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a man in a red uniform says " let them die ! " ALT: a man in a red uniform says " let them die ! "

This is the one time I agree with Kirk in this scene...

"Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry"

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Bears... Beards... Whatever....

It doesn't help that we just had that speech by their adderall addicted boss talking about fitness standards and bears and shit a few days ago.

I don’t care if the movie doesn’t hold up to the comic. The opening of Valerian hits all my “why space exploration is important” notes and is done to Bowie.

I hate that every time you bring that up I ponder if that is bad because shit is so fucked.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

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Unwritten Earths Symposium Genre Defining Play from Nathan D. Paoletta & Epidiah Ravachol

You can learn more over at unwrittenearths.com

Unwritten Earths Symposium 2025 Annual and Perpetual Library map

I got my 2025 annual yesterday from @epidiah.bsky.social and @ndpdesign.com and it is really something. I'm looking forward to reading through it and adapting the adventurous scenarios for my own games.

The map by @tonydowler.bsky.social is stunning. He really has no peers.

Testament is an origin story. A memory. A memory of a place that isn’t. A memory of a place that could be. A memory of a life lived and all the lives that life touched. Heusos is a story of gods, demons, frustration, fear, and defiance. The first myth learned before the fire.

Continuing to refine new ways to present my work since it doesn't translate well into the typical online book advertising models. I like these walk ups as they show what is inside the books, which is kinda important for a handmade art project.

keithsenkowski.com/books/

#booksky

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

In the spring, Trump cut $500 million from aid to food banks.

But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.

People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.

We visualized it:

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White House freezes $2.1 billion in Chicago projects, Vought says The U.S. federal government has put $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects on hold, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said on Friday, in another jab at a Democrat-led city during the U.S. government shutdown.

So, we are paying federal taxes for what exactly in California, Illinois, and New York amongst others?

I liked it a billion years ago. Curious if it still holds up. I expect a full review. 1000 words at least.

YouTube video by ABC 7 Chicago ICE agents raid South Shore apartment building: 'They just treated us like we were nothing'

Just...

There is a gulf in America. I submit it is the gulf between good and evil, or at least not-evil and evil.

The gulf is not just between people who oppose this and people who are indifferent to it or reluctantly accept it in support of immigration policy or see it as collateral damage.
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An AI "actor" is really just CGI placed on top of a chatbot. I mean, come on people. It isn't fucking Skynet.

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The concerned citizen in me is worried about Ellison's views on the surveillance state and his relationship to the big gourd. The technologist in me is giggling because his firm hasn't been relevant in a long time.

Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

The photos are just awful...

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

Each detail from each article covering the event continues to reenforce that particular picture...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

For some reason, I keep thinking about those nighttime apartment raids in a certain movie set in Germany by Stephen Spielberg...

Testament is an origin story. A memory. A memory of a place that isn’t. A memory of a place that could be. A memory of a life lived and all the lives that life touched. Swepnos is the final thought before sleep. The last myth told before the fire.

Spent some time futzing around with my store last night and working on better images for the books. Trying out some new ways to stretch those 5 images per product. Here is the 9 page walk up for my latest book, Swepnos.

shop.keithsenkowski.com/product/test...

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I mean, if you are going to pick a Dr. Seuss book, how do you not pick Cat in the Hat? Thing 1 and 2 are clearly Galleanisti.

This guy has never had a job a day in his life, has he.

I don’t believe most people do in general. I think most officers want to live honorable lives, not be the next person on the History Channel associated with something called the {Name of City} Massacre.

I really hope the American exceptionalism myth works in our favor here for once after people listen to the that war crimes speech and the thinking becomes, “How is this clown my boss?”

I spent way too much time thinking about the OG Ravenloft adventure for AD&D this morning. Way, way too much time...

My Thoughts on the Riyadh Comedy Festival I’ve been asked for my opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and rather than answer the same question 23 times, I’ll just put this out here. Oh, and I should preface this with the fact that I was not ...

"I mean, it’s not like this is some commercial for a wireless service or a betting app. This is truly the definition of “blood money”. You might as well do commercials for Lockheed Martin or Zyklon B."

David Cross does not miss here.

Fassbender in the Ben Stiller role... McConaughey playing a version of Reiser... All the pieces of the puzzle are there if they but had the will.

Oh man, and Tom Cruise is the corp exec they call back at Weylan Yutani? Dude, it would have been a way better movie if they made it funny.

It is kinda weird that Lily Rose Depp in Nosferatu looks kinda like Christina Ricci when she was in Sleepy Hollow.

Yeah. When he shows up the first though is, "Wait, is this gonna be Tropic Thunder in space?"