all UX is hostile until proven otherwise

late for lunch with dad pray, for my uber driver tire's squeal

Art by Dean Ellis (1920-2009)

testicles are the besticles

free software app for crowdsourced dessert recipes a-la wikipedia/kiwix: openMOUSSE

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Long Covid is having an enormous impact on society. This article suggests that 1 in 7 people now have #LongCovid theconversation.com/long-covid-i...

my family has a saying: "family are like fish - they go off after three days" meaning, gatherings around christmas and birthdays etc never last very long before everyone gets tired and crotchety

peanut butter contains neither nuts or butter

Picard sleeping tip: Before bed, sit in a quiet room and read from a book.

Digging at the problem of sex and sex appeal as something sanitized for marketability, "Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny" by @rsbenedict.bsky.social should be required reading:

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

its called Sunday because in the UK that's the day where it is cloudy least

it has always been true, and will remain true for all time: they dont make them like they used to

This might be a long shot, but does anyone know of some video games that can be played ENTIRELY through voice commands (without any pesky modding required)? A game-loving family member became disabled last year and I know they've been missing video games. (Reposts appreciated for greater reach)

i love bedtime. gotta be one of my favourite times

the best puns are the ones whose punchlines are single words

thinking about this screenshot from Columbo that makes it look like a 90s point-and-click adventure game

its allergy season and i am not particularly enjoying this new aspect of the human condition

Lately, people who used to be about my age are now in their 30s and 40s. We gotta figure out what's going on there

Need a break from, uh, everything? Sit and listen to the Pacific Ocean for a few minutes

the avalanche has already started. it is too late for the pebbles to vote

Since today's discourse is on how "not everyone grew up with Nintendo", I'll reshare this: medium.com/@felipepepe/... And reinforce that this is systemic - a consequence of US hegemony. It's NOT a personal attack on American journos, youtubers & gamers, but rather a reminder of our differences.

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

every time i have a problem with computer, i think "what if i bought another computer. surely more computer will fix my problems with computers." now, instead of one problem with computer, i have two, or three. or four problems. i never learn.

i am very much enjoying leaving the house more often now but i gotta find some other motivation than food. i am tempted on all sides by bounteous snacks and nibbles every time i go for an explore, and it is not helping my exercise journey to have access to all of it

GM Renaissance Center r/brutalism

Some of my recentl sci-fi images. I love putting these things together, keeps me sane, stretches my imagination (and patience) and genuinely relaxing. A heartfelt thanks to all the other artists out there who suprise, delight and inspire me every day. #ScifiArt #Lightwave3d #BlueSkyArtists

megastructure!

can't win...

usa has four basic food groups: lead, microplastics, ketamine, and corn

today's golden star goes to my guts, which kept the ham and cheese croissant i ate this morning inside me like a champ, and didn't explode violently out my rear while i perused the library.

Do dreamers dream of cyberspace sheep? So asked The Assembly Line and Image Works in 1989 when they released Interphase for Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. In the world of the future, the most popular form of entertainment is DreamTracks, immersing oneself in cyberspace. 🧵

a bike that is steered with one's feet: sandalbars

Some facts about the state of computing today: 1: Most of the industry runs on Linux servers. 2. The industry is moving towards GPU compute wherever it can. 3: Most of the industry uses Nvidia's CUDA architecture for GPU compute. 4: Linux has absolutely terrible support for Nvidia GPUs.

when your stomach starts coo-ing like a chicken, you know its time to stop eating cheese.

finally left the house and sent some mail id been putting off sending for nearly two years 👊😤

i think David Lynch would have loved Neon Genesis Evangelion

sometimes i imagine americans understanding what its like listening to them speak as an outsider. no-one else ends sentences with "period" when theyre trying to be serious. "we are having pizza for dinner. orgasm." "youre coming over to my house tonight. vagina." "billionaires shouldnt exist. fart."

anyone who thinks unemployed gamers are lazy has never played a F2P game

one of the signs that you order the same thing from the same place too often is when they start hand-painting the delivery cartons with personal love notes

i think season 2 of the new Doctor Who has proven that Doctor Who is at its best when the stories are small.

good bye "cringe era", hello "cringe cinematic universe"

"Linen" product look inside: polyester

its in the containers, and its in the crops. its in the dirt and the sand, the meat and the blood. its in the clothes we wear, and in the dark unknown corners of the world.

to avoid gorging on takeout later, im introducing a concept called "a single slice of toast now"

i am a child, waiting for the sun to set, to wear my jammies.