I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

I feel like what publishers took away from Baldur’s Gate’s success is that every game needs to have like 5000 hours of content, instead of the much more valuable takeaway imo: you need to let players have sex with a demon lady and a man who turns into a bear

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

I simply had to do it

I think the "X had ribs removed to suck their own dick" meme is so enduring because it speaks to a secret desire that we all have, which is having access to medical care that is not contingent on constructing a socially acceptable narrative for why you desire and/or require it

This is who fried the rice.

Is there a service in LA that can find out if your ex moved back to Iowa yet?

hey man can you just walk into my suspiciously boss-arena sized room. don't worry about the save point outside that's just to give you a break haha. just walk in. walk into this room right now

Ah fuck, just when I needed my Ted turned

RIP freud. you would’ve loved whatever this is.

Witch: I see you chose the potion that makes you ugly, I thought for sure you’d choose the one that steals your voice. Me, eyes filling with tears:

suspiciously-specific denial dot jpg

This is such incredible bullshit. I am alive, thriving, and writing books on health policy/politics thanks to antidepressants. Antidepressants aren't for everyone, but they can be literal lifesavers. Attacking their prescribing & use is stigmatizing and dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

@schiff.senate.gov, please directly address the reports that LLMs have encouraged kids to kill themselves and shoot up their schools AND that "A.i." decreases cognitive abilities AND the companies are run by right wing billionaires AND the environmental and economic damage the industry causes.

I was forced to the back of the bus. This ain't theoretical for me. I lived this shit.

Today’s warmup: studies of an inconvenienced cat

what did I do to deserve this algorithm

All I can think about when I see bird posts like these are "that bird costs two wheat to play in my wetlands"

"...anyway that's how I would use AI to make porn." "right sorry the question was will captain america's son be in doomsday."

My best craft advice is "Put a giant worm in it." You can never go wrong with a giant worm. Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold Horror: Giant worm (eats people) Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup Mystery: Giant worm investigates

every time someone's like Claude deleted this or Claude convinced a teen to kill themselves I picture a mischievous french guy

Film you've watched more than six times with gif. hard mode: no star wars, star trek, lotr, dc, marvel, disney, pixar, dreamworks, spielberg, cameron, wachowskis, or ghibli

ME: if the plural of foot is feet then the plural of boot should be beet SHOE STORE SALESMAN: um okay how do the beet fit

The more I hear about inverse proportion, the less I like it.

OR JUST WRITE THE THING YOURSELF FOR FUCK'S SAKE IT WILL TAKE LESS TIME THAN WHATEVER THE FUCK THIS IS mashable.com/article/sinc...

A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much. Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment. /1

i don't know how to parody this anymore

bad news for me, the guy who uses the world's biggest condom

When I was a child I assumed that mimicking Lumière’s French accent meant I was speaking French. I’ve since learned better yet am once again unsure.

It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way

Machine translation is a beautiful thing

ads peaked in 1891 i guess

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

omg its the @chucktingle.bsky.social book but real

A Warehouse, Full of Items with a History of Flammability, Sustained Fire-Related Damage in A Worker-Involved Incident

Just to give a sense of the insane scale of billions of dollars…MacKenzie Scott got about $38 billion after divorcing Bezos in 2019. She has become the world’s most generous philanthropist, giving away over $19 billion…and she’s currently wealthier than she started. Just. Tax. Them.

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Years ago, a writer friend was passing through on tour. I didn't know him that well, but I liked what I knew of him - and when he suggested that I join him (and the other writer touring with them) to hang and sign stock, I said "Sure, let's do it." So the three of us spent a day doing that. (1)

Heated Rivalry

Spider-Man: No Nut November

interesting that when a movie with female protagonists does poorly the response is to cancel upcoming projects with female protagonists and when a movie with female protagonists is a huge hit the response is to cancel upcoming projects with female protagonists