how on earth???? you speak American English ffs why would they think you're /British/?!

the best part of any game is when you have to fight an evil version of yourself

(Also amusing to me to learn this on Aftermath since I started following her on Gita Jackson's recommendation ages ago)

YEAHHHHH GO LILSIMSIE GO!

Congressman Teams Up With Popular Sims Streamer To Oppose Saudi Purchase Of EA "Our hope is that [the deal gets blocked]. Of course, it doesn't look good, but we're going to get in every fight that we need to get into on behalf of people and to fight corporate greed and corporat...

Incredibly fitting that the next piece on Aftermath after my DA2 excerpt is about an unlikely group of heroes trying to stop EA's execs from doing skeevy things to make gobs of money:
aftermath.site/rep-maxwell-...

:3

I HAVE NOT TAKEN A PICTURE OF MISIA IN MONTHS have this though go my filipino bunny

Bsky staff is scrambling to convince ppl that today's outage has nothing to do with their embrace of ai. That's great. We should make them scramble more. The cost of replacing competent humans with AI needs to be greater on every single level for every single company.

in this house, we believe in not peeling carrots or sweet potatoes or ginger when we cook with them just leave the skin on big dog you can clean the dirt off also the nutrients are there

less work

It’s fucking bizarre how people are acting like something from 2022 is something they can’t live without.

Like dudes, the emotional dependence on a sycophantic machine regurgitating nonsense to encourage you to stop engaging in critical thought and trust the slop is truly depressing to witness.

BLUESKY IS A WEBSITE THAT TURNS (post by jay.bsky.team claiming that bluesky is made with AI) INTO (picture of bluesky not working)

Every generation needs its Galaxy Quest: a movie that, despite every individual element screaming that it can't be good, is actually good

i dunno maybe it's because i'm in Minnesota and we kicked out Al Franken for squeezing his constituents' asses and now have a woman senator who is *currently holding the senate floor to save the boundary waters*, but you got a man with baggage? you can toss the man!

"About Me: Video Games" meme: Favorite Game: Guild Wars (Reforged) Best Story: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Favorite Art Style: Songs of Conquest Biggest Personal Impact: World of Warcraft Best Combat: Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Overhated: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Underrated: Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Overrated: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Needs a Remake: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Criminally Overlooked: Shape of Dreams Favorite Protagonist: Might & Magic: Heroes VI Favorite Antagonist: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Best Soundtrack: Guild Wars 2 Best Multiplayer: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Not Usually My Thing, But...: Helldivers II Turn My Brain Off: Against the Storm Best With Friends: Terraria Best Retro Game: Heroes of Might & Magic III Nostalgic Childhood Game: Might & Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer Game Everyone Should Play: Unpacking

heck, I'm pleased with this, I'll share

It's SO good. The art is gorgeous and they actually manage to innovate on the HoMM formula in some cool ways (a bold move given how hidebound this community is)

Yeah, I still use the Jansport I got in middle school school (so ~20 years ago) to haul my TTRPG stuff around. Seems like the drop-off in quality must have been a bit later.

And he was right!!!

Happy Neil banging out the tunes day

Illustration of Neil the rat banging out the tunes on his little piano

Happy Neil banging out the tunes day!!

one of many reasons i will never accept abandoning my trans siblings or the broader queer community for the purposes of "a bigger tent"

“Chat,

Ok this is kind of perfect though

i am doing better than ever, financially, and i would rate the current economy as "bad". because i am almost the only person i know who IS doing well. Everyone i love is out of work or under water bc everything is so much more expensive.

hard to feel good when your loved ones are suffering

i like to think they're up to Ocean's Twenty Five in the alternate universe where bernie mac is still going strong. timmy chalamet just joined the crew as a cajun airboat pilot to rob a riverboat casino

It's just so powerful, seeing your experiences reflected even in strangers on the other side of the world. And that no matter what, we make it through the day.

Playing through the full release of Fishbowl by @imissmyfriends.bsky.social and lemme tell you, I knew this game was special when the *demo* made me cry. Couple weeks into the story and I'm already emotionally devastated... this is hitting so many notes for me w/r/t depression and grief.

this feels like time for one of my periodic rants about how Judaism gets some stuff wrong - like all religions - but one of the things we are REALLY GOOD ON is the nature of forgiveness.

which is to say: first, unless they have come to you with sincere repentance, you don't have to forgive anyone!

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I.

I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

Oh yeah, California implemented this a little while ago, too. It was a big deal at my work (we didn't do auto-sub bs but you used to have to call in to cancel; the CA law forced our tech people to finally add a "cancel" button to the website, which as a customer service person I'm all for.)