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omg yall

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Which fediverse software do you use, boost for scale.

For all the lobbying, the corrupting of politicians, the big talk about going to Mars, the "midlife crisis toys like Twitter or weekend getaways on a space station," billionaires can't actually *do* much.

That includes billionaire autocrats like Xi and Putin, who have "nuclear weapons, armies, and populations in 8-9 digits" at their disposal. All of that still won't deliver Putin the swift victory in Ukraine he planned as a 70th birthday present to himself.

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The downsides of a world with billionaires in it are well-rehearsed: billionaires can convert their vast wealth to power, and use that power to turn their whims and pet theories into policy failures that affect millions - or even billions - of people.

Take Bill Gates. Forget all the conspiracy theories about Gates and vaccines - it's bizarre that people bother to make up those fairy-tales when the truth is so much worse.

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Some thoughts about running the quickstart for Salvage Union at the weekend. http://dragons.ie/salvage-union-playtest-review/

Boost if you agree.

Youse all. You really should wear your masks again if you're not. Everyone I know who has gotten COVID lately either has been not wearing a mask or is in close contact with someone who isn't a mask wearer. And they're pretty sick this time.

Hey folks - in light of the SCOTUS leak, I'm putting together a DrivethruRPG bundle supporting reproductive rights.

Please drop me an email (allandaros @ gmail) if you want to contribute a product.

The intention is to go live this coming Monday, US Eastern time.

Thanks!

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@FoolishOwl library science research showing that fines are more likely to lead poor users to stop using the library, that rich users are more likely to bully library workers into waiving their fines (Spouse experienced this first hand when she worked public service years ago), that fines do not reduce losses and that forgiveness makes it more likely that people will return severely overdue items.