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O.D. Smith
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Writer of things, snarker at a much greater number of things.

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Hail Cthulhu that there was a 4 1/2 hour Defunctland video to take my mind of yesterday's nonformance.
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Well that was odd: I got online and immediately saw that scene from Event Horizon where they unscramble the video log.

No, wait, my mistake: that was the r/coys post-match thread.
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Spent the morning dealing with 300+ begging emails from Photobucket flooding my inbox after disabling GMail's smart features.

Hopefully nothing else irritating is on the agenda for today, especially not for a couple of hours starting at 4:30...
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Google did another shitty thing. You now have to go opt out in Gmail to avoid having their AI train on your stuff.

Directions here: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Wishing everybody a happy It's Been Twenty Years Since System Of A Down Released An Album Day!
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
If you ever think you're selling yourself short, remember that Iron Butterfly got fifteen minutes of fame from a 17-minute song.
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Quiet, little piggy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
And so begins the season of reporters being dispatched to stand in ankle-deep snow to tell people that it has snowed.
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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when will the lesson finally get learned? #cloudflare
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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why can they not just fix it
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Sobek wept...
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I'm guessing that Amazon drivers never got sweets when trick or treating, what with their inability to ring a doorbell...
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I take it venting spleen about the abysmal museum etiquette of people at the V&A's Cartier exhibition is the most first world of First World Problems?
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Wishing everyone a fantastic N7 Day.

Keelah Se'lai.
Uncharted Worlds
YouTube video by Sam Hulick - Topic
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November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Coincidence? I think not.
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
You just know that a sentient dollop of Main Character Syndrome is seething about this...
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, congratulated Zohran Mamdani on his election victory.

“New Yorkers faced a clear choice — between hope and fear,” Khan wrote in a statement on social media, “and just like we’ve seen in London — hope won.”
‘Hope Won’: Sadiq Khan, London’s Mayor, Congratulates Mamdani
Both men have faced virulent attacks from the far right for their Muslim faith and progressive politics, although there are notable differences in their policies.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Really appreciated my shuffle deciding to cue up the cinephile version of Sonic's drowning music this morning...
The Beginning of the End
YouTube video by Clint Mansell - Topic
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November 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I don't work in advertising, but surely the number one rule for any game ad campaign is to not have people instinctively humming the theme of another game.

In a completely unrelated note, does anyone else find themselves humming the Super Mario theme whenever they see the Battlefield RedSec ad...?
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
And I thought the gambling industry was an insidious plague on the UK.
Exposing the Gambling Epidemic
YouTube video by Coffeezilla
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
How it felt this morning when I switched on my TV to a channel in the middle of an ad break...
From the nin community on Reddit: Head Like A… Santa?!
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November 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM