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This happens any time [world leader] goes off the radar for a couple days. It's really frustrating to see people get their hopes up, because the letdown is inevitable.
Is the new DLC free? I see the base game is on sale on Steam right now and I'm awfully tempted...
I don't know this person but I like them.
And they wound, wound, wound A silk bedroll made of fire
When I was On Bluesky Jer-ry Chen Told us to start rehearsing The words from Black Parade...
Our younger kid used to announce that she’s taking a shower by adopting a pompous demon voice and saying IT IS TIME FOR ME TO CLEANSE!! and that has become standard in this household. We’re makin’ memories over here.
and it *doesn’t even replace people* adequately but we gotta suffer through c suites being duped, and then suffer through the bubble popping, and then maybe there will be a glimmer of light at the end of this fucking tunnel of dipshits
This is one of those things a lot of people don't realize: Batteries don't have to be made of electrochemical reactants! This one is literally just hot sand, but there are also kinetic batteries, including spinning weights attached to a turbine or falling water that gets pumped back up at night.
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
(mountain) Dew it.
#ArtOfResistance
I've heard that was a thing, but never saw it in person. A quick search isn't showing anything beyond modern tabletop versions. Maybe it was something your teacher came up with?
Nice! Also, happy birthday, Frank! 🥳🎉🎁🎂
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As a Californian, I wish we could Folgers Crystals-style replace Newsom with a Pritzker or Walz clone. Gavin may be on our side on paper, but he's a greasy, opportunistic sociopath underneath that shit-eating grin.
While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
allllllll of this
They could save millions by not having to add JJ Abrams-style lens flares all the time.
They bribe our politicians & scare the less-educated among us into thinking anything that helps all people is automatically corrupt & bad. It's happening in real time. The destruction of our public institutions is being bankrolled in part by companies & billionaires whose profits are most at risk.
I agree with you, but hooooo boy, you probably just opened a can of worms. Most Americans want better/universal healthcare, but the healthcare industry is for-profit and they use their billions to convince the gullible that that's communism, which we've all been raised to believe is bad, m'kay?
Do it as soon as you can, just keep in mind some providers are already making them unavailable. Kaiser Permanente is currently telling people to wait til mid-September and not even letting you check the box for a COVID shot.
If you ever played Battle Chess back in the day, you know this is reasonably accurate. Also, the Queen's hips don't lie.
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That one gives me the willies
Maybe it's finally time to buy this game.
The scene just before this page: "Megaworm, you are hereby charged with ROBIN the city! Time for you to learn the PECKING order! We're taking you out FEATHER you like it or not! You're about to get EGG on your FA--" "Uhh, Captain, it can't hear you." "Er, right..."
"Hey, Ryan, be careful what you peck at. Most things in here don't react well to beaks."
Pro tip: Muting the word "Kelce" helps a lot with getting rid of the stuff normal people don't care about while still allowing posts about things like, uhh... comet Swift-Tuttle and President Zachary Taylor?
Tee hee!! We’re pretending to be people who have to do gofundmes for printer paper
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Someone get @cgpgrey.bsky.social on the line!
gavin newsom is for people who like the idea of california but have never actually lived here
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
It's difficult to get away from what is basically a monopoly. :/
Gonna see Weird Al live for the first time soon. I've been a fan since autumn of 1989, when a classmate's mom played Peter & the Wolf on the way to an overnight field trip, but I've just never had a chance to see him. To say I'm excited would be an understatement. @alyankovic.bsky.social
How would you say Glyphs compares to Illustrator? I've been using the latter for a couple decades and have a license through my job, but I'm always looking for an alternative from a company that is less terrible.
They need an extra-spicy version called chilli chilli bang bang sauce
Going to make the blue one! :D pigeonpost.cafe/products/ind...
What a lovely old lady! My partner's cat also lived to 24, and was also a tortie 🩶🧡🖤
Good choice! I was gonna say I think the white lettering will be more legible for other drivers.
Oooh, that reminds me, the local gem & rock show in our town is coming up soon! My geology-teaching partner always finds cool stuff for her classroom, so I've got a set aside some rock bucks for that 🪨💎⛰️
Alligators are far more dangerous than plague 🐊
That happens almost regularly here. It's common enough among rodents up in the mountains that there are signs posted around Tahoe and other cities not to feed or touch squirrels specifically because they carry plague.
Yup. MRI for the win!
@jordanmyr1ck.bsky.social What's that script font you used in your (hilarious) Smartypants presentation? I love that kind of typeface!
Thank goodness we have frequent backups.
DM: Roll a d20 to install a WordPress theme update. Me: Alright, this normally goes pretty smoothly... {sigh} It's 4. DM: Okay... {rolls a handful of d6's} your site's JavaScript and/or jQuery (you don't know which) is half broken and you can no longer rely on "background-image" CSS to work.
You want to make a xenomelete?
RIP Chancellor Valorum (AKA Terrence Stamp). The last ruler of the old republic. variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Up next on the Discovery Channel... Flamingos: The World's Deadliest Predators Narrated by ChatGPT
Do you think that's wise? It's forbidden...
@techconnectify.bsky.social Have you ever made a video on old floppy disk tech? I've been cataloging a ton of old media at work (incl. Betacam & some video formats you mentioned in yesterday's video) and this Egghead floppy hit me right in the nostalgias. I'd love to see your take on them!
What gif pops up when you type your name?
✋ Raise your hand if this makes you feel old. 🙌 Raise two hands if it makes you feel nostalgic for nerd hubs of the past like Egghead Software and Radio Shack. ✋🖖🤚 Raise three hands if all of the above and you're an Edosian.
Delicatessen (1991)
ICE in front of the Japanese American Museum where they have an exhibit in internment and docents who lived it is sicko shit
Ohhhh, now I remember that! I didn't have financial stability at the time (recession+shitty job) and was immensely sad to not be able to get one. Beartato & Reginald were my favorites back in that early era of webcomics. I still have an unofficial print of this one by my popcorn supplies.
Christopher Johnson's first line upon returning to Earth:
Come on over and help me copy and catalog a few hundred old CDs and floppy discs like these.
You made plush Beartatos?? When was this? I would have killed for one!
The Endlings Kickstarter ends in 24 hours! We are SO CLOSE to making this show without sponsorships ($90K). If you want to join in the fun, pledge now at complexly.info/fundendlings1
Are you moving far or staying near LA?
Slightly diminish a band: Minivan Halen
Slightly diminish a band: Destination
Slightly diminish a band: Spin Registered Nurses
Slightly diminish a band: Princesses of the Stone Age
Slightly diminish a band: Judas Deacon
That was fun! Do you think there'll be more videos like it?
Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and Bush Jr sure seemed bad at the time, but now, compared to Trump, they still seem really fucking bad.
I'm even more confused now
Side note about the Nebulon-B: I liked it but I've always felt the design was kinda silly for a warship. It's a stack of cylinders & stretched pill shapes connected to engines by a pipe that screams "weak point," you know? I wonder what the ILM guys were thinking when they threw it together.
0 - Cloud Car! I remember liking it a lot as a kid. I think it was due to it being bright orange (compared to all the gray ships up til that point) & its unique shape. The Cloud Car was colorful, organic-looking, fast, and sounded like a race car. Perfect imagination fuel for a kid my age.
The people I know with e-ink readers absolutely love them. I'm told they put a lot less strain on your eyes and the long battery life lets you read for weeks without charging.
Yikes! I wouldn't wanna do that either!
If you rent, your landlord should handle it. Otherwise you either do it yourself or get an electrician, I think.
Ah! I think I get it, thanks. My main experience with that northern accent is from MST3k, which I figured was exaggerated for comedic effect.
What *is* the honk, though? The wikipedia article OP linked didn't mention it.
When they closed the Star Trek Experience, my desire to go there disappeared.
From the few times I've been there, Vegas smells bad, is stupidly expensive, and is oppressively hot all the time. I've truly never understood the appeal of the place.
They're all individually owned and operated franchises. I have three nearby and one is trumpier than the other two, and also has the grumpiest employees on the planet (probably a total coincidence...). The good Ace stores have employees that actually know what their products do and how to use them.
@hankgreen.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social that was the most painful chess match I've ever watched 😝 How did two guys as nerdy as you end up not knowing the game? Playing chess was practically a pre-rec for geeks our age in the 80s/90s!
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If this image gives you a feeling of nostalgia, you're probably a Model citizen. #Testors
Really quite proud of this silly little thread. I can't help but think of more things I could have included, like how in 1999 Pepsi had to destroy millions of Phantom Menace soda cans that had Yam Tits' face printed on them after the designer used him in placeholder art.
So you're saying she has layers?
That kind of shit needs to be illegal.
Does your home lack a basement? Take a subwoofer, decorate the outside to look like an Altoids tin and put it in your living room. Problem solved.
(this alternate history brought to you by political anxiety-induced sleeplessness. Thanks, Yam Tits!)
This cracked me up and got my creative juices going. Read my reply thread to learn about the saga of the Star Wars character you never knew you loved.
Yam Tits finally makes an official appearance in the former Jabba's palace in The Book of Boba Fett. He never speaks and isn't listed in the credits, but he nods to Fett and gets a nod on return. The internet erupts in joy, and can finally rest. Yam Tits is, at long last, Star Wars canon.
Over the years, YT appears as an Easter Egg in various video games, cartoons, & other media. Tartakovsky's Clone Wars sneaks him into a cantina scene. Lucas tries to ban him, but fans won't have it. He becomes a short-lived meme. Weezer chooses not to include him in their Pork & Beans video.
...the RotJ special edition, which causes a fan backlash & has a Streisand Effect, making Yam Tits more widely known. Decipher's Star Wars CCG makes an ultra rare card of him, but is forced to ban it from tournament play. People campaign to see him in the Prequels, but to no avail.
I could absolutely see some wiseass at Lucasfilm in 1982 name something Yam Tits, then in 1986 it's briefly mentioned in Bantha Tracks or some other fan mag and becomes one of those bits of knowledge only a "true fan" would know. In 1997 they edit out the three frames of film it appears in for...
If you're looking to make the move from Substack, I absolutely recommend Buttondown btw. I made the jump years ago.