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Hold fast and make things.
Culture ship name: GSV Oh No, Not Again
Culture ship name: GSV Oh No, Not Again
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WELL, THAT'S NOT FUCKING OK EITHER
WELL, THAT'S NOT FUCKING OK EITHER
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Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
I think I only realised the extent to which I lack a gambling brain at a con last year when one of my co-GMs came back from a break and opened up a €40 mystery bag they'd just bought. They were meh on all the stuff in the bag except ONE liquid core d20, and I thought "why did you do that?"...
In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I think I only realised the extent to which I lack a gambling brain at a con last year when one of my co-GMs came back from a break and opened up a €40 mystery bag they'd just bought. They were meh on all the stuff in the bag except ONE liquid core d20, and I thought "why did you do that?"...
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they’re doing this to me tomorrow
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
they’re doing this to me tomorrow
I completely understand WHY Dinocon has a strict policy about sex and violence in the vendor hall—lots of little kids love dinosaurs—but the phrasing of what we might call the Attenborough Exception makes me imagine a vendor whispering "pssst, we got some cloaca shots in the back too".
Also, I just found their vendor policy, and I confess to being deeply amused at the exception to "no items of a sexual nature":
"Scientific artwork depicting theoretical copulation methods of prehistoric animals may be sold to individuals over the age of 18, but cannot be on display at any point."
"Scientific artwork depicting theoretical copulation methods of prehistoric animals may be sold to individuals over the age of 18, but cannot be on display at any point."
Prohibited Items — DinoCon
www.dinocon.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I completely understand WHY Dinocon has a strict policy about sex and violence in the vendor hall—lots of little kids love dinosaurs—but the phrasing of what we might call the Attenborough Exception makes me imagine a vendor whispering "pssst, we got some cloaca shots in the back too".
My "AI slopaganda poster = baddies" algorithm abideth
This is the march that the Bristol Patriots are presently promoting btw. The guys who 'Bristol anti-racists' want to team up with
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
My "AI slopaganda poster = baddies" algorithm abideth
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The absolute arrogance for a *paleontologist* to fashion the thought “no one will ever dig this up!”!
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The absolute arrogance for a *paleontologist* to fashion the thought “no one will ever dig this up!”!
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Peak British! (Americans just *won't* get this.)
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Snooker commentators on tv when I watched it, on one of the three channels we had then, had to point out where the significant balls were on the table by position and not colour to allow for those still watching on black and white televisions.
Snooker commentators on tv when I watched it, on one of the three channels we had then, had to point out where the significant balls were on the table by position and not colour to allow for those still watching on black and white televisions.
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Peak British! (Americans just *won't* get this.)
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If anyone has a recommendation for a mouse with the following specs I'd appreciate it!
--ergonomic
--left handed
--designed for women's / smaller hands
--wireless
--rechargeable battery
--DOES NOT LITERALLY CATCH FIRE ON MY DESK
--ergonomic
--left handed
--designed for women's / smaller hands
--wireless
--rechargeable battery
--DOES NOT LITERALLY CATCH FIRE ON MY DESK
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
If anyone has a recommendation for a mouse with the following specs I'd appreciate it!
--ergonomic
--left handed
--designed for women's / smaller hands
--wireless
--rechargeable battery
--DOES NOT LITERALLY CATCH FIRE ON MY DESK
--ergonomic
--left handed
--designed for women's / smaller hands
--wireless
--rechargeable battery
--DOES NOT LITERALLY CATCH FIRE ON MY DESK
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"On matters cogitational I'm mean and mode and medium
Master of small talk of flavours trite and rich with tedium
On Quetelet's account I'm pure garden variety
An exemplary instance of neurotypicality"
Master of small talk of flavours trite and rich with tedium
On Quetelet's account I'm pure garden variety
An exemplary instance of neurotypicality"
‘I am the very model of a modern neurotypical’ - is this anything?
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
"On matters cogitational I'm mean and mode and medium
Master of small talk of flavours trite and rich with tedium
On Quetelet's account I'm pure garden variety
An exemplary instance of neurotypicality"
Master of small talk of flavours trite and rich with tedium
On Quetelet's account I'm pure garden variety
An exemplary instance of neurotypicality"
All morning I've been thinking about how they found a little guy and some dice at Skara Brae.
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
All morning I've been thinking about how they found a little guy and some dice at Skara Brae.
Gosh. That's quite the development.
❌ Telegram has officially been blocked in Russia, the decision was made by Roskomnadzor
🔐 The blocking has already begun.
📈 Data from the Downdetector service shows that the number of user complaints about Telegram failures is growing.
🔐 The blocking has already begun.
📈 Data from the Downdetector service shows that the number of user complaints about Telegram failures is growing.
February 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Gosh. That's quite the development.
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See what I mean about people who say "be kind" all the time? It almost always means "bully on the backfoot".
February 10, 2026 at 11:16 AM
See what I mean about people who say "be kind" all the time? It almost always means "bully on the backfoot".
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It's one thing to decline a shot of Opa's kirsch, but when three young men have received broken ribs and a lass needed tetanus jabs after a particularly nasty bite obtaining this year's harvest, you drink the fermented pointy-horse slop, damnit.
June 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's one thing to decline a shot of Opa's kirsch, but when three young men have received broken ribs and a lass needed tetanus jabs after a particularly nasty bite obtaining this year's harvest, you drink the fermented pointy-horse slop, damnit.
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You'd take offence too if the honoured guest was turning their nose up at the liquor your villages' maidens had teased from the throbbing tip of a mystical beast's stupendously engorged phallus as it stood, shimmering, in the midsummer moonlight, its wild ways broken over the previous six nights.
June 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
You'd take offence too if the honoured guest was turning their nose up at the liquor your villages' maidens had teased from the throbbing tip of a mystical beast's stupendously engorged phallus as it stood, shimmering, in the midsummer moonlight, its wild ways broken over the previous six nights.
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People are always scared of the unknown or unfamiliar. Bad faith actors like to abuse that fear.
"But what's going on in a trans person's brain/home?!" stops being a usable threat by TERFs etc, once people know the answer is nearly always just "Warhammer."
"But what's going on in a trans person's brain/home?!" stops being a usable threat by TERFs etc, once people know the answer is nearly always just "Warhammer."
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 AM
People are always scared of the unknown or unfamiliar. Bad faith actors like to abuse that fear.
"But what's going on in a trans person's brain/home?!" stops being a usable threat by TERFs etc, once people know the answer is nearly always just "Warhammer."
"But what's going on in a trans person's brain/home?!" stops being a usable threat by TERFs etc, once people know the answer is nearly always just "Warhammer."
This thread by Dan is great and you should read it all, but I'm quoting this in particular as I do think a big part of How We Got Here is that it takes time and money to produce the good stuff, which in this case you need institutional access to read, but bullshit is free.
I'm going to cite a lot of articles and papers. Some of them are available at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov but many probably need institutional or library access. Sorry about that. But a lot of you have libraries you can go to (10)
National Center for Biotechnology Information
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 AM
This thread by Dan is great and you should read it all, but I'm quoting this in particular as I do think a big part of How We Got Here is that it takes time and money to produce the good stuff, which in this case you need institutional access to read, but bullshit is free.
Quite right too.
"Ancient 3,500-year-old statue stolen from Luxor during Arab Spring returned to Egypt"
nltimes.nl/2026/02/06/a...
nltimes.nl/2026/02/06/a...
Ancient 3,500-year-old statue stolen from Luxor during Arab Spring returned to Egypt
A 3,500-year-old stolen Egyptian sculpture that ended up in the Netherlands has been returned to Egypt. Investigation revealed that the sculpture was likely stolen from an archaeological site in the L...
nltimes.nl
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Quite right too.
I love this. My hand was always too small to do a proper G, had to do the baby one.
The 'poor people need AI to make art' line is about as opposite of this as you can get
nobody needs to rely on huge corporations to make art
nobody needs to rely on huge corporations to make art
February 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I love this. My hand was always too small to do a proper G, had to do the baby one.
Age verification? Played Solitaire with cards.
Age verification?
I watched them blow up the Kingdome
I watched them blow up the Kingdome
Age verification?
I had a Blockbuster video card
I had a Blockbuster video card
February 10, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Age verification? Played Solitaire with cards.
Moichandising! Moichandising! Where the real money from the movie is made!
Wuthering Heights: The Smoothie Bowl!
Wuthering Heights: The Handbag Charm!
Wuthering Heights: The Cookie!
Wuthering Heights: The Thong!
Wuthering Heights: The Massage Candle!
Wuthering Heights: The Smoothie Bowl!
Wuthering Heights: The Handbag Charm!
Wuthering Heights: The Cookie!
Wuthering Heights: The Thong!
Wuthering Heights: The Massage Candle!
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Moichandising! Moichandising! Where the real money from the movie is made!
Wuthering Heights: The Smoothie Bowl!
Wuthering Heights: The Handbag Charm!
Wuthering Heights: The Cookie!
Wuthering Heights: The Thong!
Wuthering Heights: The Massage Candle!
Wuthering Heights: The Smoothie Bowl!
Wuthering Heights: The Handbag Charm!
Wuthering Heights: The Cookie!
Wuthering Heights: The Thong!
Wuthering Heights: The Massage Candle!
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I see the Gray Zone Boyz are in "you gotta hand it to Noam Chomsky" mode.
February 10, 2026 at 8:03 AM
I see the Gray Zone Boyz are in "you gotta hand it to Noam Chomsky" mode.
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i just saw a catgirl with pointy elf ears
like, there were 4 total pronounced ears
like, there were 4 total pronounced ears
February 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
i just saw a catgirl with pointy elf ears
like, there were 4 total pronounced ears
like, there were 4 total pronounced ears
Trump does not know where his towel is.
February 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Trump does not know where his towel is.