Thad
@thaddeusjames.bsky.social
Tabletop gamer, supernatural/period horror enthusiast, swashbuckling aficionado, vaguely leftist, Godzilla fanboy. Abolish and Prosecute ICE.
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Castle Rock v. Gonzales is, no joke, my Roman Empire.
Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice.
It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.
Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice.
It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Castle Rock v. Gonzales is, no joke, my Roman Empire.
Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice.
It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.
Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice.
It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.
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The James Bond franchise faces a big problem: me, the viewer, has been shot at the start of the movie through the barrel of my gun, and I'm dripping blood over my own eye balls (they're in the gun)
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The James Bond franchise faces a big problem: me, the viewer, has been shot at the start of the movie through the barrel of my gun, and I'm dripping blood over my own eye balls (they're in the gun)
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As far as I'm concerned, Biden protected Trump better than Trump did
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As far as I'm concerned, Biden protected Trump better than Trump did
The *original* triple labubu, also her fit is better
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The *original* triple labubu, also her fit is better
To the extent that conservatives can process real world information at all, it happens at geological timescales. Ents are quicker on the uptake.
guy who finally decides today he has enough information to conclude donald trump is a pedophile
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
To the extent that conservatives can process real world information at all, it happens at geological timescales. Ents are quicker on the uptake.
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I propose an international law that once you become personally responsible for the murder of 1,000 people, be it via direct violence or policy, you are declared a dragon and adventurers can form parties to quest against you.
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I propose an international law that once you become personally responsible for the murder of 1,000 people, be it via direct violence or policy, you are declared a dragon and adventurers can form parties to quest against you.
a coyote just tried to eat our dog, that was a fun new experience!
(we're all fine)
(we're all fine)
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
a coyote just tried to eat our dog, that was a fun new experience!
(we're all fine)
(we're all fine)
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April 1805–Napoleon is master of Europe. Only the British fleet stand against him. Oceans are now battlefields. Babies are born worshipping unknown gods
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
April 1805–Napoleon is master of Europe. Only the British fleet stand against him. Oceans are now battlefields. Babies are born worshipping unknown gods
Darn it, I think I'm convinced
New Blogpost: I’d Rather Be a Mouse Than an Elf
Why sword & whiskers fantasy is more gameable than your standard pseudo-medieval fantasy settings.
#osr #ttrpg #MausritterMonth
Why sword & whiskers fantasy is more gameable than your standard pseudo-medieval fantasy settings.
#osr #ttrpg #MausritterMonth
I’d Rather Be a Mouse Than an Elf — Prismatic Wasteland
I love pretending to be an elf just as much as the next guy, but it pales in comparison to the joys of pretending to be a mouse with a sewing needle sword at my side.
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Darn it, I think I'm convinced
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new newsletter today about the shortsightedness of political films and how we interpret them featuring One Battle After Another, Parasite, Civil War, Eddington, and a Marxist-Maoist essay from Jean-Luc Godard
goodones.beehiiv.com/p/the-myopia...
goodones.beehiiv.com/p/the-myopia...
The Myopia of Political Films
Looking at the message of One Battle After Another by examining Parasite, Civil War, and Eddington through Jean-Luc Godard's political film theory
goodones.beehiiv.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
new newsletter today about the shortsightedness of political films and how we interpret them featuring One Battle After Another, Parasite, Civil War, Eddington, and a Marxist-Maoist essay from Jean-Luc Godard
goodones.beehiiv.com/p/the-myopia...
goodones.beehiiv.com/p/the-myopia...
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Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Alderman Sigcho-Lopez was right to call out Pritzker today about the state police arresting protesters. Pritzker responded that the state police are protecting protesters, and that just isn't true. State cops have arrested and brutalized protesters to facilitate ICE operations. That's reality.
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Today on Armistice Day, it’s worth remembering that the peace deal was so broken that nearly 3000 men died in the hours before the agreement took place, because no truce was included in the deal. I want to tell you about what might be the dumbest of those deaths.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today on Armistice Day, it’s worth remembering that the peace deal was so broken that nearly 3000 men died in the hours before the agreement took place, because no truce was included in the deal. I want to tell you about what might be the dumbest of those deaths.
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Musk wants to be a Renaissance man, but he's not even a paleolithic man.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Musk wants to be a Renaissance man, but he's not even a paleolithic man.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
If those manosphere dipshits could actually read, I think Robert E. Howard would come up a lot more.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If those manosphere dipshits could actually read, I think Robert E. Howard would come up a lot more.
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Musk: i reada da Watchers
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Musk: i reada da Watchers
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
This is a bit, right? Or do Bond writers sincerely think it's somehow different from writing Batman or Donald Duck or Godzilla?
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is a bit, right? Or do Bond writers sincerely think it's somehow different from writing Batman or Donald Duck or Godzilla?
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"FINDERS KEEPERS"
PICARO! Early Modern Fantasy-Roleplay from
@stillfleet.bsky.social and
@plusoneexp.bsky.social
2025
PICARO! Early Modern Fantasy-Roleplay from
@stillfleet.bsky.social and
@plusoneexp.bsky.social
2025
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"FINDERS KEEPERS"
PICARO! Early Modern Fantasy-Roleplay from
@stillfleet.bsky.social and
@plusoneexp.bsky.social
2025
PICARO! Early Modern Fantasy-Roleplay from
@stillfleet.bsky.social and
@plusoneexp.bsky.social
2025
Swords
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Swords
This is pretty basic stuff TBH, "leftists" who don't get this are just spicy liberals.
1. This is stolen land. We have no moral right to exclude anyone.
2. "Illegal immigration" is a product of 20th century racism; your forebears came "legally" because there was no such thing as "illegal immigration" then.
3. Open borders are good. Borders are racist and colonial violence.
2. "Illegal immigration" is a product of 20th century racism; your forebears came "legally" because there was no such thing as "illegal immigration" then.
3. Open borders are good. Borders are racist and colonial violence.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is pretty basic stuff TBH, "leftists" who don't get this are just spicy liberals.
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fifty years to the day since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down and was immortalized in song forever
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
fifty years to the day since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down and was immortalized in song forever
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
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the Rosetta Stone of dem politics is the 2006 senate primary which incumbent Joe Lieberman lost in part for making out with George Bush
He ran anyway, won with GOP support, dems let him keep his seniority, chairmanships and perks & he rewarded them by obstructing the ACA & killing the public option
He ran anyway, won with GOP support, dems let him keep his seniority, chairmanships and perks & he rewarded them by obstructing the ACA & killing the public option
An important question you cannot skip over in pursuit of the Primary Them All solution is: how likely is it that defeating entitled narcissists in a primary will actually stop them from running?
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
the Rosetta Stone of dem politics is the 2006 senate primary which incumbent Joe Lieberman lost in part for making out with George Bush
He ran anyway, won with GOP support, dems let him keep his seniority, chairmanships and perks & he rewarded them by obstructing the ACA & killing the public option
He ran anyway, won with GOP support, dems let him keep his seniority, chairmanships and perks & he rewarded them by obstructing the ACA & killing the public option
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I'm elbows deep into a thesis positing some version of magic (Alan Moore, et al) as resistive praxis, and I'm fairly confident I'll be able to argue that nothing about generative AI is worthwhile for use. In addition to being "the master's tools" etc., I suggest it's a null magic.
Generative AI is the apotheosis of this process. It's praised for doing better than a human on certain tasks, but those tasks were *made for computer logic* in the first place.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm elbows deep into a thesis positing some version of magic (Alan Moore, et al) as resistive praxis, and I'm fairly confident I'll be able to argue that nothing about generative AI is worthwhile for use. In addition to being "the master's tools" etc., I suggest it's a null magic.
No answer as of tenth attempt, but I will be heard.
I encourage every Illinoisan to call Durbin's office and demand his resignation. He probably won't do it, but he needs to know how much he sucks.
(202) 224-2152
(312) 353-4952
(202) 224-2152
(312) 353-4952
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
No answer as of tenth attempt, but I will be heard.
And Durbin's! The Whip is just as culpable!
I don’t want to hear how bad this is from senators. Save it.
I want to hear demands for Schumer’s resignation.
I want to hear demands for Schumer’s resignation.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And Durbin's! The Whip is just as culpable!