Apparently it's 46 pages not episodes. English to Japanese translator.

i feel like i need to share this oldie but a goodie today

Why does Demerzel have a belly button?

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

Geordi, None of the characters in the Stars Hollow simulation will engage in combat. How can I change the passive aggressive setting? Worf

I am out and about. Reader, I do not recommend it.

This week, The Continent is on a break (until 18 Oct) — but we’ve been busy creating something new: a pilot edition of @thefridaypaper.bsky.social, a new South African newspaper. 🇿🇦 If you’re South African (or just love the place), this one’s for you.

The horse, the open steppe, the eagle, and the bow

"End the killing! End the pain! Free Mandela once again!" This is the chant that echoed across Cape Town on Thursday morning as protesters demanded the release of several South African activists, including Nkosi Zwelivelile "Mandla" Mandela, the grandson of Nelson Mandela..."

Once again: Hegseth is the exact type of guy The Art of War was written for, which means he will never read it

Don‘t you miss the <100k days when people used to complain there was no real engagement with news or current affairs on Bluesky?

Is it national poetry day? Time for this masterpiece

Sick of everything being Orwellian or Kafkaesque. I demand more Scarrylous situations, where animals drive vehicles and run small businesses.

Setting the table for vibe paychecks www.theverge.com/news/787076/...

I joke because haha vibe work AND the history of labor automation being applied to justify paying the workers subject to it less/treating them poorly is clear and consistent and not up for debate. So I'm also serious.

mislaid my phone and couldn't find anything to read, so while eating toast and peanut butter for breakfast this morning i stared out the window with my hands folded in front of me like a complete psychopath

Engaging read, as these things go. Barad-dûr sees him now, though, if it didn't before.

If you like Agricoladas, and gettin' caught in the rain… 🧵

This popped into my head out of nowhere today. First time I've so much as thought about the song since 1995.

Those generals better not make Trump mad otherwise he'll fire them all in one go and then when Canada pounces there won't be anybody left to shout at the fleeing ICE agents they had to draft in because everyone else was hiding on a hovercraft hidden behind a fern in Catia la Mar.

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tbh what you think of liminal spaces is neither here nor there.

September 30th / October 1st

fibre's down. not sure what to do to cheer it up.

The sacred has crossed the timeline.

Oh Lord, save me from your people.

The funny thing is that it takes no longer than a regular toaster, but the visible distance along the conveyor is like a progress bar that makes you conscious of the time. Also I always need to put my slices through twice, becaue the default is always "bread, but warmer". :(

liminal dachshund

It rains.

My latest for @thecontinent.org: on @chitra.bsky.social's The World Was In Our Hands: Voices from the Boko Haram Conflict, from @cassavarepublic.bsky.social

All Protocol Observed. Welcome to Issue 215 of The Continent. Egypt’s bid to stamp out dissent has created a screen-to-prison pipeline. Children lured through gaming are jailed without trial — on terror charges. Read it here: bit.ly/TC_215

Well don't I feel stupid

The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.

chat what’s that track that goes like a-reet-deet-deet-deet a-reet-deet-deet?

Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.

From anime to activism: How the ‘One Piece’ pirate flag became the global emblem of Gen Z resistance theconversation.com/from-anime-t... @charliejane.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social

CHOTINER: You enjoy a late night snack. ME: *chuckles* guilty as charged CHOTINER: You mentioned previously that plums are a favourite. ME: Oh. This. CHOTINER: Straight out of the icebox. ME: I can assure you that I was not aware that they were for breakfast. CHOTINER: okay, but this note...

I didn’t see the original but this captures my current mood

PARODY VS LUNACY youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U?...

Two years ago today: atmospheric perfection over rural Oklahoma. I'd have believed in gods too if I saw this before knowing what it was. #photography

jacaranda weather, ne?

If ye Jimmy be K, laugh all day. If ye Jimmy be Fallon, expect shit by the gallon.

whispering voice in your head: "...put them in your ears..."

For sale:

The Nobel Prize for Poetry!

a part of me I only trust when I'm drunk wants to think that this retroactively frames his UN speech today as a sulky last hurrah before capitulation to the adults in the room.