Paramount+ wanted to use the image on the left as a poster for the wrath of Khan, so they used everyone's least favorite technology to generate the rest of the image.

I now know that I’m a middle aged nerd, because I was listening to the @weirdmedieval.bsky.social episode about font development in the Middle Ages, and thought repeatedly “this is so interesting, I’ve got to tell people about this!”

A reminder that after the success of the teddy bear, President William Taft tried to make his own animal mascot called “Billy Possum” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_P...

Spotted on Tumblr…

They're cowards for not doing this.

I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…

In TTRPG world, I’ve got a biweekly 5e game moving very slowly through Red Hand of Doom. Between the toddler and general friend banter every session, we only get about a 90 game in, which is…rough for an ongoing campaign.

I’m finally getting to play Silksong, and I’m once again reminded that 1) I’m a sucker for metroidvanias 2) I’m bad at video games 3) The atmosphere in these games is indescribably well done

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

At work today, we had to explain to a colleague in Singapore that “have a gander” means “take a look.” He had only searched for the word “gander” and was understandably very confused.

Today I decided it’s time to tell my kids that St Patrick isn't real, and that it's been me who’s been putting the snakes under their pillows all these years.

starting a secretive conspiracy within the Catholic church to promote minorities, Opus DEI.

Perfect

My mom arrived in town yesterday while I was at work. Mysteriously, the amount of Duplo my son owns also doubled by the time I got home from work, and is now overflowing the container we had.

I have a solution that will please both sides

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

I would shoot the computer with a handgun five to eight times

OH MY GOD YOU COULD NAME IT PACIFIC GYM COME ON

Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,

A fun brain teaser: When my son is disturbed at night and he cries out in his sleep, does he call for: A) His mother who birthed him and takes care of him every day. B) His father who provides for him and holds him all night long. C) His aunt/uncle who play with him and spoil him D) Henry Hoover

mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again

I once shot a man for criticizing my text alignment. It was justified.

COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS

Using a combination of glitches in Super Mario World, Yoshi can be taken into the final battle, where he can eat Peach upon Bowser's defeat. With Peach gone, the ending will not play, and Mario and Yoshi will simply stare at each other forever.

the thing about the Tom Bombadil parts of Fellowship is that that is a psychological reaction to leaving England and meeting French people for the first time. a coping mechanism for a bewildering experience. what is that strange man doing? he’s Tom Bombadil and that’s the only answer you’re getting

Watching Trainspotting 2 in Glasgow, where the entire audience was falling out of their seat laughing at the Orange Lodge scene. I’ve no idea if that bit is funny to non-Scots; but people were in pain from laughter here.

Shout out to O Come All Ye Faithful for being the only popular Christmas carol that explicitly rejects the Arian heresy

Who has made this 🤣

Jonathan? Mwah

What a great headline

Reposting this on main, because this was probably the most challenging book I’ve ever read; and I’m incredibly proud of myself. Epic poetry in Scots from 1470, about the life of William Wallace; a 100% unbiased and accurate account, guaranteed.

I misread this image so badly that I can only really hope to illustrate what I saw. ( Also a good excuse for an #art study )

I’d forgotten the bizarre joy of trying to piece together an event after the fact by the social media memes. The Mamdani-Trump thing, especially when I have all mentions of Trump muted, was a fun challenge. “Why is everyone talking about bugs bunny seducing Elmer Fudd?”

I can't even describe how much I love this.

People love to talk about how awful theater kids are, and they’re not wrong, but let’s be real, debate kids have made this country a lot worse

If anyone else is missing #NaNoWriMo this year, our wee Scottish writing group is keeping the tradition alive, with write-ins, a strong #writingcommunity, and a Quest to keep everyone going to their 50,000 words. Free to join; come say hi. discord.gg/FNW4XNa5 #Scotland

My foolish aunt telling me that I'm the family member "most likely to be involved in a heist of the Louvre" and thinking I'd be insulted

I think Dracula could defeat Frankenstein but I don’t think Count Chocula could defeat Frankenberry and that speaks to the richness of the characters

Enjoy the Reformation and Halloween with the classic 95 Reese's being nailed to a door

I thought I was ordering a translation, but I should have checked more carefully. So now I get to fumble through 15th century #Scots poetry. I’m having a great time, it’s just slow going, and I need to read everything aloud in the accent of an old man from Fife The Wallace by Blind Harry #scotland

Let me tell you how tired I’m getting of AI being forced into software: I have genuinely given thought to making Linux my next OS. This is not ok, and is the sign of a sick and twisted society that is collapsing.

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You can now pick up physical copies of my games in Forbidden Planet Glasgow 💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I spent quite a lot of quality lurking time in Forbidden Planet as a teen so this is huge for me!