@leachjus.bsky.social
A good story does not necessarily mean a good show, and vice versa — but they can still coexist.
Your well-animated spectacle does not invest me in your lore. Your robust world-building does not erase pacing issues or uninspired VA direction.
Your well-animated spectacle does not invest me in your lore. Your robust world-building does not erase pacing issues or uninspired VA direction.
Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥
January 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
A good story does not necessarily mean a good show, and vice versa — but they can still coexist.
Your well-animated spectacle does not invest me in your lore. Your robust world-building does not erase pacing issues or uninspired VA direction.
Your well-animated spectacle does not invest me in your lore. Your robust world-building does not erase pacing issues or uninspired VA direction.
Welp, guess I should’ve gone to Vegas on this one
Only misses appear to be underrating Carolina’s competitiveness and flipping the coin the wrong way on Buffalo/Jacksonville
Only misses appear to be underrating Carolina’s competitiveness and flipping the coin the wrong way on Buffalo/Jacksonville
1 Seahawks
2 Broncos
3 Patriots
4 Texans
5 Rams
6 Jaguars
7 Bills
8 49ers
9 Bears
10 Packers
11 Eagles
12 Chargers
13 Steelers
14 Panthers
Genuinely feel no confidence in the order of the top 11, but confidently expect next to nothing from the bottom three
2 Broncos
3 Patriots
4 Texans
5 Rams
6 Jaguars
7 Bills
8 49ers
9 Bears
10 Packers
11 Eagles
12 Chargers
13 Steelers
14 Panthers
Genuinely feel no confidence in the order of the top 11, but confidently expect next to nothing from the bottom three
January 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Welp, guess I should’ve gone to Vegas on this one
Only misses appear to be underrating Carolina’s competitiveness and flipping the coin the wrong way on Buffalo/Jacksonville
Only misses appear to be underrating Carolina’s competitiveness and flipping the coin the wrong way on Buffalo/Jacksonville
Okay but when Mike Tomlin takes the Baltimore job and John Harbaugh ends up in Pittsburgh
THEN, and only then, will I care about the AFC North again
THEN, and only then, will I care about the AFC North again
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Okay but when Mike Tomlin takes the Baltimore job and John Harbaugh ends up in Pittsburgh
THEN, and only then, will I care about the AFC North again
THEN, and only then, will I care about the AFC North again
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hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D
It's time to board the Mothership.
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
www.youtube.com/shorts/iEw90...
Board the Mothership.
YouTube video by Mothership Media LLC
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January 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D
Shouting into the void about such a minor thing, but I’m still so curious:
Why do so many NFL GMs seem to be keeping their jobs as their coaches are given the boot? So many of these rosters look to need serious overhauls to be competitive — isn’t that the realm of the GM as well (if not moreso)?
Why do so many NFL GMs seem to be keeping their jobs as their coaches are given the boot? So many of these rosters look to need serious overhauls to be competitive — isn’t that the realm of the GM as well (if not moreso)?
January 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Shouting into the void about such a minor thing, but I’m still so curious:
Why do so many NFL GMs seem to be keeping their jobs as their coaches are given the boot? So many of these rosters look to need serious overhauls to be competitive — isn’t that the realm of the GM as well (if not moreso)?
Why do so many NFL GMs seem to be keeping their jobs as their coaches are given the boot? So many of these rosters look to need serious overhauls to be competitive — isn’t that the realm of the GM as well (if not moreso)?
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“Common sense is common sense,” Schultz said. “I don’t need a report, one way or the other, to tell me that. I just firmly believe that minors should not be transitioning.”
This really gives the game away. As we've said, no amount of evidence would ever satisfy them. It's ideological.
This really gives the game away. As we've said, no amount of evidence would ever satisfy them. It's ideological.
January 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
“Common sense is common sense,” Schultz said. “I don’t need a report, one way or the other, to tell me that. I just firmly believe that minors should not be transitioning.”
This really gives the game away. As we've said, no amount of evidence would ever satisfy them. It's ideological.
This really gives the game away. As we've said, no amount of evidence would ever satisfy them. It's ideological.
TGAs feels less like “Video Games Oscars” and more like “Video Games Pro Bowl”
- Weird, deliberately murky voting system
- Half the people probably don’t want to be there
- Dubious financial incentives
- When you look at a list of past participants, there will be some real head scratchers
- Weird, deliberately murky voting system
- Half the people probably don’t want to be there
- Dubious financial incentives
- When you look at a list of past participants, there will be some real head scratchers
the oscars are dumb but the best picture award still feels like it matters. there are so many movies like The King’s Speech or The Artist where the fact that they won BP is the only historically noteworthy thing about them. the TGAs don’t have that and idk if they ever will
December 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
TGAs feels less like “Video Games Oscars” and more like “Video Games Pro Bowl”
- Weird, deliberately murky voting system
- Half the people probably don’t want to be there
- Dubious financial incentives
- When you look at a list of past participants, there will be some real head scratchers
- Weird, deliberately murky voting system
- Half the people probably don’t want to be there
- Dubious financial incentives
- When you look at a list of past participants, there will be some real head scratchers
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since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
Fund social assistance programs fully and aggressively so that the only leg these people have to stand on is the one that says “I don’t think those people deserve help” — a position that should have them rightly pariah’d
I cannot fear the cherry-picked examples of someone somewhere getting an accommodation they didn't need if it means thousands more who did need assistance got what they were entitled to and lived better lives for it.
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Fund social assistance programs fully and aggressively so that the only leg these people have to stand on is the one that says “I don’t think those people deserve help” — a position that should have them rightly pariah’d
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The kind of data that both makes me question the value of these kinds of breakdowns while also endlessly fascinating me
In other words, the PERFECT data
In other words, the PERFECT data
The Chicago Bears through 10 games in 2024:
+7 point differential, 4-6 record, 3+ games behind every team in their division.
The Chicago Bears through 10 games of 2025:
-6 point differential, 7-3 record, 1st place in the NFC North
+7 point differential, 4-6 record, 3+ games behind every team in their division.
The Chicago Bears through 10 games of 2025:
-6 point differential, 7-3 record, 1st place in the NFC North
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The kind of data that both makes me question the value of these kinds of breakdowns while also endlessly fascinating me
In other words, the PERFECT data
In other words, the PERFECT data
A couple things I’ve been thinking about Zelda games for a while now
- Zelda lore can be cool, but Zelda plot is usually a real letdown
- If your story is driven by Link, I don’t think I’m interested? He’s always seemed better as the audience surrogate
- Impa still rules
- Zelda lore can be cool, but Zelda plot is usually a real letdown
- If your story is driven by Link, I don’t think I’m interested? He’s always seemed better as the audience surrogate
- Impa still rules
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A couple things I’ve been thinking about Zelda games for a while now
- Zelda lore can be cool, but Zelda plot is usually a real letdown
- If your story is driven by Link, I don’t think I’m interested? He’s always seemed better as the audience surrogate
- Impa still rules
- Zelda lore can be cool, but Zelda plot is usually a real letdown
- If your story is driven by Link, I don’t think I’m interested? He’s always seemed better as the audience surrogate
- Impa still rules
Mandatory follow-up reminder that “I’m too smart to get fooled by the propaganda” is the way 80% of people get fooled by propaganda.
Take steps to learn and educate others, but make time to ground yourself a bit and make sure you’re not falling in the traps yourself.
Take steps to learn and educate others, but make time to ground yourself a bit and make sure you’re not falling in the traps yourself.
it's so easy to scam at scale, or flood the zone with shit, or stoke tribalism, and while we can educate, i don't know if there's a way to Stop entire societies from Being Stupid. so please, don't *you* be stupid. recognize the exploits, call them out, and show others. i think that's all we got.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Mandatory follow-up reminder that “I’m too smart to get fooled by the propaganda” is the way 80% of people get fooled by propaganda.
Take steps to learn and educate others, but make time to ground yourself a bit and make sure you’re not falling in the traps yourself.
Take steps to learn and educate others, but make time to ground yourself a bit and make sure you’re not falling in the traps yourself.
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Added some Artist Proof booster packs to my shop. 5 aps and art cards. All are signed and there 6 booster packs of the 100 that contain APs with art on them. www.bad-king.com/artist-proof...
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Added some Artist Proof booster packs to my shop. 5 aps and art cards. All are signed and there 6 booster packs of the 100 that contain APs with art on them. www.bad-king.com/artist-proof...
The corollary here is that practically none of those voters have ever considered how *intentionally difficult* it has become to immigrate to the US over the last several generations.
“They can come but they should do it legally” is a refrain that shows an ignorance of the state of the system.
“They can come but they should do it legally” is a refrain that shows an ignorance of the state of the system.
Also most voters have just never thought remotely seriously about policy. “Should we get rid of illegal immigrants? Well, of course; they’re illegal!” There’s nothing deeper than that going on until they start seeing what that actually entails.
Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The corollary here is that practically none of those voters have ever considered how *intentionally difficult* it has become to immigrate to the US over the last several generations.
“They can come but they should do it legally” is a refrain that shows an ignorance of the state of the system.
“They can come but they should do it legally” is a refrain that shows an ignorance of the state of the system.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.
While I’m excited to boot out Youngkin and I’ll be riding the high of a Mamdani win for the rest of the week, I’d love it if the DNC could stop being greedy little shits for like A DAY
Hey, what are you planning to do with that $25 before the polls close? Is that really gonna get you over the line?
Hey, what are you planning to do with that $25 before the polls close? Is that really gonna get you over the line?
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
While I’m excited to boot out Youngkin and I’ll be riding the high of a Mamdani win for the rest of the week, I’d love it if the DNC could stop being greedy little shits for like A DAY
Hey, what are you planning to do with that $25 before the polls close? Is that really gonna get you over the line?
Hey, what are you planning to do with that $25 before the polls close? Is that really gonna get you over the line?
The corollary to this is that we just never get the opportunity to test the inverse - I’ve never had a Mamdani on the gubernatorial ballot in VA so there’s no telling how he’d perform here.
Maybe he’d beat Earle-Sears this year too, but whether we’re likely to win or lose, we always run a Centrist.
Maybe he’d beat Earle-Sears this year too, but whether we’re likely to win or lose, we always run a Centrist.
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The corollary to this is that we just never get the opportunity to test the inverse - I’ve never had a Mamdani on the gubernatorial ballot in VA so there’s no telling how he’d perform here.
Maybe he’d beat Earle-Sears this year too, but whether we’re likely to win or lose, we always run a Centrist.
Maybe he’d beat Earle-Sears this year too, but whether we’re likely to win or lose, we always run a Centrist.
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dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
As someone who grew up merely sports-adjacent and is now an invested fan, it sucks that I took for granted the chances I had to watch Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky play.
It’s why I never hated watching Tom Brady, why I could never hate watching Shohei Ohtani — I’m happy to see greatness live.
It’s why I never hated watching Tom Brady, why I could never hate watching Shohei Ohtani — I’m happy to see greatness live.
November 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As someone who grew up merely sports-adjacent and is now an invested fan, it sucks that I took for granted the chances I had to watch Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky play.
It’s why I never hated watching Tom Brady, why I could never hate watching Shohei Ohtani — I’m happy to see greatness live.
It’s why I never hated watching Tom Brady, why I could never hate watching Shohei Ohtani — I’m happy to see greatness live.
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This is how.
Every Dem, please, this is how.
EVERYONE in the media, please!!
Every Dem, please, this is how.
EVERYONE in the media, please!!
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is how.
Every Dem, please, this is how.
EVERYONE in the media, please!!
Every Dem, please, this is how.
EVERYONE in the media, please!!