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Brian Jacques explains why he does not have sympathetic villains in his Redwall series: "When I was a boy, morality was taught in school and in church but I think that is no longer true to the extent that it used to be. I try to create very clear moral signposts of what is right and what is wrong. The children who read my books are generally at an age where they need to have things spelled out in 'black and white,' without ambiguity. I often tell my readers that my baddies are bad and my goodies are good. I won't have sympathetic baddies and schizophrenic goodies in my books." Should more writers do this?

JUST IN: Massive chimpanzee group in Uganda has reportedly split into rival factions & descended into a deadly “civil war”

@kevinlieber Or give it to an 11 year old.

@kevinlieber Do NOT just throw it away. Shred it in a cross-cut shredder so it cannot be read again.

Now reading this famous science textbook

@FilmLadd do you really want to do this

@LifeofTabor Double negative?

Why even *is* Jason Statham?

📺The series finale of ‘The Rifleman’ aired 63 years ago, April 8, 1963, on ABC

@sumitomedia I was focusing on the stuff I haven't seen in real life.

@LifeofTabor if you look closely there's also a cat doing kung fu

The entire cartridge -- bullet, casing, and unstruck primer -- fire out of this gun.

Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books: "I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that." "I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that." "To that end, I also don’t talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I don’t want readers to even know, honestly. I don’t want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff." Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?

@astridtgtz I didn't realize bullets fired along with the shell casing and intact primer.

en vez de tirarte 3 horas viendo Netflix, ponte a aprender higgs en tu tiempo libre con 1 hora en Seedance 2.0, el próximo mes ya estás vendiendo producción de video con IA. usa tu noche para una nueva vida👀

@shadihamid @washingtonpost I don't think about you at all

My new @washingtonpost column: Why do Muslims need to be like everyone else? A case against assimilation. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

A true man of the people.

These types still exist: thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-3…

Beverly Cleary’s HENRY HUGGINS (1950): Henry Huggins wants a real football. Cost before taxes: $13.95. Adjusted for inflation, $190.08 in 2025 dollars. Only alternative: a cheap toy. Amazon today stocks a wide spectrum of pricepoints, the most expensive one being $30 cheaper.

@FilmLadd @REMASCULATE PRAISE BE UPON STONEGROUND

@LifeofTabor @REMASCULATE

I have just recently discovered that mustard makes everything taste better

@FilmLadd @REMASCULATE please re-think this tweet

@REMASCULATE Yes, if you're talking about the yellow stuff, but not the dijon stuff.

@mikegallacher1 @3YearLetterman

There is stupid, then there is a special American type of stupid...