Michael Russell

"To become mature is to become kind" is actually beautiful.

Just a couple hours more until I can climb into my own bed and take a well deserved nap.

Amid the constant anti-renewables sentiment so common across our media, this letter today is a blessed relief.

The time traveller closed the book and stared blankly ahead.

"So," said the author, "was that what-"

"No! That wasn't at all- It's a warning!"

"Allegorical, but y-"

"It's not you I need to kill, it's the person who read this and still wanted to build the Torment Nexus!"

"Kill?"

"I must go!"

A few more Evil Squirrel cartoons 😈 🐿️

This took me 12 hours, but I'm so proud of myself 😭

Late dinner then bed. Tomorrow night, I get to sleep in my own house again.

Something refreshingly pleasing about this story.

Imagine knowing you're nominated, but going hiking anyway.

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Once again, make a hit game loved by many... and you still get hit by a truck.

The industry is pretty sick right now.

Playing for Good - 2 An Evening of Purpose, Compassion, and Impact

Charity poker tournament benefitting the One Step Closer Foundation on November 15, 2025 in Santa Monica, CA.

givebutter.com/KcQHue

I’m going to be home in less than 48 hours.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

"What happened to me wasn’t just a mistake—it was a violation of the very protections that our Constitution guarantees."

library(dplyr) library(gm) golden <- tribble( ~pitches, ~duration, ~lyric, "E4", "q", "I’m", "G4", "q", "done", "C5", "q", "hid-", "B4", "q", "-ing", "D4", "q", "now", "G4", "q", "I’m", "E5", "q", "shin-", "D5", "q", "-ing", "G4", "q", "like", "B4", "q", "I’m", "A5", "q", "born", "F#5", "q/3*(q/8)", "to", "G5", "q/3", "be._", "G5", "h", "" ) music <- Music() + Key(1) + Tempo(125) + Meter(2, 4) + Line(pitches = golden$pitches, durations = golden$duration) + Tie(13) + Lyric(golden$lyric[1], 1) + Lyric(golden$lyric[2], 2) + Lyric(golden$lyric[3], 3) + Lyric(golden$lyric[4], 4) + Lyric(golden$lyric[5], 5) + Lyric(golden$lyric[6], 6) + Lyric(golden$lyric[7], 7) + Lyric(golden$lyric[8], 8) + Lyric(golden$lyric[9], 9) + Lyric(golden$lyric[10], 10) + Lyric(golden$lyric[11], 11) + Lyric(golden$lyric[12], 12) + Lyric(golden$lyric[13], 13) show(music)

The first part of the bridge from "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters

Just discovered the {gm} package, which lets you programmatically create sheet music (and audio!) with #rstats (with MuseScore as the backend) flujoo.github.io/gm/index.html

The Punisher logo is in the same pantheon of works that these bozos have clearly never stopped to actually read/listen in the same vein as "Born in the USA"
bleedingcool.com/comics/punis...

A nerd in front of the Space Needle.

The joy of working remotely is that you can occasionally have an amazing office for the day.

My company has 26 employees in the Seattle area and I’m meeting up with at least five of them this trip.

Smallest hotel room I’ve stayed in outside of NYC.

Finally got to watch “KPop Demon Hunters” on the flight to Seattle. I give it 3 stars out of 4. Will rewatch on the big screen when I get home.

It’s after 3a. I have to get up for work in less than four hours.

My A1c is finally down to pre diabetic levels.

“Golden” by HUNTR/X spends a seventh week at #1 on the Hot 100.

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back! The new host is Mychal the Librarian, who has been spreading library joy online for years.

This is such exciting news! So many of us followed Mychal over yonder. Throughout his challenges and triumphs, he always inspired kindness and self-love.

Couldn’t be more thrilled about this! A natural heir. 💙🥰👏🏾

Source: BOOK RIOT

bookriot.com/new-host-of-...

This might be my favorite news of the day!

I found a mate for one of my missing socks.

This Stings.

Grabbing some sushi for dinner. Long week ahead.

Finally reactivated my Netflix account.

Had a dream that Groucho Marx was still alive, I had an opportunity to see him perform live on stage, and I was running late.

Statistically, I'm guaranteed to be at a loss for the rest of the year.

That said, I've gotten 32 bounties this year so I can be proud of that.