Sam Ferguson
@samferguson
"Pretty dumb for a smart guy." | he/him | center-left social democrat being pushed farther left by the day | turbo nerd
Pre-Gen Con anticipation, reflections on geeky reveries past, and allowing myself a bit of Gen X nerd nostalgia have led me to one incontrovertible truth: There may be no two things dreamt by the human mind more intrinsically cool than Metallica's "Creeping Death" and the Glitter Boy from 'Rifts'.
It’s a rare treat when the news alerts on my phone deliver good news rather than bad.
Yes, this is absolutely what a serious law enforcement professional visiting a foreign country for the purposes of being briefed about an infamous "cyber criminal" looks like 🙄
It’s glorious. I love these Cold War workhorses. Sadly it’s a little too heavy to permanently sit atop my monitor alongside Mr. Rædwald there 😆
You know, it's been a minute since I played 'Starfield'. I genuinely did like it. I hope they keep making DLC. 'Cause where else am I going to use a sword to knock fruit out of a container so I can steal it? Also: The plastic bag textures in this game continue to be stunning.
This is what the Iranian embassy in India posted to Twitter after the announcement of the "ceasefire" between Iran and the U.S. (1/8)
Oh, and if you think the British would be too stodgy to paint a badass dragon on the side of that ship, you’d be sorely mistaken. (2/2)
"How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause?" — Sophie Scholl, 22 February 1943
I'm not quoting this post because I'm not interested in engaging with this individual. Not because I have any particular animosity toward them, it's just a larger conversation than I have time for right now. But I do want to speak to this topic briefly (1/7)
I find it unacceptably creepy that U.S. cabinet agencies are plastering their official social media with stylized photos of President Trump, exaggerated claims of his accomplishments, and performative nationalist slogans. (1/3)
Attention: The first Irn-Bru of Christmas has been opened. I repeat: The first Irn-Bru of Christmas has been opened.
The Sandwiches of History guy did liverwurst on his show for the first time today. So obviously I was obliged to weigh in. youtu.be/K9loArejGIo?...
"a small group of misguided State Senators" = a majority of the Republicans in the Indiana Senate Braun's so desperate to be the next GOP governor to be Trump's pet that he's not letting this go even now, when his own party kicked his ass in the Senate today by a huge margin.
Listen. The tiny scientists that live inside the janky app I use to track my nutrition says cheeseburger is okay. I can’t argue with the tiny scientists.
Listen here, Tim Apple. I don’t tell you how to keep your demons at bay, alright?
My boss just asked me to be the "arbiter of process" for something. Now I just need an excuse to say "You may test that assumption at your convenience".
So how's everybody else's first playthrough of 'The Outer Worlds 2' going? 🤣
Reading comments on local media's posts usually makes me sad. My fellow Hoosiers tend to be underinformed and incapable of nuance. But sometimes they express a singular truth with such eloquence that it stuns me. Behold.