Ken Burnside
@kenburnside.bsky.social
Game designer @adastragames.com, writer, monkey servant of Theoden Cat, discusser of certain varieties of politics.
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Ken Burnside
@kenburnside.bsky.social
· Sep 19
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Tagging you in for Recounting of the Arizona Minutemen Militia Girl Scout Cookie Burglary.
You may now prepare popcorn.
Tagging you in for Recounting of the Arizona Minutemen Militia Girl Scout Cookie Burglary.
You may now prepare popcorn.
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Since I've suddenly had a post go semi-viral:
Hi, I'm Ken. I design and publish games about things moving very fast. Many of their PDFs are at a deep discount right now, due to the Blackest of Fridays. If you like real science and knowing how things work, these are definitely your jam!
Hi, I'm Ken. I design and publish games about things moving very fast. Many of their PDFs are at a deep discount right now, due to the Blackest of Fridays. If you like real science and knowing how things work, these are definitely your jam!
Most Ad Astra Titles are deeply on sale from now through early December on Wargame Vault! Go forth, spend money on small independent publishers, like us.
We'll be happy to teach you to play the spaceship games onlne!
We'll be happy to teach you to play the spaceship games onlne!
Wargame Vault - The Largest RPG Download Store!
Wargame Vault is the largest wargame download store.
www.wargamevault.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Since I've suddenly had a post go semi-viral:
Hi, I'm Ken. I design and publish games about things moving very fast. Many of their PDFs are at a deep discount right now, due to the Blackest of Fridays. If you like real science and knowing how things work, these are definitely your jam!
Hi, I'm Ken. I design and publish games about things moving very fast. Many of their PDFs are at a deep discount right now, due to the Blackest of Fridays. If you like real science and knowing how things work, these are definitely your jam!
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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Authoritarianism Is Here - Legal Eagle
Authoritarianism Is Here
YouTube video by LegalEagle
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Authoritarianism Is Here - Legal Eagle
He probably thinks vetting is when the hooker shoves her finger up your butt while she sucks you...
It is time to seriously consider the possibility that this failed president doesn't even know what the term "vetting" means
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
He probably thinks vetting is when the hooker shoves her finger up your butt while she sucks you...
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If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
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I don't know who needs to hear this but making deals with Alberta and the oilpatch
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this but making deals with Alberta and the oilpatch
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
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We can expect to see more and more of this over the next couple of decades.
“The year featured a record number of violent incidents over water around the world, far surpassing the 355 in 2023, continuing a steeply rising trend. The violence more than quadrupled in the last five years.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
Violent conflict over water hit a record last year
Violence over water is on the rise worldwide. Researchers counted a record 420 incidents of conflict in 2024, many in Ukraine and the Middle East.
www.latimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We can expect to see more and more of this over the next couple of decades.
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The people running the government social accounts should be held accountable for their hate speech.
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The people running the government social accounts should be held accountable for their hate speech.
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Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
Two National Guard members were tasked with serving the nation. One is dead as the other fights for his life after shooting | CNN
On a day when many families gather across the country to give thanks, a National Guard member’s family is mourning her death after an ambush-style shooting in Washington, DC, as her colleague fights f...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
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everyone who works at openAI should be tried as an accomplice
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
everyone who works at openAI should be tried as an accomplice
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If you can, if you need to, use this information.
This is a really good New Republic article about trans people leaving the country. Do some research about getting visas. Start now. It is harder and slower than you think, and there are no opportunities for asylum right now. It also is entirely doable.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If you can, if you need to, use this information.
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
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They shouldn't even have been there!
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
They shouldn't even have been there!
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Turkey 'Mech IIc returns to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope your day is blessed and all your dice roll 12s!! #HappyThanksgiving #BattleTech #MechWarrior
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Turkey 'Mech IIc returns to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope your day is blessed and all your dice roll 12s!! #HappyThanksgiving #BattleTech #MechWarrior
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Voting for Republicans kills babies.
“An infant in Kentucky who was unvaccinated against pertussis, or whooping cough, has died, marking the third death from the deadly bacteria in the state this year. Before 2025, Kentucky had last recorded an infant whooping cough death in 2018.”
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
Third infant in Kentucky dies of whooping cough as national cases stay high for second year in a row
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Voting for Republicans kills babies.
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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24) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. Definitely a case to be made for this being one of the best novels of the year, following a talented writer who overcomes extreme misfortune to change the world.
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
24) Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. Definitely a case to be made for this being one of the best novels of the year, following a talented writer who overcomes extreme misfortune to change the world.
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Since I've suddenly had a post go semi-viral:
Hi, I'm Ken. I design and publish games about things moving very fast. Many of their PDFs are at a deep discount right now, due to the Blackest of Fridays. If you like real science and knowing how things work, these are definitely your jam!
Hi, I'm Ken. I design and publish games about things moving very fast. Many of their PDFs are at a deep discount right now, due to the Blackest of Fridays. If you like real science and knowing how things work, these are definitely your jam!
Most Ad Astra Titles are deeply on sale from now through early December on Wargame Vault! Go forth, spend money on small independent publishers, like us.
We'll be happy to teach you to play the spaceship games onlne!
We'll be happy to teach you to play the spaceship games onlne!
Wargame Vault - The Largest RPG Download Store!
Wargame Vault is the largest wargame download store.
www.wargamevault.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Since I've suddenly had a post go semi-viral:
Hi, I'm Ken. I design and publish games about things moving very fast. Many of their PDFs are at a deep discount right now, due to the Blackest of Fridays. If you like real science and knowing how things work, these are definitely your jam!
Hi, I'm Ken. I design and publish games about things moving very fast. Many of their PDFs are at a deep discount right now, due to the Blackest of Fridays. If you like real science and knowing how things work, these are definitely your jam!
Almost a year since Biden left office, the Fascism Branding Service still does everything they can, short of publicly fellating him, to support the Trump Administration.
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Almost a year since Biden left office, the Fascism Branding Service still does everything they can, short of publicly fellating him, to support the Trump Administration.
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Marinette Marine, on the Wisconsin/Upper Peninsula of Michigan border, just got kneecapped by the current regime. They've spent the last 4 years expanding and refitting their shipyard to produce the new constellation class for the Navy and they just lost the contract. fox11online.com/news/economy...
Navy cancels remaining ships that would have been built in Marinette
Navy Secretary John Phelan announced the cancellation of the Constellation frigate program in a social media video.
fox11online.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Marinette Marine, on the Wisconsin/Upper Peninsula of Michigan border, just got kneecapped by the current regime. They've spent the last 4 years expanding and refitting their shipyard to produce the new constellation class for the Navy and they just lost the contract. fox11online.com/news/economy...
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”