Roy(Roy)

this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema

A fabricated statement from Nintendo of America's Twitter account addressing a fictitious scenario in which the Earth's oxygen supply is presumed to be depleting at a rapid pace, leaving humanity with mere days to live. "This is Miyamoto. On behalf of everyone who is employed at Nintendo Co. LTD and its subsidiaries, we deeply mourn the countless human lives which will be lost due to the depletion of the global oxygen supply. To anyone who has ever played one of our games, we are eternally grateful to have created long-lasting fun and memories for you. To ease the suffering of families and children across the world, the Mario Kart World game for the Nintendo Switch 2 system will be available as a free download on Nintendo eShop for the foreseeable future. We hope this small gesture of kindness will ease the pain as humanity prepares for a worst-case scenario." The statement is distastefully plastered with logos for Nintendo and Nintendo Switch 2, as well as with a render of Mario from Mario Kart World.

A fabricated Twitter thread responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement. John Default Profile Picture: "No one read this statement and thought it was distasteful? Why did Miyamoto think this would help anyone?" NintenDeen: "Simple: Nintendo is so depraved that they'd exploit a global crisis to boost the player count of the failed Mario Kart World and force consumers back into the Switch 2 ecosystem to boost sales and player numbers."

A fabricated Twitter thread responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement. PlayStation Nation: "What the fuck are you doing falsely advertising sales during these trying times? I went to the website and Mario Kart World is still selling for $80 USD." Kremling Kevin: "If you actually read the statement, it clearly says the discount is available on Nintendo eShop. Meaning the application on the Switch 2 itself, not the web browser version." PlayStation Nation: "Point still stands."

A fabricated Tweet responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement. Isaboner: "Nothing for Switch 1 owners?"

Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not

Highlighted text form THE NEW YORKER The task that generative A.I. has been most successful at is lowering our expectations, both of the things we read and of ourselves when we write anything for others to read. It is a fundamentally dehumanizing technology because it treats us as less than what we are: creators and apprehenders of meaning. It reduces the amount of intention in the world.

Reminds me of this eternal Ted Chiang banger-

The Ref went down due to a collision. Don’t worry Jamie Vardy blew the whistle to stop play for him.

(여자)아이들, '데뷔 7주년' 맞아 그룹명 변경…괄호 지우고 새롭게 도약 [티브이데일리 최하나 기자] 그룹 '(여자)아이들((G)I-DLE)'이 'i-dle (아이들)'로서 새로운 페이지를 펼친다. 아이들(미연, 민니, 소연, 우기, 슈화)은 지난 1일 공식 SNS 채널을 통해 '(여자)아이들'에서 '아이들'로 그룹명 변경을 공표했다. 데뷔 7주년을 맞은 아이들은 2018년 5월 2일 데뷔 당시부터 함께했던 그룹명을 뒤로하고

The rebrand comes with the symbolic removal of G/여자 representing no more "girl/gender" and removal the () of representing limitless concepts and music coming soon

This is the group's first comeback since renewing their contracts with CUBE

v.daum.net/v/2025050208...

Can thing be genre if artist creating thing has politics antithetical to genre?

Can thing be genre if done by genre outsider who makes it clear they only ever mean to be a tourist and not a resident?

Is Smart Amapiano? Is thing genre?

Is Gnarly Hyperpop? Were the Tramp Stamps pop punk?

A banner that reads OLDER LGBT SCIENCE FICTION: A DATABASE in big letters, and tinyurl.com/oldgaySF in smaller print below. The background is an orange-tinted retro-looking photo of a row of radio telescopes.

I'd like to share with y'all a project I've poured my heart and soul into over the last couple of years: a database cataloguing every single older (pre-21st century) LGBT science fiction book I've managed to track down - currently just over 200 titles 🚀

LINK: tinyurl.com/oldgaySF

College friend reaching out for the first time in three years to talk about the Chuu Kitty song

1 BASERUNNER 1 PITCH 3 STEALS MY GOODNESS

There's that famous study where people were asked to sit in an empty room but they had a button where they could shock themselves and one dude shocked himself 190 times in fifteen minutes and that's how I feel clicking "place your order" on my target cart

Thin cardboard board with four pins on it sitting on a white table

Back of the pin display showing the pin backings and the support system made of two rails for stability and four fins it can lean on to stand upright.

Feeling very crafty with the pin display I made today

I just got a new used air fryer and it has a famous dj’s logo flashing on the screen at all times

i'm a simple man. give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you.

woah

I love the library!! Like I can’t believe it’s free (guy who is too cheap for streaming)

The Internet Archive is the most prominent defense of our cultural history that companies are increasingly seeking to horde total control over. They don't want to cost anyone anything for open access to information, and losing this defender of those rights would be especially devastating now

😭😭😭I can’t apply to JOBS with my website down😭😭😭

Me entering a room: omg this is just like Blue Prince.

Colors by Stella Jang makes me feel like a sleeper agent capable of incredible violence

Accidentally ate a toothpick 😧

Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged.

A team of archivists has recreated the pre-Trump CDC website as a live, easy-to-navigate website that should be indexed by Google. The team is hosting it in Europe. Cool project that is sadly necessary:

www.404media.co/archivists-r...

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE

HARD❌

Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.

EASY✅
House was old and fucked!

Holy crap, Mars Express slaps like a yaoi paddle.

and pedrolino smiled at pierrot
- triples
- kоtоniеn
- T, 16.2k

🔗https://archiveofourown.org/works/61499764

The best video essays of 2024 From film festivals to TikTok, our annual poll showcases 183 unique video essays nominated by 47 international voters.

Sight and Sound list of the best video essays of 2024!! I've got a couple picks in here, but the real value of this list is highlighting dozens of creators outside the YouTube circle (did you know incredible things are happening on Vimeo? You should!)

www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

literally every reaction I have to "the current culture" I try to gut check against this trend