Jasper
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has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
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Ursula K Le Guin published a series of essays critiquing 80s pop sci-fi that still stands today, for sci-fi as well as now games: fans of the medium are hostile to criticism and sophistication, because their slop is comfortable. They don’t want depth and complexity, only familiarity
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Ursula K Le Guin published a series of essays critiquing 80s pop sci-fi that still stands today, for sci-fi as well as now games: fans of the medium are hostile to criticism and sophistication, because their slop is comfortable. They don’t want depth and complexity, only familiarity
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glad that more people are looking back at HERO and how it was the real genesis of anti trans laws
IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
thebarbedwire.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
glad that more people are looking back at HERO and how it was the real genesis of anti trans laws
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i can be trusted with vintage typography equipment
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
i can be trusted with vintage typography equipment
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this is the greatest day of my life
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
this is the greatest day of my life
Dat is een goed punt
I’m going to get in trouble for this, but fuck it.
I’ve been at this a long time. Games culture wants the spoils of cultural sophistication without doing the work. It wants a guarantee that the intention to make work guarantees not just a living but a thriving one. It is a medium for children.
I’ve been at this a long time. Games culture wants the spoils of cultural sophistication without doing the work. It wants a guarantee that the intention to make work guarantees not just a living but a thriving one. It is a medium for children.
Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Dat is een goed punt
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Always thinking about my favorite @geraldbrom.bsky.social painting: Mean Jellybean.
I love this dude.
I love this dude.
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Always thinking about my favorite @geraldbrom.bsky.social painting: Mean Jellybean.
I love this dude.
I love this dude.
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It’s hard to not see the Netflix/WB news as a sort of doomsday scenario. The constant mergers and large scale absorptions of brands might be good for business, in theory, but they are bad for art; they are bad for creators; they are bad for preservation. Which makes it bad for us.
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It’s hard to not see the Netflix/WB news as a sort of doomsday scenario. The constant mergers and large scale absorptions of brands might be good for business, in theory, but they are bad for art; they are bad for creators; they are bad for preservation. Which makes it bad for us.
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Long time no post here, time to fix that with a freshly printed mech!
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Long time no post here, time to fix that with a freshly printed mech!
Ik ben de enige Nederlander met normale meningen over Sinterklaas
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Ik ben de enige Nederlander met normale meningen over Sinterklaas
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There are lots of other ways to address the very real harms that kids experience online:
✅ Strict privacy laws that make it illegal to harvest data and use it to recommend content
✅ Antitrust laws so we have real choices for where to go online
✅ Regulate features like autoplay & infinite scroll
✅ Strict privacy laws that make it illegal to harvest data and use it to recommend content
✅ Antitrust laws so we have real choices for where to go online
✅ Regulate features like autoplay & infinite scroll
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
There are lots of other ways to address the very real harms that kids experience online:
✅ Strict privacy laws that make it illegal to harvest data and use it to recommend content
✅ Antitrust laws so we have real choices for where to go online
✅ Regulate features like autoplay & infinite scroll
✅ Strict privacy laws that make it illegal to harvest data and use it to recommend content
✅ Antitrust laws so we have real choices for where to go online
✅ Regulate features like autoplay & infinite scroll
Is dat goed
Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds. @swinda.bsky.social
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Is dat goed
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Cannot stress enough that this is an OBJECT with BUTTONS that DO THINGS
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Cannot stress enough that this is an OBJECT with BUTTONS that DO THINGS
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December 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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two tech men having an incredibly annoying meeting next to me in the café and one of them just said "the thing I love about SEO is.....the culture", gobsmacking, beautiful piece of dialogue, would have struggled with it in a sitcom yet he just said it, in real life
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
two tech men having an incredibly annoying meeting next to me in the café and one of them just said "the thing I love about SEO is.....the culture", gobsmacking, beautiful piece of dialogue, would have struggled with it in a sitcom yet he just said it, in real life
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
Echt een belachelijk vette poster
Sharpen your harpoons!
'Moby Dick' by @gduboisstudio is back -better, bigger and meaner than ever.
Now released as an 18" x 24" 7-colour screenprint 'Moby Dick' will be available either signed or unsigned for 48 hours only from Wednesday 03 December at 5pm UK time.
Don't miss out!
'Moby Dick' by @gduboisstudio is back -better, bigger and meaner than ever.
Now released as an 18" x 24" 7-colour screenprint 'Moby Dick' will be available either signed or unsigned for 48 hours only from Wednesday 03 December at 5pm UK time.
Don't miss out!
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Echt een belachelijk vette poster
Tag jouw familiar. Gotta go with Scurvy Dog
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Tag jouw familiar. Gotta go with Scurvy Dog
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All the familiars
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
All the familiars
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it may be time to review that orc racism metaphor conversation
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
it may be time to review that orc racism metaphor conversation
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This is going to sound conspiratorial, but it is serves the LLM techbros for the 'em-dash = AI' lay-belief to persist.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
I don't doubt this—but it does bug me that em-dashes are used as a heuristic to spot LLM-generated text.
Fortunately I can point to my 2020 doctoral thesis and show that I was overusing and abusing ems well before el el ems.
Fortunately I can point to my 2020 doctoral thesis and show that I was overusing and abusing ems well before el el ems.
The US National Security Strategy seems to be—at least in part—written/edited by AI.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This is going to sound conspiratorial, but it is serves the LLM techbros for the 'em-dash = AI' lay-belief to persist.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
Balen dat een Cloudflare outage niet echt invloed heeft op of ik kan werken
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Balen dat een Cloudflare outage niet echt invloed heeft op of ik kan werken
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Necroterum basilisk - color
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Necroterum basilisk - color
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