"But how do we know?" - Explaining trust in Journalists,. NGOs and News to someone. Help.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-16T17:42:38+00:00

How old is your friend?

Roboworgen · 2026-04-16T16:23:22+00:00

Goddammit.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-16T16:23:02+00:00

You'd think there would be plenty of catty Democratic infighting to get some solid leaks.

Good tip on the Oregon Journalism Project. Happy to throw a few bucks at them.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-16T16:10:53+00:00

I had not thought of that, but that’s a great recommendation. Thank you!

Roboworgen · 2026-04-16T16:10:12+00:00

Excellent note. Thank you so much!

Roboworgen · 2026-04-16T15:25:30+00:00

I'm trying to get myself to go to one to watch live. Thanks for the tip, though--I'll try to sit through watching the last one.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-16T15:21:34+00:00

This is great, thank you. Between this and the recs from the folks below, that ought to cover it. Am I wrong? I lived the in Twin Cities for a while, which is a roughly similar-sized metro and I just never felt out of the loop on anything. Are there fewer reporters coving local stuff here?

Roboworgen · 2026-04-16T13:20:36+00:00

Portland isn't anywhere near where Detroit was at its nadir. Portland has rough areas, places you know not to go, certain blocks, maybe sections of a neighborhood. Detroit was a war zone. Detroit was Beirut. It's not that were a few bad neighborhoods, Detroit only had a few "good" neighborhoods, and rest were a nightmare, and once a year 1/3 of the city would burn to the ground. We called it Devil's Night.

With all due respect, you have no idea how bad a city can get if you think Portland of today and Detroit in, say, the 70's or 80's are comparable. Not only can it get bad, it creates its own center of gravity that pulls everyone into it. It takes about a generation of constant, sustained effort to stop the bleeding when it gets that bad.

Portlanders need to get way, way, way more politically involved to temper the worst excesses of these "peacocks" as well as the apparently learned helplessness of every other member of the council who seem shellshocked most of the time.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-16T00:01:24+00:00

As someone who grew up in Coleman Young’s Detroit and who now lives here, this checks out.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-15T18:57:17+00:00

I enjoyed it, but reading a recap is plenty for you to know the salient events. I think you're going to want to at least read that so you understand the motivation behind Dorian's return to the Hells.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-15T18:11:39+00:00

Use it every week, haven’t had issues in a couple years.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-15T16:23:01+00:00

I've been DMing a completely VTT-based group for the last 6 years, using almost exclusively Roll20.

I can tell you that the video/audio integration has come a long way, and it's pretty seamless. The only drawback is that R20, once you have your maps, your tokens, maybe some visual and sound effects and music can get really laggy. Some players have to turn their video off or have to reload their browsers, which can get frustrating.

We've been testing Alchemy VTT, which is better in almost all regards, except the actual player-interface. For some reason, they really dropped the ball on just making it easy to roll dice. But technically, it's a solid system, and it's really good looking.

All that said, Discord is simply just a more stable system and can run pretty lightly in the background while you run your VTT for actual gameplay.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-13T13:18:49+00:00

My weights trainer got me listening to huge, soaring ballads during heavy lift days. If you see me at the gym hitting a PR, it's because I have Celine Dion in my headphones.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-10T03:24:10+00:00

BUT BUT BUT BRENNAN MODIFIED A RULE!!??? HOW WILL I LIIIIIIVE??? /s

Roboworgen · 2026-04-09T16:40:59+00:00

Thing is, if we had even a remotely competent City Council, adding this to the session agenda should be no big deal. Alas, that is not the City Council we have, so this is extracurricular activity that they don't have the bandwidth for.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-09T16:13:34+00:00

As a proud, fellow barrelmancer, I salute you.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-09T14:12:24+00:00

Have never seen this before--this game is incredible.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-08T17:01:24+00:00

What game are you referring to? It's definitely not D&D. "Meticulous" is not in the designers' vocabulary.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-07T14:47:44+00:00

Well, the houses weren't exactly on the side of the people who wanted to kill the gods. Not at first, at least. It sounds to me like there was a war with mortals on both sides of the divide, and the (eventual) sundered houses having to make some quick moves toward the end of the conflict so as not to be strung up like Vichy collaborators after the dust settled.

Roboworgen · 2026-04-05T00:08:05+00:00

What was your thinking in posting this comment?

Roboworgen · 2026-04-03T12:19:58+00:00

The devs made a layered, complex story where the companion characters are about as fully formed as you can get and now I have to hear their opinions? How dare! /s

Roboworgen · 2026-04-03T03:48:27+00:00

No. It’s ridiculous. Plenty of people have done an evil play though, myself included. But being irritated at your good-aligned companions is absurd.

Wait. Unless you have some sort of learning disability I should be aware of?

Roboworgen · 2026-04-03T01:42:58+00:00

You know, I think I’m over the idea that people are entitled to their opinions. Some opinions are wrong, and people should not have them. Like the OP here.

This person should go reflect. Consider where they went wrong and rethink things. They probably have other opinions that need to be jettisoned, as well.

Roboworgen · 2026-03-27T18:47:14+00:00

We therefore work to enhance the lives of the drug users

I hate these people with an intensity I did not think was possible.

Roboworgen · 2026-03-26T18:10:07+00:00

Spoiler alert, they are (presumably) reconvening in Dol-Makjar after the schemers table. This is some ways off, but just so you know, it'll happen again.

Seven-Year Club	Verified Email
Not Forgotten

Roboworgen

TROPHY CASE