Seth Trudeau

At least if there is, there will be 6 guys looking for the guy who did it.

Sinners, man - let’s just let Ryan Coogler make whatever films he wants to make in whatever way he wants to make them. That one is going to stay with me for a long time.

Rule of law is ‘endangered,’ chief justice says Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices.

i like how roberts even looks a bit like tim robinson in the hot dog sketch www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Maybe the only AI feature we need integrated into all of our software is the way that the bots gas you up.

YouTube video by AnahaB Telly A Different World (1988) Season 2 - Opening Theme

Because the opening credits for A Different World start playing in my head randomly from time to time, I watched them on YouTube just now. It still hits! The music, the shot composition - just great. My favorite show of my childhood.

(Remember before this season when they teased that there was going to be some utility behind Play points and then instead did something new with Champion points that was still underwhelming?)

Oh, if only. But - no - this seems impossible, a fantasy.

Thinking about the Pokemon Center issues (and really everything related to supply), if only TPCi had some way of identifying the people who Play! Pokemon and some point system for figuring out how much they play. If they had such a system, they could provide priority access for buying cards.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who can keep track of their ear buds, and deranged psychopaths.

We got the Sam Rockwell monologue and the Lumon marching band in the same week. Just think about that for a second.

The episode of Inbestigators where they’re brought in on a genocide case is wild.

I’ve been playing a spicy Tsareena ex deck for the last few months, so I feel like I can say this conclusively: it is not good…but it is very fun. Current build with Gravity Mountain & Lively Stadium was described as “evil” At a cup this weekend by the guy I was playing against.

Definitely seems like PTCG is still primarily on Twitter, and I get why the big accounts are reluctant to switch…but also an opportunity to build a following on here for an up & comer.

We honestly don’t know what Pokémon looked like, we’re just guessing that we put their bones together correctly

Pursuit of Play, volume 5: Oddities Maybe you heard that Ryan Reynolds showed up at the Stuttgart Pokemon tournament?

People I have been told I look like: Jim Carrey, Woody the Cowboy...and as of my most recent Pokemon tournament appearance, Ryan Reynolds...or was it Ryan Gosling? No, it was Ryan Reynolds. Read all about it & many other goodies in this month's Pursuit of Play: www.routine-chaos.com/pursuit-of-p...

Listening to the bonus content for This American Life Partners & thinking about how there’s a trend emerging where we pay to opt out of algorithmic curation…because the algorithms are optimized for engagement, not enjoyment or satisfaction.

From page 85: Assigned in the fifth grade to draw a house, Niels produced a remark- ably mature drawing but counted the fence pickets first. He liked carpentry and metalworking; he was household handyman from an early age. "Even as a child [hel was considered the thinker of the family," says a younger colleague, "and his father listened closely to his views on fundamental problems." H almost certainly had trouble learning to write and always had trouble writ- ing.207, 208 His mother served loyally as his amanuensis: he dictated his school- work to her and she copied it down.

Something I'm thinking about today: according to "Making of the Atomic Bomb", Nobel Laureate Niels Bohr struggled with written expression...so maybe the idea of supporting multiple forms of literacy shouldn't be so controversial? We've found ways to allow it for the privileged anyway....

Pity the guy - no Chris Paul in the playoffs this year. Sure, he can screw over other teams & players, but it’s not the same, you know?

February 29 choosing to be the most February of days out here.

Hey SFF fiction editors, I have a modest proposal for YOU this year that would tangibly help the Chinese authors affected by the Hugo mess: if you publish original fiction, make one of those stories a translation from the leaked longlist, or a different story by one of those authors!

In the same way that Margaret Atwood made the Handmaid’s Tale that much more frightening by building her dystopia around events that occurred in reality, Mills does her homework and infuses the past into the future to devastating effect. It’s brilliant stuff.

Rabbit Test - Uncanny Magazine Content Note: Sexual Assault, abuse, traumatic miscarriage, psych ward treatment, and suicide.   It is 2091, and Grace is staring at the rabbit in the corner of her visual overlay. It is an Angora rab...

This thing with the Hugo’s is a giant mess, so I’m just going to share all of the winners and ineligibles that I read.

First up: Rabbit Test by Samantha Mills

When will the world come to its senses and finally give us the dark, gritty remake of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure that we both need & deserve?

Dropped some new #ssp burrs in my grinder, and I’m amazed at how much of the range they open up for filter coffee. I am literally grinding about 20 steps finer than I had been and still getting faster, cleaner extractions. I knew the stock burrs were producing too many fines but not how bad it was.

Jesus Christ Superstar Een waar theaterspektakel van bekroonde regisseur Ivo van Hove, waarin het originele Engelse repertoire aan de hand van een live orkest, grootse cast en unieke setting meer indruk maakt dan ooit.

Saw the Ivo van Hove production of Jesus Christ Superstar last night. I’ve never seen such a visceral staging of that show. Really incredible. Get seats on the podium if you can.

I write a newsletter sometimes. This one features a video of my actual design studio, and the fact that I have my own little space and don’t just work from home anymore makes this whole thing feel a lot more real:

routinechaos.substack.com/p/the-februa...

"The Selby is in Your Place" Photos of creatives by Todd Selby Explore the world of creative individuals with Todd Selby's "The Selby is in Your Place" project. A unique and intimate photography experience.

Sent out a newsletter about designing our living spaces, and within an hour a friend responded with this site which will now consume the whole of my brain for the next several hours:

theselby.com

Hoooo boy - Manhattan Coffee Roasters just changed their packaging, and it is beautiful. What a pleasant surprise. #specialtycoffee

I've avoided posting anything here, because whatever I post would be my first post, so even though no one would see it right now, it would always be my first post.
But my oldest child went and won the #PlayPokemon Dortmund regional tournament this weekend, so I figure that's worth commemorating.