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The Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle is live on Bundle of Holding! Collect Kenneth Hite’s acclaimed essays and expansions for Trail of Cthulhu, exploring mythos secrets, occult weirdness and monstrous inspiration. A must for horror GMs. #TTRPG #TrailofCthulhu
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle is live on Bundle of Holding! Collect Kenneth Hite’s acclaimed essays and expansions for Trail of Cthulhu, exploring mythos secrets, occult weirdness and monstrous inspiration. A must for horror GMs. #TTRPG #TrailofCthulhu
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@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov Please don't do this. There is no point in a deal where there are no irrevocable commitments from the other side. And there clearly aren't.
Durbin is a YES on this deal: “At Democrats’ urging, today’s bill is not the same one we’ve voted down 14 times. Republicans finally woke up and realized their Groundhog Day needed to end. This bill is not perfect, but it takes important steps to reduce their shutdown’s hurt.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov Please don't do this. There is no point in a deal where there are no irrevocable commitments from the other side. And there clearly aren't.
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Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker
October 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker
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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
October 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
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I’m really grateful for Pritzker. But that he’s so good at this also makes clear just how badly most other Democrats are failing to meet the moment.
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I’m really grateful for Pritzker. But that he’s so good at this also makes clear just how badly most other Democrats are failing to meet the moment.
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Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
Obviously any of the stories where to inherit a million dollars you have to survive a night in a haunted house. And then spend the year anywhere else in that world.
(Darn, I could have had $11 million. Oh well.)
(Darn, I could have had $11 million. Oh well.)
saw this on twitter & i had to know yall answers too 😂
August 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Obviously any of the stories where to inherit a million dollars you have to survive a night in a haunted house. And then spend the year anywhere else in that world.
(Darn, I could have had $11 million. Oh well.)
(Darn, I could have had $11 million. Oh well.)
Slightly diminish a band.:
Mild Paprikas
Anatolia
Day Trip
Dishwaterie
Mild Paprikas
Anatolia
Day Trip
Dishwaterie
Slightly diminish a band:
Pigiron Dan
Muttering Heads
Pigiron Dan
Muttering Heads
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Slightly diminish a band.:
Mild Paprikas
Anatolia
Day Trip
Dishwaterie
Mild Paprikas
Anatolia
Day Trip
Dishwaterie
"I’m generalizing from one example, here, but everyone generalizes from one example. At least, I do."
--Vlad Taltos in Issola (2001) by Steven Brust
--Vlad Taltos in Issola (2001) by Steven Brust
What's the most random/obscure thing you quote?
In "The Stand' by Stephen King (complete/uncut ed iirc), a character called The Kid would sometimes say "how do you like that happy crappy?" and I often say that to myself/out loud for various reasons lol.
In "The Stand' by Stephen King (complete/uncut ed iirc), a character called The Kid would sometimes say "how do you like that happy crappy?" and I often say that to myself/out loud for various reasons lol.
July 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"I’m generalizing from one example, here, but everyone generalizes from one example. At least, I do."
--Vlad Taltos in Issola (2001) by Steven Brust
--Vlad Taltos in Issola (2001) by Steven Brust
Trekkies: If you see this post your first experience with Star Trek.
July 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Trekkies: If you see this post your first experience with Star Trek.
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Whoa, this is true! My last book, Under Alien Skies, is just $2.99 for the ebook version!
And your recent book is marked down to $2.99 on both Kobo and Bookshop . org (ebook format, of course).
Also marked down on Amazon, for those who prefer to enrich Jeff Bezos.
Also marked down on Amazon, for those who prefer to enrich Jeff Bezos.
July 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Whoa, this is true! My last book, Under Alien Skies, is just $2.99 for the ebook version!
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NIH director Jay Bhattacharya posted on X: "No clinical trial has been delayed, nor has any participant been dropped from clinical trial. These are the facts."
Malaria, tuberculosis, cancer trials abroad have all been on the chopping block, leaving participants stranded, I reported in this story.
Malaria, tuberculosis, cancer trials abroad have all been on the chopping block, leaving participants stranded, I reported in this story.
NIH grant cuts will axe clinical trials abroad — and could leave thousands without care
US agency’s new policy could abruptly end studies of infectious diseases and cancer, leaving researchers scrambling for funds.
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
NIH director Jay Bhattacharya posted on X: "No clinical trial has been delayed, nor has any participant been dropped from clinical trial. These are the facts."
Malaria, tuberculosis, cancer trials abroad have all been on the chopping block, leaving participants stranded, I reported in this story.
Malaria, tuberculosis, cancer trials abroad have all been on the chopping block, leaving participants stranded, I reported in this story.
Plus ça change...
June 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Plus ça change...
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
June 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
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Despite court orders, none of the 278 men illegally remanded to CECOT prison have been returned to the US.
May 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Despite court orders, none of the 278 men illegally remanded to CECOT prison have been returned to the US.
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Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department tried to bar a CNN journalist from serving as a pool reporter for an upcoming foreign trip.
Other reporters threatened to boycott the trip.
Guess what happened next.
The Pentagon caved.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/pete-hegse...
Other reporters threatened to boycott the trip.
Guess what happened next.
The Pentagon caved.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/pete-hegse...
May 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department tried to bar a CNN journalist from serving as a pool reporter for an upcoming foreign trip.
Other reporters threatened to boycott the trip.
Guess what happened next.
The Pentagon caved.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/pete-hegse...
Other reporters threatened to boycott the trip.
Guess what happened next.
The Pentagon caved.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
www.status.news/p/pete-hegse...
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I said I'd talk about how reading @adapalmer.bsky.social's "Inventing the Renaissance" might change how I'd have written the various Renaissance-themed GURPS books, and now I'm back to do so. Thread, using alum from papal mines as a mordant:
I have purchased and taken delivery of @adapalmer.bsky.social's new book. Now I must find time to read it and then think about how, in retrospect now that it's too late to do anything about it, I should have written the GURPS Renaissance books.
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Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age
The Myth of a Golden Age
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May 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I said I'd talk about how reading @adapalmer.bsky.social's "Inventing the Renaissance" might change how I'd have written the various Renaissance-themed GURPS books, and now I'm back to do so. Thread, using alum from papal mines as a mordant:
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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the next EO:
May 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
the next EO:
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May the fourth be with you, Illinois.
May 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
May the fourth be with you, Illinois.
Zuck: The average American has three friends.
May 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Zuck: The average American has three friends.
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If you are Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard in the US military, and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens, then call the GI Rights Hotline: 1-877-447-4487
There is support for you. You do not have to follow illegal orders.
girightshotline.org
There is support for you. You do not have to follow illegal orders.
girightshotline.org
GI Rights Hotline: Military Discharges and Military Counseling
Are you in the military or thinking about joining? Are you unsure of where to get reliable answers? Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487. Call for yourself or someone you care about Free and c...
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April 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If you are Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard in the US military, and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens, then call the GI Rights Hotline: 1-877-447-4487
There is support for you. You do not have to follow illegal orders.
girightshotline.org
There is support for you. You do not have to follow illegal orders.
girightshotline.org
Well in that case, just to be clear: I advocate for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Also for anyone else any government proposes to arrest, imprison, deport, or impose whatever illegal and/or unconstitutional measures the current or any future administration can dream up upon.
Also for anyone else any government proposes to arrest, imprison, deport, or impose whatever illegal and/or unconstitutional measures the current or any future administration can dream up upon.
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Well in that case, just to be clear: I advocate for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Also for anyone else any government proposes to arrest, imprison, deport, or impose whatever illegal and/or unconstitutional measures the current or any future administration can dream up upon.
Also for anyone else any government proposes to arrest, imprison, deport, or impose whatever illegal and/or unconstitutional measures the current or any future administration can dream up upon.
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As an alum, I'm looking forward to hearing how my alma mater, which prides itself as a protector of free speech, is taking action on behalf of these students/fellow alums.
@uchicagoalumni.bsky.social
@uchicagoalumni.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
As an alum, I'm looking forward to hearing how my alma mater, which prides itself as a protector of free speech, is taking action on behalf of these students/fellow alums.
@uchicagoalumni.bsky.social
@uchicagoalumni.bsky.social