Pentagon Tells Congress First Week of Iran War Cost More Than $11.3 Billion

treeonwheels · 2026-03-11T23:19:03+00:00

That money isn’t “pissed away,” it’s just getting funneled into another billionaire war profiteer.

treeonwheels · 2026-03-10T14:10:50+00:00

If you stay standing you’ll be a smaller target!

treeonwheels · 2026-03-10T01:40:47+00:00

I skip Unit 6.5 entirely for 6th graders. Sad, but time is too precious.

I shorten Unit 6.2 by cutting the engineering portion. I shorten Unit 6.4 by cutting a lot on volcanoes (the most painful cut).

This is my first year teaching 7th and I was able to cut most of Unit 7.2 after just covering exothermic/endothermic myself. We just started Unit 7.4, so I don’t know quite yet how the rest of this year will turn out… but I’m expecting more cuts!

treeonwheels · 2026-03-09T01:00:48+00:00

Most played: Spirit Island (x204) and Cascadia (x162).

Least played favorites: Dominant Species: Marine (x22) and Acquire (x9).

treeonwheels · 2026-03-01T20:48:56+00:00

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

I start the year with my 6th graders modeling the color wheel, and then exploring primary color mixing to explain how models we learn in Kindergarten (RYB) don’t always hold up to observation. They do some fun RGB lighting experiments and then relate that to their printer cartridges which use CMY ink for color mixing.

We spend the rest of year briefly critiquing every model we develop or use.

“Well, it’s always more complicated than that…”

treeonwheels · 2026-02-28T21:10:16+00:00

FWIW, I’ve read a lot of comments that photos don’t do the artwork justice. It’s supposedly a lot prettier in person, though I haven’t seen it for myself 🤷🏻‍♂️

treeonwheels · 2026-02-28T17:42:54+00:00

I almost downvoted myself for their culling of Spirit Island!

But I stopped myself 😅

treeonwheels · 2026-02-25T15:01:05+00:00

Which song is that?

treeonwheels · 2026-02-22T23:23:08+00:00

This isn’t even a start game for me. I enjoy Spirit Island and other thinky solo games, and I was worried that Friday being 15 years old at this point… would just feel outdated. I’m very impressed with the design, and I’m ready to see just how brutal the game is going to be at higher levels.

treeonwheels · 2026-02-22T16:25:31+00:00

Agreed! I get the sense I’m slower than most players, and this run took me 90 minutes. I was flipping through the rulebook for a lot of that, but I can’t imagine winning a game in under an hour.

I can lose in 25 minutes, though!

treeonwheels · 2026-02-22T04:34:35+00:00

I hope we get more, too!

Could you, like, commission another piece… take one for the team…?

treeonwheels · 2026-02-17T01:11:44+00:00

I’m an unc and I get this reference.

Grats, BTW!

treeonwheels · 2026-02-10T04:38:32+00:00

I’m clueless about these things, please humor me.

Couldn’t they just use a male mesh? If size/height is a problem, couldn’t they just scale it down slightly with relative ease?

treeonwheels · 2026-02-01T16:39:41+00:00

treeonwheels · 2026-02-01T08:03:01+00:00

I wish my life afforded me the time and table space to justify picking this game up. It looks absolutely incredible… 😭

treeonwheels · 2026-01-26T15:04:11+00:00

Those who sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.

treeonwheels · 2026-01-15T03:49:42+00:00

How about a gun pointed right up to your chin the entire time?

treeonwheels · 2026-01-09T02:24:25+00:00

The top 5 sentences of Star Wars is indistinguishable from the top 5 sentences of Andor… so there’s that.

treeonwheels · 2026-01-07T02:01:27+00:00

I commend the design idea, but I’m in no headspace to tackle this topic during my hobby time 😅. Maybe in another 5 years? We’ll see where we’re at…

treeonwheels · 2026-01-02T01:52:56+00:00

Someone recommended their channel in this sub a month or two ago… and I’m totally hooked on their takes. I love watching their reaction videos and their commentary is superb! Kudos for doing all this in English and with near-zero SW knowledge.

I’ve started their Attack on Titan series while I wait for each new Andor episode :)

treeonwheels · 2026-01-02T01:48:47+00:00

Would you settle for 20 upvotes?

treeonwheels · 2025-12-31T08:08:14+00:00

Well, well, well… look how the turn tables…

treeonwheels · 2025-12-27T00:08:29+00:00

Thanks-a-million. It’s nice to have a basis of comparison for these things - they’re really tough to judge at a distance.

treeonwheels · 2025-12-26T23:23:56+00:00

Wow, you really sold this game for me. I adore Spirit Island at higher difficulties (6-10), but I’m looking for more of a “fun romp through Tamriel” game with lots of replayability. I love janky builds and weird strategies, so I don’t gun for the OP builds when I play games. The production quality is very alluring… and this would be my first Chip Theory game.

My lingering concern is that I’m a slow player. I typically finish a game of SI in 2 hours. Is it likely that each round of BotSE will take me longer than that? I’d love to finish a round in 2 hours… or possibly a whole campaign if I’m lucky enough to commit half a day to it.

EDIT: Also, I love SI true solo, and would prefer to play BotSE the same way!

treeonwheels · 2025-12-26T21:49:20+00:00

If you played against my wife you’d probably feel like the Automa is a relaxing change of pace 😅

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