirely around 2am (and that's early for NY lol) they exhausted their resources to arrest more people and they'll only get more overwhelmed the longer this goes
@aster_limni
Im honestly an extremely pessimistic person, but I realized it’s not about betraying yr assessments of the world + forcing optimism but learning to act in spite of hopelessness. Figure out what u think feels right + act on it anyway (out of duty?playfulness?) It might surprise u
My friend sent me this incredible candid a couple days ago and I thought, wow, that looks like it should be a painting. I think that a lot about photos but I never really follow through.... until now
Does anyone know anyone who publishes these or has access to a lot of them who would want to donate them? It's a 501c3 and would be tax deductible if that's your thing. They would go individually and directly to imprisoned people who requested them. Idk long shot but... Yeah
*UPDATE*
I learned that what's easiest is getting PDFs (10 pages or less) for TTRPGs. Then we can send a ton of them! If you have recommendations/connections for these let me know!
@colinarmis
I think it's useful in that it's addictive and gets you into thinking about the language every day, but it's definitely not the most efficient or the best vocabulary set. It's also not creative speaking practice- constructing your own sentences in real time conversation...
Israel is inflicting horror on Palestinians that is completely beyond my ability to process and understand. Reality-twisting. Profane. Twisting what it means to be human
In order to fight properly for life you have to remember why life is worth struggling for- there is another side, there is a joyful Palestine, there is music, there is bread...
Tents are up & supporters continue to rally- the NYU encampment is still going strong with more students and faculty in support than before. They continue to demand that NYU divest from and cut academic ties w Israel as the genocide in Gaza continues
I’ve returned to draw again:
Also if you're reading this and don't have a ton/publishing access but you ARE sitting on a little collection or a few books you'd want to donate, that helps too! Feel free to message me
If labor was stronger, if we had healthcare, we would be able to do direct action better. We'd be able to be heard! We wouldn't be so afraid at our jobs! We could have a say!
@dirtbagboyfren
🫂 I'm sorry, I know
I really lost my shit when Israel bombed the airports in Syria again (twice now at least). I was thinking I could go back to Damascus soon. My aunts are there. I don't know what to say. Sending love 🫂🫂🫂
Weather talk is not small talk! I like that we have a current common experience no matter what... It is both comforting and terrifying to acknowledge daily that try as we might to conquer nature we are at her mercy, together! Frolic and cower before her, we only have each other!!
Some TTRPG specific notes- some things are commonly banned:
-playing cards
-dice
-very sexual content
HOWEVER there are other ways to do random number generation, etc. So don't count your game out if it requires dice. Would be happy to chat about other systems we can use
I cant believe this worked... maybe my greatest feat of engineering yet :')
I've managed to keep this plant alive throughout college, and now we're both going to walk...
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I'm working with the NYC Books Through Bars, but there are other orgs that do similar things that may be near you!
Hoo hah I really dont appreciate being told "Well I remember when it was so much worse for LGBTQ people decades ago" as a way to get me to shut up about how anything could still be improved
I spent Friday night with the NYU encampment and drew what I saw; students and faculty coming together in many scenes of community, mutual care, and organization. I’m proud of their principled demands for divestment in solidarity with Palestine.
Even the children of Gaza are so powerful, that they dare to exist, to live and to make art, to dream- that the strongest powers in the world are afraid of them
I think what ppl talk about when they say "ally fatigue" is more of a sign that they're engaging, but not in productive ways. Doomscrolling is tiring. Arguing with racist uncles is tiring. But showing up for real people and actually helping can be reinvigorating.
we need more fully realized fictional worlds set in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
my brain is cooked from growing up gaming but I’m imagining a FromSoft style RPG with these guys as characters
we need more fully realized fictional worlds set in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
my brain is cooked from growing up gaming but I’m imagining a FromSoft style RPG with these guys as characters
You can donate books about almost anything! I wanted to highlight manga, comics, graphic novels, and TTRPGs specifically because there's such a big need for them. If you're local to NYC you can physically drop them off. If you're not you can purchase thru BTB's wishlist online ^
Once I was SHOCKED that my bf at the time didn't know what 4H was and I started explaining how I was in the rabbits/rodents club as a kid- and hey why doesn't anyone know about it anymore, etc and he had to break it to me that this is exactly the context of this Simpsons line
I was obviously pessimistic pre-biden but I don't think I predicted the sheer enormity of my frustration watching 1-5 individuals continually stop extremely popular, life-saving changes
Marching with bread + puppet in DC alongside 400,000 protesters yesterday. Free Palestine, stop the genocide in Gaza, NOW. To quote Peter Schumann here, "Must we invent new ways of yelling that cannot be ignored?" 🇵🇸🕊
Lately I have been feeling like so many works of media create this illusion that there is justice in this world. That there are these guard rails of sensibility. There is some sort of disney logic to humanitarian + international law
Unexpected GDC achievements:
-Deescalated and bounced a belligerent drunk guy from a party no one could shake
-played the piano in the middle of Grace Cathedral
-refurnished my shitty hotel room entirely with Target furniture and decor, which I then returned
@synanthropy
This actually just reintroduced me to the idea that ppl apparently care about armpit hair. What out of how many people??? How is that supposed to make you feel good
It's genuinely so soul crushing to get rapidly more and more policed in the city. How much more can I realistically tolerate? I already get stopped in the subway just for having my work tools.