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)

going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable

evergreen

this is so ridiculous it transcends “lasers do not work that way” and goes directly to rule of cool

every political rag spent the past couple days writing beat sweeteners about Vance the Peacemaker and, welp

folks, check your app passwords and make sure you have 2FA enabled, the spam network is apparently compromising larger accounts now and deleting all the posts then using them for spam (see full thread)

I know that Leo is currently avoiding the US because he’s righteously pissed off at Trump and Vance but he should show up just for this

the extent to which so many men are sex pests is just baffling and depressing you can just Not Do That there is shit that's hard for me! remembering to take in the trash cans is hard! checking the calendar is hard! starting a design doc is hard! not being a sex pest: not that hard

counterpoint: these people have too much money and we should actually encourage them to purchase floating money sinks

women were kept out of meetings and career opportunities at Pixar because John Lasseter was so much of a sex pest that people decided it was easier to simply not have them in the room with him how many talented women didn’t get a fair chance because one guy couldn’t behave himself?

Discworld QOTD, from Making Money

regardless of your feelings on Pacino personally I think this is fundamentally the essence of being a movie star if people are happy to pay money to see you play different versions of yourself, that’s real stardom

there is no politician so irreplaceable that we must overlook sexual misconduct because nobody else could possibly fill their shoes