I was not at all expecting a lovely moment like this in such a brutal game as Elden Ring...

My friend gave me a voucher for a free ham, which I honestly hadn't realize is a thing grocery stores still offer? It's just the three of us. My kids are gonna be so sick of ham...

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If you hunger for drama, i am hear to say that if you get involved in local stuff, you will have more than you ever needed/wanted! Also you might actually change stuff! Win-win!

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

Wtaf 😭😭😭 it.slashdot.org/story/25/11/...

I'm no Zelda purist, but—no wait that's exactly what I am. Wtf is she doing with a bow and arrow kit like some basic elf ranger? The whole vibe here is exactly what I feared a live action adaptation would be: like a Freeform show that's been given a decent budget www.theverge.com/games/822084...

no I’m not surprised, just imagining (among other things) an opposition party that took this population seriously and devoted itself over the many years it would take to make this country actually livable for them

I mean, technically speaking, salsa can be considered a serving of vegetables...

These bangs are workin'

It's Bandcamp Friday, ya'll, when artists get 100% of the money you spend! Instead of paying $15 a month to Spotify so they can throw AI slop at you, why not put that money toward the slow but sure investment of your very own music collection which can never be taken away! 🤯

Look, I can explain...

à propos of nothing, I still miss Rádio Etiópia... www.podomatic.com/podcasts/rad...

Ever since my kids went off to college, I have been battling with the impulse to just have cheese and crackers every night for dinner... And I fear that I am losing

"if you're a company hoping to train your models to replicate a bunch of white-collar work, millions of browser sessions would be a pretty valuable source of data." m.slashdot.org/story/448572

A milestone for Linux adoption, to be sure. I found it notable that after Steam OS's inevitable number 1 place, Arch took second most popular distro, and my fav lil' CachyOS (an Arch-based distro) is now at number 4. www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/linu...

Linux and thinkpads catchings strays on @404media.co podcast. I'm feeling so attacked overcast.fm/+ABDRJO6hGVY...

ME: Ugh I'm tired of getting flour all over my clothes every time I bake. Surely there's a solution to this... Oh wait, it's called an apron OH WAIT I'VE BEEN DOMASTICATED 🙃

Unknown genders... 🤔

What a thoughtful and well-written article on @theverge.com! Not normally where I would expect to see a serious examination of tran history and identity, and I don't agree with all of it, but it's very welcome indeed! www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

Wut 🤨 tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/...

Yesss www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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I've been saying this for a literal decade www.404media.co/mole-rats-co...

Ah NYC how I've missed you 🥰

The weather has finally turned and that means it's time for my famous hot dog soup!

This new fake Disney+ scam message is impressively sophisticated, as long as you don't bother to check the email address it's coming from. Even then, it's using a real domain, just not a relevant one. Has it been hijacked? Or part of a larger scam?

Do this! Bookshop.org is good stuff.

This new Geese album is hitting just right. Feels very classic rock but also very much right now geesebandnyc.bandcamp.com/album/gettin...

Ghost Bath's Moonlover is one my all time favorite metal albums, but I confess that when Rose Thorn Necklace was released last year, I didn't give it the time it deserved. Correcting that now and wow it is really good! ghostbath.bandcamp.com/album/rose-t...

This piece by @lopatto.bsky.social is just savage and I love it 🥰 www.theverge.com/business/793...

More on #Anthropic: @sfwa.bsky.social has created a special section of the SFWA website devoted to the settlement, with a FAQ, links to resources, & a survey for authors impacted by Anthropic's illegal downloads. Will be regularly updated www.sfwa.org/anthropic-faq/

Golly who would have thought that crowdsourced tech-focused social justice might be stymied by corporate hosts when it was no longer convient for them, what a surprise www.404media.co/google-calls...

It's #BandcampFriday, your monthly opportunity to *directly* support favorite musicians by purchasing and downloading their music like we did in olden times so nobody can ever take it from you even if you stop paying for a subscription! (also you can stream it from the bandcamp app on your phone)

I am now officially filled with envy, when does Ghost of Yotei come to Steam??? kotaku.com/ghost-yotei-...

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@theverge.com hmm, I think alt text for your subscriber welcome email needs some tweaking...

So... in this timeline, our most prominent champion of free speech is now the former host of "The Man Show"? Do I have that right?

Yet another amazing, well-respected band pulling their music from Spotify. I like where this is going... www.stereogum.com/2323859/sylv...

Today's mood, curtesy of Ice Spice youtu.be/-zys-SeHIqg

I love giant oarfish so much I put one in my novel Hope and Red reactormag.com/meet-the-og-...

No more trans/nb option for the next Dragon Age game, I guess. The dialogue in Veilguard was a little cringe but I enjoyed it anyway

The legendary frontwomen of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Breeders, and Garbage at Ohana Festival yesterday ✌️

Drew this card for present status in a quick 3 card pull... Touché, divination deck. You're not wrong...

ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live was the result of an explicit threat from FCC Chair Brendan Carr. Earlier this year on Decoder, we did a deep dive into Carr and his unprecedented attacks on free speech. Listen to the episode here: bit.ly/3VnbqQH

Actually there is a long proud history of soundtracks that were better than the movie deserved, from Judgement Night to Spawn to, well, the *last* TRON movie, actually... www.stereogum.com/2323554/nine...

Please make it stop - Google Chrome to be reimagined with AI #Google #GoogleChrome #AI

I still have all my old cds so www.stereogum.com/2323422/mass...

Note to self: Intelligence is an requested burden; wisdom is an earned gift

People in my local writing group kept saying stuff like "I've been meaning to get into Obsidian, but..." and I just couldn't take it anymore, so I made them a primer for @obsidian.md specifically for "Obsidian curious" creative writers, and here I guess you can have it to: velvetgraves.com/obsidian/