here is what i think: we're not consumers or spectators, we are participants with agency. you should not hope that democrats will do anything. you must work to force them to do the right thing. the odds are long, but we are far from the first americans to face long odds. we will win.

I had to move my dns to a different provider so of course now my handle is broken. Sigh. Tomorrow problem I guess.

Hello Colorado, you have *checks notes* 19 minutes to get your ballot to the drop box. I BELIEVE IN YOU. YOU CAN DO IT.

Come for the interesting discussion of video games and video game journalism but stay for @aidanmoher.com dying on screen as @tyschalter.com talks about selling video games when he was younger.

It’s FunFactor Fuuuuuuuesday! Taking a look through GameNow #4, @tyschalter.com and @aidanmoher.com take aim at trading in games for store credit, combination PS2 multitaps and DVD remotes (X-Men themed!), and go deep on the blog-y voice creeping into games criticism in the early aughts.

Take all these fuckers money and put them in stockades like they want to do to everyone else.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Andreessen, Andreessen, Andreessen. (He’s very close with Peter Thiel.) 1/

@sarahmackattack.bsky.social excited to get my shipping notice for my shrimp shirt this morning. 🎉🎉

What do you do when you are a content creator and it is your birthday? Well, If you are Paul of Gaming Rules! you take the entire week off work and spend it streaming a load of games you want to play :) Watch live or later: www.youtube.com/@GamingRules... -Krissie (1/2)

After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi. This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel. They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

Solitary Confinement in Colorado Jails: Our Investigative Series boltsmag.org/solitary-con...

A new bombshell* has entered the villa**. *beetle **pollinator garden

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I think Vance left his between the couch cushions.

Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19

The Criterion Collection is teasing a complete collection of Stanley Kubrick's work. youtu.be/K2KsC-HJWjY?...

I know I've got some artists on my tl--would you have any recs for a digital pencil plus software for a teen interested in trialing out digital art? He has a laptop, or I could lend him my iPad (but I'd prefer the laptop option)

So upset about this. South of Midnight was great.

Xbox Is Planning To Shutter Peabody Award-Winning Compulsion Games https://kotaku.com/xbox-shuttering-south-of-midnight-peabody-award-compulsion-games-2000706065

Israeli settler carried out a pogrom in the village of Deir Dibwan in the West Bank, near Ramallah. The pogrom was carried out by approximately 50-60 masked and armed settlers. They set houses, vehicles, and fields on fire. They poured gasoline on an elderly man and tried to burn him alive.

Israel has bombed Dahiyah in Beirut.

A SECOND person died of exposure last winter after DHS dumped them in the middle of nowhere, miles from their home, without notifying their family.

Doctor Who is going away... but I have faith it'll come back to save us all once more. My latest newsletter has my woolly thoughts about how the next head writer should go about making Doctor Who brand new all over again: buttondown.com/charliejane/... Let the arguing commence!

Subterranean Press announced that they'll be winding down their operations in the coming years. I'm sorry to see the news, and I spoke with a handful of authors who published through them, who pointed not only about the quality of the company's books, but of Bill Schafer's character as well.

a) not how it works b) you really want to put vulnerable GOP members of congress on record about this in the run up to the midterms? President deals strikes again

RIP to Jane Yolen, author of 450 books, many of them I read when I was younger. Rest well, legend <3

“Why won’t you stop hitting yourself?!?”

Can't make this stuff up, gang...

Do I know anyone at Twitch? FunFactor hit affiliate a few weeks ago, but the backend dashboard is bugged and it keeps asking us to verify stuff we've already verified, click buttons that don't do anything, etc. Tickets with Twitch haven't really been helpful, just sending us in circles.

Trump may already be deporting newborn Americans while the Supreme Court dawdles on birthright citizenship: pregnant teenagers in immigration detention having been giving birth to U.S. citizens but those girls and their babies are now missing ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...

the main problem with video as a format is that it's too slow at dispensing information. I can read much faster than you can talk and there's no way you can address this without becoming incomprehensible to most of the audience.

Q for people who study objects in the past, especially jewellery: I have a testator bequeathing 'a ring of golde with harebones'. Anyone encountered a similar ring, or a ring with bones before?

Well…..that’s an unfortunate place to put those rivets 😁🤣🦇

It’s Jadzia now, thanks.

"I’m a nice old lady who feels nothing about the parade of murder that seems to follow me. Want some evidence? One time, the police called to congratulate me on my hunch because they found my friend Gwen from the museum committee dead in a drainpipe."

The ADA said that sharing copies of this article wasn’t “professional and respectful”, not in keeping with ensuring the meeting was “centered on advancing diabetes science.” Pointing out that the MAHA agenda directly contradicts science and harms people with diabetes, really? That’s bad now? 🧪

Yaakov Roth was a Harvard Law School grad, SCOTUS clerk, and longtime BigLaw partner. His resume, law students were always told, was a sign that he was among those at the top of the legal profession. Today, he said Trump could tear down the Statue of Liberty tonight and no one could stop him.

Hello I'm looking to speak with an architectural historian for a piece I'm working on. Maybe a longshot asking on here but worth a try.

If only there was a short story out there about the pitfalls of AI being deeply embedded in the military. . . . . . . . . issues.org/futuretensef...

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How Integers and Floats Work #devopsish wizardzines.com/zine...

A STARRED REVIEW! My three-headed dragon book got a starred review in Booklist! www.booklistonline.com/products/982...

Most of us can't conceive of how much money $1 billion is. One person having that kind of money is obscene.

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President Trump just made it extremely clear that: 1) His $1.8 billion slush fund is on hold due to scrutiny, not dead. 2) He really wants it to happen. 3) The money is 100% intended for J6ers.

So those goons at LibsOfTikTok have gone after my Philly neighborhood's elementary school for hosting a Pride parade, forcing them to move the parade from the sidewalks to the schoolyard and bring in police protection to ensure that children are safe.

Reminder that Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS BRING HONOR TO YOUR HOUSE