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Artist, Artisan, A Man Of Stately Reserve. Watching A Billion Suns Ignite. First guy on here to ever catch a block for posting about dishwashers.
Aaron Swartz deserves more justice and reconsideration than almost anybody in this century
Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 4h ago"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."
I know the whole Cinema Sins angle of film criticism is at best a sterile dead end but sometimes a film that is so stupid comes along….
The director of Sex Purge: Please don't ask me questions about the Sex Purge
Crucial to note that Image said they “will not be working with Warren on anything further until he has made amends to the satisfaction of all involved” back in 2021… it took them just three years to break this promise by reprinting DESOLATION JONES in 2024
ComicsXF@comicsxf.com · 14h agoAs a reminder, in 2020, more than 60 people accused Warren Ellis of grooming and sexual impropriety, coming together to create the website somanyofus.com. In its most recent update, in 2023, the site posted: "To the best of our knowledge, Warren Ellis took none of the steps we hoped he would."
if your government software looks like this, it will never break, never need replacement, and will work on every computer since we landed on the moon
onekade@onekade.bsky.social · 17h agoThis is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just...
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if it's layoffs on ship no matter what, never pay that company for anything. why would you. your money will never reach anyone who worked on what you bought, or respected those people. you'll not be investing in anything in any sense software is on the honour system and these people have no honour
Insider Gaming@insider-gaming.com · 10h agoHalo Studios Hit by Layoffs After Campaign Evolved Launch insider-gaming.com/halo-studios...
New ‘Ted Lasso’ Season Aims To Teach Viewers About Shapes, Colors https://theonion.com/new-ted-lasso-season-aims-to-teach-viewers-about-shapes-colors/
KFC announces their frontier-class model briefly escaped its sandbox and attempted to exfiltrate the 27 herbs and spices
am trying to imagine a world where all tokens are fungible. shaking in terror
All the people who are anti-NFT or want to slow NFT progress, I have one question: If NFTs disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without Bored Apes, CryptoPunks, or any other NFT? Imagine NFT was suddenly banned. Would you actually be willing to give it up?
There’s an intense focus on other forms of discrimination throughout the English speaking world and no attention to no-holds-barred Islamophobia in right wing outlets, and casual Islamophobia in mainstream outlets
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h agoIf you think Fox has ramped up the Islamophobic outrage over Abdul El-Sayed's victory, you really need to check out what Newsmax was doing last night. It's hard to put into words how racist this is, but also notice how the anchor lies and calls El-Sayed an "immigrant from another Muslim country."
First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.
![the-unflappablewolf on tumblr: "Who would you trust more?
[Poll option: total stranger in a star trek shirt? with 94.5% vote share]
[Poll option: total stranger in a star wars shirt? with 5.5% vote share]"
thebaconsandwichofregret: "No exaggeration, the vote split on this poll is hysterical."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreifvkgokhq2n4nnn6qsqerdmeqqksuh7rtv3mpvl75gl324s4iapsy)
The 15 minute city conspiracy theory is very weird to me because it’s just a straight description of urban spaces that are good. Why would you be against proximity to services and infrastructure
The total amount a UK political party can spend in a General election year across 650 candidates is half that - and this was a single candidate in a single primary.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · yesterdayNo matter the margin the story is that Haley Stevens got $70M of support, more than $30M of it from a single organization, and still lost.
people say lottery tickets are cheap hope, but so are notebooks in a different way
amy brown@amybrown.xyz · yesterdaythinking about buying a new notebook. does anyone know which notebook will fix whatever is wrong with me this time
Terry Pratchett's ghost is about to slash his tires again
katie@supermathskid.bsky.social · 2d agookay now he's gone too far
I want to throw out there that I saw Cat Power on tour with Modest Mouse and the Pixies and iirc Chan was rambling about COVID before ending her set. It was bizarre
kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · 2d agoCat Power is antivax
Terrible news, especially for their workers. Just a deeply disappointing ending for such a promising company. I hate this.
Techmeme@techmeme.com · 2d agoBending Spoons agrees to acquire Airtable in an all-cash deal valuing the US software company at $1.285B, set to close by 2026-end, its first post-IPO deal (Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
just got an app on my motorola razr that does the Howie Scream when ever my fingers or my toes or my penis is bitten by dogs