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Started relistening to the audiobook of Mira Grant's Parasite. Just got to a part where it's explained that, with people using genetically tailored tapeworms as healthcare, anti-parasitic drugs are getting harder to get. And I thought, there shouldn't be anything in this book that I'm envious of...
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Started relistening to the audiobook of Mira Grant's Parasite. Just got to a part where it's explained that, with people using genetically tailored tapeworms as healthcare, anti-parasitic drugs are getting harder to get. And I thought, there shouldn't be anything in this book that I'm envious of...
Watching a 16yo ask reddit for help to access snapchat because it's incorrectly identifying them as underage and be given an endless stream of false nostalgia BULLSHIT about how much better their life will be without social media (snapchat is literally the only one they can't access) is MADDENING.
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Watching a 16yo ask reddit for help to access snapchat because it's incorrectly identifying them as underage and be given an endless stream of false nostalgia BULLSHIT about how much better their life will be without social media (snapchat is literally the only one they can't access) is MADDENING.
*flails excitedly* The title is a interesting one. It's a quote from Othello, about a wife's allegiance changing from her father to her husband after marriage. And the cover is interesting! Very pointed ears, rose petals, and, are those goblins, perhaps?
Who wants to see the cover of the new* October Daye book?
(*"New" meaning "releasing in 2026.")
(*"New" meaning "releasing in 2026.")
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
*flails excitedly* The title is a interesting one. It's a quote from Othello, about a wife's allegiance changing from her father to her husband after marriage. And the cover is interesting! Very pointed ears, rose petals, and, are those goblins, perhaps?
Today began with sleep paralysis (not mine, still A Lot), and is wrapping up with the Wrong Pizza being delivered. For the first time ever, I think?
At least Pizza Hut makes contacting the store pretty easy, and our local store is new and was very good about a quick new pizza.
At least Pizza Hut makes contacting the store pretty easy, and our local store is new and was very good about a quick new pizza.
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Today began with sleep paralysis (not mine, still A Lot), and is wrapping up with the Wrong Pizza being delivered. For the first time ever, I think?
At least Pizza Hut makes contacting the store pretty easy, and our local store is new and was very good about a quick new pizza.
At least Pizza Hut makes contacting the store pretty easy, and our local store is new and was very good about a quick new pizza.
The Algorithm has much to answer for, but I do appreciate that it has learnt that it should get my attention when someone comes to r/cathelp only to be told that their cat does not have ticks, moles, or other problems, they just have nipples.
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The Algorithm has much to answer for, but I do appreciate that it has learnt that it should get my attention when someone comes to r/cathelp only to be told that their cat does not have ticks, moles, or other problems, they just have nipples.
This feels like it's what happens when the people making decisions and the ones justifying those decisions only know war from video games...
Fox News' Joey Jones justifies the US military killing survivors after an initial boat strike: "An enemy combatant does not have to have a gun to be a danger or a threat... if you leave anybody alive, they can signal and let others know what’s happening and they can also retaliate through radio."
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This feels like it's what happens when the people making decisions and the ones justifying those decisions only know war from video games...
Well this is deeply disappointing.
I'll give you the short version: they sponsored & supported the most influential AIDS denialist group of the 2000's, resulting in national policies in South Africa that caused an estimated 330,000 deaths there.
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
medium.com/the-monthly/...
They have never apologized or acknowledged what they did.
medium.com/the-monthly/...
The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record
By Martin McKenzie-Murray in The Monthly
medium.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Well this is deeply disappointing.
Power outage, intermittent mobile internet outages, and it's over 30°c today. Very bad combination.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Power outage, intermittent mobile internet outages, and it's over 30°c today. Very bad combination.
Read an article today about an Australian woman with regret for her AU$38k university bill*, and again I pondered that we don't know how lucky we are in this country.
Even as we push the government to improve, we should be grateful for where we're standing when we start pushing.
Even as we push the government to improve, we should be grateful for where we're standing when we start pushing.
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Read an article today about an Australian woman with regret for her AU$38k university bill*, and again I pondered that we don't know how lucky we are in this country.
Even as we push the government to improve, we should be grateful for where we're standing when we start pushing.
Even as we push the government to improve, we should be grateful for where we're standing when we start pushing.
So the government's shared equity program kicks off next week. That means I should talk to one of the lenders who are part of it if I want a chance to get into the initial 10k buyers who can apply this year.
It's a great opportunity - 2% deposit and the government will pay for 30% of the property.
It's a great opportunity - 2% deposit and the government will pay for 30% of the property.
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So the government's shared equity program kicks off next week. That means I should talk to one of the lenders who are part of it if I want a chance to get into the initial 10k buyers who can apply this year.
It's a great opportunity - 2% deposit and the government will pay for 30% of the property.
It's a great opportunity - 2% deposit and the government will pay for 30% of the property.
Agentic is an annoying word.
It looks like a type of fungus or a beetle.
It looks like a type of fungus or a beetle.
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Agentic is an annoying word.
It looks like a type of fungus or a beetle.
It looks like a type of fungus or a beetle.
It's Friday! Had my catchup with my boss and she's very happy with me. Now I just have to sit through a potentially hour and a half demonstration of something I've already seen demonstrated like five times, and I should be free from meetings for the rest of the day 😊
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It's Friday! Had my catchup with my boss and she's very happy with me. Now I just have to sit through a potentially hour and a half demonstration of something I've already seen demonstrated like five times, and I should be free from meetings for the rest of the day 😊
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Yeah, "more conservative with age" is correlation, not causation. People get more conservative as they acquire more capital. Millennials are struggling with that at a higher rate than previous generations. Why would we support capitalism if it's not supporting us?
Yeah, "more conservative with age" is correlation, not causation. People get more conservative as they acquire more capital. Millennials are struggling with that at a higher rate than previous generations. Why would we support capitalism if it's not supporting us?
Millennials are the first generation to move left as they age
Millennials are bucking trends, becoming an increasingly progressive voting bloc and rewriting the long-held rules of politics, writes Isabella Higgins.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Yeah, "more conservative with age" is correlation, not causation. People get more conservative as they acquire more capital. Millennials are struggling with that at a higher rate than previous generations. Why would we support capitalism if it's not supporting us?
Yeah, "more conservative with age" is correlation, not causation. People get more conservative as they acquire more capital. Millennials are struggling with that at a higher rate than previous generations. Why would we support capitalism if it's not supporting us?
I'm really hungry but I'm not eating because I can't decide what to have /o\ I should just give in and eat the quickest thing...
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'm really hungry but I'm not eating because I can't decide what to have /o\ I should just give in and eat the quickest thing...
I was dubious about adding this little packet to my ramen (tiny bonus packets have a tendency to burniness), but who can resist a little sprinkle of spite?
Turned out to be pretty good, actually. Just a little spice and salt.
Turned out to be pretty good, actually. Just a little spice and salt.
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I was dubious about adding this little packet to my ramen (tiny bonus packets have a tendency to burniness), but who can resist a little sprinkle of spite?
Turned out to be pretty good, actually. Just a little spice and salt.
Turned out to be pretty good, actually. Just a little spice and salt.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
So I'm watching 7:30, an Australian current affairs show, and getting annoyed about what they're saying about kids and phone use, when suddenly, I hear a familiar name...
@jessecox.bsky.social - do you have family in Australia??
@jessecox.bsky.social - do you have family in Australia??
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
So I'm watching 7:30, an Australian current affairs show, and getting annoyed about what they're saying about kids and phone use, when suddenly, I hear a familiar name...
@jessecox.bsky.social - do you have family in Australia??
@jessecox.bsky.social - do you have family in Australia??
Exciting news about my prawn burgers!
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Exciting news about my prawn burgers!
Back in March I bought a cheap set of over the shoulder speakers from aliexpress. Still one of the best purchases I've made in ages. Short-listed alongside the dishwasher safe, non-stick cookware I've been picking up lately. Makes me much more likely to cook!
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Back in March I bought a cheap set of over the shoulder speakers from aliexpress. Still one of the best purchases I've made in ages. Short-listed alongside the dishwasher safe, non-stick cookware I've been picking up lately. Makes me much more likely to cook!
It's not just New York. It's everywhere! In fact, the teaching of Arabic numbers is so widespread, do you know what people call them??
Numbers.
Numbers.
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 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It's not just New York. It's everywhere! In fact, the teaching of Arabic numbers is so widespread, do you know what people call them??
Numbers.
Numbers.
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Periodic PSA, the only currently licensed Murderbot merch is at Worldbuilders Market, where it's sold as part of a charity fundraiser. You may want to sign up for their new product notices because they should have a new Murderbot thing coming up: worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/...
Martha Wells
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
worldbuildersmarket.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Periodic PSA, the only currently licensed Murderbot merch is at Worldbuilders Market, where it's sold as part of a charity fundraiser. You may want to sign up for their new product notices because they should have a new Murderbot thing coming up: worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/...
What's funny is, if this was fiction, you'd be mad if the reason for the evil teddy bear that talked about bondage and lighting matches was incompetence rather than an evil scheme.
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
What's funny is, if this was fiction, you'd be mad if the reason for the evil teddy bear that talked about bondage and lighting matches was incompetence rather than an evil scheme.
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Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the short story "With Her Serpent Locks" by Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/lNxNnJM
Try the short story "With Her Serpent Locks" by Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/lNxNnJM
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the short story "With Her Serpent Locks" by Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/lNxNnJM
Try the short story "With Her Serpent Locks" by Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/lNxNnJM
Let's bring back shame, but this time we should market it as a luxury item.
"Shame! The cool new experience for the wealthy and powerful when being judged by the general public!"
We'll sell it at a rate that's a percentage of their $ value, scaled by how many are judging them and how harshly.
"Shame! The cool new experience for the wealthy and powerful when being judged by the general public!"
We'll sell it at a rate that's a percentage of their $ value, scaled by how many are judging them and how harshly.
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Let's bring back shame, but this time we should market it as a luxury item.
"Shame! The cool new experience for the wealthy and powerful when being judged by the general public!"
We'll sell it at a rate that's a percentage of their $ value, scaled by how many are judging them and how harshly.
"Shame! The cool new experience for the wealthy and powerful when being judged by the general public!"
We'll sell it at a rate that's a percentage of their $ value, scaled by how many are judging them and how harshly.
Reposted by Cow. Boy. Hat.
IOW, the US government has stopped making cents.
The US Mint has ended production of the penny after 230 years.
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
IOW, the US government has stopped making cents.