One of the worst things about our electoral system is that it lets people who live in states that consistently vote 45/55 feel morally superior to people who live in states that consistently vote 55/45.

Watching Desk Set, still want to be Bunny Watson when I grow up

a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.

*ruffles through my jacket haphazardly* Wait, is this the "Almost Christmas" image you were looking for? No? Gee, I'm sorry!

Disclosure Day

At the bookmobile, where there’s a “would you rather” poll on the whiteboard. Kid: “would you rather be Santa or an elf?” Me: “would I rather do all the behind-the-scenes work and not get the credit?”

Captain Bernie Cooper of the Arthur M. Anderson later described November 9 as “one of those special days on Lake Superior - ripples of water, sunny and warm for November. As we departed we could see the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

Hey, happy 30th birthday GameFAQs! Launched on November 5th, 1995! The earliest scrape I can find on Wayback is December 1996, but I doubt the site changed much. But yes, here it is in its earliest days as the Video Game FAQ Archive!

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

Framed more art! Prints by @thejedhenry.bsky.social, a cross-stitch piece from a pattern by @craftigurumi.bsky.social, and comics by @xkcd.com and nathanwpyle.art

Just described Where The Wild Things Are - specifically the book’s design where the illustrations get larger and larger until slightly shrinking again at the end - as the picture book equivalent of a Jim Steinman song

Taking the kid trick or treating tonight is the perfect chance to bust out these costumes we originally wore in 2006/2007

Unfortunately those exact things turn out to be the hook that brings me back 25 years later

Ok team, how are we reconciling the finally unambiguous “stones I beseech thee!” with the implication that there is something left of Ramza to refuse to bury, and that with the “let’s start new lives and families” conversation, and that with “they were never seen again”

THIS GAME IS COMPLETE Genuinely can’t remember the last time I put this much time into a game that wasn’t Animal Crossing or a casual puzzle game. This game is still REALLY good. I thought maybe I was elevating it unfairly based on nostalgia but no, this is still in my very top handful of games.

Seconding some other very white people here to say that this isn't weird at all? My parents were born in the early '40s and I was raised calling my parents' cousins and other odd relations "Aunt" and "Uncle." Now my daughter calls MY cousin "Aunt" (as well as MY mom's cousin that I call "Auntie").

Had an exquisite run at Balk 2 and while I did beat Hashmalum, two things: 1) you can’t save after Hashmalum anymore 2) Hashmalum has more HP in this version, ON NORMAL, than Altima 2 did the first time around (I know these haven’t been the names since 2007 but they are the names my neurons know)

Finished reading a biography of Eunice Kennedy. 1) wowwww Joe was a real piece of work 2) ngl I'm a little bit in love with Sargent Shriver 3) I'm not Catholic but I'm very much here for the energy in the pictured quote:

Framed some more art today. This time it’s pieces by @dicesms.bsky.social, @rhondalibbey.bsky.social, and ryangoldsberry.com.

Started framing some of our game-related art tonight. Should have a few more framed and ready to show off by the end of the week. This pic features pieces by @mouseguard.bsky.social, @alaynadanner.bsky.social, @naomivandoren.bsky.social, and tinnellovitt.com.

Oh nooo, I left my Tigers hoodie at work, if we lose tonight it’s my fault 😬 Baseball is an ILLNESS

Algus Sadalfas radicalized me

Milleuda Folles is BASED

If you, at this age, still have the desire, time, and attention span to play a video game longer than a few hours, you simply cannot go wrong with Ivalice Chronicles

Owwww my pixels (trying the classic version first) (It’s extra funny because they’ve clearly edited it to say Square Enix instead of Squaresoft)

I didn’t want to answer any reasonable questions.

I DIDN’T MEAN BY LITERALLY HITTING THEM WITH THE BALL

I think I still have beef with the Rangers over Nelson Cruz-related issues from the 2011 ALCS but this weekend I am all Rangers all the time so they can beat the shit out of Cleveland

Evergreen

I remember this! Detroit suburbs were down for 25 hours

A year after its breakout public health moment, 'miracle drug' lenacapavir has been approved by the FDA and recommended by the WHO. The drug is a long-lasting shot that provides almost 100% protection against HIV infection. buff.ly/E5zOvGl #ShareGoodNewsToo

Umm Wendy’s you ok?

If you know, you know

A new #FF9 artwork from Toshiyuki Itahana has been shared by Square Enix. (Take a close look at Vivi and Steiner! 🥺) "Adventure takes root at the Iifa tree as heroes look on in this brand-new artwork commemorating 25 years of Final Fantasy IX..."

If at first you don’t succeed, that’s ok. There’s a lot going on. And it’s hot outside. You can just let out a big moo and try again tomorrow

Hi guys, I really enjoyed this short story and it was such a breath of fresh air after reading a lot of mid-century sci-fi men last month (they had cool ideas about computers, robots, and rockets but could not fathom societal changes involving race or gender) clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_05_23/

Yeahhhhhh #exitstrategy @thamesandkosmos.bsky.social

Tomorrow’s our eighteenth wedding anniversary (and the 27th anniversary of the day we met) so we’re being normal about it and playing MTG pack wars

Back in my day this kind of food-based comedy was artisanally handcrafted in the finest meme workshops, out of genuine love for the hurgusburgus That being said and with all relevant caveats about AI slop, “made daily with food” is accidentally great

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

The perfect vending machine is at the Nintendo Museum 🫶🏻

Happy 28th birthday to FINAL FANTASY Tactics. It featured music by Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata. Sakimoto-san and his Basiscape team are available for your #gamedev at www.scarletmoonartists.com #gamemusic #vgm #FINALFANTASY #FINALFANTASYTactics

🎶 Ther ys a place biyonde the wyrmhole A place onlye to loveres knowne - The brave, the hopeful, the lost, the worthye, Peraventure me and thee! Will not thou wende wyth these fooles and dreameres To the planete we calle home? We hope we wil greete thee soone On Sanctuarye Moone 🎶

Oh no I’m feeling tempted to make a green/white FF/Magic deck The saving grace here is that I don’t actually know how to build a deck so maybe that will keep the brakes on

Wellllllp

@purpleschala.bsky.social GIRL DID YOU SEE

Also please I am BEGGING excise the Luso fight immediately

In all seriousness this year is the 25th anniversary of FF9 and when is *that* leak gonna come to fruition

Something something take my damn money I do not have a PS4 or PS5 though