My usual “I’m alive!” The absurdity of normal tasks has diminished following the advice of a friend: “How much worse would all this be if you were hungry and had no clean underwear?” Touché. Here’s a mostly followed menu, a sexy but too spicy for Mrs. T taco, and my increasingly cuddly kittens.

One not so little piggy destroyed the E. Wing. The same not so little piggy sent legal immigrants "home." That horrid not so little piggy ate Big Macs while hungry kids had none. And that not so little piggy screamed MAGA & TY for ur attention to this matter all the way to his tacky FL gold dome.🐷

Did only the all ages show today -- 4 - 6:45pm. Used to doing the late one, so coming back early was novel -- I had a honey garlic ginger chicken crockpot dish waiting and it was great. Apparently Blood of Zeus is extremely good. Could not get an inch of Mrs. T's time while she was watching.

The lines for physical abuse are really obvious but the lines for emotional abuse are far less so. It took a long time for me to break out from the manipulation and punitive upbringing I had. My mom didn't mean it, she was herself the victim of the abuse, and with 4 kids: In over her head.

Operation Change The Topic From Epstein

Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.

JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.

The right wing propaganda machine is literally saying "raping a 15 year old is OK, they are almost a consenting adult" in preparation for the release of the Epstein Files. Take a step back and look at what you are supporting and reflect on your choices. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #Pedophiles #GOP

Giving the rumblings going on right now -- I have a feeling this Friday is going to ruin the F5 key on a whole lot of keyboards.

A little geomagnetic storm action from around the ol’ domicile. #NorthernLights (well, barely) Light pollution and cloud cover conspire against shots from home, but the fact I can see it (with digital assistance) is nice enough.

On the way north for Monday Night Foozball, meeting the rest of crew in Manitowoc. Which sounds like a magic word Here are a slew of pictures from the weekend that aren’t politics or cartoons. 1. Goose and Anathema sharing 2. Needy Goose 3. Perfectly browned chicken 4. Condom machines still exist

I’m trying to make a meal a week with a decent amount of ginger in it (for various reasons but it’s delicious and Mrs. T loves it) If anyone has a real solid #ginger heavy #recipe or #recipes I am all eyes I’ll share the ones I try that work well (that are from recipes, this last week was made up)

Two interviews next week, both in IAM things so that's a plus. Paid DM gig looks unlikely (the program coordinator has been asked to get back to me twice, it has been two weeks, not a word) -- red flags a-plenty. In general: A terrible time to be hunting. ~0% growth (unless you're a data center)

Post you from a different era Me, Heidi, and Audrey dressed as pirates for our daring pirate raid of the homecoming dance (2005)

The shutdown of U.S.A.I.D in November has already killed six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children. The toll will continue to grow www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Q: What is JD Vance’s least favorite piece of furniture? A: The pull-out couch.

About an hour after Ellis entered this injunction, a group of agents, including Bovino, drove away from a Southwest Side gas station where they were confronted by protestors, and fired a round of pepper balls at a sedan that pulled up alongside their vehicle, reports @chicagotribune.com

IQ47 is gaslighting America. "Walmart's thanksgiving is 25% cheaper this year!" Sure, because they took out two full pies, can give you less turkey (10lb - 16lb is quite the range) and changed everything to generic. It's 25% cheaper cuz it's at least 30% less AND generic. #Walmart #Gaslighting

Q: Food prices are still going up. Grocery prices are still going up. How do you respond? MIKE JOHNSON: All of the economist have shown that food prices always go up. There's an inflationary level that's built in to grocery prices.

The struggle continues. Interview next week, possibly two more. Read a study that job “creation” was flat in the Trump economy with the shut down. SCOTUS was hearing arguments on IQ47’s illegal tariffs. Very low doubt they will rule them legal despite lack of congressional anything. JFC.

I want to celebrate but I know that the Reich will use this as an excuse to do terrible things. I know this will cause them to redouble their efforts to rig the midterms and/or ignore the results if they don't like them. Is it cynical when they're already doing a lot of these things already?!

AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.

Tomorrow and the coming weeks are going to be rough. The Reich is going to be saying even more lies. NYC is likely to see troop deployments under false pretenses soon. Election Denial is going to be on double blast and with foreign assistance from the usual suspects. Be smart. Be safe.

The originally used It Came from the Headlines logo was an homage to 50s and 60s Sci-Fi films and pulp novels which seemed appropriate for the name. As this is sort of a reboot: I decided that I'd shoot for a more 80s B-movie look this time around. Similar concept, but with more polish!

I think it’s always good advice to live your life in a way that won’t result in people celebrating your death. That is all.

Wrangling cats today while we have fixers over to deal with some basement shenanigans from a rainstorm almost 2 months ago. Anxiety provoking but must be done. Both cats and me have been sealed in the ceremonial “out of the way” room. Waiting for Goose to wreck TF out of the litter box.

I wonder how Mariah Carey feels about being the butt of the entire Christmas-celebrating world's song aversion? I'd ask her but she's not on Bluesky and I won't go to The Bad Place to satisfy my idle curiosity.

You will freeze, you will starve, and they will have lavish parties in Trump’s ballroom. Trump despises you. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/government-shutdown-threatens-delay-home-heating-aid-millions-127104760

Excited about rebooting It Came from the Headlines! We never had a huge following, only a thousand uniques on average, but it was fun to make and a great way to play with people whose company I enjoyed! A few ghost non-responses (zero nopes, at least?) Trying to get a set of 20 to start. CLOSE!

A light-hearted cartoon from the prompt "high five" in which a anthropomorphic number 5 is high, accusing his 9 Lives eating friend, a number 7, of "trying to round him down" Enjoy on this, the day of first Full Jacket Weather.

“Don’t get lost in the facts,” says the oily liar.

There's so much up in the air right now, so much to be anxious about. I have decided that my old podcast, "It Came from the Headlines" -- after 10 years, should come back. I have also decided that I need to consider other podcast(s) ideas. Not sure what that looks like, yet.

It is the start of soup and chowder season so here is the first one of the season: cheesy chicken corn chowder! Ones of Mrs. T’s favorites In other news: a college friend’s spouse was threatened by ICE today in Chicago for following them on a bike They served into the bike lane to try to hit him.

At this point I'm as happy for a Packers win as a Fail-ron Rodgers loss. He has earned every embarrassment coming to him in the back half of his life. But YEAH, we'll never forget you Abraham!

The vast majority of "growth" has been fueled by expansion to accommodate #AI, pushed for the Tech #Broligarchs. W/O investment around AI, the US GDP has grown by a less than 1% this year. #Recession is already here, combined with stagflation. #Depression waits, it's just wearing a mask for now.

In Con Crud recovery mode still and pushed it a little too hard yesterday, perhaps, and insomnia isn't helping. There's just a lot to do out there and a lot of energy to be dispersed into the wider world. The job hunt is a slog but things feel more in motion than they ever have. Fingers crossed!

New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST

I was looking for a Kool Aid man cartoon I drew for the 2020 election and stumbled across this little diddy from a sketch per day calendar I had for 2022. (I tried to keep up but it wound up being more "a sketch every few days" for most of the year)

Even worse: If a Democrat did this *while going through all the proper channels and getting the appropriate approvals and congressional funding* you can bet 24-7 coverage on all alt-right media stations akin to what Mr. Cryer mentions. IQ47 is doing this by fiat in defiance of the law, 0 approvals.

We have a fully renovated and functional main bathroom once more! Before and after pictures below, but there will be art going up and such so this certainly isn’t its final form. But excited to not have to “shower in the sink” after two weeks of that. !!FUN!!

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

Another #GameholeCon in the books and my final one running content for Adventurer’s League as they fade away. Solid experience with Wardens so I may eyeball running some of their content either at GaryCon or next #GHC. All good tables this year and built in some gaps to help with burn out!

The Republican Party apparatus will treat whichever puppet figurehead their oligarch masters demand as a King. Theres no low they won’t sink to, no fascist frog they won’t boil up to. They’re all complicit but few more than Mike “groveling sycophant” Johnson. #NoKings #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

There were several arrests today all involving MAGA individuals who attempted to assault peaceful protesters. Arrests were reported in Michigan, Oregon, Florida, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Additional incidents remain under investigation.

First GHC I’ve built in a gap big enough to take advantage of the DM space. Thanks for the fun tables #GameholeCon now it’s time to get some player time and painting time in.

Day 1, Session 1! #GameholeCon

Happy Anniversary @stargazernataku.bsky.social! 14 years with my player two, We’ve leveled again, me and you. From Undermountain's dark to Youtube bright, We critically hit almost every night. Our love ain't no glitch, no rando spawn, Patch 14 is out now, we're still going strong.