Erik Novales

now you need a "world's greatest gamer" coffee mug to go along with it

It just struck me that my TV is, like, 11.5 years old, and... it's totally fine?

Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’ Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.

Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.

"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

they ouk now, dude

Came into the replies to post this. Perhaps every generation has their own version of "hammers for ET"?

"don't forget to like and subscribe!"

the crafty fool sells all jokers in advance except the one they want polychromed

I have no idea how this works with the wedding metaphor, though 🤷‍♂️

"I think we should aim for four nines"

I am reading this in the "mongodb is web scale" synthesized voice

A true test of what people will put up with for the sake of the party's class composition

Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.

Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief

We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...

YouTube video by Filthy Little Angels Astrid High in the Morning & Tick Tock Fantastic Plastic promo videos

Repping Astrid too 🫡 💔

Monster Silver: because extreme flavor blasts all ages

This is like the opposite of "saved you a click". Click through and discover that electric vehicles quickly overcome their manufacturing costs and become better for the environment!

Valsalva maneuver - Wikipedia

So, this totally works to help with your ears after flying

swapping out Billy Yank's Necco wafers with Cool Ranch Doritos, like how they give fighter pilots mega amphetamines

part of the assimilation process is learning how to crime like real merkins, I guess?

I feel like there's a parallel with cryptocurrency here, where one of the main failure modes is "lose all of your money"

"tech debt inflates away"

citation needed

Today marks 15 years since the release of Fallout: New Vegas.

Since 2010, players have explored the Mojave Wasteland where countless Couriers have walked the same road—each carving their own story. Thank you for keeping the spirit of the game alive all these years.

Viva New Vegas. 🎲

Imagine ordering this cable, and then realizing that you actually need one that's a little bit longer

guy steals everything from someone's house in Morrowind, then looks over at Peepaw and thinks, "Just another NPC, right?" 🤔

the wisdom of Mysterious Daniel

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Is Bob Mould reforming Sugar with original lineup? There's been no official word, but the Sugar instagram account is followed by the band's Bob Mould, David Barbe, and Malcolm Travis.

This definitely got my attention.

I vastly prefer this metaphor over "idiotproofing"

what I have to keep reminding myself is that things that seem eternal and unchangeable crumble and change all the time

perhaps not predictably, but...

Agreed. I wasn't really conscious of it before we started driving EVs, but gas stations are just unpleasant places to have to go. Not having to deal with them is an unexpected bonus.

a group of people are standing next to each other with lightning coming out of their arms . ALT: a group of people are standing next to each other with lightning coming out of their arms .

Walking into the conference room at work