need more use cases to overcome the main barrier to purchase: "I already have a tiny brain I don't use - why do I need more?"

Fair warning If you're doing the "Convincing you to read my novel with the first few sentences." thread, you may also be convincing people to NOT read your novel. As a reader, so far I've had 1 "Sounds pretty good" and 2 "no way in Hell" reactions.

60 centers/power forwards have joined the NBA in the last 3 years. Of those, this year Quinten Post ranks WS - T 6 WS/48 - 17 VORP - 6 BPM - 13 REB% - 25 BLK% - 24 PTs/Game - 18 MP/Game - 19 DRtg - T 12 ORtg - 23 USG% - 33 In other words right now he's easily in the top 3rd of those 60 players.

Looking at GSW lineups so far. It's still a little early to start drawing conclusions (give it 3 more games) but if the purpose is "win now" then QP and Will need more minutes - GP2, Buddy, and Al need less. #DubNation

Yes, I know that ants produce formic acid and that one genus of ants is "formica". That's still no excuse for naming your giant ant-like monsters Formicans. I was floored by that - someone should have countered that name immediately.

“I’m only on that platform because everyone else is” is the new “I only read it for the articles”

Still a burning question www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1sY...

was doing a namecheck using search and found a copy of my first published fanzine for sale. It's been literally 50+ years since I've seen it. Not going to spend $30 for it, though.

I rarely make fun of names, but "Bovino" just sounds like some off-brand Lactaid(tm)

"In the beginning I wrote with an ink composed of parts of me own blood but however this would not make an acceptable carbon so I acquired an electric typewriter." -- Firesign Theater, "Waiting for the Electrician (or someone like him)", 1968

Every once in a while I remember that two guys I went to school with growing up in Washington State in the '60s separately became gold prospectors and got into a gunfight with each other over claim-jumping in Arizona.

A "mollusc-based tax avoidance scheme" sounds rather Ankh-Morporkian to me.

God, a thousand times this. That's the thing with dopamine being tied to task initiation - there's a set of gears that won't - CAN'T - engage in my brain, but none of my problems are with analysis. I can be fully aware of all the necessary steps, and stressing about starting, and just... not.

For some reason I just thought about David Cargo. As a former governor of New Mexico, he moved to Oregon, lost an election and then moved back. In his long career as a political loser he lost elections to Bill Richardson, Martin Chavez, Joe Montoya, Pete Domenici, and Jim Baca.

"Had he had a cult in the past? Yes, but now he had an Order, so it wasn't the same thing." - Zogarth, "The Primal Hunter 15"

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weresupials. They differ from male kangaroos in formal clothes, who would be classed as menswearsupials.

Ok, I can understand what someone who writes "math insists on reality" means, but c'mon.... imaginary numbers are a thing

It may be a traditional name combined with a phase, but you should probably avoid referring to a "waxing beaver moon" if you possibly can.

A Zelazny / "Farnham"-era Heinlein mashup: Nine Princes in Aspic

It only makes sense that "Gothick" architectural details were popularized by a man whose first name was "Batty"

So happy the Warriors got rid of that 00 guy and picked up the guy who wears 1. #dubnation

Your chilly sneer Of cold command Your trunkless legs Upon the sand Once awed the Persian, Turk, And Damascene A pedastal Beside your smirk Proclaims “Look up, You lazy jerk! Behold the mighty work Of great Jolene.”

Mayday

Saw my first Shen Yun ad of the season. Must be basketball-pilled, because now I want to see a promotion using their background, but instead for Sengun. (not responsible for the weird connects made inside my brain)

5 games is a miniscule sample size, but still... Quinten Post is leading the Warriors in reb/36, reb%, and block% while shooting 41.7% from 3.

DId I just see JK and QP successfully double team Harden in the backcourt? Not something on my current bingo card, but making a note of it for the future.

I expect to see more Post in the 2nd half - he's +20, and Horford is -23. Not bagging on Al, noting that Post can play Zubac straight up and win the contest. (Shocking, but true)

Bay Area! From the @sfchronicle.com: restaurants giving free or reduced price meals to people who rely on SNAP benefits. Support them if you can- Monster Pho, for example, wont take donations but hopes you'll eat at their restaurant.

watched a "first listen" video on Scarlet Begonias (Mars Hotel remaster). Dude may be educated and a bass player, but he had NO understanding of what Phill did - worse, he tried to play over it. Need a palate cleanser www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qlx...

On a similar note, even though I refer to him as "Uncle Al", I am not blood-related with Aleister Crowley

what a lovely stretch from Post. All the boards, a block......

TIL that Croatian pirates from Omis built an underwater wall at a river mouth, where their shallow-draft boats could pass over it and conventional ships chasing them would hit it.

"They called him Sun, because he was S.O.L"

A post is going around that says you won't be able to use SNAP benefits you've already received after Oct 31. This is NOT TRUE, as of the moment, in California (at the very least). Don't assume - check your state's website.

Just watched KPOP Demon Hunters. Why haven't I seen anyone note that they're the PowerPuff Girls grown up?

"This, notably, is the very blueprint the Warriors’ organization has long preached. The strategic imperative is clear. The goal is not to mold Kuminga into a replica of Leonard, but to help him find his own equilibrium" (note: 3 games is a teeny tiny sample but it looks like JK has bought in. -gnb)

I read "US media is failing to meet the moment" and all I can do is fume. Ya think? You been under a rock for most of the last year? Or maybe it's meeting it in a cravenly, fascist-affirming way. Gonna take another year for you to get there?

i really loathe the term "roadmap" for product development because i dunno if anybody has noticed but a real road map entails ALREADY HAVING BUILT THE ROADS, which entails all manner of construction and grading and demolition and SURVEYING, which is painstaking and exhaustive

a press corpse, if you will

NYT headline makes it sound like the building is doing self-harm instead of being deliberately destroyed by a fascist thug.

Peacock has already shown it's the worst quality streaming experience I've ever paid for. I'm supposed to pay for this as well as my normal platform if I want to watch the Warriors? Yeah, not going to happen for more than this month if it keeps being this bad.

Arthur's memory will be a blessing. He was a friend, and my memories of him are of demonstrations and retreats, of business meetings and holiday celebrations, and most of all of wrestling with Torah. Forever grateful for the chance to know him and to learn from him. www.jta.org/2025/10/20/o...

"After she gave birth, she stopped trying to steal surfboards, leading many to believe her behavior was the result of pregnancy-related hormones."

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

" Unfortunately, some content on this page is missing due to your cookie consent settings. Change your cookie settings so you don’t miss anything!" Yeah no - anything presented that requires additional consent means that I won't be using your website. Ever so sorry about that...... not.

Define your music taste in 8 artists. Grateful Dead Pentangle Hendrix Hot Tuna Weather Report Emmylou Harris John Coltrane Traffic

Steve Kerr randomly drops in this at his postgame press conference: “Tomorrow, I’ll go to a No Kings Rally because I hate America.” “That’s what I heard. If you go, you hate America.”

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