No power in the 'verse can stop me.

River ,'War Stories'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - Jun 30, 2026 8:08:07 am PDT #13181 of 13191
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Birthright Citizenship and Vote By Mail survived, that's good.

Almost everything else...is bad.

Steph, that is too many things. You should get a helper monkey.

I'm traveling to visit one of my teams in Costa Rica next week which I'm looking forward to but also starting to feel the pre-travel panic set in (what if I leave the house without my passport? what if my Spanish is even rustier than I think and nobody can understand me? what if this team who is perfectly lovely over Zoom HATES ME ON SIGHT?)


-t - Jun 30, 2026 8:16:05 am PDT #13182 of 13191
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh, Costa Rica, nice!

I can't even with the Supreme Court right now


-t - Jul 01, 2026 6:40:12 am PDT #13183 of 13191
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My left thumb has been twitching for a couple of days. Unsettling. I hope it’s a vitamin deficiency and not something wicked this way coming, because adding a multivitamin to my daily meds is very easy.


Trudy Booth - Jul 01, 2026 6:46:38 am PDT #13184 of 13191
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Is there a collagen that doesn't make my mouth feel like I've been drinking hand cream?


chrismg - Jul 01, 2026 8:51:23 am PDT #13185 of 13191
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Hey, all. Happy belated bday to David, Teppy, and the rest.

Teppy, I have definitely had ostensible days off where I was going around doing One Thing After Another, so I feel you on that.

Does anyone know who runs goodstuffhappenedtoday? It hasn't updated in a while and I'm vaguely concerned.


-t - Jul 01, 2026 8:55:27 am PDT #13186 of 13191
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's Jesse's IIRC


Tom Scola - Jul 01, 2026 8:56:50 am PDT #13187 of 13191
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

Does anyone know who runs goodstuffhappenedtoday? It hasn't updated in a while and I'm vaguely concerned.

Jesse has been active on BlueSky in the last couple of hours.


chrismg - Jul 01, 2026 1:38:30 pm PDT #13188 of 13191
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Cool, thanks.


meara - Jul 01, 2026 3:36:02 pm PDT #13189 of 13191

Connections felt weirdly personal today because one of the categories should have been “places my parents have lived” (not that they were actually a group but could’ve been! Champagne, Indianapolis, Chicago, Dominican Republic)


chrismg - Jul 01, 2026 3:39:22 pm PDT #13190 of 13191
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Meara, I feel like it was one of the hardest ones I've seen recently.