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STS/Communications scholar Morgan Ames (whom these authors don't cite) has repeatedly demonstrated that OLPC was ineffective at best, and harmful at worst, including in an award-winning book published in 2019.
The real question is why economists don't acknowledge work in other fields.
The real question is why economists don't acknowledge work in other fields.
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
STS/Communications scholar Morgan Ames (whom these authors don't cite) has repeatedly demonstrated that OLPC was ineffective at best, and harmful at worst, including in an award-winning book published in 2019.
The real question is why economists don't acknowledge work in other fields.
The real question is why economists don't acknowledge work in other fields.
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Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
SVG Filters - Clickjacking 2.0
A novel and powerful twist on an old classic.
lyra.horse
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
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I'm enjoying the shade thrown at national embarrassment John Boyne, and this is a great video in general, but mostly here for the shade, it's extraordinarily cathartic.
one of my fav vids I've done in a while! About the surreal and vaguely evil children's book, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
youtu.be/JNhuqRbahBY?...
youtu.be/JNhuqRbahBY?...
The Most Hated Children's Book
YouTube video by Big Joel
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm enjoying the shade thrown at national embarrassment John Boyne, and this is a great video in general, but mostly here for the shade, it's extraordinarily cathartic.
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And that's what makes the anti-trans sports stuff so clearly bullshit. Everyone on the "actually, there are some valid concerns!" side of things is cheering on this 61-year-old lady no longer getting to hag out with her friends and play tennis.
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
And that's what makes the anti-trans sports stuff so clearly bullshit. Everyone on the "actually, there are some valid concerns!" side of things is cheering on this 61-year-old lady no longer getting to hag out with her friends and play tennis.
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The thing about all the anti-trans sports panic: people argue this stuff while talking about elite level sports, but because there aren't actually a ton of superhuman trans women blowing away the competition, the people actually affected end up being those who play sports for fun/socialization
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The thing about all the anti-trans sports panic: people argue this stuff while talking about elite level sports, but because there aren't actually a ton of superhuman trans women blowing away the competition, the people actually affected end up being those who play sports for fun/socialization
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Way to stand up to... *checks notes* 61-year-old recreational players. Good work, USTA. 🙃
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Way to stand up to... *checks notes* 61-year-old recreational players. Good work, USTA. 🙃
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in the process of learning about encryption algorithms, i've invented a thrilling new quiz game, "cryptography or guilty gear"
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
in the process of learning about encryption algorithms, i've invented a thrilling new quiz game, "cryptography or guilty gear"
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December 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Just call us the t-slur at this point. I’d respect that more. www.erininthemorning.com/p/bbc-now-ca...
BBC Now Calling Trans Women 'Biological Males Who Identify As Women'
These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Just call us the t-slur at this point. I’d respect that more. www.erininthemorning.com/p/bbc-now-ca...
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Santa Ragione are a well-known studio, covered by a great many mainstream outlets. Their latest game will not be releasing on Steam for... reasons? Steam won't tell them why, won't tell them what needs fixing, and won't communicate in general.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Santa Ragione are a well-known studio, covered by a great many mainstream outlets. Their latest game will not be releasing on Steam for... reasons? Steam won't tell them why, won't tell them what needs fixing, and won't communicate in general.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
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Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
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Worth noting this was before the Payment Processor nonsense, so this is the normal dev-hating Valve actions. Same shit that dings VNs for years.
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Worth noting this was before the Payment Processor nonsense, so this is the normal dev-hating Valve actions. Same shit that dings VNs for years.
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If you don't get that the "yucky porn games" are the gateway to censor further media that YOU personally think is acceptable, you need to get your head out of your ass. They're trying to divide people into smaller groups so their collective power is also smaller. Kill the cop in your head.
Already seeing folks say, "Well, HORSES isn't YUCKY PORN like other games are, so..." which is super frustrating.
Now is NOT the time to be throwing the hentai games you happen not to like under the bus. Your rage should be directly at payment processors.
Join the fight
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Now is NOT the time to be throwing the hentai games you happen not to like under the bus. Your rage should be directly at payment processors.
Join the fight
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If you don't get that the "yucky porn games" are the gateway to censor further media that YOU personally think is acceptable, you need to get your head out of your ass. They're trying to divide people into smaller groups so their collective power is also smaller. Kill the cop in your head.
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Stripping this out doesn’t purify your economics; it blinds you to how the economy actually functions.
What’s more, the right will attack any left economic program as radical/woke/socialist regardless of how carefully you distance yourself. This should be trivially obvious.
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What’s more, the right will attack any left economic program as radical/woke/socialist regardless of how carefully you distance yourself. This should be trivially obvious.
7/
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Stripping this out doesn’t purify your economics; it blinds you to how the economy actually functions.
What’s more, the right will attack any left economic program as radical/woke/socialist regardless of how carefully you distance yourself. This should be trivially obvious.
7/
What’s more, the right will attack any left economic program as radical/woke/socialist regardless of how carefully you distance yourself. This should be trivially obvious.
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Mass incarceration is an economic issue. Housing discrimination is an economic issue. Healthcare disparities are economic.
The precarity, deindustrialization, and anemic economic access that are driving populist rage hit marginalized communities first—they were the canary in the coal mine.
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The precarity, deindustrialization, and anemic economic access that are driving populist rage hit marginalized communities first—they were the canary in the coal mine.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Mass incarceration is an economic issue. Housing discrimination is an economic issue. Healthcare disparities are economic.
The precarity, deindustrialization, and anemic economic access that are driving populist rage hit marginalized communities first—they were the canary in the coal mine.
6/
The precarity, deindustrialization, and anemic economic access that are driving populist rage hit marginalized communities first—they were the canary in the coal mine.
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Any viable left-populist economic coalition in a diverse polity has to include people whose economic exploitation is experienced through racialized and gendered forms.
You can’t ask them to bracket out those concerns as a precondition for solidarity that… just doesn’t make any goddamn sense.
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You can’t ask them to bracket out those concerns as a precondition for solidarity that… just doesn’t make any goddamn sense.
2/
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Any viable left-populist economic coalition in a diverse polity has to include people whose economic exploitation is experienced through racialized and gendered forms.
You can’t ask them to bracket out those concerns as a precondition for solidarity that… just doesn’t make any goddamn sense.
2/
You can’t ask them to bracket out those concerns as a precondition for solidarity that… just doesn’t make any goddamn sense.
2/
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The thing I wish people like Carville et al would realize is that you cannot have ‘pure populist economic rage’ if you leave out the ‘woke’ bits. It doesn’t work like that.
It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
1/
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The thing I wish people like Carville et al would realize is that you cannot have ‘pure populist economic rage’ if you leave out the ‘woke’ bits. It doesn’t work like that.
It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
1/
It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
1/
but Mr Wise… we’ve know about the ELIZA effect since the 60s… the entire enterprise of chatbots is based upon exploiting it… 🙃
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
but Mr Wise… we’ve know about the ELIZA effect since the 60s… the entire enterprise of chatbots is based upon exploiting it… 🙃
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if you consider yourself an ally please speak up about this, it’s overwhelmingly trans people who are trying to raise awareness of this attack and we could really use your voice rn. it’s certainly not going to come from the 40k follower 100k following AI Elonia meme posting blue maga crowd
on monday the regime was going to revoke existing passports. yesterday they were going to allow all already-issued passports to remain valid til expiration. today it’s back to revocation. yet we’re called hysterical or wreckers for criticizing the politicians supporting these policies
Update: The State Department has once again changed the language back to saying transgender people's passports will be valid "until they are invalidated pursuant to federal regulations."
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
if you consider yourself an ally please speak up about this, it’s overwhelmingly trans people who are trying to raise awareness of this attack and we could really use your voice rn. it’s certainly not going to come from the 40k follower 100k following AI Elonia meme posting blue maga crowd
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dear god the Republicans are in the middle of a civil war where half the party's thought leaders want to line up under Fuentes' neo-Nazi banner and we're STILL seeing articles about whether the Democrats moved too far left
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
dear god the Republicans are in the middle of a civil war where half the party's thought leaders want to line up under Fuentes' neo-Nazi banner and we're STILL seeing articles about whether the Democrats moved too far left
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PayPal HATES IT when you
- Have sex, or
- Use Linux
- Have sex, or
- Use Linux
Soooo... PayPal is banning Asahi Linux users. Hey, can you maybe not do that please?
gist.github.com/asahilina/31...
Yes, they ban Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1". Anything else works.
gist.github.com/asahilina/31...
Yes, they ban Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1". Anything else works.
Asahi Linux PayPal Block Fix
Asahi Linux PayPal Block Fix. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
PayPal HATES IT when you
- Have sex, or
- Use Linux
- Have sex, or
- Use Linux
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Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.