Tabletop games were a huge escape for so many people during the pandemic, so @wweek dedicated this week's cover story to featuring a bunch of game designers from Portland's thriving board/card/RPG scene. wweek.com/culture/2021/01/13…
Thrilled that they interviewed @heartshapedsky about You Think You Know Me, Flatter Me, and her just-announced third game, Rabbit Rabbit! (Very excited to share more about it soon.)
There were 47,773 days between the first and second U.S. presidential impeachments, 7,669 days between the second and third, and 392 between the third and fourth. At this rate, the fifth should be in 6.4 days.
For @SongExploder's 200th episode (!), @HrishiHirway interviewed Yusuf/Cat Stevens about last year’s recreation of his 1970 song “Father and Son,” in which the 72-year-old sang a duet with his 22-year-old self. songexploder.net/yusuf-cat-s…
Apple gave Parler 24 hours to remove "any content referring to harm to people or attacks on government facilities" and provide a detailed plan for moderating future content or they're pulling the app from the App Store. buzzfeednews.com/article/rya…
Rather than give 24 hours' notice like Apple, Google just pulled Parler from the Play Store entirely. Parler is no longer available to download on Android devices until they can effectively moderate their community. theverge.com/2021/1/8/222216…
Hours after Apple pulled their app from the App Store, Amazon Web Services is ending Parler's account on Sunday at midnight PT, citing repeated violations of their TOS over the past few weeks. Parler's shutting down tomorrow night, at least for a while. buzzfeednews.com/article/joh…
Parler's CEO says downtime could last "up to a week." But if other hosts feel the same way as Amazon, Apple, and Google, they may not be able to stay online for long.
In a post, Parler CEO John Matze said "There is the possibility Parler will be unavailable on the internet for up to a week as we rebuild from scratch."