I have no animosity for the city of Pittsburgh or its people, but to the Steelers (and Aaron Rogers in particular),

Surprised my spec script for “City Pop Yokai Slayers” hasn’t gotten more traction.

I didn't follow "The Mighty Nein" as a live play, because 4-hour streams are hard to find time for and the characters didn't grab me like Vox Machina did. That said, "The Mighty Nein" on Prime Video is very, very good and you should watch it.

Am I really rooting for the Cowboys? They are playing the Chiefs, so yes.

The final boss is, as always, the American healthcare system.

You ever dance with the devil by the pale moon light, Charlie Brown?

The @sabres.com win over the Hurricanes has taken them off the bottom of the Eastern Conference, and put them on a two-game winning streak. Nothing succeeds like success, and the Sabres could use the momentum. Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs have fallen to the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

Today at Games on Demand, from 3-6 PM and 7-10 PM: 3, 2, 1… Let’s Jam #paxunplugged

Today is the day. GREEN FLAME!

Canadiens get spanked by the Capitals. Maple Leafs lose in OT to the Blue Jackets. Bills lose a squeaker to the Texans. Night’s going great, Marge.

This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead. Trans People Deserve Better. "Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right open.substack.com/pub/wellread...

Yup RS

Buffalo Sabres win in OT against the Detroit Red Wings!

Can’t believe it’s Desert Bus time again. Hey, come and hang out while we raise money for children in hospitals. Going live in ~20 minutes, and then staying live for like a week. DesertBus.org

My most woke opinion: Homophobia and transphobia are learned social behaviors that seek to distract people from actual problems by vilifying a minority. What consenting adults do to and with each other in private has NO EFFECT on anyone else.

Some scoundrel has kidnapped the Montreal Canadiens and replaced them with pod people, because they’re currently losing to the Dallas Stars 5-0. Elsewhere, the Toronto Maple Leafs just regained the lead over the LA Kings in a game where the Kings are way out-shooting Toronto, 21-9.

If you don’t already own Cowboy Bebop in at least one format, get it now for an absolutely insane price on Apple.

RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.

Nothing like waking up to the feeling of pulling a thigh muscle. Two nights in a row. 🤕

The new Steam Machine is intriguing, as someone who has a massive Steam library but loathes Windows. If it's competitively priced (like, around a PS5), Imma get one.

My hockey brain tonight: Canadiens: You’re gonna lose games sometimes. Shake this one off and try again. Maple Leafs: Someone needs to knock some sense into this team or they’ll find themselves outside the playoffs. Sabres: Every village needs an idiot.

Peeking into the Kings/Canadiens game like

Remember that Monty Python sketch about Scottish kamikaze highlanders who feel an irresistible compulsion to throw themselves off the highest building, even when there’s no enemy around? That is the best analogy to describe the Democratic Party establishment. Self-sabotage for no goddamn reason.

Sometimes you know which Senators will be remembered by history. Moynihan, Kennedy, Dole, Thurmond, Inouye, Sanders, Warren. For one reason or another, they matter. I look at this list and think, "I will never remember any of these people. Except one wore a hoodie. They had power and did nothing."

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

Men want one thing and it’s disgusting.

"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!

The SNAP situation has me gaming out two scenarios as to why Trump is fighting so hard to stop payments. The first, and most likely, is political. He views poor people who need SNAP as leverage against Democrats. The second, and more scandalous, is that the money isn’t there anymore.

The most basic argument I can give you for ditching Spotify for *anything* is Spotify, uniquely, pays *nothing* for much of the music on the platform. Is there *any* improvement in paying for Spotify over pirating? You're a paper-thin moral slice away from buying music from a bootlegger. Why do it?

Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information" They want people to assume this means game info or assets. But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to: 'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"

Today’s Penny Arcade bringing the lore: www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/1...

When things get tough, and the world becomes harder and harder to bear, keep this thought close to your heart and let it be a source of comfort and warmth: One day, you will wake up, and he won't.

The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody. Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.

“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.” -Zohran Mamdani

So they're going to do this for one, maybe two games. It'll be full speed ahead until it's 6 months from release and the game is falling apart, at which point they'll pay an insane overtime rate for a QA studio to do it last minute which won't be enough. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...

I expect the Staten Island Ferry to have the mood of a funeral dirge this morning, except for me, who will be tap-dancing onto the boat like goddamn Fred Astaire.

Yesterday was a great result, the emotional antidote from the nightmare that was 2024. Enjoy it. Enjoy it all day today if you wish. But tomorrow, the work begins. Republicans are going to lean HARD into anti-democracy — they aren’t viable otherwise — and it is up to all of us to stop them.

At poll closing, NBC News is reporting that Prop 50 in California (allowing gerrymandering to counteract the shenanigans in Texas) will pass. Trump is 0-4 on the races the nation was watching.

AP called it. Zohran Mamdani has won the NYC mayoral race.

In NYC, 69% of the vote is counted, and Mamdani is back to 50% of the vote. Cuomo is at 41.4%.

AP has called the NJ Governor race for Mikie Sherril, the Democratic candidate with 61% of the vote counted. In NYC, 52% of the vote is counted, and Mamdani is at 49.6% while Cuomo is at 41.5%.

Polls in NYC have closed (although if you’re in line and reading this for some reason STAY IN LINE). Mamdani has 51.5% of the vote with 1/3 of the vote counted. Cuomo is at 39.7%.

The first big result of the night is in, with the AP calling the Virginia governor’s race for the Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger.

Polls are open until 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote

Today is the day. If there are elections in your area, and you haven’t voted yet, please make time to do so. After 10 months of authoritarian rule, we must show Trump and his cronies that we will not stand for his bullshit, that his power is temporary but ours is forever.

Well, everybody gets what they want. Leafs haters get to continue believing the Leafs are dead because they sucked absolute ass for 40 minutes. Leafs fans get to celebrate a glorious comeback. William Nylander fans get to post that William Nylander leads the league in 5v5 points

The Pittsburgh Penguins are outshooting the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 3-1 margin, and that’s kinda reflected in the 3-0 score. Hey guys, I know we’re all bummed about the Blue Jays, but you got a job to do out there.

Andrew Cuomo just picked up the endorsement of Slaanesh, She Who Thirsts. The disgraced former governor, while having his soul drawn from his body and cast into a well of torment, said of his daemonic endorser, “I’d still hit it.”

Trump and Elon throwing Curtis Sliwa to the wolves gives me hope. First of all, it shows these men are scared. Trump loathes Cuomo, but has to back him. Second, a Republican president telling people to not vote Republican is objectively hilarious.