William Ray
@williamray.bsky.social
Author, attorney, man unabout town.
Fan of Star Wars, Transformers, D&D, &on. Writer of Gedlund (and other Tales of the Verin Empire).
@VerinEmpire on retro.pizza
Fan of Star Wars, Transformers, D&D, &on. Writer of Gedlund (and other Tales of the Verin Empire).
@VerinEmpire on retro.pizza
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
I didn't know much about President Garfield, but he sure does seem great in Death By Lightning (currently on Netflix, stellar cast).
I love the line, "but when a man brings war to my doorstep, he will find me home."
I love the line, "but when a man brings war to my doorstep, he will find me home."
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I didn't know much about President Garfield, but he sure does seem great in Death By Lightning (currently on Netflix, stellar cast).
I love the line, "but when a man brings war to my doorstep, he will find me home."
I love the line, "but when a man brings war to my doorstep, he will find me home."
I keep seeing posts complaining about Mandalorian women in Star Wars wearing different looking armor than Mandalorian men. But every Mandalorian has different armor; it's a style, not a uniform. No two of them look alike anyway, so why a special critique for the ones who chose feminine flourishes?
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I keep seeing posts complaining about Mandalorian women in Star Wars wearing different looking armor than Mandalorian men. But every Mandalorian has different armor; it's a style, not a uniform. No two of them look alike anyway, so why a special critique for the ones who chose feminine flourishes?
"Resisted backing" is such a BS headline. He threatened anyone who backed it, and had his followers send them death threats.
And it still didn't work.
So now, in classic Trumpian style, he's declaring victory as he backpedals. And next, his followers will say the backpedal proves he's innocent.
And it still didn't work.
So now, in classic Trumpian style, he's declaring victory as he backpedals. And next, his followers will say the backpedal proves he's innocent.
President Trump, who has resisted backing such a measure, said he believes Republican lawmakers “should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide.”
In shift, Trump says House should vote to release Epstein files
Lawmakers pushing for the release of more files are planning a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday alongside victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Resisted backing" is such a BS headline. He threatened anyone who backed it, and had his followers send them death threats.
And it still didn't work.
So now, in classic Trumpian style, he's declaring victory as he backpedals. And next, his followers will say the backpedal proves he's innocent.
And it still didn't work.
So now, in classic Trumpian style, he's declaring victory as he backpedals. And next, his followers will say the backpedal proves he's innocent.
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I’ve always found it interesting how much microblogging character limits streamline language use. No room for weasel words, purple prose, digression.
But I think it’s also part of how extremism ramps up.
Because neither is there room for nuance, citation, qualifiers, any softening or mitigation.
But I think it’s also part of how extremism ramps up.
Because neither is there room for nuance, citation, qualifiers, any softening or mitigation.
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I’ve always found it interesting how much microblogging character limits streamline language use. No room for weasel words, purple prose, digression.
But I think it’s also part of how extremism ramps up.
Because neither is there room for nuance, citation, qualifiers, any softening or mitigation.
But I think it’s also part of how extremism ramps up.
Because neither is there room for nuance, citation, qualifiers, any softening or mitigation.
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Once again, if you wrote a story in which the jetsetting corrupt FBI chief took a government plane to the "Boondoggle Ranch" an editor would tell you to get a different job, because you're not cut out for writing believable stories.
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Once again, if you wrote a story in which the jetsetting corrupt FBI chief took a government plane to the "Boondoggle Ranch" an editor would tell you to get a different job, because you're not cut out for writing believable stories.
"If you’re disheartened by the fact that we live in an individualistic, portable, meritocratic, consumer world"
...I'm not, though?
I have a great family, so maybe I'm spoiled by riches. But to me it seems like, if you need social support, it's easier than ever to find it.
...I'm not, though?
I have a great family, so maybe I'm spoiled by riches. But to me it seems like, if you need social support, it's easier than ever to find it.
this about family estrangement and why everyone's cutting everyone off:
rachelhaack.substack.com/p/why-everyo...
is the same cultural force that is pushing for destruction of the BBC
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
is the same force that means someone *can* become 'not a Prince' now
rachelhaack.substack.com/p/why-everyo...
is the same cultural force that is pushing for destruction of the BBC
naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
is the same force that means someone *can* become 'not a Prince' now
Why Everyone’s Cutting Everyone Off: The Cultural Story Behind Family Estrangement
A therapist’s look at how postmodern ideas, digital culture, and consumer values quietly rewired our expectations of family, and what we can do to restore connection in an age of disconnection.
rachelhaack.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"If you’re disheartened by the fact that we live in an individualistic, portable, meritocratic, consumer world"
...I'm not, though?
I have a great family, so maybe I'm spoiled by riches. But to me it seems like, if you need social support, it's easier than ever to find it.
...I'm not, though?
I have a great family, so maybe I'm spoiled by riches. But to me it seems like, if you need social support, it's easier than ever to find it.
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I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
I tossed in one apple on a whim, and it was among the first things taken. And then later, as I was taking my son trick or treating, from down the street I heard a child's triumphant cry of, "Potato!"
Internet memes are real.😲
Internet memes are real.😲
People are not lying about what happens when you do this. I've had five kids so far take potatoes and three take apples.
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I tossed in one apple on a whim, and it was among the first things taken. And then later, as I was taking my son trick or treating, from down the street I heard a child's triumphant cry of, "Potato!"
Internet memes are real.😲
Internet memes are real.😲
Movie idea:
Chris Pine stalks the other moviestar Chris-es, eliminating them in his quest to become Chris Prime. It could be called...
Chris Mass
Chris Pine stalks the other moviestar Chris-es, eliminating them in his quest to become Chris Prime. It could be called...
Chris Mass
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Movie idea:
Chris Pine stalks the other moviestar Chris-es, eliminating them in his quest to become Chris Prime. It could be called...
Chris Mass
Chris Pine stalks the other moviestar Chris-es, eliminating them in his quest to become Chris Prime. It could be called...
Chris Mass
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I’m still open to commercial work & am particularly interested in ccg, card decks, & ttrpgs rn. I’m esp passionate about myth, folklore, gothic horror, & Fantasy.
Dream clients would be Magic the Gathering, D&D, World of Darkness, & Exalted.
#portfolioday #illustrator
Dream clients would be Magic the Gathering, D&D, World of Darkness, & Exalted.
#portfolioday #illustrator
#PortfolioDay I'm Angela, an #Illustrator from ATL, Georgia specializing in elegant dark art. Currently seeking cover, TTRPG, Tarot, CCG/TCG, & Horror clients.
Commercial inquiries only. See my abbreviated portfolio here:
portfolio.angelasasser.com
Network with me here:
www.angelasasser.com/links
Commercial inquiries only. See my abbreviated portfolio here:
portfolio.angelasasser.com
Network with me here:
www.angelasasser.com/links
October 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m still open to commercial work & am particularly interested in ccg, card decks, & ttrpgs rn. I’m esp passionate about myth, folklore, gothic horror, & Fantasy.
Dream clients would be Magic the Gathering, D&D, World of Darkness, & Exalted.
#portfolioday #illustrator
Dream clients would be Magic the Gathering, D&D, World of Darkness, & Exalted.
#portfolioday #illustrator
This game popped up on PS+, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. It's gorgeous, fun, and a magical experience. I just finished it, and really loved it.
October 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This game popped up on PS+, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. It's gorgeous, fun, and a magical experience. I just finished it, and really loved it.
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Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Star Sword Nemesis is now available! Read about the most fashionable girl in a utopian collective of Trans-Neptunian Objects falling in love with her fencing instructor, the deadliest turncoat milf in all of space, feat. art by @mightyatom.bsky.social! loveconquersallgames.itch.io/star-sword-n...
Just saw LaKeith Stanfield's new heist movie, Play Dirty (on Amazon). It was fun!
A stellar cast. The end was heavily telegraphed and predictable, although still exciting... but the beginning and middle were each full of more twists than most movies ever get!
A stellar cast. The end was heavily telegraphed and predictable, although still exciting... but the beginning and middle were each full of more twists than most movies ever get!
October 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Just saw LaKeith Stanfield's new heist movie, Play Dirty (on Amazon). It was fun!
A stellar cast. The end was heavily telegraphed and predictable, although still exciting... but the beginning and middle were each full of more twists than most movies ever get!
A stellar cast. The end was heavily telegraphed and predictable, although still exciting... but the beginning and middle were each full of more twists than most movies ever get!
Having read up on the Thayer Amendment, I have to say that the idea of the imminent minting of these coins would be an enormous relief. So long as they follow the law, I hope we don't have to wait much longer!
Julius Caesar was the first Roman to put his own living face on coins, weeks before his death. It is one of the deepest cultural signifiers of something autocracies do and republics do not.
“Render unto Caesar.” A practice so notoriously arrogant Jesus himself dunked on it with snarky wordplay.
“Render unto Caesar.” A practice so notoriously arrogant Jesus himself dunked on it with snarky wordplay.
Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector
The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...
defector.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Having read up on the Thayer Amendment, I have to say that the idea of the imminent minting of these coins would be an enormous relief. So long as they follow the law, I hope we don't have to wait much longer!
What's it called when a kid refuses something they want in display of outrage? Like, "I want candy in the green bowl."
"The green one is dirty, but we can use the blue one."
"Well! If it's not the green bowl, I'm not going to have any!"
We've been calling it sour grapes, but that's not quite right.
"The green one is dirty, but we can use the blue one."
"Well! If it's not the green bowl, I'm not going to have any!"
We've been calling it sour grapes, but that's not quite right.
October 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
What's it called when a kid refuses something they want in display of outrage? Like, "I want candy in the green bowl."
"The green one is dirty, but we can use the blue one."
"Well! If it's not the green bowl, I'm not going to have any!"
We've been calling it sour grapes, but that's not quite right.
"The green one is dirty, but we can use the blue one."
"Well! If it's not the green bowl, I'm not going to have any!"
We've been calling it sour grapes, but that's not quite right.
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I just tried doing this (with “Yakety Sax”), but can’t figure out how to upload it so the sound works.
September 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I just tried doing this (with “Yakety Sax”), but can’t figure out how to upload it so the sound works.
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Teaser trailer: neon Aurebesh signs reflected a puddle
Me: Stop. Save frame. Crop. Flip.
Me, Intrigued: Zoom lower right. Enhance.
Me, Someone Who Went on the Galactic Starcruiser: ENHANCE.
"Halcyon: See The Galaxy"
🥲
Me: Stop. Save frame. Crop. Flip.
Me, Intrigued: Zoom lower right. Enhance.
Me, Someone Who Went on the Galactic Starcruiser: ENHANCE.
"Halcyon: See The Galaxy"
🥲
September 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Teaser trailer: neon Aurebesh signs reflected a puddle
Me: Stop. Save frame. Crop. Flip.
Me, Intrigued: Zoom lower right. Enhance.
Me, Someone Who Went on the Galactic Starcruiser: ENHANCE.
"Halcyon: See The Galaxy"
🥲
Me: Stop. Save frame. Crop. Flip.
Me, Intrigued: Zoom lower right. Enhance.
Me, Someone Who Went on the Galactic Starcruiser: ENHANCE.
"Halcyon: See The Galaxy"
🥲
The NYT just sent me an email with two negative stories about the Danish government. In years past, I'd have thought nothing of it, but under the present US regime, it's made me immediately suspicious.
I miss living in a nation with an independent press.
I miss living in a nation with an independent press.
September 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The NYT just sent me an email with two negative stories about the Danish government. In years past, I'd have thought nothing of it, but under the present US regime, it's made me immediately suspicious.
I miss living in a nation with an independent press.
I miss living in a nation with an independent press.
My son is going through a Muppet Babies phase, and I've decided what I'd really like to see is a late night talk show, with interviews conducted by Jenny Slate, Statler & Waldorf.
September 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
My son is going through a Muppet Babies phase, and I've decided what I'd really like to see is a late night talk show, with interviews conducted by Jenny Slate, Statler & Waldorf.
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Just for the record, Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t canceled for The Man Show or Crank Yankers or any of the other off putting misogynist, ableist, racist content he made his name on before going respectable, because the left doesn’t actually do that.
Canceled for telling the truth, because the right does.
Canceled for telling the truth, because the right does.
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Just for the record, Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t canceled for The Man Show or Crank Yankers or any of the other off putting misogynist, ableist, racist content he made his name on before going respectable, because the left doesn’t actually do that.
Canceled for telling the truth, because the right does.
Canceled for telling the truth, because the right does.
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social congrats! As a constituent I have one main request; make sure there are consequences. Illegal orders followed are still crimes. Americans who committed international crimes need to be extradited to face justice. Corporations who bribed for mergers need to be broken.
September 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social congrats! As a constituent I have one main request; make sure there are consequences. Illegal orders followed are still crimes. Americans who committed international crimes need to be extradited to face justice. Corporations who bribed for mergers need to be broken.
Rewatching My Adventures with Superman, and I'd forgotten how much I really like the human villains in the show. Livewire and Heat Wave are cute together, and the Silver Banshee kids are haplessly relatable.
September 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Rewatching My Adventures with Superman, and I'd forgotten how much I really like the human villains in the show. Livewire and Heat Wave are cute together, and the Silver Banshee kids are haplessly relatable.
Well, whatever else you may think of him, you really have to admire his intellectual honesty in going out that way.
September 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Well, whatever else you may think of him, you really have to admire his intellectual honesty in going out that way.