Marc

The new iPhone update is nauseating with everything being animated. I highly recommend reducing motion under the accessibility settings.

You’ll thank me, I swear.

Diego Luna just received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in the Star Wars show Andor.

What can Andor teach us about fighting tyranny? A lot, actually. Watch.

Russia’s governors building in the DC Oblast

Fully captured

Kremlin: The new US security strategy is “largely aligned” with Russia’s vision.

After reading the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy, seeing Scott Bessent say that the US remains an ally of China, and reading Musk call for dismantling the EU, I just want to scream into the void, because it feels like we are sliding back into late 19th century imperialism led by a kakistocrats

Taiwanese are rushing to registering their nationality as “Taiwan, Japan” due to the PRC’s declaration of the Treaty of San Francisco of 1951 as “illegal and invalid”. 😂

in order: purchasing on bandcamp, streaming or purchasing from qobuz, streaming from most other platforms (apple music, tidal, deezer, etc.), or pirating (if financially unable to afford other options) are all valid alternatives to supporting the spotify corporation.

While passenger planes fly across the skies over Europe, in Ukraine the skies are filled with Russian missiles and drones. One continent, but two different realities.

📹: posterbureau / Instagram

I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.

People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf - Henry Rollins

My entry for #WoodpeckerWednesday is this Pileated Woodpecker in my yard a few years ago in #Tacoma. #Birds #Nature #Photography

Do not believe anything until the Kremlin denies it.

Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.

"Far­age has already changed the UK (for the worse) more than any other liv­ing politi­cian. What might the coun­try look like after a period with him in office?"

Martin Wolf, today's FT

Remember Trump's minerals deal that would guarantee Ukraine?

Good. Me either.

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

A Twitter account called Ivanka News tweets an AI image of a young woman wearing Muslim garb. The woman is holding a sign that says "I came here illegally. Should I be deported?" Ivanka News writes: What is your response to this person ?? In the "About this account" tab, it appears the account is based in Nigeria

An account called MAGA scope writes: Who, in your view is the great enemy of the United States? Communism, Islam, Democratic Party, or Satan? The account is based in Nigeria.

An account called MAGA Nadine writes: You go to work and find this. What would you do? The attached pic is an AI image that shows a microwave. The microwave has a sign that says "For religious reasons, this microwave is now making halal food only." The account is based in Morocco.

An account called America First posts an AI image of Tulsi Gabbard. They wrote: How would you rate your trust in Tulsi Gabbard on a scale of 1-10?

Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

A figure stands with sword and staff before a dark desert pyramid

In a rocky ravine, two adventurers consider a nearby citadel of dubious nature.

A figure looks up toward a temple or city high in the mountains

Bit of an assorted swords and sorcery week this week.

A mysterious pyramid, a call back to the pulpy S&S novel covers of my youth, and a bit of b/w mountain adventure

#digitalart #fantasy #rpg #d&d

❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!

The Scott Monument, Edinburgh. (1845)

Tom forever 👕

❗️The Guardian: Phrases originally written in Russian found in the American “peace plan”

The document contains several formulations that would sound natural in Russian but appear unnatural and out of place in the English version, clashing with the overall style.

Don’t let a scandal undermine the defence of Ukraine Outrage is justified. Letting Vladimir Putin win would be disastrous

Ukraine is not, and never has been, a model of clean governance. That is not why the West has spent some $400bn—and counting—to help defend it. Were Western support to falter, the only winner would be Vladimir Putin

"Une exposition à BD Boum, un mercredi d’échanges au Quai Branly, les bandes dessinées de Taiwan franchissent une étape supplémentaire dans leur parcours de reconnaissance. Le patient travail de rapprochement culturel avec la France porte ses fruits."
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The US has stepped back from defending democracy.

The US plan is to ensure peace by making sure Ukraine cannot defend itself when we attack it again.

They make games and movies like they used to. So many of them. Same with books.

But the mechanisms you learned about them were totally gutted and changed to only amplify shit that's already popular.

It's still there! You're just mostly on your own to find it.

Oh my.

James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.

Get this man in the Senate.

#dnd #funfact

Gygax often claimed that Tolkien and his books had just a "superficial" influence on D&D. According to him, such authors as Anderson, Sprague de Camp and Pratt, Leiber, Lovecraft, Merritt, Moorcock, Vance, and Zelazny were used as inspiration more than Tolkien.

#ttrpg #mtg #gamedev