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the bad guys are winning aren't they?
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Otis Redding - Cigarettes And Coffee
YouTube video by REBEL SONGBIRD
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songs to listen to while waiting for the sun to rise ... (an ongoing thread)
Otis Redding "Cigarettes and Coffee"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQww...
Otis Redding "Cigarettes and Coffee"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQww...
man, the latest Valve announcement has brought out all the annoying Valve fanboys. I'm happy you guys are getting a new console (which I'll probably buy .. used) but none of the things they announced will "CHANGE GAMING FOREVER" ... Steam Deck was more exciting and that's gathering dust on my desk
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
man, the latest Valve announcement has brought out all the annoying Valve fanboys. I'm happy you guys are getting a new console (which I'll probably buy .. used) but none of the things they announced will "CHANGE GAMING FOREVER" ... Steam Deck was more exciting and that's gathering dust on my desk
I honestly thought I'd be more excited for this ... but I barely play with my Steam Deck nowadays ... and SteamOS is ... well I'm not a fan of it ...that said, I'll probably buy a Steam Box in misguided belief to support Linux and open source stuff as much as possible
Welcome to fam, ya'll!
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
(Growing our @steampowered.com Hardware Family in early 2026)
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
(Growing our @steampowered.com Hardware Family in early 2026)
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I honestly thought I'd be more excited for this ... but I barely play with my Steam Deck nowadays ... and SteamOS is ... well I'm not a fan of it ...that said, I'll probably buy a Steam Box in misguided belief to support Linux and open source stuff as much as possible
pure poetry
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
pure poetry
I'm 100% convinced that people say that "the economy" is their number 1 issue because they want to look smart ...
I am so tired of hearing pundits - left, right, and center - ponderously announce that "what voters really care about is inflation and prices."
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL LINKAGE YOU SEE BETWEEN THESE THINGS AND ELECTION RESULTS
PLEASE, DO THE BARE MINIMUM AND SHOW A RELATIONSHIP
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL LINKAGE YOU SEE BETWEEN THESE THINGS AND ELECTION RESULTS
PLEASE, DO THE BARE MINIMUM AND SHOW A RELATIONSHIP
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I'm 100% convinced that people say that "the economy" is their number 1 issue because they want to look smart ...
based on Watchmen and The Killing Joke, I can only conclude that Alan Moore really wanted to become a clown writing hyuk hyuk jokes that would make grown men cry ...
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
based on Watchmen and The Killing Joke, I can only conclude that Alan Moore really wanted to become a clown writing hyuk hyuk jokes that would make grown men cry ...
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We need to talk about Sudan.
After more than 18 months of an inhumane siege and starvation in El Fasher, the RSF militia are committing mass killings of civilians on an unimaginable scale.
There is so much blood it can be seen from space.
After more than 18 months of an inhumane siege and starvation in El Fasher, the RSF militia are committing mass killings of civilians on an unimaginable scale.
There is so much blood it can be seen from space.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We need to talk about Sudan.
After more than 18 months of an inhumane siege and starvation in El Fasher, the RSF militia are committing mass killings of civilians on an unimaginable scale.
There is so much blood it can be seen from space.
After more than 18 months of an inhumane siege and starvation in El Fasher, the RSF militia are committing mass killings of civilians on an unimaginable scale.
There is so much blood it can be seen from space.
fucking insane behavior
MANILA, Philippines — Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte trained his guns on Palace Press Officer Clarissa Castro, describing her recent statement against the Duterte administration as 'reckless and historically ignorant.'
October 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
fucking insane behavior
Joshua was racist [FULL]- Community S2E7
YouTube video by RizzTheJoey
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October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
what's infuriating about this is Biden still supplied them with weapons .. .blood is on all their hands
October 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
what's infuriating about this is Biden still supplied them with weapons .. .blood is on all their hands
I was not as in love with Peacemaker Season 2 as everyone else was .. the story was a bit all over the place .. and the whole dimension X was a bit wasted in my opinion ... Chris never really contemplates why he found the Nazi dimension so alluring just that his dad and bro are alive there ...
October 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I was not as in love with Peacemaker Season 2 as everyone else was .. the story was a bit all over the place .. and the whole dimension X was a bit wasted in my opinion ... Chris never really contemplates why he found the Nazi dimension so alluring just that his dad and bro are alive there ...
spaghetti code is fine. developers like to pretend they hate it, but they all do it ...
October 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
spaghetti code is fine. developers like to pretend they hate it, but they all do it ...
so like do all AI companies have an Asian lady on hand to just trot out for their presentations?
October 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
so like do all AI companies have an Asian lady on hand to just trot out for their presentations?
for the life of me, I still have no idea what notion actually does ...
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
for the life of me, I still have no idea what notion actually does ...
my real concern with the EA acquisition is that Jared Kushner will now know how many times I sent Ashley to die in Mass Effect ... #teamkaidan
Worried about the private acquisition of EA? Nathan Brown of @hitpoints.bsky.social is struggling to get too upset, given what the company has become.
With enough awful things happening in games and the world, maybe we can have a little apathy, as a treat.
With enough awful things happening in games and the world, maybe we can have a little apathy, as a treat.
Spare Some Apathy For EA - Bonus Hit Points
Nathan Brown has been thinking a lot about the EA acquisition deal. His advice? Forget about it. Give yourself a little apathy, as a treat.
thisweekinvideogames.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
my real concern with the EA acquisition is that Jared Kushner will now know how many times I sent Ashley to die in Mass Effect ... #teamkaidan
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Please save this, read it, feel it.
Shame on all those who do not see our children!!
Shame on all those who do not see our children!!
October 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Please save this, read it, feel it.
Shame on all those who do not see our children!!
Shame on all those who do not see our children!!
hi apple people, is there anyway to turn of the screen of an imac but keep it running?
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
hi apple people, is there anyway to turn of the screen of an imac but keep it running?
October 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
hi apple people, is there anyway to turn of the screen of an imac but keep it running?
while I am grateful for Hitchens who opened me up to atheism, the New Atheists failed to see the real problem. probably because they were led by white men who had their own biases about Western civilization. the biggest danger to civilization was never Islam - it was always right wing Christians
As a “New Atheist” of the early 2000s, I knew it was crucial to stop the Religious Right from destroying the wall separating Church & State. But even I didn’t think that by 2025 the President would green light sending ppl to Guantanamo for being “anti-Christian.” skepchick.org/2025/10/trum...
Trump Declares Atheists are Terrorists
Transcript: I know things are pretty depressing right now in the United States, so I’m going to open today’s video with some good news: Jimmy Kimmel is back! His show was taken off the air because …
skepchick.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
while I am grateful for Hitchens who opened me up to atheism, the New Atheists failed to see the real problem. probably because they were led by white men who had their own biases about Western civilization. the biggest danger to civilization was never Islam - it was always right wing Christians
the last three episodes of Six Feet Under are a work of art ... this show really deserves to be in the same conversation as The Wire and The Sopranos ...
October 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
the last three episodes of Six Feet Under are a work of art ... this show really deserves to be in the same conversation as The Wire and The Sopranos ...
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[Mutual aid request, Defend the Mendiola Protesters]
Higit 100 na mamamayan ang dinampot ng kapulisan kahapon sa Maynila pagkatapos ng kilos-protesta sa Luneta, kasama na ang higit 50 na menor de edad.
Higit 100 na mamamayan ang dinampot ng kapulisan kahapon sa Maynila pagkatapos ng kilos-protesta sa Luneta, kasama na ang higit 50 na menor de edad.
September 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
[Mutual aid request, Defend the Mendiola Protesters]
Higit 100 na mamamayan ang dinampot ng kapulisan kahapon sa Maynila pagkatapos ng kilos-protesta sa Luneta, kasama na ang higit 50 na menor de edad.
Higit 100 na mamamayan ang dinampot ng kapulisan kahapon sa Maynila pagkatapos ng kilos-protesta sa Luneta, kasama na ang higit 50 na menor de edad.
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All the good that TypeScript did to the Node ecosystem, npm is undoing it
How can a serious company build on top of this ecosystem that is one npm update away from dependency compromise happening
(I am serious: I'd expect more greenfield startups to not go with Node b/c of it)
How can a serious company build on top of this ecosystem that is one npm update away from dependency compromise happening
(I am serious: I'd expect more greenfield startups to not go with Node b/c of it)
September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
All the good that TypeScript did to the Node ecosystem, npm is undoing it
How can a serious company build on top of this ecosystem that is one npm update away from dependency compromise happening
(I am serious: I'd expect more greenfield startups to not go with Node b/c of it)
How can a serious company build on top of this ecosystem that is one npm update away from dependency compromise happening
(I am serious: I'd expect more greenfield startups to not go with Node b/c of it)
I have such complicated feelings when it comes to HItchens. on the one hand, he, probably more than any other atheist, is the reason why I'm an atheist ... at the same time I can't forget he supported the Iraq War, posted stupid shit like "women aren't funny" and was islamophobic
"I'm not going to be conscripted into saying... how sorry I am for him and his family" - Hitchens on Falwell on Fox
I'm reminded of how the late Christopher Hitchens reacted to Jerry Falwell's death, by lambasting his political legacy, with Sean Hannity on Fox at the time.
I'm reminded of how the late Christopher Hitchens reacted to Jerry Falwell's death, by lambasting his political legacy, with Sean Hannity on Fox at the time.
Christopher Hitchens on Hannity & Colmes about Rev. Falwell's Death
YouTube video by William Fischer
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September 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I have such complicated feelings when it comes to HItchens. on the one hand, he, probably more than any other atheist, is the reason why I'm an atheist ... at the same time I can't forget he supported the Iraq War, posted stupid shit like "women aren't funny" and was islamophobic
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Our greatest ethical question as we eat cows and let children starve is whether a for loop in Python feels pain.
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Our greatest ethical question as we eat cows and let children starve is whether a for loop in Python feels pain.
a lot of people are surprised that Robert Kennedy is the third most American politician but a lot of liberals/leftists forget that the woo woo RFK champions is popular in both left and right wing circles ...
She’s the second most popular politician in the country outside of Bernie Sanders.
August 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
a lot of people are surprised that Robert Kennedy is the third most American politician but a lot of liberals/leftists forget that the woo woo RFK champions is popular in both left and right wing circles ...