Tennessee here: what the chicken-fried fuck is wrong with these people?
I think we're watching some idiots who are trying to move the overton widow by pulling on it, but they're mostly succeeding at cutting their hands up really badly.
The Night Circus and The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Go in cold, do not spoil! Enjoy with a warm beverage. The readers are phenomenal.
The Laundry Files series by local hero Charles Stross, in which it turns out that P=NP, the Great Old Ones can be summoned in polynomial time, Cthulhu ate America via regulatory capture, and the world is suffering from the magical equivalent of global warming. Our protagonists have to mitgate all of this on a British civil servant's salary.
The Quantum Thief trilogy by Hannu Rajaniemi, in which Our Regular Subjects have become a problem.
My god, they're making furbys:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/openais-expensive-smart-speaker-will-use-moving-parts-to-seem-more-alive
Glorious hometown W
Inventing new physics via chatbot is very unc coded
It all comes across as Synanon-lite, doesn't it?
Fascism is all about surface-level appearences and vibes. I didn't expect them to appropriate the mantle of "spork-wielding penguin of d00m," though.
"Cult tryouts" is a keeper
A sweaty, indecisive man holds his hand above two buttons. One button is labled "God," and the other is labeled "Mr. Meseeks."
AI: Aussies Innit?
I've been enjoying Ludicity Week very much!
you just know one of these guys has microdosed bath salts out of sheer contrariness
Have you ever tried meth, tho?
Tennessee here: what the chicken-fried fuck is wrong with these people?
I think we're watching some idiots who are trying to move the overton widow by pulling on it, but they're mostly succeeding at cutting their hands up really badly.
Rapid unscheduled disinvestment
Predator Movie Handshake Meme
Breaking News: Mr. Ball Gets Testy
They're sooo good
If I may add to these excellent suggestions:
The Night Circus and The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Go in cold, do not spoil! Enjoy with a warm beverage. The readers are phenomenal.
The Laundry Files series by local hero Charles Stross, in which it turns out that P=NP, the Great Old Ones can be summoned in polynomial time, Cthulhu ate America via regulatory capture, and the world is suffering from the magical equivalent of global warming. Our protagonists have to mitgate all of this on a British civil servant's salary.
The Quantum Thief trilogy by Hannu Rajaniemi, in which Our Regular Subjects have become a problem.
Re: body counts:
They just can't stop treating people as things and words as weapons, can they?