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Anyone here with political aspirations, please take note. We live in an era, policy-wise where there is such a dearth of humanity that if you simply allow basic fundamental baby-brained levels of human decency to guide your policy it’s like 99% certain you’ll be goddamn Superman to the average voter

ok thanks i guess

In the JP lodestone interview today YoshiP made an additional comment about mods.

ALMOND IMMEDIATELY IS LIKE ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT, IS THE THING,

Two plushies of quagsire and clodsire sit atop two floor rugs shaped like quagsire and clodsire

Hey so no cause for alarm but my clodsire rugs are almost completely out of stock and I probably won't get another restock until Jan/Feb sooooooo... if you're keen.... 👀

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A quoted tweet from a user named Sam that reads: "How Twitter is rigged Type in all caps because you're excited? Lowers your reputation. Include links? Your score goes down. It's like the Credit Score system from Hell. And given Cisgender is treated as a slur & MAGA boosted, you can guess what's categorized as 'offensive'" The tweet they quoted is from user SADIQ and reads: "Tweepcred is X's reputation system Based on your behavior, you get a tweepcred score It determines your reach Break the algo rules, you score goes down and your reach disappears What are the rules of the X algo tho? Glad you asked." SADIQ includes a photo of Twitter's algorithm code that calculates a user's reputation. SADIQ continues: "Post 'offensive text'? 80% reach reduction Offensive username? 80% reach reduction All caps tweet? That's seen as 'shouting. Major penalization. Include links? Yup, penalized"

I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.

Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.

Be a fan of any fictional world long enough, and eventually you’ll feel like this:

This is ASTOUNDINGLY evil.

I dream of the day that we defeat fascism and also neutrals

#ffxiv

Pyra & Mythra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) holding hands, looking back at the viewer. Today is the 8th anniversary of Xenoblade 2!

Happy 8th Anniversary, Xenoblade 2! Here's some Pyra & Mythra!

#xenobladechronicles #Xenoblade2_fes25 #fanart

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USB Type C
USB Type-0
USB-III: Lightning Returns
Dissidia USB-012: Duodecim
Kingdom Hearts USB: Universal Serial Bus

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

This is for a different problem than I'm trying to solve (lots of old/obscure songs and remixes that will never be on any streaming)... but it will be super helpful if I end up going for local/self-hosted, so tysm!!

Nice, thank you! I know Tidal doesn't have that, which was a bummer.

RIGHT... i got rar hooked on cranberry sauce i think

we did cranberry grilled cheeses to finish up the thanksgiving ham and it was sooooo good

🌀

a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms

you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization

in the hopes someone who has an answer sees this: do any of the better options support local files? unfortunately that's spotify's killer feature for me atm, so unless I go fully local...

CAN YOU CATCH A BREAK.............

Fuck Spotify. There's lots of alternatives

November private payrolls unexpectedly fell by 32,000, led by steep small business job cuts, ADP reports The payrolls decline marked a sharp step down from October, which saw an upwardly revised gain of 47,000 positions.

U.S. companies cut 32,000 workers in November.

AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...

one of my favorite interactions I've ever had is when a Japanese guy in like his 40s, asked me, with a slightly bewildered tone "where do you even hear about this shit? even Japanese people don't know this" in regards to me talking about some old untranslated game

the world is vast! many games!

hoooooo boy there's gonna be some laaawwwwsuuuuuits

reverse advent calendar where I scream a little scream into each tiny box and close it up tight

Japanese devs face font licensing dilemma as leading provider increases annual plan price from $380 to $20,000+ Japanese game makers are struggling to locate affordable commercial fonts after one of the country's leading font licen…

Japanese devs face font licensing dilemma as leading provider increases annual plan price from $380 to $20,000+
www.gamesindustry.biz/japanese-dev...

This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.

What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.

If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people