Panic! at the Grocery Store

I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.

Mark Zuckerberg’s hate-speech gamble fuels Gen Z radicalization on Instagram as millions watch Hitler speeches and Holocaust denial clips | Fortune The hottest far-right influencer right now isn’t Nick Fuentes—it’s Hitler. And his videos are appearing next to JPMorgan and U.S. Army ads

Not a “gamble,” but rather instagram working as intended.

2 young kitties cuddled up in a hammock together near the window, looking cozy.

How it's going:

Semiannual reminder that if the holidays are reminding you that you want to help your neighbors, pick a day and put it on your calendar. My homeless friends have told me that they could eat 30 free meals on Thanksgiving if they wanted to, but mid- February or March it all dries up!

yep

I don't post much here. I keep getting random followers I don't know who follow thousands of accounts and post a bunch of spam. I'm kind of over it.

Taking ferals to the clinic is always an adventure. Yesterday, a random lady in cheetah-print leggings tried to convince me her dog had bonded with me and that I should adopt him. Today, I met a nice lady who said she wanted to refer me to some rescues to help adopt out my kittens. Score!

a pile of feral kittens hiding behind the toilet

Welp, I caught some spicy chili beans out in the yard

2 cats cuddled up together in the same pet bed.

These 2 are ridiculous.

A screenshot showing the muted words and tags setting ignoring a thumbtack

How to remove spam:

A plate of 3 tacos on a computer desk. Tofu/cabbage filling, sour cream, lettuce, tomato, and cheese!

Taco time!

ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.

thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...

Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) .@Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes our entire database

This thread is incredible.

I am not a baby person, and babies absolutely deserve to be spoiled <3

I particularly appreciate his straightforward, clear way of dismantling the "don't be politically correct" guide on Grok

YouTube video by Gaydar Zohran Mamdani Tests Anania's Gaydar | Gaydar Episode 11

At a time when many Democrats are avoiding even mentioning trans people, Mamdani went on Anania's Gaydar that is hosted by a Black trans woman. This is absolutely amazing and hilarious.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Frc...

Hell yeah!

YouTube video by Horror Central Velocipastor | Full Monster Horror Movie | Horror Central

Yo @knastymike.bsky.social have you seen this one? I feel like you need this www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtJy...

what happened to bsky being part of a decentralized network protocol that specifically prevents things like this from being enforceable?

Oh no ughhhh

I bought a pound of cereal marshmallows and I'm not sorry ::sips hot chocolate::

Tonight I'm texting Nancy Pelosi and asking HER for $5

I'm so cold my fingers will hardly type so I have a heating pad in my chair because someone not me keeps the a/c too cold

Jonathan Joss (Comanche, White Mountain Apache) did not simply die from a gunshot. He was murdered in a homophobic, racist hate crime by his former neighbors. He died saving his partners life. Honor his legacy-- both queerness and Indigeneity are inextricable to why he was targeted.

sheet music with the instruction "suddenly very gay"

every company from june 1st until june 30th

If you follow more than 5k accounts and you decide to follow me, it's an auto-block.

What is with these random accounts following me that follow thousands and just post AI-generated images of politics/news?

The Utter Flimsiness of xAI’s Processes xAI's was happy to put "white genocide" stuff back into Grok's system prompt without second thought.

Short write-up about how I got xAI to briefly add "white genocide" stuff back into Grok's system prompt.
smol.news/p/the-utter-...

This is a good band photo

A SKELTON GRABBIN THERE HEAD AND IT SAY'S " I FEAR NOTHING!!!! EXCEPT : THE SOUND OF PEOPLE EATING, STRANGER TOUCHING ME, FREINDS ALL SECRETLY HATE ME, ELEVATOR CHOPS ME IN HALF AS IM GETTING INN, STEP IN WET WHILE WEARING SOCK'S, SOMETIMES SCARED NO REASON " BUT EVERY OTHER THING CAN KISS MY DAMB ASS!!! I FEAR NO MAN OR RULE'S OF MAN!!!!! I CURSE THE SYSTEMS WHO KEEP THERE KNEES ON OUR HEADS I CURSE ALL MANAGER'S COPS BOSSES INVESTORS AND COMPUTERS!!! YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNLESS YOU ASK NICELY THEN I FEEL OBLIGATED TO DO IT! ILL DO IT BUT I WONT LIKE IT MOTHER FUCKER!!!!! - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

I FEAR NOTHING - dashare.zone ADMIN