Are mirrors conscious? Many parakeets feel they're talking to a real bird

Possibly the least threatening forgotten beast I've ever gotten. Dwarves aren't afraid of vomit, you should see the fort entrance. The first weapon that lands a hit on this guy is going to kill it instantly. That's if a passing stray kitten doesn't brush against it. Special ability: Hungy!

If I could have any superpower, it'd be this. (guess who had to get up to find his lighter just now) youtu.be/xInMYJRFw0o

Mamdani, increasingly exasperated, takes his fourth 1am phone call from Trump this week. He asks who the main guy from Night Moves was and then they briefly discuss fondue. Trump recommends manhattan steakhouse that closed in 1998 and says goodnight.

Well, the wooden dwarf fort of foresthalls came to an abrupt end when a dragon showed up. The wooden walls were surprisingly fireproof. The dwarves and everything else on the map, less so

This guy has been sitting at the bottom of a deep pond outside my fort for oh, about a year now. Can't get out, can't drown, can't hurt anyone. Dwarves don't even notice him. I'm probably just going to pave over that pond, just in case. He's happy about how good at swimming he's getting, though

Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.

Y'all are laughing at 'Babies worship unknown gods' as a bug in Dwarf Fortress, but you really ought to have a nosey at the bug tracker sometime. Nearly every line is a gem.

Excuse me, this is Dwarf Fortress. You've not even encountered any of my dwarves yet, but you're off having your own life-changing adventures down in the caves. Needing a little more focus here, people

His "Big Beautiful Bill" is, in hindsight, even more disturbing

Nothing Trump does can surprise me anymore. *hears about Bill Clinton* OK, /one/ thing can surprise me anymore

Time for a new dwarf fort. Foresthalls, the new project where I build everything out of wood on the surface, just to annoy the elves. (I am not currently in contact with any elven civ. I'll let them know when it's ready, so as to not spoil the surprise)

Dwarf Fortress manages to surprise me regularly, even after this many years. I've seen plenty of ghosts over the years, but I don't think I've seen one possess another dwarf and make their body throw a tantrum. I'll hold off on the bolt throwers on this one

Turns out: Surprisingly well. Friendly fire doesn't look to be much of a thing, or at least no-one caught a bolt who wasn't being aimed for. And a couple of these throwing a crossbow bolt out every 2-3 ticks really does help pacify sudden werebeasts. A+, recommended for all your dwarf taverns

Dems doing their signature 'snatching defeat from the jaws of victory' move again, I see

So is there like a 'siege weapons' tab or something somewhere I'm missing in Dwarf Fortress? Like how you have a list of workshops, or a list of bedrooms, or... Manually clicking on every siege weapon to change its state seems laborious, I have to be missing something

I don't know how the dwarf fortress siege is going for everyone, all my battles seem to be starting inside the tavern. Beginning to wonder if I should put some bolt throwers by the dining tables

Results: Yes. Yes, it does

Only in Dwarf Fortress do you have to parse sentences like this

I swear to god after I posted this, I panned right, to see /another/ werebeast in the dining room, and it appears we also have a necromancer patron who's upset by all this and is reanimating severed limbs and summoning that big skeletal nightmare thing there. Now this is what I call a dwarf tavern

We interrupt your floating dwarf shenanigans to bring you your second unannounced werecreature this year, tearing everyone to ribbons in the tavern before you even notice. This one has antlers!

Three in-game days later, we're still at 2fps, people walking around below, and these guys aren't falling. Ended up using Dfhack to teleport the moody dwarf to the ground. Soon as his boots hit the floor, he's off and running, framerate's normal and everyone else falls normally

Delightful. The best possible time to be struck by a strange mood is when you're halfway up a fruit tree, and someone else took the ladder away. Goodbye framerate while this guy tries to path to a workshop he can't reach. A solution is on the way, at 2fps. It involves axes.

Didn't know Rupert had it in him

As good a day as any to look over a few of the best bugs dwarf fortress has had over the years www.pcgamer.com/the-most-rid...

"Hospital patients and babies don't shut off the brains of people carrying them, again." Oh, Dwarf Fortress... The "again" is the funniest part there

Me this morning: Who puts out a major update to Dwarf Fortress while I'm at work? Disgraceful Me this evening: Well, at least that gave DFHack time to update store.steampowered.com/news/app/234...

St. Peter at the Pearly Gates: Did you live by the Ten Commandments? Mike Johnson: I have no idea. I have not seen those

It's actually kind of impressive to misunderstand a joke so badly, when said joke contains an explanation of its joke

Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source

Fun* Size (*determined by measurable levels of 'fun' weight-adjusted for 2025)

Metaphor is just a funny-sounding word nowadays

lol i tried to search "woke" and Grokipedia blocked me

er... hans...

No way to prevent this, says only nation where this regularly continues to happen

Of course this is stuck in my head now www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXKo...

In conclusion, Caves of Qud is a land of contrasts

Half-expecting to see a backhoe come crashing through the Oval Office windows while Trump is talking to the press

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

So is the West Wing just 'The Wing', now?

To be fair, of the many, many shows we had that were hosted by puppets, Basil Brush was probably the least irritating

My "I love Hitler" tattoo is raising many questions already answered by the tattoo

I mean, I'm resisting doing the Mitchell and Webb "are we the baddies?" thing, but if you have a totenkopf tattoo on your chest, there's not a lot of wiggle room for interpretation there