Jay Blanc
@jay.blan.cc
NB Gray-Ace, Pronouns are They/Them, Social Democrat. Have a problem with any of that, then you do not need to read my posts.
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Hey. Did anyone here attend the International Star Trek Convention in Washington, DC, January 1-4, 1976, or know one of its organizers?
An editor at the excellent @fanlore.org site is looking for info on the con.
An editor at the excellent @fanlore.org site is looking for info on the con.
Fanlore
fanlore.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hey. Did anyone here attend the International Star Trek Convention in Washington, DC, January 1-4, 1976, or know one of its organizers?
An editor at the excellent @fanlore.org site is looking for info on the con.
An editor at the excellent @fanlore.org site is looking for info on the con.
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I can recommend streamer.bot for people looking for something as powerful as Sammi. On the surface it looks more complicated because it doesn't have the tile interface, but it generally has the same, if not better, functionality
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I can recommend streamer.bot for people looking for something as powerful as Sammi. On the surface it looks more complicated because it doesn't have the tile interface, but it generally has the same, if not better, functionality
Blue Labour was always a grift by those who thought that the Conservative Party was going to collapse so they played "moderate". Now we have a conservative government in all but name, and Blue Labour getting ready to switch to Reform.
Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
www.desmog.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Blue Labour was always a grift by those who thought that the Conservative Party was going to collapse so they played "moderate". Now we have a conservative government in all but name, and Blue Labour getting ready to switch to Reform.
Massive sell off on tech stocks going on, coincidentally Nvidia release their earnings report this evening after the markets close. I'm sure no one with insider knowledge is doing anything wrong.
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Massive sell off on tech stocks going on, coincidentally Nvidia release their earnings report this evening after the markets close. I'm sure no one with insider knowledge is doing anything wrong.
This will inevitably be reported by the UK and US Press as "Ireland jails man for refusing to use pronouns" when he was jailed for breaching a court order to stay away from school grounds after harassing the school, it's staff and students.
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School
High Court orders Enoch Burke to be imprisoned
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away fro...
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This will inevitably be reported by the UK and US Press as "Ireland jails man for refusing to use pronouns" when he was jailed for breaching a court order to stay away from school grounds after harassing the school, it's staff and students.
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I used this before with 'Suella':
Shabana had a little bear
a brown one, not a panda
she took the maramalade from his case
and sent him to Rwanda.
Shabana had a little bear
a brown one, not a panda
she took the maramalade from his case
and sent him to Rwanda.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I used this before with 'Suella':
Shabana had a little bear
a brown one, not a panda
she took the maramalade from his case
and sent him to Rwanda.
Shabana had a little bear
a brown one, not a panda
she took the maramalade from his case
and sent him to Rwanda.
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Here they are! I will likely post more as I look through more, and if I find more by you I'll check first before posting. :)
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Here they are! I will likely post more as I look through more, and if I find more by you I'll check first before posting. :)
Today I am struck by a thought. What a tough job being the Warmup Comedian for the studio audience of Big Bang Theory must have been.
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Today I am struck by a thought. What a tough job being the Warmup Comedian for the studio audience of Big Bang Theory must have been.
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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Reminder that this is a man who worked on 128 episodes of a very popular TV series, and he's got to sell off all of his shit just to afford cancer treatment.
SO, HOW IS THE AVERAGE PERSON SUPPOSED TO?
SO, HOW IS THE AVERAGE PERSON SUPPOSED TO?
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reminder that this is a man who worked on 128 episodes of a very popular TV series, and he's got to sell off all of his shit just to afford cancer treatment.
SO, HOW IS THE AVERAGE PERSON SUPPOSED TO?
SO, HOW IS THE AVERAGE PERSON SUPPOSED TO?
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No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.
cnb.cx
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
I'm fine with Death Threats, non-serious or serious, being a clear bright line that causes a 72 Hour Timeout. *IF* that is a blanket no-exception rule, including people who encourage others to do so, anyone who is 'just kidding', and includes "Notable public figures". 72 Hour Timeout for all of it.
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm fine with Death Threats, non-serious or serious, being a clear bright line that causes a 72 Hour Timeout. *IF* that is a blanket no-exception rule, including people who encourage others to do so, anyone who is 'just kidding', and includes "Notable public figures". 72 Hour Timeout for all of it.
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Yup. My personal tolerance levels are absolutely couched in my being a cis straight white dude with immense amounts of privilege. It's easier for me to brush off stuff than it is for other people.
Just gotta say as a trans person who gets death threats couched as "jokes", I'm glad that the rules are being applied this way. When mods are left to make subjective decisions about who is joking and who isn't, threats against marginalized ppl go unmoderated and we are told they dont violate the TOS
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yup. My personal tolerance levels are absolutely couched in my being a cis straight white dude with immense amounts of privilege. It's easier for me to brush off stuff than it is for other people.
There is too much sky wet today.
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There is too much sky wet today.
I live in England, and have an English accent. I also have an Irish passport. And it was fucking rough growing up here in the 80s and 90s.
Back in the 70s and 80s, explaining my Irish heritage got roughly 1/3 incoherent confusion, 1/3 'oh that doesn't count, you're the same as us'*, and 1/3 'sod off back to Paddyland then'. I wonder what current responses will be.
* tell that to the Guildford Four, Maguire Seven, Birmingham Six.
* tell that to the Guildford Four, Maguire Seven, Birmingham Six.
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I live in England, and have an English accent. I also have an Irish passport. And it was fucking rough growing up here in the 80s and 90s.
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Content from us will be on the lighter side for the next 10 days with the 19th Annual @desertbus.org kicking off in exactly 24 hours from this post. If you don't know what Desert Bus is, you should head over to desertbus.org and find out!
If you like us, you'll like this :D
If you like us, you'll like this :D
We're exactly one week away from the start of #DB2025, so it's time to open up the donation page for some pre-gaming! It's also a great time to sign up, or update your donor account.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Content from us will be on the lighter side for the next 10 days with the 19th Annual @desertbus.org kicking off in exactly 24 hours from this post. If you don't know what Desert Bus is, you should head over to desertbus.org and find out!
If you like us, you'll like this :D
If you like us, you'll like this :D
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
This fox looks devious enough to be a Landlord!
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This fox looks devious enough to be a Landlord!
If Disney were to build a new park in Canada/Mexico where would they build it?
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If Disney were to build a new park in Canada/Mexico where would they build it?
Starting to suspect that Nvidia's revenue pumping circular sales might have catastrophically backfired, because they are dependent on the DRAM suppliers to produce all that equipment pumped into the merry-go-round. And now those DRAM suppliers are soaking Nvidia with a price rise shock.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Starting to suspect that Nvidia's revenue pumping circular sales might have catastrophically backfired, because they are dependent on the DRAM suppliers to produce all that equipment pumped into the merry-go-round. And now those DRAM suppliers are soaking Nvidia with a price rise shock.
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At the Texas Book Festival I was asked what would happen if all 8 billion people on the planet were replaced by clones of me, and I noted that meant there would be 8 billion people who couldn't do math but could generate snarky quips, which meant we would all be dead of sarcasm in under two weeks.
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
At the Texas Book Festival I was asked what would happen if all 8 billion people on the planet were replaced by clones of me, and I noted that meant there would be 8 billion people who couldn't do math but could generate snarky quips, which meant we would all be dead of sarcasm in under two weeks.
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Not a whole lot of people have watched my newest video, but I've gotten some extremely encouraging words from other video essay folks, and I am incredibly happy with that. Hell, all of the feedback I've gotten has been resoundingly positive, and I can't thank everyone enough for that. I did good.
Hey folks, my new video is out now, a review of the 2024 horror game Still Wakes The Deep, set aboard a Scottish oilrig. I'm really proud of this one, and I think it might be my best video yet! Please give it a look, and let me know what you think.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Oq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Oq...
Still Wakes The Deep - A Workplace Safety Horror
YouTube video by Casey Explosion
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Not a whole lot of people have watched my newest video, but I've gotten some extremely encouraging words from other video essay folks, and I am incredibly happy with that. Hell, all of the feedback I've gotten has been resoundingly positive, and I can't thank everyone enough for that. I did good.
Vance. It's Vance. He just doesn't make enough of an impression for me to remember his name over the last guy.
As more stuff comes out in the Epstein documents, and there are more public incidences of Trump's failing health, I think Pence is going to be sounding out cabinet members for a removal vote, if he hasn't started already.
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Vance. It's Vance. He just doesn't make enough of an impression for me to remember his name over the last guy.
As more stuff comes out in the Epstein documents, and there are more public incidences of Trump's failing health, I think Pence is going to be sounding out cabinet members for a removal vote, if he hasn't started already.
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
As more stuff comes out in the Epstein documents, and there are more public incidences of Trump's failing health, I think Pence is going to be sounding out cabinet members for a removal vote, if he hasn't started already.
We are now all in soup.
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We are now all in soup.