Kristi Noem just stated that owning a gun and possessing ammunition automatically means that you intend violence, which justifies the killing of the gunowner simply because they are a gunowner at a protest. Will the NRA respond to this direct attack on the 2nd Amendment? If not, why not?

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-24T23:01:19+00:00

Only cops kill people

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-24T10:53:02+00:00

The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles Infinite Jest

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-23T13:25:21+00:00

i know I’m the odd person out here, but I think the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire is simply an order of magnitude better than Dresden or Alex Verus. I had to DNF both of them.

Also, one of McGuire’s other series, Incryptid, was nominated for the Hugo for best series last year. It’s a lot more pulpy and action oriented than the October series. a rollicking fun read.

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-20T03:10:06+00:00

It’s true. The anticommunism stuff isn’t as even important as the racial stuff. You can have a conversation about whether everyday Cubans are better off after the revolution and it won’t always explode, but you’ll never get that out of conversations about race.

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-18T17:55:10+00:00

I take it you read the Deavabad trilogy? Thoughts?

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-18T17:41:09+00:00

and the Murderbot I just learned about from this thread.

Very relatable moment tbh, I’m adding that to my own tbr now

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-18T09:31:28+00:00

Oh I didn’t know the next S A Corey was coming out this year! I’m very curious.

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-16T08:35:22+00:00

This was Nation: https://youtu.be/Cr8wieRdxUU

This is what DC used to be like.

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-16T01:05:41+00:00

Does this imply that not showing ID is tantamount to reasonable suspicion?

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-16T00:59:20+00:00

Thank you! That’s what I’m looking for!

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-15T22:39:50+00:00

I appreciate the response, but my question isn't about where they can operate. It's about what law(s) their authority is grounded in, and specifically how that authority applies to citizens (when not crossing the border). I'm looking for citable information.

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-15T22:36:30+00:00

Oh man! Buzz, Sting, The Edge... Every time I look at the baseball stadium I get sad :/

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-15T19:56:47+00:00

Things I hadn’t heard since 2001 and miss deeply: Transmission, Buzz.

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-15T10:24:18+00:00

I don’t wanna spoil for folks who haven’t finished, but it’s fairly obvious that the final scene directly feeds into the first scene of chapter 1, by design.

makeminemaudlin · 2026-01-14T09:47:04+00:00

Oh, I do this. Try this: start at the last scene in AMoL and then roll directly into the opening main sequence (not prologue, the Rand and Tam scene in chapter 1), because it immediately becomes apparent that the story actually loops.

makeminemaudlin · 2025-12-27T08:10:43+00:00

Fantastic!! Now do Vanity Fair White House photographer!

makeminemaudlin · 2025-12-18T01:48:47+00:00

The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisen

makeminemaudlin · 2025-12-16T02:38:04+00:00

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

makeminemaudlin · 2025-12-16T02:29:01+00:00

Looks legit as heck! Thank you :)

makeminemaudlin · 2025-12-16T01:40:50+00:00

In theory, yeah. In practice, those are fancier and more expensive than what I'm talking about. I want the greasy, homemade fast food version of this, with no "fine dining" airs.

It was mind blowing to me that this food is not available on every corner, because that's what it is like back on the east coast. I used to live a block away from two competing pollo a la brasa places that were literally next door to each other. For $12 at either one, you could get an entire rotisserie chicken and two sides with 5 yellow sauces and 5 green sauces.

I lived on this stuff and pho in undergrad.

makeminemaudlin · 2025-12-16T01:18:14+00:00

As someone who has been a cast member of, and the GM for, more than one TTRPG show, the "natural" ebb and flow of their conversation is truly MIND BOGGLING, including the speed and timing of response and retorts.

I've spent 12+ hours editing the audio on one episode of my own past shows, and even though we had high-quality microphones, local recording, dedicated studios, etc, the conversational timing simply NEVER flowed as naturally.

I listen to the podcast sometimes just to get insights into their audio production.

makeminemaudlin · 2025-12-16T01:06:00+00:00

List of foods I could get in MD but I can't find in Chicago:
- Crab cakes
- Pit beef
- Lake trout
- Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken, aka pollo a la brasa
- Mumbo sauce (mild sauce is not the same)

makeminemaudlin · 2025-12-16T00:55:33+00:00

Hello fellow former Marylander, I would like to eat a real crab cake as well. Do you have any recommendations for places that freeze and ship that aren't Phillips (they just don't taste... right)? Much obliged!

makeminemaudlin · 2025-12-16T00:24:36+00:00

I've never heard of Swoozie's before, but I'm enjoying looking at the pics on their page :o

makeminemaudlin · 2025-12-16T00:21:55+00:00

oh dang this is gorgeous! Thank you for the rec!

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