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Posts by Mechwario

one has to love the learned helplessness of "the US citizenry cannot possibly be expected to act against the government, for we are in the one place on earth where cops shoot people. that is an UNREASONABLE demand. anyway please overcome the US military from a foreign nation"

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The idea that a pile-on is when a mean comment gets lots of likes ?and not when there's 50 comments telling you to kys) is bizarre

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Andreas and Werner next to a spit with upside down Bambi on it

Andreas and Werner next to a spit with upside down Bambi on it

Ex Libris page from Pentiment with a smiling line drawing of a person in the middle image

Ex Libris page from Pentiment with a smiling line drawing of a person in the middle image

Andreas and pink Gernot stand-in talking to Gernot with a jester hat on

Andreas and pink Gernot stand-in talking to Gernot with a jester hat on

Andreas performing the lemon juice candle minigame revealing the words "Guy sux"

Andreas performing the lemon juice candle minigame revealing the words "Guy sux"

Placeholder assets in a game should look obnoxiously temporary, so obvious that no one would mistake it for the final asset. In past games we've used the doge dog (rip) as an icon, hot pink versions of characters, our CEO's head, etc.

If you use a temp asset that seems passable, it may stay there.

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It's my birthday today

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they tried to upsell me on donkey

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FOUCAULT: I wrote "Panopticism" to show how people are enculturated to think of themselves as subjects and agents of surveillance
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: at last we have invented the Panopticon from Foucault's famous essay "Panopticism"!
FOUCAULT: Jeremy Bentham invented the panopticon in the 1790s

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COMMONWEALTH by Michael Hansen A far-future social climbing simulation

COMMONWEALTH is OUT NOW.

It is a "far-future social climbing simulation" inspired by En Garde!, The Book of the New Sun, and Barry Lyndon.

@nictringali.bsky.social did the layout and graphic design and the cover and interior art is from @amandalee.bsky.social

👉 modality.itch.io/commonwealth 🍷🌹

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We don't give credit to America for the centuries old tradition of people standing up against America for the same reason we don't give credit to abusive husbands that repeatedly batter their wives.

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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.

1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.

2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

3 months ago 18668 6025 197 111
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Sure, casting Jared Leto to play a villainous character in a blockbuster didn’t work for Suicide Squad, Morbius, Haunted Mansion, or Tron: Ares…. But maybe, just maybe, it’ll work out for Masters Of The Universe

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Do people think old people with skin conditions don't exist, or do they just think ugliness is caused by evil?

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This looks and sounds like a letter read aloud in a Wes Anderson movie by one of his precocious boys or broken men

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Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
Jan 21
reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC

Dr Kareem Carr man: i wish to publish @kareem_carr Jan 21 reviewer 2: your paper is no good man: i'll do anything to improve reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini Andre Pagliarini @apagliar Jan 21 a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC

I just thought everyone should see this

3 months ago 25472 6036 43 234

[guy who has spent a stupid amount time figuring out Highguard stuff because it's the best distraction offered in hell]: Yeah, it'll be fun to win by shutting down the enemy team's economy, but the thing I'm most excited about is sharing our feelings on Arthuriana.

3 months ago 380 28 10 4
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When two years of academic work vanished with a single click After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.

Amazing sob story: "ChatGPT deleted all the work I hadn't done"

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Kash Patel going to a big meeting of the intelligence chiefs in England and asking if they can go jet skiing instead of having a normal meeting is really doing a number on my ability to focus

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you can tell how much i love magic by how much i hate it

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You made the fatal flaw of thinking there would be an explanation for why Chloe had to die lol

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havin a beaker of wheat beer w/ my clade in 7300BC: SICK of hearing about Sky Father. ill keep worshipin the earth cheers

when a passing indo-european asks me if I've heard of Sky Father: indeed sir. big fan. im always sayin we need a more complex mythology sir. nice chariot btw

havin a beaker of wheat beer w/ my clade in 7300BC: SICK of hearing about Sky Father. ill keep worshipin the earth cheers when a passing indo-european asks me if I've heard of Sky Father: indeed sir. big fan. im always sayin we need a more complex mythology sir. nice chariot btw

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Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.

Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.

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Grixis is izzet if it could learn to chill out a little

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Maia Arson Crinewglasses

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Me with the comic W0rldtre3

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this will make transfemicide easier, which is exactly what the british media, british government, and brianna's family want

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Understanding Transmisogyny, Part Six: Epistemic Vandalism On judgment without trial.

On tongues stilled, voices quieted, and the endless cry of the silenced.

3 months ago 340 117 18 35

Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.

This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.

3 months ago 5402 1641 39 22

Lorwyn Eclipsed should have been a two set block. It's as clear as night and day.

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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

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"But where are the brothers of silence?" They're called Grey Knights, keep up

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