I heard about a current push by some investors who say squeenix hasnt done enough monetization. So instead of all the remakes and sequels they should just make everything a gacha pay to win. Konami tried that for a while too then went back to making games when they realized they made way more by selling sequels (silent Hill f) and remakes (silent hill 2, metal gear delta)

The co-chairs mention the Zohran campaign had some disconnect between NYC dsa and them (the co-chairs, of dsa national i think?) can anyone explain that?

its a slippery slope to steam hams

meanwhile your patient’s A&O times 0 and they’re coughing up blood

Adding Laos gets you CRINKL, then you can start a Crumbl cookie competitor

Ask open ended questions, active listening, affirming what they say, asking what they wish could change, asking what they think it might take to change, suggesting collective actions (e.g. you and me together go do that/go talk to so and so/send an email). Whether it succeeds or fails, debrief, suggest further actions. Once you get a group doing actions, let’s set a meeting to coordinate. Congrats you’ve got the bones of an organizing committee. Just know that most of agitating is going to be listening. You can’t tell people what they should be pissed about, they will tell you. Especially if they trust you

okay but like donghua is unironically better than anime. Lord of Mysteries, To Be Hero X and Link Click are really good. I saw someone say that as soon as China finds out how to not keep re-animating Romance of the Three Kingdoms they’re going to take over Japan’s soft power. Seems like they’re starting to

these are all great! I would add Ben Norton’s Geopolitical Economy Report channel. Democracy Now has some good day to day coverage, although they aren’t very explicitly Marxist or even socialist.

Luckin is also like half the price of Starbucks with all the app coupons

Either I can use my Costco card as my real ID at TSA or Iranian diplomats should have the right to 1.50 hot dogs. They can’t have it both ways

I’ve been playing Astalon Tears of the Earth. This is honestly one of the best metroidvanias I’ve ever played and I’d never heard of it. It’s basically rogue legacy with void stranger vibes. Highly recommend, I got it on GOG.

The state party committee also took the significant step of barring Minneapolis Democrats from endorsing candidates by any other means in the weeks ahead, through its executive committee or otherwise. And the committee told city Democrats they cannot hold another 2025 mayoral endorsing convention as they will remain on probation for two years.

Sorry voters, you chose the wrong candidate, now you get to go in the timeout corner for 2 years while you think about your mistake

Haven’t seen any recaps but i did see 43% of delegates voted against a measure that would make DSA an actual anti-zionist org: https://x.com/GoodVibePolitik/status/1954581357302042942

It thankfully passed, but you really shouldn’t be spending time as an org debating zionists. They should just kick em out

I wanna watch the Luthen and Saw Gerrera debate

I think this might be it: https://archive.org/details/lchaim-comrade-stalin

So uh hey Teamsters, the president of one of your biggest new locals just got kidnapped and beaten the shit out of by Israel for trying to bring food to Gaza. Any word on backing him up?

We shall not be moved

We shall overcome

Hold the Fort

Pretty much anything Pete Seeger, he made a ton of old religious hymnals into union songs that are fun for call and response acoustic guitar sessions. Also anytime they say union men or whatnot, just change it to union folk

Edit: Also this might be out of left-field but another type of song thats really fun to sing in groups is sea shanties. Here’s my favorite: Roll the old chariot. I don’t know any shanties with explicitly labor lyrics but you can kinda change the lyrics (e.g. “Oh a fair contract wouldn’t do us any harm”)

Sounds like they put the whole studio on a PIP

1 million middle aged libs ready to pay for protest insurance/permits and quietly kneel before the cops

For being the mayor of a town where everyone sings