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Cynical optimist Loves tabletop games, videogames, board games and sports, uh, games (sense a theme?) often cranky, but it's masking my love and admiration for you Avatar image by the insanely talented Katrin Dirim https://twitter.com/KleiosCanvas

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the black cat does
the grey is like "dish, girl"

15.08.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I couldn't even land on my favorite episode of DS9 ๐Ÿ˜…

15.08.2025 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

they didn't get the memo about the 25-26 Celtics, did they

15.08.2025 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

are 78 way ties acceptable?

Seriously, though, an unanswerable question for me

15.08.2025 02:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I agree with the second part of that, but not the first....offensively, he was worse (42% compared to 44% FG, 36% from 3 for a career 38% shooter, scoring at a 3 year low), and that made him a net negative on the court far too often

13.08.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it doesn't help that Simons is coming off his worst season in quite a while

13.08.2025 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain peopleโ€”How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?

04.08.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18971    ๐Ÿ” 6265    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 747    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1059

I literally cannot figure out how that got greenlit

03.08.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I too watched a movie from 20 years ago that a lot of people don't like... but I loved it then and still love it now (the 2005 War of the Worlds)

03.08.2025 07:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you threw your reporter under the bus. This is your headline: "Shams: Luka's extension "arguably most stunning sports deal ever'"... but he didn't say that (and wouldn't say that). He said the trade that brought Doncic to the Lakers was "arguably the most stunning sports deal ever". Lazy!

02.08.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fight or flight?

No thanks. Iโ€™ll FANTASIZE.

31.07.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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In less than 90 minutes The Hardcover collection of EVIE AND THE HELSINGS VOL.1 goes live!

bit.ly/Evie_hardcover

31.07.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
[quoting a tweet from isabelunraveled in which she rails against depressing books that get branded as โ€œgreat writingโ€]

[quoting a tweet from isabelunraveled in which she rails against depressing books that get branded as โ€œgreat writingโ€]

A key point in Fahrenheit 451 is that books were banned because they made people depressed and uncomfortable. The novel's protagonist, Montag, is taken into custody after he reads a poem that makes a woman cry because she realizes the emptiness of her life.

29.07.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7958    ๐Ÿ” 2639    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 152    ๐Ÿ“Œ 260

Squid Game baby barely cries. No heart. Just a pink AI lump.

26.07.2025 06:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I look forward to being interviewed in 5 years time by researchers and explaining how I never โ€œawakenedโ€™ ChatGPT and so did not start eating sand to achieve true silicon-connection to the single source energy being or whatever the fuck.

18.07.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

which was spelled "4 ๐Ÿฅซ ๐Ÿฅ’"

18.07.2025 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm a simple guy. Ursula Le Guin gets name dropped, I click like.

16.07.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

that seems pretty realistic to me. People in the worst conditions on Earth still have sex and usually don't have any birth control (if they have the desire to use it in the first place). Infant mortality would no doubt be high, but I could see there being tons of kids

06.07.2025 05:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pronouncing MAGA like May Gay

29.06.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I haven't gotten into a farm sim as of today, but Failbetter is working on one and I think that's when I'll take the plunge. And hopefully not retroactively become addicted to all these other ones.

28.06.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Suspect showed few signs of political extremism before lawmaker shootings Friends and associates say Vance Boelter, who was apprehended late Sunday and charged with murdering a state lawmaker and her husband, was mild-mannered and did not appear to be fixated on politics.

This is continued journalistic malpractice from the @startribune.com normalizing a violent white male suspect. He owned a private security company called Praetorian Guard, traveled overseas to preach against abortion and LGBTQ+ people, and attended a bible college that preaches "violent prayer."

16.06.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7126    ๐Ÿ” 2092    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 166    ๐Ÿ“Œ 181
A woman in a Edwardian lawn gown sits near a cliff in a forest with her picnic blanket and basket is approached by a large feathered lizard beast in fanciful garb emerging out of the trees, fiddling with their hands as they ask, "Mind if I sit?"

A woman in a Edwardian lawn gown sits near a cliff in a forest with her picnic blanket and basket is approached by a large feathered lizard beast in fanciful garb emerging out of the trees, fiddling with their hands as they ask, "Mind if I sit?"

One day on a sunny cliff... โ˜•๐ŸŒฟโœจ #oc

11.05.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1852    ๐Ÿ” 440    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Headline reads: Chatgpt gets crushed at chess by a 1 MHz Atari 2600

Headline reads: Chatgpt gets crushed at chess by a 1 MHz Atari 2600

Presented without comment

10.06.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2430    ๐Ÿ” 590    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77    ๐Ÿ“Œ 156

A porno with the title "2 High Agency Males Going At It" could be up by tonight. Come on, it's Pride!

05.06.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 667    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

btw, I hope you and Rachael are doing well. It's been a minute!

04.06.2025 06:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man, you really did want to see it! I just watched it (for the first time) tonight. I'll admit: the massive hype set my expectations a bit too high, but it was good. Best MBJ performance so far, imo, and I loved the use of music in the film.

04.06.2025 06:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œI asked ChatGPT.โ€

Ok, well I dialed 1-800-MISS-CLEO because she said โ€œCALL ME NOW,โ€ so I did and now I owe her $138 but I know when Iโ€™m going to die

29.05.2025 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 702    ๐Ÿ” 134    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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This is Malak. He was caught on camera busting a hole through the wall. Immediately felt really bad about it, if that helps his case. 12/10

29.05.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7596    ๐Ÿ” 769    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 392    ๐Ÿ“Œ 142
Cost-cutting tactics

The secret bonuses were just one of many maneuvers UnitedHealth devised to track and cut expenses in its nursing home initiative.

Internal emails show, for example, that UnitedHealth supervisors gave their teams โ€œbudgetsโ€ showing how many hospital admissions they had โ€œleftโ€ to use up on nursing home patients.

The company also monitored nursing homes that had smaller numbers of patients with โ€œdo not resuscitateโ€ โ€“ or DNR โ€“ and โ€œdo not intubateโ€ orders in their files. Without such orders, patients are in line for certain life-saving treatments that might lead to costly hospital stays.

Two current and three former UnitedHealth nurse practitioners told the Guardian that UnitedHealth managers pressed nurse practitioners to persuade Medicare Advantage members to change their โ€œcode statusโ€ to DNR even when patients had clearly expressed a desire that all available treatments be used to keep them alive.

Cost-cutting tactics The secret bonuses were just one of many maneuvers UnitedHealth devised to track and cut expenses in its nursing home initiative. Internal emails show, for example, that UnitedHealth supervisors gave their teams โ€œbudgetsโ€ showing how many hospital admissions they had โ€œleftโ€ to use up on nursing home patients. The company also monitored nursing homes that had smaller numbers of patients with โ€œdo not resuscitateโ€ โ€“ or DNR โ€“ and โ€œdo not intubateโ€ orders in their files. Without such orders, patients are in line for certain life-saving treatments that might lead to costly hospital stays. Two current and three former UnitedHealth nurse practitioners told the Guardian that UnitedHealth managers pressed nurse practitioners to persuade Medicare Advantage members to change their โ€œcode statusโ€ to DNR even when patients had clearly expressed a desire that all available treatments be used to keep them alive.

UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money.

This is murder.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

21.05.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5662    ๐Ÿ” 3025    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 226    ๐Ÿ“Œ 616

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