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I admire Reddit for the sober, detailed analysis of breaking news.

I'm a county-level prosecutor. It's spectacularly difficult to sway ZERO grand jurors to your position. I'm not typically one to dunk on fellow attorneys, but this is some "sobbing toddler watches their balloon drift into the clouds" level of legal skill. I'm absolutely fascinated by this.

Ridiculous. Come on now. Nobody is named that

"prohibition in the united states" has this time lapse map that switches from folksy banjo music to ominous industrial sci-fi for the 15 seconds when alcohol was illegal nationwide

Powerful magic

I know men think they can fight ridiculously powerful animals all the time, but could you (personally) beat an ent if you had a chainsaw?

When I was a child, I had a Creepy Crawler Thing Maker, that allowed me to make weird little creatures on demand. I've been chasing that high for 30 years, but the 3D printer I recently acquired scratches a similar itch. Been haphazardly painting some little monster dudes, much to my own delight.

My favorite opening credits come from the 1931 Frankenstein because they're so intent on creating a mystery around the monster that they credit him with "?" as if to say "Ooooh, who could it be? We don't knooowwwww... Is it even an actor?? Oooooh"

Only 10 cases of Guinea worm disease were recorded *globally* last year. It may become the second human disease we eradicate, after smallpox.

Have you ever seen a baby Sphinx? Sphinxes playing with fawns ancient Greek vase painting, oil flask, 5th century BC

Hey, is it a good sign when your employer starts sending out "First Amendment & Safety Planning" emails?

Living in the trump era makes me feel very connected to my ancestors, who lived as serfs under a succession of insane moron god kings

the lion doesn't concern himself with the reality of being grotesquely over wordcount

Fake it* till you make it** * counterfeit money ** go to prison

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

A few months ago I was curious to know how much Anna's Archive was charging AI developers for access to their massive library of pirated works for training - so I emailed them saying I was interested in buying access. Here is their reply. 🧵 1/n

Behold the least competent scam email I have ever received.

COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS

the funniest part of this book is how the kingdom is just called “Navarre”. What’s it called in the Spanish translation, i wonder? somewhere out there there’s a Spanish fantasy novel set in the distant magical realm of, like, “Connecticut”

every scene in Fourth Wing is like: “‘This blows chunks,’ says McKenzie, sheathing her bloodstained sword. ‘Your mom blows chunks,’ says the largest man i have ever seen, narrowly edging out the previous record-holder from a chapter ago. It’s Connor Plantagenet! I seethe with hatred and arousal.”

Extreme times require extreme measures.

Great careers for writers in 2026: 1) Servant to Sharvix, Lord of the Throne of One Thousand Agonies 2) Charismatic street urchin 3) Intern servant to Sharvix, Lord of the Throne of One Thousand Agonies 4) Writer 5) Moss-covered forest cryptid

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead #NationalPharmacistDay "No Substitution" - skeletal druggists at work from a 1900 Antikamnia Calendar. www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/...

can't decide if this is good or bad news for Moldavian vampires

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

“My… friend… and I wanted to talk to you about the lackadaisical feeding schedule at this domicile.”

Our dog fully and utterly believes she is in Turbo Ninja Stealth Mode™ for securing any table scraps if she positions herself like this.

I’d quite like a small forklift as a pet.

I’m most likely never going to write a memoir, so this is what it was like to photograph the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. I got to The Ellipse a little bit after Trump’s speech started. I hadn’t planned on photographing the speech bc I wanted to be with the crowd.

A story about a fish.

This is Bart. He's a magnificent dingus and professional tripping hazard.

birds do it bees do it even educated fleas do it let's do it let's fly into a window

It's interesting watching the BBC live reporting team glancing back and forth at each other trying to figure out if they should pull the Boondoggle Alarm or not.

H) As I said above, execution is all. Start with a prologue if you want, start with a dream if you want. Sprinkle your story with footnotes, yank that god out of the machine, put some tinsel on your squid and place it proudly on the mantelpiece, whatever. Just aim to do it as well as you can.

While I'm closing out 2025 talking about books, allow me to present you with my novel, SAVAGE HELIX, a tale of lawyers vs dinosaurs.

Time for the annual Top Five Books I Really Enjoyed of 2025. In no particular order: 1) September House by Carissa Orlando 2) Garth Marenghi's Terror Tome 3) Dreadful by @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social 4) Terms of Enlistment by @markokloos.bsky.social 5) The Peshawar Lancers by SM Stirling

I managed to read 52 books this year. Not too shabby. But my wife just finished her 130th book of 2025.

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

Hey I got this thing for Christmas and it said "some assembly required." Am I doing this right?

Took my wife to see her favorite Christmas movie in concert at the Oregon Symphony. For reasons unknown, she seemed to enjoy this more than when I took her to see Army of Darkness earlier this year.

Become ungovernable

Reminds me of one of the best fan maps/lore pages I've seen for WWZ.

Conan HBO series: Three seasons Young, brash Conan Peak ass-kicking weird horror Conan Melancholic King Conan Three different actors. Let the dollar bills rain

HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering* ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin DETECTIVE: ME: are you getting apricot notes

the original is a list for babies. here's a real one 1 CUNEIFORM 2 ORACLE BONES 3 THE SPIRIT TALKERS 4 OLD JEB AND HIS WAYS 5 DR MORTEN'S ETHERIC TRANSMORGIFIER 6 THE DARK ARTS OF THESSALY 7 EROTIC IVORY CARVINGS 8 SONGS, SONGS OF THE VERY DEEP 9 HAEMOMANCY 10 'THEM IN THE HILLS'

The cliche that ‘having an idea’ is the hard part of writing is persistent and pernicious. Realising the idea is the craft of it. That FAQ of…