Had a hankering to replay Batman Arkham City and…I remembered this brawling combat being much faster!

Today we have the first Pop & Play "play date"! If you listened to "Life of a Showgirl," you'll enjoy our conversation with @brownellcassie.bsky.social about play with the Swiftie community. And join @haenyyoon.bsky.social, me, and Cassie on 11/13 @ 9:15pm ET at #popoff to keep the playdate going!

It's snowing. Like you really have to squint to see it but I'm counting it.

the strategic use of masking and unmasking (e.g. the always mask-less Greg Bovino) is part of a game, it's dress-up, it's trolling. the KKK did the same -- they wore costumes as part of a troll.

Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do that.

Would any game devs out there like to tell their story on @pastduepodcast.com? Any indie developer who fans would like to hear from?

I don’t knows about third terms and all that, but anyone who thinks the next set of national elections will be held fairly, or the results respected if it doesn’t go the GOPs way is as delusional as the 8 dems that sold out the party for a pinky promise last night.

Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...

This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.

I don't have the expertise to engage in today's analysis of whether or not the dems folding is chess or checkers. But what I do know, is that the whole charade feels like shit, and that matters.

I imagine what actually scared them into caving was the threat of Trump getting Republicans to actually eliminate the filibuster

And to ensure this is the case I will continue to refresh my bsky feed into the night…

Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:

in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”

Exactly. Moderates keep framing the return of something illegally stopped as a “win.” Congrats, you’ve confirmed it’s good fascist politics to keep doing crimes.

We polled Indivisible members over the weekend on whether Dems should take a deal or keep fighting for the ACA subsidies. Results: 98.67% said keep fighting. Dems who vote to surrender now are fracturing their own party in a way that will reverberate loudly in the primaries.

My beef with all of this is that “assurances” don’t mean anything to these guys. They’ve been violating laws, norms, and everything in between since January. Throwing healthcare under the bus for a Mike Johnson handshake? Unserious

“No RIFs permitted” is just laughable, the administration is just going to do what they want anyway

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

The number of videos/pictures I’ve seen of untrained ICE thugs pointing guns at civilians—usually while they are brutalizing another person—is shocking.

I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police. It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.

Just got into an argument with a middle schooler who insisted Home Alone isn’t a Christmas movie. Preteen confidence is wild.

A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...

My reviewing style has changed over time. Rather than litigate every little thing, and pushing my own ideas, I focus only on 2 things: (1) Are the claims interesting/important? (2) Does the evidence support the claims? Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.

bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass

Was looking at a press and just came across this book. Took a good minute for all the pieces to lock into place in my brain.

☃️NYC WINTER FORECAST 2025-2026: Slightly colder and snowier than normal, with the potential for a quick start in December, volatile conditions throughout, and one or more chances for a significant snowstorm (finally). Buckle up!! www.patreon.com/posts/nyc-wi...

Rumor is this delay is related to recent union buster firings. Worth considering the business practices used to make this game when it does eventually come out.

The absolute collapse of their stupid AI ruse — hopefully followed by a massive wave of tech regulation and imprisoning the politicians who enabled this — cannot come soon enough.

Going to be a period piece about vice city when this sucker comes out

His people all believe the nonsense he spouts so dems should just lean into it. Puerto Rico and DC a state? Sure, done. What's next? You think we're going to take your guns away? You know what, great ideas. Gimme.

Welcome back phrenology bsky.app/profile/econ...

One day this social media exchange will be presented as evidence in a court room, and I cannot wait.

Every once in awhile I’ll review a journal article with this kind of logic explaining a null result. Some people just find it’s easier to reconfigure reality rather than admit being wrong. Reject.

Asked my teen son tonight to name one movie star and he thought for about a minute and finally said, Amy Poehler. Proud as hell.

There's no way to talk about this without getting corny but I think it's important that Zohran has consistently talked about New York City not as a place where businesses operate but as a people and an identity they share

Me when they won't sell me a McRib before 11am:

[but with a sandwich]

The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.

Talking with a friend last night about how supporting Zohran became a whole identity for some--not unlike Obama 08. And while on the surface that seems odd, I think it might be good (in small doses)! As noted here, it creates a social circle, activities to engage in, translates passion into action.

New Yorkers got to tell Andrew Cuomo to fuck off TWICE this election season. Great stuff. Love this city.

But seriously, is it too much to ask the all these comply-in-advance cowards to fucking get the message? No one wants this, and we will fight to keep our democracy.

ok i had to

Hot mayors for everyone!

Hell yeah! You guys this feels great. We should do this more often!