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I hate to be a doomer but the pandemic broke me in this regard I think. After watching like a third of the country proudly say they wouldn't inconvenience themselves even if it cost other people their lives, where do you go from there

We gotta do a nationwide inquest into antisocial behavior. Leaving your dog's poop on the street. Not returning shopping carts. The What's Wrong With You initiative

all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails

I don't think the "Friend" AI is serious. Developers trying to leverage the AI boom and get acquired. They're selling to investors, not to consumers. Many such cases.

Joe Gebbia, a cofounder of Airbnb who serves as the Trump administration's chief design officer, gave $1 million each to Fix the City and Defend NYC, two Super PACs trying to stop Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee.

Crazy looking Goofy with the caption "I'll fuckin do it again"

I am once again asking to burn your money for you. I can burn it better ways than AI advertisements!

Accidentally upgraded to Windows 11 thinking it was a regular security update. Tried to system restore back to 10 and now computer won't boot. Back in the day if you wanted Windows XP you had to go out and buy it. It was a choice!

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible - among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access. Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said. Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said. A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said. "The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there." Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Being late to things is so normal now because no one watches broadcast TV anymore. Getting to the television in time for The Simpsons or Frasier built good habits!

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

Opera people love to say "Brava!" It's like "bravo" but with your pinky sticking out.

Common Side Effects. Phenomenal!

For something we depend so much on, email is by far the worst form of communication ever made. And everyone agrees yet the status quo will never change!

Me sweeping up dog hair, accidentally hitting my wife's office door with the broom

"I thought that was our dog."

"Technically, it is."

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

Gonna take a break from doomscrolling at home to doomscroll in the park.

They ripped the style so perfectly, my God.

Not too old or proud to say KPop Demon Hunters absolutely whips. The songs are catchy as heck, great animation, genuinely funny and charming, and just oozes style. Earns it reputation.

But bosses and mini-bosses are fantastic! 👨‍🍳

My one itty complaint about Hades II is a lot of enemies feel a bit humdrum. In the first game, the diversity of enemies between regions pushed you to adapt your play style. For ex, Elysium had fewer, but stronger enemies with armor, shields, and multiple move sets. Added flavor, too.

Screenshot of a NYTimes headline and subhead that reads: "N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Move to Capitalize on Adams’s Departure Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa hit the campaign trail on Monday after Eric Adams left the race, while Andrew Cuomo called donors." Highlighted in blue is "while Andrew Cuomo called donors."

Same as it ever was.

You shouldn't call people Nazis or fascists because they activate shooters like the Winter Soldier codewords.

My one advice is try to avoid fighting with Death Defiance too early. It is, in fact, *too* helpful, and you'll miss out on some dialogue if you blow through a region in one run.

What I love most about Hades II is that it's just more Hades with some tweaks added. Who could ask for more?

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated —like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”

Only about 3 hours in Hades II but this is healing me.