Daniel Karp, Lead developer at BoardGameGeek, board gamer, non-practicing scientist, spouse. he/him @karptonite@mstdn.social @karptonite.com on bluesky
Ellicott City, MD
Joined September 2007
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I’ve never been a super active poster, but now that Tweetbot no longer works, I’m not reading stuff here anymore either. If you still want to see my infrequent posts, they’ll likely be on Mastodon for the time being.
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We will be opening registration for BGG.CON 2023 later today at 2:00pm CDT (UTC-5). (just under 4 hours from now...)
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While waiting, review the Badge FAQ (under Attend), and the Code of Conduct, Health & Safety, and Hotel & Con Policies (under More).
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Pompeo was on the phone call where Trump signaled to Zelensky that he was withholding Javelins from Ukraine — which had been fighting a war with Russia since 2014 — unless Zelensky gave him political dirt on Hunter and Joe Biden.
Biden’s failure to deter Putin was a catastrophic mistake.
But it’s not too late to help Ukraine win.
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Why are ethics questions always like:
"is it ethical to steal bread to feed your starving family?"
And not:
"is it ethical to hoard bread when families are starving?"
A tragic turn taken with our new cat chopstick holders. I think I hear the purr-leese. MEEE-yow MEEE-yow MEEE-yow! #caturday
So, I guess this means that there is a serious risk that some time this summer, the US government defaults on its debt, shortly before the government shuts down at the end of September.
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Time to start lobbying for the trillion dollar coin!
Gaetz seems unusually interested in criminal justice reform, for a Republican. I wonder why that could be?
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No matter what you make of this, two groups of people deserve big thanks: The Office of the House Clerk staff and our good friends at @cspan manning the TV cameras and capturing all these great moments across the House floor we don’t normally get to see.
I don’t understand why China is being singled out for requiring a negative COVID test for travel to the US. I mean, requiring a negative test from EVERYONE for travel makes sense, but the targeting seems mostly just racist.
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If you have played Wingspan, could you please fill out this quick survey on Wingspan & birding for me? Birders & non-birders welcome. RTs appreciated. forms.gle/PTWu7bboJh8ok98n8
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"Does Angular Support Generic Component Types?"
A blog post by Stephen Cooper, @SCooperDev ... "My thanks go to Alex Rickabaugh @synalx from the @Angular core team for showing me this approach in the Hallway track at @ngconf."
🔗 bit.ly/3Wc7xwp
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Twitter says you have to stop being friends with other guys and answer texts within 5 minutes.
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I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means