Malcador

I have started the series he wrote before Black Company, should get back to it, Dread Empire. The first book was a slog though.

Nice to see the administration's one liner syndrome spreads down to the bottom.

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/26/ice-officers-face-8000-increase-death-threats-against-them-and-their-families After this weekend, wonder if anyone believes anything the DHS puts out

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y29xzjdzvo US really hard up for security forces apparently

https://gamerant.com/gdc-2026-ice-concerns-us-safety-fears-dev-comments/ "Multiple European and Canadian executives told MobileGamer.biz they are reducing headcount for this year's edition of the event, with some even skipping the show altogether. Several cited escalating U.S. immigration enforcement and related safety concerns as one of the reasons for scaling back or canceling their attendance."

VirtuaVerse was good, bit tricky I found, but was an interesting setting and the art and music is good (latter is personal taste, I like keygen music). Still find it funny the saviours (sort of) of humanity are basically a Scene group called "The Blade", no numbers at the end though.

Remarkable how Trump successfully spins nothing as a victory.

https://www.salon.com/2026/01/25/those-rights-dont-count-bovino-says-pretti-forfeited-2nd-amendment-rights-in-fatal-shooting/ Wish someone would ask Bovino what's with his cosplay.

Happy Belated to Razor1911

I vote for the Black Company.

Finished the Bane trilogy, decent enough Star Wars books. Some Kotor DS like edginess, but the girl getting her cousin killed was a twist I admittedly didn't expect -was expecting him to be a redeemer in the final book. Big body count as well

Someone really should have wasted Rittenhouse, I guess.

Have to admire the gumption to call the guy a terrorist and say he was approaching the ICE/CBP/Delta Force LARP guys with a gun out.

Good point

Wrong thread

https://x.com/EricLeeAtty/status/2015087821376073908 Not sure why they needed to shoot him with all the guys on him, but cops can be meatheads.

Luckily corruption is ok as long as you don't hide it. The cabinet members and official accounts are tweeting Trump with penguins, they're running low on flashbangs from Epstein I guess

Well Trump's ticked off people with comments on NATO troops. For Canada it's funny as I think the most damaging event Canadian troops had was being bombed by US planes. Pilots walked away scot free too, funny that.

Near the last act of Virtuaverse. Fun game, puzzles are a bit strange sometimes - asking me the number of stars in Ursa Major is strange. But the game's written by a veteran of the scene, why else would this be a key cutscene

https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-charter-of-trumps-board-of-peace/ Charter for this UN replacement Trump wants. Seems like corruption

Pretty much. Apparently just talking first isn't Alpha Male enough.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/trump-greenland-threats-diplomacy-force.html "The announcement followed a NATO meeting on Wednesday where top military officers from the alliance’s member states discussed a compromise in which Denmark would give the United States sovereignty over small pockets of Greenlandic land where the United States could build military bases, according to three senior officials familiar with the discussion."