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Daredevil balloonist
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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So whose gonna leave the first Re;ACT bgg review of the year?

I know at least 3000 of you own the game and we only have 200 reviews! Go make an account!!!

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/32...
Re;ACT: The Arts of War
Play as artists with superpowers in this highly asymmetric 1 vs 1 dueler.
boardgamegeek.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
FIFA now has a chance to do the funniest thing of all time and revoke Trump’s phoney peace prize.
January 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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jim henson, whispering as he shoves his arm up kermit’s mupussy: you little slut
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“My take wasn’t perfect” is a wild swing for the guy defending his take that “perfect software isn’t as good as rapid churn slop”
Gah! Forgot the alt-text. Here's what his follow-up tweet shown in my previous post says:

i’m adding “slop” to my X banned words

my take wasn’t perfect, but i wrote it in 60 seconds yesterday as a response to some post i had just read

bye bye, word
December 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Stealing the Throne turns five next year, and it still pops up, which always makes my day. Big thanks here to @inkslinger1.bsky.social for shouting it out!

Honestly, who wouldn’t want to steal a giant thousand-year-old robot?
DAY 6, GAME 2: Stealing the Throne by @ickbat.bsky.social is a great GMless science-fantasy storygame about your crew stealing a titanic “throne” mech and attempting to escape. Swapping throne playbooks gives tons of variety; we played—then immediately played again. ickbat.itch.io/stealing-the...
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Rewatching Lost, and am currently in hysterics at the reveal that Sawyer was on the plane because he was being deported after headbutting WARREN FUCKING TRUSS in a bar fight!
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Thrilled to receive Against Time And Death, a new RPG by that most remarkable of gentlemen, @ickbat.bsky.social.
December 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I’ll save you fascist bootlickers the trouble of digging 5 years into my history and give it to you up front:

Fuck your syphilitic authoritarian dipshit leader and all who suckle at his festering teat.

And if that bars me from entering your shithole country, I wouldn’t want to anyway. Fuck ya.
December 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Hey you. Read this excellent book.
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Verify my age? Nope. Fucking idiotic Australian government.
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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As a journalist, I certainly had some thoughts about it

toomuchtv.substack.com/p/op-ed-why-...
Op-Ed: Why Are So Many Of Us Cowards?
What are journalists willing to give up in order to retain access?
toomuchtv.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Movie Pitch: Final Destination but with adorable little kittens.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Movie Pitch: Final Destination but set in an old folks home so nobody gives much of a shit either way.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Weird how the phrase “hung like a maggot” never took off.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Getting spooky in here.
October 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Whitehouse update: Man with tiny dick builds room for massive balls.
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People. The absolute worst.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
So. First Voidfall, now Imperium Horizons.

Absolute first rate pair of games, rich and intricate. Every play opens up something new that makes me want to dive straight back in and try a new tack.

I think maybe Buckle/Turczi is my boardgame design dream team.
September 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM