Content creators: Is it common practice to spoil the results of a sporting event in the thumbnail of a YouTube video? Signed, a grumpy old man who just had the results of the most recent Basho spoiled by a YouTube thumbnail.

I do some of my clearest thinking late at night, when most people in this time zone are asleep. Unfortunately, this is also the time where I get too tired to think well. The tension is exquisite.

I'm hugely biased, but still -- WEARING THE LION is not something I'd normally read, and it was fantastic. PHANTOM VIEW is stark and beautiful, and it covered such a broad range. John's book SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN won the Nebula and the Locus -- and he's getting _even better_.

historians should take a mental health class, depression is never great

we don't donate to the bigot bucket. please don't harass the people sitting by it, but if they ask you for a donation telling them why *politely* is fine. if they decide to be an asshole after that, i wouldn't blame anyone for returning that favor.

What perfect album came out when you were 16?

How am I supposed to get into Clair Obscur Expedition 33 if the first 32 games aren't even on Steam? Games preservation is dying.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Today, I kept my mouth shut instead of saying something dumb*. (* dumb = "something I have strong opinions about, but that would be unhelpful in a practical, professional sense.") I would like a mini Reese's cup and some head scritches, please.

Here’s what is interesting about this answer: It is not a “no.” bsky.app/profile/just...

Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You

Last night, in need of some mindless entertainment, I picked up the video game Megabonk. My first run piqued my curiosity. By my third run, I was hooked. When I put the controller down for the night, it was past midnight. I regret nothing. Megabonk is great. store.steampowered.com/app/3405340/...

We're having a sale! To celebrate our move, new subscribers can enjoy their first month of Aftermath for just $1. More info here: aftermath.site/aftermath-rela... Direct sale link (for anyone not already a paying subscriber) here: aftermath.site/11-06-2025-01-...

I subscribed to Aftermath this year, and it has been consistently excellent. The quality of the writing and the range of subject matter are both well worth your support.

The current US administration asked the Supreme Court to rule that the government doesn't have to fully fund food assistance for people who need it. www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...

Just make it exist first.

Doing chess puzzles at the outer limits of my skill is very exciting. There's a good chance I'll get it wrong, but the things I'll learn by getting it wrong will be very helpful.

Calm. Employment. Respect. Grass. I’ve given up all chance at inner peace. I’ve made my feed a sunless space. I share my replies with shitposters. I wake up every day to an account I made 2 years ago that lead to only one conclusion.

Are there any reviews of PLUR1BUS by BIPOC critics? Please drop me some links, especially if it's by a critic you follow.

Lydia showed me what it was like to be truly loved by a cat. She crossed the rainbow bridge this morning, and I am wracked with grief.

I love that my favorite gaming site also runs articles about things only tangentially-related to games. You should support @aftermath.site if you're able. aftermath.site/mamdani-cuom...

My friend just released her first EP, and it's really good! Instrumental synth with a very broad range and lots of intention. Give it a listen! open.spotify.com/album/2o31TY...

I can hear "Not Like Us" played at Mamdani's election party, and it's a blissful confluence of things that spark joy for me. Congratulations, Mr. Mayor-Elect. (Suck farts in hell, Cuomo.)

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

To put the state of the US in gaming terms: Most of us are playing a buggy, overtuned survival horror game, while a select few can afford the DLC that turns it into a cozy farming sim with the sole objective of getting the highest score you can.

I was absolutely going to send money to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social today. Man's been working so hard, he looks like he needs a cup of coffee or thirty. Then I remembered: His campaign hit the fundraising maximum months ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Ps...

Honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever fully get over Sleater-Kinney not having Janet Weiss on drums. I guess it was exhausting being an S-tier rock band for so long. There isn’t another explanation for not doing everything in your power to keep her. What - you *want* to have worse songs? C’mon now.

I'm so inspired by @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and his campaign. There's so much about contemporary politics that depresses me bone-deep. By contrast, Mr. Mamdani's joy is obvious, and his desire to improve the lives of NYC citizens is enormously endearing.

I played 1000xResist for the first time tonight. Roughly 80 minutes in, it is both very weird and very much my thing. I'm intrigued and excited.

Vast and trunkless legs of stone $200 Half sunk shattered visage $150 Wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command $800 Hand that mocked them $3600 Pedestal $150 someone who is good at entropy help me budget this. No thing beside remains

Ball X Pit is so honkin' good. I recommend it for pretty much everyone.

‪I'm fully willing to pay $5/month for an ad-free bluesky with a algorithm free chronologic feed.

I definitely underestimated Agriculture's "The Spiritual Sound". Don't think I've ever heard anything like it before. Maybe Thou with a small tinge of some PNW lofi indie? Absolutely phenomenal stuff.

WE MUST REDISTRIBUTE CAPITAL RESOURCES THROUGHOUT OUR SOCIETY. urgently. Sex, however, is not a resource, it’s an experience that people can choose to have with each other, if everybody involved consents. Pete’s sake.

in my head i call this the "hermione granger problem." like hermione, melinoe is a character that is defined primarily by her competence. she's always better, working harder, more determined that both her foes and her peers. as a result the character feels pretty flat!

Mutuals, if we're not connected on Steam, I'd very much like it if we were. My friend code is 33138397. Let's be friends!

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

SURPRISE AESOP ALBUM DROP?! aesoprock.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear...

Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.

I've had 3 different people this year apologize to me in person for being assholes online. I've seen people lose opportunities in real time because someone with juice remembers them being an asshole online. It's free, and sometimes even profitable, to be chill. Not posting never hurt anyone.

Everyone spread the word!!!! Dead Static Drive is coming to Steam and Xbox on Nov 5th GRAND. THEFT. CTHULHU. store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...

Remember when there might only be two or three good video games in a year? And now there are two or three good video games in a week?

This is the only way anyone has ever gotten good.

Ahhh, data science and Magic: the Gathering. Two great tastes that taste great together.

Who wants to join @judgeohm.bsky.social, @remipanjo.bsky.social, and I for a Bracket 3 webcam EDH game tomorrow at 1 PM ET?

There's a racist video going around social media today. It was produced by the Andrew Cuomo campaign, and its target is Zohran Mamdani. The Cuomo campaign pulled it within hours. If I could vote in the NYC mayoral election, I'd rather vote for a bag of rancid dicks than vote for Cuomo.

#MTG Commander friends: I'd like to play a game of webcam this coming Saturday (10/25) at 1 PM ET, and I have decks for brackets 2 and 3. Who's interested? (value tagging: @judgeohm.bsky.social, @belthar.bsky.social, @thetropicalnerd.bsky.social)

here, read a bunch of screenshots

New story day! "Phantom View" is about a son caretaking for his father, and discovering a blurry person in all their family photos that he has no memory of. The same figure is in all his dad's paintings--and the figure may be in the house with them right now.