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Today is the first day in living memory that checking social media improved my mood

The first James Bond to get carded at the door

possibly the greatest thread on this website

Rivian employee here. I wanted to make EV charging slower, dumber, and harder, but I was outvoted

This is false. The GFS has always had an early season bias toward over aggressive development. I am all for blasting DOGE for causing real problems. This is not one of them. At all. Full stop.

(typing angrily on mechanical keyboard) Sotrue Bestie was NOT one of Amidala's handmaidens

I have been logged out of my toothbrush.

i'm a huge baby and i don't watch horror films but Oriana rules and i bet this movie is good

nice to see that bluesky implemented a parry system just for today's discourse

Gordon Ramsey: This laboratory is absolutely filthy. When was the last time you cleaned out these flasks? And… fuck me is this eye of rat? Wizard: Well eye of newt is just so expensive, I— Gordon: Tell me you’re not providing potions to the fucking king

*throwing dirt around* dirt is here to stay *throws more dirt* it's here to stay. I'm out of dirt. Can anyone give me money for more dirt? It's here to stay. If I can't get more dirt I won't be able to throw dirt around and it's here to stay

Please read. We hoped that one of the many members of the Bluesky community from Gaza could be first to share this letter, but we were worried that their account would get taken down if they did. This letter is for @moderation.bsky.app, Bluesky leadership, and the wider community here. Thanks!

That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.

WHAT YEAR IS IT

they don't want a liberal joe rogan they just want to be able to recruit young people without changing any policy positions

AI will help me extract so much more value from my labor. Now to drink a big glass of water and keep all that surplus value for myself

Happy birthday, son. Sorry about the party. In my defense, I couldn't be bothered to do it myself.

Liveblogging Google IO with all-star team @vicmsong.bsky.social @allisonjo1.bsky.social @alexeheath.com -- as always, Verge liveblog is minutes ahead of the stream www.theverge.com/google/67022...

Dodgers broadcast was discussing the science behind the perception of time between children and adults. After hearing the explanation, the color commentator pauses and asks, "Am I gonna feel any better?" Andy Pages then smashes a dinger into space, thus ending the existential crisis on commentary.

watching oppenheimer the way christopher nolan intended for it to be seen: on a boox palma ereader

wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey? guard: [looking away] fine wife: did something happen? guard: [tearing up] no wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?

*sidling up to a lady at the bar* hello would you like to join my polycule? we sleep in a Fisher-Price xylophone.

A thing I think is kind of messed up is that we’ve stopped considering ‘being evil’ to be a moral failing in a person

i think about this @mattielubchansky.com tweet all the time

Solidarity forever, Bert

A fond farewell to Polygon, from the people who worked there aftermath.site/polygon-vox-...

“There was darkness, now something is happening and I’m confused, and then there will be darkness again.”

Wirecutter got bought by the New York Times a week before Trump won the first time. Soon after, one of the Sulzberger scions told us in a staff meeting that the Times was not going to be the "lapdogs of the loyal opposition" under the new admin. And you know what, he was right.

Tom's Hardware is hiring for a Senior GPU Editor (US-based) The position is in-office or remote in the US, and is perfect for someone who is an expert in the intricacies of benchmarking, semiconductor manufacturing, and graphics cards. Salary range: 70-90K USD

Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to us and it is now fully independent and employee-owned. We'll see you all on Tuesday for the Giant Bombcast. For more info right now, head over to www.giantbomb.com/join

i'm in editor hell (being edited)