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Not the gay porn star.
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
I published TTRPGs back in the 90s.
In retrospect, one of the things I'm most proud of in Gatecrasher? Orcs and goblins as player characters. Because why wouldn't they be?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
In retrospect, one of the things I'm most proud of in Gatecrasher? Orcs and goblins as player characters. Because why wouldn't they be?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons & Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I published TTRPGs back in the 90s.
In retrospect, one of the things I'm most proud of in Gatecrasher? Orcs and goblins as player characters. Because why wouldn't they be?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
In retrospect, one of the things I'm most proud of in Gatecrasher? Orcs and goblins as player characters. Because why wouldn't they be?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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if you put it in the louvre he’ll never see it
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
if you put it in the louvre he’ll never see it
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incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
SCOTUS somehow refused to reopen gay marriage? 😮but also: YAY!
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Also: to hell with Kim Davis
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Also: to hell with Kim Davis
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SCOTUS somehow refused to reopen gay marriage? 😮but also: YAY!
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Also: to hell with Kim Davis
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Also: to hell with Kim Davis
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Live look at GOP HQ, moments after getting Dem proposal to end the shutdown.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Live look at GOP HQ, moments after getting Dem proposal to end the shutdown.
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As someone who has previously been a starving writer treated like a disposable tool, this is both hilarious and hitting very close to home.
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
As someone who has previously been a starving writer treated like a disposable tool, this is both hilarious and hitting very close to home.
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
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am i doing this right
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
am i doing this right
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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BSDCan — BSDCan
BSDCan is a technical BSD conference held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
www.bsdcan.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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weird bird looking at me
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
weird bird looking at me
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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Holy shit, that's a great story and I will never again be performatively irritated by that awkward name.
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Holy shit, that's a great story and I will never again be performatively irritated by that awkward name.
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We just won a court order blocking the Dept. of Ed from violating the First Amendment rights of furloughed federal workers, whose out-of-office emails were changed – without notice or permission – to include partisan political language.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We just won a court order blocking the Dept. of Ed from violating the First Amendment rights of furloughed federal workers, whose out-of-office emails were changed – without notice or permission – to include partisan political language.
For the public: last month's Patronizer-only "See the Sausage Being Made" post.
mwl.io/archives/24462
In which a Nice Ladyᵀᴹ on the airplane is very happy for "People Like Me."
mwl.io/archives/24462
In which a Nice Ladyᵀᴹ on the airplane is very happy for "People Like Me."
October’s Osmundaceous Sausage – Michael W Lucas
mwl.io
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For the public: last month's Patronizer-only "See the Sausage Being Made" post.
mwl.io/archives/24462
In which a Nice Ladyᵀᴹ on the airplane is very happy for "People Like Me."
mwl.io/archives/24462
In which a Nice Ladyᵀᴹ on the airplane is very happy for "People Like Me."
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My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
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Doing your best and failing to fit in 😔
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Doing your best and failing to fit in 😔
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Me: I'm gonna be productive today because I have to write this book, I have to do it
My brain: lol, lmao, also,
My brain: lol, lmao, also,
October 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Me: I'm gonna be productive today because I have to write this book, I have to do it
My brain: lol, lmao, also,
My brain: lol, lmao, also,