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You do not need to watch the video of someone being killed. I definitely wish i hadn’t. You don’t owe that to anyone or any cause. That’s not really what ‘don’t look away’ is asking of you.

Hey buddy … what are up to today?

We are always in favour of a cool artifact. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

"Who is the man who appears unexpectedly in an OS map..?"

This is an excellent thread.

-Yes of course my class will cover the 'Classics' look- -NOT LIKE THAT These people are utterly determined that they should go through life never even encountering, never mind considering, a different point of view.

Attention on deck.

Hey buddy … what .. what are we doing today?

Happy Birthday to 2025 GoH @kateheartfield.com! Kate is a wonderful member of our community and we hope she has a splendid day! If you'd like to get her a gift consider pre-ordering her upcoming novel 'Mercutio', currently available as a Most Anticipated Book from Indigo!

Heavy snow outside. Heavy cat inside.

The Mutants & Masterminds 4th Edition Kickstarter page has over 800 followers! Can we get it to 900? To 1,000? We've got some exciting playable previews coming before the crowd-funder launches later this month!

There was a time, I think, when the United States would at least claim to be opposed to a world order in which the strong do as they like and smaller nations make do. I'm ... pretty sure. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Dominic has just very quietly jumped up on the table, picked up a piece of cheese, and absconded with it. Brazen lawlessness!

Today I learned from multiple talks that leaf footed bug males will fight each other. What weapon do they bring to the fight? Their spiky thighs! #SICB2026

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

So based on this we can assume the US government would be totally cool if, say, Chinese police arrested a US citizen in the States based on charges in a Chinese court and abducted them to China? I mean obviously it would depend on the citizen in question, AND YET

Since the GPS tracker on my first sloth, Esmeralda, has failed, I am now tracking Choco the sloth. These bracelets have been a lot of fun for me and support conservation groups like the Sloth Conservation Foundation.

It was the wrong thing to do, and the consequences were still disastrous. Does anyone imagine Trump having interest in anything other than plunder, here? Venezuela will be left to slide into bloody chaos as US oil companies get rich. Richer.

I'm glad that they have done this although obviously convincing people that they should not trust the CDC on health is a stupid uphill battle that we should never have had to fight. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Ok so yet again police were called to 'help' someone in mental distress and instead ended up injuring them so badly that SIU is now investigating. This is absolutely not a job police should be doing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Premee is a great writer even if I'm not allowed to read her stuff and the struggles of artists trying to make a living are so so real. (Also I am now her PATRON which I believe means she will regularly attend at my VILLA to make me look cool in the neighbourhood and receive DIRECTIONS.)

Among other things with this clip it's clear that for Trump, if Russia had been able to *quickly* oust Zelenskyy and turn Ukraine into a puppet state he'd be fine with it. He's only reluctantly engaged with it because it's *taking too long*.

Live from the situation room.

I feel like Carney essentially catfished Canada with the whole 'tough as nails, will stand up to Trump' thing during his campaign. Although at this point we'd be fools to expect any different. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Sometimes people are like 'Evan, why do you still like Star Wars, despite all the times they've fucked it up?' and really the answer is just that sometimes I do like stories that remind us that it is always possible to resist evil.

Cool to know that the stated position of the leader of the Official Opposition is 'fuck international law, actually'.

They never, ever, listen to the lyrics.

Fabricating a casus belli so you can invade somewhere and seize their resources is like something you do in a Paradox grand strategy game except in those there's usually like consequences and stuff when you pull that shit

Wake up. Reset the 'days since the US overthrew another nation's government' sign to '0'. Be grateful I'm not teaching that current events class this term and don't have to try to explain this one.

Somebody wake up @premeemohamed.com New mystery slime just dropped www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

We would really rather Not.

The Regina Police Commission has renewed a $50,000 reward for information in the disappearance of Tamra Keepness. The little girl from the White Bear First Nation disappeared from her Regina home in 2004. www.aptnnews.ca?p=281837

Ok so inspired by @nathanburgoine.bsky.social's effort I'm gonna try making a character for the #ICONS superhero RPG. Random character generation and I don't always get along but 'Nathan's characters come out great so I'm gonna give it a whirl. ...

This stupid broken tech is killing people and is going to continue to kill and injure people until we finally have the courage to shut it down and throw it away. Not in the sea, I like the sea. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Heck it's a tropical -21 here.

At the moment 2026 looks quite similar to 2025.

I hadn't played supers in years and years until @nathanburgoine.bsky.social recruited some of us into a Mutants and Masterminds game and it works SO WELL. Really good balance of being able to model all kinds of crazy powers but still being very very playable.

A little eel history to welcome the year! In 1535, Richard Graynfeld wrote Arthur Plantagenet about the fishing in the castle moat, saying: "I pray God send us good stuff of eels." And may it be so with you, too, friends. I wish you all good stuff of eels in this coming year. 🗃️🧪

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Huh that kind of looks like it could be part of a sphere... @premeemohamed.com what did you do www.malaymail.com/news/malaysi...

As 2026 approaches, we are all chunky bunnies sitting in a bush in the snow, hoping to nick a little birdseed. Happy New Year, internet.

Thank goodness it wasn't too late for one more 'black cat on a dark staircase' incident before the year ended.

Fortunately, I have this artifact to protect me.

As usual this whole thread is great but this point is especially key re: the whole GenAI folderol - people who want to be writers doing it by *not writing*. Won't work, can't work. Fuck that forever.

Cats that are asleep on blankets on sofas making little long-suffering sounding grumbles in their sleep: do they completely fail to understand their position in the universe, or understand it perfectly?

Last day of the year and I am reminded of a ep of MASH where they did a 'year in an episode' thing - at the start Potter did a toast to the New Year of 'may she be a damn sight better than the old one' that gets a cheer but when he does the same toast at the end of the next year it's much grimmer...

We worked it out.

When you want to be petted but also to smack that hand interloping into your chill