Charles

People complained that the prequels "ruined their childhoods," but my childhood was all the EU books/games in the 90s, and those were *actually* replaced with the much worse world of the sequels. (My blissful childhood did not retroactively care about any of this, however.)

SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr The highly unorthodox personnel change affects a critical government research role.

THE EXPERIENCED HEAD OF A CRITICAL OFFICE that helps organize important technical research and disburse billions of dollars in funding for the U.S. Navy is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience. www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...

YouTube video by Some Old Videos Mormon "Share a Little Bit of Yourself" ad (1986)

I don’t remember that one but this ‘making a pizza’ one has been in mine: youtu.be/Qg8D6QqQVlg?...

Thinking back to Constitutional Law with Randy Barnett(!) when I made an impassioned point about how the Roman Republic collapsed, the design of the Constitution was to stop that, and he scoffed, "we're not Rome."

"I pay the soldiers, not the Senate" was how Gaius Marius kicked off the end.

Most Americans may not be familiar with Gaius Marius, but the Founders sure were

Which U.S. citizens find very relatable right now

Seven million patriots celebrated the real America today.

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

I see ‘Final Fantasy horror one-shot’ and naturally assume the players are being tasking with trying to install and run FFXI in under an hour

A portrait of Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī

Was the below not the correct reference photo for the Halloween costume my daughter wanted??

I received only awkward silence.

An image of a black leather leg brace attachment with no fewer than four belts/buckles.

I got a new leg brace attachment yesterday and immediately asked the orthopedist, "Who designed this? Tetsuya Nomura?"

Perhaps the greatest Truth

The presidency as Cox n’Crendor bits

Opinion | Trump’s Most Lethal Policy

I've been reporting in East Africa on the impact of President Trump's USAID cuts, and I find that not only are children dying in large numbers but the pace is accelerating as stockpiles run out and people grow weaker. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

I've also found that when I cancel subscriptions in protest, I rarely miss them and it mostly frees up a lot of time. Everything is competing for our attention, and it's nice not to even be tempted.

An image of a Disney+ cancellation

I didn't watch Kimmel but I believe strongly in the First Amendment. It's wrong for the government to use threats of coercion to suppress protected speech by the opposition, and it's wrong to be cowardly in response.

She would like to know if you have any Shabiri grapes

Old photograph of a baby lying on a blanket beside a small toy and a teapot, with a shadowy background suggesting an indoor setting.

16 September 1943 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Anna Schvorc, (or Schvarc) was born in Géberjén.

In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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Learn about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_6_dep_zydow/

Rambling to other drafters at FNM about Final Fantasy games and references. Well, I still do that, but during those drafts they listened.

Can your vaunted science explain this!?

(I assume it can, easily)
((But I would still watch a YouTube video explaining exploding eyeliner))

The NYT Spelling Bee, showing the letters SCOLKH with B in the center

I wonder what the occasion was to grace us with the forbidden letter this time

Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.

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It finally happened!!!

Anything for more New Capenna deco setting

SCOTUS thought they could ride the tiger and get what they wanted ideologically. In exchange, they would give him everything he wanted except the Fed. Just leave the Fed alone and you can ignore all federal law. But it ended the same way it has for everyone who tried to ride the tiger since 2016.

A vintage photograph of a smiling girl holding two dolls.

22 August 1941 | Hungarian Jewish girl Beáta Donner was born.

In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

No one had mentioned this to me before I saw, and was initially confused by, seeing two legends with the same first name. When I realized what you were doing, and saw it was also done with several other characters, I loved it. More of this please!