Today, I wanted to use some time to do something to take my mind off of the rapidly escalating global fascist revolution, and general cowardice in not pushing back. A jigsaw puzzle. But I needed a tape measure to check it'd fit the table. Tape measure missing. So, spent the day cleaning up instead.

it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”

I've not been active much on The Socials, lately. Part of it is laxed habits; I just don't check in out of habit after dropping Twitter for so long. Part is chronic illness, and the time of year. Part is just dismay at the world's descent into a new age of xenophobic, isolationist fascism.

i think my least fav genre of story is 'unremarkable average man with glaring personality flaws that never get addressed by the narrative keeps failing upwards while every single named female character falls madly in love with him for no discernable reason'

3D printers are awesome because if I need a thing of specific size and shape, which would be difficult if not impossible, and definitely prohibitively expensive to get online. It's a problem!

Elon is exactly this desperate to have something human-shaped tell him it likes him.

The world before 9/11.

There's a weird marriage of anti-intellectualism, refusal to learn, and Snake Oil selling Carnival Barkers that has festered around computers since they became ubiquitous that I find deeply unsettling and depressing.

At long last, China has built the megawatt-scale airborne wind system from the classic sci-fi novel "Do build the megawatt-scale airborne wind system to produce 10x more energy".

The combined representatives of three whole countries think *maybe* they'll have enough power together to hold ONE FUCKING MAN to account.

It is 42 degrees. FORTY TWO. Can we do something about the climate apocalypse yet??

Gotta say, it's incredibly annoying that developing a moderately serious food allergy has conditioned my body to respond to *all* allergens with the new reaction response. So now it seems every time I suffer from Hayfever, I get the fun side-effect of *also* breaking out in hives.

They're DESPERATE for you to give up and accept the slop factory as The Future. Don't. The slop is bad, and you shouldn't stop pointing out that it is.

"It’s very pretty, all new, technically impressive… and also consistently wrong in some obvious and avoidable way too." The X68000 version of Ys could've - should've - been the best one around: kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2022/08/15/a...

If you think civilian casualties are considered a mistake, or an adverse outcome, you're not paying attention.

uh holy SHIT?

Feel like reading interesting articles about cool games you already love, as well as plenty more on a range of amazing/weird/wonderful others I hope I can convince you to adore? Then click the random button here! kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com?random

Y'know, I'm not shocked and dismayed that people exist who just have no capacity to think for themselves, and need someone to tell them what to think and how to act. I went to highschool. What does deeply disturb me is just how overwhelmingly prevalent such mindless zombies seems to be.

It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation

Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, Jess Miller

SANCTIONS. GLOBAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE US. FUCKING NOW. I need like, China to stop sending goods to the US immediately until everyone involved in this decision is behind bars.

If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?

Today is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 134th birthday! Happy Birthday Tolkien! As Frodo did for Bilbo, we continue to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast, "The Professor!" www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...

We're already there - quietly investing more in local Defence, setting up trade deals with new partners, divesting from US Treasury Bonds and the US Dollar. The US Dollar is on the way out as global Reserve currency, too. It's no coincidence that Gold and Silver investment is skyrocketing.

I’m not loving this new version of the old IBM mantra. I think a lot of people in business and media believe they’ve invented a new kind of get out of jail free card with AI

The whole "Grok admits" "Grok apologizes" thing reminds me of the famous IBM presentation quote that evidently everyone has forgotten. And I do think representing your brand on social media counts as a "management decision".

Tina: "Mystery opponent? Who could that be?" Me: "Is someone going to say Joe Hendry's name?" Tina: "Hey, maybe!" Later... Mystery opponent revealed as Zack Ryder entrance plays, and morphs into Matt Cardona. We both mark hard. Tina: "Who's more Joe Hendry than Joe Hendry? Matt Cardona!"

Serious thing for folks to consider is, particularly for marginalized people, Grudges Are Self-Defense. What you may be interpreting as pettiness is probably closer aligned to "You have demonstrated you're not to be trusted." And knowing who REALLY has your back is more important that ever.

He's a grifter, to be sure, but I really do think he's a genuine True Believer in the techno-cult that thinks they have a moral imperative to develop AI and give birth to the all-knowing, all-powerful God, securing digital immortality, and risk eternal torture if they don't pursue it.

Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research. A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans. futurism.com/health-medic...

Wait, why would they make a printable cover for the Switch 2 version that still includes the hideous wall of text? The entire point of printing your own would be to have one that looks nicer!

If you saw the new Sword and Fairy remake and want to learn more about Chinese & Taiwanese RPGs, I wrote an overview of their history & stand-out games back in 2021: felipepepe.medium.com/before-gensh... And the thread below has recommendations of games available in English you can start with :)

Here are ~90 photos of weapons, armor, & costumes from the Lord of the Rings films--likely used as reference by the LotR: War in the North dev team. I found these during my data recovery efforts. Some photos have data loss, but this is still good reference for LotR fans! archive.org/details/lotr...

So, I've developed a pretty serious Sesame allergy. Just eating a sandwich made with bread from a bakery that uses Sesame Seeds on other bread is enough to make me look like I attacked a hornet's nest. As if to MOCK me, I randomly spotted a sesame seed sitting on me. WHERE DID IT COME FROM?? WHY??

Wait. Wait WHAT. You can accidentally turn your lasagna into a three volt battery that melts aluminum. WHAT.

Chinese RPGs are going to be real big, real soon, I'm telling you, guys.

You constantly hear how much more polarized we are now, and that’s obviously true, but that is presented as everyone is split right down the middle moderate instead of “65-80% of the country is held hostage by a diamond-dense (in every sense of the term) minority block of guns and money”

They should invent a political party that doesn't exclusively serve the rich

Passing through former Snyderville on the way to the airport reminded me of this story, which deserves to be retold in another form somewhere

Talking to a relative over Christmas who said she was leaving the WI over "this trans nonsense". It sent a cold rush through me, until she continued; saying that one very loud transphobe on committee was dominating meetings & she & many others were sick of it. These ghouls ARE hated by their peers.

I predict Chinese RPGs are going to become way more accessible AND highly regarded in the Western mainstream in the not-so-distant future - get in on the ground floor, so you can impress your friends by how clued in you are!

The problem here is that the women who are allowed to rise to power in the Ethnic-Majority Supremacist, Oligarchic, Patriarchal systems we live under are the ones who will meaningfully advance those agendas. A symptom of what rises to the top, not causative representation of women gaining power.

This one. This is the piece I hope I'm remembered for. www.jezebel.com/when-surgeon...

I am begging techno-fascists to stop naming things after Tolkien, but especially to read the bloody books and realise you're worshipping the bad guys.

One month ago, the Supreme Court made a ruling that rolled back trans rights in the UK It made this decision without listening to a single trans voice Today, to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, we’re bringing those voices somewhere they can't miss them 🏳️‍⚧️

We are already doing more to meaningfully restrict gun access to make people safer - retsrictions on protest, and now militarising the police will do nothing but the opposite; it's just going to encourage more violent fascists to become cops if they want to hurt people.

I recommend a double-feature of articles in this vein with the Amiga version of Rod Land! kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2020/08/22/f...

Why do this? Because it grabs attention. Because people take photos and share it online. Because people call their friends over to look at it. An installation like this is obviously more expensive than a basic billboard, but how many billboards are being shared online to thousands more eyes?