Josh from High Tech Low Life
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Aliens come to earth and stand there looking about like a car mechanic
Aliens: Well, there's yer problem, yer billionaire class is all outta whack, gots too much power and it's messing up the rest of yer planets systems... yer gonna need a whole planet revolution just to get em back under control
Aliens: Well, there's yer problem, yer billionaire class is all outta whack, gots too much power and it's messing up the rest of yer planets systems... yer gonna need a whole planet revolution just to get em back under control
December 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Aliens come to earth and stand there looking about like a car mechanic
Aliens: Well, there's yer problem, yer billionaire class is all outta whack, gots too much power and it's messing up the rest of yer planets systems... yer gonna need a whole planet revolution just to get em back under control
Aliens: Well, there's yer problem, yer billionaire class is all outta whack, gots too much power and it's messing up the rest of yer planets systems... yer gonna need a whole planet revolution just to get em back under control
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Time for a new arc and that means a brand new motivation to be professional and have standards and norms and civility and definitely not run any cons or accidental revolutions or double crosses.
Just kidding! We're totally gonna keep doing all those things, obvs
#scifi #actualplay #swn #podcast
Just kidding! We're totally gonna keep doing all those things, obvs
#scifi #actualplay #swn #podcast
Ep 245: A New Leaf - Astronomica
It's the start of a new arc and that means we've got some changes to make around here! Auggie and Hilde engage in some banking while Mackie preps for an important speech. Later, the crew finally talks...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Time for a new arc and that means a brand new motivation to be professional and have standards and norms and civility and definitely not run any cons or accidental revolutions or double crosses.
Just kidding! We're totally gonna keep doing all those things, obvs
#scifi #actualplay #swn #podcast
Just kidding! We're totally gonna keep doing all those things, obvs
#scifi #actualplay #swn #podcast
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(Leading him to the Sphinx) Yeah, it’s like a trivia night
April 26, 2024 at 7:31 PM
(Leading him to the Sphinx) Yeah, it’s like a trivia night
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Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work
The National Guard shooting suspect felt abandoned by the CIA after working together for so long, his fellow unit member said.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let me get this straight: we trained this guy to be an elite killer, abandoned his country to the Taliban, isolated him, arbitrarily banned him from working and so left his family unsupported.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
I don’t know if there’s any more efficient way of producing a mental health crisis outside of torture.
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Why wait until the polls close to start that most beautiful pageantry of Democratic politics, the ritualistic Blaming of the Left
Y’all talked too much about the TN-7 race, turned it high salience, juiced turnout, and wrecked Dems’ chances of sneaking in a win.
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Why wait until the polls close to start that most beautiful pageantry of Democratic politics, the ritualistic Blaming of the Left
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Teens that can’t vote yet are the only ones getting a load of Matt Gaetz
get a load of the "journalist" asking questions at the Pentagon press briefing
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Teens that can’t vote yet are the only ones getting a load of Matt Gaetz
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On #GivingTueaday, we know there are so many worthy charities who rely on donations asking for money. It can feel hard to support everyone when we’re all spread so thin.
Sustainable monthly giving is the lifeblood of rescues & makes a huge impact for just a few $’s each month: linktr.ee/crits4cats
Sustainable monthly giving is the lifeblood of rescues & makes a huge impact for just a few $’s each month: linktr.ee/crits4cats
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
On #GivingTueaday, we know there are so many worthy charities who rely on donations asking for money. It can feel hard to support everyone when we’re all spread so thin.
Sustainable monthly giving is the lifeblood of rescues & makes a huge impact for just a few $’s each month: linktr.ee/crits4cats
Sustainable monthly giving is the lifeblood of rescues & makes a huge impact for just a few $’s each month: linktr.ee/crits4cats
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And on this World Aids Day 2025, let me unequivocally say FUCK YOU RONALD REAGAN I HOPE YOU’RE SUFFERING IN HELL
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
And on this World Aids Day 2025, let me unequivocally say FUCK YOU RONALD REAGAN I HOPE YOU’RE SUFFERING IN HELL
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In college, I had to read the Department of Defense’s Law of War manual.
I kid you not when I tell you that firing at the shipwrecked is quite literally provided as an example of an illegal order.
I kid you not when I tell you that firing at the shipwrecked is quite literally provided as an example of an illegal order.
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In college, I had to read the Department of Defense’s Law of War manual.
I kid you not when I tell you that firing at the shipwrecked is quite literally provided as an example of an illegal order.
I kid you not when I tell you that firing at the shipwrecked is quite literally provided as an example of an illegal order.
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Every now & again, it's useful to say why I do all these eel history tweets.
Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades.
But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2
🗃️🧪
Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades.
But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2
🗃️🧪
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Every now & again, it's useful to say why I do all these eel history tweets.
Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades.
But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2
🗃️🧪
Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades.
But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2
🗃️🧪
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Delighted to see ONE MESSAGE REMAINS (published by @psychopomp.com in February this year) on LitHub's Best 100 Small Press Books of the year!
"Dark, eerie and thought-provoking, these stories show the importance of even the smallest acts of resistance."
(Thank you @hramsaroop.bsky.social !)
"Dark, eerie and thought-provoking, these stories show the importance of even the smallest acts of resistance."
(Thank you @hramsaroop.bsky.social !)
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Delighted to see ONE MESSAGE REMAINS (published by @psychopomp.com in February this year) on LitHub's Best 100 Small Press Books of the year!
"Dark, eerie and thought-provoking, these stories show the importance of even the smallest acts of resistance."
(Thank you @hramsaroop.bsky.social !)
"Dark, eerie and thought-provoking, these stories show the importance of even the smallest acts of resistance."
(Thank you @hramsaroop.bsky.social !)
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All I'm saying, "It: Welcome to Derry," is that if you're not among the first 10 or 20 movies or television shows to do the "Black-and-white episode/movie in which the monochromatic aesthetic is punctuated by bursts of unsettling red" thing, maybe you want to reconsider the visual gambit.
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
All I'm saying, "It: Welcome to Derry," is that if you're not among the first 10 or 20 movies or television shows to do the "Black-and-white episode/movie in which the monochromatic aesthetic is punctuated by bursts of unsettling red" thing, maybe you want to reconsider the visual gambit.
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I named my fists Master and Commander, because together they’re gonna send you to the far side of the world.
I named my fists Pride and Prejudice, because it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of two fists must be in want of whupping ass
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I named my fists Master and Commander, because together they’re gonna send you to the far side of the world.
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I named my fists climate crisis because by the time you have obvious evidence of their apocalyptic potential you are already covered in flies
o it’s supposed to be funny?
I’ll do another one hang on what do you mean I ruined it
o it’s supposed to be funny?
I’ll do another one hang on what do you mean I ruined it
I named my fists left and right because frankly I'm not comfortable with naming body parts and fists especially that just seems fraught with psychosexual implications I don't really want to make explicit so in this essay I will
I named my fists Pride and Prejudice, because it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of two fists must be in want of whupping ass
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I named my fists climate crisis because by the time you have obvious evidence of their apocalyptic potential you are already covered in flies
o it’s supposed to be funny?
I’ll do another one hang on what do you mean I ruined it
o it’s supposed to be funny?
I’ll do another one hang on what do you mean I ruined it
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You should move on from Harry Potter because JK is a transphobe but also because you're 40 years old
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
You should move on from Harry Potter because JK is a transphobe but also because you're 40 years old
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Yes, the prompt was, "Can you write?" Yes, my response essay was called "Shure, I Fink So". Yes, I'm being persecuted for my beliefs.
December 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Yes, the prompt was, "Can you write?" Yes, my response essay was called "Shure, I Fink So". Yes, I'm being persecuted for my beliefs.
This is very too bad. I met him at a book signing in the early 2000s - very pleasant and talked enthusiastically about his next book about a young woman on the Ozarks who's father had been killed.
I was happy to see his talent on the page, in positive reviews, and eventually on the screen.
I was happy to see his talent on the page, in positive reviews, and eventually on the screen.
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This is very too bad. I met him at a book signing in the early 2000s - very pleasant and talked enthusiastically about his next book about a young woman on the Ozarks who's father had been killed.
I was happy to see his talent on the page, in positive reviews, and eventually on the screen.
I was happy to see his talent on the page, in positive reviews, and eventually on the screen.
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Expecting to see a guy in mirror shades on a paddle board dropping a baggy in the aftermath of a strike, for authorities to find.
There's been zero evidence released to the public that the boats that Trump has ordered destroyed in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific are drug runners and/or terrorists. Perhaps they are, but the evidence is not there.
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Expecting to see a guy in mirror shades on a paddle board dropping a baggy in the aftermath of a strike, for authorities to find.
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The Chair Company s1 finale suggested that Ron’s investigation into the conspiracy has only just begun. My review:
The Chair Company finale recap: 'Minnie Mouse coming back wasn't on my bingo card.'
As Season One ends, is Ron's investigation only just beginning?
www.whatsalanwatching.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The Chair Company s1 finale suggested that Ron’s investigation into the conspiracy has only just begun. My review:
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The TA is not a professor. I point this out because it’s relevant, there is a major legal difference. The TA is a student and is also entitled to the same privacy as the student who complained. This is a major FERPA violation, the university shouldn’t even be really commenting publicly on this
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The TA is not a professor. I point this out because it’s relevant, there is a major legal difference. The TA is a student and is also entitled to the same privacy as the student who complained. This is a major FERPA violation, the university shouldn’t even be really commenting publicly on this
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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, Shirley Jackson
We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, Shirley Jackson
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If Smol Paul has made you laugh today or over the last 5 years and you can chip in a bit to our rescue for disabled, difficult and different kitties, he and I would both appreciate it enormously ❤️
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
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Donate to Holly's Merry Moggies cat rescue (registered charity number 1215708, woo!)
Thank you for helping us help the disabled, different, and 'difficult' kitties of Nottingham and beyond, often when no one else would.
Seeing the difference in a kitty who thought there was no hope ...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If Smol Paul has made you laugh today or over the last 5 years and you can chip in a bit to our rescue for disabled, difficult and different kitties, he and I would both appreciate it enormously ❤️
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
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The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread