at last, we have invented retrophenology from the classic Discworld text Don’t Invent Retrophenology
On Polymarket, ‘privileged’ users made millions betting on war strikes and diplomatic strategy. What did they know beforehand?
Got to the same point myself today. Still enjoying it a helluva lot though
Damn that monkey
Happy New Year everyone here is the first post of 2026.
The science breakthrough of 2025 is Solar Energy, not because it is new but because of how successful its deployment has been. This year renewable energy surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide. Hopeful sign for what’s to come.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Hooray! The first of the Thanksgaming 2025 posts is up on Kotaku, with an epic TWENTY unknown indies to check out!
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
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And here's me with all that Salah money looking for an upgrade on DCL
Love Exile/Vilify. Really wish they'd play it live now and then.
It’s time to wake up — if you aren’t using ChatGPT to optimize your work (and your life!) you’re getting left behind. Watch this for 5 simple, lesser-known ChatGPT prompts that geniuses use!
youtu.be/IS65dBNlng8
In my current work, I point to the invasion of Iraq 2003 as a moment where the public's trust in the foundational ideals of democracy, verification, deliberation, and accountability were systematically betrayed, destroying their trust in democratic systems.
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
In the same 24 hour period Russia broke its own record by blindly hurling 472 Shahed drones at Ukrainian cities for no tactical purpose beyond terror and pain, and Ukraine executed a carefully planned infiltration strike decimating Russian strategic aviation.
Draw your own conclusions.
Well at least someone’s trying to end the Ukraine war in a day
Today is the 91st anniversary of the last diary entry of the first man who tried to climb Everest solo. Mind you, his plan had been to crash land a plane 14,000 feet up and then stroll the rest of the way, so perhaps he wasn’t destined to succeed
feels like this was the music they should've used to announce him
any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
on yesterday's pan-iberian blackout as experienced here in lisboa —
Yeah, it should obviously be Barney, like it is in The Bible (TM)
5 days until I run the London Marathon for @samaritans.bsky.social! This will be my first marathon, and training has been full of injuries! But almost there.
If you would consider sponsoring me, it would make such a difference in this final run up to the day itself.
He’s a real threat from deep
val kilmer’s turn in TOP SECRET is one of the single best comedy performances ever committed to film, both in terms of comic precision and mechanical virtuosity. just watch this whole clip in its entirety; it’s stunning
One of the world’s most chilling ruins is the Ploutonion at Hierapolis, otherwise known as “the Gate to Hell”.
Here crowds once watched priests lead animal sacrifices down into a cave, where they died mysteriously as if dragged down to the underworld. And no one knew how they did it until recently.
Mordor. Tough place to go
That was from Malcolm Muggeridge’s endlessly quotable and gleefully bitchy 1940 book The Thirties. Every page a winner. Here’s another, on how little most people care about world events
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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The end of Whiplash except it's the Mute City theme from F-Zero.
