Every time this guy says something about video games, I wonder if he understands the definition of "game."

"He's a menace ... I WANT SPIDER-MAN!" J.K. Simmons is at the Mets game tonight and ran into a familiar face 😂

$180 in a BCBS class action settlement? Thanks! *wanders over to kobo and spends half*

Paging #LawSky, Colorado edition: friend needs a competent and reasonably priced real estate lawyer in Denver, to transfer a deed to an LLC. No mortgage, no liens, paperwork in order, just needs on the ground support. Anyone got a name? (@courtneymilan.com? It's your state at least...)

Podcasts are creative works fixed in a medium of expression, and therefore protected by copyright. I don't know how I'd argue that an unauthorized transcript is not an infringing derivative, absent specific facts going to fair use.

Don't get your hopes up, but do get your efforts up.

“Please have 2+ years of experience with an engine we announced on Friday” really sums up the state of the games industry.

This was baffling during Biden but if you can't figure out why a forward looking person would be negative under Trump lol

The curves are VERY good and would be better if we didn't have weird freak coal-fetishists in office here, destroying wind and solar projects.

You have the right as a human being to make art. That includes art that is not perfect. That includes art that is not good.

That linked article is cracking me up, btw: _______________________________ “He’s tiny!” exclaimed one researcher. “It’s blue!” said another. “Like one of those plushies.” “Is that a cute little guy or what?” It was [...] soon after immersed in 4% formalin, a toxic preservative, for 24 hours.

Still looking for someone. Holler at me if this is you.

Anyone have any recs for Alex? @mostlybree.kitrocha.com ?

Looking for a game recommendation for a travel vacation. Two people, looking for game with moderate weight/table footprint. For people who have enjoyed Catan, Wingspan, Terraforming Mars, etc.

It's been decades since I've been in grad school, so take this with a pinch of salt, but one thing I learned from my Americanist and Comparative colleagues is that most politicians DO try to keep election promises, (even notorious liars like Trump).

Paging @kbspangler.com.

Decided that maybe today I would see about calling either the Canadian government or the BAnQ about my records/citizenship stuff. It isn't a holiday in Canada, after all, right? Oh. www.wikiwand.com/en/National_...

trump objects to winery's MAGA-themed wines, incl. "drill baby drill" (wasn't that steele/palin?) & "drain the swamp" chardonnays, an "epic fury" red, & "45-47 republican red special edition"--trump's team has filed a petition to cancel a registration for the latter trademark

Oh my lo.....he quoted Gandalf in an encyclical on AI that was released shortly after the Franciscan advising him on AI published a lengthy article on the topic of whether the founder of Palantir should be burned as a heretic. This has LAYERS.

I mean, men and women interbreed and there's a whole genre of book about how they can't talk to each other.

I’m going to hold your hand while I say this. If a marginalized person asks you to do something differently, the response is not to blow up and ask them why they’re riding your back when those guys aren’t even trying to do better. They’re asking you because they think you’re somewhat open-minded.

The Highlight In Yellow was known to drive people mad in Fair Carcosa, where we set our scene... (Dammit. Now I want to rewrite the prologue sonnet of Romeo & Juliet in a Lovecraft pastiche, which is a joke Mike Ford would laugh at in delight, and very few others would get at all.)

Night Watch is the greatest argument for a long-running book series that exists. #booksky

Really depressing seeing those quotes of JKR & Gaiman praising The Once and Future King, & people saying “what’s this book, I need to avoid it.” OF COURSE they praised it, it very very obviously influenced them & many others!! UKLG also wrote about how much she loved it! More eloquently I might add!

Turns out, it’s actually easy to regulate a technology out of existence.

Finished ANOTHER CRAB'S TREASURE tonight. And...hm. I am reminded why I generally don't go in for soulslikes unless they are coded to a T. I'm not sure that the story or gameplay were as satisfying as the jank and bugs were frustrating. But it's done, anyway.

Me on Discord: "Every generation thinks they invented sex, fanfiction, and music their parents hate."

accidentally ordered tokusatsu instead of tonkatsu at this restaurant and now this guy won't stop doing stunts. The waiter can't even take him back because whenever he tries the guy strikes a pose and a bunch of explosions go off behind him

"That’s a Make-Things-Bigger device, isn’t it?" said Lord Rust. "My word, you are up to date. They were only invented last year." "I didn’t buy this, my lord. I inherited it from my grandfather." --Pratchett, of course. JINGO.

“You have one remaining wish.” “Summon a hydra in the middle of my enemy’s fortress, but one with so many heads that any new heads will be crushed immediately, creating an ever-expanding mass of hydra heads that will destroy the entire stronghold.” “You mean…?” “Yes. A hydra-djinn bomb.”

Andy Weir never saw this one No, the other one. No, not that one either

Y'all if you think that the reason we don't have universal healthcare is that it costs too much, I don't know what to say to you. We would get better healthcare for less money with universal healthcare. The cost is not the issue. There are many reasons we don't have universal healthcare.

"Jeremiah was a bull--" Wait.

my kid: what does kitschy mean me: [opens mouth to define kitschy then spots sign she’s reading from] baked eggs in a crust, kind of like an egg pie

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Small Gods is a work of righteous anger, and is one of the best books in the entire series.

Not gonna lie, kinda like this guy

(1/X) I would argue that the vast majority of all commentary is essentially pro-Trump. I don't mean pro-Trump in the sense of liking Trump, I mean it in the sense of them not holding him to the anything close to the same standards as Democratic politicians....

Will.

**I will be opening to queries on Monday, June 1 until I reach 100 queries** During this time, I will ONLY be accepting queries for queer romance with magical elements. Think Sangu Mandanna, Sara Raasch - romance + grounded/very low fantasy. Let magic enhance love, and make me swoon. #amquerying

Well, well, well, look who just got de-employed! Yup, me. After two and a half years I am a restructure victim. My job has shifted to London, and combined with enough other European-specific responsibilities that I'm not likely to get it if I reapplied. So it's back on the job market for me.

Paging Shel Silverstein...

Shot. www.reddit.com/r/boardgames... Chaser. boardgamegeek.com/thread/37112...

I heard Levi’s Jeans playing earlier and it reminded me of this video of me dancing with a lovely I met at Cowboy Carter last year sksksks we was cutting up in dem floor seats 😭 10 likes and I’ll post it

Hey so uh i gotta go to my sister in the ER right now so any help for getting back and forth so i don’t overdraft is SUPER appreciated lmao ko-fi.com/weredawgz

Them: On the “Have participated in or given aid to an attempt to overthrow the US government?” how do you deal with Jan 6th participants seeking clearance? Investigator: [deep discomfort] Them: Shame a polygraph won’t help with firmly held beliefs. Investigator: I think we’re done.

Longtime readers will know the reason this movie didn’t get made was because Disney was sick of paying outside SFX companies, opened their own in house, and then priced their services so high to pay for it they blew out the budgets for their own movies.