I am not a writer, so I will turn this question into "what niche ip do you want to make a game for?"

1. RobotWar
2. Oni (the Bungie game)
3. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

New tax idea:

Blue shell bracket - if you’re the richest person in America, pay the differential to fourth place as taxes.

moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!

Retreating this reply separately, because the mix of BS lyrics with the gifs? Chef’s kiss.

the quality of each star trek show is directly proportional to how often you see the characters engaging in hobbies

It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly

Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way

Paging @othesharon.bsky.social

i'm especially good at articulating

Link, though I suspect Aloy will catch him soon.

“Chat,

Jokes on you - all my code sucks!

A corollary from engineering: make it impossible to do the wrong thing. Data validators only exist because the data model allows bad things.

“Pope Leo is WEAK on crime” You bolt awake in the University of Wittenberg. You are not online. It is 1517. You are Professor Martin Luther and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. The Church must remain.

[richard scarry worm on a payphone inside a Jiffy Lube]

yeah man my apple is completely fucked. some guy driving a banana sideswiped me and i crashed into another guy’s pickle

I felt like they were offensive already.

/dadjoke

We need to stop polluting the planet we live on, full stop. Whether AI or Whatever-It-Would-Be-If-It-Werent-AI. The problem is capitalistic environmental exploitation.

If we're contemplating an alternate society where there's UBI and better safety nets we could contemplate a society where green energy is ubiquitous and data centers, while a significant consumer of energy, are less impactful to the environment than farming.

We should stop growing almonds in CA.

The hungry red panda at the Prospect Park Zoo? Adorable.

The HungryPanda delivery app scamming small businesses? Not adorable. So they will be paying $580,000 back.

We'll keep pursuing companies that take advantage of New Yorkers, and we'll keep asking if we can pet a red panda just for a second.

Lady behind me at The Thing screening last night to her partner "why are they shooting at the dog?" and her partner says very firmly "have you never seen a film before? You watch it and information is revealed"

remembered a good tweet

So, I'm sure you've already heard this, but in light of the DVD suggestion...

Every time Padme and Anakin are on screen together, just hit skip to next chapter.

The movie becomes like a trim 1:10 about the Obi Wan Detective Agency. Totally different genre but pretty fun actually.

This isn't a bad take. It's objectively correct.

You win.

(Pulls out crucifix and vial of holy water just in case...)

If I wanted a root beer flavored Alka Seltzer, I would put an Alka Seltzer in one.

You'll take my subtly fizzy dark root beer from me when... well when you want to because I won't fight back. But I think you're wrong on this one!

Well, the days of me wondering how Melania fits into the Epstein story are certainly nearing a middle.

Borders, for me. RIP to a legend.

image from inside Artemis II text: i need more men to understand that two men crying and hugging in space after one of them announced they were naming a moon crater after the other one's late wife is actually what peak masculinity looks like.

13/10. It’s a good post, Brent.

I wish they would just admit they’re in sci-fi publishing but haven’t read any Heinlein. *sigh*

We already have so so so many of these books….

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back

Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted