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Update! Luigi's Attorney Dickey confirms that his "outburst" where he tells the cameras that this is unjust, was because he was never read his miranda rights and was under the impression at that time that he was being denied the right to a fair trial, an attorney, or any legal representation.

He is angry and terrified in that footage because they have failed to follow basic procedure to inform him that he has any rights at all. This is a major red flag of police corruption. This is UNACCEPTABLE and further means any interrogation they did of him is unlawful, and inadmissible in court.

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Book pasta:

Lasagna bound like a book, with actual words printed on the "pages", which you can only read while cooked, because the pages just shatter if you try to open it uncooked.

Or just spaghetti with split ends.

curious to hear y'all's suggestions for the worst possible pasta shape

(Assume that "pasta" needs to be made of sheets or strands of dough with enough surface area relative to thickness so that they can be cooked.)

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Always reblog Tremors

Michael Gross and Reba McEntire - Tremors (1990)

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When I was a moderator on r/ProgressionFantasy, the subreddit for the subgenre of fantasy I mainly write in, we did the exact same thing a few years back, putting up a pride flag version of our subreddit icon, and immediately got to ban countless bigots who threw a fit about it. And the banner has stayed up to this day, long since I retired from moderating. (Exhausting role.)

only thing that comes to mind today.

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Thank you Marcus Aurelius

stop letting miserable people on the internet convince you that you must have a concrete, well-constructed opinion on everything that has ever existed.

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For evidence that Terry Pratchett understood humanity on a deep and fundamental level, look no further than the breed history of Dalmatians, because that shit is straight out of Discworld.

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i love all your work and was wondering how you chose the names for your main characters?

also why are there so many anders lol?

Thank you so much! As for the names, I have different tactics, but often it comes simply down to whim and vibes for MCs. I honestly tend to be more systematic and logical about side character names.

And the Anders thing is just funny for me, honestly.

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Hi there, Mr. Bierce. You are my favorite author, and you've made me cry more times than I can count. Thank you for Mage Errant. It made me feel at home, and I'll read it a thousand more times before I'm even close to done. My main question is this: After releasing a book about plague in 2020, and a book heavily involving economic distress in 2025, do you think you will continue to be hit by Apollo's Dodgeball of Prophecy?

Thank you so much, that really means a lot to hear! I'm not sure there's much higher praise than my books making you feel at home!

As for the Dodgeball of Prophecy, well... they said Art Is Suffering, but they never said it had to be MY suffering, hah.

Really, though, one of my key interests as an author are disasters, whether ecological, social, economical, or whatever else- and with the rapidly increasing pace of disasters coming from the ongoing polycrisis of environmental destruction and late stage capitalism, well...

I'd be shocked if the dodgeball doesn't strike again, hah.

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I'm very much not a morning person, but sometimes I wake up early and I get those folks. Sometimes I just wake up feeling well rested and happy, and there's just the right level of clouds for the morning light to be perfect.

Mostly it's the breakfast burritos though goddamn are breakfast burritos fantastic.

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I will always reblog mention of my namesake, Ol' Bitter Bierce.

Especially for The Damned Thing, which is basically 19th century Predator.

bees?

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Hard truths

Question: What is the greatest magic of all? Answer: Friendship, right? [B]: The greatest magic of all is not friendship, it's chronomancy, the ability to control and warp time. If friendship were the greatest magic, look, it's a pet peeve of mine (...)

DUNGEON MASTER BRENNAN LEE MULLIGAN ANSWERS DnD QUESTIONS (TECH SUPPORT | WIRED)

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The true power of friendship is the magical war crimes we commit along the way.

(Really, though, the most powerful magic my characters in Mage Errant possess is the reluctance of their enemies to murder children.)

Question: What is the greatest magic of all? Answer: Friendship, right? [B]: The greatest magic of all is not friendship, it's chronomancy, the ability to control and warp time. If friendship were the greatest magic, look, it's a pet peeve of mine (...)

DUNGEON MASTER BRENNAN LEE MULLIGAN ANSWERS DnD QUESTIONS (TECH SUPPORT | WIRED)

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Got reminded again of my old coworker who was a massive misogynist but also trans inclusive. Told me he believed trans women are indeed women because "only women would be stupid enough to want to be women"

I wonder what he's doing now

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"You Missed the Point by Idolizing Them" Starter Pack