Okaeri in Rockville is the Cracker Barrel of Japanese cafes and anime stores, in the most awesome possible way.

I love Chicago.

Philadelphia seems to have an amazing bookstore on every street. But this awesome used bookstore is Baldwin's Book Barn out in Chester County, PA.

Another discovery: Honey Hex, a solo RPG created by Edaureen Muhamad Nor. It's an adventure from a bee's perspective, based on the Carta SRD toolkit that uses regular playing cards. Brilliant.

I discovered @nightterrormag.bsky.social at my local comic shop and it's awesome. Great features and interviews about horror from a wide variety of perspectives.

A quarter of the park fees at Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park goes to support neighboring communities, which as a result are all committed to gorilla conservation.

Posting this chart from OMB directly showing that USAID is a leader in transparency, including the timeliness, quality, responsiveness and completeness of their reporting.

My kids are aging out of LEGOs, but I'm not, so for my birthday my wife got me the D&D set. Family built it together and then my son DM'd the accompanying D&D campaign for us.