we need a department of kerning

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

This is what a peak Vietnamese restaurant looks like

How the fuck did T1 do it again I have been out of LoL esports for a few years now but honestly, how do they manage to step up for Worlds *every single time*? Also I coached Faker in 2020 so I get at least 0.000001% credit

It's real.

Finally, we move beyond social media research and discuss potential consequences of the production-consumption gap, which results in a remarkable visibility gap, for public opinion more broadly.

Officially a dad of two! My stay at home dad arc can finally start

New setup to watch worlds

You can't make this up.

I’m pretty sure google is taking the piss I was forced to have their spyware linked to my website to disable their wrong safe browsing warning, and now they’re fucking with me?

Les députés ont adopté, par 185 voix contre 184, une proposition de résolution du RN visant à "dénoncer" l'accord franco-algérien de 1968, avec l'appui de LR et d’Horizons. C'est la première fois dans l’histoire du Parlement qu’un texte présenté par le RN est approuvé par l'Assemblée nationale.

The Mainichi has an English article on the incident yesterday morning, when a bear broke into a high school gym in Yamagata, had a bit of a frolic, then left. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

Google Safe Browsing is such a scam If you decide to self-host just about anything, it can block your whole domain: - Immich www.reddit.com/r/immich/com... - Jellyfin github.com/jellyfin/jel... - Yunohost forum.yunohost.org/t/google-fla... - Nextcloud www.reddit.com/r/NextCloud/... BOYCOTT GOOGLE

"How Hayao Miyazaki Creates" (from Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron documentary) www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01T...

This is diabolical You can time it so Illaoi S1 tentacle hits just after Ekko's charged H dash cancel, so the block stun resets and you can grab instantly You can easily mix timings in the string too #2xko_ekko #2xko_illaoi

Libertarians really love state funding don't they

Traducteur de l’allemand, Olivier Mannoni interroge, à partir du laboratoire nazi, la brutalisation de la langue qui accompagne les fascismes. Il nous explique comment Trump parle comme Hitler, et Poutine comme un gangster. « L'échappée » est à voir sur Mediapart 👉 https://l.mediapart.fr/gmI

I was talking with two different American parents (in Tokyo) yesterday and they both told me they had completely stopped flying back to the US because they were scared their partners could be detained at the border. So their children never met their grandparents so far.

Clearly the expropriation of capital is not an issue for western countries Unfortunately it's only allowed againts chinese (and russian) companies! Imagine if they grew balls and did the same to western companies collaborating with genocidal and fascist regimes? www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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Why do we derogate effective altruists, activists, & other radically prosocial individuals? In new work, we discuss how doing good that deviates from social norms gets stigmatized. New preprint w/ @dcameron.bsky.social @tlau.bsky.social @desmond-ong.bsky.social: osf.io/preprints/ps...

🇫🇷📊 Les grandes dates de la présidence Macron, du gouvernement et le poids du camp macroniste à l'Assemblée nationale, au 6 octobre 2025 ⤵️

Archives du 26 juillet 2024 : Emmanuel Macron écarte l'option d'un gouvernement mené par @luciecastets.bsky.social au nom de "la stabilité institutionnelle".

Gouvernement Français % Any World Record

Whenever I see Americans posting about the atrocities of the Trump administration, I can't help but think that they're just surprised the US would come for *them* The US has been waging war and laying waste to the world for 80 years, they just had the good taste of not doing it at home so far

Officially a 2XKO Master (I still have no clue what I’m doing)

Blitz *hurts* holy shit, will be fishing for some j2H #2xko_blitzcrank

Day 2 combos for Ekko Blitz, 1 super 508 dmg MH S2S2 SS1 2H S1 [jS2] 4T H2H jMHS2 #2xko_ekko #2xko_blitzcrank

We propose that the everyday psychology of rules and 3rd party punishment is at the core of authoritarianism Our view posits no new constructs, is ideology-agnostic, & considers relevant only interactions w the state See our new working paper "Authoritarianism in Action" osf.io/preprints/ps...

Merci à Nicolas Sarkozy et aux Républicains de toujours montrer l’exemple.

Confirmation que Macron souhaitait une majorité RN en faisant la dissolution (j'imagine pour apparaître comme un genre de "rempart républicain")

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

🚨 New price Alert! 🚨 Xion Leak is lighter than ever—more fun, less fuss! ✨ Full post here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/194...

School phone bans have had an unexpected positive side effect—reading in schools has skyrocketed. Kids are taking massive numbers of books out from the library. 📚 My bet is that there are lots of u expected side effects of phones and social media www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...

What would Orwell think about a huge face on a gigantic screen telling a crowd of people they should wage war on foreigners and dissidents? No way of knowing, I guess.

Accurate

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

Grok says that videos of Charlie Kirk being shot are memes and that he's actually fine

I really enjoyed that article about recent Chinese immigration to Japan: www.ft.com/content/ab9b... TL;DR: - Recent Chinese immigrants are mostly anti-CCP - ~50% of flats bought are for direct use - They are relatively confident in Japan's economic future

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The view from my new home office Yes I still live in Tokyo

Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault

The Kyodo news website just presented me with an advert selling supplements for back pain sufferers. It featured this gif, which was a little distracting.

The takeaway: 👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters. 👉 It alienates the progressive base. 👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns. In short: it’s electoral self-harm.

A 76% point gap between how satisfied Republicans are with the country versus how satisfied Democrats are. The largest partisan gap ever. news.gallup.com/poll/694370/...

Getting the keys to my new house today ☺️ 10 years in jiyugaoka coming to an end...

And the group is a very direct reference to X Japan, with the song performed by the original Megadeth guitarist (coupled with the Dragonforce singer in the English version)

Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.

I had never noticed that numbering decision in the SQLite code of ethics I guess that makes sense for traditionalist catholics, they really love kids don't they sqlite.org/codeofethics...

When you drop something under the table so you start hitting that Devo 2A