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It's true that Cinemasins-style "criticism" has done a lot to erode the actual useful concept of what a plot hole is, but if the ending to your story relies on the protagonist sacrificing themselves when someone who could flip the switch and not die is standing five feet away, sorry, that's on you
Bethesda’s Todd Howard admits the studio was caught off guard by how much players hated the original Fallout 3 ending
“People hated it! They expected, like, ‘Why would the game end?!’ You know, ‘The other games don’t end!’”
“People hated it! They expected, like, ‘Why would the game end?!’ You know, ‘The other games don’t end!’”
February 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
It's true that Cinemasins-style "criticism" has done a lot to erode the actual useful concept of what a plot hole is, but if the ending to your story relies on the protagonist sacrificing themselves when someone who could flip the switch and not die is standing five feet away, sorry, that's on you
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Checks out.
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Checks out.
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it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences
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While being told every step of the way that Texas should be abandoned and it was their own fault, by people who should damn well know better.
Worth bearing in mind that a huge number of people on the ground have been working tirelessly and for the most part thanklessly, for many years, to make it happen
I’m not actually expecting that the long-prophesied Texas flip is imminent, but y’know, it could be. It honestly fucking could be. It doesn’t happen until it does
February 1, 2026 at 7:42 PM
While being told every step of the way that Texas should be abandoned and it was their own fault, by people who should damn well know better.
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Its happening!
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Its happening!
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
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now thats a headline right there
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
now thats a headline right there
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Slept wrong and now it hurts if I turn my head: the middle-aged story
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Slept wrong and now it hurts if I turn my head: the middle-aged story
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains. n.pr/3L5exuu
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.
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Are we giving Oscars to imaginary people now? Does the Tooth Fairy get one too?
I had an invisible friend named Nobody when I was little who I think deserves an Oscar.
I had an invisible friend named Nobody when I was little who I think deserves an Oscar.
Tilly Norwood raises the question of who will be the first to win an Oscar for best AI in a leading role
Tilly Norwood Is Expensive, Even for Hollywood
The “synthetic actress” may be cheaper to cast than Leonardo DiCaprio, but AI’s footprint carries major economic and environmental costs.
bloom.bg
October 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Are we giving Oscars to imaginary people now? Does the Tooth Fairy get one too?
I had an invisible friend named Nobody when I was little who I think deserves an Oscar.
I had an invisible friend named Nobody when I was little who I think deserves an Oscar.
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ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do
January 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do
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what do you mean the third act of this movie was foreshadowed in the first act?? what do you mean the protagonist and the antagonist are exactly the same except one succumbed not to a fatal flaw??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'VE THUS COME FULL CIRCLE, AND THE HERO RETURNS, FOREVER CHANGED
August 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
what do you mean the third act of this movie was foreshadowed in the first act?? what do you mean the protagonist and the antagonist are exactly the same except one succumbed not to a fatal flaw??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'VE THUS COME FULL CIRCLE, AND THE HERO RETURNS, FOREVER CHANGED
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Lots of things (even texts from Dems!) are spreading that PBS is shuttering.
It's not - the Corporation for Public Broadcast is shutting down but that's not the same thing.
If you can donate to PBS or NPR, please do so! It's still possible to help keep them alive!
It's not - the Corporation for Public Broadcast is shutting down but that's not the same thing.
If you can donate to PBS or NPR, please do so! It's still possible to help keep them alive!
the PBS / NPR stations are asking for your fiscal support. if you do not have that to give, advocate for their survival instead of dreaming of their premature defeat.
August 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Lots of things (even texts from Dems!) are spreading that PBS is shuttering.
It's not - the Corporation for Public Broadcast is shutting down but that's not the same thing.
If you can donate to PBS or NPR, please do so! It's still possible to help keep them alive!
It's not - the Corporation for Public Broadcast is shutting down but that's not the same thing.
If you can donate to PBS or NPR, please do so! It's still possible to help keep them alive!
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We’re about to do this for the economy
August 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We’re about to do this for the economy
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Needed this reminder today.
July 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Needed this reminder today.
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I am so tired of being told all trans people need to leave the country immediately because no, I would not be safer leaving my support network and my everything else to be homeless in an unfamiliar country.
July 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I am so tired of being told all trans people need to leave the country immediately because no, I would not be safer leaving my support network and my everything else to be homeless in an unfamiliar country.
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If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
June 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
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Sojourner Truth never said, “Ain’t I a woman?” A well-intentioned(?) white woman rewrote her speech to reflect a stereotypical “southern black slave accent,” and HER version took off. Which is not an unfamiliar phenomenon.
Read both versions here:
www.thesojournertruthproject.com/?gad_source=...
Read both versions here:
www.thesojournertruthproject.com/?gad_source=...
The Sojourner Truth Project
Read the most accurate version of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a woman” speech. And hear it as she would’ve sounded, in her upper New York State low-Dutch accent. Sojourner Truth’s original “Ain’t I a woman” speech.
www.thesojournertruthproject.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Sojourner Truth never said, “Ain’t I a woman?” A well-intentioned(?) white woman rewrote her speech to reflect a stereotypical “southern black slave accent,” and HER version took off. Which is not an unfamiliar phenomenon.
Read both versions here:
www.thesojournertruthproject.com/?gad_source=...
Read both versions here:
www.thesojournertruthproject.com/?gad_source=...
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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”