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played catan for the first time this week - how did no one warn me how settler colonial the game is???? frm the very beginning of “putting down settlements”…. it was giving boston pilgrims

me everytime i try to press the home tab on linkedin n hit some linkedin version of tiktok n it blasts out sound when im in the middle of the bullpen

Broligarchs don’t have to pretend to care about girl shit like breathable air anymore

What if we tried two steps forward and then an additional step also forward?

I am so tired of finding out when I was not the one who fucked around.

bluesky DMs feel like sending a msg by carrier pigeon. will u see it in a month's time? or maybe just...never? are u even alive? have u fled back to bad sites? i am declaring war with england

LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.

pasta is called 意大利面 (italian noodles) in China I don't know what's the official name for ravioli but in this house we call it 意大利馄饨 (italian wonton) gnocchi is 意大利面疙瘩

my impression of taiwan went ++++ after i had a coffee from a hole in the wall cafe run just by one guy. his stall was literally inset into the wall facing the street and he had one little table right outside. the logo was his face and he put a sticker of that on every cup of coffee

so i watched it and i take that back: it was not a cold take, wicked actly isnt very good

Artist makes website that lets you take selfies through NYC's network of traffic cameras. NYC Department of Transportation sends cease and desist. Artist nails cease and desist to a very very very long pole & holds it up to one of the cameras to take a photo of it www.404media.co/traffic-cam-...

the comedic timing of this piece

i shat on wicked last week (still hvnt watched it) to a coworker thats an arianator, and she came over to my desk today just to tell me that she watched and that its amazing and i should watch it

bed!

*taps the meme*

i follow so many academics/profs on here that i felt compelled to put my sch + majors in my bio even tho i graduated frm cal in may + am working a corporate job now

It's been interesting to witness in real-time how the usage of "algorithm" in many places has shifted from a neutral "sequence of instructions" to a negative "controlled ordering and boosting of information".

hard to breathe after this one

ways Rogue One is a Thanksgiving movie: - that moment when Cassian says "welcome home" to Jyn - movie inevitably leads to arguments about data storage formats (classic Thanksgiving fare) - that one problematic mocap relative (dead Peter Cushing) - Alan Tudyk

A touching tribute to Poland 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

Thought about Threads again and just started laughing

im in ground 0 of turkey for thanksgiving???

Calling all CPEC Scholars! [Please comment suggestions/self nominate below to be added folks] go.bsky.app/FXVfoLf

what is their addressable market? confused - most people who truly actually read books would be completely turned off by a book that even has the slightest indication of being AI generated

AI -- like most tech innovations -- doesn't *disrupt* an industry so much as it seeks to streamline and reinforce power inequities within that industry.

Useful Starter Packs Chinese History go.bsky.app/F8dqk2F Late Imperial China go.bsky.app/EB214nL Comparative Law: go.bsky.app/3UAVSRu China Sociologists: go.bsky.app/NetJdDm China Science & Tech. go.bsky.app/LCxEqEy Media, Culture & Society go.bsky.app/6NURvgw Scandal Studies go.bsky.app/6AZLCYD

Exploring the full bluesky firehose, in three dimensions: firehose3d.theo.io

when i watch movies i often think about how watching it at that point in my life had an impact on my viewing, almost like some Serendipity, like i was meant to watch this specific one at this specific time

it is… a little awkward being an international student/person in the US, esp at cal when protests were far more common, kinda felt like i really wanted to go but didnt want to risk my status in the US

If it doesn’t reunite Daft Punk then what’s the point

POV every Thursday!

i miss u california!