So, effectively where the US already was when conditions were ripe for a certain despot to rally his base and seize power

No, you don’t get it. This is Wheel of Fortune: Act 2. That truck is an enemy stand!

Wait, I’m using WD Green SSD’s in half my stuff. Am I safe?!

Damn, this is exactly my fear as well

To be fair, I think a robot that thinks like a human would find poop really funny

China Mieville’s The City and the City would be my pick. I started with him on Kraken, and while I might prefer that book it’s essentially his version of “Kitchen Sink” Urban Fantasy, where the moment you understand it’s supposed to take place in a version of London where everyday magic is hiding in plain sight the rest of the book is easy enough to wrap your head around

Not as much with “The City,” basically it takes place in a pair of micro-states that overlap each other and it’s a murder mystery where the victim was a graduate student who was on the verge of uncovering the truth about the secret history of the double city. I went into it thinking that I understood how the world worked and soon realized that the whole point is it’s not supposed to make sense

… So that’s why I get euphoria from fingerless gloves!

So, about 6-8 years ago I got into this on/off gig doing sign spinning even though I was getting too old to get really good at it. In spite of that it was pretty fun and actually paid well whenever I could get work for it. Most of the people who made the job work were in the prime of their lives, including my boss, who was a short girl and by my standards at least really attractive

I had to bow out of the job permanently because it was taking too much of a toll on my knees and back. Some time before then we started following each other on Instagram, around the time the pandemic was making everyone terminally online

One day after I quit she posted a story that said something to the extent of “DM me to get a link to something fun I’m doing,” I was clueless but I took her up on it, and it was a link to her Only Fans. That got me convinced to give the website a try. She mostly did solo stuff, which was exactly what I was into, and looked even better than I expected

It was fun to keep up with her on the site until I was an idiot and got my card permanently blocked because I fell for a different model doing a scam on a fake OF and my bank over-corrected when I reported by making it so my card just wouldn’t work for OF at all

Near the end of my misadventures with the site she seemed to have a different boyfriend from the one who was working with her in the same company. Around that time her content got more extreme and she started taking pictures with some gnarly bruises. Really hoping she’s doing okay now, she at least acknowledged the bruising and insisted she was fine

I love this GIF

No, it’s okay Doug. The kind of society that future would build sounds like a Good Place to live in!

It’s extremely telling that your comment is the first I’ve heard of that aspect of the election in Hungary. The mainstream press in the US effectively shrugged and said “I guess they just got tired of him”

In fact, it feels a lot like how the press in my country “explained” Obama’s first election. Just a vague “Americans are tired of the Republican leadership and wanted change,” Like the torture and disappearing of anyone they could sweep under the abstract wars of the time wasn’t outrageous enough

I need all the optimism left in me just to believe we’ll have textbooks worth thinking about in the future

“More Than Human” by Theodore Sturgeon is a novel about a collective of psionic humans who have to work together because they have an unusual mix of powers and weaknesses. One of them is a forever-infant whose role is a living supercomputer, for example

“Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn is a bit of a stretch, but it’s technically a conversation between the main character and a telepathic gorilla, if you want something a little different than the usual story about psychic humans

On the movie side, there’s “Beyond the Black Rainbow,” a somewhat trippy thriller and sort-of horror story about a psychic adolescent girl being raised by a scientist who developed a disturbing obsession with her. Might be a little rough to watch on that note, but it’s good. I liked the way they portrayed how her powers worked and it was an interesting audio-visual experience besides

LMAO, yes! I feel like I should start throwing different bot farm projects at the wall and see what “sticks” enough to get me rich … Except I don’t have a clue how to start

“Right now,” and also for the past ten years but somehow it keeps getting worse

Snapdragon brand instant miso ramen, with a can of seltzer water and a slice of sourdough bread for the broth.

This was all thrown together with no real planning and after eating it I am stupefied I nearly ignored what I packed just to throw more of my paycheck away at the cafeteria!

The headline still reads like something I would show to the capitalist bootlickers like it’s that one scene in Bird Box

Sure you can, James!

Personally, I like em a little thick Especially if it makes it easier to use that hole

Plus, the Dr460nized Gaming Edition comes with conflicting package managers, so you can get the training wheels on for being a power user! … I have it on my gaming tower and I love it