christmas is over but our sales aren't store.steampowered.com/bundle/15673... kitsune tails is the award-winning gay fox girl SMB3-like, 33% off midboss ($5) is a turnbased body snatching roguelike, kitsune zero ($2.50) has more fox girl platforming and UHD ($1.64) is a cute block pushing puzzler

As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.

I am going to the doctor tomorrow because I have bronchitis so if you were ever like "CC is cool, I wish I could support her in some way", every little bit helps right now as this doctor visit will likely be a hit on my finances since I currently am still job hunting ko-fi.com/cckirby

It is very important to note that New York state reported over 71k flu cases in a single week, which is around half of the total number of cases in Canada for the 2024-2025 season. It is going be a quagmire and public health isn't taking adequate measures to mitigate this upcoming nightmare.

You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️

Hydrogen does not directly warm the climate, but interacts with OH to extend the life of CH4. "More hydrogen means fewer detergents [OH] in the atmosphere, causing methane to persist longer &, therefore, warm the climate longer" phys.org/news/2025-12... Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mobster: “why we suddenly rushing to whack this mook? We’ve left him alone for the last 2 months.” ADHD Mobster: “the fugazi pharmacist only just filled my adderall prescription today, and did you know ‘pharmacy’ is from Greek?”

In the past week, I've seen stories of AI: - being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students - calling innocent people sex offenders - shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars - emitting more CO2 than New York City What the fuck are we even doing?

I'm going to be broke by the new year. I'm disabled and homebound and isolated. I really would appreciate some help. ko-fi.com/jebwrench

Today in incorrect insect identifications, we have the Australian Museum incorrectly identifying a backswimmer as a dragonfly nymph:

It's hard to overstate how bad WWM's chatbots are. They whiffed it and I can't understand why they put them in the game. You can engage sincerely and correctly with the bot and it fails to comprehend you and just drags the conversation out. Really reinforces that AI boosters don't understand games.

Bloomberg Analysis: 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open Note: Tesla said on a new safety page on its website last week that when a serious collision is detected, "doors will automatically unlock for emergency access." GIFT LINK: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

that time of the year when this little species (Habronattus ustulatus) becomes active found this little male yesterday in eastern San Diego County, In-Ko-Pah County park, perched on little pieces of granite and quartz along wash edges

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

The “AI” has not read the book. Even if the book was in its training data, it has just absorbed it as a set of statistics. It will juggle you a “summary” that might or might not relate to the conclusions of the actual text. The only way you’ll know is to read it yourself.

Color me shocked.

And for those who do cite fake papers, just think: this is then in your paper forever. Will it be discovered when you're up for tenure or a job? Will your kid find it out when they read your work to see what their parent did all those nights and weekends?

You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

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The Global Carbon Project has just published the most comprehensive Global Hydrogen Budget to date. H2, although not a GHG, has an indirect Global Warming Potential 37 times more potent than CO2. Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/hydrogen-emi... Research paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hansen predicts global temperature will reach a record +1.7°C in 2027. In addition to Earth’s heating rate of 0.2°C per decade, this implies an acceleration by 0.1°C per decade since 2016, likely from (“one-time only”) aerosol effects, ie shift to cleaner and less fuels. mailchi.mp/caa/global-t...

This. This is the problem. OH and S standards are different for HCWs and for the life of me (and them) I can't understand why.

There is no overstating how bad repealing Section 230 would be for the Internet. If you are a US citizen and have ever enjoyed one of our games, or any other piece of queer or "controversial" media, then please consider contacting your representatives and encouraging them to not support this.

NEW: They kept saying they were gonna do it and now they've done it A group of clowns (Senators) have introduced a bill to FULLY REPEAL Section 230. No reform, no replacement, just utter destruction of all online free speech. We can't let this happen. Share & take action www.badinternetbills.com

Me: so I broke my arm Canadian doctor: MAID Me: uh, is that the only...? Canadian doctor: (producing two buckets of bubbling green liquid) so do you want 'painful?' Or 'extremely painful?'

The Holidays are approaching and I could use more help with bad weather coming in and January's finances getting out out of sync due to the holidays. Goal: 1500/1500 (Minimum Needs Met) ko-fi.com/jebwrench

What the United States is doing is evil

Not joking when I say that this is very telling for the actual state of the economy. It is not going to be pretty when the AI bubble bursts, and at least some folks are shitting bricks since they know it.

The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”. NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC. ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr. Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.

🚨 Our new paper is out! First study focusing on African sea level rise from 1993 to present 🌊🌍 Sea levels accelerated 4.5× since the 1990s, from 0.96 to 4.34 mm/yr. 2023 broke records across 40% of African waters. Thread ⬇️ 📖 doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02965-z

I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison. Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.

KOSA has been defeated several times already and they keep trying over and over until the one time it goes through, at which point it becomes everyone's problem. It will be an unmitigated disaster if this passes and they say, well, sorry, now it's the law. Make sure your creature votes No on this.

Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... So much misinformation gets shared so quickly A must read👇🏼

Unarmed by-stander, Ahmed el Ahmed, a fruit shop owner challenged & took the gun from one of gunman in the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. He went to hospital after being shot in the leg & shoulder by another gunman. Doctors have told his family that he should be OK www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.

So chicken farms have started spending millions of dollars putting in state of the art air filtration and circulation systems - because culling whole flocks to mitigate avian flu is expensive - but we have done zero to improve air quality in schools - because kids are expendable I guess.

The end of Section 230 would mean the end of all but the largest websites that allow user-generated content at all - and even the largest would be radically changed and locked down It would probably mean the end of your fav streamers' careers Call your senators and your representatives about this

look up your senator to call them, Section 230 is the law that made the internet what it is. Without it, the government can punish user content and free speech on platforms directly Tell them Section 230 is what makes the internet free and powerful nysenate.gov/find-my-sena...

It took an extra few days but as of this morning, all Australian YouTube accounts with a date of birth aging them under 16 have now been closed, meaning no more parental controls and mandatory ad viewing even if parents pay for YouTube Premium Family. Insane decision.

so after being bedridden for 16months due to a hernia, I've finally got my surgery! now I'm bedridden for recovery, which is at least a great improvement. I'm still broke though, so if you've got a couple dollars, it'd help me get through this last stretch. Thanks so much! ko-fi.com/fooneturing

The Holidays are approaching and I need food, supplies, bills, everything. The temperatures are dropping, and ice and snow are piling up making it harder for me to get around at all with my disability. I could really use some help surviving. Goal: 396/1500 ko-fi.com/jebwrench

Shingles vaccine is rougher than the average jab (36 hours of arm pain and a night of poor sleep for me). OTOH I’ve seen people’s “golden years” ruined by shingles: chronic insomnia, chronic pain, deep depression. Plus we now know there’s a robust association of shingles with dementia risk.

A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead. There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere. This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying 🧵

This is what banning under-16s from social media looks like for EVERYONE

I came across *the* example I have been hammering with these food delivery robots. A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)

One reason to get the shingles vax before 50: covid immunosuppresses, awakening dormant herpes viruses which *everyone has*. EBV which causes multiple sclerosis, zoster which causes shingles, etc. each infection each year bumps up the odds