Jim Vark 🌌

Image from https://benansell.substack.com/p/british-politics-midlife-crisis showing intended PMC vote in next election, showing band of centre-right leaning 'don't know' voters.

Based on policy, I would argue that Labour leadership runs ideologically much closer to the 'don't know' sector on this graph.

The party leadership is much more right leaning than the non-Labour left voters so this appeals to them as it means they can push right policies and not trouble themselves with stuff against their ideological preferences.

This is a solid summary of where the electorate stands vs the major parties, but I think it needs to be stressed a lot more that the reason Labour courts Reform-leaning voters is because they think all the left leaning voters will fall in line if they invoke the Tories/Reform victory bogeyman.

Watch this Titans TD, TRUST ME. You cannot predict ball.

getting rid of the Resident Lowtax did help a lot too in fairness

again, the SA forums are for the most part, ironically, a very pleasant place to post these days. turns out strict moderation and a :10bux: entry fee were the right idea all along

it's the vikings dna

oh no

I can't believe people are missing the point on the whole "don't be racist to AI" thing so badly. It's not about not hating AI, it's about not cosplaying real world racism in ways that make it seem like you *really* wish you could use the slurs you've swapped out for the AI terms.

it's so weird to me that people like this appear to just... not understand the app they're using at all? just a total incuriosity to figure out why they've bumped into a barrier, just instant 'I'm right and superior to this antisocial asshole'

posting so badly you trigger lowtax’s ex-wife has got to pop up an achievement somewhere

if I had a nickel for every time a large social media platform owner decided it would be a good move to attempt the lowtax speedrun of community sentiment...

if lowtax's ex-wife is saying you remind her of fucking lowtax maybe you should stop posting

once again, I have been saying

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

Scientists rappelled down cliffs to reach the nests of bearded vultures, which have a diet of bones and paint their feathers red with mud. Inside the nests were perfectly preserved human artifacts from the Middle Ages. By me, for Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... 🧪

Nah man a big part of why the UB stuff makes me sad is cause I know it's extremely popular so they're going to keep doing it despite it making the parts of the game I deeply care about worse. Like I know a bunch of people are going to buy the 6th marvel set but that doesn't make my FNM fire.

isn't that post actually confirming that it *is* regarding the same issues as the OSA? specifically how they intend to identify and handle differently under 18 users? and I guess imgur's response is 'we aren't, also bye'

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Ok this imgur thing is going to be what tips me into just perma VPNing up, I cannot be reading shit online and seeing this everywhere:

I believe access issues with VPNs are more for content platforms that have a self-interest in locking you to the correct region (Netflix etc), regulatory stuff they really do not give a shit and probably are hoping users are VPNing rather than avoiding completely

and we were already doing extremely badly at making sure all of our systems put out decent quality end product, AI is just dumping massive amounts of fuel on that fire

it's thisssss

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

I HAVE BEEN SAYING hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...

Can someone start up a People's Fund or something where we can all throw in 5 bucks and we just bet it all against AI-infected companies being around in 5 years?

Text describing the current state of business in media and tech (and most industries, truly)

Kind of want to put this bit on a billboard somewhere (or, idk, replace every web ad everywhere with this text) bsky.app/profile/edzi...

at first glance my brain skipped over the "on a scooter" part here so I was busy picturing a kid humming merrily as they bounced in tow down the street

someone at labour hq must have money on getting the poll numbers down to single figures or something

Brick Immortar also has like 4 materials engineers and 3 navy divers discussing salvage and rescue operations in those particular waters at that particular time in those specific conditions in minute detail while the Guardian went with "it was very difficult"

researching a maritime disaster in 2025:

Option A: 350 word article by someone from politics beat

Option B: 60 min netflix docu with 45 min of unsubstantiated vibes

Option C: some rando YTer called Brick Immortar who has a 4 hr breakdown with all court docs & interviews with every survivor

This album still slaps, 10/10

Experimental post: The Inevitable March of Time
From the moment of this post, Super Mario Bros. is now closer to World War II than it is to the present day.