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  1. Some of you may know that I'm a huge Kingdom Hearts nerd.

    Some of you may also know that I used to operate the largest KH fansite circa 2003 (and still own the domain).

    Well, a couple years ago someone contacted me about it and asked to interview me. I grabbed some friends from the good ol' days. We did a thing.

    The video has finally been edited and released. This was an absolute trip.

    If you're a KH fan, it's definitely worth a watch. It covers some really important history for the fandom.

    Origins of the Kingdom Hearts Community: What Happened to The Ansem Report?

    youtube.com/watch?v=X_1b8OuBgQ0

    #kingdomhearts #videogames #community #communitymanagement #fandom #fansite #OriginStory #KH

  2. In other news, Queen Mary of Denmark has been stung by a wasp while engaging in royal duties.
    It remains to be seen whether she transforms into a superhero.
    #RadioactiveWasps #QueenMary #superhero #OriginStory

  3. Weekly output: Signal war-plans chat, AT&T limits autopay discount, Google travel search, my Washington Post origin story

    I had a roughly four-and-a-half-day workweek, thanks to my taking Thursday afternoon off to see the Nats home opener–and then spending Thursday night seeing one of Arlington’s finest punk-rock bands, Tsunami, play a set at the Black Cat with co-headliners Ida. I’d last set foot in that venue on 14th Street in 2007 for a show by another great local indie-rock outfit, the Dismemberment Plan, and it was great to be back there.

    Patreon readers got an extra post this week, a review of the book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter that examined how Musk’s disruption and destruction of government functions seems to follow the script he improvised in that disastrous takeover of Twitter.

    3/24/2025: Trump Officials Accidentally Add Atlantic Editor to Signal Chat About War Plans, PCMag

    I had to write about Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg’s recount of being added by mistake to a Signal chat about plans to strike Houthi militants–and I was glad I could include a disapproving quote in this post from an information-security expert and West Point grad I know.

    3/26/2025: AT&T’s Full Autopay Discount Will Soon Require Your Bank Details, PCMag

    Seeing AT&T suggest that subscribers get its credit card if they don’t want to allow direct withdrawals from their bank accounts but still want some kind of autopay discount made me think of how airlines now push their own credit cards.

    3/27/2025: Need to Get Away? Google’s Travel Search Can Now Track Hotel Prices, PCMag

    I thought the hotel rate tracking was the most useful part of this announcement, so it was interesting to see Ars Technica’s Ryan Whitwham lead with the screenshot-analysis part of the company’s news–and surface some details I hadn’t gotten.

    3/28/2025: My First Byline: Rob Pegoraro, Your First Byline

    I’ve enjoyed reading the how-I-got-started testimony of journalists on Ryan Teague Beckwith’s newsletter, so I couldn’t resist excavating some old e-mails and memos to write my own recollection.

    #ATTAutopay #autopayDiscount #GoogleHotelSearch #GoogleTravelSearch #HouthiPCSmallGroup #JeffreyGoldberg #MikeWaltz #originStory #RyanTeagueBeckwith #Signal #SignalChat #TheAtlantic #TrumpInfosec #YourFirstByline

  4. @gwynnion

    The phrase
    #PoliticallyCorrect
    was invented by Bush the Elder's marketing team to dis all the #feminists & #antiracist & #Queer folk trying to not be called nasty names

    It was so long ago, most have forgotten the #OriginStory & now think it was invented when Bill Maher complained about not being able to punch down with impunity anymore
    🙄

  5. Latest installment in my Warcraft III: Reforged no commentary longplay just dropped. Missed a few episodes? Don't worry, I got you!

    buff.ly/4i0w2Ho

    Why not subscribe while you're there? It's free and you're technically pleasuring a stranger, you kinky beast, you!

    #gaming #warcraft #warcraftiii #warcraft3 #reforged #azeroth #WoW #worldofwarcraft #lore #arthas #thrall #illidan #northrend #lichking #sylvanas #originstory #nocommentary #longplay #letsplay #fullgame #rts #strategy #game

  6. [Archive - 2013] Superflu, Ép 15 — Flagrant délit

    Il y a presque 11 ans avait lieu la légendaire rencontre entre Superflu et celui qui allait bientôt devenir son ennemi juré : Mathéo, alias Superficiel !

    ▶️ Lire cette BD : grisebouille.net/s01e15/
    📗 Grise Bouille, Tome VI : editions.ptilouk.net/gb06
    ❤️ Soutien : ptilouk.net/#soutien

    #archive #BD #GriseBouille #Superflu #superhéros #originStory #superficiel

  7. 📡 Ever wondered what led to Meshtastic? Learn a little about the creator and original developer of #Meshtastic @geeksville and what inspired the idea. Click to read the full story! qrz.com/articles/node_17183998 #OffGridCommunication #originstory

  8. Growing up in Ireland in the ‘70s/‘80s, my main exposure to US comics, specifically Marvel and DC, was via reformatted, black and white, usually wildly out-of-date, UK versions of the originals. Example one is the US Lee/ Kirby Hulk origin story comic (1962) which I read in the 1980 Hulk UK Annual. #Comics #ComicBooks #ComicStrip #Hulk #TheIncredibleHulk #OriginStory #Marvel #MarvelComics #MarvelUK #Annuals #1970s #1980s #JackKirby #Ireland #Mastodaoine

  9. Where it started… 🐈🎸

    On Wednesday The Frames came down to Ballydehob & played a secret gig at Levis Corner House.

    📷 by me…

    📷 1- Cathead worn by Colyne of Les SalAmandas during soundcheck.

    📷 2-4 The Frames soundcheck & gig.

    The next morning Cathead was collected & driven up to Cork. 😻 see first post above.

    #Cathead #Ballydehob #WestCork #Ballydehob JazzFestival2023 #LevisCornerHouse #LesSalAmandas #SecretGig #LATM203 #OriginStory #PaperMache

  10. @liminalfiction @lgbtqbookstodon

    I'm doing final editing on my #Villain #OriginStory 🦂

    This #Novel that can stand alone as #DarkElf #Fantasy but also compliments the history of my "Sister Seekers" #DarkFantasySeries.

    The story includes one of my #Readers favorite #Dragons :ablobcatheart: They call him the Desert Flame.

    Going to be releasing it later this month! 🧡

  11. Do you know where Athens came from? Hephaestus had the hots for Athena, the ever- virgin goddess. He chased her around Olympus, and when she wouldn't say yes, he spunked off on her leg. In disgust from the sexual assault, Athena wiped off the spooge with a bit of wool and flung it to the earth below. Where it landed, Erichthonius, the first Athenian sprang up. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericht #mythology @AimeeMaroux #GreekMythology #OriginStory #Hephaestus #Athena #Erichthonius