The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year. In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

Nobody is really prepared for when we go cyber-hot with China. Society is going to halt.

If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.

Yeah, they also tried to trick me into paying for their “AI.” Pay attention every time they say they’re increasing their fees bc they are likely sneaking things past you.

It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again. www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

the onion you left in the fridge for three weeks

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States. Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

Shout-out to one of my coworkers who thought "labubu" was slang for lobotomy

I don't think they should be allowed to do that

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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I've been working on an essay about The Struggles of TTRPG Outreach and Fandom but I think this tumblr post just captured the whole sentiment im like 100 words.

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious" I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge. We know exactly how LLMs work.

Happy FullMean Alchemist Girls day!

Japan is just a few days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry as the producer of the nation’s most popular beer wrestles with a devastating cyber attack that has shut down its domestic breweries www.ft.com/content/bb86...

(solemnly) You've had mail.

If you enjoyed a game on Itch, leave a comment! Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game. Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run. Like a game? Comment away!

It's wild when people get mad at players who "just play themselves". Everyone is playing themselves in some way. Even your weird little throwaway character is an aspect or part of you. Roleplaying gives you an excuse to play around with different selves, even if you don't know you're doing it.

#Sinclair, who refused to air #Kimmel on their local networks, took down their advertisers/direct investment page on their website. I guess they don’t want people to reach out to the companies who invest money with them. You know, those ones ⬇️

They've lost the 9yos

However, it's also important to avoid

Disney reverses course on Kimmel. Lessons: -Trump's anti-Constitutional stances, anti-1A in this case, are unpopular -Popular resistance via expression and spending choices can have an impact -Many corporate leaders are weak, amoral people who'll bow to threats unless they face countervailing ones

Converted the money I saved by cancelling my D+/Hulu/ESPN bundle into a shiny, new, PBS Passport subscription! Holy crapola, there are a LOT of available shows! 🤗 If you need me, I'll be in the kitchen with Julia Child.

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

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The trouble with playing the We Love Katamari soundtrack at a four-year-old’s birthday party is all the parents looking at each other and mouthing “is this English?”

I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.

Time to break out the chart

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Pour one out for a real one. 😿

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

Referee: "Holding, offense, number 64" Number 64: "FUCK!"

Which game do you want to see next released, half life 3 or bloodborn 2?

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

the big 4 sewing pattern brands are being sold off for parts. if you want patterns, get them *now*. (if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook) craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

I guess I really care about treasure... Just wrote over a 1000 words on treasure for Forged in the Dungeon and I'm not even close to being done yet. 😅

Just gon sit this here for those of us who are unphased as well as those of us still in the learning phase

It’s true. If I had learned this… I dunno, 35 years ago?… I’d have had a very different writing career.

Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president? Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out

Lads the HONK I just honked

Lilith is a fantastic editor. If you are looking for one you should talk with her!

Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.

New level of Death of the Author unlocked, or Howitt Goes West.