This is Duncan. He just had his first blueberry, and now demands another. 12/10

Something something cyber domain resiliency hybird operations countermeasures

ALIEN starring Bernadette Peters

In a 6-3 decision along party lines, the Supreme Court holds that it is legal to hunt “the most dangerous game” as long as you pay for an appropriate permit.

The joke that gets lost is Ford Prefect named himself after the make/model of a car because he perceived that cars are the dominant life form on Earth.

A black and white image of a concert scene with DJs performing on stage, a crowd of people, and a cat leaping through the air.

Felix sat through the band’s entire new album, and a few of the radio hits, impatient for them to play the old school stuff. Then he heard the familiar bass line start, feeling the rumble deep down in his belly. Finally, it was time to get into the mosh pit and fuck some shit up.

Sauron When it comes to Dark Lords, I’m the Darkest Darkest Dark Lord. No Dark Lord is Darker than me Not one. I was saying to Saruman just the other day Saruman, nice guy, but, he’s not me. Wants to be, but no. I said: Sure, you’re Saruman the White And that’s okay, that’s your thing But I know everything there is about Dark Lords. You see, I’m a smart guy Smartest Dark Lord you’ll meet. Ever I have a volcano No-one else has a volcano I call it Mount Doom, actually It’s kind of a play on words – like “doom and gloom” because it’s got an atmosphere. Great atmosphere. You should come. It’s where we incinerate documents Oh, and people, when I fire them It’s by the orc training ground which we call The Golf Course. That’s on the Plat-eau, the Plat-eau of Gorgoroth actually that’s Golforoth: The guy who wrote it couldn’t spell. I fired him. I said: “JRR, maybe you need to go to school. – We’re getting the signs changed. They’ll be the best signs. (Cont'd next image)

18 holes. Great course and the views... The clubhouse is at Minas Morgul That’s pronounced Mogul. After my other job I win every time. Nazgul, orcs, trolls, balrogs – no-one ever beats me In all these thousands of years. No-one’s better than me at golf Never. Think of that. It shows, doesn’t it – who’s best at golf? You don’t need to answer that It’s a rhetorical question, rhetorical questions don’t have answers (– It’s me, by the way.) At the top of Barad-Dur I look out over Middle-Earth. Barad-Dur’s my tower. It means: Dark Tower. It’s named after me. I’m the Dark Lord. Did I mention that? I have great eyesight. My eyesight is so great, I had them tested. The Orctician said: “You’ve got great eyesight.” There’s this flame around me. A big, beautiful flame. So beautiful. So bright. It burns and burns in the shape of an eye. It’s the biggest eye, actually. It’s big. It’s orange. (The picture is the flaming eye of Sauron, from The Lord of the Rings movie, by Peter Jackson)

Sauron, in The Lord of The Rings is a mysterious figure. I imagine him there at the top of his tower and suddenly see him for who he is. Today's homage to Tolkien...

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com, thought you might like this one.

Gandalf and Saruman and Peter Jackson

Samwise came back to The Shire to tell Gandalf and Saruman there's an Old Navy two towns over

it is a wild week for sports being played in unfamiliar countries, with cricket in the United States, baseball in the United Kingdom, and Stanley Cup Final hockey in Canada

Very pretty orange and white cat sits judging her owner

When Hazel randomly bites or swats at me, I just imagine that she’s keeping the ghosts in our apartment away from me.

Pic for tax

Feathers McGraw returns in a new Wallace and Gromit film. Details here bit.ly/4c75EZG

#Aardman #stopmotion #WallaceandGromit #film

how was i unaware of "sedition panda" until just now

Unlocked car with the keys stowed in the sun visor

Vibrant peacock mantis shrimp displaying colorful patterns and powerful claws.

Meet the shrimply stunning (and literally striking) mantis shrimp! This tiny yet dazzling marine crustacean defies conventional classification and breaks the mold in more ways than one. 

Learn more at: mbayaq.co/3PfgvI5

The giant, sleepy Pokémon Snorlax appeared in Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo today.

Fuck this hustle-culture bullshit. When I’m a skeleton I’m not doing a goddamn thing

An important reminder from Neil. The Hugos should join other publications and organizations in always naming the translator whenever translated works are nominated or win. #NameTheTranslator

Local human attempts to look good-looking

Inside the Censorship Scandal That Rocked Sci-Fi and Fantasy's Biggest Awards Last week, the Hugo Awards melted down over unexplained disqualifications. Insiders tell Esquire what really happened—and what it could mean for the future of literary awards.

www.esquire.com/entertainmen... is what was known two weeks ago.

Voyager scene. We're in sick bay with the EMH Doc, Neelix, and Kes. Kes and the Dr look like humans, and Neelix has forehead dots following an aggressively receding hairline and a colorful patterned shirt. The Doctor is looking intensively at his tricorder while Neelix and Kes look at him and wait for some needed info. Closed caption reads, "Your brain is...not on file."

I’m gonna be on here more

We are watching New Zealand eviscerate Italy in World Cup rugby

Here is Judge Arthur Engoran's opinion dissolving Trump's corporate persons.

Thus far, the press seems less interested that Trump and two sons engaged in 10 years of fraud than they were that Biden's son owned a gun unlawfully for 11 days 5 years ago.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/23...

Hey look at that! I'm on the thing!