These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking." It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.

This is a ton of great stuff

just started having recency bias and i love it. easily the best bias

Wishing a v happy Veterans Day to all who've served

TFW you are Queen of the Blankets

ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

Finally figured out how to propose to @mroberts.bsky.social

A slightly concerning amount of duck taking shape at the Alestorm show

There are so very few games that accurately capture the challenges of self-governance because they take either extreme of total conflict or total cooperation. By contrast, Ben Hammer's "We All Take From the River" gives each player agendas that create conflict and collaboration organically. 1/▶️

Boris Karloff guacamole recipe

This is what we should be using Bluesky for

It's my 8 year anniversary at my job. We celebrated by laying off 3 people, including my protege. So that's the kind of week I'm having.

Fluoride in drinking water has widely been heralded as a public health triumph. But this year, with the rise of RFK Jr., legislation has been introduced in *at least 21 states* to roll back provisions related to it. Critical reporting @annaleighclark.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/fluo...

RIP Tomas. At The Gates is one of the bands that made me fall in love with death metal. Slaughter of the Soul is still one of my favorite albums. Seeing them live back in 2019 was a big bucket list item once they got back together. Fuck cancer.

In case anyone missed the Stardust the Super Wizard Anthology crowdfunding from a couple years back (edited by @vanjensen.bsky.social)...both me and @virginiabarksdale.bsky.social backed it unbeknownst to the other so we ended up with a second copy. DM if interested

I was all excited to show the civil war ghost who haunts my house cool shit on youtube like metallica and dragon force, but all he wants to hear is turkey in the straw. this fucking guy loves turkey in the straw

Been playing host the last few days to 2 of the bestest people ever, going to lots of cool fun places here in Brisbane and then Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary today 😁

and might i interest you in the story that this 152-year-old brick-lined beauty remains an active part our system to this day?

Bluey28, the hottest new indie skirmish game of 2025

DMV folks - if you haven't checked out Padaek, you need to. Some of the best food I've ever had in my life. annandaletoday.com/padaek-owner...

Over the years, I've called out entities publicly (and taken the bruises that come with that). I've also privately reached out a folks MANY times to tell them about something they've said/done that is harmful to minorities in the space. Looking back - I think my success rate on that is bad.

Now I am

Gen Con haul!

New favorite vantage point of Gen Con is the 300-level in Lucas Oil. The hum is so good from up here. Ambient mass gaming. A rare sound.

Underrated big shift in the influencer era in terms of who has cultural capital: away from performers, writers, artists, musicians etc and to people who are really good at running a small business and doing SEO/social media. Pretty polar opposite political valences in those skillsets.

You may not feel it, but the ground beneath you may be sinking. In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago. Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/

I just really like water you guys

Listen man I was supposed to be bleeding out in some sort of mechanised exoskeleton somewhere around Proxima Centuri by now, desperately trying to patch the life support system before the cold embrace of the universe welcomes me, her son, home. Not doing spreadsheets so I can afford sub sandwiches.

Adulthood is basically that feeling you get when you unwrap your food and it’s not what you ordered

And I still have the shirt I bought that night. I wore it to school the next day even though it STANK because you could still smoke in concert venues back then. And 3 years later I was wearing that shirt when I met my future wife and her first words to me were "Hey, cool shirt"

you are surrounded by amazingly beautiful things. amazing people. art. systems. sometimes an unexpected turn captures these marvels, when a fleeting moment makes us stop and see something differently. life is a moment—filled with moments. here's to unexpected beauty within every one of them.

Brad Dourif is living his best life.

pop culture is poop culture after a vowel movement.

Friday night at the Iron Maiden cover band and Metallica cover band show at the local indie venue. I am easily one of the 10 youngest people here

@capitalweather.bsky.social pea-sized hail rained for about 10 minutes in Falls Church

You are reborn as a cartoon character. Who are you?

Happy birthday to the incomparable @virginiabarksdale.bsky.social! Everyone join me in celebrating her today!

When you're at the heavy metal show and they set up the theremin 👌👌👌

@neorsd.org needs your vote (like) before May 8 on IG at www.instagram.com/reel/DJSCQLb...

Fun fact: if you're buying from a creator on etsy, you can reduce their etsy selling fees from 6.5% to 2.5% by ordering via 'shopname.etsy.com' instead of 'etsy.com/shopname' or searching from the main site. It costs you the same but the creator makes more

I spend far too much time thinking about this chart and what is happening in US politics.

Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism

A lot of people think sewage is mostly poop, but it's usually 99.8% or 99.9% water. [Me trying to flirt]