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Dystopian cyberpunk update: the TikTok algorithm is actively suppressing news about massive protests in LA so people are getting around it by tagging it as a 24 Hour Music Festival and then you search that hash tag so you see ppl in riot gear facing down tear gas talking bout the festival is lit

Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules? Yes! No? Maybe? Why do you care? Why does it matter?

i wrote an article about that stupid little question i asked a couple weeks ago, why i asked it, and how the answer to the question can be tremendously beneficial for ttrpg designers
possumcreek.medium.com/does-super-m...

update: this worked

A dachshund stands in a store, visible through glass doors marked with a "no dachshunds" graphic silhouette sign. The interior shows shopping carts and tiled flooring.

BECOME UNGOVERNABLE

i won therapy, where do i get my certification

the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this

Black and white image of a cabbage white butterfly flying towards the top of the frame.

It’s dark, but I’ll risk it

📌

Yep! See also: Arachne

Right. As an activist I reached out to many, including those in power and opposition. They ignored Robodebt until the courts found it unlawful at the end of 2019, despite activists such as myself asking them to get onboard the campaign since 2016

“writes chris cillizza”

ok I decided to actually read up a bit on the Epstein case and my initial takeaway is that a great way to protect women and children from sexual predation would be to prosecute white collar crime

does super mario bros have any rules ?

We know that there will be elections because Trump’s folks are demanding state voter roll information.They are working to gerrymander Texas even more. They are relaxing the IRS rule to allow churches to endorse candidates.

There will be elections or else they wouldn’t be doing all these things.

"SCPs that got hoovered up and regurgitated by chatbots end up giving tech executives schizophrenia" is perhaps fittingly a very SCP thing to happen

In all seriousness, though: look at the way Geoff Lewis is spiraling from what ChatGPT outputs based on the conspiracy theories he feeds it, and then look at Sam Altman's conviction that his LLM development will lead to an AGI singularity (and soon).

It's the same picture.

YouTube video by Sophie from Mars Shikata Ga Nai: The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson | Sophie From Mars

New video!

Shikata Ga Nai: the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson

This essay is about space, revolution, communism, and utopia, and it's a very very pretty vid
youtu.be/Lk5T8_Weq8w

You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions?

3D printing. It’s great! So many applications.

But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent

Superman (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL ****/****starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegiwritten and directed by James Gunn by Walter Chaw I’m in the bag for Superman, I admit it. I grew up in a small town, Go...

Okay, last time boosting this one: filmfreakcentral.net/2025/07/supe...

In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes.
So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.

Pedro Pascal wears a dark colored double-breasted suit. One of the lapels is flipped up.

A close up of the suit. It appears to be a shiny jacquard dotted fabric.

Can you tell whether Pedro Pascal's suit was made by machine or by hand?

Please decide before opening the thread. 🧵

Superman (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL ****/****starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegiwritten and directed by James Gunn by Walter Chaw I’m in the bag for Superman, I admit it. I grew up in a small town, Go...

FFC review: SUPERMAN (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/07/supe...

A flint knife featuring a curved stone blade secured into a wooden handle using black birch tar adhesive. The dark handle has a small perforation at one end. The tool is displayed on a neutral surface, showing the craftsmanship and natural materials used.

A more than 5,550-year-old well-preserved #Neolithic knife. The blade is crafted from flint and secured in a wooden handle using birch tar. Furthermore, the handle features a hole, intended for attaching a cord.
From the pile dwelling settlement...🧵 1/2

📷 me

🏺 #archaeology

Here in Australia they sold a s'mores kit which 'makes 9 s' mores'. It had 9 marshmallows, 9 real graham crackers (yay!)... and 1 standard sized Hershey bar. I guess they think 1.3 squares of chocolate per serve? Madness!

People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it

Tessa Thompson in SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, with blonde curly hair and a “idgaf” look on her face, wearing a pair of earrings in big, gold lettering that read “MURDER MURDER MURDER” or “KILL KILL KILL”

lemmings

Gonna talk for a second about Nazis, Republicans, DrivethruRPG, that Star Wars game, and more importantly, my grandpa.

Bear with me, the edibles are just kicking in. Might be a little thread.

Just heard Bill Kristol, former chief of staff for Dan Quayle, say he thinks ICE should be defunded and that the entire DHS should probably be disbanded, which puts him to the left of maybe the majority of elected Democrats. Truly wild times we’re living in.

I laughed so hard I dropped my phone into the abyss under the ottoman