re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

gambling for kids, but make it educational so it’s fine???

add roblox to this why not. it’s the same sickness, at the heart of all things

Don't take this to mean Signal itself is compromised, the records came from a “sensitive source with excellent access.” Assume there's a mole in any big Signal group.

the sooner most people realize white supremacy and rape culture are intertwined, the better. disgusting humans.

Got too excited for a tenth of a second as I read the headline.

This is so terrifying. Solidarity with Iranian people towards our shared survival

Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed. I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.

YES SAKURAI SORRY SAKURAI

[ drawing streak: 202 || full ralsei archive: bit.ly/dailyralsei || #deltarune ]

To be clear, Katelyn acknowledges what I said in her piece---we share these criticisms of McBride. I just absolutely cannot come to the same conclusion. McBride is a fair-weather friend at best and should be treated as such. It's how her job works.

McBride tried several times to be a "sensible moderate" by calling trans rights a distraction and in the Klein interview, blaming trans advocacy for the anti-trans panic, instead of the utter capture of the media. She didn't have to do that, and she hasn't really walked back her support for Israel.

some statements from carper and coons on that at the time. they talk about how they do support $15 minimum wage but unfortunately the circumstance being what they are, yadda yadda. and that they will continue working on a process to eventually get there. we see none of that process. it's hidden.

reading that re-evaluating mcbride piece and where my thoughts end up have little to do with mcbride herself, and more around public trust. this is a wide-reaching issue, and mcbride is hardly the first or the worst on it. it's the matter of "you don't know what happens behind closed doors".

UPDATE: Rigsby WI chapter 4 page 198 Rigsbywi.com

the buried lede here: ubisoft made accounting "errors" that masked the fact that it's in serious debt

What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/

hey so even if you do sweep Dems into power again all those people who are openly calling for your murder will still exist so what is your plan because last time Dems were in office they didn’t do anything about it and now we’re here and my god we can’t keep doing this why do you refuse the lesson

Okay, this kid is an absolute legend.

When they need to do this you know we are getting somewhere

Some Frankies🧡 #knightsofguinevere

This comes like one second after Zohran said Jeffries shouldn't be primaried lmao. I'm not saying you never get anything by playing ball with the ghouls, and i get that if you want to do entryism (I don't!) you have to be a little slick. But it will always be like this.

Considering just staying in bed and sleeping all day and withering away

one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.

prepare for a shitburger with a poopoo sundae on tubi

I'll just leave these here

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The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves. What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine" (of course, many people do post about both and other crises)

This Headline being on the same day the AI Bubble has ostensibly begun to pop in earnest is *chef's kiss*

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Includes Feature Where You Can Turn Game Off & Go Do Something Else hard-drive.net/pokemon-lege...

i cant remember if i posted this here but some lanolin for u all please enjoy

The low-angel Frieren meme is genuinely inspiring. Someone braver than the troops shares a picture they know turned out weird. Thousands start sharing their own art, offering advice and laughing together at something that is genuinely hard. No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.

pupy

I think Elon Musk should hook up with Amanda Palmer

if you're cis, today is a really good day to give trans people money

does the insurance pay for the job or does the job pay for the insurance

Update: "it's not Judeo-Bolshevism because in this case my conspiratorial thinking is actually true"

The Simpsons succeeded because it nailed universal American family experiences like a French bowling instructor trying to bang your wife

trans day of making it to the next one

I really try not to be like this but “MS has graciously ‘preserved’ one of the most documented games of all time that was released 46 years ago, made freeware 28 years ago, and are using it to promote data centers, all for a game that could run on most abacuses” is causing me psychic damage

The Zork trilogy was released as freeware in 1998 to promote Grand Inquisitor and most modern IF is written in Inform, which compiles into the successors of the original Z-Machines, so a modern game could be ran on that vintage hardware but sure let’s all give BDS target Microsoft some free press!

I'm personally more hung up on the guy in the fez getting materialized and then obliterated. Fully formed guy with experiences and memories in his mind murdered for a crappy truck

CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files? CHRIS MURPHY: So what?

"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...

Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”

wild how the only two holidays we get are "yes, that's right. trannies are real. and a lot of them are dead"

and somebody is just gonna turn around and call me a weirdo for calling Elon a Nazi

I'm gonna make you suffer