We knew they'd be back surging the second it got above freezing.

This is true, but the core isn't just "we normalized Trump." For kids who do NOT idolize Trump, we have shown that laws and consequences don't really exist, we will not be prioritizing the underprivileged or even our planet, so there is no future to plan for. Why NOT hustle now, in that scenario?

My favorite quote from this game, keeps me going probably more than I give it credit for.

It's bizarre to me how many people in the comments here seem to think that automation is going to translate into more freedom for the working class. When has that ever panned out? How much leisure time do you have, after years of these "innovations"? We are Charlie Brown trying to kick the football

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Who up liquidating they 401k before the stock market crash

NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com

I don't think there are many cosplayers On Here, but wow I'm tired of that community's thirst to pile on and destroy a new main character on social media every week. Y'all still gladly elevate multiple events a year run by a known predator. Pleeeease, the hypocrisy.

There's really a very straight line from "guy who created a website to rank the bodies of college women" to "guy whose pervert glasses are sending sex footage and credit card numbers to exploited workers in Kenya," but nobody with power can be bothered. They are all that guy.

I know I say this every season, but it is SO WEIRD that Bridgerton merch so heavily features bees. "Celebrate the beauty of Bridgerton house... and the thing that agonizingly killed their father in front of them, traumatizing an entire family for life!" (Romantic sigh)

Hey, are you reading any fiction? Playing any good board games? I'm not saying, "Ignore the current horrors," but it's healthy to do a LITTLE of what you used to enjoy before doomscrolling became the #1 hobby.

If you take public transportation to work in-person, wear a mask on the train/bus, and wash your hands when you get to the office. You don't even have to care about other people! Just tell yourself you're washing off strangers' measles and poop- whatever you need to do.

Let the incompetence and cruelty embolden you. If you fancy yourself smarter and more empathetic than these guys (and you are), do not let the result be despair. Make things, apply for jobs, assert yourself. If these freaks deserve a platform, money, stability... don't you? Don't you???

Me when I have to respond to an artist I commissioned: 😡 Me when I have to respond to a web designer: 😡 Me when I have to respond to anyone I asked for help ever: 😡 ...Me when I do not start anything, so I do not have to respond to anything, and my peaceful life feels unproductive and boring:😡😡😡

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world." #AIslop #refuseresist

I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud

Something sticking out during my Disco Elysium replay: If you jokingly or deceptively express an ideology, you eventually have to reckon with possibly believing it for real. This is why, irl, I can't get behind listening to fascists ironically or as "research." Normalization gets to you.

Current state: Replaying Disco Elysium, because in light of current events, it is comforting to roleplay as a drunk detective who loves karaoke, cryptids, and can't remember the layers of violence the government has inflicted upon everyone around him.

I have reached "so tired that I am angry about literally anything that happens to me" mode. I recognize it, yet cannot seem to change course. So, I'd appreciate if all of you could stop. Just stop, ok? Stop... it.

Fun fact: the global wellness industry, composed mostly of unregulated snake oil, is at about $6.32 trillion dollars a year, 4x larger than the pharmaceutical industry. Similarly, Roblox is worth $44 billion to Valve's $10 billion. Roblox has more concurrent users than Steam.

EMPATHY - She looks at the recording device, the thing she thought would fill her hours with joy and escape. It's turning out to be an empty fantasy. She feels childish, very useless all of a sudden.

There are organizations that exist to help trans folks relocate, but they need more resources (Money, Mutual Aid Commitments, Etc.). It isn't a quick solution, but nothing is fast enough for this level of absurdity. Here's a few that could use your support: (🧵)

I've written up a brief script for anyone who wants to call or write your representatives regarding this bill (yes, even the ones you think won't care). PLEASE DO THIS IF YOU ARE ABLE. This bill *cannot* pass. You can find your representatives here: www.congress.gov/members/find...

My gender doesn't drive a car. My gender doesn't drink. My gender doesn't vote. Get rid of the marker if its inclusion facilitates abuse.

I resent having to think about politics this much. Ideally most of my thoughts would be about playing a video game and collecting a big crystal

PRAISE THE SUN

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

DePaul University posted on Instagram about how professors are going to start designing courses with AI, saving them so much time to engage with students! They were (rightfully) shouted at until the post disappeared, but I assume they're still gonna do it.

なんとかなるよ [ everything will be okay ] #pixelart

Texted a friend today whom I haven't talked to in YEARS to tell him an Animal Crossing villager who shares his name has appeared on my island and is so ugly. Every ACNH player has an irrationally loathed villager nemesis, don't pretend like you don't.

Never is my poor spatial awareness more on display than when I wash our largest cookie sheet in the sink. The entire kitchen is wet, as is everything in it, and the bashing, clanging sounds have alerted all of our neighbors, but at least the dish is clean! (It probably isn't.)

Across the US, people fed up with Flock cameras surveilling their communities, and with local governments that are often unwilling to listen to concerns over privacy violations and ICE data sharing practices, are taking matters into their own hands—and tearing them down.

Nothing more depressing than real estate websites advertising single family starter homes to wealthy old people who already have giant homes. "Downsize for less maintenance, more freedom!" ...while families who YEARN for their first home can't afford it! Rad! Cool country we are having!

I am firmly of the belief that watching us self-destruct will motivate the rest of the world to thrive. Just a shame to live inside the belly of the beast, damn.

CHICAGO: be aware that Tesla is heavily testing its extremely janky "robotaxi" service in your city. We've seen job listings going back months, and now I'm hearing on the ground reports of testing in both regular Teslas (likely facelifted Model Y) and "Cybercab" prototypes. Be on the lookout!

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

the cool thing about trying to shame people into “vote blue no matter who” is that it doesn’t work hasn’t worked and will continue to not work. You’re doing something that doesn’t work. Over and over again. You’re not going to convince any significant amount of people from your blue sky pulpit

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Timeline cleanse, here are some of my (many) house plants: monstera (Bruno), jade (Yennefer), mandarin (Pamina), and peperomia (Maelle). May I see yours?

As I hung a wooden plant cradle in the window above some wooden acorn garland, I realized: Animal Crossing has made me better at- and more enthusiastic about- interior design. My home is way more beautiful than it was in 2020. My furniture and art match. I guess I owe it all to her:

Chicago: Did you know, there is a teeny tiny prehistory/paleontology museum in Evanston? It's in the basement of Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop, and it's free!

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

There are two kinds of people in the world: People who suffered, and think because of that, everyone else should suffer the way they did because otherwise it's not fair. People who suffered, and think because of that, no one else should have to suffer either. Be the second.

Me: "The first time I came to this bar, I brought three people who all wanted to trade Magic cards, so I sat there while they all traded and kissed each other or whatever." Total stranger at the bar: "Of course, that's the last step of any trade, they had to."

"the whole system will crash" oh no, not the system where only the worst people alive have all the money and use it to buy children to sate their abhorrent desires and everybody else dies poor from cancer or at the hands of the state not that system what ever will we do without that system

All I can say about ANY of this: I never want to hear about checks and balances, bipartisanship, or consensus again. This man has shown us that a president can just do whatever. So, I'm going to INSIST we help people, radically, without hesitation or condition, until I'm dead. The rules aren't real.

Chase no longer offering Chicago skyline debit cards is my last straw. I am now evil.

It is summer. There is ice cream at work. The admin insists. I tell her I'm lactose intolerant. It is autumn. There are cake slices at work. The admin insists. I tell her I'm lactose intolerant. It is winter. There are cupcakes at work. The admin insists. I tell her I'm lactose intolerant.

Today we’re launching Open Climate Risk, a fully open option for U.S. building-level climate risk data. It’s unique because it allows you to see not only risk scores, starting with wildfire, but also the complete underlying dataset, methods, and codebase. carbonplan.org/research/cli...