Mike Ferdinando

gavin newsom is a very useful weathervane because he believes in nothing save the fact that he should be president

that he's making these noises about israel support should tell you how incredibly over it is for israel within the democratic party going forward

YouTube video by Mike Ferdinando VOID 1680 AM - Solo Play-Through: 2026-03-04

I recorded a play-through of the solo TTRPG "VOID 1680 AM." The songs I chose were prompted by the game, as were the various callers and what they wanted to talk about. All of the locations and businesses I mentioned are fake, but the music is real.

youtu.be/llPbeu7xcVU

1. How often do I play TTRPGs?
—Usually 2-3 times a week.

2. How often do I read/learn a new-to-me TTRPG?
—Probably at least once a month or so

3. How often do I play a new-to-me TTRPG?
—That waxes and wanes, but on average probably twice a month.

So far in 2026, I've tried 7 new games.

Trump is one of the simplest minds in history, so when he unprompted announces that we definitely have enough missiles and are not running out, it's not hard to figure out what that means

Behold the power of cheese.

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔

Yesterday, The Sheriffs, MPD and law enforcement brutally put down a peaceful anti-ICE protest outside of the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis.

There has been little to no coverage of what is happening in Minneapolis since Trump's supposed stand down, which is why we need to spread the word.

Fucking garbage.

Ban Kalshi and all these evil gambling sites.

YouTube video by Barnaby Jones Barnaby Jones - Kill The President (Official Music Video)

youtu.be/o8jdzfHvCI8

Minnesota would like a word.

YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

Great illustration of enshittification. By the Norwegian Consumer Council.

John
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there is no metric by which this is true. even 2028 primary polling (which is meaningless in general but seems like a fair yardstick here) doesn’t have him on top.

just a brazen attempt to impose him on us by the rich and the commentariat.

First TTRPG I played that wasn't D&D?

Pretty sure it was Star Frontiers, also by TSR.

Two posts from altnps.bsky.social: Amazing work, everyone the OpenAI boycott is working! And thank you to our international supporters who are joining us. Sam Altman is in panic mode he went on X tonight telling users to ask him anything about OpenAI’s Pentagon deal as the boycott of ChatGPT grows. We know a lot of people are choosing to boycott AI overall, and we support that. AI is terrible on the environment! At the same time, we understand many people still use AI tools. If you’re going use AI please delete the ChatGPT app, and switch to Claude by Anthropic instead.

If you give a shit about:

* Books
* Art
* Fresh water
* Food
* Breathing

an account with over 890,000 followers shilling for Anthropic is a HUGE red flag.

This account was sus for a long time, but this is the icing on the fucking cake.

Block these absolute lying arseholes now.

FTR, what Anthropic refused to consent to using Claude for was

1) fully autonomous weapons control
2) mass surveillance of the US population

OpenAI said yes to this

Ruin: An Anthology of One Shot Incursions for Trophy A collection of 14 new incursions for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark.

I just backed Ruin: An Anthology of One Shot Incursions for Trophy on @Kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...

W/alt

“The point is that both Hitler and Stalin held out promises of stability in order to hide their intention of creating a state of permanent instability.”

― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

People ask what it is exactly we expect of Dems in this situation, and for me it's this.

Make these assholes fucking scared.

Make it clear that they are on borrowed time, that consequences WILL arrive, and that they will be harsh.

I think it actually does matter whether this stuff is legal or not.

Not because legality would magically make it okay to murder schoolchildren, but because it gives us a stick (eventual prosecution) to threaten the murderers with.

I want this convo:

Republican: “Why are yall always annoyingly putting everything to votes you will lose? It’s annoying.”

Dem: “Because I want you on the record for the trial, mfer.”

I’m voting for the candidate who promises to imprison everyone who makes money insider trading on war.

DEI and Affirmative Action was to make sure some ACTUAL ADULTS were in the gotdamn room.

Now it’s a bunch of perverse ass brat bastards fucking over the world with no Vaseline and no fucking consequences.

Thanks whitey.

Using profanity sparingly makes those words retain their power. I was the "guy who never swears" at work for *years.* But when I finally dropped an F-bomb in a meeting, you could hear peoples' jaws hit the floor: They knew I was LIVID.

A screenshot of an email from an ad agency to Evil Hat Marketing: Hey Evil Hat team, Promised this is the last time you’ll hear from me. We are wrapping up generating content on the house. The AI studio is starting to get fully booked with our paying clients, and I have strict orders to stop promoting this come the weekend. I figured Evil Hat might as well get some work out of us at no cost while you can. Want in before we close it up? Best, [redacted] And then our reply: Hi [redacted], We will never use AI for our games or for our marketing. It's toxic to our customer audience and it's an ethical violation of the hard work put in by the human artists we hire to illustrate our books and the human writers who design our games. In short, it's not "free work" it's theft. Feel free to take me off your mailing list. Hope you turn around your business model because frankly, your current approach sucks shit. -Tom

sometimes you have to be clear about your values

Trump vies for Bush’s crown for worst foreign policy decision in history The US president upended half a century of US foreign policy in an eight-minute video with another act of Middle Eastern regime change

Ruben Gallego, a Democratic senator for Arizona and Iraq war veteran, responded on social media: “Draft dodger is willing to sacrifice working-class kids. How charitable of him.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I have known this man for a decade or so and have never once heard him utter a curse word out loud. But man does this call for it.

A new Super PAC, "Chicago Progressive Partnership," just jumped into #IL09, opposing Kat Abughazaleh. Filings show they’re using the same vendors as AIPAC.