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i am willing to believe that technology i have worked on is responsible for this clusterfuck of a battlefield release holy lol EA

microservices!

oooh this is a good reminder to add the epub to my "xmas gift suggestions that don't require i pack things home" list, even if anthologies are one of the few things i will make bookshelf space for

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

Kazakhstan's Mangystau plateau, near the border with Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, at sunset. Layers of ancient salt deposits resemble fjords of white, pink, red and orange icing spilling into a vast gray plane

In an obscure corner of Kazakhstan, the remains of an ocean millions of years old have created probably the most surreal landscape on earth -- as captured by photographer Daniel Kordan

mymodernmet.com/daniel-korda...

bah on this less smart, i miss my brain being quick enough to keep up with my hands and keep them from making typos and swapping homophones

similar mood: why'd we spend all this time learning about pushkin and ryazanov and pugacheva to "understand russian culture", aint nobody in russia consuming this, we shoulda just watched a bunch of anime, played HoMM IV, and practiced making GMod machina

i wanna know what onetrust sales presentations are like

do they go in like "we pack like FIFTY different ways to annoy your users into this widget and we're constantly on the lookout for more" caise like what else could they be going for

extra bonus comedy ending: according to spotify, tajikistan, uzbekistan, and kyrgyzstan are all in asia, but qazaqstan is EUROPE

somewhat unsurprisingly, spotify is not available in either turkmenistan or east turkestan, so we have no idea where they're located

comedy ending: while i _was_ curious where ШАМАН would show up (given the absence of any russian cities), it seems that, thankfully, ШАМАН is not available on spotify

for bonus fun, дос мукасан's all qazaqstan (go figure), but адаптация's actually got more play outside than in, only almaty amid minsk, kyiv, warsaw, and ukraine

ялла's got no city data, which is a shame, id be curious if учкудук's cross-union appeal lives on

90s and soviet era stuff (grob, mumiy troll, kino, chaif) gets you mostly western former SSR capitals, warsaw, and sometimes germany; chaif gets the notable exception of showing up big in tel aviv

spotify city rankings for монеточка in october 2025, listing kyiv, minsk, almaty, dnipro, and lviv

hard to say, since smaller or older groups usually have the same lack of city breakdown. NRKTK's obviously not touring, but they've got nothing

for reasons im not really sure of, the one other artist that does almaty up there is монеточка

наадя's actually basically the only group this really holds for. it looks like most other groups are touring outside, and AFAIK наадя ain't (probably on account of the kid), so others have major west european cities ranked higher (riga's usually still in there though)

if only i had some 2021 data for comparison, alas

went and tried to check moremoney out of curiousity for how much it'd differ, but you can't drill down into their location stats for some reason

the spotify listener statistics for the group наадя in october 2025, listing minsk, kyiv, almaty, astana, and riga as the top listener locations

late at night inadvertently finding little signs of the times, наадя's big in astana, almaty, and riga nowadays!

kinda surprised minsk and kyiv beat out the major мигранты destinations but vov

why the fuck does genius have their "you might also like" and "local shows" sideboxes midway through the lyrics in the doc structure

i just wanna copy and paste shit into google translate cleanly damnit

_or_ have your founder CEO type say "elon is the singular solution i trust" from their personal account

what's the _worst_ that could happen if someone takes your shitposts seriously cmon we're all just postin pals here havin a laugh

very much choosing to believe its bsky.app/profile/psyc...

the survey in question is "we sent a surveymonkey questionnaire to _some people_ and presto" (no mention of the actual questions) by some rando couples counseling outfit in dallas, seems legit

California license plate with text "BREST".

Customer: MY NATIVE CITY IN BELARUS
DMV: SOUNDS LIKE BREAST. IT IS A CITY IN BELARUS

Verdict: DENIED

fuck im one of them

even as an approximate i gotta wonder how confusing the turkish course is, i assume it dispenses with any explanation of vowel harmony or consonant assimilation and just tosses endings at you

twitch would like to inform me i have three months of duolingo premium for watching several hours of a horribly online and horribly 2024 russian vn

but it doesnt have the language i want to learn OH NO

the qazaq cyrillic alphabet in print and cursive

from the people that brought you the wonders of русский cursive, қазақ cursive! in addition to the usual set of indecipherable consonants, you've now got у/ү/ұ and э/ә/ө which, realistically, you won't be able to tell apart with my penmanship

alas IU has online versions of their uzbek and uyghur courses, but not qazaq. i guess ASU has qazaq online? but as a summer intensive, not great if youre working a day job

does nazarbayev U use the latest latin alphabet for their courses?

oh hey, language learning pals!

the 12h time difference has been a bit of hindrance to my doing it online. my tutor's only half awake, while im out of energy for the day

also an ongoing annoyance: discovering something uses the latin alphabet and being "okay fine whatever i can deal"...

...until realizing it's the 2018 alphabet. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa no take it awaaaaaaaay

ongoing frustrations: not even the goddamn state TV channel has subs! you'd think _they'd_ be likely to have em

After Trump, Tokayev Also Calls Climate Change a “Fraud” and Praises Coal in Kazakhstan - Аналитический интернет-журнал Власть Kazakhstan's president said his country will continue to focus on coal, a major setback for its decarbonization goals

@vlastkz.bsky.social debunks Tokayev's claim that coal is great for #Kazakhstan, as Tokayev makes an about-face and echoes Trump in declaring that climate change is a "con"
vlast.kz/english/6661...