Chris McLaren
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I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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Live your life such that a lack of polar bear rug won in a poker game is your only regret.
Times like this I remember the chat with 93yo Kermit McGranahan, when asked if he had any regrets in his life, said “Should taken the polar bear skin rug in that poker game in my 20s. Never got a chance for another.”
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Live your life such that a lack of polar bear rug won in a poker game is your only regret.
Already starting to plan a few binges for my holiday break (15 days this year). Mostly I'll be hanging with the family, but our sleep schedules tend to drift apart when society isn't setting our "start times" each day.
This one's ready to go, based on a solid rec from @chrisszego.bsky.social
This one's ready to go, based on a solid rec from @chrisszego.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Already starting to plan a few binges for my holiday break (15 days this year). Mostly I'll be hanging with the family, but our sleep schedules tend to drift apart when society isn't setting our "start times" each day.
This one's ready to go, based on a solid rec from @chrisszego.bsky.social
This one's ready to go, based on a solid rec from @chrisszego.bsky.social
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A great thread and applicable to my industry. Friends in the biz ask why I don't want to use AI to shotlist or draft ideas. Because that is *what* I love; the maddening, mysterious, staring into space or the blank page and connecting to creative ideas from the ether. That's the whole f'ing thing.
I’m still thinking about this and it really is one of those “everyone thinks Elon Musk is a genius until he gets involved in your field” moments. I’m gonna be a total bore and think about this seriously, please don’t read on if you don’t care what a landscape architect thinks about this shit… 1/?
Oh shit waddup
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A great thread and applicable to my industry. Friends in the biz ask why I don't want to use AI to shotlist or draft ideas. Because that is *what* I love; the maddening, mysterious, staring into space or the blank page and connecting to creative ideas from the ether. That's the whole f'ing thing.
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Poem for today: Guinevere and Lancelot
I did not know
a love like this was possible,
said Guinevere to Lancelot.
theodoragosspoems.com/2020/06/07/g...
I did not know
a love like this was possible,
said Guinevere to Lancelot.
theodoragosspoems.com/2020/06/07/g...
Guinevere and Lancelot
Guinevere and Lancelot by Theodora Goss I did not know a love like this was possible, said Guinevere to Lancelot. It will bring down the kingdom and the king, it will consume everything. Lancelot r…
theodoragosspoems.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Poem for today: Guinevere and Lancelot
I did not know
a love like this was possible,
said Guinevere to Lancelot.
theodoragosspoems.com/2020/06/07/g...
I did not know
a love like this was possible,
said Guinevere to Lancelot.
theodoragosspoems.com/2020/06/07/g...
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Arcs for The Pandemonium Waltz, my collection due out in February, should be available fairly soon. If you are a reviewer for a publication, drop me a line. Cover art by Derek Ford. And there is an interview with me by Kelly Link. TOC in 2 Comments below.
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Arcs for The Pandemonium Waltz, my collection due out in February, should be available fairly soon. If you are a reviewer for a publication, drop me a line. Cover art by Derek Ford. And there is an interview with me by Kelly Link. TOC in 2 Comments below.
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“A story that speaks to our fractured time, and leaves us with both catharsis and hope. I too would risk everything to see the first rainfall on Mars. A lovely piece of work.” —Nathan Ballingrud, author of The Strange
@tordotcom.bsky.social
Coming Feb 17th
@tordotcom.bsky.social
Coming Feb 17th
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“A story that speaks to our fractured time, and leaves us with both catharsis and hope. I too would risk everything to see the first rainfall on Mars. A lovely piece of work.” —Nathan Ballingrud, author of The Strange
@tordotcom.bsky.social
Coming Feb 17th
@tordotcom.bsky.social
Coming Feb 17th
Oh thank Christ.
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Oh thank Christ.
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Snag a one-of-a-kind item for the indie comics fan in your life!
Our Winter Auction features art and experiences from top publishers and comics icons like Junji Ito, @ryannorth.ca, Jillian Tamaki, @laufman.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social & more.
www.torontocomics.com/winter-auction
Our Winter Auction features art and experiences from top publishers and comics icons like Junji Ito, @ryannorth.ca, Jillian Tamaki, @laufman.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social & more.
www.torontocomics.com/winter-auction
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Snag a one-of-a-kind item for the indie comics fan in your life!
Our Winter Auction features art and experiences from top publishers and comics icons like Junji Ito, @ryannorth.ca, Jillian Tamaki, @laufman.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social & more.
www.torontocomics.com/winter-auction
Our Winter Auction features art and experiences from top publishers and comics icons like Junji Ito, @ryannorth.ca, Jillian Tamaki, @laufman.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social & more.
www.torontocomics.com/winter-auction
Every once in a while I think of Jeff Bridges dropping this completely perfect Dad joke into the interview... and none of them getting it. Cracks me up every time.
at the #thrroundtable, #pedropascal and #jeffbridges discuss their feature in video game adaptations of #thelastofus and #tron
TikTok video by The Hollywood Reporter
www.tiktok.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Every once in a while I think of Jeff Bridges dropping this completely perfect Dad joke into the interview... and none of them getting it. Cracks me up every time.
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But strongly worded letters are not the sum total of actions that a community can take.
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
But strongly worded letters are not the sum total of actions that a community can take.
December 1, so to fulfill the obligation, here's my favourite Christmas song.
(For the record, of the OG carols, Good King Wenceslas is my fave.)
#AChoirOfSoaks
(For the record, of the OG carols, Good King Wenceslas is my fave.)
#AChoirOfSoaks
Thea Gilmore - That'll be Christmas
YouTube video by madmission
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December 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
December 1, so to fulfill the obligation, here's my favourite Christmas song.
(For the record, of the OG carols, Good King Wenceslas is my fave.)
#AChoirOfSoaks
(For the record, of the OG carols, Good King Wenceslas is my fave.)
#AChoirOfSoaks
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On this day 70 years ago Rosa Parks demonstrated the kind of courage and integrity, in refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, that MAGA leaders and followers can’t fathom — which is why they fear it.
We can’t *demand* courage, but we can honour it.
We can’t *demand* courage, but we can honour it.
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
On this day 70 years ago Rosa Parks demonstrated the kind of courage and integrity, in refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, that MAGA leaders and followers can’t fathom — which is why they fear it.
We can’t *demand* courage, but we can honour it.
We can’t *demand* courage, but we can honour it.
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More than 6% of Ontarians needed a food bank in the past year.
THIS needs to be our economic indicator, not GDP.
How far does this have to go before provincial politicians start to notice?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
THIS needs to be our economic indicator, not GDP.
How far does this have to go before provincial politicians start to notice?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More than 1 million people in Ontario needed a food bank in the past year: Hunger Report | CBC News
The Hunger Report released by Feed Ontario on Monday says more than one million people needed to access a food bank or hunger-relief organization in the last year and they made more than 8.7 million v...
www.cbc.ca
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
More than 6% of Ontarians needed a food bank in the past year.
THIS needs to be our economic indicator, not GDP.
How far does this have to go before provincial politicians start to notice?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
THIS needs to be our economic indicator, not GDP.
How far does this have to go before provincial politicians start to notice?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
Pretty sure the correct answer is James Hong. 468 IMDb credits--you'd never run out. 70+ year span, all genres. From 50s Godzilla, to 70s Chinatown, 80s Blade Runner & Big Trouble in Little China, 90s Wayne's World, The Shadow, Tank Girl right up to Everything Everywhere All at Once.
PLUS…
PLUS…
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Pretty sure the correct answer is James Hong. 468 IMDb credits--you'd never run out. 70+ year span, all genres. From 50s Godzilla, to 70s Chinatown, 80s Blade Runner & Big Trouble in Little China, 90s Wayne's World, The Shadow, Tank Girl right up to Everything Everywhere All at Once.
PLUS…
PLUS…
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
Oh, that's a very good one!
I named my fists Kuleshov and Effect because you won’t know how you feel until the second one hits
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Oh, that's a very good one!
Got around to buying a new (used) car this weekend.
Going back to minivan after 5 years with the Tiguan—just want the space/options.
When I bought the Tiguan it was the newest I'd ever bought, a 2016 model in 2020.
New one's a 2024 Pacifica in 2026. Tried to find the sweet depreciation spot.
Going back to minivan after 5 years with the Tiguan—just want the space/options.
When I bought the Tiguan it was the newest I'd ever bought, a 2016 model in 2020.
New one's a 2024 Pacifica in 2026. Tried to find the sweet depreciation spot.
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Got around to buying a new (used) car this weekend.
Going back to minivan after 5 years with the Tiguan—just want the space/options.
When I bought the Tiguan it was the newest I'd ever bought, a 2016 model in 2020.
New one's a 2024 Pacifica in 2026. Tried to find the sweet depreciation spot.
Going back to minivan after 5 years with the Tiguan—just want the space/options.
When I bought the Tiguan it was the newest I'd ever bought, a 2016 model in 2020.
New one's a 2024 Pacifica in 2026. Tried to find the sweet depreciation spot.
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If “The Canterbury Tales” were written today it would be called “The Airport Chili’s Bar Tales” and I think that’s beautiful
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If “The Canterbury Tales” were written today it would be called “The Airport Chili’s Bar Tales” and I think that’s beautiful
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We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
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"It was estimated in early November that 600,000 people had already died because of [the USAID] cuts, with two-thirds of them being children.
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
Crimes against humanity
We need to make a bigger issue of what happened to the world when Elon Musk decimated USAID.
madness.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"It was estimated in early November that 600,000 people had already died because of [the USAID] cuts, with two-thirds of them being children.
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
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More Irish folk horror from youtube:
youtu.be/GIN5aTyy5MA?...
youtu.be/GIN5aTyy5MA?...
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
More Irish folk horror from youtube:
youtu.be/GIN5aTyy5MA?...
youtu.be/GIN5aTyy5MA?...
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I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.
Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Use of AI ‘tech stacks’ driving demand for lawyers
The more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more professionals are needed to vet the technology’s outputs.
www.afr.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.