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This day in history:

1766 – A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.
1927 – Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
1998 – A U.S. federal judge rules that U.S. Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the Lewinsky scandal involving President Bill Clinton.
1520 – The massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.

Births:

Deaths:

1983 – Erna Scheffler, German lawyer and justice of the Federal Constitutional Court (b. 1893)
2000 – Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916)
1991 – Shripad Amrit Dange, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1899)

Holidays:

International Day for Biological Diversity (International)
Unity Day (Yemen), celebrates the unification of North and South Yemen into the Republic of Yemen in 1990.
National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)

Random Article of the day:

Wield

@Mycomancer Oh, so many that i want to run or play. I’ve been in a long dry spell of #TTRPG due to reasons.

I could go on and on. Now four of them, Fudge, Fate, Risus, and Five By Five, are more toolkits than games, but they’re great nonetheless.

Scary stuff:

In a conference room near the #Capitol, #YoungConservatives gathered in April to learn how to #RunForOffice —how to #win & #wield #government #power.
Among the keynote speakers at the summit, hosted by a grp devoted to “training #America’s future statesmen today,” was #JeffreyClark, the fmr snr #DOJ ofcl who in 2020 sought to use federal #law enforcement power to undo…#Trump’s defeat.

@Sharklotte
To help make connections name…
Last 5 #ttrpgs / #boardgames you played
AND
Next 5 you really want to play!

Then, boost this post so others know to do the same!

#wield