Peter Aidan Byrne

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Writer of lovingly critical essays on Star Trek at trekvstrek.com. Educator. He/him. All opinions my own, unfortunately. I'm like those musicians on the Titanic, except I'm playing Balatro.

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headstone with a list of high-tier patreon subscribers partially hidden by the tall grass. they haven't been maintaining the cemetery, lately. the guy who volunteers to do that has been sick. he's gotten really into video essays as a way to pass the time. in a few weeks, he will recognize a name

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“Sigma male” is such a funny self own like really just self-reporting you have no charisma or leadership skills like that

hotfix male. release candidate male. shovelware male

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The newest TikTok trend is Bombadiling, where a Gen-Zer will film themself being a merry fellow wearing a bright blue jacket and boots that are yellow.

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If you need me, I’ll be at the Dinner Bucket

Dinner Bucket Assumption, IL

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let me make this clear: not voting is a vote for trump. voting for a third party is also a vote for trump. you might think voting for biden is safe but no sorry those votes go to trump too. votes for trump himself however get stored in an unused walk in freezer at mar a lago and count toward 2028.

Change "Rishi Sunak" to "Mayor Quimby" and this headline is a sight-gag from The Simpsons

Huh?!

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mr president: you must beat splatterhouse 3 on the sega genesis live on stream with no save states and no game genie codes. no bathroom breaks

Breaking news: President Biden and his senior team said they accepted the grim ultimatum they’ve been hearing from almost all quarters of the Democratic Party — to demonstrate his fitness for office or face a significant effort to force him to step aside.

Biden and aides concede he needs to quickly demonstrate his fitness for officewww.washingtonpost.com Critics have been shaken by his relative inaction to directly address the panic ignited by his halting debate performance last Thursday.

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Inside of you are two wolves. Inside of them are two hares apiece. Inside each hare is sixteen strands of clover. And you? You sit in the mouth of Leviathan. *restarts the roller-coaster without letting you off*

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the patron saint of staying the fuck alive

the patron saint of spitting blood at the camera

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This screenshot is viscerally nostalgic for me. I can *hear* it. I can feel that tiny old controller in my hand.

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RIP Peter B Gillis, writer of many, many brilliantly odd comics, including my favourite runs of Defenders and Dr Strange

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RIP to the deliverer of one of the best line readings in the Canonical Simpsons

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RIP Donald Sutherland. What a wild resume (KELLY'S HEROES, KLUTE, DON'T LOOK NOW, BODYSNATCHERS, MASH, ANIMAL HOUSE (!), THE UK AVENGERS (!) et al). Character actor, lead, oddball, terrifying, warm, scholarly, anything. Everything. If he's in it, you want to watch it. Eyes, voice, choices. Terrific.

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Calling him "never anyone's idea of a heartthrob" but using this hot ass pic of him is quite a move

Donald Sutherland, Star of ‘M*A*S*H’ and Much More, Dies at 88www.nytimes.com Never anyone’s idea of a heartthrob, he had a chameleonlike ability to be endearing in one role, menacing in another and just plain odd in a third.

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Here's something I wrote about the closure of Arkane Austin, my favourite game studio of the last ten years

Arkane Austin often told stories of individuals of extraordinary ability battling or subverting powerful systems. Here’s @duncanfyfe.bsky.social on how the studio’s place in the industry paralleled their own work until the system won. remapradio.com/articles/pow...

Power Fantasies and the End of Arkane Austinremapradio.com Arkane Austin told stories about power and how we try to hold onto it. With Redfall, Redfall was the termination of that tale.

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babe are you The Silmarillion because your lore is boring as shit and makes no sense and you've been trying to teach me a dead dialect of elvish for 12 hours

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This Canadian Member of Parliament asked ChatGPT for a list of capital gains tax rates by country, got a nonsense answer, screenshotted it, and then tweeted the incorrect information. (He later deleted the tweet.)

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if you've written a book that's listed on goodreads, be on the lookout for a slight bump in your rating over the next couple days. it looks like they're in the process of deleting the thousands of one-star reviews i've left that say "i don't feel like reading a book right now." why? who knows

One of the truest things I've heard anyone say in a while is that "the right way" to protest is to have protested fifty years ago, and "the wrong way" to protest is to protest today.

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i think the mistake a lot of people make is thinking that fighting climate chaos is a popular position. i don't think it actually is the US/Canada/UK etc. maybe it is in the abstract but the second anything becomes inconvenient (e.g. reducing usage of cars) people will fight it

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lol

“I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity” ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-... > This isn't a recipe for disaster, it's a cookbook for someone looking to prepare a twelve course fucking catastrophe. Today’s must-read

I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicityludic.mataroa.blog

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2 big climate protests resulting in arrests happened this week. They protested "the right way", at Citibank HQ & a US Congressional baseball game. If you haven't heard about them but you've heard about the Stonehenge paint... what does that tell you about the coverage protesting the right way gets?

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i say that too but sure lets talk about your friend some more like always