Monday, July 14, 2025
Some cheap JoyToy Warhammer 40K Space Marines at Amazon
Listed for around $26 at the BBTS, but Amazon is selling various chapters for $17-$20 (click the coupon).
Today's news and jokes
Are you fucking kidding
— Glenn Moore (@thenewsatglenn.bsky.social) May 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Sunday, July 13, 2025
A course on political analysis based on these social media posts
I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts. Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
— Keith (anti-measles activist) (@mosheroperandi.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Text 2. "Glonzo" by @opinionhaver.bsky.social in 2024 xcancel.com/opinonhaver/...
— Keith (anti-measles activist) (@mosheroperandi.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Text 3-6. the @dril.bsky.social series "smacks of gender" xcancel.com/dril/status/... "candles" xcancel.com/dril/status/... "racism dial" xcancel.com/dril/status/... "don't put it in the newspaper that i got mad" xcancel.com/dril/status/...
— Keith (anti-measles activist) (@mosheroperandi.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Text 7. "tariff otaku" by @aelkus.bsky.social and it's supplementary explanation of otakudom: bsky.app/profile/aelk...
— Keith (anti-measles activist) (@mosheroperandi.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Does the archon tweet meet your criteria?
— Doc Revan (@docrevan.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Robert Jackson Bennett's novel "The Tainted Cup" is $1.99 right now
at Amazon if you still haven't tried it. (Cozy mystery solving in a land beset by kaiju (and elite corruption).)
Today's news and jokes
hey who wants to see the worlds most sinister hotel sink
— Kate Compton (@galaxykate.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
— Kate Compton (@galaxykate.bsky.social) July 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Neil Marshall shares a childhood story about the inspiration for "The Descent"
From a long article about the movie:
Marshall grew up in Northern England; he can trace the inspiration for The Descent back to harrowing school trips into local mineshafts. “I don’t think they’d be taking kids down mines these days,” he says, chuckling. “Deep underground, the instructor told us all to turn our torches off and, for the first time, experience pitch-black: zero light, absolutely nothing,” he recalls.
“We turn off the lights, and the guy says, ‘By the way, don’t wander off, because there’s a 200-foot drop over there.’”
BTW:
Filming in caves was considered too dangerous and time-consuming, so the subterranean setting was built at Pinewood Studios
Saturday, July 12, 2025
College players complaining about their video game likenesses in EA's College Football 26 (and one player got a zero percent toughness)
@j2cksonx wrong number too😂 #foryou #trending #cfb26 ♬ one way - pndswifee
@savebled 😂😂😂😂 #cfb26 #collegefootball #football #savebled #samhouston ♬ Classic classical gymnopedie solo piano(1034554) - Lyrebirds music
@chrisaldayy cfb 26 face scans are something else 👎🏼 @EA SPORTS @Overtimeszn #cfb26 #collegefootball26 #football #d1athlete #sandiegostate ♬ Classic classical gymnopedie solo piano(1034554) - Lyrebirds music
They inexplicably singled out this punter for a zero percent toughness:
Wanna @ me?
— Aidan Laros (@aidan_laros) July 7, 2025
Superman actor mentions gaining 45 pounds of muscle in four months after his screen test
@gq #DavidCorenswet talks through the making of his #Superman ♬ original sound - GQ
(FWIW, here's GQ's write-up of his workout. Men's Health.)
(And speaking of protein, these canned drinks are delicious.)
New Humble Bundle featuring Star Trek comics
Starts with four volumes for $1. Big bundle includes 93 items, including the choose your own adventure-style "Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way.")
Today's news and jokes
@tissuepapervirginpulp ngl it scared me esp at midnight #japan #tokyo #hotel ♬ original sound - Rock N Roll
Lego fairy
#JBF2025
— nabe_mocs (@Saki05kun) July 4, 2025
とりあえずここまでは家で仕上げてきました。この作品のポイントはベルビルサドルパーツを髪に見立てたところ。 https://t.co/iZ9cpeIAIV pic.twitter.com/mrpgeX91AT
Chris Sprouse posted some completed Star Wars comic book covers and alternate concepts
2 more of my Star Wars: The Force Awakens 10th anniversary variant covers were published yesterday. 1st up is this image of Finn in the Millennium Falcon, which started life as a spaceship chase scene before becoming what you see here. Found on Marvel's SW: The High Republic - Fear of the Jedi #5...
— Chris Sprouse (@chris-sprouse.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Sketches, including a couple for the original spaceship chase idea for this piece...
— Chris Sprouse (@chris-sprouse.bsky.social) June 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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My 6th Force Awakens 10th anniversary variant cover is out today on Marvel's Star Wars #2. This one ended up being one of my favorites to draw from this series. Pencil art is shown here, sketches in the comments...
— Chris Sprouse (@chris-sprouse.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Sketches sent to Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm for approval...
— Chris Sprouse (@chris-sprouse.bsky.social) June 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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My 8th Force Awakens 10th anniversary variant cover is out today and can be found on Marvel's Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #5. The death of Han Solo was originally slated for this one, but after many sketches it just wasn't working and we switched to something with Poe Dameron. I'm relieved, honestly.
— Chris Sprouse (@chris-sprouse.bsky.social) June 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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So many sketches were done and sent to Marvel and Lucasfilm. There was one more set, bringing the total to 12l, but I didn't save a copy of the 3rd set, apparently...
— Chris Sprouse (@chris-sprouse.bsky.social) June 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Friday, July 11, 2025
Tonight's highlight reel for the Blazers rookie center
YANG HANSEN DIME MONTAGE 👀
— NBA (@NBA) July 12, 2025
Trail Blazers-Warriors on ESPN2 as part of #NBA2KSummerLeague! pic.twitter.com/vB9p1P9G7O
A new Murderbot short story
Here's what happened after Art met Murderbot. Also, lots of behind the scenes pics and videos posted at the director's account:
Thursday, July 10, 2025
New McFarlane Azrael Batman and other figures up for preorder
Today's news and jokes
Wow. They've literally reproduced my cover from "Fantastic Four: First Family"! C'mon, @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social , that's got to be worth a couple of free tickets.
— Chris Weston (@westonfront.bsky.social) July 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Here's the full cover from "Fantastic Four: First Family" written by Joe Casey (from 2006).
— Chris Weston (@westonfront.bsky.social) July 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Lego version of Mon Mothma's Coruscant speeder
Instructions for the speeder are free. Instructions for the designs below are for sale (that yacht is my favorite ship, and deserves a Micro Galaxy Squadron edition):
Bonus:
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