The most important cultural lesson of the late 80s/early 90s

"fiction normalizes—" idk abt any of that but I think social media has normalized absolutely batshit behavior and social conventions that are inconceivable to anyone that is actually well-balanced and thriving in the real world and that's a bigger problem than fiction will ever be

A company that makes a no-tech, repairable tractor is having trouble keeping up with demand from farmers sick of John Deere's repair monopoly and simply want a tractor that turns on and works: www.404media.co/demand-is-bo...

gamedev problem: my placeholder asset is too perfect to replace

Just in time for pride month, received these adorable rat stickers as a giveaway from @eondraws.bsky.social and @alblune.bsky.social ! Thank you! And if you like rats and puzzles, definitely check out Squeakross, the best picross game I've ever played: store.steampowered.com/app/2871440/...

NEW ARTICLE! You ever wonder why some people don't enjoy games that they oughtta be able to? How much control should a player have over the game experience? Whose responsibility is it to have fun? The player? Or the designer? Check this out: docseuss.medium.com/have-you-hea...

as one of the few fully cishet people on this app the explosion of extremely gay shit every june 1 is such a delight to watch

Happy Pride Month to everyone who brings a little more color to our world 🏳️‍🌈🫶🏳️‍⚧️

I don't need to be "protected" from seeing porn, I need porn artists to be protected from being debanked, having their work stolen by AI, being abused for the content of their work, and going broke.

We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.

live your life in such a way that you would not disappoint Guillermo Del Toro

let trans kids play sports let trans kids do things with their friends let trans kids participate normally in society

"“I’m here to tell you the mission of your generation is to destroy AI,” said Chieng." news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

You can dislike someone or not get along with them, or actively dislike being in their presence, without any kind of moral component. Not everyone gets along. Some people will slam all of your pet peeves. And that doesn’t necessarily mean any kind of wrong is being committed.

Sometimes folks we look up to let us down. It's never easy, and I don't think I'll ever fault someone for looking up to others. When they let you down, the best you can do is uphold the principles you want in art and creation, and lift up those who champion them too.

I think it's about time we stop idolizing people for being the director or "creator" of a project we love unless we see and hear them uplifting their entire teams at every chance. I truly think a lot these creatives aligning with the dark side is them thinking ONLY THEY caused their success.

“Creative breakthroughs happen when visionary storytellers are given access to transformative tools”-- Actually, creative breakthroughs happen when people don't have to drink brown water from data center waste. This is not cool or accessible, this is disingenuous & disappointing.

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

Feeling sassy, made a thing

STOP TELLING ME AI IS THE FUTURE OH MY GOD

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

💯💯💯 Early Access is like Kickstarter; you accept a certain amount of risk that it might not work out, explicitly because you want to help a project that might not otherwise get to exist. Sometimes, you roll snake eyes! That's just how it goes! Don't like it? Don't do it!

“how am i supposed to explain gay people to my kid” how am i supposed to explain homophobia to MY kid

"this piece of media has gross stuff in it" man damn that sucks, did you talk to your mom about how the parental controls aren't working

if you are wondering why: it's specifically a nazi term used to punch down

Five nights at Freddys guy can continuously donate to republicans, jk Rowling can ruin entire branches of politics with a hatred legal defense fund, but the digital circus and Steven universe creators were queer and made choices fans didn't like and for that they get hate campaigns to ruin them.

2 years ago, the TTYD Remake featured the first properly-handled and respectful trans representation in the Mario franchise 🏳️‍⚧️

every day this year

Am laughing so much but also crying

"Fandom treat creators as an obstacle to the purity of the experience." Man, I have never heard it put better.

The creator of a show doesn't owe you a damn thing. This cycle keeps happening and the audience keeps getting worse. Do you guys even like cartoons??? Stop calling yourselves "animation fans" while biting every marginalized artist in reach.

People with “gender critical beliefs” getting it included in government guidance that you can’t call them horrible transphobic bastards is so wild like I don’t have to spend billions lobbying for legal documents to get people to like me, have you tried being a nice person instead

Fuck Alpha male ideology! Boys, you want an intense love story and satisfaction in your love life? THIS IS WHO YOU SHOULD EMULATE, not losers like Andrew Tate or Testicular or whatever his name is...

I don't think it's a good idea to legally privilege someone else's discomfort over another person's rights.

no more mass appeal

Science textbooks narrow-mindedly coalesce around a very narrow range of theories, while new age bookshops are refreshingly diverse.

I mean look at Bezos. Yes ordering books online was an innovative idea. God bless. And how did Jeff get those books to people to make his billions? The post office that taxpayers built and subsidized for over 250 years.

Cis women who don't want to use the same bathrooms as trans women are free to simply not use public bathrooms. They're the ones with the issue, they're the ones who should have to find workarounds. Their creepy obsession with other people's genitals shouldn't become anyone else's problem.

personally I think anyone should be able to change their name for any reason ever and society should just adapt for that. you will not change my mind

And the right people *won't* be weird about it, because they value your friendship and comfort more than they value a handful of words. 💙

"the R slur is coming back" not within slapping distance of me it's not

not having an instagram or tiktok account is funny sometimes. my friends will send me things and i'm like thank you SO much for thinking of me. i am literally not allowed to see this

I appreciate KS surfacing just how much of this friction and censorship is due to payment processors and I wish more companies would put this stake in the ground rather than screwing over artists. If every company did this, payment processors would have to buckle.

lighting a candle for all trans people to live fucking long lives and get old as fuck and happy and comfortable and satisfied

the last gasps of the american confederacy are so fucking cringe bro

this is a masterpiece

"Literacy test." Herblock on new lessons in democracy and citizenship for southern law enforcement, March 1965.

“99.2% of GPS patients who received gender-affirming medical care continue to identify as transgender into adulthood. Of the remaining 0.8%, most did not regret the medical treatment they received.” This is why transphobes are terrified of youth care, and why youth care should be legal everywhere.

“You can just make it a habit” = the big lie for fixing ADHD problems.

I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.