Kareth Aisling
@karethdreams.bsky.social
Librarian, graphic artist, father, playing video games since the Atari 2600 and tabletop since the Red Box. (He/Him)
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Every time I see "USMNT" my brain parses it as "US Mutant Ninja Turtles" and it makes whatever headline 10x more confusing
January 3, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Every time I see "USMNT" my brain parses it as "US Mutant Ninja Turtles" and it makes whatever headline 10x more confusing
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I love how Zohran is objectively very attractive, but next to his smoke show of a wife he looks like a normal loveable dork who got mad lucky and knows it
January 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I love how Zohran is objectively very attractive, but next to his smoke show of a wife he looks like a normal loveable dork who got mad lucky and knows it
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Dan Davies's @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
concept of an "accountability sink" comes to mind
concept of an "accountability sink" comes to mind
Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
January 2, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Dan Davies's @dsquareddigest.bsky.social
concept of an "accountability sink" comes to mind
concept of an "accountability sink" comes to mind
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So glad her husband got that job so at least one cartoonist in New York can have health insurance.
January 2, 2026 at 2:27 AM
So glad her husband got that job so at least one cartoonist in New York can have health insurance.
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Start your new year with some retro nostalgia~
Only a few days left to get Gun-Dog on sale!
Only a few days left to get Gun-Dog on sale!
The Steam Winter Sale is here, which means it's the perfect time to grab a #visualnovel, a cup of cocoa, and enjoy some #retro #mecha #anime vibes!
Luckily for you, Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is on sale! (22% off!)
store.steampowered.com/app/2118420/...
Luckily for you, Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is on sale! (22% off!)
store.steampowered.com/app/2118420/...
Save 22% on Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog on Steam
Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.
store.steampowered.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Start your new year with some retro nostalgia~
Only a few days left to get Gun-Dog on sale!
Only a few days left to get Gun-Dog on sale!
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Part 83 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'
Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Part 83 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'
Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
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Happy New Year!
The new year may not actually mean anything, but it's a cleansing time - a chance to feel like we're having a fresh start, washing away all the dirt of the previous year, feel refreshed from all the things we are scrubbing away-
Look, just take a shower.
The new year may not actually mean anything, but it's a cleansing time - a chance to feel like we're having a fresh start, washing away all the dirt of the previous year, feel refreshed from all the things we are scrubbing away-
Look, just take a shower.
January 1, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Happy New Year!
The new year may not actually mean anything, but it's a cleansing time - a chance to feel like we're having a fresh start, washing away all the dirt of the previous year, feel refreshed from all the things we are scrubbing away-
Look, just take a shower.
The new year may not actually mean anything, but it's a cleansing time - a chance to feel like we're having a fresh start, washing away all the dirt of the previous year, feel refreshed from all the things we are scrubbing away-
Look, just take a shower.
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Psst.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
January 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Psst.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
Hey, come closer.
No, closer.
I have a New Year’s secret for you.
It’s this:
If you care about people you don’t even know, and try to live your life that way, you are absolutely beautiful no matter what you look like.
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A comedy series about working at tech support in a mech anime world. mech support.
January 1, 2026 at 10:46 AM
A comedy series about working at tech support in a mech anime world. mech support.
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I called this “The Orville Peck Principle.“
I did not get on the Internet one day explicitly looking for a masked queer cowboy to start crooning at me, but guess what? It was exactly what I fucking needed.
I did not get on the Internet one day explicitly looking for a masked queer cowboy to start crooning at me, but guess what? It was exactly what I fucking needed.
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I called this “The Orville Peck Principle.“
I did not get on the Internet one day explicitly looking for a masked queer cowboy to start crooning at me, but guess what? It was exactly what I fucking needed.
I did not get on the Internet one day explicitly looking for a masked queer cowboy to start crooning at me, but guess what? It was exactly what I fucking needed.
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“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
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Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
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Tax Clients, take note!
The IRS has, historically, used the postmark date to determine the date of paper filings. www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc...
Now that the USPS is changing the postmark date to the date of processing, a tax document mailed *the day that it's due* will no longer be filed on time.
The IRS has, historically, used the postmark date to determine the date of paper filings. www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc...
Now that the USPS is changing the postmark date to the date of processing, a tax document mailed *the day that it's due* will no longer be filed on time.
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Tax Clients, take note!
The IRS has, historically, used the postmark date to determine the date of paper filings. www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc...
Now that the USPS is changing the postmark date to the date of processing, a tax document mailed *the day that it's due* will no longer be filed on time.
The IRS has, historically, used the postmark date to determine the date of paper filings. www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc...
Now that the USPS is changing the postmark date to the date of processing, a tax document mailed *the day that it's due* will no longer be filed on time.
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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The correlation between companies named after the Tolkien legendarium and their CEO/Founder being a chittering skinwalker fingering his own taint at the idea of draining the planet of all its resources and then fucking off to a sealed dome in New Zealand while everyone else suffers is extremely high
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The correlation between companies named after the Tolkien legendarium and their CEO/Founder being a chittering skinwalker fingering his own taint at the idea of draining the planet of all its resources and then fucking off to a sealed dome in New Zealand while everyone else suffers is extremely high
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how many billions of gallons of water evaporated just this week for this?
December 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
how many billions of gallons of water evaporated just this week for this?
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Palantir. Sauron. CyberDyne. Blackrock. Mr Beast Inc. Cerberus. Blackwater. Anduril. Citizen. Citadel. Gilead. Bain Capital. Darktrace. Oracle. Umbra.
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Palantir. Sauron. CyberDyne. Blackrock. Mr Beast Inc. Cerberus. Blackwater. Anduril. Citizen. Citadel. Gilead. Bain Capital. Darktrace. Oracle. Umbra.
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my favorite meme for this time of the year
December 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
my favorite meme for this time of the year
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Still unreported, should be investigated:
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
Huge win for Richard Noticias LA, TikTok journalist shot by ICE. Criminal charges dismissed with prejudice, meaning can’t be refiled.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations
Days before Carlitos Ricardo Parias was set to to go to trial for assault on a federal officer, a federal judge dismissed the case against him. The judge cited the deprivation of Parias' access to cou...
www.latimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Still unreported, should be investigated:
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
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An exceptionally stupid and contingent set of circumstances made Stephen Miller the most influential ideologue in the US. There is no future for the left or liberalism that does not take as a core mission ensuring he is punished for his crimes & no one as hateful as him is ever close to power again.
December 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
An exceptionally stupid and contingent set of circumstances made Stephen Miller the most influential ideologue in the US. There is no future for the left or liberalism that does not take as a core mission ensuring he is punished for his crimes & no one as hateful as him is ever close to power again.
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This is so bananas. Aside from the obvious prejudice, things like pipes bursting or house fires happen! Locals need immediate temporary housing for all sorts of reasons, and not everyone lives near reliable family or a support network!
A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
December 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This is so bananas. Aside from the obvious prejudice, things like pipes bursting or house fires happen! Locals need immediate temporary housing for all sorts of reasons, and not everyone lives near reliable family or a support network!
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For those of us who can’t get through the WSJ pay wall, here’s the nuts and bolts of what in any other era would be the greatest presidential scandal in history.
boingboing.net/2025/12/27/t...
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Trump pardons "start at $1m," reports WSJ
A simple process: you give a lobbyist the money, they talk to someone in Trump's inner circle such as his son, then Trump pardons you.
boingboing.net
December 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
For those of us who can’t get through the WSJ pay wall, here’s the nuts and bolts of what in any other era would be the greatest presidential scandal in history.
boingboing.net/2025/12/27/t...
boingboing.net/2025/12/27/t...