Eric Franklin

How did you like it?

They're *there,* not here.

I'm in Seattle. Makes a difference.

If we're lucky, they're here to enforce the Judge's order from yesterday giving the hostages inside access to telephones, etc.

Isn't that the mantra we all keep repeating whenever the current administration does anything?

Toy Battle Send forth an army of toys to conquer territories.

Played Toy Battle 3 times today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com

Star Trek Fluxx Fluxx in Original Series livery. Goals align to series tropes.

Played Star Trek Fluxx 2 times today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com

Yep. Mr. "Never Crowdfunding Again" is crowdfunding his clearance using platform designed for post-Kickstarter support.

I mean ... this IS post-Kickstarter. Waaaaay post-Kickstarter.

Did you type that with a straight face?

So many thoughts that I lost the ability to spell "Thoughts." Ah, well.

FAR WEST Redux Western. Wuxia. WILD. Adamant Entertainment is proud to present the Far West Adventure Game, our western-wuxia mash-up tabletop RPG. Over a decade in development, this 276-page, full-color rulebook ...

Oh. My. God.

I have SUCH THROUGHTS on this.

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

Short form? If you want to overpay for a mediocre game, there's a full marketplace out there.

If you really want THIS GAME, Noble Knight has it for the same price and doesn't support Skarka.

So if anyone had questions about who's in WA's ACCESS record system for DHS it turns out all you need to do is have some patience with PRA disclosures and some Excel skills.

WSP could lock out these users or audit them at their choice.

62-CR-26-846 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE 2/6/2026 At around 2:30 PM on February 5, 2026, troopers at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Ramsey County were alerted to a criminal damage to property incident that occurred on Capitol property. An art installation made of large blocks of ice that read: PROSECUTE ICE was on permitted display on the Capitol grounds between 6:30 AM and 11:30 PM on February 5, 2026. The Common Defense Organization had paid $6250 to a local artist to create the ice sculpture. The group had paid an additional $600 to have the ice sculpture removed after its permitted placement time lapsed. A man dressed in camouflage, later identified as EDWARD JACOB LANG (DOB: 08/29/1995), vandalized an ice sculpture. Lang kicked over and destroyed the letters SECUTE so the sculpture read: PRO ICE. Lang got into a RAM pickup and left the area. Troopers stopped the RAM and identified Lang as the man who had damaged the sculpture. Lang identified himself with his Florida license. Lang said he was on the Capitol grounds exercising his "First Amendment Right to Artistic Expression." When asked if he had damaged an ice sculpture, Lang said the sculpture was made of ice and could not sustain its structure. Land said he recorded the incident and posted it to his social media account. Troopers determined that Lang's criminal damage exceeded the felony threshold, and they arrested Lang. Lang was placed in a squad and asked a cohort to take a photo of him. A trooper advised Capitol security dispatch to save the video of the incident, and Lang replied that he had great video of the incident. Lang asked to be placed in protective custody at the jail. The Ramsey County Sheriff agreed to accommodate Lang's request to be placed in protective custody status. Lang declined a custodial statement, but he asked to convey a message to the prosecuting attorney: "I was creating art. I was exercising my First Amendment right…

The charging document for Jake Lang is up. It's a short, funny read, but I want to call out one passage:

"A trooper advised Capitol security dispatch to save the video of the incident, and Lang replied that he had great video of the incident."

drive.google.com/file/d/1wpoR...

Too many. Some of them are really only there because it lets them be assholes with zero consequences. Yet.

The "They're the same picture" meme from the Office. Pictured are "Baghdad Bob" (Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf) and Caroline Leavitt, two blatant liars whose public statements are at odds with observed reality.

Oh, wow.

GTM is my only real print credit (I wrote a cover article on Kemet in 2012 or so).

Screenshot of a map and table listing ICE warehouse purchase data.

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Asher Langton: I heard Nancy Mace doesn't take illegal drugs of any kind. Congresswoman Nancy Mace: Absurd. Crazy Left-wing FAKE NEWS. Just absurd. This is what happens when you have someone who goes against the machine, like Trump. And like Trump she is suing the pants off ALL MEDIA who print it.… See more

It’s really powerful to hear a series of ordinary citizens reading the bill of rights.

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... now we need to see if they actually turn them on.

And if there are consequences for "forgetting" to do so.

Not all heroes wear capes. But if this one does, he'll be very well-dressed.

Which one?

We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg:

It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."

Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

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This is the single funniest excuse he could have come up with for not wanting to be booed in public

I hope and pray you are right, but I've heard that sentiment so many times over the last year.

People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.

If you need whistles in #Spokane stop by Uncle's Games downtown to pick some up. While you're at it, support a worthy local business.