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Your dad's cousin is your aunt. I am from a family of plain boring white people and my kids call my wife's cousins who live around here and they see all the time "aunt/uncle." This is not even some "see, in other cultures," thing this is just a total normal thing they are presenting as scandalous

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I reached out to The White House and asked about its use of AI-generated Halo imagery. White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai just responded to me, and it's insane.

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Picture this exact scenario, but it started happening a decade ago and now every agency you work with won't shut up about you taking more time for less pay to correct their magic machine's mistakes and you'll have just the slightest idea what your games' localizers have put up with this whole time.

this looks like absolute garbage

Fewer celebrities in TTRPGs. Fewer events in castles. Less money spent on proximity to fame; more money spent on the people making the games.

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation. "Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies. Text and image generation Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

And are you married? I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle. In July, Tesla rolled out a software update to integrate Grok into many of its vehicles. Do you use it? Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist. When I'm driving, I'll ask questions, and it actually gives really good therapy advice.

Shot + chaser

the first time i ever got blackout drunk was at the gay rodeo in little rock because the bears kept giving a freshly 21 year-old me moonshine lmao

Reposting this so 1.) others will see it and 2.) I will remember to make submissions!

I think it should remain possible to work professionally on video games without having to move

the one i've been using almost daily for like 2-3 years has the second most lead in it (along with fucking cadmium??????????)

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

Rest in power, Miss Major.

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Itch.io isn’t like other platforms It’s like a 3.5 star Chinese restaurant.

itch.io is more like Wikipedia than Steam

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if i see a company using gen-ai in their advertising materials, i immediately know the product is trash

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

if the democratic party starts stepping away trans people they might as well sign this country away to the far right forever

From my own account:

"10-14 days" expectation vs 30+ days reality

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I just broke the news that our tech partners tracked over 277,000 devices in and around State Farm Stadium yesterday. They came from all across the country because Charlie pointed us all to Christ, and in his martyrdom given us the courage to do the same.

Proud to announce our unnamed tech partners tracked the cell phone locations of hundreds of thousands of people without their knowledge or consent

If the Dems are still good with genocide and pro-ICE, what am I voting for, exactly, Mr Keeley?

The petition is nearly at 10k - just a little bit more of a push is needed!

in retrospect, the concept of phone books having private people's full home addresses and phone numbers back in the day is WILD. like, it makes sense for businesses to put that out there, but for normal people???

Hey y'all, I just made an update to this game! There were a lot of gaps in mechanics that needed filling in and some space for some flavor in other places, so I took care of that where I found it and added a little pre-written adventure. Go check it out and tell me what you think!

Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection announced for 2026 release! Attention, Wave Battlers! Capcom has just dropped an announcement trailer for the long-awaited Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, which premiered exclusive in today's Japanese Nintendo Direct. Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection will release worldwide in 2026 for a bevy of consoles: PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch 1, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S…

Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection announced for 2026 release!

Attention, Wave Battlers! Capcom has just dropped an announcement trailer for the long-awaited Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, which premiered exclusive in today's Japanese Nintendo Direct. Mega Man Star Force Legacy…