A different perspective. Always helpful.

I've just realised you can pretty much literally see the end from the beginning in #RDR2. A view westwards from Horseshoe Overlook, towards a distant homestead. IYKYK, and if you don't, no spoilers. Doing a second playthrough is interesting. No first-time feels, but the foreshadowing is intense.

Please remember when you swim in the ocean: 200 meters below you, there is a layer of fish that stretches all around the world. It is so dense, that when it was discovered during WWII it scared the navy so bad they bombed it. This is the ocean's thin inner shell of fish [🧵]

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Time-change my ass. I know it's an hour earlier than the clocks say. It usually takes me ~2 weeks to fully capitulate to the lie, and my discrepancy radar will ping me about it at intervals until the clocks go back. (Autistic folk will prolly understand the discrepancy radar. Others... dunno.)

The only thing better than playing video games is watching essays about video games (esp. when spoons are too low to be any good at shooting stuff). Sue me, I was a literature major. Oh, errrr, spoiler? I mean, probably not really, he's despicable from second 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sf4...

I hope everyone’s learned their lesson about “let’s run our government like a business” bullshit Businesses can be run into the ground Not really supposed to do that with governments

Second playthroughs aren't something I do very often (if ever, now that I think about it, for story games). This time in #RDR2, I'm even more aware how idyllic the Horseshoe Overlook chapter really is, and I'm going to make the most of it.

RDR2 second playthrough = shit-talking Micah's every line. This is an old screenshot but they're so pretty you can have one anyway.

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

It's been 6 years; I might have to replay Read Dead Redemption 2. But I'm also a little worried the experience won't be the same the second time around, so maybe I shouldn't... Absolutely one of the most memorable games I ever played.

Mr. Rufous's whole deal is "fuck about and find out". Finding out usually involves being dive-bombed in mid-air. Miss those little buggers and their slightly more bass drone than the other hummers (yes they hum at different frequencies, hummingbirds are AWESOME).

I've been playing Esoteric Ebb and if you like D&D and liked Disco Elysium, stop what you're doing right now and give this pretty much solo-dev game your money. (If you're not into D&D, just play Disco Elysium again.) Jester voice: It's rrrreally good, y'all! store.steampowered.com/app/2057760/...

I've been playing Esoteric Ebb and if you like D&D and liked Disco Elysium, stop what you're doing right now and give this pretty much solo-dev game your money. (If you're not into D&D, just play Disco Elysium again.) Jester voice: It's rrrreally good, y'all! store.steampowered.com/app/2057760/...

We were crucified nearby… how often can you say that?

MAN ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE ADHD AND AUTISM SO WEIRD HOW THAT WORKS OUT HUH. I FEEL LIKE THE ONLY ONE WHO'S NOT THESE DAYS. ANYWAY WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE DINOSAUR. AND YES, I'VE EATEN CHICKEN PARM 16 DAYS IN A ROW WHY DO YOU ASK.

Coconuts

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to UNDETECTABLE levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

I guess we now all know what we'll post when Trump dies.

It has been a ROUGH couple of days at Holly's Merry Moggies rescue for disabled and difficult cats. Just one thing after another. Money that was supposed to last us the year is almost gone and it's only March. If you can help at all, it would be HUGELY appreciated

The spousal unit recently discovered Portishead and has been playing a lot of it on his daily bass practice. I am good with this. I am also pretty sure I recommended them like a million times, but OK American Boomer husband. (Sounds like a band name.)

Recap: Hour 1: We hit them like they’ve never been hit before. Day 1: We already won this war. It was easy. Yay us. Day 5: We don’t need any help. Don’t bother showing up after the war is over. Losers. Day 13: Why isn’t the world helping us? There will be be consequences.

This is huge! The European Court of Justice, the top EU court, has ruled that EU member states must provide a process to change gender markers on identity documents for trans people. sofiaglobe.com/2026/03/12/e...

So if using AI actually does erode human cognition the way studies suggest, then it's a feature instead of a bug? The world is gross enough without "take away people's ability to think so we can sell it back to them" being on the list.

I cannot wait till I never have to see the word Trump again

Quickie #TheSims4 Giveaway! Thanks to the Sims Creator Program and EA, I have a Bikini Bottom Kit to giveaway. EA App only! Reply to THIS POST before 6 AM (New York time), March 4, 2026, to enter. I'll be making this draw when I'm up in the morning.

Is something weird with BSky right now? My replies are taking forever and half of them are straight up not showing. Not that they're unmissable, but it's odd.

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

low poly cat with an HD head

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

I have predesigned covers here: www.ravven.com/book-cover-a...

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel. “The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

Ah yes, a #NoMansSky 'quirk'. I hopped into a new galaxy yesterday (Ekwathore, #23, a whole 9% of the way through (in 4 years 😬)) and every space station entry *not* in Ekwathore vanished. Not a huge deal, I guess, I have bases in Euclid & elsewhere, but still... kind of wish it hadn't happened.

That would be me

This is how Steve met Brad...

Not surprised that Discord lied, but fucking FURIOUS that they're sending them to a company linked to bloody Peter Thiel. Meaning any data given to Discord is absolutely going to be given to ICE and other similar groups.

This is me, though I fully expect most people who know me to be skeptical at best. It's the price of masking too well for too long. My sister caught me melting down at the gate 5 mins after they'd left after a weekend visit (they forgot something), and has had a different perspective ever since.

This is me, though I fully expect most people who know me to be skeptical at best. It's the price of masking too well for too long. My sister caught me melting down at the gate 5 mins after they'd left after a weekend visit (they forgot something), and has had a different perspective ever since.

Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.

Age verification? 1: Fuck off. 2: I was at university when the Berlin Wall fell. Discord isn't the only voice choice out there.

I'm following a pattern so it's intentional, but I'm knitting with needles that are too big for the weight of the wool and it's giving me the ick SO badly. Maybe I'm just weird. #knitting

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Tomorrow! Santa Fe! The Barnes & Noble! 3 pm! Gonna be there, gonna talk goblins, gonna sign some things! Be there or be somewhere else that is hopefully also enjoyable!