Travis
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Travis
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The original Let It Die was famous for its absolutely amazing soundtrack. Akira Yamaoka went and got in touch with a HUNDRED of his favourite indie bands and commissioned each to do a track named 'let it die'. The result was borderline mystical.

They're AI-generating the music here.

Fuck that.
The Let it Die sequel - Let it Die: Inferno - which is coming out next week (4th December), seems to have been built using a considerable amount of generative AI. https://bit.ly/4ol7lIA
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:

- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.

And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We eat together on Friday every year because of work schedules, so tonight was baking night for me: bourbon chocolate pecan pie, egg free pumpkin pie, and bourbon pear with crumb topping.
November 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The sheer number of ads touting AI tells you how fucked and over-leveraged these companies are. You don't spend this much on marketing a thing you called "inevitable" unless you are seriously underwater and it ain't inevitable
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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happy thanksgiving

#ffxiv #ff14
November 28, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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All your worst cousins the moment you say you're gonna take a walk
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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“Poor people have a right to art!”

They sure do. So get to it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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I was explaining this to someone else but, people who use AI Keep thinking it makes them "just as creative" as a real artist.

But they haven't even cultivated their IMAGINATIONS.

They don't even have the well of *ideas* to pull from

Even just THINKING CREATIVELY is a skill you need to develop
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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My dudes you CANNOT apply pro-piracy arguments that apply to massive corporations to tiny indie authors. It’s the difference between shoplifting from a Walmart vs. shoplifting from a small family business. It’s so EASY to read books for free without screwing authors. Quite literally a skill issue.
These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Fuck STRANGER THINGS (on Netflix)

Noah Schnapp (plays Will Beyers) is a Zionist, racist, and genocide supporter.

He’s made horrible comments and been allowed to keep his job whilst they fired Susan Surandon and Melissa Berrara for speaking up for Palestine.
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I’m begging people to just think about how your actions impact others around you. Be more aware of your environment and those in it, and try to respect their right to be there and their right to a reasonable expectation of that environment(no loud talking in a library, no speeding in parking lots).
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.

Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Living in the takeoff/landing path of a massive Navy base is usually fine, until I'm having a stressful/emotional time like this week.

Every jet flying by is irritating me more, and apparently(almost certainly because of Thanksgiving this week) they've chosen today to fly a TON. 😭
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.

I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
My mom got a brochure from her college that ranked it 4th in the country for video game developers, when I was a senior in high school. Realized that it was a career path and promptly applied to the college one rank higher on that list, lol.
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"

bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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having a normal one right now
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.

ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM