Great point! Science fiction often blurs the lines between fact and fiction. As Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." 🪐📚 #SciFiThoughts What’s your favorite example of

Periodically I am forced to remind people that Mars doesn't have a magnetosphere and would unsuitable for settlement save to extract resources

I am a big fan of the Dragon Age series, so I decided to play the newest game, DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD. It’s also become somewhat notorious because it bombed at launch, resulting in many people leaving or getting fired from the gaming studio. I’m about midway through, but I get why it failed.

My oldest is a huge crybaby

Finally beat Simon in Expedition 33. Missing a music record for the platinum, plus two random Manor doors are locked?

First time ice skating!

I have played so much Expedition 33 the last few weeks. It reminds me so much of what I love about the classic Final Fantasy games. It fell down a little bit in the 3rd act (not the ending though) but it’s really great. Couldn’t praise it enough tbh.

Got some great news about my kid. Totally out of the woods regarding that health issue we were concerned about from a few months back.

Feels great when you have a parent-teacher conference and the teacher has nothing but good things to say

I got this card from my daughter for my birthday and it’s the best thing ever

This has quickly turned into my game of the year

Have fun with this one x.com/dalepartridg...

If the Dems didn’t strike out with two female candidates in a row, I’d say Spanberger would probably be an early 2028 candidate. Possible VP though.

Generative AI has broken the business model of college and the high percentage of students that go online make any reversion to primarily in-class learning and proctored testing very difficult imo

Happy Halloween

Joel Webbon is a cancer

Expedition 33 absolutely lives up to the hype. Wow!

halloween

hey @djdunclive.bsky.social have you seen the new Kamen Rider anime

Garlic

My understanding (but i'm very uncertain is correct) is that a lot of South Dakota v Dole was superseded between the various Obamacare suits (specifically the medicaid expansion mandate) and then some of the attempts at Covid mitigation. Or maybe it was something in environmental protections

I probably need to read a little more about it for a refresher but didn’t the feds withhold funds for highway funding if states didn’t change the drinking age? Or is that a myth

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Argentina is surprisingly cold. In fact, it’s bordering on Chile.

Some actual (real) exciting medical news Huntington’s Disease successfully treated for the first time www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

heck yeah, @seanfucious.bsky.social

Where are the Zaslav defenders now @seanfucious.bsky.social and @rivertam.bsky.social

Really love this book, btw. Excited to start the sequel. If you like LOTR, I’d definitely recommend this (it’s even a little more readable tbh) Wish there’d be an adaptation

Got pulled over with my kids in the car a couple of weeks ago and I swear they will not let me live it down Every single time we go anywhere, they ask when the police are going to stop me

I downloaded the game Gloomhaven, which is a pretty close parallel to the tabletop game. I don’t understand how people play this, it’s impossible

Here at this formerly abandoned American Eagle ...

I have a very scary situation happening right now with one of my kids. For those that pray, I just ask that you pray for my daughter’s health and recovery. Thank you.

Whenever you think things couldn’t be worse, just remember that you could be living in Ohio

Fantasian: Neo-Dimension is probably the closest thing to a Final Fantasy game without actually being one that I’ve ever played. Incredibly hard though. Absolutely brutal.

It's so fun to watch your kids/grandkids discover the books you loved as a child. My granddaughter loves the Ameila Bedelia books and it makes me happy to see her enjoying them like I did. Also the Boxcar Children series is fantastic!

In cons and nons this week, Alyssa, Peter, and I discussed the decline of the traditional review, and then we reviewed the new FANTASTIC FOUR. It's pretty okay! Mostly! www.thebulwark.com/p/the-perfec...

My daughter started reading one of my favorite book series from when I was a kid called The Boxcar Children. It’s a surreal experience watching her read the book and begin to love the characters.

B5 acting > st tng acting agree?

just watched Madame Web. That was bad.

even on issues I think Trump might be innocent of it’s hard to hide my bias because he acts so freakin guilty all the time

Is Vice seriously reporting on this like it’s general entertainment slop

This story is crazy www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-ma...

Anyone ever read this one? I’m about to start it