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I guess it's always going to be a rocky relationship, given you've just spent a bazillion dollars to get elected and then you discover that in addition to the job you thought you were going to get, the Egyptian gods are real and they're angry with all of Earth.

I assume it's like:

"Sir, Major Hammond is on the-"
"Nope."
"But sir, it sounded urg-"
"Look, pal. It's always urgent, and it's always batshit. If you value your job, you will tell him I am out."
"...I'll tell him to leave a message, sir."

I hope that one day Stargate SG1 shows one of these conversations Major Hammond is always having with the President.

Starting a thread for fun or interesting games I want to share! First up is RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike. I have dozens of hours in the demo alone, and it come out this month! It’s my most anticipated game right now :)

store.steampowered.com/app/3784030/...

Congratulations! Also, I want to read the heck out of this!

Wait, you slice it rather than breaking warm chunks off with your hands???? We are very different people.

It is a harrowing thing to realise that "laundry" is an ongoing state of affairs rather than a single task one can complete. You can't even get ahead of it because time is so fucking linear.

Hello I wrote an essay for this :) I have also dipped in and read stuff by so many smart colleagues and I can tell you this is a BARGAIN and a TREASURE TROVE! (paperback is £14.99)

Get ready to visit @nictringali.bsky.social et al’s new world. Or rather, very very old world, May 6th

Would that be more or less ethical than a human quoting “spectacular” when the full sentence is “this was a spectacular waste of my time.”

I too struggle with object permanence.

In Stargate SG1, I really admire General Hammond's habit of writing off any colleague who is no longer in his direct line of sight.
"Well, I guess that guy is gone forever."
"General, I'm here! I just went to the bathroom!"
"No point conducting a search. Let's print the obit."
"But General!"
"RIP."

you might think I need to get new material, but I am confident I can dine out on this for at least another decade.

I know other millennials keep banging on about quicksand, but I honestly thought knowing about pyroclastic flow would be more important in my day-to-day than it has turned out to be.

Julia McKenzie has the vibe of a really capable and still pretty active governess. She's all sensible shoes and tweed, while Jane Marple is woollen shawls.

The whole thing about Miss Marple is that she seems really fluffy and old and gossipy. She can't go marching about, so she listens and knits and chats and people-watches until all the pieces fall into place.

And I know it's been said a million times, but Julia McKenzie just isn't Jane Marple. It's possibly the most baffling casting I've ever seen.

Finally watching ITV's Marple, and it's frankly exhausting to see how they've shoehorned her into so many non-Marple mysteries.

The Kaleidoscope launches next week: you can sign up to be emailed when it's out at the link below, or just keep your eyes peeled to our feed.

The thinness of the skin would also explain how all that bile keeps leaking out

What is the lifespan of software? What if you make software that's silly and full of whimsy? Will people remember it? Anyway, here's a video someone recently posted of “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan performed through the composer feature in Mario Paint, a game released on Super Nintendo in 1992

i need more people to play Creature Kitchen, it's SO GOOD

Creature Kitchen on Steam A creepy-cozy cooking simulator where you befriend local wildlife and feed them their favorite snacks! With a strange house to search and forest to explore, the witching hour has only begun.

Creature Kitchen is such a charming food game with a light horror aesthetic! I loved the ending so much <3 @therat.zone
store.steampowered.com/app/3097300/...

Dude still has more food to eat, I guess.

Eat more food, get more smart - got it.

”My bone chair is made from over 200 human bones, but it you think about it, a human is also made from over 200 human bones…”

An alligator Pokémon with stickers to add a tropical cocktail and heart sunnies

A water dragon Pokémon with a Santa hat sticker delivering a lecture

A Psyduck swimming away from the camera with stickers to add a straw boater and a lil butthole

A really dippy looking magicarp gnawing on an apple

Back on my bullshit

tbf this was progress. the usual answer is "no. it is at home on the shelf by the door where I cannot possibly miss it and will definitely remember to bring it out with me."

Ma'am, would you like me to put your takeout coffee in your reusable mug?

No. I'm afraid it is where I am keeping the interesting twigs I found in the park.