Video Clip: Maine Senate Debate
Troy Jackson: "Sen. Collins says that she voted against it 9 times, but she didn't have the votes. Well, that sounds like then we probably ought to have Democrats in charge of the Senate so we have the votes to stop this war and hold Donald Trump in check. It sounds like Republicans won't do that."
Marketing and presentation are so important. Like, people get very confused when I tell them the 2005 Casanova film staring Heath Ledger is a feminist masterpiece of comedic delight.
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How's your marketing going?
Sending out my latest book this morning. Such a good feeling, even with a small number of sales. Next Kickstarter will be the final one for this series and should be bigger, with lots of special offers. Do check it out:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-rings-of-heaven
#books #reading #Kickstarter #writing #SciFi #steampunk #AmReading #bookstodon
Here's my 2026 GAMEHOLE CON schedule, if you're in the Madison area this week.
#ScribesAndMakers
Schadenfreude?
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Petard.
Ooh I got into a couple of local gaming discords and found a board games night tomorrow that's just a couple of miles away. Yay! #boardgames
Dragon's Hoard is officially funded! Thank you to everyone who helped make my first Kickstarter successful. Here is a little sketch to celebrate. I'll have some stretch goals up tomorrow.
I am going to have to talk to some people who Do Not Get It tomorrow and I feel sick with anxiety because it will be fucking awful even it it goes well. And if it goes badly I will have one week to find somewhere safe to live in a very small area that won't fuck everything up. Again.
I'm so sick of this. I haven't done anything to anyone, I spent fucking years struggling to get help and then when it finally came it was sabotaged out of sheer narcissistic envy and spite by someone I was a VERY good friend to for years
all i want is a goddamn home that won't kill me so I can start paying back people's kindness and get back to rebuilding my life
Good old Amazon AI-summarised user reviews:
"Customers find the product works perfectly every time and produces great results. However, the product's durability is concerning as it has exploded multiple times, and customers describe it as absolute rubbish."
Fantastic. 🦬
You need to reevaluate your priors. The fridges are so powerful now, and what was true of refrigeration a month ago simply isn’t now. If your fridge isn’t connected to the internet with a known admin password, and can’t heat up to 50°C you’re going to be left behind.
I keep thinking Danfoss is the Loops guy.
FUN GERMAN NAMES FOR ANIMALS
1. Stinktier = stink animal = skunk
2. Schildkröte = shield toad = tortoise
3. Gürteltier = belt animal = armadillo
4. Nacktschnecke = naked snail = slug
5. Waschbär = wash bear = raccoon
6. Tintenfisch = ink fish = squid
7. Schnabeltier = beak animal = platypus
8. Lachender Hans = laughing John = kookaburra
I love these more than I can tell y'all. 😆🤣🤣🤣
#Zelensky: "When our strikes reached #Yandex’s #datacenters, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many #socialMedia platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer #bots. It’s pretty clear where those bots were"
I'm not afraid of AI, but I am terrified by the soulless, greedy corporate drones and entirely natural intelligences who are in charge of it.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/10/12/the-real-danger-of-ai/
Suffered through summer. Am rewarded with crisp mornings, mist in the treetops, dry crunchy leaves to wade through.
I’ll take it.
NEW:
1) A pulse check on Christian nationalism's (ugly) thriving
2) Receipts on the US' founding as secular/pluralistic
3) A lesser-discussed backstory on how the Right ascended (hint: they deliberately jacked progressive tactics)
4) What this & other wisdom teaches about how we can win today.
https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/what-were-doing-in-this-handbasket-how-we-get-out/
Marketing and presentation are so important. Like, people get very confused when I tell them the 2005 Casanova film staring Heath Ledger is a feminist masterpiece of comedic delight.
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How's your marketing going?
“A college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock contract—Flock refused to take its cameras down so Elgin Community College covered them. The company snuck back to uncover them”
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1009411/elgin-community-college-flock-safety-cameras
This meeting could have been a pancake