Had a substitute jujitsu teacher today, perhaps the funniest man who has ever lived. Instead of saying “your opponent” or whatever he just says “dude” as in “so if dude does this, you do the dick dance on dude, take him down and BAM dude is fried. Any questions?” *Hand raises* “…the dick dance?”

Forgive me for my sunny disposition, it's just that this is the first time in at least 20 years where I've been having a better week than Ed Sheeran.

"I can't put my crew out of work" so pay them anyway. You can afford it. What's the point of having Fuck You money if you never say Fuck You to anyone? The truth is that if he stuck to his guns the venues either would have folded or he would have been very, very slightly less rich.

Pop Base@popbase.tv · 2d ago

Ed Sheeran has released a statement on Macklemore being removed from his tour for speaking up for Palestine: “I am not complicit. […] Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have [my own opinions], and it doesn't mean I don't care.”

Great day to be an Ed Sheeran hater

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3d ago

Rapper Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour after he made a “Free Palestine” speech on stage earlier this month

I've played this entire game and (as is my tradition) romanced everyone I could romance. This restriction is absolutely absurd, and we need to stop allowing puritan dipshits from deciding what media we can and can't consume.

Meikosaurus@meikosaurus.bsky.social · 3d ago

During beta, I think I was able to see most content Nighthawks has to offer and I can confidently say that it does NOT require the adult-only label. Its "adult" themes are on par with prime time TV (and even there, it is much tamer than i.e. Game of Thrones) and Valve is being very silly here.

The reason that AI companies are saying "it's too dangerous! we have to slow down!" is that they are no longer making progress and need that fact to appear deliberate.

I confirmed this was the case, sent the plumber home and told him to let his boss know why we won’t be using them again. He seemed just as annoyed with the situation, and I feel bad for him. The deception is the really irritating part. Just say it’s an AI so I can say no, don’t try and trick me.

Patrick McNamara@dogfoodstudios.bsky.social · 6d ago

I’m 80% sure my plumber just had a speakerphone conversation with an AI chatbot pretending to be his supervisor.

I’m 80% sure my plumber just had a speakerphone conversation with an AI chatbot pretending to be his supervisor.

if you're a millenial who can't quite let harry potter go because you're worried you'll have to build an entirely new personality, i cannot recommend leaning into pokemon enough.

Esoteric Ebb? Should have called it Discworld Elysium.

Black Dynamite has the mark of a timeless comedy: jokes that still hit hard even when you know they’re coming and have seen them and quoted them a dozen times.

It is easy and comfortable to think, look at this thing we made, we have worked so hard, the hard work is the proof that it is good, people will buy it because they will see we have worked hard and thus made a good thing

Hannah Flynn 🐀@itshannahflynn.bsky.social · 2w ago

when you're promoting an indie game, you need a "why would someone buy this" mentality Not a "why wouldn't someone buy this" mentality If anyone is interested I will try to elaborate

The biggest mistake I see with all kinds of blurbs is starting with deep lore, like “The Thane Knights of Crepulia have waited 14 throngs for the rebellion of the Anilids, but they never expected the coming of the Foreshortened One”. No one cares, get to the point.

Hannah Flynn 🐀@itshannahflynn.bsky.social · 2w ago

when you're promoting an indie game, you need a "why would someone buy this" mentality Not a "why wouldn't someone buy this" mentality If anyone is interested I will try to elaborate

Adventure Game Hotspot makes the fatal mistake of asking me to talk about my game Nighthawks. Cue a long discussion about consent, tutorial gargoyles, and why Nighthawks is very different from settings like Vampire: The Masquerade. (Hint: No Masquerade.) adventuregamehotspot.com/interview/71...

Richard Cobbett – Nighthawks | Adventure Game Hotspot

adventuregamehotspot.com

This was one of the standout parts of Sarah Goldberg’s performance in Barry. She could play Sally, Sally giving a bad performance and Sally giving an amazing performance. It much so stressful to be told “ok in this take, she’s giving a fantastic performance. Do one of those.”

Sridhar Ramesh@radishharmers.bsky.social · 2w ago

Actors love to play characters being bad at acting, to make it look like acting is hard. Whatever. I'll be impressed by your acting skill when you show me you're capable of playing an actor acting better than you can actually act. That's good acting.

People who don’t mix music will never know the horror of the dreaded Car Test, where you take the beloved mix you’ve been working on for weeks into the car and discover that it sounds so bad that you’re genuinely worried that you might have committed a crime.

Cheer Captain@cheercaptain.wang · 2w ago

I was actually a little nervous to release a song without playing it in my 2015 Passat, that’s my go-to for checking the mix. I hate how my songs sound in my spouse’s Rav 4. I turn into Tim Curry in Rocky Horror: “I didn’t mix it for YoOU”

As a Goku theologian I can confirm that this is the case.

Ify Nwadiwe@ifycomedy.com · 3w ago

Wrong. Goku would simply be disinterested in Road Runner because he displays cunning not strength. Vegeta on the other hand, would spend 5 episodes of B story getting his shit rocked.

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his balls? "No!" Says Lil Jon, "It belongs to the windows! To the walls!"

Saw someone say “who’s that?” to a picture of Grover and feel like I have to explain to them that this is like not knowing who Madonna is.

I would probably be more worried about Russia attacking the 32 countries in NATO (31 if you include the US) if they weren’t currently having their asses comprehensively kicked by the single country they are currently at war with. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Russia says UK ‘playing with fire’ amid reports CIA chief has warned Kremlin not to attack Nato

Moscow threatens retaliation after Andy Burnham says UK will help Ukraine start producing long-range missiles

theguardian.com

any statement like ‘Gen z have no literacy/cannot write/spell/communicate’ that is not also coupled with ‘their means of learning has been eradicated by tech fascism and government removal of funding’ is not worth listening to or boosting. the kids are living under the regime we allowed

All I know is that if I had the talent to write I Will Always Love You on my lunchbreak I would not also be famed for my grace and gentle good humour.

Patrick McNamara@dogfoodstudios.bsky.social · 3w ago

It is hard to overstate what an incredible songwriting talent Dolly Parton was. One of the greatest to ever do it. It’s a shame she couldn’t be with us forever.

It is hard to overstate what an incredible songwriting talent Dolly Parton was. One of the greatest to ever do it. It’s a shame she couldn’t be with us forever.

I always see people say “well there’s no way to make the ultra-rich pay their taxes” and I just don’t think we can say that until we’ve tried predator drones.

dr. rich traditions, JD@helldude.bsky.social · 3w ago

i don't see any rational case for allowing billionaires and now trillionaires to exist, especially fundamentally free of taxation. why are we letting these people tie up all assets while carrying them around on our backs. no

Supposedly earth eclipses are one of the most unique and special things about our planet, along with Pizza Hut. If we were an intergalactic tourist destination, it’d be our big money spinner.

Brooke@brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 3w ago

I don’t know why we’re expected to defeat nazis using spirited debate when we’ve already discovered a perfectly viable method for defeating them.

“if we don’t stand up for the free speech of racists, it puts everyone’s free speech in danger.” - guy who only ever talks about free speech when it’s racism

Remember: fascists aren't engaging in free speech, they're engaging in a criminal conspiracy to enslave all the Blacks and murder all the Jews. Maybe you think that should be included in free speech, maybe you think slavery isn't a crime, I dunno man. But that's what they're doing, that's the plan.

In related news, we already know what to do with people like Cofnas because our grandparents did it. They just didn't do it to all of them and now the Nazis are everywhere again.