If you want to defend liberal democracy at home, you cannot turn a blind eye to the subjugation of brown people abroad
Posts by Nico
The fact that @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social normally has a curious and thoughtful approach to understanding domestic politics makes her simplistic response to the Israel question all the more disappointing. The apartheid regime did not begin after October 7 and will not end when Netanyahu leaves
🔥 🇭🇺 MAGYAR: “It feels good to be here — this factory of lies will be put to an end.”
Hungary’s prime minister-elect Péter Magyar vows to shut down the country’s state broadcaster M1 (Hungary’s Fox News) after his landslide election victory over Orbán.
Resetera forums (even though forums have been dying forever I still think they are a little less impersonal than subreddits and discords stress me out), plus the besties plus I will check the buzz on YouTube around game award season
Title cards for battle #pixelart
Wall Street is now vibe coded
I drew a vendor today #pixelart
we may be living in times of insane moral depravity by our world leaders and staring at a planet-wide climate disaster but at least we get a new season of taskmaster to look forward to each week heck yeah
You’re right I should move my 3:30 wax appointment to 2:30
Thanks I try
First foray into isometric perspective
Since I don't expect ppl to share my hyper-fixations I'll explain: Both are somewhat advanced techniques that aren't 100% beginner friendly yet are attainable as an amateur if you can put in the work but even a basic understanding can go far towards tasty visual effects or musical licks respectively
Shaders are to game development what tritone substitutions are to learning music theory and improvisation
emilythinksaloud
Emily Miller
"November 1, 2025 - my favorite time of year 💕 they won’t win."
I think I'm going to stop saying genAI and start calling them for what they are: summary chatbots that lie a lot
Patrick Stewart dancing and singing on the bridge of USS Enterprise-D. Originally filmed in 1991 as a birthday suprise for Gene Roddenberry, it wasn't meant for public viewing but a copy was made and later included as a DVD bonus.
#StarTrekDay #Funny #Television #StarTrek #TNG #90s #Scifi
The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW against the occupation of DC.
Image of tarhiel falling to his doom. Dialogue box says "it gets worse before it gets worse".
Kyiv.
I stood under these clouds earlier today
and thought
you need to see this.
A beautiful stormbeach Goniatite fossil, polished by Atlantic waves.
County Clare, Ireland.
A wooden chair. The back is shaped in a way that looks like a tailored jacket is hanging on the back of the chair.
A close up of the chair details showing the wooden buttons and lapels.
A cabinet shaped like a green striped button-up shirt with brown pants.
A close up of the cabinet details showing the shirt buttons, collar, and pant pockets.
have a seat in the coat chair. i'll get us a snack from my outfit cabinet
A concert series in Skaneateles inviting Esperanza Spalding drawed us there, which made me dig deeper into her music, which led me to this album with Milton Nascimento. Wow! What a gift
music.youtube.com/watch?v=rv19...
Today, the word “Luddite” is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
Okay, so, as someone with actual cancer who is actually dying, let me ask some of the "SCIENTIST-APPROVED STUFF ONLY!!!" people to pump the brakes a little until they are in my situation.
First of all: not every "unscientific" health practice is harmful.
I’m in a fight with someone on Reddit and never felt more alive
King Crimson reinvented itself each decade though it depends on your definition of relevance because while the 90s era is great it is also very niche
"Questioning is the way of learning,"
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
A photo of the book "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin. The cover shows two people pulling a sled across ice in one half of a yin and yang symbol, while the other half contains a planet, nebulae and stars.
I finished my next Ursula K. Le Guin book! [Small review below]
I absolutely adored this book. The concept of a medieval-esque modernized civilization (+ a collectivist one alongside it too, on another continent) was so interesting. And ultimately, the book all came down to self-interest and honor.