Warm welcomes to the influx of under 16 UK residents who make an account here in preparation for the announced 10-site social media ban. I hope you have an enjoyable couple of months until the whole thing is cancelled and you go back to the old ones again.

We're calling that 250 note the paedollar, right?

Seeing people talk about how disgusting it is that insurrectionists are in line for taxpayer money and, like... that's not the story here. That's not how he works. It isn't a reward for what these ones did, because loyalty means nothing to him. It's a deposit on what he wants the next ones to do.

I'm nicking this as headcanon. "Wait, what do you mean you met our ambassadors? Hold on, you don't mean Ste've do you? Fuck sake. Not again."

Post your Warhammer. Wrong answers only.

Wes Streeting should be held accountable for the deaths of children he caused by removing their medical treatment on ideological grounds, despite warnings from experts. His resignation is not enough, he should be prosecuted for the deaths he's responsible for.

Much as I'd love free Silly Plastic Bastards, they'd sit on the pile and wait. Anybody who'd make better use of them¹ should take up this generous offer. ¹scalping is not a better use you scumbags

Since it's May the 4th, let me show you my favorite star wars miniature i painted : Uncle Owen Lars

This mock-up made me realise why the new Ork set isn't sparking joy. The new stuff isn't as fun, and that's part of the Ork ethos. A grot won't cut off your toes just for spite. He'll also do it because he thinks it's *fucking hilarious*. Orks are losing their goofiness, and I think that's sad.

What's your favourite Bible verse? (Wrong answers only) "From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me." - Mechlesiastes 01101:0011

I'm not saying official excommunication would make up for everything, but it would be fucking hilarious.

I've picked up a whole bunch of followers these past couple weeks, it seems, so a reminder that I maintain (irregularly) a big list of Notable Free PC Games. Mostly beefy ones Games are expensive. The economy is terrible. If you've got a halfway functional PC, you WILL find something great in here.

Great minds and all that. Our version (with art by @anebulouspurpose.bsky.social who isn't active here, so find her on insta) has been on the store for a couple of months, and is also available in mug form (and tote bag when I get round to it). usspedant-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp/produ...

Short version: LLMs are a tool that prevent you from learning enough about a topic to understand why the answer you're being given is wrong.

Skewed media can make you believe the rest is the world is wrong when it's actually the ground under your own feet. [Alt text: a photograph of houses on an incline, rotated to make the floor seem level while the buildings tilt at an angle.]

Precisely this! I've had a few people in comments of videos be like "Sorry if this is weird but I listen to you in the background". Why are you sorry for that? You're saying I'm an easy enough listen to be your comforting little Star Trek Bob Ross. That's adorable! Enjoy things your own way.

God: There. I took a whole week to make you a planet. I'll send my Son back to judge your choices during the End Times. Man: You're cool with me skipping to the end now, right? God: Wh.. what? No, of course I'm not cool with... Man: *dropping bombs on a school* I am very religious.

I'm not saying Labour's main problem these days is presentation, but dressing like a Psi Cop from Babylon 5 probably isn't helping.

I suspect the UK is about to see a significant increase in MSM shots at the Green Party.

"Is there a food the left are excited about?" ask investors of new DogshitSandwich 9000 machine.

Whilst Spotty is sometimes considered a necromancer, he would more accurately be described as a Kabbalist as the stuffed toy he animated was not alive previously and, thus, technically qualifies as a golem rather than a zombie. Thank you for coming to my SuperTED talk.

Contrary to the saying, money absolutely can buy you happiness. It just can't buy billionaires a likeable personality.

I love it! Imagine a whole regiment of Very Eccentric Knights in a game of Warhammer, each with their own bizarre armour. This is *exactly* what would happen if you let goblins form their own nobility.

Fascinating to think I posted this both 13 days and 2 more MP defections ago. How can you possibly label this "change" when it's filled with the old establishment complaining about things they caused during a decade+ in power? Just go ahead and change the name from Reform to formeR at this point.

"What you so-called progressives fail to understand is that, if you refuse to vote for someone who'll throw *you* under a bus, I might end up with someone who'll throw *me* under a bus, which is obviously unethical." It's all so exhausting.

Ha! Just realised that getting the token but not the actual award makes this a Non-Fungible Nobel. Fucking perfect!

"Rich white man handed the win" becoming a genuine unironic headline is why we can't have satire anymore.

Reform is increasingly becoming short for Mechanically Reformed Tory Meat, just in case you were in any doubt of exactly how much change they'd bring.

So Discord, the application for users to chat with each other, is asking which parts of that we'd like to delegate to GenSlop tech. They want to automate *voluntary social interaction*. Here's a survey. No personal data required.

Anybody surprised by the peace guy starting a war wasn't paying attention when he was the felonious law and order guy or the sex-offending women's rights guy. I hear he's the protector of children too.

Looks like a Q&A with the Clair Obscur devs came out the very day I said they hadn't made a statement on the AI stuff, so I've deleted that and am sharing this. It's not perfect, and still doesn't cover not telling the truth to an awards committee, but it's better than a mealy-mouthed non-answer.

Before you start arguing with someone on here: - No avatar? - Few OPs, lots of replies? - Lefty emoji/slogans/pronouns in bio don't match w/ arguments made? - Obtuse & humorless? - "This post is in [𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙴𝙸𝙶𝙽 𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙶𝚄𝙰𝙶𝙴]" pops up, but it's clearly in English? They're astroturf. Report, block, move on.

Apologies @commandersterling.bsky.social if you've already been tagged a hundred times about this, but... rockpapershotgun.com/meet-willem-dafoe-and-other-animals-in-100-tiny-free-worlds-created-by-brilliant-game-developers

It's almost as though creating a market where the initial release of a game is deliberately made inferior through nickel and diming, coupled to economic systems increasingly robbing people of disposable income, was not a well-considered long-term plan. www.eurogamer.net/sega-finally...

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet: “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”

Justice is not living in a different mansion and being called "Mister". Framing a loss of privilege as a punishment serves only those with privilege to spare.

🗣️ 65% of trans adults reported verbal abuse in public spaces 👊 24% said they have suffered physical violence A new YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK: https://goodlaw.social/u5y8

Wow, these Trek opinion pieces are getting weird.

This is a fun idea, and one based in existing canon when you consider it's just a repurposed warp core ejection system. Taking the concept further: could turbolifts also have an auxiliary function as lifeboats? They're already enclosed, mobile, and conveniently accessible throughout a ship.

As a rule, I don't buy games on release day. Little Rocket Lab was an exception. Delighted to know they deserve that support, and would recommend the game to anybody who likes the idea of automation and isn't offended by estrogen or melanin.

I have talked about this before, as a trans person I have a lot of very specific Tuvix opinions. The way the crew talks about mouring the loss of Tuvok and Nelix, and wanting Tuvix to give up their existance and go back to being someone else, feels very "please detransition, I am mourning old you".

I'd like to be excited about the new Star Trek: Voyager game that came out of nowhere, not least of which to keep Kim level 1 throughout the whole run for authenticity, but I confess I'm worried when the running lights are on the wrong sides.

Whole lot of anti-immigration people real disappointed they weren't allowed to emigrate to heaven recently.

A Premium Product for Premium Users. You know, like the Cybertruck. Same pitch, same target userbase. It doesn't have to be functional as long as it's *elite*.

Public speaking is like comedy. If your "character" isn't being explicitly called out for their bigotry, it's not a character. It's an excuse.

Vallejo's back on the shitlist then. Fuck sake.

Look, I'm not saying a company with a wide audience of nostalgia-fuelled customers who balk at anything being Not How It Was Before would deliberately boringify an iconic logo purely to ride the resulting publicity boost, but it's certainly something to consider.

At what point do labia majora get promoted to labia lieutenant colonela?

Ey oop! New letter/petition launched by cis women fed up with all these gender crits presuming to speak for them. This is NOT for trans folk to sign, so please don't. But if you have cis friends and allies, do point it out to them: www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

Your regular reminder that there's no such thing as AI art, only a collage of plagiarism.