NerdMichele is reading ASTARION BY T KINGFISHER !!!

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

In the back of the drawer I found the watch that I lost at the start of the pandemic, and so I kept digging and so I kept digging to see if I could find the other things that I lost at the start of the pandemic, but (alas) my faith in other people wasn’t in there.

Michigan is where Hoosiers get their weed, so... (Personally, I'd say our favorite state is "denial".)

Had to draw the ‘cat puddle on a glass table’ photo because WHO COULD RESIST #art #cat

No. 🗞️💥

"I was told," said the princess, "that the point of fairy tales is not to tell children dragons exist, but that they can be killed." "Oh, absolutely!" said the dragon. "You agree?" "These rich, selfish, powerful, cruel beings that need killing, did you think they're literally dragons, princess?"

🚨 WILLIAMSON COUNTY: Reports of Tennessee voting machines flipping Democratic/ @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social votes to Republicans/@marshablackburn votes 🤔 (Folks in Memphis have said the same)

For so much of my career as a game writer, Bioware stood as the pinnacle of our craft. It's been a long, slow decline, and I knew their last project was troubled, but this still feels like the end of a golden era

RIP to one of the greatest video game shops to ever exist.

Just 10 people have already poured over $1 BILLION into this year’s midterm elections. 90% has gone to Republicans. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy.

The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks. The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. When Trump touts the stock market as a sign of a good economy, remember who is benefiting the most.

You know, Elon, if you just paid your taxes, we could give those kids food and healthcare, things far more valuable than stock in a government-welfare-dependent company that is bound to go bankrupt eventually.

Really, I can't state this strongly enough. If you can't handle having a queer or trans child, don't have children. And if you are a queer or trans young person, as much as it might hurt, if your family can't love you for who you are, there are better people who will.

Morning

the term Andy uses here - decades - is accurate and shows why it’s come to this I am 41 years old and unless Dems win both the Senate and the Presidency for enough consecutive terms to prevent strategic retirements - they won’t - we either expand the court or I will die before I see a Dem majority

@jamellebouie.net being eloquent and to the point as always.

From its founding, the United States has never been a full democracy. That's why. Every person has one vote, but some are worth 68 times more than others. If you don't fix that, the majority will NEVER have a proportional say over American domestic and foreign policy

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. And we certainly wouldn't have public executions. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It's about cruelty.

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

"It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%." ~ Bernie Sanders #DavidHorsey

My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet

it’s just great marketing

Brown was the more specific. “To ensure that Social Security benefits are there for future generations, we need to ensure that billionaires are paying their fair share by raising the tax cap so we can extend the life of the program” ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/12/o...

Look, people keep saying shit like this, and I do not know how to explain to people that "I want the Democrats to hold the GOP accountable for their crimes" is not a statement that the GOP has no agency. It is saying they have agency, they are choosing to do evil, and you have to stand up to them.

President @barackobama.bsky.social showed me something in myself I might never have seen without him. I’m humbled to have his support in this fight. The Affordable Care Act will have laid the groundwork for guaranteed healthcare and I'm honored to pick up his baton and finally pass Medicare for All.

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If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale.

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WELKER: Earlier this year you said President Trump should be impeached. What do you see as his impeachable offenses? EL-SAYED: Like, which one? There are many. Making sure that every president understands who comes after Trump that there is a rule of law I think that is absolutely critical

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Seventeen years later… The time has come for Machinarium 2 🦾🔧 Wishlist NOW on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1619280/...

happy spooky month 🎃

Not good news! The US won’t have international observers for the mid-terms, and is cooking up a pretext for seizing voting machines. youtube.com/shorts/gD3D6...

the tech industry is about to invent books

Top-tier weird little guy on an incantation bowl from Nippur, Iraq, c 500 BCE, in the Penn Museum.

Or an investment which pays for itself tenfold.

I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.

I don't need more motivation, but knowing we'll never have to deal with this fucking orange-pedo ass licker is icing on the cake.

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

decided to hop on the latest art trend how did I do

No, he’s not dead yet. But thanks to him and gutless Republicans, our economy is.