Syn Fawkes
@synicism.bsky.social
Tabletop gamer, combat sports enthusiast, lawyer, photographer, and geeky foster parent. Giver of legal advice to Midwest Furry Fandom, Inc. What's here are my own opinions, not those of anyone else. FA: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/synicism
One of the things that I have consistently taught other people is that if you did your best, and met your own goals, then you've succeeded. Even if by an external metric like grades, compliance scores, or wins in a competition you didn't succeed.
... Someone I know through one of my many nerd groups just announced that he lost his partner to suicide yesterday. I don't know him super well but he has always been kind. Just... If you're in a bad way emotionally, please tell someone. I promise there are people who love and care about you.
Well this just made my day. Keep crying, scalpers.
Russell Irving@rginteger.bsky.social · 3w agoI'm not much of a Pokémon person, but my son is & trying to buy him cards at retail prices has been nigh on impossible the last couple of years, and I refuse to pay scalpers for anything. So it warms the cockles of my heart to see so many of them having a full meltdown about the recent set. Enjoy!!
OK Coyote v. Acme is fucking incredible. Please go watch it in the theater!
Just... Stop buying PlayStation games. Cancel your PlayStation Plus accounts. Going after employees isn't helpful. Causing them financial pain by boycotting their products is. Sony Rolls Out New Customer Harassment Policy After Physical Disc Controversy Sparks Backlash share.google/Km2HrSrdqVGV...
Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs
Sony Japan has introduced a new customer harassment policy following widespread backlash toward its decision to stop producing physical game discs starting January 2028.
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The premise is really interesting. Also... Oompa loompa doopity doo, we've got a prison sentence for you. Oompa loompa doopity dun, you're gonna pay for the things that you've done. Oompa loompa doopity dism, you're everything wrong with capitalism.
OH MY FUCKING GOD We are trying to get train tickets at the kiosk in Madrid. It doesn't track how many seats are available in each class. You have to enter all the passport data etc. MANUALLY instead of fucking scanning it and if there isn't enough space in the class you selected...
I was not prepared for how much worse European airports are organized than American ones.
I swear Google is trying to drive me back to iPhone. Like... This is the final nail in the enshittification of Android. www.inc.com/georgia-fear...
Google Is Finally Shutting Down the Google Assistant. Here's What Android Users Need to Know
The big change involving the Google Assistant and Gemini happens soon. Users will not be able to switch back.
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Oh no, somebody somehow got access to some private photos and it's trying to extort me. Whatever. I'm too old to care that other people learn that I have a sex life. I told my job it happened. My friends and family already know what I'm into. Like... Joke's on them for wasting their own time.
I guess communism wasn't a red herring after all. The video argues that CCP policy created the Chinese real estate crisis, which in turn caused Chinese citizens to buy up properties in other countries, which in turn pushes up home prices around the world. youtu.be/Gw_0vVtKFq0?...
It's NOT Just Real Estate. China is DEAD Right NOW.
YouTube video by The Infographics Show
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Everyone who currently supports them needs to stop doing so and tell them the boycott will continue until they put the report back.
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3mo agoAmnesty International has expressed its 'regret' over a report naming dozens of gender-critical campaign groups as 'anti-rights' organisations
So... How about you tell the AI companies to fucking turn up their thermostats and not run big appliances until after 8pm and not the people who will actually suffer from the heat? Source: NBC 5 Chicago share.google/524Hl0RmFu2T...
ComEd warns customers in Chicago area to limit electricity use as heat puts grid at 'critical level'
The warning from ComEd comes as an extreme heat warning continues for all of northern Illinois for a third day.
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Using AI to advance science by doing things that humans are incapable of doing? Fuck yes. youtu.be/51XHIoV2HwU?...
AI is Unwrapping COMPLETE Herculaneum Scrolls - BREAKING ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS
YouTube video by Dig It With Raven
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This is legit a good thing. I'm just shocked that at least some Republicans are crossing the aisle on an issue like labor relations. House approves bill to speed up union contract negotiations : NPR share.google/Nt0fQb7rGmLA...
House approves bill to speed up union contract negotiations
The House has approved a bill to slash the time it takes for newly unionized workers to get a first contract. The measure allows for government intervention if a deal is not reached within 90 days.
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Pride month is coming up. I am in no mood for "whatabout" or discourse about whether we should be focusing our energy on some other group of people. I'm just going to stop you here. I don't care. Not about you or your opinions. Save them for someone do gives a shit because I don't.
Had to buy a new car. Found this 2021 Wrangler Unlimited 4xe plug in hybrid and it's pretty great.
Oh my God Sundar stop talking. You are making me consider an iPhone and despise Apple products every since they tried to patent rounded corners. I may have to move to GrapheneOS next time I buy a phone.
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 5mo agoGoogle's CEO saying that the reason there's intense backlash to AI is because humans aren't "evolved" enough to understand it youtu.be/RgV57kDzcng?...
So if you set your default search engine to udm14.com, it will default to the Web tab instead of Google's AI slop infested new UI.
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
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Where can a guy go to scream into the void for awhile? Asking for me.
California-based artists and creatives, the California government is asking for public input on AI's impact on our work. Please fill out this survey, it'll just take a few minutes: join.engaged.ca.gov/en/projects/...
Yes. Let's take the entire point of Bumble, putting women in charge of their own dating experience, and now make the service do the opposite of that. Is this THE dumbest idea they could have possibly had or could they hey even dumber?
Hey if you still use Kickstarter to fund projects, how about you don't?
Ro Salarian@rosalarian.bsky.social · 5mo agoKickstarter officially banning adult content now. Knew this was coming, but it still sucks to have yet another part of the internet that I've been explicitly evicted from. Digital gentrification is exhausting.
It is now incumbent on every blue state to disenfeanchise as many Republicans as possible. Illinois has three red districts. It needs to be zero.