Still trying to get a feel for this platform. I came looking for the historians (and other cool kids) I lost with the demise of that other platform.
I am a recovered academic who now enjoys life working in a museum. Still a historian. One who now often thinks about the weird gaps between academic and public history.
This one felt very timely - Surviving financially as an artist / surviving as the world slips into war. How the rise of fascism affected different people differently. People not recognising their own privilege. All put across in a story that feels very light - Really clever! @bookstodon
Skulle gjerne ha økt andelen av folk som ikke jobber med IT i feeden. Skal ikke avfølge noen, men trenger tips om folk med anna kompetanse og interesser for å skjønne mer av feeden min rett og slett. Så håper jeg at #ITdadsonbikes ikke blir fornærmet. #Norsktut
Now playing: HoloCure - Save the Fans! A new freebie on @steam , thematically based on the vtubers of Hololive. Gameplay is similar to Vampire Survivors. It's a really fun iteration of the formula. Try it out!
"I am honored to be a banned book whenever it happens, because I look at the history of books that have been banned; the history of who bans them. I will never be on the side of the people who ban the books. I'm on the other side. I will always be on the side of the libraries." @neilhimself
Craft societies, design economies, and experience the power of democratic planning. Dive into this unique simulation game by Michael Hicks and discover new ways to shape economies. Challenge norms, experiment with systems, and engage in captivating gameplay that sparks understanding.
Despite the structural mess of the post, the game it’s showing (a mix of rimworld and a political simulator?) looks like it could be pretty interesting.
"Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty."
The #1 choice is Mastodon!
Let's reach out to all our scientist (and non-scientist) friends and acquaintances and encourage them to join the Fediverse. If you still have an account on twitter, post some messages there with links to the Mastodon signup site. Let's welcome them here and provide some gentle hints on how to be productive here.
I must say compairing my playthru so far with a number of let's plays on the same difficulty (balanced) and turning OFF Karmaic Dice seems to have made my playthrough easier but the fights DO take longer since there a lot more misses.
The thing I never appreciated about an apocalypse is that multiple catastrophes could be happening all around, and I'd still be going to work and buying school supplies, filing taxes and grocery shopping.
That unprecedented times could feel surreal and ordinary all at once.
That the world would keep on relentlessly turning even as it was burning.
@jjfphd I think it will be more like a drawn out decline than an apocalypse. It will probably take 100 years or more until the Industrial Age is finally over and the old civilisations are gone. Until then, things will get worse and worse, sometimes in a great catastrophe that kills many people and destroys many things, but most of the time, it will be rather quiet and boring, just entropy doing its thing and humans being unable to repair their cities and infrastructure quite as fast would be necessary.