this is what they said it would be like under socialism

People simply saying it wouldn't work or he wouldn't do it...even if he tries, even if a little bit happens you do realize the chaos this would cause.

A Rabbit Rides a Chariot Pulled by Geese in an Ancient Roman Mosaic (2nd century AD)

Every time he does shit like this (which seems like weekly) I think back to the time (when he was an FCC staffer, not a commissioner) that multiple people told me Carr was smart and reasonable. He knows he's full of shit here. And he still does it. Which makes it that much more pathetic.

the funniest thing about the situation is how glaringly foolish it reveals Apple, Swiss/Rolex, FIFA, Qatar etc have been bribing him with expensive gold prizes and a suspicious jet airplane valued at hundreds of millions of dollars when entertaining the fantasy of name recognition on paper is enough

some more "in universe" fake branding

ICE bad and also, around half of people killed by police have a disability. Their final moments are usually spent in frantic terror trying to "comply" with commands before cops shoot. Not opening a door or answering a question fast enough in this country can be a death sentence.

SESAME STREET is a show about a group of cheerful ageless monsters who live their best lives while the humans around them age and eventually fade away and I think that's beautiful.

MTV had this very future forward hip cyberpunkish show that of course they canceled. One segment was filmed at the Mondo house. This movie is worthy

having a bad brain time right now

Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:

Holy crap, Kenta Cho, aka ABA Games, is on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/abag...

ssh is an obscure but widely-deployed command. It stands for Secure Snake Home and was made in the 90s to securely play snake online I made a massively multiplayer backend for it with support for thousands of concurrent snake players ssh snakes.run to join!

"Trans people no longer allowed to drive in Kansas" is a real headline. In case you don't think this is Nazi shit, let me assure you: this is Nazi shit.

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

In an overlooked decision this week, the Supreme Court ruled that the post office can refuse to deliver your mail, which is KIND OF SIGNIFICANT if you choose to mail your ballot. To do this work, the anti-democracy wing turned to their favorite “black friend,” Clarence Thomas.

Now that I have the issue with my portable monitor sorted out, my new Raspberry Pi 500+ has became my favorite computer to work from. It's a little slower than my behemoth Lenovo laptop, but it doesn't randomly reboot when its wireless chip gets taxed!

I know people get mad at me for being so anti-Newsom, but this is why. Pander to the worst people in our country, get the worst fucking policies. If you have trans homies in Kansas, check in on them. Let them know they're not alone. Let them know they're loved. No one left behind.

corporate media consolidation is a cancer

Trump's existence is 99 bad things, but the single good thing is it's given us someone it's absolutely okay to made stupid-person jokes about.

There's a "is anyone even reading this" sort of honesty you get in the software update release notes from a project that's been around for a long time.

Don't be ridiculous.

I don’t think people understand what’s this means: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE BLOCKING ALL WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, INSULIN PUMPS, GLUCOSE MONITORS, CPAP MACHINES, NEBULIZERS, BEDS, CRUTCHES, COMODE CHAIRS, BED SORE PRESSURE PADS, CHAIR LIFTS, OXYGEN TANKS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT, to name a few.

Discovered the kitchen TV which has the best position outside of our bedroom to pick up ABC has a code that has to be used to operate the channel scan which requires us to contact the manufacturer who has been out of business for 8 years

I love that canonically, Cave Johnson exist in the Venture Universe thanks to Poker Night 2

so fun fact: recently during the fraud investigations being redone by this season’s feds, MN’s rate of medicaid/medicare fraud was well below the national average nationally, it’s ≈ 6% each year; in minnesota it’s like ≈ 2.5% we know this is vindictive at this point

Measles was wiped out in the U.S. 25 years ago and now we’re already past 1,000 cases in February because vaccination rates dropped below the safety line. This is what happens when public health gets gutted and people stop trusting basic science.

When you start to get used to shell scripting, it's so empowering. I've written a script that all it does is take what I specified as a parameter, and appends it to the end of a notes file. Like: addnote "Remember this!" More useful than you'd think!

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

“Hey boss, are you sure Flamigo is more popular than Charizard, and people aren’t just misspelling ‘Flamingo’ on Google?” “Don’t be ridiculous. Of course Flamigo is more popular than Charizard, Mewtwo, Eevee, and Snorlax. Send the email.”

"At long last we have created the computer that will end the world in nuclear holocaust from the classic Matthew Broderick movie, 'Don't Let A Computer End the World in Nuclear Holocaust'"

costco's CEO also understands his job to be, at least in part, "make sure the Memphis store's ketchup dispensers are full" and not like "forge strategic partnerships to leverage the customer experience to monetize new revenue streams" or whatever that normal CEOs seem to focus all their time on

BREAKING: The New York Times confirms that Trump's DOJ is withholding multiple FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child. Are you ok with this MAGA? If not, then what are you going to do about it?

YES, I hate this, I notice it everywhere! This statement means nothing! bsky.app/profile/amyb...

Saw a bar graph going around that is supposedly a 'study' that 'disproves; women doing a disproportionate share of domestic labor. It was produced by one guy, compiling existing survey data, who works for "The Institute for Family Studies". Guess what this 'institute' actually is.

Under no circumstances should you take on unpaid work from someone "offering" an "internship". It will not help you. You will not get a real job from it. You will be exploited and discarded.

There is always lots of talk about how games don't come with manuals anymore. Well what Fangamer did with UFO 50 is pretty incredible. A full strategy guide, lots of hand-drawn maps and notes, even a fake newsletter. All played as if this stuff really existed in the 80s.

Here is what I think is ultimately the worst thing about LLMs. All of the people turning to it to write things for them. Yet, _writing is a joy_. Writing is communication, and I have lots to communicate. [MORE]

Worst blizzard in a decade and the sidewalks and streets are almost entirely clear in less than 24 hours, he’s gonna be mayor for life

I think almost every video editor uses AI in their work today, but when people hear that they think we're using Sora to generate complete videos for us, when what we're mostly doing is having "AI" make interview transcripts

Just a hot tip but if you see anyone in games talking about unpaid internships it's worth noting that in most countries, having an intern do the work a full employee would usually do for no pay is in fact extremely illegal

"There's an important fact to keep in mind as age verification continues to rear its head: Discord didn't make these commitments until after the outcry."

Smart people like Cory Doctorow and Paul Ford have come out in favor of AIs, so our gaming blog Set Side B has a short article to help our machine overlords understand the important topic of video game mascots. If you're a bot, or just a mere human, have a look: setsideb.com/helpful-info...

neato.directory is up to 50 links, mostly contributed by myself, meaning, mostly tech and game things so far. If you have things to suggest, use the Add link in the upper-right corner of the home page!

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Re: Xbox — all I can think about is the Double Fine PsychOdyssey documentary scene where Matt Booty essentially tells all creatives on the team that their ideas are property of Microsoft even if their game idea isn’t green-lit You can see the creativity stifled in real time

Uncle Jeffy Tiedrich says today in his newsletter: "Here’s one sure way you can tell you’re living in a shithole country: when the following two headlines appear one after another."

Nancy 2/22/26… 🪱WOIMS🪱

I’ve only met a few of the Epstein survivors but the ones I’ve talked to are amazingly strong. The thing that they’ve said to me, the thing that I’ve not seen reported though I’m sure someone has reported it somewhere is that they face a ton of harassment from people online.

Many, many years ago, before I enlisted in the army, I was advised to read the Constitution. To REALLY read it. ‘If you’re going to swear to defend it, if the possibility is there to lose your life defending it, you should know what it says.’ More people should have received this advice.