Ken Burnside
@kenburnside.bsky.social
Game designer @adastragames.com, writer, monkey servant of Theoden Cat, discusser of certain varieties of politics.
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Ken Burnside
@kenburnside.bsky.social
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Tagging you in for Recounting of the Arizona Minutemen Militia Girl Scout Cookie Burglary.
You may now prepare popcorn.
Tagging you in for Recounting of the Arizona Minutemen Militia Girl Scout Cookie Burglary.
You may now prepare popcorn.
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Leavitt: “Venezuela should have known better than to walk through this neighborhood wearing that much oil.“
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Leavitt: “Venezuela should have known better than to walk through this neighborhood wearing that much oil.“
It would be nice if Congress rocket-docketed impeachment. They have the power to declare war. Unfortunate that we've got the Noriega precedent...and over 120 years of doing shit like this.
Tom Lehrer - Send the Marines
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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January 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
It would be nice if Congress rocket-docketed impeachment. They have the power to declare war. Unfortunate that we've got the Noriega precedent...and over 120 years of doing shit like this.
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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January 3, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
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"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
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Again, people REALLY need to account for the Miguel Noriega precedent, which is very similar to this one.
That's an important precedent not least bc HW got buy-in from Europe on that one (DOJ ultimately sent Noriega to France for prosecution after he was done in the US).
That's an important precedent not least bc HW got buy-in from Europe on that one (DOJ ultimately sent Noriega to France for prosecution after he was done in the US).
January 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Again, people REALLY need to account for the Miguel Noriega precedent, which is very similar to this one.
That's an important precedent not least bc HW got buy-in from Europe on that one (DOJ ultimately sent Noriega to France for prosecution after he was done in the US).
That's an important precedent not least bc HW got buy-in from Europe on that one (DOJ ultimately sent Noriega to France for prosecution after he was done in the US).
Congress needs to revise the assorted Presidential authorities over foreign military action. They won't, because the current Congress are gutless cowards.
Not one officer resigned.
Not one officer resigned.
January 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Congress needs to revise the assorted Presidential authorities over foreign military action. They won't, because the current Congress are gutless cowards.
Not one officer resigned.
Not one officer resigned.
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Hey, so it's my birthday🎂 (I'm 44!!)🎉 and instead of asking to repost my illustrations, I'll ask you to let everyone know that Side Quested Book1 is in preorder, to be launched in March!
Everyone deserves to enjoy some chaotic fantasy comedy! ❤️🎶
And it's *still* free to read online! 🌟
Everyone deserves to enjoy some chaotic fantasy comedy! ❤️🎶
And it's *still* free to read online! 🌟
You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 NOW! - Side Quested Webcomic
Yes, finally! You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 wherever books are sold! Here are convenient links to some of the big stores (but your local indie brick-and-mortar store will also…
sidequested.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Hey, so it's my birthday🎂 (I'm 44!!)🎉 and instead of asking to repost my illustrations, I'll ask you to let everyone know that Side Quested Book1 is in preorder, to be launched in March!
Everyone deserves to enjoy some chaotic fantasy comedy! ❤️🎶
And it's *still* free to read online! 🌟
Everyone deserves to enjoy some chaotic fantasy comedy! ❤️🎶
And it's *still* free to read online! 🌟
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FOLKS NEED TO REALIZE HOW HUGE THIS IS
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
January 3, 2026 at 4:33 AM
FOLKS NEED TO REALIZE HOW HUGE THIS IS
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
@choochoobear.bsky.social Can you cameo @premeemohamed.com into this RPG that's going to be in Something*Positive?
Preemee is an entomologist who writes really cool SF books.
Preemee is an entomologist who writes really cool SF books.
January 2, 2026
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January 3, 2026 at 2:54 AM
@choochoobear.bsky.social Can you cameo @premeemohamed.com into this RPG that's going to be in Something*Positive?
Preemee is an entomologist who writes really cool SF books.
Preemee is an entomologist who writes really cool SF books.
A Huge Ragebuckler disarms a demonic artifact before its used, then puts into into a Capacious Pouch. GM needs a 10 minute break and a mug of tea of cognition...
January 3, 2026 at 1:55 AM
A Huge Ragebuckler disarms a demonic artifact before its used, then puts into into a Capacious Pouch. GM needs a 10 minute break and a mug of tea of cognition...
How about "If everyone shows up at their polling places, we can impeach Trump?"
You can say any unhinged, made-up shit you want on TikTok and GenZ will believe it.
January 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
How about "If everyone shows up at their polling places, we can impeach Trump?"
You don't repeal a court ruling. You either get it overturned, which is unlikely, or you propose campaign finance legislation that works within the ground set by Citizen's United.
Citizens United builds off Buckley v. Valeo (1971), ruling campaign spending is protected speech.
Citizens United builds off Buckley v. Valeo (1971), ruling campaign spending is protected speech.
January 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM
You don't repeal a court ruling. You either get it overturned, which is unlikely, or you propose campaign finance legislation that works within the ground set by Citizen's United.
Citizens United builds off Buckley v. Valeo (1971), ruling campaign spending is protected speech.
Citizens United builds off Buckley v. Valeo (1971), ruling campaign spending is protected speech.
$20 billion to Argentina to prop up a "libertarian" regime that has a corruption problem. disruption of US agriculture markets from the second idiotic trade war in a decade, and $12 billion in recompense to American farmers.
Man, FAFO sucks.
Man, FAFO sucks.
US Rice, Cotton Farmers Get Biggest Payments in $12 Billion Aid
The US Department of Agriculture unveiled long-awaited details of its $12 billion aid package for farmers, with American growers of rice and cotton standing to get the biggest payments.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
$20 billion to Argentina to prop up a "libertarian" regime that has a corruption problem. disruption of US agriculture markets from the second idiotic trade war in a decade, and $12 billion in recompense to American farmers.
Man, FAFO sucks.
Man, FAFO sucks.
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This is when robots learned comedic timing, and humanity's days were numbered.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is when robots learned comedic timing, and humanity's days were numbered.
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Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old engineer, faces imminent execution in Iran over displaying a protest slogan; global figures and UN experts demand her release.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old engineer, faces imminent execution in Iran over displaying a protest slogan; global figures and UN experts demand her release.
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A friend of mine is about to launch a Kickstarter for a comic book project he's been working on for a while. Check it out, and if you are interested, maybe drop a few bucks on it, and please share the link.
👍
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop...
👍
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop...
Coming soon: HOPE, Heroes Organized to Protect Earth
Old guard Heroes Protecting Earth from encroaching evil. A world on the brink that they must save.
www.kickstarter.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:07 PM
A friend of mine is about to launch a Kickstarter for a comic book project he's been working on for a while. Check it out, and if you are interested, maybe drop a few bucks on it, and please share the link.
👍
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop...
👍
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hop...
Delete any accounts on social media that feeds AI.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Delete any accounts on social media that feeds AI.
Farmers voted for Trump at about 80-85%. And for the GOP at about the same rate.
I'd love to think this will let them consider voting for a Democrat. They'll get a taxpayer-funded handout that's less than what we spent bailing out Argentina's libertarian austerity government.
I'd love to think this will let them consider voting for a Democrat. They'll get a taxpayer-funded handout that's less than what we spent bailing out Argentina's libertarian austerity government.
Farmers are about to pay a lot more for health insurance
Tariffs, inflation, and other federal policies have battered U.S. farmers' bottom lines. Now many farmers say the expiration of federal health care subsidies will make their coverage unaffordable.
www.npr.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Farmers voted for Trump at about 80-85%. And for the GOP at about the same rate.
I'd love to think this will let them consider voting for a Democrat. They'll get a taxpayer-funded handout that's less than what we spent bailing out Argentina's libertarian austerity government.
I'd love to think this will let them consider voting for a Democrat. They'll get a taxpayer-funded handout that's less than what we spent bailing out Argentina's libertarian austerity government.
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NYT: Hegseth demanded the resignation of the commander of U.S. forces in Europe and NATO, General Christopher Cavoli, who stated in a declaration submitted to the Senate committee in April that Russia poses a "chronic" and "growing" threat
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
NYT: Hegseth demanded the resignation of the commander of U.S. forces in Europe and NATO, General Christopher Cavoli, who stated in a declaration submitted to the Senate committee in April that Russia poses a "chronic" and "growing" threat
We have two billionaires doing your own space programs, and a private launch sector doing experimental stuff.
But nobody's offering to host this library or fund it.
But nobody's offering to host this library or fund it.
Vandals. And don't believe for a second that they don't know what they're wrecking. (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:19 AM
We have two billionaires doing your own space programs, and a private launch sector doing experimental stuff.
But nobody's offering to host this library or fund it.
But nobody's offering to host this library or fund it.
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ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
‘Every Single Dollar Mattered’: Donations Save Museum of the Earth From Foreclosure
Just days before a year-end foreclosure deadline, the Museum of the Earth has paid off its mortgage following a wide fundraising campaign that rescued the Ithaca area landmark.
www.ithaca.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:29 AM
ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
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lol I just came across this post by Zoharn’s wife Rama Duwaji’s stylist and the boots were…. on loan
open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...
open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...
January 2, 2026 at 3:17 AM
lol I just came across this post by Zoharn’s wife Rama Duwaji’s stylist and the boots were…. on loan
open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...
open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...
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Big protests going in Iran, and the state is trying to put them down with force, already killing 3.
I don't know where this is going, and the Iranian government has survived big protests before. But whatever happens, it's admirably brave when people take on violently repressive regimes.
I don't know where this is going, and the Iranian government has survived big protests before. But whatever happens, it's admirably brave when people take on violently repressive regimes.
At least 3 reported killed during widening protests in Iran sparked by ailing economy
Protests over Iran's struggling economy have spread into rural areas, with at least three people killed.
apnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Big protests going in Iran, and the state is trying to put them down with force, already killing 3.
I don't know where this is going, and the Iranian government has survived big protests before. But whatever happens, it's admirably brave when people take on violently repressive regimes.
I don't know where this is going, and the Iranian government has survived big protests before. But whatever happens, it's admirably brave when people take on violently repressive regimes.