What are the new fun and good couch co-op games for Switch and PS5? Need some gift recommendations for my son and his girlfriend.

"Het Palestijns verzet – en dat is groter dan alleen Hamas – verdient net zo veel respect als het verzet ooit in Algerije, Vietnam, Zuid-Afrika, dus het verzet in andere landen dat het 'beschaafde westen' tegenover zich vond." rightsforum.org/auteur-en-pal...

“Dead”

"For the layperson, though, it might be helpful to break things down in an analogy of authoritarian vs democratic regimes, or a core question of who holds the power." ma.tt/2025/12/dhh-open-source/

So, I must do this even though I'm not authorized to do this? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This is an interesting point. People who make AI and people who use AI are probably more likely to hate other people and want other people to hate other people so people prefer using AI instead of interacting with other people.

Oh yeah, this was and still is quality content!

Men ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This is the problem with so many dudes shilling for "agentive AI" too. The actual work they are claiming to replace is invisible to them, especially how much it relies on relationships, informal networks, context, and the ability to bridge systems that don't interoperate.

For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.

Lifted and squatted more than my body weight for the first time today. Yay!

The two things every marketer wants to associate with their brand: - slop - pain and suffering

bicycle for the mind my ass

FUCKING BRILLIANT

“You the moderate man, may be used for wrong, but are useless for right.”

6/ There is no ‘nature cure’ in my book. I won’t let the landscape take credit for the work only I could do. The land was there, yes, but it didn’t change my life. I did that. END

"Moreover, if the origins of pastirma are caught up in the saddles of horse nomads, it's appropriate to affix pastrami in the modern iteration of nomadism." buttondown.com/theswordandthe...

Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award Also Boomers:

Voor AVROTROS zijn "het ernstige humanitaire leed in Gaza, de onderdrukking van de persvrijheid en de politieke inmenging tijdens de laatste editie van het Songfestival, niet verenigbaar met waarden die voor ons fundamenteel zijn". NOS: Geen probleem, wij zenden het uit. nos.nl/artikel/2593...

Ik had verwacht dat Ongehoord Nederland het wel zou oppakken, maar de NOS en NTR zijn ze te snel af. nos.nl/artikel/2593...

Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)

Poor dumb young people; indoctrinated by the evidence of their eyes and ears; living in a bubble of what is actually happening instead of here in the real world of billionaire donor events and funder dinners.

"The legal consensus seems to be that the first strike was only legal if the U.S. is properly at war, and the second strike is unlawful no matter what. You can't kill people who are wounded and pose no threat to anyone. Those are war crimes." gizmodo.com/franklin-the-turt...

I think it's really telling that there's never been a hot person who's into AI

Socialism will eventually win (as long as human beings survive) because people in a classed society will always end up wanting a classless society. You will never be able to kill that drive.

bouncebouncebouncebouncebounce

last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')

New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI. www.404media.co/americas-pol...

"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read

Happy to report that Lorde was excellent in Amsterdam tonight.

Anyway.

academics at a demo va academics at the faculty meeting

"De hypocrisie is hemeltergend. Vrouwen worden, zoals altijd, gebruikt om tegen elkaar uit te spelen met mannen als lachende omstanders met de macht stevig in handen." www.frontaalnaakt.nl/archives...

"Maar het alternatief – je hart bij voorbaat al ommuren – kent een voorspelbaar einde." www.parool.nl/columnisten/hoe...

Oh, this is kinda awkward.

An undersold aspect of being a societal actor and engendering outcomes, is signaling. And somehow computers obscure that, despite people being behind them. No, it's all fucking people. The telegraph line does not change that. Signal you are not a victim. Do the basics no one applauds but they do.

"If we can do it, developed rich countries with a lot more resources and revenue can – and must do a lot more to reduce their emissions and fight the climate crisis." www.theguardian.com/environme...

25 (!) jaar geleden ging ik met Def Rhymz als Sint en twee Witte Pieten de Bijlmer in voor een reportage in Nieuwe Revu. Alle volwassenen waren over de zeik, alle kids wilden snoep. Eén jongetje geloofde niet dat Def de Sint was. De reden? “Sinterklaas heeft geen neusbel.” Rust in vrede 👑 Def - 1L

too real lol

hl2 and dishonored still look so incredible and are my go-to examples for how much more important art direction is than fidelity. Victor was an incredible and singular visual communicator

thinking about the scene in Twin Peaks at Laura's funeral where Bobby breaks down and says that everyone there killed Laura because they knew what was happening, they knew she was in trouble and they didn't do anything. thinking about that scene a lot today.

"It is the first time I have really documented trauma to this degree, seeing it unfold right in front of me. I have covered violent arrests before, but this kind of pain is different because it is a ripple effect of multiple lives being torn apart in real time." petapixel.com/2025/11/10/awar...

Liking the Ricoh GR much more than I expected. Autofocus could be better, but it takes nice photos and it’s just great to have a pocketable camera with a good lens and a large sensor.

3 is de nieuwe 1.5 en straks is 5 de nieuwe 3.

"Het zijn mensen zoals jij en ik, hè." www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/11/07/...

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.