Been watching this guy for years, love the content. My children are fascinated with the chemistry of making solids out of various weird materials.

Not my poster, just in my area. Absolutely slaps though, would love to find the champion who did it

Innovation: Bred.

I've always mourned those tricked, those drafted and those who were victims of Australia's wars. The decline of ANZAC Day into a jingoistic spectacle of flag draped war fetishism over my lifetime has always bugged me. The above captures that feeling better than anything I've seen yet.

Fucking vegetarians. :im-vegan: btw

Working in the disability sector in Australia, this shit has been known about for years. Deeply fucking frustrating but almost unchangeable (ex colleagues in the DHHS used to pull their hair out over it as government wouldn't listen).

If I hear the "it gives them a sense of purpose and dignity" argument on more time I might just fucking snap.

My favourite way to do a hook is to give a quick description, like the opening bit of a Buffy episode or whatever, then switch to the characters. I'll get them to tell me what they're doing and why they're there. It's the default start up for tales from the loop, and I find it works great in 5e. Most players will be nervous at first, but it really gets them in the RP mood. You'll find by the end they'll almost make a reason for their characters to be nearby / in the same space by just riffing off of one another. This sets you up for an easy and dramatic event to kick the adventure off.

:bean-think: beans will always be around. Reducing the consumption of meat and the needless slaughter of living beings is always a good thing.

There have also been recent breakthroughs in PS4 homebrew, which means a PS4 that still hasn't been updated can be used for being a cool pirate. This boosts the price pretty hard.

:kelly:

Haven't reupped my PlayStation Plus account, so I wouldn't know at the moment, haha. I normally try to solo most souls games anyhow.

Still have a third party wired 360 controller that I got as a spare when my 360 was new. It sits proudly plugged into my PC. Some of the rubber has come off the sticks, but otherwise the damn thing is in great fighting form.

Meanwhile I had to repair my brothers Series X controller by blowing into the RB as they're really prone to jamming up from a tiny bit of dust.

Cane down here to say this too. Fucking love LANCER even though I've never got to play a game of it.

I was about to say this. I'd you're interested in the community aspect of church and want to dip your toes into the discussion / group aspects then hit up a Unitarian group.

It may even give you a good idea on how to start or even be a pathway to other community organisations (local councils, community education, reading groups etc.) as Unitarians are generally massive nerds but pretty active in community.

I've watched JSS for years and fully appreciate the hard left direction they've been moving in. Also, uncritical support for anyone who'll bleed subs just to keep reporting shit that's important.

I am constantly surprised by what a fucking alright community SCP has managed to cultivate.

Solidarity with all health care workers. Also, fuck Australia making basic union action like striking essentially illegal. :aus-delenda-est:

Homeschooling can work, and it seems like a lot of the reasons against it and issues given here focus mainly on US homeschool movements. We've considered it for our kids, but wouldn't do it unless there was a huge social element. For the most part, this means finding other parents in the area who are homeschooling and each taking 'days' as the teacher for large groups of kids. This gives the benefit of socialisation, learning from multiple adults and being able to form trusted adult relationships outside of your immediate family which is an important skill to learn. Schooling where we are, frankly, sucks. I had a nightmare of a time as did my partner. I also work with young people who have been let down by the current school system (often neurodivergent young people) and with a history of ADHD and ASD in my family and some small signs in the kids I get worried.

TL;DR: if I can find a good community school for my kids I will, if I can't I'll make one within my community.

Hey, why invent a new story when you can recycle an old red scare? Thanks for the heads up!

This is the short story it's based on.