Was listening to a Behind the Bastards about Phil Spector, and they dropped the Bowie bomb as an aside about how we give musicians we admire a free pass to be horrible and, yup. Fucking wild that his legacy is largely untouched.

this is like when people's EGM subscriptions were replaced with Maxim

The boring answer is because it has the trappings of a conversational search engine, and typing "timer" into one of those has worked for 20 years. Ditto for simple math problems i've observed folks do same with. A perfectly valid customer behavior for a dishonestly marketed product.

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Anyone got a source they like for geeky pride merch?

I've been doing some research into locations in Prague using Google Maps, and either the guy who was tasked to take the photos got the camera position wrong, or there's a small hairy ghost haunting large swathes of the city.

"Dad, let's play characters." "Okay buddy, who should we be?" "Don't worry petite, Gambit will tell you."

Really fun little set. There are mechanisms that make the dpad & buttons feel springy, a satisfyingly clicky power button, and swappable lenticular screens. Plus, the Zelda cart has a little save battery inside it!

mods are asleep post camera falling out of plane and landing in a pig pen to be licked by a pig

WALTER CRONKITE (gravely):

It'd be great if i wasn't bombarded by promoted posts from armchair phrenologists bragging about their latest sociopathic aspirations.

E-Go To The Polls

Depluralize a movie One Angry Man

This has not stopped being funny to me days later. So much so that "Reince Priebus" has already become an expletive in my home. *stubs toe* "REINCE PRIEBUS!"

Famously safe NYC of the 70s.

It’s time to post one of my favorite memes of the year.

TERRY FOREVER FOREVER TERRY youtu.be/SGaU1Js0xPs?...

it's more direct than most of these debates. roald dahl was quite racist, but if you buy his books the money doesn't go towards promoting racism. a proportion of any money spent on Harry Potter stuff goes towards funding legal action to remove trans people from the UK.

"Dad, you be Spongebob and I'll be Squarepants." "Okay, i have questions"

7yo's latest fantasy team-up: Marge Malone, animal control officer from The Garfield Movie, and Terrax, herald of Galactus (LEGO version), join forces to capture the Onyx Cinder, the spaceship from Skeleton Crew. Playtime gets weird.

So, Dungeon Crawler Carl appears to be Shin Megami Tensei if you swapped demons for aliens. Have I got that about right?

Epic News can be summed up as Local Man Discovers Machine That Prints Infinite Money, Decides To Never Plan For Day It Might Break

Always the best: "Sam suffered from Lewy Body Dementia for several years. As per Sam’s wishes, there will be no memorial service. In lieu of flowers, his family asks for donations to be made in his name to either Hero Initiative, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, or the Lewy Body Dementia Association."

Connecticut? I thought you said upstate New York. Yes, well, sometimes we *called* ourselves upstate New York because of our location. It's a Connecticut thing. Really? Because I lived in New Haven, and i never heard that. Not in New Haven, no. It's a Danbury term! I see.

An amazingly kind person paid that family’s rent need outright! 🤩 Let’s keep this going! This Minneapolis immigrant family still owes rent for both Feb and March. Total need to avoid eviction is $3000. V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater Please share and help if you can! Thank you!

NSYNC, Green Day, Britney Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 90s high school dance vibes This is what they sound like

I have a joke about UDP, but you might not get it.

Afroman won the case Because he was right Shoved it in that sheriff's face Because he was right Got asked on the witness stand "He fuck your wife?" (Oh man, May-beeee) Because he was right Because he was right Because he was right La-da-da-da-da-da

Good morning! Yes, this is he

ok but that's just gorillaz

idk I did see this meme today which made me laugh so hard. lol

Important questions being pondered at the elementary school.

It's like they're trying the nintendo version of @commandersterling.bsky.social's Copyright Deadlock. "What if we make a pokémon knockoff and name it Pikmin? No, spelled different of course!"

Making an emulation box for 7yo out of an old Pi. Any kid friendly recs? Can handle 16-bit easy, psx mostly, anything else is pushing it. Already loves: Sonic, Kirby, Mario platformers Mario Kart 64, Paper Mario, Starfox 64 Anything racing/spaceshipping

Drop something GREEN

Don't forget to remind your boomer relations, or anyone that only gets their news from legacy media: they never actually left MSP.

It's-a me, motherfuckers. Where-a the fuck is my fuckin' money? HERE WE GOOOOOOO!

The problem with the IBM memo is that it's too optimistic. A computer will inevitably make management decisions BECAUSE it can't be held accountable. It should read, THEREFORE A COMPUTER'S OWNER MUST ALWAYS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DECISIONS MADE ON THEIR BEHALF

This. Regardless of whatever whiz-bam cool "feature" is touted, these military ghouls don't actually care if it does a better job at finding targets. The real utility of a tool like Claude in this situation is *accountability dodging*. "The computer told me to do it."

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ICE is still here in MN, and our neighbors are still in hiding. Rent is due TODAY, and I’m scrambling to raise funds to keep immigrant families in need out of eviction court. Can you help? V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater Please share and give if you can! Thank you! 🌷

I choose love over hate. And bigger love when love comes. If you're unsure about trans people, Chiitan isn't asking you to understand. Just watch over them kindly. Trans folks simply want to laugh, love & grow with those who light up their world. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

I just learned that Northside Mutual Aid (supporting North Minneapolis families impacted by ICE) is still trying to meet $80,000 in rent needs from FEBRUARY. Can we move some funds in their direction? 🌻

On top of being a solid show, Strip Law hiring Steven fucking Root to essentially play, "What if Franklin Sherman from The Critic was a disgraced Vegas lawyer" pretty much guaranteed I'd love it.

Easy Rider salad the mall Who dong hide?

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