VagueGrant
@vaguegrant.bsky.social
ADHD, creative projects, art, linguistics, and whatever else delights me. I dunno man it's social media and it's not that important I promise. He/him.
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it has been a good long minute since I read America Magazine but JD Vance getting schooled in a Jesuit publication is the absolute sweetest plum
www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus...
www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus...
JD Vance’s immigration comments are an insult to our Catholic faith
This administration wants to set itself up as somehow Christian. Let them, then, do the bare minimum: Welcome the stranger.
www.americamagazine.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
it has been a good long minute since I read America Magazine but JD Vance getting schooled in a Jesuit publication is the absolute sweetest plum
www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus...
www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus...
Non-US folks should really do this survey, the last question is about whether you’ve cancelled travel plans to the US or are reconsidering travel plans due to current policies. GDC needs to know this, maybe some talks could go online live with enough feedback? Maybe they could even lobby? Who knows!
Folks who make video games! @officialgdc.bsky.social is running the annual State of the Industry survey again. You should take the chance to weigh in!
The survey's gone through a major overhaul this year and your voice will matter even more: gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
The survey's gone through a major overhaul this year and your voice will matter even more: gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This enormously pernicious and no one should still be on Substack - not just because of the Nazis, but for sheer practical business reasons.
Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business
August 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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I used em-dashes before ChatGPT crawled out of math's asshole and I'll use them once LLMs join pet rocks and Betamax in the dustbin of history--God willing.
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
two democrats were subjects of an assassination attempt less than two weeks ago, and one of them and her husband is lying in state and it's treated like a natural disaster, Mamdani refuses to swear fealty to Israel and it's the only thing people talk about
the way that no act of right-wing violence ever seems to change the media or political elite of this country's world view is just fucking maddening
June 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
PEOPLE LIKE POLITICIANS WHO GENUINELY WANT TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER.
key words there are "genuinely want". people can smell falseness. policy quibbles are, I think, considerably less importance than just anyone willing to say "the world can be better, and I want to make that happen"
key words there are "genuinely want". people can smell falseness. policy quibbles are, I think, considerably less importance than just anyone willing to say "the world can be better, and I want to make that happen"
this is why people were excited about walz for a sec, why people like JB, why people like AOC, why people like bernie. they're all very different places on the socialist-to-centrist scale but they do all clearly believe in what they're saying, and have signature progressive policies they fight for
June 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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City Kit: Industrial is now available! These 3D #gameassets are compatible with all game engines and it's totally free (CC0) to use in your games, no permission/donation/credit required!
kenney.nl/assets/city-...
kenney.nl/assets/city-...
June 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
City Kit: Industrial is now available! These 3D #gameassets are compatible with all game engines and it's totally free (CC0) to use in your games, no permission/donation/credit required!
kenney.nl/assets/city-...
kenney.nl/assets/city-...
this was always annoying, but now that there are no republicans left who even pretend to do it back, it is a level of Charlie Brown / Lucy / football clownery that no one can take anymore
Something the Mamdani win demonstrates is the extent to which the reigning cadre of ancient, establishment, centrist Dems think it’s more important to be on good terms with their GOP colleagues than it is to represent their own voters, and how thoroughly sick of this literally everyone is.
June 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Please help Mae if you can folks, she really needs our help
Folks, I’m up shit creek again, and I really need your help. I wasn’t able to make a partial rent payment last week, and my landlord is demanding a full payment before Friday or he’s going to start the eviction process.
I’m “MaeGodHaveMercy” on PayPal, Venmo and Cash App. Any help is appreciated.
I’m “MaeGodHaveMercy” on PayPal, Venmo and Cash App. Any help is appreciated.
June 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
June 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
Worth also noting that there was a huge mobilization against the war in Iraq (see the February 15th anti-war protests for details) but it wasn’t sufficient to pressure people in power and the Bush regime did it anyway
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
June 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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The recent protests I've attended have been filled to the brim with people indistinguishable from grocery store shoppers.
Little pockets of Online peeking through, but most people looked and sounded like who I share space with day to day.
They carry signs in favor of American ideals.
Little pockets of Online peeking through, but most people looked and sounded like who I share space with day to day.
They carry signs in favor of American ideals.
The people railing about Cowardly Liberals right now really don’t seem to understand how I bet at least 90% of the people who show up to protest would self-identify as if you asked them about their political beliefs
June 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The recent protests I've attended have been filled to the brim with people indistinguishable from grocery store shoppers.
Little pockets of Online peeking through, but most people looked and sounded like who I share space with day to day.
They carry signs in favor of American ideals.
Little pockets of Online peeking through, but most people looked and sounded like who I share space with day to day.
They carry signs in favor of American ideals.
This is a long shot and super short notice but anyone coming over from EU to Magiccon Vegas have a German foil copy of Beseech the Mirror they'd be willing to part with?
June 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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i'm not saying we will learn anything good from it but we will learn from new information which is one way to be better than a tankie brain
June 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
i'm not saying we will learn anything good from it but we will learn from new information which is one way to be better than a tankie brain
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tankie brain needs to be studied for science
It's bad enough that people force me to deal with "defending yourself against invasion with guns is exactly the same as invading with guns," but now I have witnessed "we shouldnt worry about wars between European countries because they love being at war with each other"
June 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
tankie brain needs to be studied for science
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We've got more Street Fighter adjacent fan fiction for you! @brockway.bsky.social brings us part two of the almost approved Street Fighter novel Dream Never Ends. It's got a surprisingly low amount of Street Fighting. 1900hotdog.com/2025/06/punc...
June 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We've got more Street Fighter adjacent fan fiction for you! @brockway.bsky.social brings us part two of the almost approved Street Fighter novel Dream Never Ends. It's got a surprisingly low amount of Street Fighting. 1900hotdog.com/2025/06/punc...
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Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
AUSTIN, TX—Stressing that the billionaire’s completely erratic behavior had strained the already fraught relationships, sources confirmed Thursday that a rift was widening between Elon Musk and anyone...
theonion.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
Target FORGOT TO WRITE COPY for their pride line this year i’m obsessed with how much big box stores dgaf and have stopped pretending to
May 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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Hero (FFXIV)
MTG x Final Fantasy
AD: Eisuke Takeda
I had fun working on this piece. It's always the player's dilemma on which job to go for after maxing out their current class.
#MTGxFinalFantasy
MTG x Final Fantasy
AD: Eisuke Takeda
I had fun working on this piece. It's always the player's dilemma on which job to go for after maxing out their current class.
#MTGxFinalFantasy
May 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Hero (FFXIV)
MTG x Final Fantasy
AD: Eisuke Takeda
I had fun working on this piece. It's always the player's dilemma on which job to go for after maxing out their current class.
#MTGxFinalFantasy
MTG x Final Fantasy
AD: Eisuke Takeda
I had fun working on this piece. It's always the player's dilemma on which job to go for after maxing out their current class.
#MTGxFinalFantasy
Some GREAT good news for a change:
The streets of Romania are erupting in celebration tonight.
Nicusor Dan, Romania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win the presidential election.
Many say he has done the impossible 53.92 vs 46.08%🥳
The world is rejecting Trumpism.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The streets of Romania are erupting in celebration tonight.
Nicusor Dan, Romania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win the presidential election.
Many say he has done the impossible 53.92 vs 46.08%🥳
The world is rejecting Trumpism.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
May 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to us and it is now fully independent and employee-owned. We'll see you all on Tuesday for the Giant Bombcast.
For more info right now, head over to www.giantbomb.com/join
For more info right now, head over to www.giantbomb.com/join
May 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM