Old Professor Tolkien knew a thing or two.

On researching how to make my account private, I learned that my followers will no longer be able to repost my tweets once I reset my account. Please be aware of that. I did confirm that everyone following me currently will still be able to keep up with me.

A lot of people forget that the Democrats were, as they say, in disarray at the beginning of 2020 & that Trump had good prospects for re-election if COVID had not intervened.

I'm not sure how the Democrats would even have begun to be able to reach people like this, even if you pointed out till you were blue in the face that their fundamental assumption was wrong.

Note that the first cohorts of Generation X (roughly 1964-1980) came to adulthood during the administrations of Reagan and GHW Bush, with the last having grown up during the Clinton Administration. This generation is now roughly 45 to 60.

A very important point here - the electorate changed radically in ways that many exceptionally well-informed, experienced people appear to have missed. I ascribe much of this to the (mostly malign) influence of social media, but that alone doesn't explain it.

Good, and I hope heartening, counsel here from someone who's seen a not-dissimilar situation play out in his country (the UK).

1st game of long weekend is Red Dragon Green Crescent Deluxe Edition from Decision Games This appears to be a fairly simple strategic level modern wargame (2020-2030) which was originally a magazine game now made deluxe. Designed by Joseph Miranda (originally Bruce Costello).

Recently I was targeted by an extremely sophisticated phishing attack, and I want to highlight it here. It exploits a vulnerability in Google's infrastructure, and given their refusal to fix it, we're likely to see it a lot more. Here's the email I got:

Despite this I still get complaints. No love for honesty.

Evening dress, 1905. Muzej za umjetnost i obrt, Zagreb.

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Professional VASSAL module designer, Joel Toppen, walks GUWS through the ins and outs of the software -- covering its uses for virtual playtesting and various helpful pointers. Link: ow.ly/kWoG50Wz3yE

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

Now that I am retired I was able to work 10 days straight with Charlie Kibler putting Army of the Potomac playbook to bed. Now with that game finished, worked on Triumvir, now Defiance on examples and setups. Finishing a game properly is not for the faint of heart.

Evening dress, 1895. Museo de Historia Mexicana.

Court dress attributed to Empress Josephine, after 1810. Chateau de Malmaision Costume Collection.

Here’s the time Trump tried to body shame 1996 Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, and she wasn’t fucking having any of it.