10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

Quick reminder that Rick Scott's "expertise" is that as CEO of a healthcare form he oversaw the most massive defrauding of Medicare in history and the $300 million that he was paid for it, he was allowed to keep and was never prosecuted. He's literally just a criminal.

Over her lifetime she's married a bird-man from another planet, shattered the moon, been turned into a gorilla, been a UN Ambassador, and so so much more. That's living!! Happy anniversary to the great Amazonian warrior, #WonderWoman!

This whole beautiful comic is *chef’s kiss* and this is my favorite bit.

The reason gullible people believe all protesters are paid is because they can't conceive of anyone giving a shit about anyone other than themselves.

So this is a fascinating writeup of some weird AI tech voodoo. accelerateordie.com/p/we-melted-...

Also, water is wet. Quelle surprise! www.fastcompany.com/91398622/the...

Played the new Leagues of Votann combat patrol today with @sarahofswords.bsky.social . It's... uh... really strong. 😁⚡️⚡️

If you don't subscribe to @charliejane.bsky.social's newsletter, this past edition is a fascinating and depressing/hopeful look at how Superman helped defeat (for real) a generation of the KKK. buttondown.com/charliejane/...

I'm sure @kierongillen.bsky.social and @gailsimone.bsky.social don't have the sway with Disney/Marvel to make this happen but I suspect their followers may join us in wishing this into existence. :)

Truly the worst Superman. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

“Maybe you don’t get to choose how you make peace, or what kind of peace you make. You count yourself lucky if peace doesn’t run away from you.” — Charlie Jane Anders, City in the Middle of the Night

@margaret.bsky.social it's my fave too

So, amid all the chaos and uncertainty in the world, I'm surviving by building weird little web toys. My latest is a free-to-use, barebones random character generator for 1st level PCs using the core D&D 2024 ruleset. Most useful for 1-shots, but could work as inspo as well. 1shotpc.facerix.com

"LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?" - Terry Pratchett

Andor. Watch it. That's all.

This week has been rough. My Dad’s in cardiac ICU, after weeks of chest pain culminated in a weekend ER visit & emergency double bypass. So tonight I spent a few hours finishing off this little guy - who I’d swear is Dad’s spitting image - thinking of him fighting like hell for his life. #warhammer

This is why I still think that the internet, not the issues, are the root cause of this culture war. People (including journalists…who are people) imagine the loudest, angriest positions as default positions because those are the ones that get eyeballs in an ultra-competitive attention economy.

I lol'ed: youtu.be/I-IoVDygU98?...

Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.

Tôryk Keeneye and his Þruma strike force facing down a Baal Predator in last night's Crusade game with @sarahofswords.bsky.social. Her Lamenters were ultimately victorious over the Kin, but this squad did serious work. #warhammer40k #40k #tabletop

This is the way forward

I wrote this and I endorse this

HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. "Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—" YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. "So we can believe the big ones?" YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

I didn't plan it this way, but last night I finished reading the biography of Terry Pratchett, A Life in Footnotes, just in time for the 10th anniversary of his passing. I'm not too proud to say I cried while teaching that last chapter. A lot. GNU Sir pTerry 🏵️ #gnuterrypratchett

american society has been at “TV Interstitial from ROBOCOP” for a while but “president does a car commercial on the white house lawn” is really pushin it

I'm working on a little web toy to read & keep track of your "bookmark," for lack of a better word, in online serialized content, like web comics. So I'm looking for test cases from the hivemind: Y'all, skeet me some links to your favorite web comics?

I'm working on a little web toy to read & keep track of your "bookmark," for lack of a better word, in online serialized content, like web comics. So I'm looking for test cases from the hivemind: Y'all, skeet me some links to your favorite web comics?

In the immortal words of Poe Dameron: "Somehow, COVID returned."

going to share this here youtube.com/shorts/Hb6eL...

By simply endlessly complaining about them, we’re no better than the Dems we deem “spineless”. Here’s some actionable things to do (that you can post endlessly about):

everything is so shitty, read this story about a genuinely good man who saw he had an opportunity to save millions of lives and threw himself into doing so. the world is full of heroes like him.

My heart. I live to see this smile on my wife's face and am even happier when I'm the reason.

One of the coolest moments in yesterday’s 4-faction 6000 point #warhammer40k game was watching @sarahofswords.bsky.social ’s Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought go toe-to-toe with Angron.

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺 Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

Ran a very wet 5k this morning in the SF Half Marathon. Feels good to have something I can control.

...check up on yo strong friends...

Actual photo of @sarahofswords.bsky.social and I most of the time, but especially this week

if you are trans and need your resume edited, hmu. i'm a professional resume editor. i offer sliding scale and pro bono.

My Hearthkyn Salvagers, finally battle-ready (I'll probably still do decals after sealing them) It's supposed to be a 10-model unit but with so many heavy weapon options, I got a few extra bodies and made them all. Magnetizing was a bigger pain than just building and painting the extra 4. 🤣

I hereby declare Silicon Valley as no longer having a shred of cool. Really no cooler than Greenwich, CT or any other place that happens to have a few mansions and a bunch of serfs.