Wednesday, September 30, 2026

The International Taco Bell 50k Ultramarathon is this weekend

31 miles in Denver:

It has been described as Urban Legend. More mysterious and barking spiders than the Barkley Marathons. The International Taco Bell 50k boasts a higher DNF rate than the famed Leadville 100 Trail Race. 

Some of the rules:

Be present at all 10 Taco Bell stops along the courses.

Eat a menu item from at least 9 of the 10 Taco Bell stops.

By the 4th stop, all entrants must have consumed at least one (1) Chalupa Supreme or one Crunchwrap Supreme (dietary restrictions will be allowed within reason).

By the 8th stop, all entrants must have consumed at least one (1) Burrito Supreme or one Nachos Bell Grande (dietary restrictions will be allowed within reason).

Finish under 11 hours.

SURVIVORS will eventually get a commemorative item after successful completion of the run.

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The Habit's ongoing promotion with Alex Vesia includes a special bobblehead




The Habit (I like their Cobb) has various Dodger-related promotions including discounts when the team turns a double play at home, and lately have been featuring Vesia-inspired menu items. I guess I'm glad the bobbleheads aren't being given away at my local shop so I'm not tempted into wasting the day:

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Immersive Dune experience coming to Los Angeles



Here's the website. The LAT says:
In one centerpiece of the exhibit, guests will be asked to take their so-called “test of humanity,” an opportunity to place one’s hand in a box
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“I don’t want to spoil exactly what happens when you put your hand in the box, but it is intended to be somewhat shocking, participatory and to put people on edge”
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McFarlane made a deluxe Lara Croft figure if you regret missing the GI Joe version

Various weapons, and two heads, although the difference in expression seems fairly slight.

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New video game and comic book Humble Bundles

A horror-themed bundle of IDW comics starting at three volumes for $5.

The first game bundle is described as "arcade-inspired fun" but includes games like Norco, so a broad selection starting at four games for $5, Steam scores displayed.

The other new game bundle features the Dying Light open-world horror game, starting at $6 for four DLC including "Brecken" and "Rais."

Finally, the isometric CRPG bundle (WH40K Rogue Trader, Disco Elysium etc) starts at $10 for five games and expires in a few hours.

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Today's news and jokes









(Paywalled)

What are the chances that this Hawkeyes vs. Hawks mixup from Eric Schmitt was an AI hallucination resulting from somebody on the committee staff?

— Jake Lahut (@jakelahut.bsky.social) September 29, 2026 at 9:49 AM


Everyone's said all there is to say about Schmitt's hilarious "Hawks" boner. But the part that I keep coming back to is that Schmitt apparently thought proving Smith was in Atlanta would somehow prove some cross-prosecutorial conspiracy. Then he didn't bother to confirm if Smith ever was in Atlanta.

— Noel Murray (@noelmu.bsky.social) September 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM




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Clever camouflaged Space Orcs

@heresyforheretics SNEAKY Warhammer 40k Ork is LEGAL!?! . #thearmypainter #warhammer40k #spacemarines #orks #craft #painting #art #gaming #tabletop #miniature #sneaky #legal #distraction #bloodangels #ultramarines #puppet ♬ original sound - Heresy For Heretics



@heresyforheretics This SNEAKY ORK is Warhammer 40k Tournament LEGAL . #thearmypainter #warhammer40k #orks #spacemarines #basing #base #tournament #gaming #art #craft #sneaky #hobby #orc ♬ original sound - Heresy For Heretics


@heresyforheretics Orks aren't the ONLY Sneaky Gits in Warhammer 40k . #thearmypainter #warhammer40k #spacemarines #craft #gaming ♬ original sound - Heresy For Heretics
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

I scored in the 99th percentile on the online vocabulary test




I don't know if everyone gets the same words, but I learned "susurrate" from China Mieville's terrific "Iron Council" (learned many words from his books)
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Kids performing the Storm II choreography (I hope this becomes a trend)

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New Balrog figure by Storm Collectibles looks great, up for preorder

Part of the cheaper 1/12 scale, less than half the price of the bigger figures. 

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Today's news and jokes





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Making Space Marines out of spare sprue bits

@tal_ruins_minis Meet Brother Reductus aka “We have Armageddon Captain at home” @tal_ruins_minis #paintingwarhammer40k #warhammermeme #kitbash #spacemarines #bloodangels ♬ G.S.M.F.T.T. - Axis Moor



@tal_ruins_minis Spruemarines for the win! 💪🏽 @tal_ruins_minis #paintingwarhammer40k #warhammermemes #spruemarine #spacewolves #spacemarines ♬ G.S.M.F.T.T. - Axis Moor
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Monday, September 28, 2026

A preview of Tomlin's Minecraft creation (Football roundup week 3)







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Some good videos of the live "Storm" performance at the MTV awards







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New video game Humble Bundle featuring programming puzzles

Starts at three games for $6.
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I assume this will be deleted soon--no human involved at all? Getting the name wrong twice in different ways in a single tweet is impressive

James McEnroe encourages tennis players to boycott the Grand Slam after stars protest Wimbledon and French Open

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— The Independent (@the-independent.com) September 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM

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When the Backrooms promotional team sends you a cake (Halloween roundup)





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Sunday, September 27, 2026

New Humble Bundle featuring RPG modules and 3D-printable miniatures

Starts at $5 for nine modules plus nine miniatures. 

Also, about one day left for the "Ultimate Fantasy Miniatures" bundle (16 printable files for $5).
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Today's news and jokes



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LAPD to place all-purpose, AI-augmented readers on street lights (This week in AI)

@nbcla The Los Angeles Police Department is expected to expand its use of automatic license plate readers weeks after ending its contract with Flock Safety over privacy and data concerns. The new company that will log license plate and pictures of cars is Axon, which also provides stun guns and body-worn cameras. #nbcla ♬ original sound - NBC Los Angeles
("It also boasts of the system's artificial intelligence capabilities to identify vehicles, license plates, pedestrians and other objects that pass into view...The Axon contract includes the replacement of thousands of body-worn video cameras and taser electronic stun guns, massive amounts of cloud storage for the video collected by officers and new artificial intelligence features that promise to write first drafts of police reports based on body-worn video recordings.")



can't a guy walk down the street anymore without being harassed by artificial intelligence

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— Cabel Sasser (@cabel.panic.com) September 26, 2026 at 9:07 AM


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Saturday, September 26, 2026

LeClerc said too much; Stoll, too



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New Humble Bundle featuring Gatchaman and Speed Racer comics

Starts at $5 for six. 

Also, one day left for the Image Comics (Image in the '20's) bundle.
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Today's news and jokes

(The audio is is him trying to take pride in the fact that they thought it worth dedicating the resources to absolutley wrecking him)

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Swimming lanes sweater




$300, free shipping.
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Friday, September 25, 2026

3D-printable versions of the GTA 6 collector's edition gator are already available


$400, doesn't include the game. If you like the gator, there's already at least two downloadable files for cheap.
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Deluxe Wampa by James Groman up for preorder

A follow-up to his Rancor, which is currently waitlisted.

For something much cheaper, these new Blokees Batman and Catwoman (Hush) figures look fun.



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