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Case selling "3 megabyte of hot ram" makes a lot more sense now

I could expel an approximately 200 lb. Goose*. * Specifically, Goose Gossage, the 74-year old retired MLB pitcher.

Movie you’ve watched more than 10 times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LotR or Marvel.

@restorationgames.bsky.social The next licensed Unmatched set?

“Jamacha,” local pronunciation is “ham-uh-shaw”.

I just realized that Jim Lee cribbed the WildC.A.T.s backstory from Transformers…

3) Please stop with the "the ALGORITHM" boogeyman bullshit. The Algorithm (tm) is a common scapegoat because it sounds big and scary. The Algorithm (tm) is "show people more stuff that's like what they clicked on/liked/watched/paid attention to".

Apparently I’m cynical enough to assume “halted for efficacy” meant “stopped development because it would prove unprofitable”… It’s nice, sometimes, to have your cynicism disproven. (see the next post in rah’s thread for the actual meaning)

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read. He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

So, I’m re-reading a bunch of Old Robert Parker novels. When I came across this quote, I couldn’t help but think of the current administration…

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

If you think “algorithms” in social media are inherently bad, consider that the kind of stuff that people were seeing because of this bug is what everyone would see more of without the algorithms.

No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is now your therapist. “Where ever you go, there you are.”

The New York Magazine/Vulture piece on Gaiman is detailed and horrifying, so please only read it if you're prepared for explicit accounts of sexual abuse, rape and coercion

Explain your username: In Elizabeth Bear’s novel “Grail”, she coins the term “sophipath”, refering to people that are pathologically incapable of accepting facts that are contrary to their accepted dogma. I briefly considered what the opposite would be and started using it as my username.

Edene of Elizabeth Bear’s The Eternal Sky trilogy deals with an arguably more powerful ring of power and, ultimately, disposes of it herself. This is a bit of a cheat, because Bear is rather obviously referencing Tolkien with that storyline, but I’ve decided that it counts nonetheless.

Drop an alien that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek.

The Kickstarter campaign for First Monday in October is now live! www.firstmondayinoctober.com

Johnny Cash, in The Ballad of Ira Hayes, sung with utter contempt: “They let him raise the flag and lower it, Like you'd throw a dog a bone”

“A lot of art is just falling on your face and then figuring out what to do next. And that's one of those things where it's like, if you start out looking for perfection, the sooner you give up on that, the more likely you are to come up with something somebody hasn't already done.” - Jason Isbell

I’m about 25% of the way through T. Kingfisher’s “Paladin’s Grace” and so far my biggest conclusion is that these dorks need a consultation with @drnerdlove.bsky.social.

So, I thought of this thread when I was browsing Barbies… It’s not perfect (the wheels aren’t cambered), but it’s got push bars, a low back, and no push-handles, so I think this is a representational win?

I don’t listen to enough radio to even know what would qualify. Ignoring that, my first choice would be Radney Foster’s “All That I Require” (which would certainly not qualify). It’s completely unsubtle, but who cares at this point? youtu.be/rgAs9sZA-XQ?...

Biden should start selling onion futures.

Greatest phone call scene?

Note to self: never attempt to discuss taxonomy online.

I’m going to need @cstross.bsky.social’s New Management sub-series to be filmed, specifically so that Anthony Stewart Head can achieve a Rupert trifecta.

This morning, my brain made a random connection and now I can’t stop seeing the Fast & Furious franchise as a Scion campaign.