David Thompson

Putting this fantastic signing tour graphic up again for everyone. See where I'm going to be this week at a glance. Share on social media with your friends and family. Clip and keep in your wallet in case of emergencies.

(it all starts tomorrow night at @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social )

I want to re-up this because I just learned:

1. Someone broke into her mom's house last night and stole things (!!!)
2. She's getting no help with anything.
3. Her modest goal isn't going to cover a damn thing and I hope she far exceeds it.

Please share ❤️

I shudder at the thought of the burritos that will come from this

If you didn't pre-order this incredible book, well...you can grab it from your bookstore tomorrow! Do not miss it!

The cover of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER, showing a large dinosaur skeleton floating in a black void. Around it are random objects, including a bionic arm, a human skull, a spacesuit helmet, and a wooden spear.

TOMORROW
TOMORROW
I LOVE YA
TOMORROW
YOU'RE ALWAYS A
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
AAAAAAAAAAAA
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

Zach Galifinakis Hangover GIF ALT: Zach Galifinakis Hangover GIF

POV: Continuing to cope with living in the Midwest while all the cool events are happening on the west coast

Gail Simone says Trans Rights are Human Rights

SEATTLE-AREA FOLKS-- I know things are absolutely horrible right now but the job requires me to tell you this is happening one week from tonight. Almost exactly one week from right now, in fact. Stop by, listen to me and Django prattle on, get books scribbled in, get a little dinosaur. It'll be fun.

I wonder* if the dudes who were big mad about all the T Swift screen time have registered the same level of outrage about tonight's featured guest taking over the game's coverage.

*I don't actually wonder. I know they're all hypocritical piss babies.

In my ongoing quest to get a UB set or lair based on his books, Magic fans should definitely check this one out.

And then go read 14 & The Fold. Especially if you're 2nd Innistrad block fans.

And then the Ex-Heroes books.

For absolutely no reason I'd like to re-share this little thread from @seananmcguire.bsky.social about GOD'S JUNK DRAWER.

Which--if I hadn't mentioned it--is out next week!

Unfortunately not me. Haven't read that one

Nothing says freedom quite like using a "shadow docket" to decide what rights people have.

SCOTUS Rules Against Trans People's Passport Gender Markers In Shadow Docket Ruling The administration has previously indicated it could revoke some trans people's passports if it got this ruling.

1. In a major shadow docket ruling from the Supreme Court, the court has ruled against trans people's passports, giving a stay to the Trump administration.

The admin has previously indicated it intend to revoke some passports if it got this ruling.

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A large graphic showing the cover of God's Junk Drawer, a very old picture of the author,.and a list of west coast signing dates and locations-- San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Eureka, Portland, Redmond, Medford, and Sacramento. There's a lot of information here (store names, dates, times), and I can't retype it all on my phone without it being a mess (sorry), but please feel free to ask about any of it .

The folks at @blackstonepub.bsky.social made me up this handy infographical image telling you where you can find me next week. And some of the week after that. 🙂

And if you desperately, absolutely, must play them no matter what? Find/build a playgroup that feels the same way. You're more likely to have an overall better social and gameplay experience that way anyway

Hot(?) take: I feel the same about changing the hybrid mana rule as I do calls for specific cards to come off the ban list. Namely, there are nearly 30k Commander-legal cards. It is not a format problem if your ability to find interest and/or enjoyment hinges on being able to play a select handful.

Given the moderation team's history, there are quite a few of these categories that I could see being weaponized for harm

Fuck this.

If you live in Ohio, get on the phone / send emails. Don’t let this pass.

#libraries

Heads-up to folks in college & university spaces and communities!

Awesome event for LA peeps! Please go so that I can experience the awesome vicariously through you

Reforming Financial Transparency in Higher Education | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Full Committee Hearing on November 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM

We @hope4college.bsky.social are so excited that our own @markhuelsman.bsky.social will be testifying before the Senate HELP Committee tomorrow at 10AM ET on making college costs more transparent. Tune in live! www.help.senate.gov/hearings/ref...

Follow-up, "If the results are so unremarkable, then why do you know more about them than anything the president has said or done in the past month?"

*cries in Minnesotan*

But that is really awesome

This makes me wish there was a version that came packaged with a dinosaur figure

A fairly large toy Allosaurus looms over a hardcover copy of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER

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W E E K

Reminder that I'm still looking for #edh players with food decks to raise money for food banks!

There are a few new food commanders coming out in the Avatar set; feel free to use the playtester app with Spelltable!

Supporting Students Through the November 2025 SNAP Cliff & Federal Government Shutdown

SNAP payments are delayed and cut about in half this month. Many students and families could wait weeks for relief. Our new guide outlines how colleges can step up and support them through the disruption: hope.temple.edu/hope-blog/sn...

Structural equation modeling (SEM) considering how students’ non-cognitive attributes influence first-year college student persistence remain extraordinarily rare—as are studies that test and expand upon published structural models or studies that include college student food security. This study addresses each. We surveyed “Beginner” Freshmen, capturing eight non-cognitive measurements and ussing institutional data on performance and fall-to-fall persistence measures, we then tested the structure of Bowman et al.’s (Res High Educ 60:135–152, 2019) SEM model. In Model 1, we mimic the Bowman model’s financial variable by only including financial stress. We confirm that Bowman is a good structural model of student persistence, although our data were collected for another purpose, using different scales for non-cognitive elements and even one different non-cognitive measurement. We found students’ non-cognitive attributes remain importantly influential to social adjustment (r = .65), commitment to persist (r = .40), college GPA (r = .25), and fall-to-fall persistence (r = .30). In Model 2, we generated a latent financial security variable incorporating financial stress and food security. Including food security generated a direct influence from the financial security variable to high-school GPA (r = .25), not found in the Bowman model or Model 1, and a direct significant relationship from financial security to social adjustment (r = .11)—not found in Model 1. Further changes are observed in the indirect relationship from financial security to college GPA from Model 1 (r = .29) to Model 2 (r = .51). We highlight the robustness of the Bowman model and that the inclusion of food security brings increased strength to several relationships without sacrificing optimal fit.

2. Structuring First-Year Retention at a Regional Public Institution: Validating and Refining the Structure of Bowman’s SEM Analysis - link.springer.com/article/10.1...

This exploratory descriptive, single-university study (N=700) joined institutional, external, and survey data to examine first-year students’ food insecurity links to non-cognitive attributes and first-semester performance and persistence. Regressions indicate LGBTQ, multi-racial, international, transfer, and first-generation students exhibit increased food insecurity. Food insecurity linked with psychological distress, financial stress, amotivation, and intent to engage with peers but not to faculty, staff, and academic engagement. Food insecurity is also associated with lower first-semester GPA and credits earned. Findings strengthen limited evidence that food insecurity links to college students’ experience, suggesting groups of already-underserved students may need immediate support to ease food insecurity.

1. Coming to College Hungry - journals.flvc.org/jpss/article...

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