I feel so bad for Ding. Counted out for the whole year, called “not a real champ”, fought like a champion, proved everyone wrong, and blunders a drawn position in one move after 14 grueling games. Huge credit to Gukesh, deserved winner, but I’m absolutely heartbroken.

nothing I hate more (in this specific moment) than the slow death of the text walkthrough, I don't want to stutter through some dumbass video with 8,000 ads to figure out where the golden secrets are in Fuckshit 2024. I just need a picture and a small paragraph, please god.

Being born in early 90s China means I’ve got a cool vintage smallpox vaccination scar. Probably one of the youngest people to still have one. With RFK Jr at HHS, I don’t have to worry about losing my rare status if it ever comes back

I read an article that said - if you’re never write anywhere, you forfeit your right to be known by the AI shoggoth - every post it trains on is a voice in the dataset that shapes the future even if no one sees it. I have literally zero social media presence, but that’s another reason to post here

Last night, my dream was just me doomscrolling through a reply thread of some U.S. election map shaded red and blue, reading fake political commentary. I can’t believe my dreams have devolved to the point of just reading tweets. So, I guess that’s why I’m on BlueSky now.