No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?

New litrpg idea. In order to loot bodies, the characters have to stand over the corpses and shred on their lutes.
Lute First, Ask Questions Later, coming Winter of who knows if I’ll ever write this.

I was recently chatted up by a friendly guy at a bar. When he asked what I "do," I told him I've been working on a book about how fake "self-driving" tech is killing people to make Elon Musk the richest man alive. He frowned. "People like fun stories," he said. 'You should write about Sasquatch."

this is why i log on, yes

allowing people to bet on what they think the news will be

and allowing the news to report on what people are betting they think the news will be

is bad.

they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.

Is KITT a mech?

Marshmallows by D.A. Xiaolin Spires Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

I think about this story all the time.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires_12_18/

Shout out to the folks sneaking a secret smoke today while walking the dog.

"So he sat with the two wizards, thinking of himself as false coin to their gold, but listening to them with all his mind; for they trusted him and spoke freely, and their talk was an education he had never dreamed of as a sorcerer."

"He had been looking at the people of his city. So many here, and so enraged—or perhaps just caught up in the illusion of rage. The fraternity of it. The theatre. City life was often theatre."

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Oh.

Fave short fiction read this week was this banger of a poignant ghost story from @champwongs.bsky.social in Nightmare. Layered motifs, strong characterisation and a deft ending. Well worth your time

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/auto...

I wish forums came back. With them, part of the magic was lost and we've never recovered.

Marshmallows by D.A. Xiaolin Spires Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

I think about this story a lot.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/spires_12_18/

Rainwave Listen, rate, and request your favourite video game music!

Locking in (great tune on right now)
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Highly recommend everyone keep at least one folder just for art that makes you want to create

Still hits.

Been listening to classical music (Big Shiny Tunes 2) all morning

"everyone needs to preemptively agree to eat this shit sandwich in two years. Everyone has to do this right now. It's SO important, you have to do it. why are our voter registration numbers tanking"

do you want over 600 spooky photos of maine for a cheap price? if so, your incredibly specific wishes are granted

This idea is bolstered not just by his personal and professional relationships but also by his past statements and history working at aging-focused organizations—all of which suggest he indeed believes scientists should be working on ways to extend human lifespan beyond its current limits and thinks unproven therapies should be easier to access. He has also supported the libertarian idea of creating new geographic zones, possibly at sea, in which residents can live by their own rules (including, notably, permissive regulatory regimes for new drugs and therapies). “In [the last three administrations] there weren’t really people like that from our field taking these positions of power,” says Livingston, adding that O’Neill’s elevation is “definitely something to be excited about.”

O’Neill also served as CEO of the Thiel Foundation between 2009 and 2012 and cofounded the Thiel Fellowship, which offers $200,000 to promising young people if they drop out of college and do other work. And he spent seven years as managing director of Mithril Capital Management, a “family of long-term venture capital funds” founded by Thiel, according to O’Neill’s LinkedIn profile. O’Neill got further stitched into the longevity field when he spent more than a decade representing Thiel’s interests as a board member of the SENS Research Foundation (SRF), an organization dedicated to finding treatments for aging, to which Thiel was a significant donor.

So this guy's the acting CDC director?
www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/30/1...

Carnage leaping towards the Venom symbiote which has taken over a T Rex.

Comics are fun.

Matrix comic cover art with a blonde woman holding guns sitting on the receiver of a telephone that appears to be emanating out of the torso of a man.

New Mutants cover with a minator style creature kicking am opponent in silhouette

Moon Knight page with 9 panels, three by three, showing Moon Knight dodge bullets around someone firing from the center, ring of sound effects in the middle going from Blam to Klik as the clip empties.

New Mutants X Force Cover for Demon Bear, featuring a large demonic bear facing off against heros in a blizzard

Bill Sienkiewicz, operating on another level.

I don't care how overdone it is, snarling beast with a thorn in its paw hits every time.

Pronouncing cheerios like 'serious' until my daughter's head explodes

A lot of people seem one wrong chatbot convo away from going full Dwayne Hoover.

If ginger cookies are bad why do I keep eating them.