Colin Brodd (he/him)

Tonight's film - introducing my kids to Doctor Strangelove!

From the book "Hannibal's Road" by Mike Roberts. Not sure how the name Titus Otalicius Crassus got jumbled up like that. I mean, Crassus is not even a proper Roman praenomen.

Happy Nones of December to all who celebrate!

A drawing of the Enterprise E from behind, with a pinky/purpley space backdrop including a large planet just poking into frame from above. Text says: "Much like the Federation, I too have lofty ideals and no money."

The Supreme Court Has Always Upheld White Supremacy Receipts show the current Court's right wing extremist rulings are not aberrations, but manifestations of SCOTUS history—and that must change

BREAKING: In a shadow docket 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS reinstates Texas' racist gerrymandered maps that disenfranchise Black & brown people.

But if you think this is new, a reminder—with receipts—that SCOTUS has ALWAYS upheld white supremacy in America.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-suprem...

To Protect Gerrymanders, GOP Lawmakers Target Judges — and Voters Read more here.

"Republican legislators around the country have identified the biggest obstacles to their unprecedented mid-decade redistricting: the courts and the voters. So they’re responding by launching an all-out war on both." - Billy Corriher
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/to-p...

Today in Rhode Island History:

1967: A revised version of its own earlier proposal for a new RI Constitution is approved by a state Constitutional Convention. April 16, 1968 is set for a special election at which voters will either ratify or reject the document.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constit...

What does a president who believes he can do whatever he wants look like? What does a president who believes he’s above the law look like? What does a president who believes he has total immunity look like?

It looks like this president. That’s what it looks like. Well done America.

This makes my blood run cold.

Karoline Leavitt at a White House press briefing

Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country”

The Supreme Court thought differently as it ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it - not that they care

This timing makes a lot more sense now, doesn’t it?

Adm. Alvin Holsey resigned in October as commander of U.S. Southern Command right after flagging concerns about those U.S. military strikes on “suspected” drug boats in the Caribbean.

He served for 37 years.

a.d. III Nonas Decembres (Die Mercurii, die tertio mensis Decembris) - Frigidum est hodie! Dies est sacer Bonae Deae.

Happy Bona Dea to all women who celebrate (and definitely NOT to the shade of Publius Clodius Pulcher)!

Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.

I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.

World Human Rights Day is December 10th, but you don't have to do this on a specific day. Just do what you can, when you can!

Take action and change a life Join Write for Rights today.

www.amnesty.org/en/get-invol...

Hey everyone, I would like to ask you all to participate in Amnesty International's annual "Write for Rights" campaign. Writing letters in support of human rights does not take much time, effort, or money, and can have a big impact. Write if you can!

25th Amendment now.

It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.

But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.

The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.

Some parts of New England are getting hammered with snow this morning, but here we just have some fog and a light rain . . .

@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”

Women across LinkedIn have been changing their gender settings to see how their posts fare on the platform if they pretend to be men. belib.org/womens-healt...

Must be almost December . . .

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.

If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.

It’s that simple.

Real photo.

Tonight's game of Barrowmaze 5E involved a confrontation with the Keeper of the Tablet of Chaos (who teleported away), 2 demons, and 4 necromantic acolytes of Nergal. It took about 2 hours to run 10-20 minutes of combat, then the PCs needed a long rest . . . Sigh . . .