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IT IS WEDNESDAY MY DUDES

God. Cheese. Burger. An exercise in ecstatic American theology

When I first saw Applebee's advertisement for the O-M-Cheeseburger, I was terrified. I trembled. I cowered. Then I opened my heart to it. Here is what it revealed to me. johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/god-cheese...

If lion could talk it would be my friend and think I'm pretty cool.

Dungeon Delving in Ultima Underworld I’ve accidentally put together a syllabus for myself lately with the games I’m playing. What started as a modest desire to replay the Thief series went widely off the rails as my ongoing thoughts...

I've been playing many dungeon games and I want to talk about them!

mooost games (like 96% of them?) are about how players negotiate with the world around them. Ultima Underworld is EXTREMELY about that. Does that make it the MOST GAME ever? let's explore...

transgamerthoughts.com/post/7906229...

Strongly suggest Scientists as Prophets: A Rhetorical Genealogy, by Lynda Olman. Very good insights and honestly good intro to rhetoric generally.

oh ya here’s the full redraw too lol

Pope Francis Reverses Position On Capitalism After Seeing Wide Variety Of American Oreos WASHINGTON—Admitting the startling discovery had compelled him to reexamine his long-held beliefs, His Holiness Pope Francis announced Tuesday that he had reversed his critical stance toward capitalis...

Pope Francis Reverses Position On Capitalism After Seeing Wide Variety Of American Oreos

OMEGA SATAN SALE by Tom Bloom A sale by Tom Bloom, 100% off MAGNAGOTHICA: MALEGHAST, CAIN, GAMES FOR FREAKS, VOL 1

OMEGA SATAN SALE, ALL CHASM ITEMS FREE UNTIL SUNDAY, PRAISE THE DEVILS itch.io/s/151205/ome...

It can be really good if you bring in your experience writing it.

Ok so it's not just me

We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now

Catholic Hymn Tier List An incomplete yet substantive ranking

Part 1 of my Catholic Hymn Tier List is up! I made mid and high tier available to paid subscribers as a treat for sticking with me through my Mexico hiatus, but the honorable mentions and low tiers are readable by all. Let us pray.
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/catholic-h...

Wizards of the Coast shutters Sigil virtual tabletop project, lays off 30 staff Lack of corporate interest and poor internal communication reportedly stymied success.

Wizards of the Coast shutters Sigil virtual tabletop project, lays off 30 staff

Me eyes're not smiling.
@theonion.com

Eagerly looking for people to throw under the bus, so that I, an opinion writer, not a candidate for office, can dramatize my lack of political "purity" during this non-election year.

repost is trans people should have free boneless wings

I love boneless wings :3

Stewpot has finally hit full release! And if you're wondering about community copies, those are available at the Evil Hat itch page for the game! Go put a dent in those copies!

evilhat.itch.io/stewpot

I mean that's pretty funny

KENDRICK

y'all ever see a take so bad you are forced to immediately go to sleep?

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Story by @ericboodman.bsky.social

it's been a rough week so i thought i'd rotate a gyro for everyone. as a treat

Matt Yglesias gleefully using the r-slur.

Noah Smith gleefully using the r-slur.

I guess I'm too woke because I find the proliferation of this really off-putting and gross. The fact that it's now reached the "enlightened centrists" class is depressing.

Podcasting is praxis confirmed.

Boy, it’s a good thing science isn’t political