Jeff Dean's defense of why Google Scholar deadnames trans people was: "We have to ensure accurate information" he also fired people who raised concerns about deadnaming internally he wasn't even responsible for Scholar, fighting against trans researchers was a side project for him

incredible discovery here: the 1762 original of the ha ha ha yes sicko cartoon courtesy of thomas waters new book “Magic”

Silver Ball Century is back to Tuesdays for a bit! Tomorrow's episode has some iconic games as we enter 1993 in pinball history. posts.arborelia.net/silver-ball-...

Silver Ball Century ep. 66 - Don't Touch the Door

Now here's something we hope you'll really like.

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Seven months ago, we put together this fundraiser and lots of people showed up and contributed and it finally happened. espie has the blue pills now! she gets to start HRT! She's had to deal with a lot, and she wouldn't have gotten here without all y'all's support. Thank you all so, so much

arborelia@arborelia.net · 7mo ago

on Saturday, @ashodin.com and I are doing a fundraising stream with, and for, @solar-espeon.bsky.social You may know espie from being the author of The Pinball Primer (pinballprimer.github.io), a guide to nearly 800 pinball machines or from being the Dr. Mario Silver League speed champion

day 1 hrt 8/3/2026

My NES era continues: Dr. Mario speed practice, and maybe learning more NES 50 Bingo twitch.tv/arborelia

I'm pretty happy with this map of The Goonies II that I made for the NES 50 guide

Crosswords make this kind of adjustment all the time. Consider (first image) how in 2020 ELON was usually clued via Elon Musk. As it became clear that Musk was a white supremacist psychopath, puzzles began cluing ELON almost exclusively by reference to Elon University (second image, 2025-26).

AVCX Classic@avcx.bsky.social · 3d ago

Just thinking maybe, perhaps, possibly, it’s time to stop putting JK Rowling things in the crossword puzzle

sometimes I see a garfield frame and go "oh lord that one's gonna run numbers"

Garfield and Friends Screens@garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 3d ago

so the UFO 50 folks came up with a new set of goals called NES 50, for 50 different NES games. I'm going to try to learn some of them (also I made the Goonies 2 goals and need to write a guide to them soon) twitch.tv/arborelia

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learning 50 NES games for NES 50 Bingo | Streaming retro.

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I felt compelled

barleybap@barleybap.bsky.social · 5d ago

Might as well just pilot an Eva. Yes, the trauma is marginally more certain. But you get to meet Asuka!

I'm going to be commentating another No Logic match, the deciding game between malmo and JDSilvergun, starting around 9pm twitch.tv/SpeedGaming2

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A Link to the Past Randomizer No Logic Tournament 2026. @supermalmoworld vs @JDSilvergun. !nologic for info | Streaming the legend of zelda: a link to the past.

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megapixel Dvorak MIDI gender transition shareware

Rev. Halcyon Daze@facilitatrix.bsky.social · 6d ago

World builder Air quotes Caffeinate Misgender Extremophile

my description of the IFPA right now is: - They are okay with trans people who don't make a fuss - Trans people who don't make a fuss are okay with them - If there is a conflict between trans people and cis men, they will 100% side with cis men - "can't we all just play pinball" they say

Tomorrow (Thursday) night, Silver Ball Century brings you some more peak pinball from 1992 posts.arborelia.net/silver-ball-...

Silver Ball Century ep. 65 - Late 1992 - Star Fish

1992 brings some top-tier tables and a new manufacturer.

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trying to recommend games to me is like trying to get a new toy for a cat. i'll give it a sniff and go "that's kind of neat i guess." and then go back to playing with the same beaten up toy i've been batting around for the past several years

Site update! 29 July 2026 New pages (new total = 909 games): Hi-Score Pool (Chicago Coin, 1971) FJ (Hankin, 1978) Middle Earth (Atari, 1978) Big House (Premier Gottlieb, 1989) Al's Garage Band Goes on a World Tour (Alvin G. & Co., 1992) Updated pages: 2001/Dimension/Galaxie (Gottlieb, 1971)

hey, cis folks! way too often these things end up being trans people passing the same $20 around until they’re the ones on a bad run of luck. if you’ve been wondering about real ways to help right now, this kind of thing truly matters. if you can chip in, please do.

victoria scott@victoriascott.bsky.social · last wk.

Hey I’ve got some friends who have had an insanely bad run of luck and could use some help getting back on their feet, if you have anything you can chip in. Thanks so much 💜💜💜 www.gofundme.com/f/help-two-t...

this is not an answer that means anything to most people, but, the podcaster and writer Sarah Rhea Werner when I was last trying to do voice training, her voice was one of the voices I was trying to emulate, but I have made peace with the fact that I'll never have a voice as golden as hers

Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w ago

You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?

Pinburgh is the tournament I look forward to most in the year, and this year was a great time with great friends I wish I had played better in WIPT but I'm happy with how I did in the open Pinburgh tournament itself

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Punk Rock Pinball just banned AI art on their Facebook page, which effectively bans it in tournament flyers! I love this organization more every day

I didn't make the WIPT pinball playoffs this year, but Kat made it again! twitch.tv/foxcitiespin...

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LIVE TOURNAMENT: WIPT QUALIFYING & FINALS! LIVE FROM PINBURGH | Streaming pinball.

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noooo I never got to play it #pinburgh

Not me looking fire at the women's tournament today

made an attempt at porting @sirocyl.bsky.social 's legendary "I broke IKEA" cohost post to video so it can live on (because archive.org appears to have broken the embed in its capture, unfortunately)

The last thing I expected to happen today was the lead programmer of Tattoo Assassins introducing himself to me as someone who watches my stream.

brownout! At the pinball tournament