I should have been more adverse to installing the mobile beta, but I did (incorrectly) believe I was installing a public beta (forgot I was added to a paid dev account, so installed dev beta 1) and only did so that I could competently complain about Liquid Glass, which has actually been pretty nice.

Damn, now I have to renew Fallout 1st so I can get back on (and move…all of my hoarding tendencies are channeled into that game)

Shotguns are so fun…been a while since I’ve been on, but my favorite character jet packed around with a gauss shotgun and damn did it feel good.

Don’t get me wrong…a ban by itself would be a dystopian nightmare and be in line with a surge in pro-authoritarianism, and against my beliefs (I’m a z-list performer). I just think other interests are going to try pushing it for reasons that are less clear and have nothing to do with morality.

I’d almost be more worried about trade orgs with deep pockets that have strong anti piracy sentiment (RIAA, MPAA, etc). A ban would eventually be overturned, but the enforcement mechanisms it would leave behind (VPN restrictions, etc) would be their wet dream, possibly enough to quietly support.

Geezus, I can’t unsee the eye staring into the night sky. It’s so tragically beautiful and I want it to stop!!!

We’ve found ourselves in an environment where everyone is angry and, especially with one particular political party, acting on whatever impulses provide brief relief, all without any utilization of critical thought or attention to downstream impact. No room for nuanced or inconvenient thought.

Apparently this one has some justification…saw a bunch of YouTube videos a while back talking about how unaccompanied tweens are terrorizing Sephora stores by destroying/contaminating/combining all the samples, trying to recreate influencer looks and trends. Still seems problematic.

With Trump, Andrew Tate was never even an attack vector to begin with. theintercept.com/2025/02/27/t...

“Then, just to show how much he meant it, Martin added, in extra-scary bold typeface: ‘we will chase them to the end of the Earth.’”

So he enjoys coke. This will end well.