Alejandra does an incredible job here breaking down how the NYT presents itself yet again as neutrally documenting a “controversy” in a way that legitimizes bad faith actors, all while following a very familiar playbook. This is how epistemological violence gets laundered as “just asking questions”

Well, at least the snails are well-fed and happy, but it sure would be nice to wake up to the same number of fish in the tank as when I went to bed. We think the problem might be too much water flow and possibly insufficient heat. We're getting a sponge to hopefully help with the first.

Me: I think I'm mostly over the surgical grief. My brain: hey so about that I special-ordered these dreams where your uterus is a homunculus of you and she gave these phenomenal panels at #Intercon and #Magfest and even attended in your place at #Metatopia and everyone loved her, is that OK?

You can tell I'm basically done with these redlines, because I'm really looking forward to implementing all these changes (and seeing them implemented).

Ok, Aeneid discourse time because the statement below is correct, but also, I think, significantly incomplete in ways that understate how good Vergil is as an author (he is very good). Aeneas is supposed to be a self-righteous prig because Vergil is deeply ambivalent about the Augustan project.

With apologies to Peter, Paul, and Mary: Neon tetras / very pretty / how we like to watch you dive. But when you swim beneath the filter / I can't keep you jerks alive.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Go upstairs to check on 8yo, and she's arranged all the ingredients for chocolate chip cookies on the counter. Girl is *motivated* (but not old enough to operate the oven, and I'm still at work, so...)

completely unhinged headline and yet I have no further questions

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

I now have the image of a low Standing conspiracy running its entire operation out of a few second-hand RVs and a single panel van with a DIY logo on the side, drumming up business in small towns with occasional forays into a city to abduct people to use to test the toxicity of its products. 1/

the unique strain of charismatic evangelical protestant christianity will be looked back on as one of the worst heretical movements of all time due not only to its reintroduction of many previously resolved heresies but also how much sin idolatry and death it gleefully introduced into the world

From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/

dan bongino and kash patel lying unconscious on the ground after bonking their heads together as they both bent down to examine what is later determined to be their own footprints

Oh no! 😭 One of my favorite local spots - literally within walking distance of my house.

We had a school shooting here in Minneapolis in the last two weeks that ended with some children dead, more wounded, and many others traumatized. Kirk and other gun rights extremists made that possible. So forgive me if I don't join the "thoughts and prayers" brigade on this one.

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

This art has been my desktop wallpaper ever since, although I'm biased in favor of it, being the co-dev (and eventual line dev) for Deviant. I'm incredibly proud of this game - from the core, The Clades Companion, and The Devoted Companion to Shallow Graves (my STV Player's Guide) w/ more to come.

William has become confident in his ability to cook a meal for the first time, but tonight he made a mistake and it didn't come out right, and he's so *devastated* by this. I want to tell him that these things happen, but he doesn't want to talk about it. 1/

Some combination of MS Word and OneDrive are NOT liking the speed at which I'm opening all these conspiracy files, changing one or two letters on each of them (to bring them in line with a unified template), and closing them again.

I'm sharing again, because so far this video has garnered me -3 (minus three) subscribers on YouTube. Whom amongst ye will take their place?

I found it 😂 I think I wrote this in senior year of college

Been reading Wodehouse's corpus start to finish and this is the first truly great short story. Read to the end, would you? www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/10/at-g...

Spent 10 hrs redlining Deep Dive today (Deviant: The Renegades Night Horror book for STV). One of those days when I don't remember eating lunch, but the empty, dirty dishes appear to indicate I must have eaten *something*). I guess that means I can hang out with my family w/ a clear conscience, now.

Halos as control measure is a seriously bad ass Icon concept for a Standing 10 conspiracy. #Deviant

For everyone tearing up over Mamdani's scavenger hunt because you can't remember the last time someone in politics did something fun, what *you* need is a better State Fair.

Now at the Grandstand for Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge.

Sunny with temps in the upper 60s on a Saturday afternoon means the Minnesota State Fair is packed. Not an every year kind of thing for me, but I can respect the experience.

A coworker who used to live in MN specifically requested I take this picture at the fair.

Seed art meets Pronto Pup at the Minnesota State Fair.

drawing people i see in the city (56/?)

It’s tandoori chicken. It’s a quesadilla. It’s confusing the hell out of my brain but quite tasty. It must be Minnesota State Fair food.

This whole thread is highly relevant to everything going on in government right now as well as tech

This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read

JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror theonion.com/jd-vanc...

Well, I’m not far from 40 and I also support this terminology.

lola is going to bite anyone who made your day worse

Now that Arya has watched it 3 times in the last 3 days, I find that KPop Demon Hunters is growing on me. Or at least the music has earwormed me terribly.

Watched KPop Demon Hunter with Beth and Arya (William watched the first bit but decided it wasn't for him). Got strong Jem vibes and was also reminded of the other summer movie about the power of music: Sinners. Probably not something I'd seek out on my own, but I can see why it's doing numbers.

And then, in the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, another ring was made. And into this ring Sauron poured his tolerance, his wealth tax, and above all his desire for Universal Healthcare...

Eight years ago this month on the way home from Gen Con, @lartist.bsky.social drew me a Dworf.

despite everything, i still believe in the potential of humankind to create utopia. but it will require hard work, courage, and above all else extremely deep v-necks that go almost down to the dick

It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”

That's how you can tell human authors from AI. AI will put in some em dashes, then apologise and take them out when told off. Human authors will climb the filing cabinet, hissing, and defend their right to em dashes with a loaded stapler.

Washington Post sent me a "tell us all the ways we fucked up & convinced you to cancel your subscription after 8+ years" survey, so it would seem it's beginning to dawn on them that maybe screaming at Biden to drop out & then welcoming our new dictatorial regime hasn't been great for their business.

There is a way to get young art students to learn foreshortening. Art teachers are just too cowardly to implement it.

Had a dream about a restaurant where they charged you extra depending on where they seated you (based on the view & how far from the kitchen it was?). Except they didn't tell you up-front; it just showed up on your bill & they patiently explained that it was on the menu somewhere.