Congratulations to the California Republican Party, whose campaign against Prop 50 was so effective that I just received a mailer urging me to vote against it. On the day after the election.

A fantastic game. I really should play it again one of these days.

I have eaten the eggs that were on the counter which you were probably saving for breakfast. They weren’t moist or savory like the seafood variety of Friskies but I was bored. buff.ly/D4lLaCm

Honestly QA might be the hardest of ALL dev jobs to replace with AI. The entire goal of QA is to notice when things are falling outside of expected parameters.

Every study about vaccines that comes out is like "this vaccine is 97% effective at preventing this disease & also 3 other diseases & it somehow helps you play the violin beautifully" and antivaxxers are doing their own research that's telling them they can cure measles by eating polar bear liver.

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an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny

Apropos of everything, because it cannot be said loudly or frequently enough, anybody who has a problem with trans people can get fucked.

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

One of the ironies of good medical care is that you get more visibly ill people in the population - because we can now keep people alive instead of dying quickly; leading idiots like RFK the lesser to conclude that medical care causes more illness.

BRO. THAT’S THE BOOK. THAT’S LITERALLY THE BOOK. WHAT THE FUCK.

I know this is not a unique observation but public health was basically created to deal with the Spanish flu, and then a century later COVID hit and killed twice as many people and our response was to destroy public health

If you see this, quote this post with a vampire that isn't Dracula.

we are literally naming our bank after the mountain lair where the dwarves became consumed by greed until they finally realized they had to move beyond it to survive we absolutely understood the message of this book intended for children, we are very smart people. please give us all your money now

I cannot stress how much .webp downloads annoy me.

ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely please read on 🧵

Stolen from facebook.

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

William Henry Harrison had a better first 100 days, and he spent 70 of them dead.

A movie I've watched more than six times. (Gifs only, with Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment? It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.

Honestly, this is a pretty good, simple explanation of why these tariffs are so stupid at every level.

Every day I wake up to the news

Is David Tennant somehow aging into Peter Capaldi

Almost 20 years ago, a doctor on TV was asked, "Isn't 12 a little early for a kid to be deciding to transition?" And her response was, "It's old enough for them to decide that it's not worth living anymore if they can't." That was the only argument I ever needed to hear about gender affirming care.

I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash. None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None. But a LOT are caused by bigots.

You are whatever gender you fucking say you are and I will scream that on your behalf as loud as you need me to. Including not at all, if you would rather scream it yourself, in which case I will find you a megaphone.

a bald eagle in a dumpster screaming to the heavens is probably the most fitting image to start this next administration.

Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.

"You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?" In the event they do manage to rescue me (which is far from certain), I think there's an even chance I end up getting turned into a small animal anyway.

Great article - www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I've gotten lots of games for Christmas over the years, but I'll never forget my excitement at finding this one under the tree in 1996.

The existence of trans and queer people is not inappropriate for any age to know about

If anyone is in the market for an experienced QA Analyst or QA Lead, I'm still looking for work. I've worked with PC, mobile, and both Sony and MS consoles, have done testing through all dev phases, including on AAA, and have extensive experience with testing for LiveOps and in-app purchases.

Private company buys a public good. A few years go by and the company decides the public good is no longer worthwhile; the public suffers as a result. This story arc is way too common in modern society. deadline.com/2024/12/max-...

The biggest lie anyone has ever told themselves is "I'll just read one more chapter and then I'll go to sleep."

Back at The Cave, playing that new Indiana Jones game everyone's been raving about.

Post a vampire. Pass it on

sam altman, 17.9 billion dollars ago: AGI will give us super powers. it will solve every problem and we will live forever sam altman, now: i guess it's pretty much just a chatbot. (shrugging) whaddyagonna do

You know the scene in A Christmas Carol where Scrooge sees a bunch of people talking about his death and none of them give a shit because he was a heartless bastard who valued profit over humanity? Yeah, don't know why I've been thinking of that lately.

I always like when fantasy takes after cultures other than the typical Medieval European, and Gunmetal Gods tells an excellent story in a Middle Eastern fantasy world that's kind of creepy, a bit dark, and frequently leans hard into cosmic horror.

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

In honor of Caturday here is Pixel in a box, with Calliope staring down at her from the counter.

Cis men truly need to understand the power of saying “that’s fucked up bro why would you say that” to another cis man

Gonna try and do something fun and positive and get in on this thing. I've seen some interesting results from some of the people I follow who've done it, and figure the reverse may be true as well.