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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 1d

I'm just like a large language model in that I've read everything on the internet and it's made me effectively useless

decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 1h

i love glorfindel because when you read more about him in the silmarillion it actually makes his role in lotr make *less* sense. he's a resurrected demigod who's killed balrogs and when they're setting up the fellowship he's like "nah i'll pass. good luck though"

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Will @umhamsterlammy.bsky.social · 1d

i just met a celebrity

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 1d

this steam next fest to keep things exciting consider taking a drink every time a game asks you to pick one temporary upgrade from a selection of three temporary upgrades

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 2d

a new film from joel and ethan cowen

parody of the poster for A Serious Man made out of stuff from the far side cow tools comic. A cow stands on a roof near a tv antenna constructed out of pronglers. title reads "A Serious Cow"

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decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 2d

people from the 50s loved to be called shit like "humphrey bogart"

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decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 2d

talking heads This Must Be The Place probably still the best song ever written

decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 3d

thank you genius dot com

screenshot of the genius dot com lyrics page for the watergate smoking gun tape. there is album art of richard nixon at the top and, below, a full transcript of the tape, with genius annotations. i'd transcribe them here but they're VERY long

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Lance McDonald @manfightdragon.bsky.social · 3d

geforec 8070 costs twelve squinjiion dollars and uses advanced ai algorithms to guess what your graphics would look like if you had a good computer

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 3d

been watching Blue Planet for the first time with friends lately and the main thing i've learned is that sardines live in abject misery

decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 3d

the fact this is the first time i've ever heard of Tron: Ares in my life probably not doing them any favours

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 3d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 3d

white text on black background: "Micah's body was discovered by police on October 11th, 2006."

Demi Adejuyigbe in his classic youtube video "9/21/16", seen from behind dancing while wearing a white t-shirt emblazoned with the words "THAT'S TODAY" in all caps

decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 3d

watched Paranormal Activity which was better than i expected! the experience was also enhanced by the noise of cats knocking things over elsewhere in the house

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 4d

In my opinion it’s time to retire the Nobel prizes for fields where most of the important discoveries have already been made, like physics, and add prizes for newer fields where substantial innovations occur every year, like speedrunning

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decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 4d

i tried to come up with a terrible halloween pun for my usual username but now i'm looking at this and i'm like damn. this is just a good username

decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 4d

completed elephantasy and had a great time! sadly the Jar Storage puzzle just didn't want to work even with the hotfix but i'll just come back to see if there's another ending once it's not october kdhkdnhk

the ending screen from Elephantasy. at the top are pixel art icons of a red boot, a golden ring, a blue snorkel, brown seeds, and a green leaf whistle. text underneath reads "35/36 gems. 103 keys. Rank 4"

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 5d

In Super Smash Bros., the skeletons visible when characters are hurt by electric attacks are not tied to specific animations, and instead are a form that can be toggled on and off at any time, including in cutscenes. Below are excerpts of the game's intro, with skeletons.

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decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 4d

screenshot of tetsuo shinada from yakuza 5, a japanese man with scruffy hair, an unshaved beard, and a brown jacket over white shirt. i've added a crude stock speech bubble containing the following post from 2 adult 2 person: "(day after baseball ripped my heart out of my chest) God I love baseball"

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decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 4d

@linker.itch.io sorry to bother you but i think i've encountered a bug in Elephantasy? the warp pot won't react to any of the warp rooms and this puzzle in Pot Storage won't spawn the gem either. i think it might be to do with them being halloween pumpkin pots? love the game otherwise dfgdfgdf

screenshot of Elephantasy. i'm standing in the Jar Storage room, where there are several shelves with two jars on them each. i've placed a jar on one of them, which should solve a puzzle and cause a gem to appear, but it hasn't. the jar i placed looks like a smiling jack-o-lantern.

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decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 5d

wait i looked up a video walkthrough and i think the pots look different because it's a halloween seasonal thing? and i think this may have broken some of the puzzles because this guy solved one exactly the way i tried to and it worked for him but not me? hang on i gotta mess with my system clock

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decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 5d

the achievement image for interacting with the weird pot shows a different pot, but it looks like it's in the same location you find this pot and this pot is a unique sprite too. i think i've missed a step of the puzzle somewhere

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decryptress @decypress.bsky.social · 5d

elephantasy update: almost an hour of trying and i can't get the weird pot to do anything. it won't react to the marked rooms. i can't tell if the game is bugged or i'm just stupid

screenshot of elephantasy, a pixel-art game. i am a little elephant in an icy room, holding up a pot that looks like a sad jack-o-lantern. there is a giant red flower to the right. on the back wall is a map marking rooms that this pot should react do, but doesn't

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 5d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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