13th amendment to the constitution abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime.

The same thing that’s on the first side, but in reverse.

On The Nature Of Mass Movementa, by (I think) Eric Hoffer. One of the things he claims is that mass movements are generally made up of the dispossessed and dissatisfied who want better conditions but are not quite suffering enough that their entire focus is on acquiring food. People have to feel as if they could improve their circumstances by revolting, but not be actively starving.

I sent you a DM. I’d like to set up a meeting if you’re willing.

Nice. I’m digging the strappy look around the waist. It’s got fantasy vibes.

Did they fight against the bulge, or for it?

Same

That’s beautiful. And ugly. I love it.

Maybe he doesn’t want them all dead, but he regularly abducts and dissects individuals who catch his attention. One is of specific interest, but has never been caught because the mongrelfolk are protecting it.

Yep.

Make them live in terrible conditions, and look like monsters at first glance. This way your players will react to them as standard dungeons & dragons monsters, by which I mean kill them all. Afterwards, they find council chambers, crude medical facilities, nurseries, etc that imply that their society was surprisingly egalitarian and had a budding democratic government.

Give just enough of a hint beforehand so that they could have resolved things peacefully if they had been paying attention.

If harming your players emotionally is the goal.

Bonus points for art and holy texts or statues depicting the professor as a faceless, looming, menacing shadow in a white coat.

I can bend the last joint in my fingers independently. I also have a small nub on the tip of my tongue, which is only useful in one situation.

Man, I want that chunky laptop.

This man was such a good actor, and this character was perfect.

We’re providing review assistance and some types of automated replication to publishers for a yearly rate, and planning to sell subscriptions to individual researchers for $50 /mo.

I started a business with a friend to automatically identify things like this, fraud like what happened with Alzheimer’s research, and mistakes like missing citations. If anyone is interested, has contacts or expertise in relevant domains or just wants to talk about it, hit me up.

A long time ago, I used to play a game called Tibia. Veteran players of the time knew that if someone ran up to you yelling “BR? BR?”, you either knew enough Portuguese to pretend you were Brazilian, or you ran, because they would kill you immediately if you weren’t from Brazil.

Thanks for the flashback OP.