Stefan E. Jones

That's pretty neat.

Lileks did such fun stuff back in the day. I gifted a half dozen copies of Gallery of Regrettable Food.

When he started mocking Obama for being "the One" and praising Hugh Hewitt I just gave up. I honestly don't even know if he's alive.

Today:

Used a dremel tool and a burr attachment to power-mix a pot of green paint that had gone lumpy.

Sorted the lizard man aliens by the shade of green I painted them, so I can use the right wash and edging.

Primed their little jet packs.

Yes, that sums it up well.

There was this one story -- published online? -- that had his son time travel back from an awful future to tell him yeah for sure we need to invade Iraq or otherwise OOOOOH SCARY ISLAMS.

It was so clunky I just rolled my eyes and never read anything by him again.

That sounds about right.

I read an enjoyed a few of his early novels, but somewhere along the line -- was 9/11 the tipping point, or did I just not notice earlier? -- Simmons just went cranky. Haven't read or thought much about him in 25 years.

dan simmons, author of multiple, deeply contemptible works of racism fiction, has died. congratulations, and no, hyperion was not as good as the obituaries will say it was

A man stands in front of a wall. Spelled out on the wall with letter shaped metallic balloons: "Four more years of looking at my phone every morning to see if he's dead yet."

An illustration from Winnie the Pooh. Piglet walks next to Winnie. "Is he dead yet?" asked Piglet. "No," said Pooh. "Fuck," said Piglet.

Social media post by Baird Letters. "somewhere buried in a clogged aretery in the world's ugliest man, there is a tiny little clot struggling to break free I believe in you, little clot go, be free"

Morning inspiration

Call it the Trump Sunnyside Estates, and as soon as he's out of office, rename it the Fred Trump Sunnyside Estates, after his brother.

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

German Shepherd dog standing on a wall, looking over her shoulder. Roadway in the background, green lawn to the right.

German Shepherd dog standing on a wall, looking straight ahead, very alert. Roadway in the background, green lawn to the right.

"Looks all clear, boss."

Please show some love for TFT this year. One Hexagram and an adventure, maybe!

Trans flag with the words: First they came for the transgender community, And I spoke up immediately even though I’m straight and cis because I’ve read the rest of the fucking poem.

A graphic with the title "My antifa membership kit arrived today." Below is a picture of hardbound copies of The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and The Constitution of the United States.

Membership standards have loosened up.

You no longer have to wear black, or be a veteran who fought against Nazis in WWII.

"He's going to TRY to steal the election with another bogus story" is a far more accurate headline to this thread.

The most effective form of voter suppression is making people believe everything is futile and hopeless.

Fuck that noise.

A bipedal red fox paints a rainbow across the sky. They have a determined look on their face. To the right of the rainbow are segments of text from newspaper articles about grim news for LGBTQIA+ folks, especially trans folks. Attributed to https://www.briarhideillustration.com/

Honestly, what is WRONG with those legislators? It's like the dumbest, meanest, most intolerant High School football players all ran for office.

For all the problems in the country, and the best use of their time go to great lengths to be be assholes to a tiny, utterly inoffensive minority?

Picture of a shoe sole with Greek letters. "A prostitute's show from Ancient Greece, enscribed with the word 'Follow,' designed to leave the message in footprints, guiding potential customers who noticed it."

@fakehistoryhunter.net Bogus or not?

Also! In spite of that headline Texas is not red. It is a nice rich purple tied up in red chains.

I am quite literally campaigning on doing this!

Spent a half hour or so painting buckles (silver) on the body armor (black) of little sci-fi lizard men (various shades of green).

Hmm, looks like McEwant painted the center of buckles red:

www.tin-soldier.com/ralnai.html

Hillary Clinton’s opening statement

"If this committee is serious about learning the truth..it would not rely on press gaggles to get answers from our current president on his involvement; it would ask him directly under oath about the tens of thousands of times he shows up in the Epstein files”

Came across the phrase "cognitive DDOS" to describe our present culture.

Understood instantly what it meant.

A coyote standing in tall grass looks at the viewer with a concerned expression.

Hump Day is over, and Thursday looms ahead of us.

Affirmation Coyote knows the final trudge to the weekend can be a chore, but they know you can do it.

Got some writing done today, and then got started on a trial run of the current version of the Cultural Evolution Game.

This time, I'm working up a species of (mostly) carnivores, very aggressive and callous by nature, although civilization seems to be starting to mellow them. (1/4)

#gamedesign

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

This is bigotry, pure and simple.

open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

Fitbit app is telling me my Cardio Load goal for today is 65 - 111.

I was at 35 a little while ago.

Determined that walking from my garage up four flights of stairs to the upper floor five times adds 4 points to that score.

Kind of tedious.

If you become a werewolf, you're pretty much required to wear plaid flannel during nights of the full moon.

So having those in your wardrobe is plain good "plan ahead" common sense.

Also, shorts with a tail hole read to go. Button it shut until it happens.

I read the IMDB write-up. Very different setup, but with a title that close it is legit to wonder.

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