Tombo
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Thinking is my day job so I don’t do it for leisure. he/him
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Woman in line in front of me at the post office is not happy about the cost of shipping. She just whipped out her phone, asked ChatGPT how much it thinks the shipping should cost, and is trying to get the mailman to honor that price.
July 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Woman in line in front of me at the post office is not happy about the cost of shipping. She just whipped out her phone, asked ChatGPT how much it thinks the shipping should cost, and is trying to get the mailman to honor that price.
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Discovered a new game store in the bay area (Hayward specifically) because I happened to drive by it! It's called Tony's retro games, it has a decent selection, fine prices, but most importantly a very cute and sweet shop dog. They've only been open since March of this year.
July 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Discovered a new game store in the bay area (Hayward specifically) because I happened to drive by it! It's called Tony's retro games, it has a decent selection, fine prices, but most importantly a very cute and sweet shop dog. They've only been open since March of this year.
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I saw Flavor Flav in the mirror
July 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I saw Flavor Flav in the mirror
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Shoutout to whoever subtitled this article over at @merriam-webster.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Shoutout to whoever subtitled this article over at @merriam-webster.com
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🕳️
things have learnt to walk
that ought to crawl
✨ SIGNALIS is 30% off in the Steam Summer Sale ✨
things have learnt to walk
that ought to crawl
✨ SIGNALIS is 30% off in the Steam Summer Sale ✨
July 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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things have learnt to walk
that ought to crawl
✨ SIGNALIS is 30% off in the Steam Summer Sale ✨
things have learnt to walk
that ought to crawl
✨ SIGNALIS is 30% off in the Steam Summer Sale ✨
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Update (July 7, 2025)
July 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Update (July 7, 2025)
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"no one is free until we are all free" includes the people who voted for fascism, this is hard to accept but true.
To say ‘some people deserve to suffer’ is a trick. It’s a trap. It presumes that human judgement will ever be sufficient to accurately determine who is deserving of suffering. And, it never, ever will be. And, so, every idea of ‘they deserve to suffer’ begins a step towards inevitable injustice.
July 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"no one is free until we are all free" includes the people who voted for fascism, this is hard to accept but true.
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Microsoft announced this as the world's first "AAAA" game. I guess "aaaa" is what all the developers who just lost their jobs are saying. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-ha...
Xbox has cancelled its Perfect Dark reboot and closed its developer | VGC
The Initiative will be closed as part of Microsoft layoffs…
www.videogameschronicle.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Microsoft announced this as the world's first "AAAA" game. I guess "aaaa" is what all the developers who just lost their jobs are saying. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-ha...
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Fun fact: air conditioning takes less energy than heating and no less important. The belief that it's "decadent" is puritanism.
Air conditioning is an absolutely vital life-saving technology on a swiftly-warming planet, and people who claim it's somehow more shameful to cool a home than it is to heat one are idiots.
I wrote this a few years ago and still stand by it:
foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/c...
I wrote this a few years ago and still stand by it:
foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/16/c...
Climate Change Demands More Air Conditioning
An often-disparaged technology is a lifesaver, not a luxury.
foreignpolicy.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Fun fact: air conditioning takes less energy than heating and no less important. The belief that it's "decadent" is puritanism.
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#auspol
The Shovel 😎
The Shovel 😎
Australia has cancelled its $368 billion AUKUS submarine purchase after someone realised it would be cheaper to just give China $300 billion in return for an agreement not to invade.
AUKUS Scrapped: Australia to Just Pay China $300 Billion Not To Invade — The Shovel
Analysts say the down side of the programs cancellation is that 24 jobs will not be created in South Australia in 15 year's time.
theshovel.com.au
June 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
#auspol
The Shovel 😎
The Shovel 😎
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Nobody is making up shit about gay romance authors to make America look better
I take all reporting on China with a grain of salt, given the obvious propaganda interest, but I can't completely discount this either.
Either way, what is being described here is the future reactionaries want to see domestically.
Either way, what is being described here is the future reactionaries want to see domestically.
The arrest of online fanfic erotica writers (99% young women) in China is still ongoing, some are getting sentenced to 10 years in prison
I didn’t see any newer international coverage of this but I saw on Weibo today that more writers are getting sentenced right now
amp.scmp.com/news/china/p...
I didn’t see any newer international coverage of this but I saw on Weibo today that more writers are getting sentenced right now
amp.scmp.com/news/china/p...
June 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Nobody is making up shit about gay romance authors to make America look better
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If you’re going to publish a mental breakdown as a self-destructive comic in a general cry for help then at least consider not doing it racistly
May 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you’re going to publish a mental breakdown as a self-destructive comic in a general cry for help then at least consider not doing it racistly
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Wake up guys, new cheese-based physics paper dropped
This is my kind of physics article 🧀 😋 ⚛️ 🎢 🧪
Cheese Flowers Are Shaped by Friction
Scraping the surface of a Tête de Moine cheese wheel produces frilly ribbons whose flower-like forms depend on the local friction.
physics.aps.org
May 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Wake up guys, new cheese-based physics paper dropped
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wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey?
guard: [looking away] fine
wife: did something happen?
guard: [tearing up] no
wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
guard: [looking away] fine
wife: did something happen?
guard: [tearing up] no
wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
May 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey?
guard: [looking away] fine
wife: did something happen?
guard: [tearing up] no
wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
guard: [looking away] fine
wife: did something happen?
guard: [tearing up] no
wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
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This is already how games work if you are over 35
Hideo Kojima has an amazing idea for a "Forgetting Game" where the main character gradually forgets important information and abilities if you take too long a break from playing.
Hideo Kojima Has an Amazing Idea for a 'Forgetting Game' Where the Main Character Gradually Forgets Important Information and Abilities if You Take Too Long a Break From Playing
bit.ly
May 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is already how games work if you are over 35
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i recently launched a newsletter at @ghost.org to publish regular longerform blogs/op eds. check it out here. the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
A Crabby Guide to Politics
Guides, explainers and salty takes on American and Global Politics. No nonsense, except when there is. Crabby because I'm from Maryland
the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
April 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
i recently launched a newsletter at @ghost.org to publish regular longerform blogs/op eds. check it out here. the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
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the way this keeps happening I’m starting to suspect the War Thunder forums are involved somehow
Another Navy jet falls into sea, marking fourth major mishap in months
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Another Navy jet falls into sea, marking fourth major mishap in months
The latest loss of an F/A-18 fighter jet occurred during a failed landing aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.
wapo.st
May 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
the way this keeps happening I’m starting to suspect the War Thunder forums are involved somehow
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Democracy Sausage is entirely unpaid and unsponsored... but we do occasionally get fun things in the mail.
May 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Democracy Sausage is entirely unpaid and unsponsored... but we do occasionally get fun things in the mail.
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