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What struck me about the Atlantic editor being included in a Signal group chat about a bombing missi...

What struck me about the Atlantic editor being included in a Signal group chat about a bombing mission in Yemen isn’t the less-than-tight OPSEC, but rather the self-reinforcing propaganda even among top officials when Europe briefly catch a couple strays during the conversation. How is bombing rebels in Yemen “bailing Europe out”?

I keep naively thinking fascist grifters are above their own con, but not even.

“A curb painted like a small house row”

“A curb painted like a small house row”

How big do you think the overlap is between LUGs (#Linux User Groups) and LUGs (#LEGO User Groups)?

How big do you think the overlap is between LUGs (#Linux User Groups) and LUGs (#LEGO User Groups)?

#MiniReview #Movies Wolfs (2024) takes an amused look at the tropes surrounding the enigmatic job of...

#MiniReview #Movies Wolfs (2024) takes an amused look at the tropes surrounding the enigmatic job of "fixer" by making two aging ones work together on the same job, against all the rules of the profession. Both Brad Pitt and George Clooney deliver an impeccable impression of the kind of man who've seen it all, doesn't ask questions but still will be petty about some mundane aspect of their sinister craft. Very enjoyable even if you aren't a fan of crime movies.

The existence of Pandoc implies the existence of Bidoc, Homodoc and finally, Heterodoc.

The existence of Pandoc implies the existence of Bidoc, Homodoc and finally, Heterodoc.

Just watched a Civilization VII cinematic, fellow #Sword enjoyers, is this anything real or is it ju...

Just watched a Civilization VII cinematic, fellow #Sword enjoyers, is this anything real or is it just a generic sword-looking paperweight?

Edit: It appears to be an Indian khanda sword. I'd never seen one before.

#MiniReview #VideoGames I remember seeing promotion for Leisure Suit Larry games in the 1990s that i...

#MiniReview #VideoGames I remember seeing promotion for Leisure Suit Larry games in the 1990s that intrigued teenage me. I had never seen before an association between video games and pseudoerotic content. I didn't act on this discovery though, in part because my parents were in control of my spendings at the time.

Fast-forward to Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded (2013), the second remake of the original Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1987) that ended up in my game library through a cheap bundle, probably. And after a playthrough just short of 3 hours, I'm sad and relieved that I didn't miss much at the time. I'm not sure what audience these games are targeting, but it includes neither teenage me nor middle-aged me.

Between the crude sex-related humor, the constant schadenfreude towards the main character and the dubious 4th wall breaking of the narrator, I was both disappointed there wasn't more to it than that and glad that it was finally over so that I could chalk that one off my sizeable backlog.

I learned today that Starbucks fired most of their disabled staff and female executives, so if you w...

I learned today that Starbucks fired most of their disabled staff and female executives, so if you weren't avoiding them for their union-busting practices, please do it to piss off the remaining male executives.

> It doesn't work and it's a great way to hurt yourself, but you can try it!

It doesn't work and it's a great way to hurt yourself, but you can try it!

Source: xkcd.com/1474/

It me, no matter the language.

It me, no matter the language.

Source: xkcd.com/1538/

#Music #Lyrics #xkcd