underdiscussed aspect of the "ai psychosis" phenomenon is that, no matter how many times you trigger ur program to link a helpline, if you've spent exorbitant amounts of effort and capital towards creating a reputation that ur program is borderline omniscient, people will treat it as a cult leader

so much sandman in the discount section...packwatch

To understand what's happening in Iran today, you have to know about the history of Western intervention in the country. In the early 1900s, the British secured oil rights in the country until 1993, where they only agreed to pay Iran 16% of the total profits. This was seen as an unfair deal. 🧵

FEBRUARY: - Brother (2000) - Topology of Sirens - A Fistful of Dollars - Tribulation 99

I'm not gonna say that the Anno "peaking at 30" thing is a case of "he didn't say that" but I am going to say that it's a case of "many people are taking this a little too closely to heart, the context is not as harsh as the headline"

It's got enough room for me & the whole squad ⚔️

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AFTER YOUR FIRST WEEK AT THE MALL, YOU NOTICE AN ESCALATOR THAT YOU HADN'T NOTICED BEFORE, LEADING DOWN. THERE IS NO ESCALATOR LEADING BACK UP. THIS JOB IS MISERABLE, BUT YOU'VE JUST RECEIVED A PROMOTION. NOW YOU HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH IT. MALL OF FLESH is an upcoming RPG set in a 100-floor dungeon.

album that was very important to me at 19

it is apparently the 25th anniversary of the greatest piece of art Denton, Texas, has ever produced

The oldest known image of an owl: More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...

Jumball the Third, king of the watermelons, is the mascot of Nyuzen Town, Japan.

shout out to the lady behind us in line who muttered curses under her breath when asked not to loudly discuss spoilers for the movie that we're all here to see

yt music's new release recommendations for me being the new kmfdm, the new joyce manor, the soundtrack for sentimental value and the london symphony orchestra's new recording of tchaikovsky's symphony no. 6...we will be accepting mockery at this time

normally I would post a quote from the story when I make a post like this but this story is so compact with such big formal swings and twists that there's nothing adequate I can pull that wouldn't be a spoiler. hopefully this explanation is sufficient to get your interest

Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds

"I love you Aniki. Wherever you at, man." Brother - Takeshi Kitano (2001)

FAVE FIRST-TIME WATCHES OF 2026 JANUARY: - Habitat, Batrachian (2006) - Exiled (2006) - The Great Silence - J'Accuse (1919)

Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

can confirm that is NOT the dunkin straw...man still after my own heart though

ICYMI: I spoke with Perry Ruhland about my novel 'The Veldt Institute', the interview is up at X-R-A-Y! xraylitmag.com/samuel-m-mos...

Grass whistles #FFT #art

if you're of legal drinking age you are never rage baiting you are trolling. stay humble, remember your origins

yes this proves he's spineless but the bigger problem than cowardice is that he's decided he can afford not to care. he can afford not to take a hardline stance. it has no bearing on him one way or another. the problem isn't his demeanor, it's that his material circumstances enable his demeanor.

Hi #portfolioday I'm snow. I'm a game designer and writer. My work explores gender fuckery, communication struggles, and the impossibility of balancing it all. If you like what you see, let's do something together!

1926-2016: A Page of Madness / The Only Son / It's a Wonderful Life / Lust for Life / Daisies / Taxi Driver / Peggy Sue Got Married / Bound / Inland Empire / Christine

gone my entire life dropping zero bombs on any capital cities and it turns out it's actually really easy to keep that record going

ridley me this scottman

Happy 20th anniversary to "Samoyed and teddy bear" on Wikimedia Commons. "This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever." commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...

merry christmas (:

Good morning and happy winter solstice

I've read a fair amount of books this year - here are, not really in order, 10 that I found to be pretty instructive. VALIS in particular is a strong contender for one of the best novels I've ever read

I like to imagine the family reunions between these two types of elf

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

in the spirit of an open heart i did try to watch the trailer for that markiplier movie and pretend "ok what if this is a fairly real movie" but every single time mister mark speaks he really is just doing The Voice in ways i cannot take seriously. WHO'S BRIDGET???

you know the philosopher is about to go into overdrive when you see a chapter title like this

childhood is idolizing axel/roxas adulthood is realizing axel/saïx makes more sense

listening to carrie and lowell for the first time in what feels like a while and having whatever the "depressed teen" version of the ratatouille thing is. proust? i haven't read that guy

3-point turn w a tow truck in a busy street is EVIL work

humiliation ritual

NOVEMBER - The Butcher (1970) (!) - Peeping Tom - The Incredible Melting Man - The Mask (2023)

If you liked this story, here's another, darker, more unnerving story about an old videogame harboring odd secrets. "It was a child’s crude approximation of a man’s face...Everything but the eyes were drawn in black crayon. The eyes were blue, like pool water." whiskeytit.com/article/inte...

Me and my friend (The incredibly talented writer Perry Ruhland) collaborated by having me draw a ghost, and then he wrote a wonderful piece of scary micro-fiction for it. Check it out here, and read some of his other work! perryruhland.com/2025/10/13/m...

Everyone else in Trumps Republican party is a Hitler Stemlord that doesn’t consume art because it’s spiritually gay. Finding a person he can invite to the White House that’s seen Evita has to be heaven on earth to him