I dunno man, being able to build a half dozen battleships from scratch within minutes seems like a pretty useful contribution to the war effort! Don’t let that guy get killed on the front lines!

another interesting thing to me: never thought of Cannes as a venue for a live comedy show! (although I guess there's probably no shortage of Q&A events so it's just a bit of a weird sidestep...)

BOOOOO! Fuck You, Harley Jarvis!!

my hot airline take is that the system is exactly backwards. a checked bag should be free and you should be charged for a carryon.

Incredible news

To be fair, it's the name of the degree dentists get, which they will typically append to their names like "Frank Jones, DDS" - it's not the title patients call them or anything

This is correct, and is why (for example) Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation devices are not called "LAbtSEoR beams"

this is like real-life QWOP except with more shrapnel

technically they should just propose it as a replacement for Maryland State Fossil, but I guess the Ecphora gardnerae lobby is just too powerful?

finally the robots have replicated "me playing QWOP"

Depends on whether you make a sash that says "Pizza Queen"

the Flub Grub!

This is a technical term from Boston, where it refers to "the area served by a single Pizzeria Regina location"

My Allbirds shoes telling me to kill myself

Dammit it’s already happening

I wonder what the cumulative effect of all those cars having to run the AC less is - can't be nothing to have 100 cars trying to immediately cool down hundred-plus-degree interiors...

I would guess that the heat storage capacity of an asphalt parking lot is significantly greater than those panels (thinner than asphalt, air gapped from each other and also 10 feet off the earth)

<Dr. Doofenschmirtz voice> "Fire the Excommunica-tor!"

I mean, i do think it is a pretty funny swerve for Catholicism to be like "what do you mean, God has never supported wars" but also, it's a good swerve and I'm into it.

me too, i figured he was about a decade older than me and actually he's 12 years older.

Orban achieved a level of authoritarian consolidation unthinkable here and they still successfully got rid of him. Never let the doomers have the final say.

headline: "ex-longtime Springsteen drummer"

body: "The drummer played with Springsteen for six years" [Fifty years ago!]

what are we even doing here?

Just took this tour and it's really fun!

It's definitely the quality of a movie star, but i wouldn't even say it's *not* acting: like many performing arts (comedy, music) there is the path to success where you can do many things well, but also the path where you hone The One Thing You Do Really Well to a fine point.

if you purchase it, that will be one thing you've got!

nobody is mad at Fiona Dourif, either!

Ah yes, DOLS (Dog On Lap Syndrome), a debilitating condition that has struck many in our household over the years

This is "driving a car on their way to a party in the top of a tree" erasure

I have heard good things about Terrace House in this regard as well

My feelings went on a real rollercoaster on that article, like it's undoubtedly great news and encouraging that nature WANTS to come back so badly if we just let it!

but an increase from 4.2 -> 7.4 acres, compared to _45_ acres in the 90s, is rough to hear