Brain Bear
@elucidarian.bsky.social
Playing ALL THE board games and regularly forgetting things while remaining a life-long resident of this Great Plains "Red State." Someday we'll be a bastion for socialist farmers again. Yeah, that could happen.
he/him/cis/whiteprivileged/ADHD...
he/him/cis/whiteprivileged/ADHD...
Making a sauce to coat the sweet potatoes, adding the last ingredient before the brown sugar:
Maple syrup.
And out comes a clump of green mold. MOLD! I've never seen mold in maple syrup. After throwing out the mix I realize I'm now short on butter. FFS.
Maple syrup.
And out comes a clump of green mold. MOLD! I've never seen mold in maple syrup. After throwing out the mix I realize I'm now short on butter. FFS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Making a sauce to coat the sweet potatoes, adding the last ingredient before the brown sugar:
Maple syrup.
And out comes a clump of green mold. MOLD! I've never seen mold in maple syrup. After throwing out the mix I realize I'm now short on butter. FFS.
Maple syrup.
And out comes a clump of green mold. MOLD! I've never seen mold in maple syrup. After throwing out the mix I realize I'm now short on butter. FFS.
"Next to speak was Metropolitan Police Executive Assistant Chief Jeffery Carroll, who noted that the suspect had been taken into custody at the scene of the shooting."
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Next to speak was Metropolitan Police Executive Assistant Chief Jeffery Carroll, who noted that the suspect had been taken into custody at the scene of the shooting."
My FIL is 80 and likes games, but only the limited games he knows and approves of. We tried Bohnanza some years ago and he balked when I told him he could do certain things some times and not others. As if that weren't the case in 99% of games.
So, we don't play Bohnanza with them, which is a pity.
So, we don't play Bohnanza with them, which is a pity.
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My FIL is 80 and likes games, but only the limited games he knows and approves of. We tried Bohnanza some years ago and he balked when I told him he could do certain things some times and not others. As if that weren't the case in 99% of games.
So, we don't play Bohnanza with them, which is a pity.
So, we don't play Bohnanza with them, which is a pity.
Q: What games do you hope to play with your Turkey Day peeps?
My Thanksgiving mission is getting family to play some #boardgames. I have an aunt who I've previously taught Sagrada, Super Mega Lucky Box, Arboretum, and Ticket to Ride (which she ended playing regularly with friends).
This weekend I'll see I can tempt her to play Elysium or Rise of Augustus.
This weekend I'll see I can tempt her to play Elysium or Rise of Augustus.
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Q: What games do you hope to play with your Turkey Day peeps?
I'd seen the cover to this film many times and passively wrote it off as a cheap "chick flick." Now, this review has made me a fan before I've even watched it, which will hopefully be soon.
#PiecesofApril #ThanksgivingMovies
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
#PiecesofApril #ThanksgivingMovies
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
The perfect Thanksgiving NYC indie film almost didn't get made
At the turn of the century, Katie Holmes starred in "Piece of April," James Hedges' now-cult classic.
gothamist.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'd seen the cover to this film many times and passively wrote it off as a cheap "chick flick." Now, this review has made me a fan before I've even watched it, which will hopefully be soon.
#PiecesofApril #ThanksgivingMovies
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
#PiecesofApril #ThanksgivingMovies
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
My Thanksgiving mission is getting family to play some #boardgames. I have an aunt who I've previously taught Sagrada, Super Mega Lucky Box, Arboretum, and Ticket to Ride (which she ended playing regularly with friends).
This weekend I'll see I can tempt her to play Elysium or Rise of Augustus.
This weekend I'll see I can tempt her to play Elysium or Rise of Augustus.
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My Thanksgiving mission is getting family to play some #boardgames. I have an aunt who I've previously taught Sagrada, Super Mega Lucky Box, Arboretum, and Ticket to Ride (which she ended playing regularly with friends).
This weekend I'll see I can tempt her to play Elysium or Rise of Augustus.
This weekend I'll see I can tempt her to play Elysium or Rise of Augustus.
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
You're kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you.
I'd say my odds are 60/40.
I'd say my odds are 60/40.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
You're kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you.
I'd say my odds are 60/40.
I'd say my odds are 60/40.
Shut it down. Shut it down forever, Charlie Brown.
*If you get this reference, you earned a cookie.
*If you get this reference, you earned a cookie.
You Are Witnessing A Great Becoming, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Shut it down. Shut it down forever, Charlie Brown.
*If you get this reference, you earned a cookie.
*If you get this reference, you earned a cookie.
One perpetual criticism I see of Donald Trump since his first presidency is his mental decline, evidenced when he speaks.
I disagree. He sounds the way he always has, bloviating and inane.
I disagree. He sounds the way he always has, bloviating and inane.
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
One perpetual criticism I see of Donald Trump since his first presidency is his mental decline, evidenced when he speaks.
I disagree. He sounds the way he always has, bloviating and inane.
I disagree. He sounds the way he always has, bloviating and inane.
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Grok please jangle some shiny keys in front of my face. Nuance level zero
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Grok please jangle some shiny keys in front of my face. Nuance level zero
Oh, gawd, are we going to have to protect her at all costs? The writers really decided to mix things up this season.
As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Oh, gawd, are we going to have to protect her at all costs? The writers really decided to mix things up this season.
Thank goodness we can soon reclaim the true meaning of MTG:
Magic the Gathering
Unless she's planning something to keep her in the spotlight. She wouldn't do that, now, would as she?
Magic the Gathering
Unless she's planning something to keep her in the spotlight. She wouldn't do that, now, would as she?
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Thank goodness we can soon reclaim the true meaning of MTG:
Magic the Gathering
Unless she's planning something to keep her in the spotlight. She wouldn't do that, now, would as she?
Magic the Gathering
Unless she's planning something to keep her in the spotlight. She wouldn't do that, now, would as she?
Trump still plays the hero, but in cooperation with a man decried by MAGA voters and mouthpieces as a dangerous Muslim communist (1 of 3 ain't bad). They're incredibly respectful, even chummy, toward each other and their shared interests as political leaders. SO WEIRD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzw...
LIVE: Trump and Mamdani meeting at the White House
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Trump still plays the hero, but in cooperation with a man decried by MAGA voters and mouthpieces as a dangerous Muslim communist (1 of 3 ain't bad). They're incredibly respectful, even chummy, toward each other and their shared interests as political leaders. SO WEIRD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzw...
We need overwhelming pushback.
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We need overwhelming pushback.
For anyone who thinks this doesn't concern them, bless your benighted heart.
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
For anyone who thinks this doesn't concern them, bless your benighted heart.
So much for Signal's signature safety.
“The FBI gained access to conversations in a ‘courtwatch’ Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at three New York federal immigration courts. The US government has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts.”
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
So much for Signal's signature safety.
It took almost 5 years to get this back to the table. I hope the next session will be much sooner, and with another player.
I realized I might possibly sell this to my rummy playing relatives, as a sets and runs game!
...with a few extra bells and whistles.
#Elysium by #SpaceCowboys #boardgames
I realized I might possibly sell this to my rummy playing relatives, as a sets and runs game!
...with a few extra bells and whistles.
#Elysium by #SpaceCowboys #boardgames
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It took almost 5 years to get this back to the table. I hope the next session will be much sooner, and with another player.
I realized I might possibly sell this to my rummy playing relatives, as a sets and runs game!
...with a few extra bells and whistles.
#Elysium by #SpaceCowboys #boardgames
I realized I might possibly sell this to my rummy playing relatives, as a sets and runs game!
...with a few extra bells and whistles.
#Elysium by #SpaceCowboys #boardgames
This is the difference of whether you're in a cult or not.
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is the difference of whether you're in a cult or not.
See, I don't want Target to fail.
I want them to be better, a company that MN can be proud of.
I want them to be better, a company that MN can be proud of.
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
See, I don't want Target to fail.
I want them to be better, a company that MN can be proud of.
I want them to be better, a company that MN can be proud of.
In honor of it's 30th anniversary, allow me to note my favorite song from Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness:
"Here Is No Why"
It wasn't one of the hits, but it's the one that pops into my head most often all these years later.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03M...
"Here Is No Why"
It wasn't one of the hits, but it's the one that pops into my head most often all these years later.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03M...
Here Is No Why (Remastered 2012)
YouTube video by The Smashing Pumpkins - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In honor of it's 30th anniversary, allow me to note my favorite song from Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness:
"Here Is No Why"
It wasn't one of the hits, but it's the one that pops into my head most often all these years later.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03M...
"Here Is No Why"
It wasn't one of the hits, but it's the one that pops into my head most often all these years later.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03M...
I was tempted when I saw this. If only they had used the actual face he made when he said what he said. That lost them a sale!
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I was tempted when I saw this. If only they had used the actual face he made when he said what he said. That lost them a sale!
Great. Another thing for my bootlicking senator to bend over backwards to condone.
To his kind, dystopian futures are the goal.
To his kind, dystopian futures are the goal.
Huge @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop: Trump is preparing to try and ban all state AI laws, going so far as having Brendan Carr’s FCC pull rural broadband funds from states that try to regulate AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.
www.theverge.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Great. Another thing for my bootlicking senator to bend over backwards to condone.
To his kind, dystopian futures are the goal.
To his kind, dystopian futures are the goal.
So, has there simply been sufficient time to have redacted all the things they DON'T want seen, while retaining those they DO?
It's something I've wondered for awhile now, and doesn't feel beyond the realm of possibility, at all.
It's something I've wondered for awhile now, and doesn't feel beyond the realm of possibility, at all.
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
So, has there simply been sufficient time to have redacted all the things they DON'T want seen, while retaining those they DO?
It's something I've wondered for awhile now, and doesn't feel beyond the realm of possibility, at all.
It's something I've wondered for awhile now, and doesn't feel beyond the realm of possibility, at all.
Future armchair psychologists will enjoy contemplating whether Trump's history of ostentatious sexism was all a cover for being gay. It'll be all "Trump's tariff efforts surely represented his lack of amorous feelings towards the opposite sex, a poor substitution for his latent homosexual activity."
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Future armchair psychologists will enjoy contemplating whether Trump's history of ostentatious sexism was all a cover for being gay. It'll be all "Trump's tariff efforts surely represented his lack of amorous feelings towards the opposite sex, a poor substitution for his latent homosexual activity."