Michael
@1999ad.bsky.social
Here to admire your cats. Post more cats!
I “write about TTRPGs” (write polemics about other stuff and apologize for not writing about TTRPGs more) at 1999ad.blogspot.com
I “write about TTRPGs” (write polemics about other stuff and apologize for not writing about TTRPGs more) at 1999ad.blogspot.com
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am i full of regrets from wasting my one precious life (the end of which is approaching by the day, faster and faster and faster) or did i go to bed a little later than usual and it's cloudy outside. impossible to say. probably the first thing
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
am i full of regrets from wasting my one precious life (the end of which is approaching by the day, faster and faster and faster) or did i go to bed a little later than usual and it's cloudy outside. impossible to say. probably the first thing
“Every parade has the right to exist in New York City”
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“Every parade has the right to exist in New York City”
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nothing fundamental is going to change about the life you’ve already built for yourself unless you make it. it’s happening right now
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
nothing fundamental is going to change about the life you’ve already built for yourself unless you make it. it’s happening right now
It’s a shame that the worlds of high-stakes poker and literacy have so little overlap that nobody ever seems to have asked Molly Bloom whether she’s read Ulysses
September 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It’s a shame that the worlds of high-stakes poker and literacy have so little overlap that nobody ever seems to have asked Molly Bloom whether she’s read Ulysses
Bewildering and disheartening to see literally hundreds of people line up in Osita Nwanevu’s replies to insist that American hegemony is good, actually. Never in human history have a people so saturated in propaganda been less aware of it or more falsely sure of their sophistication and virtue.
September 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Bewildering and disheartening to see literally hundreds of people line up in Osita Nwanevu’s replies to insist that American hegemony is good, actually. Never in human history have a people so saturated in propaganda been less aware of it or more falsely sure of their sophistication and virtue.
Yes, the “please don’t put in the newspaper that I love Henry Kissinger” bit is comedy gold, but the craziest thing about the Chotiner interview is that Sunstein freely admits to believing in nothing.
What are human rights? Oh, you know, whatever you feel like. Definitely nothing universal!
What are human rights? Oh, you know, whatever you feel like. Definitely nothing universal!
September 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yes, the “please don’t put in the newspaper that I love Henry Kissinger” bit is comedy gold, but the craziest thing about the Chotiner interview is that Sunstein freely admits to believing in nothing.
What are human rights? Oh, you know, whatever you feel like. Definitely nothing universal!
What are human rights? Oh, you know, whatever you feel like. Definitely nothing universal!
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This explains it better than I can
September 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This explains it better than I can
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society would improve immediately if we just seized the assets of every person who wrote jeffrey epstein a birthday note
September 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
society would improve immediately if we just seized the assets of every person who wrote jeffrey epstein a birthday note
Wrote for the Appendix N blog bandwagon about how my brain got to be the way it is and how Ursula K. Le Guin came to be the chief architect of my mind palace: 1999ad.blogspot.com/2025/09/appe...
Appendix M for Michael
Illustration for The Tombs of Atuan by Charles Vess (from The Books of Earthsea ) All the creative works that influenced me and my own crea...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Wrote for the Appendix N blog bandwagon about how my brain got to be the way it is and how Ursula K. Le Guin came to be the chief architect of my mind palace: 1999ad.blogspot.com/2025/09/appe...
Destroying the Corporation for Public Broadcasting isn’t the worst or most harmful thing the administration has done, but it might be the thing that makes me the saddest yet. Taking joy and education away from children is just cartoon villain shit.
August 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Destroying the Corporation for Public Broadcasting isn’t the worst or most harmful thing the administration has done, but it might be the thing that makes me the saddest yet. Taking joy and education away from children is just cartoon villain shit.
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[after thinking about it for three hours] ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL
July 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
[after thinking about it for three hours] ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL
Larry Summers will never contribute anything worthwhile to society in any way, but the absolute least he could do is shut the fuck up and disappear from public life completely and permanently
June 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Larry Summers will never contribute anything worthwhile to society in any way, but the absolute least he could do is shut the fuck up and disappear from public life completely and permanently
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brad lander primary chuck schumer
June 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
brad lander primary chuck schumer
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My latest for the New York Times:
June 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My latest for the New York Times:
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Do the right thing: rank me #1, Zohran #2, and DON'T RANK ANDREW CUOMO.
June 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Do the right thing: rank me #1, Zohran #2, and DON'T RANK ANDREW CUOMO.
Looking at Iran and saying, “Killing all these civilians is a regrettable necessity, and if they didn’t want to die they’d overthrow their evil government” establishes a precedent Americans really do NOT want to live with.
June 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Looking at Iran and saying, “Killing all these civilians is a regrettable necessity, and if they didn’t want to die they’d overthrow their evil government” establishes a precedent Americans really do NOT want to live with.
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It's pretty telling that the second part of the "Mamdani is a danger to Jewish new yorkers" pitch is always "so vote for sexual harasser shitbag Italian Catholic Andrew Cuomo" and not "so vote for Jewish Progressive Brad Lander"
June 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It's pretty telling that the second part of the "Mamdani is a danger to Jewish new yorkers" pitch is always "so vote for sexual harasser shitbag Italian Catholic Andrew Cuomo" and not "so vote for Jewish Progressive Brad Lander"
It was gonna be tempting to make fun of this parade regardless, but this truly is pathetic. Shambolic, limp, and there are three times as many people in the parade as there are watching! Massive loser energy.
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It was gonna be tempting to make fun of this parade regardless, but this truly is pathetic. Shambolic, limp, and there are three times as many people in the parade as there are watching! Massive loser energy.
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nervous to go to protests? Don’t be. They will be peaceful family affairs. Go with a group, peel off if anything makes you nervous, don’t stay to the bitter end.
This moment calls for all Americans to express their rights. And when some cannot, it’s important for others to stand in their place.
This moment calls for all Americans to express their rights. And when some cannot, it’s important for others to stand in their place.
June 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
nervous to go to protests? Don’t be. They will be peaceful family affairs. Go with a group, peel off if anything makes you nervous, don’t stay to the bitter end.
This moment calls for all Americans to express their rights. And when some cannot, it’s important for others to stand in their place.
This moment calls for all Americans to express their rights. And when some cannot, it’s important for others to stand in their place.
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It’s so annoying how every dullard who just learned what an em dash is now thinks they’re experts at spotting ai writing
June 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It’s so annoying how every dullard who just learned what an em dash is now thinks they’re experts at spotting ai writing
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Every blue state should be calling emergency sessions to set up systems of actual authority and mutual aid in an effort to protect their citizens and themselves from the coming war between the federal government and democratically held states.
At this point, Newsom should be calling an emergency session of the legislature and considering some very uncomfortable options
June 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Every blue state should be calling emergency sessions to set up systems of actual authority and mutual aid in an effort to protect their citizens and themselves from the coming war between the federal government and democratically held states.
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It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
Sam Altman thinks AI will “spin straw into gold” next year
June 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Sam Altman thinks AI will “spin straw into gold” next year
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the Brazilian replies to this post will take you on a fucking journey
A Brazilian comedian has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for ‘bigoted’ jokes told in 2022. The decision marks the latest effort by Brazil to place limits on freedom of expression.
Brazilian comedian sentenced to 8 years in prison for ‘bigoted’ jokes
The ruling against comedian Leo Lins for jokes told in 2022 is shaping up as the next front in Brazil’s escalating struggle over freedom of expression.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
the Brazilian replies to this post will take you on a fucking journey
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