Gordon McAlpin
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Gordon McAlpin
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· Feb 6
i forgot what i was gonna say but it was real clever/stupid/topical, so please like this anyway
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Join us for the next one, we're live on Twitch & YouTube every week!
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November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Join us for the next one, we're live on Twitch & YouTube every week!
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"The university’s Committee on Academic Freedom, Responsibility and Tenure voted 8-0 that Texas A&M 'had no justification for dismissing' McCoul and 'failed to follow required procedures at multiple stages,' according to a Sunday statement from the Texas A&M chapter of the AAUP."
Texas A&M committee sides with professor fired amid conservative furor
The interim leader of the public university will review the nonbinding report and make "a decision in the coming days or weeks," a spokesperson said.
www.highereddive.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"The university’s Committee on Academic Freedom, Responsibility and Tenure voted 8-0 that Texas A&M 'had no justification for dismissing' McCoul and 'failed to follow required procedures at multiple stages,' according to a Sunday statement from the Texas A&M chapter of the AAUP."
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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One Battle After Another could'a been half an hour shorter
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One Battle After Another could'a been half an hour shorter
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Crimson Fall: The Shore Tower
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Crimson Fall: The Shore Tower
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
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"The Art of K-Pop Demon Hunters" artbook (physical) is coming in 2026.
In the meantime, here's the free digital version.
>> theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
In the meantime, here's the free digital version.
>> theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"The Art of K-Pop Demon Hunters" artbook (physical) is coming in 2026.
In the meantime, here's the free digital version.
>> theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
In the meantime, here's the free digital version.
>> theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
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BLACK FRIDAY SALE STARTS NOW!
25%OFF Everything including original art! My biggest sale of the year. Help me spread the word!
www.dereklaufman.com/shop
25%OFF Everything including original art! My biggest sale of the year. Help me spread the word!
www.dereklaufman.com/shop
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
BLACK FRIDAY SALE STARTS NOW!
25%OFF Everything including original art! My biggest sale of the year. Help me spread the word!
www.dereklaufman.com/shop
25%OFF Everything including original art! My biggest sale of the year. Help me spread the word!
www.dereklaufman.com/shop
Are any modern-day RPG books written with the assumption that players and GMs are absolutely already familiar with what RPGs are and generally how to run them?
Just curious. Because much of the text of a well-written RPG rulebook is that kind of new-player introduction — and yet it’s… NOT the game.
Just curious. Because much of the text of a well-written RPG rulebook is that kind of new-player introduction — and yet it’s… NOT the game.
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Are any modern-day RPG books written with the assumption that players and GMs are absolutely already familiar with what RPGs are and generally how to run them?
Just curious. Because much of the text of a well-written RPG rulebook is that kind of new-player introduction — and yet it’s… NOT the game.
Just curious. Because much of the text of a well-written RPG rulebook is that kind of new-player introduction — and yet it’s… NOT the game.
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“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
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Vvhat a family
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Vvhat a family
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“They should do it the right way”
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“They should do it the right way”
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Ok these shirts with food names done in heavy metal logo fonts are just hysterical. There are more at the link. I'm giggling too hard at these. twocrowcollective.com/collections/...
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Ok these shirts with food names done in heavy metal logo fonts are just hysterical. There are more at the link. I'm giggling too hard at these. twocrowcollective.com/collections/...
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The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style came out a year ago today!
To celebrate my first book birthday, I’m running a 20% sale on all orders on comicbookstyle.com now through Black Friday with the code BIRTHDAY
To celebrate my first book birthday, I’m running a 20% sale on all orders on comicbookstyle.com now through Black Friday with the code BIRTHDAY
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style came out a year ago today!
To celebrate my first book birthday, I’m running a 20% sale on all orders on comicbookstyle.com now through Black Friday with the code BIRTHDAY
To celebrate my first book birthday, I’m running a 20% sale on all orders on comicbookstyle.com now through Black Friday with the code BIRTHDAY
morning 2 of being able to breathe and I still feel like I’m on drugs from all the air. this is good shit mang
saw an ENT about my snoring and sleep quality last week, he prescribed some allergy medicine, and right now I feel kind of overwhelmed by the oxygen in my brain. is this what it’s like to… breathe?
a cartoon character says i 've never felt this way before on netflix
ALT: a cartoon character says i 've never felt this way before on netflix
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November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
morning 2 of being able to breathe and I still feel like I’m on drugs from all the air. this is good shit mang
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I took a character strengths assessment the other day. (my wife uses it in her teaching.) www.viacharacter.org (account required to get results but it's free)
I was kind of surprised but weirdly proud that honesty and kindness were in my top 4.
I was kind of surprised but weirdly proud that honesty and kindness were in my top 4.
VIA Character Strengths Survey & Character Reports | VIA Institute
Do you know your character strengths? Once you do, you’ll be empowered to face life’s challenges, work toward goals and feel more fulfilled, personally and professionally. Take the free personality as...
www.viacharacter.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I took a character strengths assessment the other day. (my wife uses it in her teaching.) www.viacharacter.org (account required to get results but it's free)
I was kind of surprised but weirdly proud that honesty and kindness were in my top 4.
I was kind of surprised but weirdly proud that honesty and kindness were in my top 4.
I think the thing I hate most about the book piracy "discourse" is the fact that people can't just say "if you pirate books, you're an asshole" anymore without some fucking ass-clown saying that's hateful against the poors.
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I think the thing I hate most about the book piracy "discourse" is the fact that people can't just say "if you pirate books, you're an asshole" anymore without some fucking ass-clown saying that's hateful against the poors.
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Psaki: "I know from experience that when the White House statement is any version of 'the president has confidence in,' or 'this cabinet member is a part of a great overall team,' ... it isn't typically a very good sign."
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Psaki: "I know from experience that when the White House statement is any version of 'the president has confidence in,' or 'this cabinet member is a part of a great overall team,' ... it isn't typically a very good sign."
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
on to Buffy S6/Angel S3. Whedon has a real thing for babbling women characters who aren't all right in the head huh
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
on to Buffy S6/Angel S3. Whedon has a real thing for babbling women characters who aren't all right in the head huh
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PHOTOS: A pair of snowy owls have taken roost of Montrose Harbor Beacon Pier, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
PHOTOS: A pair of snowy owls have taken roost of Montrose Harbor Beacon Pier, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
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