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@palecur.bsky.social
A dangerous servant and a fearful master. Freedom, joy, choice, consequence. Teneo ea quae fūror.
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Avi: picrew https://picrew.me/ja/image_maker/447749/ 2k23
dice.camp/@palecur
MLDNI
pronoun.is/he/him
Avi: picrew https://picrew.me/ja/image_maker/447749/ 2k23
dice.camp/@palecur
if you have any kind of sensory/distraction issues Visual Studio Code's "IntelliSense autocomplete" is pure torture and i hate it with a totalizing fury (it is now off)
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
if you have any kind of sensory/distraction issues Visual Studio Code's "IntelliSense autocomplete" is pure torture and i hate it with a totalizing fury (it is now off)
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Same, although I will note for the record that this is the compromise position.
In 2028 I will vote for whoever will send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Same, although I will note for the record that this is the compromise position.
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del Toro: well, we could put a sexy igor in it
Shelley: we're not doing any fucking igor shit
Shelley: he's not in the fucking book
del Toro: ah but neither is this fucked up angel
Shelley: are you putting in a fucked up angel
del Toro: i love a fucked up angel
Shelley: yeah i'll allow this
Shelley: we're not doing any fucking igor shit
Shelley: he's not in the fucking book
del Toro: ah but neither is this fucked up angel
Shelley: are you putting in a fucked up angel
del Toro: i love a fucked up angel
Shelley: yeah i'll allow this
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
del Toro: well, we could put a sexy igor in it
Shelley: we're not doing any fucking igor shit
Shelley: he's not in the fucking book
del Toro: ah but neither is this fucked up angel
Shelley: are you putting in a fucked up angel
del Toro: i love a fucked up angel
Shelley: yeah i'll allow this
Shelley: we're not doing any fucking igor shit
Shelley: he's not in the fucking book
del Toro: ah but neither is this fucked up angel
Shelley: are you putting in a fucked up angel
del Toro: i love a fucked up angel
Shelley: yeah i'll allow this
I hate that people keep rediscovering this, but we've known for decades now that paypal does this, arbitrarily and with little recourse.
*Never* keep money in Paypal. Pull it to a real bank the second it hits. Your day-to-day Paypal balance should be at most in the low double digits.
*Never* keep money in Paypal. Pull it to a real bank the second it hits. Your day-to-day Paypal balance should be at most in the low double digits.
3D artist on Patreon suddenly banned by PayPal: “I have nothing to pay my bills for this month. I have nothing to pay my rent, and I have only around $100 for a living before I resolve this, alter my billing in Patreon and wait a 5 day cooldown. PayPal says I can access my money only in 6 months”
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I hate that people keep rediscovering this, but we've known for decades now that paypal does this, arbitrarily and with little recourse.
*Never* keep money in Paypal. Pull it to a real bank the second it hits. Your day-to-day Paypal balance should be at most in the low double digits.
*Never* keep money in Paypal. Pull it to a real bank the second it hits. Your day-to-day Paypal balance should be at most in the low double digits.
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I'm going to be real with you: the entire industry was holding our collective breath from 2016-2020 to see which of us was going to be stupid enough to fall on the grenade of banning a US government account first, and Twitter took one for the team (at almost the last second possible).
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I'm going to be real with you: the entire industry was holding our collective breath from 2016-2020 to see which of us was going to be stupid enough to fall on the grenade of banning a US government account first, and Twitter took one for the team (at almost the last second possible).
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time to post the most realistic meme ever made, which permanently reflects my life as someone looking for a better job
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
time to post the most realistic meme ever made, which permanently reflects my life as someone looking for a better job
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one day we will reach a point where people understand that showing something bad happening in a piece of fiction is not endorsing it. but today is not that day, i guess.
One Scene In Dispatch Has Ruined The Game For Some Players https://kotaku.com/dispatch-episode-7-invisigal-locker-scene-sexual-assault-2000644844
Dispatch Fans Say One Scene Goes Too Far
The superhero workplace comedy’s penultimate episode is not sitting well with its fans
kotaku.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
one day we will reach a point where people understand that showing something bad happening in a piece of fiction is not endorsing it. but today is not that day, i guess.
yeah, felt this one in my bones
My greatest motivation to get back in the game is anger at what is being made
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
yeah, felt this one in my bones
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Love this for South Korea.
We love to see it!
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
South Korea's new president, injured as a child labourer, cracks down on 'workplaces of death' reut.rs/4pcH1RR
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Love this for South Korea.
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matt yglesias' primary claim about politics is that to win elections, democrats should adopt the strategy which has given starmer a 13% approval rating in the UK
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
matt yglesias' primary claim about politics is that to win elections, democrats should adopt the strategy which has given starmer a 13% approval rating in the UK
there are exactly 4 jobs in football
throw
catch
block
kick
so why are there between 45 and 60 different position names like "demi cornerman" or "hash slinger (wind from the north only)", shit's baffling
throw
catch
block
kick
so why are there between 45 and 60 different position names like "demi cornerman" or "hash slinger (wind from the north only)", shit's baffling
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
there are exactly 4 jobs in football
throw
catch
block
kick
so why are there between 45 and 60 different position names like "demi cornerman" or "hash slinger (wind from the north only)", shit's baffling
throw
catch
block
kick
so why are there between 45 and 60 different position names like "demi cornerman" or "hash slinger (wind from the north only)", shit's baffling
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It is sort of mind boggling how the science news of the last few years or so has been software engineers saying “we’ve upgraded the torment nexus that might tear apart society to be 10% more efficient” while bio/chem has been “we’re about to cure this disease that has threatened to kill millions
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It is sort of mind boggling how the science news of the last few years or so has been software engineers saying “we’ve upgraded the torment nexus that might tear apart society to be 10% more efficient” while bio/chem has been “we’re about to cure this disease that has threatened to kill millions
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Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
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Evelyn Normielib is coming for this administration and its goons
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Evelyn Normielib is coming for this administration and its goons
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literally the only way a cop faces consequences is if he touches Sacred Football in some way, so as soon as we expand the SEC to include every minority in America we'll be fine
Texas A&M police says it has removed this trooper from his game day assignment following this:
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
literally the only way a cop faces consequences is if he touches Sacred Football in some way, so as soon as we expand the SEC to include every minority in America we'll be fine
even granting everything in the image text is accurate it still conflates blending machine learning with generative model output (a very specific thing). i don't think anyone's out here yelling about the artistic perils of fuckin noise filtering. custom brushes are still moved by human hands.
Really good example of trying to foster AI doomerism in the comments I was describing. Even IF all of that is true (it's not, but sure), I can't stand the attitude of, well, since you *must* use X that's ethically compromised, you might as well just give up on everything! Just begging for a pass
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
even granting everything in the image text is accurate it still conflates blending machine learning with generative model output (a very specific thing). i don't think anyone's out here yelling about the artistic perils of fuckin noise filtering. custom brushes are still moved by human hands.
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This Trump blow thing is getting way too transphobic. I lost count how many resistlibs' I blocked for "Donica Lewinsky" pics posts.
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This Trump blow thing is getting way too transphobic. I lost count how many resistlibs' I blocked for "Donica Lewinsky" pics posts.
as always, a reminder that if someone you follow hasn't posted in a while, check their profile directly to see if a third-party mutelist you're following didn't suddenly add them. and also to vet your third-party lists because they are definitionally run by people whose decisions aren't yours.
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
as always, a reminder that if someone you follow hasn't posted in a while, check their profile directly to see if a third-party mutelist you're following didn't suddenly add them. and also to vet your third-party lists because they are definitionally run by people whose decisions aren't yours.
once again reminded that a person can be deeply educated and have interesting things to say on one topic and also have completely dogshit takes on one specific policy issue.
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
once again reminded that a person can be deeply educated and have interesting things to say on one topic and also have completely dogshit takes on one specific policy issue.
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If what ppl are seeing ICE and CBP do horrifies them, then they should realize that they’d be horrified by a lot of contemporary routine policing as well, if they only saw it more.
Like here. It’s the Illinois State Police, choking a priest with his cross during a peaceful protest.
Like here. It’s the Illinois State Police, choking a priest with his cross during a peaceful protest.
November 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If what ppl are seeing ICE and CBP do horrifies them, then they should realize that they’d be horrified by a lot of contemporary routine policing as well, if they only saw it more.
Like here. It’s the Illinois State Police, choking a priest with his cross during a peaceful protest.
Like here. It’s the Illinois State Police, choking a priest with his cross during a peaceful protest.
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John Flaxman, Dis, or Lucifer, 1807
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1132591
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1132591
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
John Flaxman, Dis, or Lucifer, 1807
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1132591
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1132591
hard to think of a profession more continuously terrifying than 'cave diver'
The systematic exploration of underwater caves in Quintana Roo began in Tulum in the mid-1980s. Several diving teams started exploring the region’s cenotes and discovered extensive passages that expanded as they connected their records.
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sites.northwestern.edu/monroyrios/2...
#caves #karst
🧪💧
sites.northwestern.edu/monroyrios/2...
#caves #karst
Along the routes of the “Tren Maya”
Leer en Español One of the distinctive features of the northern Yucatán Peninsula is its relatively flat topography, devoid of valleys or mountains, with elevations barely exceeding 30 meters. The …
sites.northwestern.edu
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
hard to think of a profession more continuously terrifying than 'cave diver'
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I'm seeing variants of "ah but today's gamers just don't have attention spans so we sort of have to-" rolled out earnestly so
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'm seeing variants of "ah but today's gamers just don't have attention spans so we sort of have to-" rolled out earnestly so
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.