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Is Fate of the Old Republic legends or canon? It doesn't matter: either way, it's something new, and that's as invigorating as the news of a spiritual successor to KOTOR even existing in the first place.

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Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures. 🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v... #Thanksgiving

We're thrilled to be launching a new grant opportunity for election researchers & practitioners, aimed at improving the security, accuracy, and accessibility of voter registration systems + list maintenance practices. Find the full RFP along with more details on our website: buff.ly/YYouOTp

Don't forget to vote! Early voting is an option now in many places.

Republicans are attempting to brand the peaceful, anti-authoritarian movement as a swarm of terroristic America haters. “We won’t be bullied into fear and silence in this moment.” Story: bit.ly/3Wcta1y

@theguardian.com is running decent live coverage of today's No Kings protest:

We’re looking for anonymized photos of prescription bottles to help us determine where those drugs were made. Here’s a quick guide to sending in your label securely ⤵️

Houston While Houston Street was named after William Houstoun, the street's spelling got changed at some point even though the pronunciation did not

Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around! 1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video" 2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound

The end of the article (or the giant Dropout reddit thread) gives you the skip to the ending directions. It looks like 100,000 is the number needed to put the code in to unlock a surprise extra Game Changer episode.

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I love that the working name for the blue tiger in Kpop Demon Hunters is Derpy and the magpie with too many eyes is Sussy

Here are some tips for ways to “show up” when you aren’t able to show up in person, as well as suggestions for all of us for building more inclusive movements for social justice and human rights.

NEW: What went wrong with Dragon Age: The Veilguard? Why was the writing so tonally inconsistent? Why did it feel so shallow? Why were there so few choices? Really, after ten years of turbulence, it was a miracle that anything came out at all. This is the story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

fuck Target's sad beige pride. You don't have to like rainbows to be loud and proud; AND you can support a currently-unemployed trans artist! (many more at link) www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...

Polygon sold to Valnet aftermath.site/polygon-layoff...

There were so many good moments in the first three episodes of Andor's new season; the fondue dinner to meet essentially the mother-in-law was hilarious. Denise Gough's comment: "It's amazing how many people in America really connect with that scene, especially women" #Andor #AndorSpoilers

You can watch @booker.senate.gov here as he breaks Strom Thurmond's filibuster record in 14 minutes. www.booker.senate.gov/live

ICYMI Apothecary Diaries had one of the few delightful April Fools' brand pranks:

Awesome to see the US team excel at Worlds! AP outlines some of the Olympics speculation which is now on everyone's minds.

Brief break from hawking The Onion to tell everyone I just subscribed to Wired. Please support publications who do brave work right now. www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

NEW: After the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, dozens of BioWare employees were told they were temporarily assigned to other projects within EA. This week, a twist: those temp assignments are now *permanent* transfers. And BioWare has shrunk. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Really moving article by @cschleicher.bsky.social on the figure skaters who were at the juvenile, intermediate, and novice levels of the sport.

How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

Happy New Year however you're celebrating it!

Happy Holidays! If you traveled with food, I hope it survived the trip... transporting cookies was certainly easier than the brisket in a pyrex without a tightly sealed lid.

I don't typically shop in a fashion that lends itself to having a haul to show off but I'm so excited about the giant order from Modern Bread & Bagel arriving. Everything is gluten free & their bagels deceptively taste like the real thing. Wasn't expecting a million escaped poppyseeds though...

It does feel like most of Spotify's playlist recommendations are a bit bland especially when I see not just the same artist but the same song across multiple "different" themed playlists. Agree that DJ X is not providing an "adventurous listening experience"

here's the diva, our queen her name is Ahn Gwiryeong 안귀령 bbc.com/news/article...

@sarahjeong.bsky.social is honestly doing an amazing job, but i should also point out that large mainstream outlets including the @washingtonpost.com have full-time bureaus in seoul and are covering the hell out of this. live blog is here: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage. Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy

Really enjoyed this piece by @taliabarrington.bsky.social on music rights for things like figure skating. The attitude in the skating clubs I was part of growing up was a mixture of "who cares for amateurs" & "who is going to find out" - I can see how the spread of social media would change that.

“People always say, ‘The news is too negative.’ Well, why don’t people click on and retweet and share our more positive stories? I think the answer Bluesky is giving us is that it was the algorithms." -me www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

Every Thanksgiving I make my mom's French Silk Pie. She got the recipe from her 1st husband (I believe it was originally a family recipe he published in a local newspaper). I vaguely remember an older index card barely held together by tape which was at some point replaced with this one. 1/4

Step 1 of Thanksgiving prep was look in the pantry to see what we already have and this step has been derailed a bit by cleaning out the pantry & looking up food safety details on best buy dates...

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Really enjoyed Wicked this afternoon! The behind-the-scenes breakdowns from the media tour have also been fun. Really interesting how they went all in on building sets.

I don't think tonight will be the night I finish Veilguard but I'm making steady progress. The game mostly makes me wish I had discovered the Dragon Age ttrpg when people were playing it. The core rulebook seems fun (although online reviews have concerns about how it handles higher levels).

Our guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance. There’s no paywall on this story. It’s a vital piece of service journalism that everyone needs to read, and act on, right now. www.wired.com/story/the-wi...

@paigeblank.bsky.social on the recent NE wildfires: "As the smoke fades, attention shouldn't: Millions of people in the Northeast remain under red flag wildfire warnings, which signal conditions where anything that can generate a spark could likely lead to a fire."

Swifties say they’re leaving X over Elon Musk’s support of Donald Trump—and the rhetoric that has erupted on the platform following Trump’s win.

The final day of election season is coming to an end as polling stations around the U.S. close. See what Election Day looked like across the country.

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You can't recover from it, it's not a disease, it is a difference in brain makeup, you can physically see the difference, please stop this, please stop, we don't "get better", we mask for your society until it burns us out