A 2023 German psychiatric study found that playing Super Mario Odyssey significantly improved depressive symptoms in clinically depressed individuals compared to regular psychotherapeutic treatment, reducing depression by 43%.
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Holy shit finally an Op-Ed that Gets It
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
One of the best to ever do it. An expert at being a wild-eyed, haunted weirdo.
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
Move over, Hemingway
Having kids is sorta like being a forum moderator in that people are always trying to skirt around the edges of the rules and then rub it in or act outraged when they think they’ve found some kind of loophole.
My YouTube algorithm is like 90% clips from the TV show “House” because acerbic intelligent problem solving is very soothing right now.
Leo XIV was a bishop in Peru for 20 years so it is more probable than not that he is the first Pope to know who Goku is.
For HK films fans: Shout Studios has nabbed Golden Princess library (John Woo, Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark, Johnnie To...).
A major copyright limbo escape for 156 films that disappeared from Western markets for decades.
Soon in 4K (remastered).
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOcR...
tried to make a era-appropriate trailer for my THPS inspired fish game
If I had a nickel for every time I've seen Fred Durst in an A24 movie, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice.
i keep thinking about this
The National Humanities Alliance is collecting information on canceled NEH grants to share with congressional leaders. This is legit fact finding in support of competent lobbying. If you've had your grant canceled, do let them know.
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🧪 #ScienceSky and #AcademicSky: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants.
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The funny answer to what Summers brother would buy one is Havok and the real answer is Vulcan because narcissists are weirdly drawn to other narcissists.
Watching my kid try out old NES games and that shit was hard as fuck back then. Control systems were not standardized, no tutorials, limited life systems.
cop in The Wicker Man (leaving unharmed because he slept with that hot blonde): what a strange, sexy island
You know what, thanks! Keep me in the loop!
One day I’ll play a tabletop RPG again. One day …
Just beat Gold stake on Black deck in Balatro and I never have to play that piece of shit deck ever again #balatro
TIGER ON THE BEAT (Lau, 1988)
