So many gacha updates~ HSR: Completely drained my Jades to get a copy of Rin for my Archer team and got my first E6 character (Yanqing). ZZZ: Pulled Ramielle, her sig and her Bangboo and claimed Hugo and his for the anniversary. WuWa: Pulled Changli on the Starpath Reverbs banner.

Who could've guessed that demanding adults compromise the security of their personal data while having no way to stop kids from just scanning someone else's ID instead of legally-requiring parents actually use the myriad of parental control options available on every device wasn't going to work out?

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · last wk.

UK's admit the that Online Safety Act has in large part failed, and announce an inquiry into why the age-verification bill has not worked as (age-verification providers) promised.

When I know nothing about cars whatsoever and I successfully figure out how to buy and put oil in it: (Art by Sneefee)

I'm just realizing I haven't done the 3.0 main story content in Zenless Zone Zero and the patch ends in a couple of days. I really, really, really need to stop waiting until the last second to catch up on my games. 💀

Absolutely fuck this summer and heat dome nonsense. If I had my way, I'd be in a cozy cabin someplace covered in snow year-round, with an 90s sitcom playing on the TV or a game OST on as background noise, an iced coffee on the table and a chubby guy or girl sitting on my face. =w=

Seeing these 100F+ temperatures again has me so unbelievably stressed. I fucking hate how hot it gets here. If I could snap my fingers and go live in a place that's eternally between 15-55F all year round, I would.

Okay, so I may have almost completely drained all of my remaining saved up Jades to pull for Dan Heng PT's Light Cone and Evernight because I wanted my Remembrance team to be stronger and him to be a better sustain...

I ended up having to go to pity three dang times because I lost my Himeko Nova 50/50 to standard Himeko (welcome home, E4), but I got her and her Light Cone! ✨ I was hoping my luck would be better so I'd have enough Jades left over to go for Aventurine SP next patch, but that's not looking good~ 💀

Instead of blaming the notorious coke fiend heroin junkie that's actually responsible for the outbreak, they've decided that, because they can't blame it on immigrants, they'd just find a Mexican restaurant to pin it on.

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

Federal and state health officials are reportedly investigating whether Taco Bell restaurants played a role in one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of an illness that causes explosive diarrhea

I swear, the effort and budget they've put into the various trailers and shorts for Himeko Nova was well-spent because god damn~ ✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH2U...

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"Verify your age" I remember who Ross Perot is.

Beeb 🔜 Home@rabidraccoon.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Verify your age" I was part of a group that read Homestuck on stream. I was Jake.

For the record, I can't see any NSFW posts on here on either of my accounts. That github workaround did make it possible to continue accessing Bluesky, but it doesn't seem to get around this stupid fucking nonsense.

I finished binging Just Shoot Me the other day and decided I wanted to go back and finally watch Murphy Brown, but it's not on any streaming services because of the music rights nightmare it apparently was. 💀 Thank goodness for the Internet Archive having episodes. ✨

Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell in hell trying to get the attention of Ronald Reagan

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Bluesky really just rolled that out and thought it was gonna fly, huh.

Got really lucky and managed to win my 50/50 on Lucy’s collab banner in WuWa right as I ran out of steam to grid in-game anymore. ✨ I also grabbed Sandrone a few days after the patch dropped in Genshin since I was already basically at pity and she was on guarantee. Time to sleep, I think. 😴

Doing a binge-watch of any 90s sitcom in 2026 is tough because everything will be puttering along just fine and then, out of nowhere, there will be some reference to Donald Trump or a random cameo from Kevin Sorbo or Dean Cain or Joe Rogan and it's just an immediate buzzkill.

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ALT: Soul Eater Black Star and Death The Kid

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Attempting to take one (1) sip of ice cold water after a week of drinking nothing but coffee and soda~

Capitalism is a cancer on society. We absolutely have the technology to live in a post scarcity world, but the worst fucking losers on earth *need* scarcity because how else will they get another 0 in their already absurd wealth? The fear of marxism is 100% fabricated, btw.

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · last mo.

Too cheap to meter. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Let your worries fly away. Full Color for Leo / Vanillion~

Before January 2028, every country needs to pass laws declaring that digital purchases of games, movies, etc constitute ownership and that publishers must provide full and complete physical copies if, at any time for any reason, they wish to delist titles or terminate service that affects access.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

"As consumer preferences and the broader entertainment industry continue to shift away from physical discs to digital, physical game disc production for all new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028."

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Bah. I hate that I'm going to bed at almost 5pm, but I've been up since 9pm yesterday and I don't think I can white-knuckle staying awake any longer. x_x

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It's taking everything I have not to pull for Lohen in Genshin right now. I have a solid weapon for him (Primordial Jade-Wing Spear) and there's no doubt he's gonna end up in Cryo jail like Wriothesley, Shenhe, Ganyu, etc, but I just know that if I skip Sandrone, it'll be another Ineffa situation.

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We’ve gone from “Someday, computers will fit in a single room” to “Someday, a computer will sit on your desk” to “Someday you’ll fit a powerful computer in your pocket or on your wrist” to … “Someday, computers will be the size of small cities” 🙄

Iridium Wolf@iridiumwolf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Datacenter(s) in VA, for reference. :P