I love all of the books in Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere universe and it’s definitely my number 1. Mistborn, Stormlight Archive, Warbreaker, Elantris, all of them. I think it’s worth looking into reading order. It doesn’t matter too much in the earlier books, but there are some references that add to the experience. In the latest books, there are things that need to be understood from other books for it all to make sense, particularly between Mistborn and Stormlight.

Other series I really enjoy:

• Robin Hobb: Realm of the Elderlings anthology.
• Jim Butcher: The Dresden Files.
• Brian Mcclellan: Powder Mage series.
• Joe Abercrombie: The First Law series.
• James Islington: The Licanius trilogy.
• Robert Jordan: The Wheel of Time. This is what got me into Sanderson since he finished the series

Unfinished series:

• Scott Lynch: Gentleman Bastards.
• Patrick Rothfuss: The King Killer Chronicles

Still a serial poster. I’ve always just assumed it was a bot account.

I once got Gemini to admit that it ‘fucked up’. Not really a crowning achievement, but I was pretty happy with it not only admitting a mistake, but it said that it fucked up.

Pete Holmes nails it.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ceHFmy4Ck0k

I also hate attack ads, but probably mostly because they are all sensationalized and half truths. If someone brings receipts, I don’t care as much, but I absolutely hate all political ads, positive or negative. I can’t wait until after the midterms are done.

Well, let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.

Hire a fiduciary and pay off my debts, which I think currently is just my mortgage.

I wouldn’t quit my job straight away. I like my team and I’m learning rapidly having them around.

Travel more, and invest in my hobbies, picking up a couple others that currently are out of reach.

The remaining 14.5 million would grow.

I just drove through a handful of states in the Midwest on a trip. I think I’m average it was around $6.20. the most I saw was $7.15, but that was at a podunk station off the beaten path that was more expensive across the board.

We saw one pump that a fellow filled up diesel and the total bill was $185 at $6.15. Insane costs.

Is it not “point of view”?

I’ve said it before, but I’m buying a flag pole and a flag for just the occasion. After a couple weeks I’ll take it down and probably never use it again. I might even put some of those cheap pinwheels around the base to add some flair.

The way California handled it at women’s state track this past season I think is a fair balance. There was a MTF gal that took second in some race, and she and another each got credit for second place. At least until a better solution comes up, I don’t see why that would be an issue.

I can see an argument why that’s not fair to a trans individual for singling them out, but in that same vein there’s an argument about how a MTF may have biological advantages over the competition.

If the above can’t be achieved, I think allowing trans in sports is the right call. As someone that was a competitive athlete, I have to admit that I didn’t just jump to this opinion and did have to reason with myself. I was never against it, but still had instinctive doubts.

That’s not to defend Newsome at all, he’s a snake. Even if these are is true beliefs, that he doesn’t want to be on that side and perhaps it’s a moral dilemma he knows is wrong, he can absolutely do better than this.

Ooof. You know that if you’re a Republican and Kavanaugh blocks your request, you got nothing.

Racists have been big on rallies for a long time. Do they provide the hoods at the door or is it BYOH?

If this tool was my kid, I’d leave too.

I don’t have faith in the SCOTUS to not fuck this up, but the law looks to be written pretty explicitly in favor of the veto referenda. Being that there’s no accountability for SC justices, they wouldn’t have to justify why they voted in favour of Hoskins, but if they did, I can’t see any valid argument, or really even any false arguments.

They’re just really interested in children’s genitals.

Unfortunately, there’s no mechanism to make that happen over night. What we’re seeing with the DSA is the first step in replacing them all. You’ll have a tough time convincing people stuck in there ways to vote more progressive, but the successes that Mamdani is having in NY and potentially other locations will hopefully spread and start to help turn that tide.

If people start actually feeling the benefits of progressive policies, some will start changing their views. The primaries have shown that tide is starting to shift. Hopefully we can ride that wave, get through a corrupt midterm, and maybe start to steer the ship in the right direction.

I don’t like that an 80 year old won, but the alternative is a younger but shittier option. Change just for the sake of change isn’t good. It’s not controlled opposition when the older candidate actively represents their constituents progressive views and the other is a bigot. His history is very public so we don’t just think he’s on our side, his body of work proves it. What a joke of a take you have there.

Perhaps you could read the article instead of inferring what was said from a clickbait title.

I don’t know where it’s operated out of, but I use libro.fm instead of audible. You can download the audiobooks you purchase so you get a drm free copy, but they do also have a subscription model. An added bonus is that some of the profits are donated to libraries. I believe you maybe can specify which library your money goes to.

Even if it’s US based, at least there’s that benefit.