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Like the loch. Formerly https://cohost.org/etc . I don't know how much I'll actually be using this. They/them.
Slowly constructing a site at https://zawn.dev/ where longer posts will hopefully end up.
Slowly constructing a site at https://zawn.dev/ where longer posts will hopefully end up.
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The first rule of Crossword Club: tank told it's messed up to keep mum about (4,4) Crossword Club.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The first rule of Crossword Club: tank told it's messed up to keep mum about (4,4) Crossword Club.
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maybe we could use another splash screen.
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
maybe we could use another splash screen.
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In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little."
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little."
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
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I revisited my "Trees Hate You" project. I'm just continuing to come up with new ways to get bullied by foliage. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #ragegame
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I revisited my "Trees Hate You" project. I'm just continuing to come up with new ways to get bullied by foliage. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #ragegame
Top marks to whichever nerd managed to sneak these in. I mean, just look at all this: charts-v2.aviationapi.com/251002/00026...
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Top marks to whichever nerd managed to sneak these in. I mean, just look at all this: charts-v2.aviationapi.com/251002/00026...
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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This is what they took from you
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is what they took from you
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Zagreb Film's YouTube channel is a goldmine of restored classics from the '50s onward
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Zagreb Film's YouTube channel is a goldmine of restored classics from the '50s onward
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
TIL: “drow”, d&d’s femdom elves, seem to have been named after sea fairies from the mythology of shetland and orkney, which were called “drow” or “trow”, which in turn comes from “troll”, presumably via historic viking settlement.
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
TIL: “drow”, d&d’s femdom elves, seem to have been named after sea fairies from the mythology of shetland and orkney, which were called “drow” or “trow”, which in turn comes from “troll”, presumably via historic viking settlement.
A nice story about carnivorous plants and people. Somewhat NSFW in places.
gizmodo.com/a-woman-hide...
gizmodo.com/a-woman-hide...
A Monstrously Alluring Secret Comes to Light in This Eerie Short Story
October's Lightspeed short story is 'Drosera regina' by A.L. Goldfuss, and it's perfect Halloween reading.
gizmodo.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A nice story about carnivorous plants and people. Somewhat NSFW in places.
gizmodo.com/a-woman-hide...
gizmodo.com/a-woman-hide...
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Okay, let's hear your hypotheses. I believe in you.
interesting reflection. I'm having a hard time understanding how this shape is produced from the phone's mostly flat sides
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Okay, let's hear your hypotheses. I believe in you.
TIL amazon had a *15 year old project* that was supposed to be competing with steam. How on earth did a company of that size fuck up so badly that I hadn’t even heard of it?
Even stadia made a bigger impact. Stadia!
Even stadia made a bigger impact. Stadia!
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
TIL amazon had a *15 year old project* that was supposed to be competing with steam. How on earth did a company of that size fuck up so badly that I hadn’t even heard of it?
Even stadia made a bigger impact. Stadia!
Even stadia made a bigger impact. Stadia!
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Mein Flakturm hat ein Gartenhut!
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Mein Flakturm hat ein Gartenhut!
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Hi, this is what Eric's mom made for his sister's Halloween party....... It's rice crispy treats. Eric refused to eat them lol but they were delicious
October 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hi, this is what Eric's mom made for his sister's Halloween party....... It's rice crispy treats. Eric refused to eat them lol but they were delicious
A good thread on why AMD need a new logo for Radeon in order to defeat nvidia.
The Romans had the concept of the 'evil eye' - the idea that a hostile glare could create a kind of curse - common in many medieval cultures. In Latin, the word for this is 'invidia' from in+videre (video, videre, 'to see').
Literally "to look against," from which it comes to mean "envy." 2/
Literally "to look against," from which it comes to mean "envy." 2/
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A good thread on why AMD need a new logo for Radeon in order to defeat nvidia.
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For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.
Here's the video of it running.
Here's the video of it running.
October 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.
Here's the video of it running.
Here's the video of it running.
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they also listed "OCP" as one of the contraception methods, which I can only assume means contraception by having Robocop shoot you in the dick
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
they also listed "OCP" as one of the contraception methods, which I can only assume means contraception by having Robocop shoot you in the dick
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In case you think this is a joke
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In case you think this is a joke