shel

The Transsexual Chofetz Chaim

Mutant, librarian, poet, union rabble rouser, dog, Ashkenazi Jewish. Neuroweird, bodyweird, mostly sleepy.


I write about transformative justice, community, love, Judaism, Neurodivergence, mental health, Disability, geography, rivers, labor, and libraries; through poetry, opinionated essays, and short fiction.


I review Schoolhouse Rock! songs at @PropagandaRock


Website (RSS + Newsletter)
shelraphen.com/

the-future-of-football
@the-future-of-football

Chess Guy: Good luck.

Lori: Good luck!

Chess Guy: Oh uh, so you’re the banker. Whoever plays black is the banker.

Lori: Oh. All right, sure.

A chessboard with Illinois town city names and prices listed on each square. White moved to e4, Joliet.

Chess Guy: I’d like to buy Joliet, please. Here is … $400.

Lori: So what does that get you?

Chess Guy: Well, now I can charge rent on this square. It’s 10 percent. So if you ever move a piece to Joliet, you have to pay me 40 dollars every turn you spend on it.

Lori: Jesus Christ.

Chess Guy: Is everything all right?

Lori: No, yeah, no, sure, yeah.

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hthrflwrs
@hthrflwrs

one of my favorite bits of worldbuilding in 17776 is the implication that the exact same kind of uber-masochistic mutation that's happening to football is happening to EVERY other game in existence as well


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