too close to the BTS and pro wrestling clusters for my liking

Most people experienced the fall of the Roman Empire as: “One day a bridge collapsed, and no one came to fix it.”

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I gotta be honest, this made me feel better about the Pats losing than anything else I’ve seen tonight.

FUN FACT: seahawks punter michael dickson is only the second australian to win a super bowl, and weirdly (considering how many there have been) the first punter (eagles OT Jordan Mailata was the first australian to play in and win a super bowl in 2024)

biased (used to play DE) but sack -> fumble -> TD is one of the coolest ways to score

EXCUSE ME

this is the imagined audience for every super bowl ad

all these ads are geared toward people our age because they think we have all the money but the joke is on them. 8 or 10 guys have all the money.

what these stories always miss is that its never companies making good EVs that are pulling back from the market, its legacy auto manufacturers whose electric cars have been dogshit and stellantis' have been some of the absolute worst.

VC, founder, dumbass

saw rival consoles last night!

ah the drone footage of this skiing is INCREDIBLE they're going SO FAST

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Taking your own food when you’re going TO ITALY. truly the sign of a demented mind

exciting times in the nation's capital

weird take but its nice to see a good old-fashioned policy debate in this country that isnt tied to culture or class wars these bikes have done good things! but are also incredibly dangerous! it's tough!

this AC stuff from @origami.ng was super interesting, as was the way a mobile publisher got caught using AI in an ad, was asked for comment and basically said "yeah this is what we do now"

i will talk about whiskerwood until the dying of the sun

Well, Aftermath is certainly making better use of my money than my federal or state governments!

can i get a hell yeah on the timeline

behold.....mousetropolis

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i am become death, destroyer of worlds

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Reminder that we've got a 'Latest' feed that lets you read the website as nature intended: chronologically aftermath.site/latest/

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finally got my hands on a polestar 5

when the bartender tries to put ice in my cider

Elon not being happy despite having all the money is like someone losing at a game in tutorial mode, which he also does

'This news has moved me from "maybe computer use should be regulated" to "Butlerian Jihad Now" on the radicalisation scale.'

IGN broke an embargo, which must have been annoying, but the Overwatch account absolutely did not need to go calling them out and using a fucking trump slogan in response

got big plans to win powerball tonight so i can afford all this new enfin leve stuff and finally live my dream of dressing like a barista on various star wars planets

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had an incredible interview the other day with dr. jess morrissette (@decafjedi.com) and dr. megan condis, about their fascinating new research paper:

(destiny should also have done this)

jeffrey epstein's apparent association with the likes of bobby kotick, steve bannon, and peter thiel – and his fascination with game design as a means of controlling others – paint an unsettling picture

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (and again and again)

its simply insane the reserve bank is still doing this in 2026

its only his sixth team, it feels like he's played for at least 14

Highly, highly recommend @rowan.monster's women's soccer newsletter. Ridiculous amount of knowledge bestowed here. A legend of the game. this-week-in-womens-soccer.ghost.io

unserious company

As a journalist I am obligated to shoot straight down the middle, a vestigial professional superstition that someone made up 100 years ago, that is also coincidentally very efficient for spreading right wing propaganda.

a very good summary of everything that's come out, from the stuff that's important to the stuff people have misrepresented