Sometimes people basically "understand" Star Wars or Lord of the Rings or whatever but they choose to favor the bad guys anyway, because they have bad values and the bad guys embody those things. It's not always a problem of literacy! In fact it's arguably a type of very successful reading!
"sorry agoraphobia lady, come pick up this gift card" is a funny bit
The new episode of A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs is up! Nietzsche! Anthony Newley! The Small Faces! Wendy Richard! It can only be part one of the two parter on "Space Oddity" by David Bowie.
Song 187, “Space Oddity” by David Bowie, Part One, “Commencing Countdown Engines On”
This episode is the first of a two-parter on “Space Oddity”, and the early career of David Bowie. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of…
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Don't know if AI haters fully understand that if you use the chat feature in Claude (aimed at casuals), it's a normal chat interface, all soothing serious sepia, but you switch over to Code, the tool for jobhavers, and it's all cute videogame sprites and token burn trackers e.g. a slot machine
Under the new UK legislation I demand that the surviving members of Monty Python be arrested and executed without trial. youtu.be/Dax_tnZRExc?...
Monty Python - Sit on My Face (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Monty Python
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The situation in France shows clearly how moral panics work to normalise authoritarian measures The law banning face coverings in public spaces was the result of an islamophobic moral panic against the burqa in 2010/11 (c. 500-2000 women as folk devils) Today, it is used against everyone
The "non milsim content" warning in the new call of duty is incredible. I'm going to be referring to this for years
Forslag til halloweenkostymer for voksne: - Melding i digipost - SMS fra Nav - Svigerfamilie med langrennsfetisj - Charter-Svein - Teambuildingshelg - Folk som sier "vi er jo alle litt autistiske" - Kabaret
Anyway, I haven't posted any fanfic in over a decade and yet on day 2 of this thing I am thinking about how I should really get that neocities site off the ground
hey girl this ao3 stuff has me going through the Archive of my mind and thinking about a future Of Our Own
dm your ex now. this might be your only chance
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You: she scrib on my doon till I biddy my blas Blue no matter who resist lib following 30k people: oh so you people don't care about the Epstein files? Guy who has been searching for every mention of Biddy Blas: I need to suck on his scaly toes Your favorite author: *quietly mutes you*
I Oslo kan vi ende opp med at den som ikke er enig med 8 marskomiteen om sexarbeid eller surrogati IKKE LENGER HAR TALERETT på møtene. Støtt sexkjøpsloven eller holdt kjeft! Spenstig.
“protein enriched chocolate chip cookie” is kinda the perfect synthesis of the conflicting american male desires to be a spartan warrior and also five years old
to me the existential threat posed by AI slop games is less "AI slop games will steal our sales" and more "the onslaught of AI slop and the exhaustion over having to second guess every new game will make people mentally check out from supporting new games at all and retreat to their backlogs"
once again this website wants to tell me about some youtuber