It's 2023 and I can't believe* so-called "progressives" are still making fucking prison rape jokes.
*I absolutely can
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I don't have time to get into it right now, but I really want to talk about how disappointed I am by how Wizards of the Coast did New Phyrexia dirty in Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) and March of the Machine.
"You mean how they dispatched the Praetors with nary an afterthought?"
Yes but also the utter Bowdlerization of New Phyrexia and the replacement of body horror ("Oh fuck, that's awful, I would never want that to happen to me,") with grotesque horror ("Oh fuck, that's unsettling, I never want that thing to catch me"). The New Phyrexia of ONE was utterly neutered compared to its initial debut, which drives me up a wall, because original New Phyrexia and the Praetors was, hands-down, one of my favorite bits of antagonist worldbuilding in any fictional universe ever, precisely because it was so unflinchingly horrific.
And don't get me started on the fucking apple-red drapery that's everywhere in ONE. Give me some fucking sinew, you cowards.
#MTG
In the Pinyin transliteration between Chinese and English, the character 'x' carries the sound 'sh'. For example, the Chinese leader's name is Xi Jinping, pronounced 'she jinping'.
I noticed that when thinking about what's happened to Xitter in the last 9 months.
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there is a lot that is grim in the indictment, but this annotation from the New York Times really whomped me so hard I had to take a break:
The speaker of the Arizona House at the time, Rusty Bowers, is a conservative Republican but resisted Mr. Trump’s attempt to persuade him to subvert the election. He was later awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for that action, which ended his political career: Last year, the state Republican Party censured him for his resistance, and he was overwhelmingly defeated in a primary election for State Senate.
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Maybe it would be gauche to describe all my contributions in detail, so I'll instead speak broadly about some of my pride points:
For this set, I wrote at least four pieces of flavor text, named a card that replaces a tournament staple, and drew flavor text inspiration from one of my favorite poems.
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Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.Reuters
As non-techy people are transitioning away from Twitter, I see them encountering the challenge of proving that the person who owns and runs an account is actually who they say they are. "Don't delete your Twitter account, or else someone else could take it and pretend to be you!"
It's prompting me to reflect on how we verify our identities online, what has been taken for granted in the age of consolidated social media. I'm hopeful this will lead to a new era of personal websites, at very least serving as online business cards. If my account isn't listed on my site, don't trust that it's me.
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rel="me" attribute is a pretty clever way to do "good-enough" verification.
at this point I just want him to go away
it's obvious everything is going to fail spectacularly, I just want it to do that tomorrow instead of choking out a painful, drawn-out death propped up on the life support of a thousand Reddit incels
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My job gives me a lot of opportunity to reflect on just how eclectic a knowledge base I seem to have.
"Wait, you know [podcast]?" says one client.
"How are you familiar with [event]?" asks another.
I love these little moments of connection.
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Wolves by Coyote & Crow Games - Kickstarter
A Semi-Cooperative Game for 3-6 Players About Community Survival From Indigenous Creatorswww.kickstarter.com
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Today's #3Dprinting fail. It was good when I went to bed, but it looks like at a certain layer, it started having extrusion issues. Unfortunate, too, because that means a narrow bridge that was held up only by supports was weak and not cohesive, so when I started tearing out the supports, it frayed and broke.
It's so consistent at that height and above, I wonder if there's a mechanical issue interfering with the filament feed...
Fuck, this song hits hard as a new parent. Jason Isbell is a masterful songwriter.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Save the World (Official Lyric Video)
'Weathervanes,' the new album from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, will be available everywhere on June 9th, 2023. Pre-order here: https://orcd.co/weathervanesYouTube
Tepache fermentation number 3 has begun!
This time, I'm using a lid with an airlock, and I've put a plastic bag with water in it inside the jar to keep the fruit submerged. I'm hoping those two steps help prevent the mold I got in batch 2.
I also added a single dried chile de árbol for a bit of heat.
Fingers crossed for a tasty drink in a couple days!
Steam Deck arrived! And now that it's here... I don't quite know what I want to do with it. 😅
Maybe that will be a question for after I've made more headway on Tears of the Kingdom.
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Do any #DigitalArchive type folks have strategies for mirroring content from a MediaWiki? The online RPG Kingdom of Loathing has a near-comprehensive fan-run wiki, and I dread the day when it goes under. I'd love to make a mirror for backup purposes.
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I also realized that I had left some peels above the water line, which certainly didn't do me any favors, mold-wise. 😖
Beginner's mistake!
I'm certain someone has done this, but I really want to make a #zine / blog post series sharing knowledge about how to do a bunch of little #DIY projects. Change an outlet. Bake a loaf of bread. Make beer, or a shrub. Change your car's oil.
Never anything huge, and not a dedicated Guide to Self Reliance or anything, just a bunch of little accessible projects that can help a person feel more knowledgeable and capable, and to take that knowledge and skill back to their own community.
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A couple months ago, I stopped using my #3Dprinter (an Ender 3 Pro) because filament had started leaking from behind the nozzle, leading to a huge mass of misplaced filament (and, of course, a failed print).
I pulled the hotend sock off, heated the printer, and tried to brush off the filament and its residue, but I haven't yet replaced the nozzle or the hotend sock. My printer has just been out-of-commission because my mind is stuck on "How do I finish this job properly?"
Does anyone have advice for thoroughly cleaning a hotend after a leak like this? Or replacing a nozzle? I'm sure I could look it up, but I'm hoping to hack my brain here with a bit of social interaction: maybe if people tell me directly how to get the printer back in working order, I'll follow through and do it.
Oh heck, Steam Decks are 20% off for the Steam Summer Sale, and I just got paid (with a bit of a bonus).
It might be time to grab one.
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Help me out, homebrewers!
Before our local homebrew supply store closed, I bought ingredients for my first batch of homebrewed beer. I have a 4 lb. mylar sack of liquid rye malt extract, 1 oz. of Equinox pellet hops, and an envelope of saison-style yeast.
Unfortunately, I've misplaced any recipe I might have intended to follow with these ingredients, and since I've never brewed before, I don't feel comfortable improvising. This is where you can help: can you point me to a recipe that I could make with these, or even just tell me what type(s) of beer would be well suited to this lineup?
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I hate that we couldn't just have a nice thing. The Fediverse couldn't just be its own separate world, because extractive capitalism can not, will not, knows not how to stop. Now my days are spent thinking about watching homegrown social networking get consumed like Google ate email, about what fuckery they'll encourage to make self-hosted services illegal, until the web has well and truly been walled off and turned into the property of the biggest players.
I'm just so angry.
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in reply to Spencer • •I got OpenRCT2 working on my Deck. I can now play Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 in bed.
No human has ever known this level of luxury.