Malta's #Eurovision final! I remember hearing somewhere that there's a lot of strong competitors this year, so I've been looking forward to this one! Already I can see this one will be more watched than Moldova's because YouTube decided to put ads into the stream

Moldova taking last year off from #Eurovision has clearly let them have more budget for this year. Let's see if the song quality has improved as well. Hopefully nobody will be reading lyrics off their phone this year lol

Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]

Killing Eve is really committed to justifying why characters who have no reason to be speaking English are speaking English

The thing about the artists/indie game designers passing around the same $10 joke is that sometimes you need the $10, the next time someone else will and you’ll have $10 to give. In this way we uplift each other and get to keep making art.

If you use Discord, please take a minute to fill out their survey re: the potential addition of AI features. Companies, stop shoving these rubbish 'upgrades' down our throats! 👎🏻 discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Right. The point is not “it matters extra because it’s a citizen,” the point is “we either hang together or we will all hang separately.”

This is why I say hope is a weapon. Without hope we cannot work for something better. They need you hopeless. They need you scared. They need you to acquiesce. They attack your hope because without it you are disarmed. Find your quiet, find your peace, let hope grow, then work on what you are able.

Just a reminder as I wake up to a timeline that is nothing but reposts of people being outraged: it’s okay to feel that way. It’s okay to want to find a solution. But spend time considering what your goal is when you repost/share things.

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins

Nobody in the West Virginia family has mentioned my green hair, which is Appalachian for "we don't like your green hair"

As somebody who loves larps and story games, I'm really curious what RPGs would look like if "women being social and playing pretend" had been taken as seriously as "men telling stories about their chess pieces."

JANUARY 2ND (MY BIRTHDAY!!!) OUR MAGICAL GIRLS ON SKATES ARE FULLY DEBUTING!!!!! DO YOU LOVE MAGICAL GIRLS?? DO YOU LOVE INDIE ANIMATION?? DO YOU LOVE ROLLER SKATING?!?! WELL MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! AHHHH I'm so excited for our full proof of concept short to be shared with the world!!!!

#ai #mozilla #firefox #fuckAI #genAI #fuckGenAI

Podcasting pro-tip: Make sure you hit record 😭

The more I have looked at the artist’s other work, the more I have become convinced that this is probably awkward and fake-looking on purpose.

One of the most fun bits of MST3K-adjacent trivia that doesn't get brought up enough is that the guy who played Sam the Keeper in Werewolf was also in Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun music video. Still wearing the trademark tiny red sunglasses, even!

Eurovision 2024’s Nemo announces they are returning their trophy in protest of Israel’s participation: “[Eurovision] was used to soften the image of a state accused of severe wrongdoing… when entire countries withdraw over this contradiction, it should be clear that something is deeply wrong.”

100% convinced that we can get together on Eurovision night, drink the usual amount and somehow end up with a working orrery

Don't forget possibly creating AI artists so they don't have to pay real artists even the fraction of a penny in royalties

What a great headline

I've gotta say, if PAX Unplugged wasn't in the city where I lived, and I didn't get a free badge from Games on Demand, I don't know that I would go. Most of what goes on doesn't interest me, and it feels soulless and corporate.

Are you going to PAX Unplugged, but feel overwhelmed by the size and commercialism? You should go to Games On Demand and play some indie TTRPGs! My schedule is on this post, and you can check out the full menu of offerings here: www.canva.com/design/DAGw1...

Looking for a female-written book with spirit possession, the many-worlds theory, astral projection, and an interdimensional queer romance? I have good news. It's from 1666.

Trying out the Eat The Snacks You Have Before Buying More Snacks challenge, wish me luck

The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling

There is a fine line between a cheap Wario costume and and cheap minion costume, and it is a W on a yellow baseball cap

Yes. There is a near-unanimous bipartisan conventional wisdom about the Democrats becoming 'too woke' even though — again, objectively — they avoided prioritizing social issues in the 2024 campaign.

It's ass o'clock

Inside me are two wolves

I'm trying to pick the two games I will run at PAX Unplugged, and it is like trying to choose my two favorite children. Except I also want other people to like those children and line up to play them.

It's "heat the house by leaving the oven open after you bake something" season, motherfuckers

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

How to accidentally cook 1: I should dice these veggies so they're ready to go! 2: I should cook this bacon so it's ready when I need it! 3: I should cook the veggies in the bacon fat! 4: I should build a sauce with this fond while the pan is still hot! 5: Shit, I might as well cook this pasta!

I have officially made the jump from introvert to extrovert. I just felt frustrated trying to make plans with a friend who has a smaller social battery than me.

As horrific as the fascism and the destruction of American institutions is, I'm in awe of how dumb it all is. "When did you first start supporting President Trump?" Fucking embarrassing. Better dictators have worked harder for less power.

There's nothing wrong with joking about a bad thing that happened to a bad person who explicitly stated he wants to live in a world where that *exact* bad thing happens to other people.

“Smokeshow” is such a funny term because it’s super horny but not at all sensual. It’s like damn that lady is so hot she literally sublimated and is now gaseous.

Okay, Wendy's...

Beautiful day for GUTTER

Square Enix is out there making games set in the towns my dad tried to remember when he was recovering from an acute stroke

My spouse called Killing Eve "international lesbian Hannibal" and they're not wrong.

reading a memoir is so crazy to me. you remember stuff you did?

Crabocopter….. Love how it folds in claws to be more hydrodynamic after take off…. 🦀

the ttrpg design urge to type "you get the idea" instead of writing rules

Lol I just remembered the drum set they just left onstage during San Marino's Eurovision semi finals