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As a journalist, I certainly had some thoughts about it

toomuchtv.substack.com/p/op-ed-why-...
Op-Ed: Why Are So Many Of Us Cowards?
What are journalists willing to give up in order to retain access?
toomuchtv.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Movie Pitch: Final Destination but with adorable little kittens.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Movie Pitch: Final Destination but set in an old folks home so nobody gives much of a shit either way.
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Weird how the phrase “hung like a maggot” never took off.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Your Own
Personal
Jesus

“reach out and text faith”
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Getting spooky in here.
October 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Whitehouse update: Man with tiny dick builds room for massive balls.
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People. The absolute worst.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
So. First Voidfall, now Imperium Horizons.

Absolute first rate pair of games, rich and intricate. Every play opens up something new that makes me want to dive straight back in and try a new tack.

I think maybe Buckle/Turczi is my boardgame design dream team.
September 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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I thought that the Trump administration would be against Amelia Earhart because she was trans Atlantic 🤷
September 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A chicken is basically just a crotchless duck.
September 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
@ickbat.bsky.social so it occurs to me that I can probably just chat to you on here and fuck that WhatsApp nonsense off!
September 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
We need an “very maximally highest” priority label on our Jira board to distinguish all of the high priority issues that are currently buried beneath an avalanche of overzealously elevated medium priority issues.
August 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
To subtly make the statement "I don't want to date your sister," you might consider a tie that is deliberately unremarkable.
August 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I am here to not give advice. To stand in the middle of the road refuse to pick a direction.

I am the hesitation. The great big question mark at the end of every sentence.
August 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Spotted in the wild at friendly local games store, Melbourne. @armadajosh.bsky.social @beckyannison.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Evil bobblehead possession situation.
August 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
No, ChatGPT is not becoming more intelligent. You are becoming more stupid.
August 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Excuse me while a stand over here and rant into the void.
July 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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I'd forgotten to promote my Kickstarter! Launching next week, running for only two weeks, you want to be in on the ground floor for this one!

(There are no other floors. Everyone is on ground.)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pot...
Coming soon: Crucible: A Solo Roguelike World-Building RPG
Crucible is a solo RPG about a character being transformed by their world, and what that tells you about both them and that world.
www.kickstarter.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Marathon board games weekend:

- Mage knight
- Voidfall
- Arcs
- Earthborne Rangers

That’s a big chunk of nerdy good times.
July 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Last Christmas,
I gave you my heart
And on the very next day
You gave it away

But shit got real mean
When I lent you my spleen
And you totalled it on the freeway.
July 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Brisbane Lions rocking the absolute worse bit of uniform design — looks like arsecrack city out there.
July 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“Small change got rained on with his own thirty-eight.”

Tom Waits slapped perfection in the face when he wrote that line.
June 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM