Protesters are singing civil rights songs in the Tennessee Senate State and Local Government Committee.

Time for a little after care after last week's high drama. Also we gotta try to fix that whole "stranded in a long forgotten sector with a dwindling food supply and no way to leave" thing #scifi #actualplaypodcast #swn #ttrpg #podcast

Oh damn, look who decided to hop on the HTLL train with the rest of us! Our very own @stardaddy.bsky.social guests this week and next for some Westworld chat. Better tune in or you'll miss the debut of his new character voice: Giant Nerd

My ancestors worked hard to build a world where I didn't have to be a closed system! Where I could depend on a pharmacist and an optometrist and a cobbler! STOP TRYING TO TAKE EVERYTHING WE'VE BUILT AWAY SO YOU CAN FEEL CLOSER TO GOD, YOU PIOUS ASSFACE.

This is possibly the most epic episode we have ever recorded. Seriously, this one is so good, you guys #swn #ttrpg #podcast #actualplay #scifi

Reflecting on the many crimes of Netflix and I can now definitively say that canceling Lockwood & Co after one season is at least 80% of that list. I don't want Temu Regency cosplay with cringe sex scenes, I want over-serious teenagers making eyes at each other while fighting ghosts, damnit!

the party of "a whole civilization will die tonight" fake-rending their garments over violent rhetoric is funnier than the entire history of saturday night live

I am very knowledgeable about cat breeds.

Obvs conspiracy theories are bad but also, what if all the people who would usually fawn over Trump thought he staged it to boost his polls for midterms? Like, WE all know that's dumb but just, imagine if the most conspiracy brained voters in history thought their messiah was bullshitting them?

why are ai folks so bent about me hating it. fine, i'll fall behind! let me!!! fuck off!!!!

We're back! Did you miss us? This week we've got the answer to the big question: How did the Ophanum hitch a ride on the Irish Goodbye? #scifi #actualplay #swn #podcast

This week we've got a bloody one for ya. The Machine Girl isn't high cinema, it's not even a truly great B-movie. But it still manages to be a fun 90 minutes. Speaking of a fun 90 minutes click that little sideways triangle down there for your own. open.spotify.com/episode/2fzV...

In addition to the made-up category of "seminudity," HB 249 also expands the definition of "nudity" to include "cleavage" and uncovered "anal cleft" I dunno. Maybe the journalist could have quoted the bill rather than bothsidesing it. search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/gener...

So how long before Tennessee takes this one up and makes it happen? PS: WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK HOW ARE WE HERE OHMFGWTFTOUEHBHE!

Why would voters ever make a promise to a party. Why would that ever be the balance of power in anything but a cult.

Oh it turns out that vanquishing the college student who uses they/them in their email signature is not bringing you the fulfillment that you hoped for? You are still working in your crappy and unfulfilling job, paying a mortgage you now can't afford, and dealing with your annoying kids... I see.

I dunno, maybe if you really want doctors on The Pitt to kiss, you should watch ER? Shipping characters in a drama that is hyperfocused on realism in a professional setting feels squicky to me. Can we not find value in deeply human stories unless half the cast is about to bone?

Millions of lapsed Catholics realizing that they have become realigned with the Pope against their will

Indivisible Memphis Endorses Keisha Scott for Shelby County Sheriff At Indivisible Memphis, we believe public safety should be about people. We are proud to endorse Keisha Scott for Shelby County Sheriff. #sheshed

Good work going on here: Windows, a Kitchen, and Essentials for Three Families in Palestine chuffed.org/project/1717...

Look, I'm also enjoying Woke Pope 2.0 but like...it's still a bad guy fight, y'all.

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I. I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

FUCKING THIS. EVERY DAMN DAY we have to deal with a whole bunch of putting some man's "value to society" over our basic humanity. EVERY DAY. "But he'll be a good president." Find someone else. "But he's a good comedian." So will someone else be. "But he catches footballs good." FUCK OFF WITH THAT.

You know we could just treat Trump's pardons with the same respect he himself reserves for the law. Which is to say, just ignore them.

As the father of a middle schooler I have seen the rebellion against AI forming there — even using “that’s AI, bro,” not indicating something is literally AI, but that something is metaphorically so — it’s sus, it’s bullshit, it’s bad weird

Two reminders: First, Robert E. Lee was never a general in an army recognized by the United States. You can annoy all the right people by referring to him as Col. Robert E. Lee, his actual rank. Second, the primary flag of the Confederacy is the white one of surrender. To wit:

Truly incredible that the billionaire-owned Washington Post now appears to be encouraging its readers to steal from restaurants because the economy is so dire. A little too on the nose I fear

It's getting to that part in the movie where you're so tense, you don't want to look at the screen but also you have to look at the screen to see how your favs figure it all out #swn #podcast #scifi #ttrpg

Part 2 of our recap of the book Equations of Life by Simon Morden is now up. We recorded a fresh intro (as of Sunday) to talk about all the fun new dystopia news. The future has never been brighter! open.spotify.com/episode/2is6...

400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming

Millions of American voters wanted to be villains. They came to believe it’s the key to success, while goodness is weak, woke, loser stuff, done only to signal. Offered the option of unvarnished villainy, they enthusiastically took it. Seeing others suffer more made them feel big. And here we are.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

And criminalizing Leftists. A lot of people seem traumatized by individual Leftists being mean to them. But that's an individual problem that some people have decided is a structural explanation.

Excited for all the girl boss feminism takes on how we need to feel solidarity with Bondi and Noem. Fun fact: No we absolutely don't.

So I hear their guest this week is some bearded weirdo who likes books or whatever. Probably a really fun listen, I dunno (it's our Geoff, aka Grace/Hopper, aka everyone's favorite slightly malevolent VI with several hearts of gold, or at least hearts of *something*...don't ask)

This episode may be on the short side but it is absolutely chock full of stuff that is about to go wrong in surprising ways! #ttrpg #actualplay #podcast #scifi #swn

They want to police our genitalia and run tests on our bodies to “prove” we are women, at which point they will still deny it. This is why the only feminism is trans-inclusive and why transphobia and anti-trans discrimination should be a top political priority.

Also just, like, read another book? I promise if HP lit up your brain, you will find other writers who do the same and aren't absolute trash people.

Dan Olson living my dream right here

Terrific story on The Immigrant Pantry in Memphis. @indivisiblememphis.bsky.social regularly posts about the pantry and gives links to donate (no links in article).

If you are in Knoxville for Big Ears, come see NEWPORT & THE GREAT FOLK DREAM at 11 am at the Regal Cinema. vimeo.com/1158974525

just one moment of celebration for getting a major donor to move $3 million dollars this week to rent funds now if only there were more than one generous super-wealthy person and the news hadn’t moved on from this entirely predictable crisis

If you've been enjoying the slow burn of The Pitt second season, may I introduce you to this thing I make that is nothing like it except that we had a massive failure several episodes back and everything just keeps getting worse and will probably inevitably collapse in a very bad and dramatic way.

Hell yeah, I unironically love this movie! Is it good? I dunno man, it has Christian Bale waving guns around like that's a special skill, how good could it be? Plus, hey, the script is basically what happens when you mash random pages of Brave New World up against 1984 and hope for the best.

I know we are all preaching to the choir about Harry Potter on this niche microblogging site but one thing I also want to consider is: if you want to watch that shit, you don’t have to talk about it, no one will absolve you for your desire to watch it, do it silently and with shame