FLASH SPECTATOR

So, on Sunday we went to see the Halloween parade, and of course we had Dexter with us, which I was worried he'd get scared, but wee man was utterly transfixed. Photo source: Darachphotography

The Meta takedown of the No Kings' account on the biggest early vote push in history was bad. But it's encouraging that key congressional leaders are asking the right questions. www.ms.now/news/instagr...

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

COMING UP: Preliminary hearing before magistrate judge Faruqui in the criminal case of former FBI agents charged with false statements to Congress and obstruction. Things could get very interesting... I'm here in the media room for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along!

Huge if true

i heard openai just found out 1 + 1 = 2, with LEAN proof and everything. its getting f*cking dangerous

In 2016, while Pizzagate was taking off, I felt like I was losing my mind because I and EVERYBODY ELSE IN NYC KNEW that Trump and Epstein were best friends and nobody seemed to care. Epstein didn't become a US household word until the Miami Herald piece about his amazing plea deal in 2018.

Weretober 2026: Storm Elephant Last one for me, thanks for following along this year.

NEW: For over a year, staff at Oklahoma’s regulatory agency built a case against the oil company with the state’s highest number of oil field pollution incidents and violations. Instead of punishing the company, officials let it restart operations. with @readfrontier.bsky.social

Trump II as very specifically an effort to erase JFK seems like an underdiscussed angle. Bulldozed Jackie's rose garden, threatening to bulldoze the Kennedy Center, stripped the Kennedy blue off Air Force One, shuttered USAID, put JFK's animal torturing nephew in charge of reviving polio, now this

video games the same. can't make 5 successful games, need 1 mega billion dollar game or its a bad investment and we fire everyone

Kushner took a $50 mn bribe from the Emiratis to orchestrate the firing of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, according to Matt Cole's new book, Princes and Thieves, out today. To be clear, this is a serious felony, if true.

taps the sign

that 40p a week is going to make all the difference

‘Druid Quarter’ Excerpt (part 1)

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY and i would like to shamelessly self-promote my dog comics and associated merch if that's alright with you i make a silly webcomic about my dog and then i post it online for entertainment it's called the pyr review and you should check it out (instagram: @the_pyr_review)

Georgia is one of the main states to watch for Republicans to redo their WI/NC playbook of using the lame duck session to entrench power after losing elections. New reporting on what they might do if they lose: www.ajc.com/politics/202...

i am so fucking lucky that whoever screenshotted my tweet back in 2022 edited out my name

Jesus washed his apostles’ feet with a basin and towel (John 13 iirc). This act is often used as the basis of sermons on the nature of service and leadership and love; that is, using a simple tool, like service to those who love and believe in you, can mean more than whatever act of service itself

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As ever, three quarters of "look at this asshole" is always "look at this". Don't do PR for the fash. Don't give free advertising to the worst bastards. There is no dunk witty enough to warrant amplifying their hate.

im personally not a mechsplo gal [*] but i think people are dismissive of it as a subculture & microgenre in ways that feel a bit unfair to it and the women who work within the scene imo. i think art subcultures to explore sexuality are neat + evolve esp. in dialogue w/ how ppl engage w robot genres

Related: I’m still looking for leads and help on jobs, fellowships, and freelance contracts on drones, GIS, aid, disaster, OSINT, tech ethics, and journalism. I simply will not work for evil people and/or weapons manufacturers, which is also why I haven’t had paying work since Trump 2.0 began.

The persecution of @repilhan.bsky.social just days before an election is vile and politically-motivated. I'm leading 175 House Democrats in denouncing this. When we retake power, we have to seriously look at how we can stop these abuses of power — starting with the power of the purse.

Using Black people’s likenesses for AI-generated ads where you cast them as stereotypes isn’t just incredibly unethical, it should be illegal www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/hou...

Okay, I deleted the original post because people didn't check the link at all and mistook my typo of "young men" seriously. I clearly meant young women. Not sure why this isn't a bigger story, but I read this entire report today. It's gutting. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

#til A Chinese nickname for Trump: "'Chuan Jianguo,' which roughly means 'Trump, the (Chinese) nation builder.'"

Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade “Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”

Abdul El Sayed: Codify Roe. Pass a law that codifies Roe. We should have done it along time ago. This shouldn't be up for debate anymore.

With the recent news about the passing of Chiba Tetsuya (creator of Ashita no Joe), I'd highly recommend watching last year's episode of Manben that spotlighted him. It's amazing to watch a veteran of their craft at work and there are a lot of charming moments. archive.org/details/manb...

Timeless classic

We aren’t legacy media but we led the morning with this from @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/donald-tru...

i think if you have adhd you should be allowed and actively encouraged to decline meeting invites if you are in the zone. actually i think everyone should be allowed to decline meeting invites all the time. abolish meetings.

there are a lot of queer spaces that sell alcohol and are places for cruising, but there should be other queer spaces you know? like a place where no matter where you are in the world you can make it your home and join the pharmaceutical institute on the mobile landship that also has a paramilitary

You can do the same thing, buying a house and borrowing against it—ha ha, just kidding, normal people get taxed annually on their wealth via property taxes, the "you can't tax wealth, the economy will collapse!" rule applies solely to the super-rich.

NEW: An army of volunteers and activists across the US have been training for months to face down ICE at the polls on election day. The message they have for the Trump administration? "We're ready" 1/ www.wired.com/story/massiv...

This Day in Labor History: October 27, 1948. An air inversion trapped the pollution spewed out by U.S. Steel-owned factories in Donora, Pennsylvania. The Donora Fog killed 20 people and sickened 6000 others. Let's talk about this deadly legacy of industrial pollution. That photo was taken at noon!

'we can't stop ai so we might as well go along with it' you realize that's a bad guy phrase. the good guys in the stories would never say that. that's a villain framing.

Roblox delenda est honestly

A Moon Child mod for the Left 4 Dead 2 zombie shooter game is in the works by @thenoodlesnoodly.bsky.social, replacing the Ellis character with @ricesnot.bsky.social's low-poly Moon Child 3D model. 🔫🙂 The mod will be available in the Steam Workshop.