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26 they/them Writerly, despite it all. I hope that I can get back to the way I was, back before we knew what I’d become.
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Listen to more classical music. For every like, I shall recommend a good recording. (I'm going to regret this, aren't I?)

submitted 3 days ago • 307 comments

Kurt Vonnegut man

submitted 7 days ago • 254 comments

They are cutting cancer research. They are cutting cancer research. They can deny it all they want, but they are cutting cancer research. These are the cuts being made the DoD CDMRP cancer funding mechanism www.fightcancer.org/sites/defaul...

submitted 21 days ago • 16 comments

I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.

submitted 24 days ago • 1684 comments

It’s worth it to read the whole thing but here’s how it begins, and for something so connected to the time Chaplin made it, boy it also seems prophetical

submitted 28 days ago • 18 comments

Finally, we can reveal our secret. Here's our debut game - PHASE ZERO. A modern take on survival horror’s golden era, told in a chapter-based, dual-hero story. Expect prerendered backgrounds, fixed cameras, and PSX-era DNA. Oh, and meat-covered alleys. Lots of them. Please Repost

submitted 31 days ago • 22 comments

tired of people treating trump like he is anything other than an ego-driven simpleton (i wrote this, this is a piece about why he is nothing more than an ego driven simpleton.)

submitted 43 days ago • 245 comments

Studies show that funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed to 354 of 356 drugs (99.4%) approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019. Recklessly slashing NIH funding will mean that patients will be waiting much longer for life-saving treatments.

submitted 52 days ago • 35 comments

Reccs for interesting movies about religious history such as Conclave (2024)? Less serious ones like Kingdom of Heaven are also fine

submitted 54 days ago • 10 comments

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

submitted 60 days ago • 464 comments

A long time ago, games used to come with manuals. The prologue of Max Payne.

submitted 73 days ago • 31 comments

Amidst all the turmoil, I braved a book store. I found some really cool books, as well as some relics. That Oblivion issue of Game Informer is from October 2004! What a score.

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

This labeler shows you who sponsored members of the US congress. bsky.app/profile/us-g...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Aspiring Japanese↔English media translators! The JVTA will be holding a free open school online on Feb 9th from 9:00-14:00 (JST), where they'll go over their year-long media translation courses. (JLPT N2 equivalent needed.) www.jvtacademy.com/nyugaku-tran...

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

this is why as much as I respect the reasoning for people saying don’t post it, I will continue to. Because it’s already being erased from history. On the same day it happened. It’s an insult to my family past and present to not call out anti-semitism, and this is full blown Nazi.

submitted 87 days ago • 14 comments

I'll continue by importing the sequel to that thread. In terms of Nintendo, the original Wii was the master of meaningful UI. The playfulness (遊び心) was present with the typeface choice, music, etc., but the main factor in the success of Wii's UI is its "familiarity" and Japanese flavour. (1/6)

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

I'll tell you about turtlenecks. 🧵

submitted 88 days ago • 106 comments

Back to Work

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submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

To anyone in the know about such things: is there a site people are using to log their recently played games, and their thoughts thereof? Thinking like Letterboxd. Is it just personal blogs?

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments