It feels weird to check in with the hive mind about Pluribus but… I really dig it so far. Granted I’d watch Rhea Seehorn read from the phone book so getting to see her doing more Vince Gilligan instead is already an upgrade.

An important piece of work. 👇🏻

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

Must-read report from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS order allowing the Trump administration to implement its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy.

Reminder: It benefits nobody in a way to list sex assigned at birth on passports, there is no requirement to include it, this is just about punishing trans etc. Americans.

What this order makes clear is that plaintiffs can collect a mountain of animus, the district court can write extensively about the record, and the Supreme Court will just go “nuh uh.”

Fuck SCOTUS

OUT NOW: XP Xtra 25.5 - While Chase falls, the K-OS crew claim their XP. Plus, a Fleetmember question about what shows we'd each reboot and Ben's sci-fi recommendation! Listen now: www.patreon.com/posts/142870...

Question of the century.

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Our latest ep is here, friends and we finally review Dark Watchers of California that @rileysilverman.bsky.social wrote for @bigfinish.bsky.social! It's a fantastic #DoctorWho tale set in Big Sur, CA in 1966. Absolutely check it out! notlg.com/podcastica/e...

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

But let's not take any lessons from his campaign. That would be too smart.

The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.

Boss lady here! As Editor-in-Chief & CEO of @starsandsabers.bsky.social, I am so proud of our 2025 books, and here’s a sneak peek at 2026 Q1 & Q2 books. Many more to come through 2027! See starsandsabers.com #books #publisher #editor #boss #ladyboss #smallbusiness #scifi #fantasy #horror #oz

Cuomo’s final pitch to voters:

their plainly stated goal is to starve forty million people until they get what they want, which is to rip health care away from millions more that this is too monstrous for most news organizations to tell the truth about does not change the facts

Dressing up for my D&D gig today. I don’t have a good wig to be trans allegory queen Una Chin-Riley so I give you Capt. Christina Pike.

I hate straight Halloween, what do you mean you're the first costume you found at Walmart that you wouldn't feel embarrassed to wear in front of your ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend at their party.

In one hours time, our FIRST Blood On The Clocktower game premieres on YouTube @ 12pm PT! TIME FOR SPOOKY DEDUCTION 👻🔮🎃 Feat: @markeiamccarty.bsky.social @dreamwisp.bsky.social @rileysilverman.bsky.social @ryanomega.bsky.social @lambertraa.bsky.social @vincecaso.com @jeremycobb1.bsky.social

I guess objectively I understand Dracula is the most famous and most archetypal vampire in western culture and I’m casually a vampire nerd but… most people can name more vampires than Dracula, right? Like the culture is pretty vampire saturated? Or do I exist in a very specific vampire bubble?

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula

Happy 40th anniversary to Anne Rice's "The Vampire Lestat," published on October 31, 1985. Rice's 2nd vampire novel, it turned Lestat from villain to glamorous antihero, & started her Vampire Chronicles in earnest. Fun fact; the book's big finale takes place on publication day, Halloween night, 1985

Jump Leads is very good and you should listen!

Conservatives post No Kings rally: psh. He’s not a king. If he was you couldn’t protest. Conservatives approaching Nov 1st: It’s fine that the people starve while our glorious leader builds his home into a golden palace

I didn’t *quite* nail the sharp lines required for Frank n Furter and I don’t have a proper wig but I’m channeling vibes for this screening. I didn’t feel like walking across the Disney studio lot in a bustier and panties so I did begrudgingly wear a skirt. I’m sorry.

Watch me learn to play the game and get betrayed BY LITERAL FUCKING SPIRITS

Time for Blood On The Clocktower with my FAVES! 👻 Our FIRST game premieres tomorrow, Friday 10/31 on YouTube at 12pm PT! 🕰️ Feat: @markeiamccarty.bsky.social @dreamwisp.bsky.social @rileysilverman.bsky.social @ryanomega.bsky.social @lambertraa.bsky.social @vincecaso.com @jeremycobb1.bsky.social

Ep. 25 - Attack of the Cones: The Cone War begins. Chase connects the call. Trip and BB make traffic. Killsphere gets into the fight(er). Listen now: www.patreon.com/posts/142283...

It’s absurd how much talk there is about fairness in sports re: trans women on some weird theoretical level when the reality is: Roller derby is right there. Probably easily the highest ratio of trans women in a very very physical sport, for years, and it’s working FINE.

We have been allowed to compete as women in the Olympics since 2003 and we have yet to win anything in 20 goddamn years. Clearly we are comparable to other women, if not inferior on average.

It takes an extra level of cruelty to announce layoffs both right before the holiday season and at a time you know people can’t even access SNAP or other assistance. This is so broken.

And Doctor Who, which did NOT die...

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

I don’t even want to give that “women don’t like Trek” guy oxygen but it’s such a phenomenal self-own to say that the reason he thinks that is no woman will set foot in his fandom spaces.

Loving the call for visibility in response to erasure. Here are four photos representing some of my involvement in Trek fandom, from Trektivism panels to leading the STLV LGBTQIA+ Annual Photo Op and participating on the Trek Talks team that’s helped raise almost half a million dollars for HoFoCo 🖖🏼

p.s. more babes who smash the narrative of "only conservative men like star trek" should totally post cool photos of themselves and their friends doing cool trek things, because if nothing else, it'll bring this skyline some needed joy and beauty <3

Of course HRT affects our biology. Why do you think we do it.

E g. The food bank here in San Diego buys bulk quantities of rice for a fraction of supermarket costs and re-packages it themselves in consumer-sized packages for distribution. Your money there goes much, much further than an in-kind donation. (In kind donations and volunteering are still good tho!)

this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this True with ANY cult space. People have no fricken idea and think they will be immune. You're not. You are fucking not.

The best part about being in a perpetual cycle of short term gigs and employment gaps these last couple of years is definitely how each company's hiring module is a hassle to fill out and frequently doesn't work properly, requires you to fill out info that's on your resume! For no responses!

HORROR NOT HATE features my first ever comic book writing! I'm contributing a piece of a story idea that's been in my head for years and i'm so excited to finally see come to the page! Please head to the Kickstarter and click "notify on launch" to help boost our pre-launch!

XP Extra 24.5: The crew discuss BB baring it all. Plus, Michael asks Dan about some fresh Lighthouse Lore. Listen now: www.patreon.com/posts/139563...

You know, considering how much World War II shit the History Channel used to run it feels pretty embarrassing how few lessons we as a society learned from it.

My first ever comic book writing is going to be featured in this amazing new charity anthology!!

No Kings protests were one of the few times Trump, MAGA, and right-wing media were reacting to something the opposition did, rather than the opposition reacting to whatever they do. Adopt a principle from war strategy: generally better to be taking action and forcing opponents to react. Good point.