i am really sad that i didn't know about this ahead of time.

let's hope that what you expect isn't what pans out! I hate to think what kind of backroom deal the OneTaste founders would be up for....

The org I worked for said they couldn't back out because the deposit was non-refundable. I think finances were a big piece of the issue. Thankfully they let me and others not attend with no consequences.

If you need to catch up on this case, the leaders of this cult were convicted of forced labor conspiracy this summer. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/n...

good question. i read newsletters that quote from twitter extensively, mostly for AI stuff. some of that content and discussion is very interesting, but i only get it through the curated filter. in the rare cases that i log on, it feels like a shit show.

"highly questionable taste" offset by audacity. 👏

Also, knocking Candy Land is fair from a game design standpoint, but dicey from a historical standpoint. Candy Land was created in the 1940s by a nurse making fun activities to play with crippled children during a really really nasty polio epidemic. It's ideal for the context it was created for.