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It’s live! A year of Draw Steel adventures, character options, and a new core rulebook are crowdfunding now! Plus you can get the back catalog!
Join the Crack the Sun launch party and get notified as soon as the next Draw Steel Backerkit campaign goes live. Coming soon! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Draw Steel: Crack the Sun Launch Party
Get excited about Draw Steel: Crack the Sun on BackerKit - come join!
www.backerkit.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It’s live! A year of Draw Steel adventures, character options, and a new core rulebook are crowdfunding now! Plus you can get the back catalog!
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when i see posts breathlessly reporting on the sharp uptake in users for google's AI products it's hard not to think it's because they're aggressively shoving shit like this into every feed their users touch. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Google is experimentally replacing news headlines with AI clickbait nonsense
“BG3 players exploit children.”
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
when i see posts breathlessly reporting on the sharp uptake in users for google's AI products it's hard not to think it's because they're aggressively shoving shit like this into every feed their users touch. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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In addition to the Summoner and The Fall of Blackbottom, we have another treat for y'all on November 28tth, Black Friday!
The Codex is the custom VTT for DRAW STEEL and Patrons and their players will be able to join the playtest TOMORROW!
JOIN THE PATREON TO GET ACCESS!!!
www.patreon.com/mcdm
The Codex is the custom VTT for DRAW STEEL and Patrons and their players will be able to join the playtest TOMORROW!
JOIN THE PATREON TO GET ACCESS!!!
www.patreon.com/mcdm
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In addition to the Summoner and The Fall of Blackbottom, we have another treat for y'all on November 28tth, Black Friday!
The Codex is the custom VTT for DRAW STEEL and Patrons and their players will be able to join the playtest TOMORROW!
JOIN THE PATREON TO GET ACCESS!!!
www.patreon.com/mcdm
The Codex is the custom VTT for DRAW STEEL and Patrons and their players will be able to join the playtest TOMORROW!
JOIN THE PATREON TO GET ACCESS!!!
www.patreon.com/mcdm
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I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
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The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology.
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
House eyeing AI preemption in NDAA, Scalise says
House Republican leaders are searching for a legislative vehicle they could attach language to that would effectively ban state regulation of artificial intelligence.
punchbowl.news
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology.
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
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Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
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Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months
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IOC president wants to protect the female category
The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics.
Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
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If you're this dipshit's constituent you need to give him a quick call and remind him that trans people are not expendable bargaining chips.
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you're this dipshit's constituent you need to give him a quick call and remind him that trans people are not expendable bargaining chips.
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he’s saying exactly what we’ve been saying, he’s absolutely right, and any colleagues of his should listen to him
every part of the country that could just told Donald Trump to go to hell and we demand our elected representatives follow suit
every part of the country that could just told Donald Trump to go to hell and we demand our elected representatives follow suit
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
he’s saying exactly what we’ve been saying, he’s absolutely right, and any colleagues of his should listen to him
every part of the country that could just told Donald Trump to go to hell and we demand our elected representatives follow suit
every part of the country that could just told Donald Trump to go to hell and we demand our elected representatives follow suit
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, beating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, NBC News projects.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race, beating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, NBC News projects.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
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The fascists are not inevitable. They're not unstoppable. They're not all powerful. They want you to think that, but millions turned out last month to call their bluff. And millions turned out today to claim our power. We will win.
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The fascists are not inevitable. They're not unstoppable. They're not all powerful. They want you to think that, but millions turned out last month to call their bluff. And millions turned out today to claim our power. We will win.
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ah yes, aristocracies — known the world over for their innovation, flexibility and capacity to meet new challenges
Meet Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future.
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ah yes, aristocracies — known the world over for their innovation, flexibility and capacity to meet new challenges
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They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
As a white, liberal/left American man, I feel the need to categorically state this: I have never had a Nazi phase. I have always been a bit annoying, but never a Nazi.
i actually don’t think the “average” american millennial man had a nazi phase. it’s not some boys will be boys shit. this makes me side eye you and your friend group, sounds like a personal problem
October 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As a white, liberal/left American man, I feel the need to categorically state this: I have never had a Nazi phase. I have always been a bit annoying, but never a Nazi.
I didn’t know what it was called, or whether it was associated with a particular unit, but I’ll tell you this:
I knew it was a fucking Nazi skull.
I knew it was a fucking Nazi skull.
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I didn’t know what it was called, or whether it was associated with a particular unit, but I’ll tell you this:
I knew it was a fucking Nazi skull.
I knew it was a fucking Nazi skull.
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There is a genre of White Dude In Progressive Politics that makes his whole brand about how he "gets" the white dudes that Dems simply cannot reach.
The problem with these guys is, the Dems don't reach those dudes because they are racist reactionaries
The problem with these guys is, the Dems don't reach those dudes because they are racist reactionaries
I think that Platner's story about being a drunk Marine is probably true to an extent, but it seemed like he also relished the edginess of it, knowing it was taboo. I think the taboo on Nazi symbology needs to be enforced, especially now.
October 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There is a genre of White Dude In Progressive Politics that makes his whole brand about how he "gets" the white dudes that Dems simply cannot reach.
The problem with these guys is, the Dems don't reach those dudes because they are racist reactionaries
The problem with these guys is, the Dems don't reach those dudes because they are racist reactionaries
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this feels completely banal? yes, a big tent political party is going to include voters who have bigoted views. i don’t think anyone has argued otherwise? the actual question at hand is “to what extent should a political party ostensibly committed to equality appeal to popular prejudices?”
Bigots in the tent
What did you think winning meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers.
www.theargumentmag.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
this feels completely banal? yes, a big tent political party is going to include voters who have bigoted views. i don’t think anyone has argued otherwise? the actual question at hand is “to what extent should a political party ostensibly committed to equality appeal to popular prejudices?”
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Dems, I bet of you, STOP VOTING FOR TRUMP JUDGES JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Dems, I bet of you, STOP VOTING FOR TRUMP JUDGES JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
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They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.
Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
They make up lies about paid agitators doing violence, and attach them to the name of a prominent Jewish person. This is antisemitism, and it infects every part of the GOP.
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Hey I talk and think about this all the time. This circular “just asking questions” routine is a classic of the genre for AI boosters. They do not want to come to an agreement with you, they want you to roll around in the mud until you doubt yourself. Do not waste your time
This assumes that LLM responses are random which is incorrect. LLM responses are clearly context-based to the question asked.
Can you do the same to dice?
Then again, even dice are constrained by the number of faces they have. You can't get a 20 on a d6 or d12, can you?
Can you do the same to dice?
Then again, even dice are constrained by the number of faces they have. You can't get a 20 on a d6 or d12, can you?
October 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hey I talk and think about this all the time. This circular “just asking questions” routine is a classic of the genre for AI boosters. They do not want to come to an agreement with you, they want you to roll around in the mud until you doubt yourself. Do not waste your time
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Never believe right-wing billionaires when they claim they have to silence Trump-critical voices for business reasons.
They can always find a lot of money to support their fellow travelers and advance their ideology.
They can always find a lot of money to support their fellow travelers and advance their ideology.
Bari Weiss is expected to be named editor in chief at CBS News on Monday, with parent company Paramount paying $150m in cash and stock to acquire her Substack publication, The Free Press. My story this morning: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Bari Weiss to be named top editor at CBS News
Paramount Skydance will acquire the journalist’s publication, the Free Press, which she started after quitting the New York Times in 2020.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Never believe right-wing billionaires when they claim they have to silence Trump-critical voices for business reasons.
They can always find a lot of money to support their fellow travelers and advance their ideology.
They can always find a lot of money to support their fellow travelers and advance their ideology.
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tl;dr: You can't Kill your way to Utopia.
September 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
tl;dr: You can't Kill your way to Utopia.
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a sniveling coward who makes up for his deep-seated feelings of inadequacy by worshipping death, violence and the domination of others — many such cases
September 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
a sniveling coward who makes up for his deep-seated feelings of inadequacy by worshipping death, violence and the domination of others — many such cases
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There's a very good reason why it's a very bad idea to let anyone own 38 stations on the same network.
Sinclair Won’t Air Jimmy Kimmel’s Return on Its 38 ABC Stations
The preemption means that 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' will remain unavailable for some of the U.S. despite its return after a nearly week-long suspension.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There's a very good reason why it's a very bad idea to let anyone own 38 stations on the same network.