Micah

A DISCWORLD PRIMER* *or, why should I read this thing that everyone keeps going on about? Come on in, sit down, pull up a chair. If you have followup questions, feel free to ask me or @ankhmorporkcity.watch, we're always happy to help. (1/a lot, idk, we'll figure this out as we go)

1. Lose election 2. Assume Trump will steal election for him 3. Trump is flailing around and failing to steal his own election 4. Oh shit oh fuck

did you guys think this would make him seem less cool somehow or what

my comment on the national DSA trying to torpedo nithya at the last minute: fuck off, be a serious political organization, what the hell are you doing this choice is not close

1. Lose election 2. Assume Trump will steal election for him 3. Trump is flailing around and failing to steal his own election 4. Oh shit oh fuck

Im glad I saved this before deactivating my twitter and losing my discord where I had posted it

Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade “Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”

following a long and storied tradition

i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

“give them addictive personalities” “are there any treatments?” “amphetamines!”

the WNBA finals is some Rileyball shit and, look, I fucking hated Rileyball, but this should put to rest any “the women aren’t tough” garbage they’re here to fucking kill each other

don't know if anyone else on here is in culver city and hasn't finished their ballots yet but the culver crescent did some really detailed interviews with a bunch of local candidates which we're finding very helpful local news: it's good!

all I know about this lady is that my brain refuses to read her first name as anything other than "chris hell"

did you guys think this would make him seem less cool somehow or what

good thing bolsonaro is already in the hospital for this one

this might rank as one of the most important outcomes of the night if it happens. would give dems the ability to begin to make north carolina a democracy

I got a fork out to eat my lunch with and managed to misplace that fork within fifteen seconds, the week is off to a great start

I find the prediction markets pretty much useless when it comes to “who is going to win” beforehand, because the sentiment is infected with the personal biases of the degen crypto sickos who participate what they are usually good at is doing math once the results start to come in

you know I just assumed it was my adult palate that's made the chocolate in things like hershey's or reese's taste worse to me but no, apparently the chocolate has also gotten worse!

horrendous decision-making here, surely we can move one (1) random-ass thursday hawks game to make way for a wnba finals game (especially because the wnba finals have been a total banger)

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Over 2,000 alumni from Vivek’s all-boys catholic high school in Cincinnati have signed and circulated a petition demanding that he pull the ad and issue a public apology for “ignoring the moral responsibilities” of his Jesuit education. I think he’s pretty cooked.

bubble’s not popping anytime soon if anthropic is making this kind of money off claude, even if capex costs are still absurd

between serbia, brazil, and hopefully november 3, a good reminder: voting works it’s not the end, there’s always work to be done after the vote, but if you want to beat the motherfuckers and keep them out of power: vote your asses off

it is my deepest and most fervent wish that the tech oligarchs suffer consequences for openly allying with fascism the world over maybe we can extradite zuck in 2029

Discworld QOTD, from The Truth

we’ve had one polling error, yes, but how about second polling error on nov 3

Everyone thought Lula was cooked, hopeless. Then he bought a phone and started posting and now he's gonna get a 4th term. The lesson is to never stop posting.