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.

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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.

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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.

I'm officially claiming "shushpraxia". When it becomes part of the common lexicon, I want my contribution to language recognised.

Can't believe they called it Big Pharma when Pilluminati was right there.

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If you're in the Birmingham area and looking for hobby guff, Wayland's is a good shout for all your Silly Little Plastic Bastard needs. Have shopped there before. Will shop there again.

There is a reason why legal and moral are two different words.

Playing Neopets and got an incredibly salient piece of life advice tbh

Ideas to improve Trek characters #1: Make Worf Cockney. Picard: "Mr Worf, target their engines." [Ent-D poops yellow, target ship detonates] Cockney Worf: "Sto'vo'kor blimey guvnor! I've only gone and made the buggers brown bread!" [Tapdancing musical number about a court martial]

The existence of hairpins imply the existence of hairfragmentationgrenades.

Alright, which one of you dickbags stole my hour?

eBay have changed their terms of service and you're automatically opted-in for your personal data to be used for AI development and training. To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission.

Jokes aside, this is a valid idea for holosuites. Isolinear rod ports in a plug-through cart that superimposes characters into other settings. Having Moriarty in a Captain Proton story can't be any more thematically jarringly than the shit Warner Brothers already slapped together in Multiversus.

Another font pack purchased. I'm a sucker for a fun font, and an even bigger sucker for a great deal.

Fuckin' is though.

27 years later and I still remember Commissar Holt. I'll give the Cavill show a go, sure, but a big spectacle is not where 40k shines. It shines down in the trenches with the filth and the fear and the death, all given a coating of ham and cheese. To take it too seriously is to miss the point.

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Lost in the void of cancelled games: Star Trek DS9: The Hunt for #PC and #Mac was set to immerse players in the DS9 universe back in 1994, but disappeared after so nearly being completed. What happened and can it be saved? www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/02/deep... #StarTrek #LostGames

"I've upset everybody so I must be doing something right" sounds profound until you realise it could also have been said by Fred West.

Remember friends, using generative AI is not only morally bankrupt, it's also deeply deeply cringe!

I see the British TERF contingent are now applauding a convicted sex offender that frequented Epstein's island, just in case there was any doubt how truly committed to the protection of women and children they are.

Me, originally thinking about making Star Trek videos: Sure, this might be a laugh. Me, now, reading the Darts Regulation Authority rules to see if O'Brien withdrawing from play due to injury would be a forfeiture or postponement: fml.

If you see this post, post a pic from your device without explanation. Yes, I know this is viral nonsense, but it's an excuse to really bother a certain type of foodie.

Me, originally thinking about making Star Trek videos: Sure, this might be a laugh. Me, now, researching the weights of various gold purities to see how practical it would be for Brunt to wear a bar of gold-pressed latinum as a necklace for his badge of office: fml.

Me, originally thinking about making Star Trek videos: Sure, this might be a laugh. Me, now, watching tutorials for a sextant to see if it could really be used for interplanetary navigation: fml.