New job alert! Today I started as the new managing editor of @votebeat.org, a nonprofit news site that covers election administration and voting rights issues.

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Good morning #jokesters! Getting ready for holiday themed jokes🤣 Mrs. Claus ran into the kitchen where Santa was reading the paper and said, "Honey, there are moose falling from the sky!" He looks out the windows and says to her, "That's reindeer."

“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know” Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:

I mean... I kinda think it looks... not exactly "home made", but I don't think it actually looks like "a big team" made it, and I think anyone wanting to make games should think very carefully about what they can do, how they can get the tools they need, and how to learn new skills as needed.

Personally, I cannot abide ten thousand year old spirits released from the ice, and I'll do whatever it takes to protect the community from them. Find out more about Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland here: handiwork.games/home/the-sil...

The Night Epstein Died

i know it's not caturday but… i took this with the spiratone portragon 100m f4, a bizarre and totally underrated little (as in very little) lens. it's so compact bc it's a single-element lens. basically a metal tube with 1 piece of glass at the end.

British.

It was messing about with this one image that spawned the vintage-cinema/Brothers Quay informed, monochrome Pine Pitch Black version of Maskwitches we made. I found it to be a quite startling transformation, and the whole idea was right there. I get easily bored, but images interest me always.

The Planets and Nebulae Backdrops Book works really well for fantastical night skies as well as spaceships and robots. A couple of our very own BEOWULF miniatures, and a @fenrisgames.com standing stone. #jhbackdrops handiwork.games/product-cate...

Very sad news about Drew Struzan’s passing. It might seem a silly and simple thing, but it was always massively inspiring to see his work and just know it was clever and well made? And to know a person “just” painted that.

Amazing stuff!

Very nice!

Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland is the ENnie-nominated storytelling game of the psychedelic Mesolithic. Honestly, if that sounds bad, we can't sell you on it. Puppets, sets, smoke, 3d printed pony skulls, Maskwitches has the lot.

Narcissus anno 2025.

The Oatmeal on AI art. "When I consume Al art, it also evokes a feeling ... until I find out that it's Al art. Then I feel deflated, grossed out, and maybe a little bit bored. This feeling isn't a choice"

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TBH, the clothes But the Restoration is a really vibrant and interesting period that IMO is underutilized in fiction. A lot of interesting things are happening re: gender, early Enlightenment, liberalism, more—and modern problems that will be handed down to us are forming and becoming entrenched.

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

random allusions to whales

Notes on the breeding population of the Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa on Motu Motiro Hiva (Salas y Gómez Island), eastern South Pacific | http://marineornitho... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶

Historic moment.

Tonight in Conservation success stories. news.yahoo.com/articles/isl...

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

Sometime I just gotta sit back and acknowledge how blessed I am to have been born in the same era as Tekken 3

Here’s @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on forty years of journalistic work against the mendacity and mediocrity of big-money and vested interests www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is a nasty night, lad.

I’m not advocating ignoring it all, but remember to take time out every now and then ❤️

You shuddered as you gazed

Going to TwitchCon? Interested in VR? Want to hear about our Lordish and Savorishness, ALICE? Are you a creator interested in snagging some time to talk about Dimensional Double Shift before it leaves Early Access? Hit me up, slots are filling up fast! forms.gle/DtS1Mu8zhdbU...

"Hello Darkness my old friend...", United Kingdom A personal exercise in digital editing. #phonephotography #mono #stunday

Nor is the history of fanatics half so striking in respect to the measureless self-deception of the fanatic himself

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” - Shakespeare

Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.

Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported. Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad. We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

A hero for our times.

Incomprehensible dehumanization: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Our resident spotted moray makes its daily commute through the same path nearly everyday at the same time each morning #spottedmoray #moray #thatsamoray #morningcommute #slither #stripedparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #tomtate #frenchgrunt #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Literally the second meme I've made in my life.

i learned this trick from a neapolitan tailor about 15 years ago. if you put cuffs into your trousers, ask your alterations tailor to put buttonholes into the seams and attach buttons. this way, you can unbutton your cuffs and brush out debris. IG chad_park_

An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.

#MotherNatureSong #MusicChallenge Day 2 “Nature Boy”, Miles Davis m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bn9...