i would've stuck with fencing if the school had a VFX budget (and if my family had a "keep taking fencing classes" budget)

Democrat strategists and pundits who whine about purity tests have never waded into the discourse about whether or not Expedition 33 is an indie game

Coasts are still sinking, real incentive to act fast

Whenever goofy scenarios escalate I hear Hermes

Still not used to seeing Don Lemon running up to people Billy Eichner-style

Activists Protest ICE’s In-Hospital Detention of Murfreesboro Man Activists who attempted to contact the man say the staff at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford turned them away. At the press conference, speakers also raised doubts that the man had received any legal...

Faith leaders and immigration advocates say a man detained by ICE was denied visitation and legal counsel while hospitalized in Murfreesboro.

Makes me think of this AP story
apnews.com/article/catholic-church-shift-orthodoxy-tradition-7638fa2013a593f8cb07483ffc8ed487 share.google/mdXWPjszxAuw...

i know a lot of people use social media as a news-discovery tool and there's value in that. but i do think the fact you're more likely to see the reactions to headlines (despair, rage, confusion, sarcasm) before even a snippet of copy means you're plunged into the deep-end of discourse each time.

Hey Dart! This is random but I spoke with Blondy shortly before her death, and the story is still to come. I thought you'd be a good voice to speak to the historical significance of The Sequence, but wasn't sure the email address I had was up to date. Happy to chat more in a DM!

Jeremy Irons as Pope Alexander, patriarch of the Borgias

Gonna start introducing my cat and dog the way Gandalf just announced his horse is the "lord of all horses"

Amid going slightly insane covering Tennessee's legislative session, I got a chance to touch grass (or in this case, touch creek) and tell the story of the small but mighty Nashville crayfish.

Challenge the Swiss guard to a fair fight with halberds

i'm distracting the newsroom slack with this one

but he's "the Michael Jordan of listening!"

After I read NY Mag's profile of Altman calling him the next Oppenheimer I had to Google "what does Sam Altman actually do?" because that feature-length article did not spell out any skill-based credentials.

palate cleanser

TRUMP on Truth Social just now: "I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks."

it's of course very understandable why things are so dire -- the president basically kicked off a countdown till war crimes

probably one of the bleaker mornings on this site, and there have been some grim ones.

have you produced original, AI-assisted reporting to present as an example?

I know the Y is a Christian organization but still surprised how much more religious the Nashville location I go to is compared to my old YMCA in Boston. Parking is better though, so 🙏 I guess.

Even so, I think today's flock of centrist pundits would have been won over by a career politician who pointed to unruly progressives, inpatient for change and seemingly uninterested in debate or politicking, and said "these are the true enemies."

Some of it may be due to the book's structure (Nixon's battles with Dems and the press are presented as cyclical) and some of it has to do with Nixon's bald-faced lies but I do think it points to how even today many media elites (in particular editorial boards) are as fickle as the voting public.

Listening to 'Nixonland' as a journalist is interesting. Sometimes there are amazing feats of reporting or surprising levels of nuance to how contemporary journos covered student and anti-war movements. And sometimes there's just a wave of suckers and racists glomming onto law-and-order screeds.

Custom Super Nintendo console with a cartoon character in a suit painted on a blue surface. Two yellow controllers are placed nearby on a reflective black surface.

SUPER NINTENDO CHALMERS

damn one for the ages

Sometimes I just need to sit farther back from the TV and I'll adjust to it all. But sometimes I just gotta mess with the options — and I don't think I've ever really missed motion blur or anything. Lowering the camera sensitivity can help too but that's trickier to balance and varies game to game.

How do I stop getting motion sickness from video games? "I turn out to get really motion sick, and sometimes get visual migraines, especially from first person games."

This was a nice read. I think options like motion blur should be included in the initial settings preferences, like brightness is — would certainly save me some discomfort when diving into newer games.
www.mothership.blog/how-do-i-sto...

A tabby-with-white cat stares up at a TV displaying a retro, 16-bit-style video game.

A black dog stares up at a TV displaying a retro, 16-bit-style video game.

Both pets enjoy Octopath Traveler 0.