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What is the goofiest souvenir that you ever bought with your own money?

The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.

John Gordon (Faughnan) 🇨🇦🇩🇰@johngordon.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I’m surprised you don’t use ai answer engines in research you currently do with Google

There used to be a whole internet like this, I tells ya. Websites as far as the eye could see.

Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻@trekkiebill.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

fuck ice airing commercials during dynamite, let em know: help.hbomax.com/us/Feedback/ tbsnetwork.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/req...

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 11mo ago

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance However, they are weaker than they look…

My goals are simple: one, create the most lethal fighting force in the world and two, make them resent me specifically

The latest edition of Why Your Defense Secretary Sucks

Drew Magary@drewmagary.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Pete Hegseth, a born loser, gathered our top military officials yesterday to deliver one of the most embarassing speeches in history. I broke down some of the choicest passages from it, including his NO FATTIES edict. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

i know a lot of ttrpg folks got started in a major way during lockdown, but i can't remember specific names. can anyone think of names? or maybe you are that person? i might have an interview opp

My main take away from the excellent revolutions podcast is so many of them start when rich people get tired of following the rules set in place to stop the slaughter of rich people because of the previous revolution.

james 🐎🔫@buffalocia.bsky.social · 11mo ago

If the President can raise his own revenues and direct his own spending without congressional approval we are squarely in the only situation the Constitution was actually drafted to avoid: English civil war territory

If the President can raise his own revenues and direct his own spending without congressional approval we are squarely in the only situation the Constitution was actually drafted to avoid: English civil war territory

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11mo ago

File this under “essential function.” 🤡 #Shutdown abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...

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ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo ago

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

The only time anything like this ever happens is when you read a headline "Senator Dustbin recovers from 5th hip surgery, plans to run for re-election in the fall"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo ago

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

It's only two weeks until Doomsong hits Kickstarter in the form of THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER THE WYCCE! we have a preview page up and runnin, soif you are keen to help us out (or just want to see what is on offer) then pop on by, we appreciate your feedback! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cae...

No "Bow down before the one you Fiserv" joke? This is why you call me about this stuff first.

Milwaukee Record@milwaukeerecord.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, October 8, at 12 p.m.

For a guy who does so much stuff that his goons write off as "It's a joke, relax" the only time I think he brought people joy was over Labor Day weekend.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo ago

STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump posted another deepfake video overnight. How does that help the cause of getting a deal and opening the government? MIKE JOHNSON: Look, the president uses social media for humor. He makes jokes. He does lots of things.

At Geek Native, I talk to Brian Colin about the #VastGrimm #Kickstarter, the starter boxed set, Raptor Ruckus, printing #RPGZines, and more. #TTRPG www.geeknative.com/205368/talki...

Talking Vast Grimm, Raptor Ruckus, and the Creature Curation Printer with Brian Colin

Go behind the scenes with Brian Colin! Learn about the Vast Grimm – Escaping Stasis Kickstarter, the new modular format, expanding the lore, the impact of his industrial press, and a possible Raptor R...

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I wish Ezra would read his colleague @jamellebouie.net. Because he keeps making a point the centrist pundit class ignores: Trump barely won, and even then, only by convincing a sliver of low info morons to back him. Then he immediately abandoned those swing voters. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America

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Over on @forbes.com I spoke with @tedbushman.bsky.social about the Kickstarter for new expansions to The Last Caravan www.forbes.com/sites/robwie...

The Last Caravan Gears Up For Another Journey On Kickstarter

The Last Caravan expands with two new books on Kickstarter. We spoke with creator Ted Bushman about what he's most excited to make for fans with these expansions.

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To all the fed employees potentially getting furloughed tonight, this sucks and I’m sorry even though I know a lot of you want the fight, so a tepid hell-yeah as well

It seems to me that the Big Beautiful Top Brass military meeting probably just pissed off the top brass & made them that much less amenable to doing whatever sort of fascist overreach Miller decides to try and use them for in the future. If I were at that meeting I'd sure be feeling petty right now

An important thing to understand about Trump's base is that they believed our military occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan were mistakes, but they also thought military occupations in Chicago, LA, Portland, and DC were very legal and very cool.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 11mo ago

President Trump hailed the use of military force to police American cities, telling generals and admirals in an address that it was important to quell “the enemy within.”

remember, 4-5 fun size candy bar wrappers in the garbage can can easily be covered by a crumpled paper towel

Over on @forbes.com I spoke with @matthewmercer.bsky.social @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social and the cast of @criticalrole.bsky.social about their new series premiering this week www.forbes.com/sites/robwie...

The New Cast Of Critical Role Talks Campaign Four Before The Premiere

The cast of Critical Role talks about the stories they want to tell, the ones they already see happening and the joy of playing with Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan.

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The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 11mo ago

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

We've all been dragged into an 8 AM meeting like this where senior leadership wants to tell you their "vision" while you give your co-workers massive side eye in the audience over what they say vs. what they do. This meeting may generate levels of sympathy for the military not seen since 9/11.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo ago

Hegseth: "Basic training is being restored to what it should be -- scary, tough, and disciplined. We're empowering drill sergeants to instill healthy fear in new recruits, ensuring that future warfighters are forged ... they can put hands on recruits."

I forgot to mention - the latest Wyrd Science is out. Look at that cover. You should order all the copies, and then if there's no copies left, fight over the copies. It's the best RPG zine in the world, sez I*

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It's hilarious to me that these people who do Fox News hits always try to act like they aren't on the most popular cable news station and somehow not an 'elite'

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo ago

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."

Shadowrun was the first game I ever fell in love with. It's one of the great kitchen sink games that mashes up different genres in fun and exciting ways. This article also grasps a lot of the reasons why the game is difficult to love.

Rascal News@rascal.news · 11mo ago

Shadowrun is a unique phenomenon in the world of games. It's not the biggest game, but almost everyone’s heard of it — though what they’ve heard might not be complimentary. What's the story there? Why does it have the reputation it does?