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"Giving is what we are called to do. The condition of your soul is enriched when you give more than what you’re taking and put others first. It is a joyous feeling that brings you closer to God."
—Ademuyiwa Bamiduro ‘13 M.Div. in the latest installment in our "Joy of Giving" series

Putin is ordering the creation of Russian game consoles because he is disgusted by the LGBTQ themes in Western games. Methinks Vladimir doth protest too much.
You can't make this shit up
https://gamerant.com/russia-gaming-consoles

Russia Is Making Its Own Gaming Consoles
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans for a series of homegrown consoles, following previous sanctions that limited sales of Western ones.

“Everyone is walking around with guns there. I consider myself a conservative guy, but if you want to carry a gun you should be licensed.”
Gun death in America is a winning issue for Dems. If we only had the courage to link it to SCOTUS.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics

They came for Florida's sun and sand. They got soaring costs and a culture war.
Florida has seen a population boom, but many longtime residents and recent transplants say rising costs and divisive politics have them fleeing.

If you want to know why local papers are failing, this is a sign of the times.
The LA Times this morning had no ads. The A section had literally not a single ad, and the B section had a few obituaries and classified ads, but not a single display ad. Not one.
https://jabberwocking.co…

The LA Times was an ad-free newspaper today - Kevin Drum
I can't say this has never happened before, but I noticed something while reading the LA Times at breakfast this morning: it had no ads. The A section had literally not a single ad, and the B section had a few obituaries and classified ads, but not a single display ad. Not one. This is not to say there was nothing

Putin is ordering the creation of Russian game consoles because he is disgusted by the LGBTQ themes in Western games. Methinks Vladimir doth protest too much.
You can't make this shit up
https://gamerant.com/russia-gaming-consoles

Russia Is Making Its Own Gaming Consoles
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans for a series of homegrown consoles, following previous sanctions that limited sales of Western ones.

Gotta love Python. Debian too:
$ apt install python-pip
Package python-pip is not available… the following replace it:
python3-pip
$ apt install python3-pip
python3-pip : Depends: python3-setuptools but not installable
Depends: python3-wheel but …
Recommends: python3-dev but …
$ sudo dpkg -i python3-venv_3.11.2-1 b1_arm64.deb
python3-venv depends on python3.11-venv however:
Package python3.11-venv is not installed.
In #Bookworm nobody can hear you scream.

Is [[Putin]] a cryptofascist or something else? Just a garden variety [[totalitarian]]?
All takes welcome! Please be civil in comments -- I am asking earnestly and I hope we can use the internet to have an honest conversation about facts and opinions with global relevance without violent interactions. If you like Putin, please also feel free to engage and voice your opinions!

An article I've written on playtesting for innovation has just been published in the "Game Developer" Magazine.
It's about how we can facilitate more innovation in games, but also applies to films, TV shows, novels, plays, non-fiction writing, anything in life! :)
https…

Dear mastodon.social, why are you hiding/limiting @…’s account?
Is it policy on mastodon.social to hide/limit pro-Palestinian / anti-genocide accounts?
(Someone there wanna check my account also, just in case?)
CC @…

An article I've written on playtesting for innovation has just been published in the "Game Developer" Magazine.
It's about how we can facilitate more innovation in games, but also applies to films, TV shows, novels, plays, non-fiction writing, anything in life! :)
https…