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Me: I'm happy I manage to scrap some time every day to add half a page to my writing.My daughter's friends (4th grade): hold my iced...

Me: I'm happy I manage to scrap some time every day to add half a page to my writing.

My daughter's friends (4th grade): hold my iced tea 👇

What is the next board game I could play with my kids? (9y, 6y)We don't have a lot: Carcassone (and junior), some basic card games from...

What is the next board game I could play with my kids? (9y, 6y)

We don't have a lot: Carcassone (and junior), some basic card games from Djeco, and Codenames:pictures (a gift from @antondelatorre 😀 )

I've gifted "Ticket to Ride" to my niece but never played myself. I'm a bit confused with all the offer available.

Bonus if it's a board game Made in Europe @BuyEU @ueeu

#BoardGames

EDIT: See here the 21 recommendations received: https://notepadr.com/p/BoardGames_forKids_byMastodon

Follow the daily evolution of Russian's war on #Ukraine thanks to the "Centre for Defence Studies" , a Ukranian security think...

Follow the daily evolution of Russian's war on #Ukraine thanks to the "Centre for Defence Studies" , a Ukranian security think tank

https://cdsdailybrief.substack.com/p/russias-war-on-ukraine-060325

"US suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine in accordance with Russia’s demands for initiating peace negotiations"

"Restrictions affect early warning systems for aircraft takeoffs, long-range missile and UAV launches, targeting data for M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems and #HIMARS, targeting data for strikes deep into Russia"

"It makes little sense to waste electricity to produce hydrogen — which has conversion losses — rather than directly powering an...

"It makes little sense to waste electricity to produce hydrogen — which has conversion losses — rather than directly powering an electric car or heat pump."

By Hannah Ritchie in "Sustainability by Numbers" https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/uk-ccc-seventh-budget

(hope she moves away from Substack)

#hydrogen #HannahRitchie

Final stop: #Spain. 750,000 Roma live there, but there's no formal recognition of ethnic groups in the country.Despite Flamenco, a Roma...

Final stop: #Spain. 750,000 Roma live there, but there's no formal recognition of ethnic groups in the country.

Despite Flamenco, a Roma dance, being a symbol of Spain, the Roma community still lives segregated.

Filmmaker Pilar Tavora reclaims space for Roma identity within the Spanish society. Her documentary "Andalusian Roma" showcases Roma as singers, musicians, fishermen, priests, and even a policeman and a "guardia civil" (gendarmerie)

Watch a fragment here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7EfqxZFHsI

We move to #Slovakia, where 8% of the total population is Roma. Many of them live in poverty and in rural settlements.But they're also...

We move to #Slovakia, where 8% of the total population is Roma. Many of them live in poverty and in rural settlements.

But they're also anti-fascist heroes. This is is the story that Vera Lackova tells: "How I became a partisan".

Many Roma were fighting against fascism, but they were counted as Slovak or Czech, not as Roma.

Watch the trailer of the documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E0m4IrfHgU

#antifascism

The story of Roma female filmmakers starts in #Finland.There has been Roma in FIN for 500 years, and still 10k live there.Katariina...

The story of Roma female filmmakers starts in #Finland.

There has been Roma in FIN for 500 years, and still 10k live there.

Katariina Lillqvist started to collect stories from the Roma community through her family. She made them into puppet animations.

"The song of the gallows" is a medieval story about a magic violin that saves the life of a Roma musician. Watch it here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaAzLHXmgEQ

New article in The European Perspective!Female Roma Filmmakers, featuring:🇫🇮 Katariina Lillqvist (Finland) - Animated puppet...

New article in The European Perspective!

Female Roma Filmmakers, featuring:

🇫🇮 Katariina Lillqvist (Finland) - Animated puppet creator

🇸🇰 Vera Lackova (Slovakia) - Documentary director

🇪🇸 Pilar Tavora (Spain) - Filmmaker

"These Roma women breathe life into the wealth of legends, fairy tales, and true stories woven by Roma communities across generations of marginalisation and resilience"

https://europeanperspective.news/europes-pioneering-female-roma-filmmakers/

#EuropeanPerspective #Roma

#Parma #antifascista5 thousand people demonstrated yesterday in Parma's city centre against fascism.Including my two roller-skaters...

#Parma #antifascista

5 thousand people demonstrated yesterday in Parma's city centre against fascism.

Including my two roller-skaters 🙂⛸️

Light will prevail in the collaborative story #BetterStories We have arrived at the end of the Mastodon-exclusive #storytelling course....

Light will prevail in the collaborative story #BetterStories

We have arrived at the end of the Mastodon-exclusive #storytelling course. Today it's day 28. During the whole month of February you have seen tips on plot, structure, character definition and many more.

NOW LET'S WRITE

Let's aim for 2-3 pages, untangling the web we just created poll after poll.

Who is the first to give it a go? Enter this page and look for the "WRITE HERE" cues, and... write there!

https://notepadr.com/p/BetterStories_by_Mastodon_users

At the end of the story, the protagonist must have learned and grown. They are transformed. Or are they? Because we can twist the story and...

At the end of the story, the protagonist must have learned and grown. They are transformed.

Or are they? Because we can twist the story and make the hero-ine fail, letting the dark forces have their day.

What shall we do?

LAST POLL!

Light wins
Darkness wins

In our collaborative story in #BetterStories we have the type of plot, the time when the story takes place, the size of the community...

In our collaborative story in #BetterStories we have the type of plot, the time when the story takes place, the size of the community affected, the geographical setup, how we want the hero-ine to grow, which light and dark secondaries we want in.

Now, day 27, let's look at the ending.

Across the action, our protagonist will:

- Confront the dark forces, growing in the process, evolving in their weaknesses

- Get help from the light forces, learning from their mistakes

- Save the day
(cont.)

So, these are the secondaries in our collaborative story:- A light companion, maybe a friend or a sibling - A light queen, maybe the major...

So, these are the secondaries in our collaborative story:

- A light companion, maybe a friend or a sibling
- A light queen, maybe the major of the village
- A dark rival
- A dark other half, a temptress or tempter

Last question coming in! And then, it's off to writing

@ajstein.bsky.social Hello from Mastodon

@ajstein.bsky.social Hello from Mastodon

And similarly, if we look back into Day 13 we'll find the theory about dark secondaries....

And similarly, if we look back into Day 13 we'll find the theory about dark secondaries.

https://mastodon.online/@rafa_font/113995401988211753

Which ones do we choose? We'll continue tomorrow

Dark king - someone powerful threatening village
Dark queen - same, but a woman
Dark rivals - maybe a friend turned to the dark
Dark other half - Fall in love with them, and die

This is day 26 of #BetterStories and we have just decided how the protagonist of our collaborative story is like.Now, let's look into...

This is day 26 of #BetterStories and we have just decided how the protagonist of our collaborative story is like.

Now, let's look into the light secondaries. See Day 12 for the theory about light secondaries.

https://mastodon.online/@rafa_font/113989855381452868

We'll take the two top results. Vote here!

Wise old man - Maybe an elderly in the village
Good Queen - Maybe the village's mayor
Light alter-ego - a friend, a sibling
Light other half - someone to fall in love with

So according to (my interpretation of) the results, we don't care about strength nor lack of it, but the hero-ine is very disorganised....

So according to (my interpretation of) the results, we don't care about strength nor lack of it, but the hero-ine is very disorganised. They are aware of the others' feelings but they fail to label their own.

We're writing a collaborative story in #BetterStories

This means that, throughout this Quest, the hero-ine will find a way to know better how they feel and also a way to get their life in order. While going on a trip that will solve some issue that the mountain village where they live has

Can they identify what they're felling? Say "I'm happy" when they are, or "I'm sad"? Finally, what is their...

Can they identify what they're felling? Say "I'm happy" when they are, or "I'm sad"?

Finally, what is their stance towards the others? Can they understand what the others are going through?

Remember, their weaknesses are what will drive the story

See you tomorrow!
#BetterStories

Aware of their own feelings
Wouldn't know how to express how they feel
Empathic, understanding the others' feelings
Completely self-centered, unaware

So, how's (physically and mentally) our hero-ine? And, what about their mindset? Do they have their ideas in order?The story will make...

So, how's (physically and mentally) our hero-ine?

And, what about their mindset? Do they have their ideas in order?

The story will make the hero-ine grow their weaknesses. #BetterStories

Physically and or mentally strong
Physically and or mentally weak
A mess, so disorganised
An orderly fellow, everything by the book

How should the main character be? Day 25 of #BetterStories, we're writing a story all together.Let's apply the toots from Day11 and...

How should the main character be? Day 25 of #BetterStories, we're writing a story all together.

Let's apply the toots from Day11 and Day12.

https://mastodon.online/@rafa_font/113984116952844149

https://mastodon.online/@rafa_font/113989855381452868

Let's vote on the hero-ine characteristics, one by one. The point is to find 2 aspects in which the protagonist is in need of growth.

If we were to grow the protagonist only in 1 axis, it would be too simple. If we were to grow them in all 4, it would take 3 volumes to do so.