Angus McIntyre
@angusm.bsky.social
SF/F author (“The Warrior Within” etc.) Photographer. Programmer. Allegedly sentient mammal. One more pawn for the Muppet Pastor. [he/him]
https://angus.pw/ - SF/F writing
https://raingod.com/ - Photos & more
https://disoriented.net/ - Travel & photo blog
https://angus.pw/ - SF/F writing
https://raingod.com/ - Photos & more
https://disoriented.net/ - Travel & photo blog
I suspect that some of the administration's supporters would consider Fraktur inappropriate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua...
Antiqua–Fraktur dispute - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I suspect that some of the administration's supporters would consider Fraktur inappropriate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua...
Reposted by Angus McIntyre
Gruber has an interesting take on this. tldr: Not a terrible anti-woke decision. daringfireball.net/2025/12/full...
The Full Text of Marco Rubio’s Directive on State Department Typography, Re-Establishing Times New Roman
Good on Rubio for rescinding a bad decision, and even better for doing so with a fair and informative explanation.
daringfireball.net
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Gruber has an interesting take on this. tldr: Not a terrible anti-woke decision. daringfireball.net/2025/12/full...
To be honest, given this administration's fondness for sex abusers, I'm surprised that they didn't mandate Gill Sans.
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
To be honest, given this administration's fondness for sex abusers, I'm surprised that they didn't mandate Gill Sans.
So who had "Fonts are woke" on their 2025 bingo card?
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
So who had "Fonts are woke" on their 2025 bingo card?
If the choice is between being raised by ChatGPT or by Sam Altman, I’m not sure that ChatGPT isn’t the better option.
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If the choice is between being raised by ChatGPT or by Sam Altman, I’m not sure that ChatGPT isn’t the better option.
I think the world needs Kadreypedia.
I won’t go so far as to say that the world is READY for Kadreypedia, but I think needs it …
I won’t go so far as to say that the world is READY for Kadreypedia, but I think needs it …
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I think the world needs Kadreypedia.
I won’t go so far as to say that the world is READY for Kadreypedia, but I think needs it …
I won’t go so far as to say that the world is READY for Kadreypedia, but I think needs it …
I've had shingles. I subsequently had the vaccine. Having tried both, I can assure you that you want the vaccine.
Also, new studies show that the shingles vaccine appears to reduce the risk of dementia by 20%, which is huge.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
Also, new studies show that the shingles vaccine appears to reduce the risk of dementia by 20%, which is huge.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
For those living with dementia, new study suggests shingles vaccine could slow the disease
A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine not only appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20%, it also helped those who already have the disease.
med.stanford.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I've had shingles. I subsequently had the vaccine. Having tried both, I can assure you that you want the vaccine.
Also, new studies show that the shingles vaccine appears to reduce the risk of dementia by 20%, which is huge.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
Also, new studies show that the shingles vaccine appears to reduce the risk of dementia by 20%, which is huge.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
The first (and possibly only) time that my grandmother went to McDonalds, her verdict was "Everything was so soft. As if it had been chewed once already."
That video has the same feeling of something that's already been chewed over by someone else, and perhaps even pre-digested.
That video has the same feeling of something that's already been chewed over by someone else, and perhaps even pre-digested.
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The first (and possibly only) time that my grandmother went to McDonalds, her verdict was "Everything was so soft. As if it had been chewed once already."
That video has the same feeling of something that's already been chewed over by someone else, and perhaps even pre-digested.
That video has the same feeling of something that's already been chewed over by someone else, and perhaps even pre-digested.
Turns out Yuri Andropov plays the long game.
"I like that kid V. V. Putin from the Second Directorate. I think he's got potential. Let's try him out to head up the Novorossiya Plan. Oh, and set up a meeting with the Project Orange team: they've got an asset I think he'll need."
"I like that kid V. V. Putin from the Second Directorate. I think he's got potential. Let's try him out to head up the Novorossiya Plan. Oh, and set up a meeting with the Project Orange team: they've got an asset I think he'll need."
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Turns out Yuri Andropov plays the long game.
"I like that kid V. V. Putin from the Second Directorate. I think he's got potential. Let's try him out to head up the Novorossiya Plan. Oh, and set up a meeting with the Project Orange team: they've got an asset I think he'll need."
"I like that kid V. V. Putin from the Second Directorate. I think he's got potential. Let's try him out to head up the Novorossiya Plan. Oh, and set up a meeting with the Project Orange team: they've got an asset I think he'll need."
Why would you expect anything else?
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Why would you expect anything else?
Firstborn dying by the tens of thousands, frogs and pillars of salt everywhere, and the policy think-tank people exchanging high-fives and shouting “We got it right, baby!”
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Firstborn dying by the tens of thousands, frogs and pillars of salt everywhere, and the policy think-tank people exchanging high-fives and shouting “We got it right, baby!”
(We’ve clearly delved too deep, and woken the Baldog here …)
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
(We’ve clearly delved too deep, and woken the Baldog here …)
“Doggins! Doggins! We hates it forever, Precious!”
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“Doggins! Doggins! We hates it forever, Precious!”
When the Tolkien estate refused to license certain major characters from “Lord of the Rings”, the makers of Amazon’s “Rings of Power” were forced to come up with their own, thinly veiled versions. Behold, Sarudog the White.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
When the Tolkien estate refused to license certain major characters from “Lord of the Rings”, the makers of Amazon’s “Rings of Power” were forced to come up with their own, thinly veiled versions. Behold, Sarudog the White.
Another sign that Trump is losing touch with the average voter who, by now, is probably strongly in favor of executing members of Congress.
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Another sign that Trump is losing touch with the average voter who, by now, is probably strongly in favor of executing members of Congress.
Biotech from a blockchain-based digital finance company?
This sounds like it has Martin Shkreli's fingerprints all over it, and I don't know which is worse: either Shkreli's somehow involved, or he's not, meaning someone else has embraced his business model.
This sounds like it has Martin Shkreli's fingerprints all over it, and I don't know which is worse: either Shkreli's somehow involved, or he's not, meaning someone else has embraced his business model.
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Biotech from a blockchain-based digital finance company?
This sounds like it has Martin Shkreli's fingerprints all over it, and I don't know which is worse: either Shkreli's somehow involved, or he's not, meaning someone else has embraced his business model.
This sounds like it has Martin Shkreli's fingerprints all over it, and I don't know which is worse: either Shkreli's somehow involved, or he's not, meaning someone else has embraced his business model.
If someone will write a cookbook called "The Casual Depravity of British Cuisine", I am ready to buy it.
Or I'd eat at a restaurant with that name. Whatever.
Or I'd eat at a restaurant with that name. Whatever.
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If someone will write a cookbook called "The Casual Depravity of British Cuisine", I am ready to buy it.
Or I'd eat at a restaurant with that name. Whatever.
Or I'd eat at a restaurant with that name. Whatever.
Just as they had to bring old COBOL programmers out of retirement in the run-up to Y2K, software engineers who learned to program without an LLM holding their hands will soon become a desirable and expensive rarity.
As one of them, I’m OK with that, actually.
As one of them, I’m OK with that, actually.
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just as they had to bring old COBOL programmers out of retirement in the run-up to Y2K, software engineers who learned to program without an LLM holding their hands will soon become a desirable and expensive rarity.
As one of them, I’m OK with that, actually.
As one of them, I’m OK with that, actually.