Derek Katz
@derek.katz.blue
Former Navy, current Air Force Reservist. Machinery Mechanic/NDT. WA resident. Anti-fascist, anti-cop, anti-racist, anti-prison. Trans rights are human rights; from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. Hiker, reader, runner.
Yeah but once the quest is in my quest log I can't just NOT DO it!
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Yeah but once the quest is in my quest log I can't just NOT DO it!
As long as my neighbors turn down their music by 10 on weeknights who gives a shit what language it's in?
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
As long as my neighbors turn down their music by 10 on weeknights who gives a shit what language it's in?
Everyone's skeleton is colored like a rainbow which is why people who hate gays are so self-loathing.
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Everyone's skeleton is colored like a rainbow which is why people who hate gays are so self-loathing.
This same fight is happening basically all over again with silicosis - companies don't want to pay to do the work safely and it is costing workers their health and, often, lives.
October 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This same fight is happening basically all over again with silicosis - companies don't want to pay to do the work safely and it is costing workers their health and, often, lives.
As to whether they would outright rise against a slightly more creeping form of authoritarianism the case is a lot more hazy.
September 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As to whether they would outright rise against a slightly more creeping form of authoritarianism the case is a lot more hazy.
I'll say that cops self-select for cowardice and lack of moral courage, whereas the military population is a lot more diverse. I think large portions of the military would refuse to support an overt authoritarian takeover.
September 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'll say that cops self-select for cowardice and lack of moral courage, whereas the military population is a lot more diverse. I think large portions of the military would refuse to support an overt authoritarian takeover.
If the tiny drone tanks with which we've been threatened since the early aughts actually become a thing will those be tankettes?
September 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If the tiny drone tanks with which we've been threatened since the early aughts actually become a thing will those be tankettes?
"NASA issues controversial guidance to space travelers today, warning that moon landings may be risky due to the body's cheesy surface. To understand the breadth of the debate, we've spoken to a lunar astronomer and a babbling idiot."
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"NASA issues controversial guidance to space travelers today, warning that moon landings may be risky due to the body's cheesy surface. To understand the breadth of the debate, we've spoken to a lunar astronomer and a babbling idiot."
You don't have an argument or a point here other than saying that you don't want to engage intellectually with your entertainment. If that's your stance, great, but I don't know why you think A) anyone gives a shit about your preference for ignorance or B) wants to be more like you.
August 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
You don't have an argument or a point here other than saying that you don't want to engage intellectually with your entertainment. If that's your stance, great, but I don't know why you think A) anyone gives a shit about your preference for ignorance or B) wants to be more like you.
Predator is at least partly a satire about the big brash American commandos running into a situation for which they are entirely unprepared and being massacred largely due to their own overconfidence. Kind of sounds like a critique of, hmmm, every U.S. conflict since Vietnam, huh?
August 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Predator is at least partly a satire about the big brash American commandos running into a situation for which they are entirely unprepared and being massacred largely due to their own overconfidence. Kind of sounds like a critique of, hmmm, every U.S. conflict since Vietnam, huh?
I largely agree with you; I do think there's something to be said for the US intelligence "mainstream" creating Sentry, the tool of the country's potential destruction, and its castoffs having to salvage it, but I don't think there's enough meat there to justify the rest.
August 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I largely agree with you; I do think there's something to be said for the US intelligence "mainstream" creating Sentry, the tool of the country's potential destruction, and its castoffs having to salvage it, but I don't think there's enough meat there to justify the rest.
Both types have a responsibility for their message, but there isn't an expectation to rewrite Shakespeare's words, whereas if you're writing a new screenplay, even if you're using an old character, you are creating a message with the contents of that screenplay.
August 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Both types have a responsibility for their message, but there isn't an expectation to rewrite Shakespeare's words, whereas if you're writing a new screenplay, even if you're using an old character, you are creating a message with the contents of that screenplay.
Every piece of art is inherently political in what it chooses to present and how, and whose perspectives it centers and whose it ignores. There's a huge difference between writing a new piece of art based on an old property and a new presentation of an existing piece.
August 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Every piece of art is inherently political in what it chooses to present and how, and whose perspectives it centers and whose it ignores. There's a huge difference between writing a new piece of art based on an old property and a new presentation of an existing piece.
That's fair. I certainly hit more low-hanging objects with the hard hat on then off. I will say a Type 1 safety helmet is more like a skate helmet in terms of profile but it's certainly more than a skullcap.
August 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
That's fair. I certainly hit more low-hanging objects with the hard hat on then off. I will say a Type 1 safety helmet is more like a skate helmet in terms of profile but it's certainly more than a skullcap.
No interest in a standard industrial hard hat or safety helmet? I use Bullard at work and they're fine.
August 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
No interest in a standard industrial hard hat or safety helmet? I use Bullard at work and they're fine.
How did you so perfectly recreate the opening line of my Sonic x Twilight fanfic?
August 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
How did you so perfectly recreate the opening line of my Sonic x Twilight fanfic?
It's like saying something to a mirror and being inordinately pleased that the person inside the glass agrees with you.
August 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It's like saying something to a mirror and being inordinately pleased that the person inside the glass agrees with you.
Do you know why two authors are listed, but only your information is in the about the author blurb at the bottom of the article? Just curious. I never played the game, but I found your article very interesting!
July 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Do you know why two authors are listed, but only your information is in the about the author blurb at the bottom of the article? Just curious. I never played the game, but I found your article very interesting!
That panel does not add value to the airplane production stream. Lean size sigma says it's got to go.
July 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
That panel does not add value to the airplane production stream. Lean size sigma says it's got to go.