Brian Reynolds

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Caves of Qud - HOLY FRIGGING BABOON, BATMAN! #CavesOfQud #Qud

Just putting out into the aether that despite coming out in December 2024, Caves of Qud is eligible for a number of this year's awards that have November cutoffs, like the Game Awards

I know these guys are all dumber than a sack of hammers, but it is fascinating to see the military decide “logistics are gay” in real time

Precisely

IYKYK...

I see some liberals fantasizing about some sort of military rebellion after Hegseth’s speech yesterday. Two thoughts

1. It’s not going to happen.

2. You actually don’t want that. Trust me.

being a cat person is so crazy bc you live with someone who is undeniably annoying and you're always thinking "maybe i should get another cat"

“Are there even any good games” shut uppppp you’re so tedious

They’ve been around for 70 years just pick some you like and move on, en god

This is classic private equity buy out in effect.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Back in my day, EA bought things and dismantled them, not the other way around

So where’s the best place to watch the Rapture from if I want to see a bunch of bare-ass Evangelicals zoot up to space and then get first crack at their stuff?

Woot! Multiple World War 1s are underway on Rally the Troops, with @thebrdgmschronicle.bsky.social @legendarytactics.bsky.social.
#boardwargames #boardgames
@ccxvii.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social
Paths of Glory

Behold:

www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

For me that’s the signature for Archon…

Screenshot from FTL: Faster Than Light, showing two ships battling and FTL's UI.

13 years ago today, FTL released on Steam and your support and enthusiasm for the game completely changed my life. It allowed me to quit my day job, focus on music full-time, and afford health insurance for me & my partner. I had wanted to work in games since I was a teenager. Thank you everyone!

Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism. The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt.

The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Department of Homeland Security boasted of "the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement."

Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced. Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.

idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

A graph titled Scope of video games according to Hushcrasher Classification System. The Y axis shows Game Size (from 10 MB to 100GB), the X axis shows Credits count (sourced from Mobygames). The clustered dots on the graph represent 4 distinct scale categories of games - Kei, Midi, AA, AAA. The larger correlation between the size and the credits means larger category of a game.

I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne:

hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...

Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length

The Imperial Radch books: holy shit. My favorite reads in years.

This is, in fact, generally how it works. It is, for instance, exactly how it worked for the Athenian democracy being reestablished after the oligarchic tyranny of the 30.

The thirty were driven out, their top lieutenants prosecuted, everyone else pretended they always hated them.

This year’s ‘tatoes! Plants underperformed a bit in drought conditions (they gave up a couple weeks early) but the results are still actually lovely

Ironically my favorite part (usually)

‘What sci-fi atrocities would have been stoped by shareholders and which would have been enabled if the firm was public?’ is a fun thing to think about.

Umbrella BOWs: probably stopped, no road to profitability

UAC hell portals: probably enabled

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check.

In 1965:

-42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now.

-The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now.

-Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.