Ken Lowe 🐦⬛🐴
@illusiveken.bsky.social
Author of The Raven Knight saga, an Asian medieval Zorro who kills nobles and avoids therapy | Buy Book One: https://www.patreon.com/posts/now-available-in-139971381
Freelancer at Paste Magazine. My stuff: https://www.pastemagazine.com/author/kenneth-lowe
Freelancer at Paste Magazine. My stuff: https://www.pastemagazine.com/author/kenneth-lowe
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Mike Johnson whining about how hard it is to have the job of being evil and perpetuating evil is so hilariously wormy
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Mike Johnson whining about how hard it is to have the job of being evil and perpetuating evil is so hilariously wormy
Perennial truth
Turkey is fucking delicious and if you don’t like turkey because think turkey is dry then you’re just bad at cooking turkey.
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Perennial truth
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ChatGPT is NOT alive and yet it IS stupid? God’s mysteries confound us all!
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
ChatGPT is NOT alive and yet it IS stupid? God’s mysteries confound us all!
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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Sometimes a little piece of terrible writing gets stuck in my mind.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sometimes a little piece of terrible writing gets stuck in my mind.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
Everyone was focused on how awful that “100 Greatest Comedies” list was. They were right. It was awful.
I’m stuck on the writer referring to Cleavon Little as a “scene stealer” in BLAZING SADDLES.
He’s the star of the movie.
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My fav Shakespeare thing is how Henry IV part 2 starts with Majel Barrett Roddenberry saying, "Previously on Henry IV..." and there's a clip reel ending with Hotspur yelling "FIRE EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My fav Shakespeare thing is how Henry IV part 2 starts with Majel Barrett Roddenberry saying, "Previously on Henry IV..." and there's a clip reel ending with Hotspur yelling "FIRE EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
Then Majel's voice: "And now, the conclusion."
Why does nobody say the solution is maybe fuckin off to the Andes and learning to be alone with your thoughts and no internet? 6 months of that shit made me marriage material.
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why does nobody say the solution is maybe fuckin off to the Andes and learning to be alone with your thoughts and no internet? 6 months of that shit made me marriage material.
He's convinced he's right because he's never once faced consequences in his life, man. And because he gets interviewed by the Atlantic.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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Read more in our new cover story:
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
He's convinced he's right because he's never once faced consequences in his life, man. And because he gets interviewed by the Atlantic.
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You know... It's been 28 years.
And yet, we still watch humans play chess.
And yet, we still watch humans play chess.
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
You know... It's been 28 years.
And yet, we still watch humans play chess.
And yet, we still watch humans play chess.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
Coming in 2030: "Marjąo"
When Ester Souza steps up to the pulpit of her father’s church in rural Brazil, the congregation leans in.
Ester is 8 years old. She's one of several children helping to spread evangelical Christianity in Brazil, a movement that’s blending youth, faith and social media to win souls.
Ester is 8 years old. She's one of several children helping to spread evangelical Christianity in Brazil, a movement that’s blending youth, faith and social media to win souls.
This star evangelical preacher is 8 — and she’s part of a growing trend
Ester Souza, the daughter of pastors in rural São Paulo state, has millions of social media followers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Coming in 2030: "Marjąo"
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the whole universe of rightwing twitter being driven by foreign accounts impersonating americans is almost certainly caused by the US right wing buying cheap labor, but it's much funnier to imagine that there's a huge international coalition of "weeaboos but for January 6th"
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
the whole universe of rightwing twitter being driven by foreign accounts impersonating americans is almost certainly caused by the US right wing buying cheap labor, but it's much funnier to imagine that there's a huge international coalition of "weeaboos but for January 6th"
I'm sorry but deep dish isn't the same without the Oxford comma.
selling AP-style deep dish pizza
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I'm sorry but deep dish isn't the same without the Oxford comma.
Is this... an internal joke... about ages of consent...?
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Is this... an internal joke... about ages of consent...?
The bar for office now is lower than YOUR bar for interpersonal association. You know that Magic The Gathering is a person who twists with the wind, never believes what she's saying. You wouldn't EVER talk to her, but some pocket of America will vote for her.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Marjorie Taylor Greene no longer trusts the plan
After feuding with Trump, the congresswoman resigns and casts doubt on the QAnon conspiracy theory she once promoted on her way out the door.
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The bar for office now is lower than YOUR bar for interpersonal association. You know that Magic The Gathering is a person who twists with the wind, never believes what she's saying. You wouldn't EVER talk to her, but some pocket of America will vote for her.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"I'M COMING FOR ANY FOREIGN TERRORIST IN THE COMMUNITY!"
"But Black Dynamite! ..."
"But Black Dynamite! ..."
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"I'M COMING FOR ANY FOREIGN TERRORIST IN THE COMMUNITY!"
"But Black Dynamite! ..."
"But Black Dynamite! ..."
I'm not paying him, guys. But I need those screenshots.
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm not paying him, guys. But I need those screenshots.
I'm holding out for them to backpedal, but just the fact they did this has made me angry enough to drop them completely. I am still one of the guys who uses Gchat, and you can't only have Gchat notifications on your phone--EVERY spam email dings now, too. So they've broken everything I use them for.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I'm holding out for them to backpedal, but just the fact they did this has made me angry enough to drop them completely. I am still one of the guys who uses Gchat, and you can't only have Gchat notifications on your phone--EVERY spam email dings now, too. So they've broken everything I use them for.
Schools, jobs, churches: This is your annual reminder that it is late November and time for you to Shut The Fuck Up.
NOBODY is actually working.
NOBODY cares.
NOBODY wants to hear it.
Pack it i until 2026, and when that new year comes around, keep it stowed. Nobody's gonna care then either.
NOBODY is actually working.
NOBODY cares.
NOBODY wants to hear it.
Pack it i until 2026, and when that new year comes around, keep it stowed. Nobody's gonna care then either.
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Schools, jobs, churches: This is your annual reminder that it is late November and time for you to Shut The Fuck Up.
NOBODY is actually working.
NOBODY cares.
NOBODY wants to hear it.
Pack it i until 2026, and when that new year comes around, keep it stowed. Nobody's gonna care then either.
NOBODY is actually working.
NOBODY cares.
NOBODY wants to hear it.
Pack it i until 2026, and when that new year comes around, keep it stowed. Nobody's gonna care then either.
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Splinter has a new home on Jezebel.com.
Jezebel Is the New Home of Splinter.com
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
www.jezebel.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Splinter has a new home on Jezebel.com.
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The difference between DnD games back then and now is that Baldurs Gate 3 is the best video game I have ever played while Planescape Torment is the best video game I have ever read
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The difference between DnD games back then and now is that Baldurs Gate 3 is the best video game I have ever played while Planescape Torment is the best video game I have ever read
The moment Americans realize what actual policies and practices conservatives put into place when you actually give them power, they immediately want conservatives out. Maybe one day they will learn how to just skip the part where they even let them in.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The moment Americans realize what actual policies and practices conservatives put into place when you actually give them power, they immediately want conservatives out. Maybe one day they will learn how to just skip the part where they even let them in.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Some news: I was let go as EIC of Splinter as it's getting downsized and rolled into Jezebel. I'll still write there a couple times a week as Editor at Large.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Some news: I was let go as EIC of Splinter as it's getting downsized and rolled into Jezebel. I'll still write there a couple times a week as Editor at Large.
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ever since i was a little girl i've always wanted to exceed the damage cap of 9999 with my Critical Attacks...
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
ever since i was a little girl i've always wanted to exceed the damage cap of 9999 with my Critical Attacks...