"Counting on politicians to do the right thing out of principle is a loser's bet. Far more reliable is to bet on them doing the right thing because they're afraid of being cursed and humiliated and haunted by their betrayal to the end of their days."

I guess the Tiny Epic Game of Thrones worked well enough that they're going for another licensed IP game. I believe this is the first game released after Gamelyn sold to Tycoon. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tin...

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

I don't believe him.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Until the MAGA assholes leave power, every degree from a Texas school should have an asterisk. Why do we want our graduates to be less informed than their peers?

A friend got this souvenir during a visit to Crabonale. What's amazing: I got the EXACT same one when I visited Crabelona!

"[T]he subpoenas did not cite a specific criminal statute ... whether elected officials in Minnesota had conspired to impede the thousands of federal agents" Amateurs. What specific law are you accusing them of violating? That feels like "DA 101" to me.

If you can't film them, they aren't doing anything illegal. Checkmate. www.404media.co/feds-create-...

I recommend nobody leaves their homes on Saturday in San Angelo. Freezing rain Friday night, and lack of any cold weather equipment? Yeah.

“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”

For the past year, most Kickstarter campaign updates have included notices about dealing with tariffs to the USA, and the completely capricious and unpredictable nature of them. Now, I've got updates saying, "unless the US is at war with Europe when we ship." It's not completely a joke.

Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.

Hilarious episode, with lines like "that game is a hate crime" and "how much damage can he do?"

If you or someone you know has been convicted of business or political fraud, ask for a pardon. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Best smoked ham sandwich - a little place in San Diego in 1987. Totally forget its name now, but it's long gone anyway. Smoked their own hams and pork shoulders in downtown SD. Had like four chairs in the whole place. Absolutely amazing sandwiches.

Risk? RISK??? the dudes at the wargaming store are SO disappointed right now. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/99...

[P]roblems with sycophancy in AI models may also be contributing to reasoning flaws. Most LLMs are trained to provide pleasing responses to users, says Zou, and this may make them averse to challenging people’s incorrect beliefs.

Pretty fundamental. One side thinks Greenland is part of NATO and is therefore an ally, the other side is batshit crazy. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/14/d...

There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it. We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics. What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.

Great news.

The Civil Rights Division is not interested in looking into civil rights cases, because of course it isn't.

In case there was any doubt that Eric Adams was a sleazeball, he just conned people out of three million dollars.

“You promised $2,000 checks to Americans based off of your tariff revenues. When can —” “I did do that? When did I do that?” Trump responded. The "suckers!" was implied. www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...

New comic! They say revenge is a dish best served cold. Losing, on the other hand, is a full menu. 😅 📜 You can read this week's blog post at www.semicoop.com/comic/a-tast...

Kristi Noem spoke from a lectern that had the phrase "one of ours, all of yours" printed on it recently. It was a professional sign, which makes one assume they were planning to roll it out and chose this week. It is very similar to a phrase used by the Falange Española fascists 90 years ago.

I don't think I had "nostalgia for the Shah" on my expected outcome list.

Fumbling a cell phone with one hand and a firearm with another isn't great. Also, this video shows EXACTLY HOW WRONG the killer was.

The fact that we have a federal agent filming with their cell phone with one hand and operating a fire arm with the other hand seems like it should be a bigger deal, no?

Trump isn't just driving your prices up, he's also making it harder for you to find a job. Meanwhile, he's more focused on running foreign countries than helping the middle-class families he's neglecting here at home.

The MN shooting officer's bodycam video has now been released. It is one of the most incriminating pieces of video I've seen in an officer-involved shooting. Why on earth did he shoot a woman who was clearly no threat? Will there be charges?

For the evangelical crowd: “I’m a big fan of Jesus’s hot take that people should recognize His followers because of their love for everyone + assistance to anyone in need, but you do you, I guess.”

Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.

Probably getting another IV anti-dementia treatment. *NOTE* I do not know if this is true, but spreading the rumor is a good use of time.

Performative nonsense, pretending to be SOOOOOO offended by cursing. Grow the fuck up, MAGA assholes.

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

Hacksmith's knifemaking tools require so much power, they need the local Toyota factory to shut down so they can get their upgraded power transformer installed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsxc...

Um, coverup? Who actually believes that Kash fucking Patel is going to supervise an honest evaluation of the use of force of his boss' favorite organization?

Gives a new spin to "corporate power."

Wow, a company actually behaving in a semi-decent way? Weird. www.theverge.com/news/858501/...

Portland’s mayor, Keith Wilson, said at a news conference: “We know what the federal government says happened here. There was a time when we could take them at their word. That time is long past.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

It looks like I'll be attempting to contact the customer service team at the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction every day until someone fulfills my subscription. I'm paid up for the next few years, and have been subscribing since the 1980s, but somehow they neglected to send the 2025 issue.

“A social media video shows a uniformed DHS officer kicking over a candle at a memorial set up for Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.” "The officer in the video told a protester who confronted him, ‘I don't give a f—.’” people.com/dhs-officer-...

A few thoughts on this important NYT analysis: First, the officer who killed Good is shown running up the *passenger* side of the car seconds before he killed her. He shot her first from the front, then the driver's side. This means he *put himself* in the path of the vehicle when he shot her.

"Texas A&M now believes Plato doesn’t belong in an introductory philosophy course." conchoobserver.com/2026/01/07/t...

Between murdering POP3 support and jamming AI into everything, it seems Google just wants people to stop using Gmail. Might I suggest Proton?

The obsession with humanoid robots has never made sense. Bipedal top-heavy beings aren't necessarily the best model to base a general-purpose helpbot on.

NEW: MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an act of self defense. I’ve seen the video myself and I want to tell everybody directly; that is bullshit.”