why don't modern stovetops just allow users to specify an exact temperature instead of dicking around with a dial with numbers on it? why should cooking with a non-stick pan come with the danger of poisoning yourself (and injuring—possibly fatally—your birds?)

July 24, 2024

The US Govt put up a horrible video with the Pokemon Theme and Ash Ketchum supercut throughout ICE raids. I have located the Pokemon Company Japan's report form for copyright infringement. copyright.pokemon-support.com/hc/ja/reques... Link to offending video below. Please report...

remembering charlie kirk as "someone willing to debate his opponents" HAS struck me as whitewashing. i mean, ffs—THE GUY WAS ADAMANT THAT PRETEENS(!!) SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ABORTIONS IF NEEDED. given that—anything he did to "win" debates was NOT conducive to improving our shared sense of truth.

:^\ \v: so, i feel bad for tyler robinson. (i know.) 22-year-old. grew up surrounded by right-wingers. family was obviously into guns. was clearly influenced by online ""culture"", probably including 4chan. that's some heavy stuff that i can relate to—and at 22, i was a mess.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlR9... "AGE VERIFICATION" Geopold, 2025-Aug-27

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilQp... "Charlie Kirk's America" Geopold, 2025-Sep-12

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl4e... "The UK is Broken." Geopold, 2025-Sep-19

When we have artificial spermatogenesis, and artificial wombs—anyone who has espoused hate about trans people and gay marriage are gonna look practically uncredible. Especially the rich who fought AGAINST LGBTQ+ rights—whose money could have helped LGBT AND low-fertility people.

WHY DO SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS EXPECT YOU TO UPLOAD VIDEOS TO MAKE THEIR SITE INTERESTING !!!! IF THEY DON'T LET YOU *SAVE* VIDEOS?!?! WHY DO I HAVE TO GOOGLE "BLUESKY VIDEO DOWNLOADER" EVERY TIME I WANT TO DO A NORMAL FUCKING FILESYSTEM THING THAT WE ALL KNOW IS A MODERN PART OF SHARING IDEAS?!?!?!

People got fired over criticizing this guy? People—notably, other influencer grifters, including the president—actually tried to use this nutjob's assassination as an excuse to call for outright violence against "the left"? And, the outrage stems from just how influential he was? #CharlieKirk

So much to cringe at in this interview: "fusion on the grid in 5 years because AI"; "don't believe your geological survey about fracking, believe me"; but “renewables have had enough subsidies” is top-level chutzpah from a former fossil fuel exec. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlz5p314z0o

bluesky/all: IMPLEMENT BASIC "RICH" TYPE FORMATTING (ITALICS, BOLD, UNDERLINE, STRIKETHROUGH) IF YOU WANNA BE REALLY SPECIAL, IMPLEMENT COLOR AND SIZE TOO I'M NOT SCREAMING IN ANGER RIGHT NOW—THIS IS MERE ATONAL ENTHUSIASM—BUT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT UNLESS I TOLD YOU AND THAT'S A PROBLEM YHANKS

what if the charlie kirk thing was an attempt at distracting people from the epstein files yes—this would imply a willingness from trump's criminal circle to murder a political figurehead, in order to stir conflict between right & left and protect whatever out-of-control blackmail ring is going on

a response to the phrase "not an argument": "it isn't an argument; it's feedback"

going from memory, this is my favorite SCP (of the ones i've read): scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1958 (scp-093 is second—and there are, of course, countless other fantastic SCPs)

Why does Android not allow you to output sound through a headset, while using the phone's microphone? The fact that you can't do this tells of a lack of a truly configurable unified environment (at least one that's user-facing). As Google continues to limit how you can use and customize your phone—

sodium-ion batteries are going to be so cheap in less than a decade, electric utility companies will look irresponsible for not buying them to give people who have renewables better rates on the power they provide the grid

a consequence of tech leaders locking down their consumer hardware AND software has been widely reduced tech literacy—especially among youths i've known this for years—"but what can you do about it"? especially when all you hear when you bring it up is "what are you gonna do about it". talking helps

if there is one thing i could wish for, more than anything—it might just be a vast, decentralized network of ultra-high-wattage orbital lasers which ONLY, *ONLY* target nuclear warheads at their time-of-launch, to forcibly detonate them prematurely. with the US controlling global trade—we're fucked.

#palestine #gaza youtube.com/shorts/33ZUd...

big tech strategy: 1) get big by being free and open-source 2) make shady deals with some of your financers 3) end all FOSS aspects of the project "for security purposes"—ripping off the financers who want FOSS, the devs who made you, & users—grossly misappropriating your position as a tech leader

So, Google is removing Android's ability to use sideloaded apps. I use a bunch of (sideloaded) FOSS apps, not only to bypass the unreliable adware that makes up the Play store—but to fix broken aspects of Android (at least, the ones I can fix). Big tech is destroying tech. We need something new.

i can't stand what's happening to palestine

i remember people saying "phones don't need removable batteries! batteries last long enough these days" in 2020, and prior i wonder if snapdragon 8 gen 1 changed any of their minds; i have an xperia 1 iv and it does "80% in 30 minutes". i.e. it's at 80% battery within 30 minutes of being unplugged.

Xenogears - Bonds of Sea and Flame PS1, 1998-Feb-11 (JP); 1998-Oct-20 (NA) youtu.be/EUWzoACMZJ4

when downloading pictures became something you couldn't readily do everywhere—the internet changed. totally different vibe. a personal filesystem feels like such an important springboard. to have long seen this sign of its erosure has definitely worried, and shaped me.

I THINK THERE IS A SUBSET OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES WHO WE'D *ALL* BE OBJECTIVELY BETTER OFF NOT TO HAVE ENLISTING IN THE MILITARY OR ACTING AS ENFORCERS, WORKING IN GOV'T OR MANAGING OTHER PEOPLE—EVEN JUST WORKING JOBS, MAYBE. (SIDE NOTE: UBI COULD SAVE US A LOT OF REAL VALUE, IN THIS CONTEXT)

i miss the days when i wasn't so cripplingly fear-stricken by my own lack of knowledge. i write so much, just to shelve it with no plan of return.

I used Bluetooth LE for the first time, to listen to ITAOTS. The audio quality dropped perceptibly lower than regular BT. Then the quality dropped so low, it went mono. I'd joke about giving our tech overlords more tax exemptions if the urgency of shouting "ANON COULD DO BETTER" weren't so strong

Whenever I hear "Yes, I would download a car" from piracy advocates, my eyes light up. These people are light-years ahead of everyone, life-meta wise. The implications of being able to visualize "downloading a car" and subsequently enjoying the download as you would music is the ultimate disruption.

Current support for "Zionism is racism" is argued by people who support Palestine's right to exist, because Israel is trying to kill Palestinians and take their land. The dogmatic notion that Zionism isn't racism is actively propagated by pro-Israel lobbies. Fuck Hitler, man.

who actually buys advertised stuff? you'd have to be hyper-impressionable to click on almost any one of the advertisements i've seen. how can this be productive for society, when it's predicated on exploiting people who are unaware? is there a "need to advertise" so much as a "lack of aggregation"?

mindbleach.itch.io/slaughter Slaughter: An NES FPS. For 1985 NES hardware, up to the NROM-256 "mapper" (which lacks real mapping capability). It renders FAST, playing one hell of a lot better than the screenshots would suggest. Easily the most technically impressive NES game I've ever played—AND FUN

I don't know much about RFK Jr., or the rest of Trump's cabinet—I've heard awful things—but re: RFK, if there's one thing I surely agree on, it's that artificial colors should be removed from food. We have amazing natural coloring agents. Curcumin; beet red; blue spirulina; all RULE. Lobbyists suck.

My mobile carrier wants me to pay $5 for a new eSim, because they cannot transfer the existing one from my old phone to my new one. They want $5 to generate a number, in software. A big part of eSim's deal was ending this kind of behavior. I am not paying. If I have to change carriers—whatever.

canada: rental units should be cheap enough that young people can use them to get out of an abusive situation. falling back to abuse because your rent was too high—hell on your psyche. rental profits are not aligned with common good. a $20k condo that you mortgage—incomprehensible in this system.

if you're using a bluetooth headset and on a call, it is not a feature of the android OS to improve system audio quality when the microphone is muted. i don't know how this doesn't drive android's developers insane. if you *need* to hear something in higher clarity, you have to cycle your call.

so, many years ago (~2011), i got acute mercury poisoning. dentist drilled out nearly all of my amalgan fillings at once, using no protective dam. i breathed in a bunch of mercury-rich dust—and, presto, fucked up for life. i finally clued into the precise issue (mercury) in 2016.

my new book THE "LOLCOW" AND THE PECKING ORDER, OR: WHY THE MISUNDERSTOOD BECOME THE VICTIMS OF INSECURE PEOPLE available on nothing ever; never happen rip hax$. bullied to death after trying to defend his life's passion from bullies. it is a reason why i hardly participate in, or do anything.

>"Brian Thompson did not 'kill' millions of insurance claimants" >"Adolf Hitler did not 'kill' millions of minorities" >"Benjamin Netanyahu did not 'kill' large percentages of Palestine's people" >"my phone is '''better''' this year" humanity won't defend itself. "humanity won't defend itself."

>you cannot play a video (which is just a container for music) and scroll up or down the page not gonna lie i hate this website. whoever makes these design decisions isn't into tech for the tech.

Ross Eugene Braught - 1942 - Transcendence I wouldn't normally post something from a ritzy auction site, but unfortunately, this is a really good painting. Feels very ULTRAKILL. Source (retrieved 2025-05-30): www.1stdibs.com/art/painting...

>phone (from 2023) automatically clears clipboard every hour >there's no way to change it STOP BABYING ME AND LET ME USE MY GODDAMNED TECHNOLOGY (BEFORE I LOSE FAITH COMPLETELY AND HIDE IN THE WOODS) I know why you clear it—I DON'T CARE YOU STORE ALL MY DATA ANYWAY IT'S JUST AN EXCUSE TO BE SHITTY

This mix of Heroes and Villains is hands-down my favorite; I'm gonna let it speak for itself TvT www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLIb... Anonymuse—the uploader, and mixer—has done other outstanding stereo mixes of SMiLE and more #Beachboys tracks. EYES! Lossless file: drive.google.com/file/d/1dpBY...

small music track thread www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXp4...