Scooby Shakespeare
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Kaidan Alenko is the poster child for this one. "I went through hell, but it left me a super-powerful biotic! Except compared with Liara.
"But okay, asari, fine, I'm the best human biotic! Except for Jack. Or Miranda. Or Shepard if they're an Adept..."
"But okay, asari, fine, I'm the best human biotic! Except for Jack. Or Miranda. Or Shepard if they're an Adept..."
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Kaidan Alenko is the poster child for this one. "I went through hell, but it left me a super-powerful biotic! Except compared with Liara.
"But okay, asari, fine, I'm the best human biotic! Except for Jack. Or Miranda. Or Shepard if they're an Adept..."
"But okay, asari, fine, I'm the best human biotic! Except for Jack. Or Miranda. Or Shepard if they're an Adept..."
My wife is still mad that (because they just used the same animations whoever it was) the cutscenes for Horizon show Kaidan using an assault rifle and making no use of his biotics.
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My wife is still mad that (because they just used the same animations whoever it was) the cutscenes for Horizon show Kaidan using an assault rifle and making no use of his biotics.
That'll teach them not to include the regeneration scene in No Time to Die.
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
That'll teach them not to include the regeneration scene in No Time to Die.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
You'd think he'd have been forewarned.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You'd think he'd have been forewarned.
Belatedly realizing that assuming his job was linked to the Senate office, Sir Humphrey's bosses would have been Palpatine ("another mysterious masked figure to see you, Senator"), then Padme ("Anakin Skywalker for another... policy discussion") & then Jar Jar.
Now I *really* want to see this show.
Now I *really* want to see this show.
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Belatedly realizing that assuming his job was linked to the Senate office, Sir Humphrey's bosses would have been Palpatine ("another mysterious masked figure to see you, Senator"), then Padme ("Anakin Skywalker for another... policy discussion") & then Jar Jar.
Now I *really* want to see this show.
Now I *really* want to see this show.
Or the BBC version: "Yessa, Senator".
(Honestly, the Galactic Republic Sir Humphrey Appleby having to deal with Senator Binks would be comedy gold.)
(Honestly, the Galactic Republic Sir Humphrey Appleby having to deal with Senator Binks would be comedy gold.)
November 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Or the BBC version: "Yessa, Senator".
(Honestly, the Galactic Republic Sir Humphrey Appleby having to deal with Senator Binks would be comedy gold.)
(Honestly, the Galactic Republic Sir Humphrey Appleby having to deal with Senator Binks would be comedy gold.)
[Ken Burns narrator reads: "'I could smell the onions and the mustard.' Gregory Lairmore, November 2025."]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmx...
"The Civil War" Soundtrack - Ashokan Farewell
YouTube video by Movie Music HQ
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November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
[Ken Burns narrator reads: "'I could smell the onions and the mustard.' Gregory Lairmore, November 2025."]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmx...
RIP Nihlus, one of only two known Spectres *not* to have gone rogue and defied the Citadel Council.
(Not you, Commander "Grand Theft Normandy" Shepard.)
(Not you, Commander "Grand Theft Normandy" Shepard.)
November 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
RIP Nihlus, one of only two known Spectres *not* to have gone rogue and defied the Citadel Council.
(Not you, Commander "Grand Theft Normandy" Shepard.)
(Not you, Commander "Grand Theft Normandy" Shepard.)
Though he's implicitly expecting there to *be* a future Democratic Senate majority, despite the heavy lift posed by near-future maps.
Of course a lot of the unspoken point of the filibuster is to give cover to the majority to not do things it doesn't want to do, but says it does.
Of course a lot of the unspoken point of the filibuster is to give cover to the majority to not do things it doesn't want to do, but says it does.
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Though he's implicitly expecting there to *be* a future Democratic Senate majority, despite the heavy lift posed by near-future maps.
Of course a lot of the unspoken point of the filibuster is to give cover to the majority to not do things it doesn't want to do, but says it does.
Of course a lot of the unspoken point of the filibuster is to give cover to the majority to not do things it doesn't want to do, but says it does.
Or for those of us of a certain age...
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Or for those of us of a certain age...
![[A horizontal timeline spanning between the years 1875 and 2022. Every year is indicated by a tick below the line, and labeled every 5 years. There is a gap between 1883 and 1989 with jagged lines to indicate a jump in time. 7 sections are labeled on the chart, each with a border except for the first and last:]
[1875, with no border:]
Telephone ringer invented
[1878-1883:]
Normal ringing sounds
[Gap and jagged lines to indicate jump in time from 1883 to 1989]
[1989-1996:]
Normal ringing sounds
[1996-2003:]
Cool space beeps
[2003-2009:]
Song and novelty ringtones
[2009-2013:]
Cool space beeps
[2013-2019:]
Normal ringing sounds
[2020, with no border:]
Everyone sets their phones to vibrate
[Caption below the panel:]
After 140 years, humanity is finally on the verge of winning the war against ringtones.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:25if5y4zwlxwq6culxpnusfs/bafkreidcl4ueidgpue6xbyp4lgmqjcizrsfc3cfezkdfgggar5yaqcs3ju@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"But surely after the first few cases, every suspect would know to clam up and refer Lt. Columbo to their attorney!"
[Reads another Chotiner interview] "Oh."
[Reads another Chotiner interview] "Oh."
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"But surely after the first few cases, every suspect would know to clam up and refer Lt. Columbo to their attorney!"
[Reads another Chotiner interview] "Oh."
[Reads another Chotiner interview] "Oh."
Well, they didn't have Netflix yet.
This site makes an attempt to give the history. (I knew the phrase, but hadn't thought to look into it before.)
This site makes an attempt to give the history. (I knew the phrase, but hadn't thought to look into it before.)
October 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Well, they didn't have Netflix yet.
This site makes an attempt to give the history. (I knew the phrase, but hadn't thought to look into it before.)
This site makes an attempt to give the history. (I knew the phrase, but hadn't thought to look into it before.)
Granted, it would help if we didn't each carry and consult our own pocket palantir.
October 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Granted, it would help if we didn't each carry and consult our own pocket palantir.
Yeah. "[D]espair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not."
Or as an essay I liked from 2020 put it, "Never go full Denethor."
Or as an essay I liked from 2020 put it, "Never go full Denethor."
October 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yeah. "[D]espair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not."
Or as an essay I liked from 2020 put it, "Never go full Denethor."
Or as an essay I liked from 2020 put it, "Never go full Denethor."
One of those images that people of a certain age can't look at without the theme music playing in their heads.
October 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
One of those images that people of a certain age can't look at without the theme music playing in their heads.
I know the Trommites were hardcore pacifists, but I feel like not turning the *rayguns* into argon was carrying it a little far.
October 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I know the Trommites were hardcore pacifists, but I feel like not turning the *rayguns* into argon was carrying it a little far.
I'm reminded of a bit in the 80s Action Comics Weekly when Clark Kent gets temporarily imbued with Green Lantern energy. "Oh. Just what I need. *More* power," he says, rolling his eyes and waiting for it to go away.
October 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I'm reminded of a bit in the 80s Action Comics Weekly when Clark Kent gets temporarily imbued with Green Lantern energy. "Oh. Just what I need. *More* power," he says, rolling his eyes and waiting for it to go away.
What concerns me is that it's not dramatically different from Biden on the same day in office, and higher than Trump's first term at the same point.
Granted, each went on to lose his next election. But it doesn't suggest that what's going on is *unusually* unpopular, or precludes a comeback.
Granted, each went on to lose his next election. But it doesn't suggest that what's going on is *unusually* unpopular, or precludes a comeback.
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What concerns me is that it's not dramatically different from Biden on the same day in office, and higher than Trump's first term at the same point.
Granted, each went on to lose his next election. But it doesn't suggest that what's going on is *unusually* unpopular, or precludes a comeback.
Granted, each went on to lose his next election. But it doesn't suggest that what's going on is *unusually* unpopular, or precludes a comeback.
