*hired someone else to forge some rings in a mountain, then stiffed that craftsman for the bill

...something, something, amaranth

IDK I worked all day

The nicknames make so much sense and are a great way to keep characters straight in your head when you've only had a relatively small amount of time with the characters

Alanna

OMG PREETI. IT IS YOUR JAM.

WAIT

READ IT WITH JENN AFTER THE ARTHURIAN SAGA

This is gonna sound basic as hell but my dad read The Lord of the Rings to me as a bedtime story when I was 4 & i spent my childhood wanting to be Aragorn (then hit my 20s & realized I wanted to be Samwise). It ignited my love for all things with swords or dragons or deep lore

Not Ticks & Leeches (you know the part)? Ehhhh ... Maybe save that for a debate

Ok the above quote is only part of an entire banger of a section that sounds like it could have been written today, 11/10/25, about the country i live in (The US). Fuckin great section. Holy shit.

#Malazan

The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.

The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:

Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)

This is correct. You've put in the work, it's great to see the recognition you deserve