Anyone else see this shit and think "holy fuck, it really *is* Idiocracy made real"?

Like many others, I've canceled my Disney+ and Hulu accounts. Any company that willing to roll over at the first hint of an assault on the First Amendment doesn't deserve a dime from me, or anyone else. You'd think a company worth billions would have the money and spine to *fight*. Buncha cowards.

So hyped for this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TsP...

Found a webcomic from @revvydrawssmut.bsky.social today and it's pretty damned fantastic. Sexy out the gate with a lot of promise. Head over to her site and check out "It's Not Complicated" now: revvydrawscomics.com/2025/01/31/2...

Kinda weird, left-field question, but bear with: If we developed FTL travel that did not cause time dilation, and we traveled, say, 200 light years away... If we had the technology to view the Earth from that distance, would we be seeing the literal past? Could we watch historical events unfold?

Once again, payment providers deciding that adults aren't adult enough to make their own choices when it comes to adult entertainment. This is, frankly, exhausting. itch.io/updates/upda...

I moved to Seattle to *escape* the heat and for whatever insane reason it followed me here. This shit will not abide.

Watching YT videos from a woman called Sarah Spaceman about cosplay events and the drama around them and I'm finding this endlessly fascinating despite never having cosplayed and not knowing how to sew (except for replacing the odd button or two).

I don't know what's been going on with Steam lately, but every submission for review has taken *ages*. We had to resubmit (again) but with only one issue I'm hoping the game is ready by Monday or Tuesday for release. I'm just not *counting* on it.

Sometimes you get into the writing of a scene you've been thinking about for weeks and you're midway through and you realize "this isn't what the scene was in my head." And then you flip the table and smash your keyboard because what the fuck is even the point

I should be *slightly* better about checking this shit than I am, but I'd always compared Xitter to trying to drink from a fire hose, and Bluesky doesn't feel that much different.

I've not been active on here much. In part, because I've been in the midst of a move and a lot of other major life changes, and those have had a lot of my attention. But also because everything just feels so fucking *bleak*... Hard to stay engaged when it all just seems pointless.

Settling in here in our new apartment in Seattle. I've been here for two weeks, and every day I've felt just as pleased and grateful to be here as the last. Almost done unpacking and putting together new furniture. I'll be enormously relieved when it's all complete.

To be honest, Zelenskyy should've socked that fat old fuck in the mouth.

"In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote." - Donald Trump, July 26th, 2024 This is what he said during his campaign. And many blew it off, treated it as a non-issue. Trump being Trump. Not to worry... Still think it's a non-issue?

Why can't we live in the timeline where Firefly had 7 full seasons? Or where they cured cancer? Or something, anything, that isn't... all of THIS.

During today’s confirmation hearing, RFK Jr. claimed he was citing an NIH study—but here’s proof he lied. When he was a candidate, he told a private NYC dinner that COVID-19 was *ethnically targeted* and that Ashkenazi Jews & Chinese people were the most immune. He’s a racist, antisemitic lunatic.

"I saw Lizzie Proctor speaking with the devil!"

What an asshole move this is. While I have sympathy for the people who lost their homes, this just feels like attention-seeking bullshit.

One more day until release. And I think I'm *more* nervous about this one than the first, because we didn't have a history or reputation or anything then. We had literally nothing to lose. And now... Gods forbid players *hate* this game. Fingers crossed. Toes, too.

One of the very few times I've disagreed with @aclu.org. Foreign companies do not have First Amendment rights. TikTok isn't just a propaganda danger, it's a threat to U.S. security in the long term. SCOTUS won't strike down the ban, and they'll be right in that decision.

Everyone knew the L.A. area was a tinder box. A massive fire waiting to happen. I keep seeing people want to place blame, but the fact is that the entire system, and 40 years of poor decisions regarding water and fire prevention, are at fault. There's plenty of blame to go around.

If you can't afford to pay your workers a living wage, you can't afford to run a business. It's that simple. People bitching about the city forcing employers to do the right thing have their priorities in a twist.

I don't know why this is being framed by media as a loss for Democrats. This is a major defeat for *everyone* in the US. ISPs now have free rein to gouge users with what are already virtual monopolies, or to throttle traffic away from your site or business to their "partners."

We had clear images of Luigi Mangione's face within days of the shooting despite his efforts to hide it, yet after a full week we still have none of this woman? Something tells me they aren't putting nearly as many resources into discovering her identity.

One of the internet's greatest drawbacks is that it has encouraged everyone to believe their opinion holds just as much weight as anyone else's, regardless their level of education on the matter in question.

Home. Slept in my own bed for the first time in about a week. It was so goddamn nice. As I get older, I start to feel more and more like a hobbit: going on adventures is for the young and the foolish.

Having a wonderful time in Key West. Gorgeous here, even on the first day of winter.

Fillion rocking the OG Guy Gardner look is hilarious.

Since my 1st bout with Covid, I've noticed my mental processes have slowed considerably. It takes significantly longer to work things out, come to conclusions, even properly convey an idea, including writing. It's akin to the need to pop your ears, but being unable to. Everything feels so *muted.*

This song has been running through my mind for the last six weeks or so. It's getting very, very difficult to follow the mantra, though...

The Challenger explosion. I was 9, and I remember it so vividly in part because we watched it live at school. For the most part, schools stopped airing shuttle launches after that.

And, you know, while you're there... store.steampowered.com/app/2387380/... /cough

Rediscovering why I stopped being active on Twitter long before Musk drove it into the ground: there's a large swath of users, many of whom are here now, that just constantly shit-talk men, especially cis, hetero men. And I really don't want to feel like I'm constantly under attack.

Shit like this makes me wish there were a viable third party. Pelosi and her ilk are the reason Democrats have been getting their asses kicked.

It is *wild* that the use of tear gas is a war crime under United Nations convention, but police in the U.S. have no problem using it against our own citizens.

Somewhere, some idiot is telling himself "I can fix her!"

Oh, you're alarmed, Jared? You should have been alarmed at the thousands murdered by for-profit healthcare every year, but you appear to be saving your concern for the wealthy. How's that leather taste?

I *just* discovered that Jill Bearup is a transphobe and I feel so let down right now. I loved her content on YouTube and after seeing her video about being demonetized I went looking for more info and stumbled across discussions of her views on trans people. Beyond disappointed.

I frequently feel like everyone else on Bluesky is far more witty and clever than me. Everyone is constantly just dropping funny as fuck lines, and I'm over here barely able to string two sentences together.

Dear YouTube: pretty please, with sugar on top, get rid of the fucking "Includes paid promotion" tag that pops up when you try to click on a video. I'm getting really goddamn tired of opening your stupid-ass information page by accident.

(I’m controlling a Pacific Rim jaeger mechsuit, psychically linked with another pilot in the drift) Co-Pilot: For the love of god, stop thinking the DuckTales theme

Okay, someone's using their graphic design degree to go super hard on these. Goddamn. I fucking love them.

I'm gonna start calling any act of karmic violence "brutal honesty." www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...

Imagine a McDonalds employee thinking the man they ratted on was their enemy? I bet the person thinks they’re going to get an extra pellet at feeding time.

If you followed me here because I write adult games and didn't expect me to be politically progressive, I have to ask: do you realize which side of the political aisle wants adult material banned? I don't know how you can enjoy adult games and still vote for the people who want them outlawed.

To any potential future jurors for Luigi Mangione, do us all a favor and look up "jury nullification."

I've done so much traveling lately that I'm kinda dreading getting on a plane again in a little less than 2 weeks. I don't know how people who do it for a living manage it. It's exhausting. Getting to visit friends and see new places is really, really nice. I just wish it didn't involve airplanes.

It's incredibly difficult to commit to changes in lifestyle or behavior when your memory is essentially Swiss cheese. I l totally forget sometimes that I'm supposed to be eating better or trying to connect with friends more often. My friends might be forgiving, mind you, but my body sure ain't.

From: www.bbc.com/news/article... ""Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two..."" I have no idea why the mediawants us to give a shit that this guy was killed, but they're trying *so hard* to make it happen and it just isn't. There are very, very few Americans who think this was any kind of tragedy.