Kurt H.
@hudsonreaders.bsky.social
Professional IT geek and general nerd.
"The thing about fucking off to the woods is that unless you are a very particular, very rare sort of person, it does not take long to understand why people left said woods in the first place." -- The opening sentence of "A Prayer for the Crown-Shy"
August 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"The thing about fucking off to the woods is that unless you are a very particular, very rare sort of person, it does not take long to understand why people left said woods in the first place." -- The opening sentence of "A Prayer for the Crown-Shy"
Today in RPG history, I learned that Traveller Supplement 6: 76 Patrons was in part inspired by Loren Wiseman watching "The Rockford Files".
May 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Today in RPG history, I learned that Traveller Supplement 6: 76 Patrons was in part inspired by Loren Wiseman watching "The Rockford Files".
I had a thought of something the Star Trek people could do, whenever they want to wrap up SNW: keep using the Enterprise sets, and jump ahead to Star Trek TOS seasons 4 &5. We've already met Spock, Chapel, Uhura, M'benga, & Jim Kirk, so just start where TOS left off and finish the Five Year Mission.
May 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I had a thought of something the Star Trek people could do, whenever they want to wrap up SNW: keep using the Enterprise sets, and jump ahead to Star Trek TOS seasons 4 &5. We've already met Spock, Chapel, Uhura, M'benga, & Jim Kirk, so just start where TOS left off and finish the Five Year Mission.
Things that should never be for-profit: Health Care, Prisons, and Education. These correspond to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
May 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Things that should never be for-profit: Health Care, Prisons, and Education. These correspond to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
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I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Well, here we go. The GOP has just introduced a bill to effectively outlaw all pornography.
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
EXCLUSIVE: New GOP Bill Seeks To Take Sledgehammer To Online Porn Industry
Congressional Republicans will introduce legislation Thursday that would severely crack down on internet pornography and upend the online porn industry.
dailycaller.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
@kingduncan.bsky.social mentioned the Debbie Harry/Iggy Pop cover of "Well Did You Evah!", which lead me to put this on for the first time in years. open.spotify.com/album/1hXBh6...
April 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
@kingduncan.bsky.social mentioned the Debbie Harry/Iggy Pop cover of "Well Did You Evah!", which lead me to put this on for the first time in years. open.spotify.com/album/1hXBh6...
If the afterlife has a sense of humor, Val Kilmer is now standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at him
April 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
If the afterlife has a sense of humor, Val Kilmer is now standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at him
New (to me) discovery: Glass Beams. Eastern influenced instrumental psychedelic rock from Australia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4X5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4X5...
Glass Beams - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
New (to me) discovery: Glass Beams. Eastern influenced instrumental psychedelic rock from Australia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4X5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4X5...
So my library has donated books in their foyer, which they sell for $1/bag full. Guess what I found there tonight?
February 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
So my library has donated books in their foyer, which they sell for $1/bag full. Guess what I found there tonight?
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Just note the Democrats could do everything in their power and still fail to stop the fascist administrative coup. I'd still like them to actually DO THAT, though.
February 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Just note the Democrats could do everything in their power and still fail to stop the fascist administrative coup. I'd still like them to actually DO THAT, though.
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I love this quote from Dan Savage's most recent column. Keep dancing, y'all.
January 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I love this quote from Dan Savage's most recent column. Keep dancing, y'all.
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Robots can’t use contractions because programmers don’t like escaping single quotes.
January 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Robots can’t use contractions because programmers don’t like escaping single quotes.
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Authors Against Book Bans responds to the DOE statement supporting book banning in American public schools
January 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Authors Against Book Bans responds to the DOE statement supporting book banning in American public schools
Those were Nazi salutes Elon did. Anyone who says otherwise is following the 1984 playbook:
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- George Orwell
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- George Orwell
January 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Those were Nazi salutes Elon did. Anyone who says otherwise is following the 1984 playbook:
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- George Orwell
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- George Orwell
True eight years ago, still true today.
johnpavlovitz.com/2017/01/19/l...
johnpavlovitz.com/2017/01/19/l...
Let the Record Show
Let the record show that I did not consent to this. Let it show that I did not vote for this man, that he did not represent me, that I did not believe he was deserving of being here, that I grieved hi...
johnpavlovitz.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
True eight years ago, still true today.
johnpavlovitz.com/2017/01/19/l...
johnpavlovitz.com/2017/01/19/l...
Movie idea:
1. Couple freezes embryo, uses it 20 years later.
2. Government passes a "life begins at conception" bill.
3. 16 years later, that 15(/35) year old runs for President, and wins.
1. Couple freezes embryo, uses it 20 years later.
2. Government passes a "life begins at conception" bill.
3. 16 years later, that 15(/35) year old runs for President, and wins.
January 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Movie idea:
1. Couple freezes embryo, uses it 20 years later.
2. Government passes a "life begins at conception" bill.
3. 16 years later, that 15(/35) year old runs for President, and wins.
1. Couple freezes embryo, uses it 20 years later.
2. Government passes a "life begins at conception" bill.
3. 16 years later, that 15(/35) year old runs for President, and wins.
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In case you need something nice this weekend, or a massive recommendation list of comfort books for whenever:
www.loyaltybookstores.com/comfortreads2
www.loyaltybookstores.com/comfortreads2
January 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In case you need something nice this weekend, or a massive recommendation list of comfort books for whenever:
www.loyaltybookstores.com/comfortreads2
www.loyaltybookstores.com/comfortreads2
How come none of you freaks turned me on to Jazz Sabbath last year? I had to discover them on my own. jazzsabbath.bandcamp.com/album/the-19...
The 1968 Tapes, by Jazz Sabbath
7 track album
jazzsabbath.bandcamp.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
How come none of you freaks turned me on to Jazz Sabbath last year? I had to discover them on my own. jazzsabbath.bandcamp.com/album/the-19...
Hear me out: universal health care for gunshot victims paid for by a tax on ammunition.
January 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Hear me out: universal health care for gunshot victims paid for by a tax on ammunition.
This was an interesting read on men vs women college rates
celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-d...
celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-d...
Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
celestemdavis.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This was an interesting read on men vs women college rates
celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-d...
celestemdavis.substack.com/p/why-boys-d...
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I'm going to begin my Bluesky adventure with ... a book announcement! (I will have other things to say later, but I might as well start as I mean to go on.) The Weaver of the Middle Desert is out! It's available from the regular places and also my website: www.victoriagoddard.ca/products/the...
The Sisters Avramapul 3: The Weaver of the Middle Desert (EBOOK)
If you fight the gods, you may win, but you will never be the same. The third tale of the Sisters Avramapul, who are afraid of very little besides boredom.
www.victoriagoddard.ca
November 23, 2024 at 1:20 PM
I'm going to begin my Bluesky adventure with ... a book announcement! (I will have other things to say later, but I might as well start as I mean to go on.) The Weaver of the Middle Desert is out! It's available from the regular places and also my website: www.victoriagoddard.ca/products/the...
Murderbot, take me away! (After years of having it on my TBR pile, I've been binging the Murderbot books this week. Almost through book 5.)
November 10, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Murderbot, take me away! (After years of having it on my TBR pile, I've been binging the Murderbot books this week. Almost through book 5.)