That’s a really sucky situation to be in. I’m glad that they haven’t cut you off, but I can imagine that the stress of the possibility makes engaging with therapy harder than it should be.

I am in this image and I don’t like it.

It’s depressing because I’d rather read someone being completely wrong about a song than for some LLM to summarise the “correct” answer

Look at the cute lil guy. He’s so pleased with his hat

I find the wide variety of ace experiences super interesting. For my part, I’m bi and also demisexual (and I have been working hard at practicing not ace-erasing myself).

An example of the interesting variety I mean is how libido and attraction aren’t necessarily coupled, and also that even besides those factors, there’s a spectrum of ace attitudes towards sex. I had a friend who had a high libido, but was also quite sex-repulsed. That is to say that she masturbated plenty, but had no inclination towards sex. This caused some tension when she entered into a romantic relationship with an allosexual woman who had some difficulty understanding an ace person being both sex repulsed and high libido (though tbf, my friend was learning how to navigate the line between enjoyable cuddles and unpleasantly sexual stuff. She also tried to fit into the model of aceness similar to what you describe, but she found that her discomfort with sex was such that it made her feel less close to her partner (in contrast to how our sex-ambivalent ace friends had described their experiences).

It’s hidden enough that I have had to provide tech support to my friends a few times on this. I think it’s easy to forget how expertise shapes our perspective on these things

“The only exception is like Stardew Valley, where they put the save directory in a normal folder.”

It’s been years since I played Stardew Valley, but stuff like this is why I consider myself a fan.

Whilst there are definitely cowards who are bowing to Trump (and will likely come to regret the fate that such subservience will earn them), there are plenty who intend to do their jobs as judges, but are also terrified for their family’s safety. Whilst it’s true that there are many who are terrified under Trump’s regime, it seems like the MAGA machine is especially focussed on judges and other jurists, having identified them as one of the most significant obstacles to the solidification of MAGA power

This is horrifying and impressive in equal measure. Thanks for sharing, OP

Whilst I share your disdain at the corporatization of pride, I do feel like this is concerning in a “canary in the coal mine” kind of way.

I share your frustration. I went nuts about this the other day. It was in the context of searching on a discord server, rather than Google, but it was so aggravating because of the how the “I know better than you” is everywhere nowadays in tech. The discord server was a reading group, and I was searching for discussion regarding a recent book they’d studied, by someone named “Copi”. At first, I didn’t use quotation marks, and I found my results were swamped with messages that included the word “copy”. At this point I was fairly chill and just added quotation marks to my query to emphasise that it definitely was “Copi” I wanted. I still was swamped with messages with “copy”, and it drove me mad because there is literally no way to say “fucking use the terms I give you and not the ones you think I want”. The software example you give is a great example of when it would be real great to be able to have this ability.

TL;DR: Solidarity in rage

The early-mid game is one of my favourite gaming experiences of all time. It’s usually the most part of a survival/crafting game, but I was surprised by how well Subnautica was peppered intrigue.

As you and many others on this thread have said though, a mobile port seems odd. Even if the UI were reworked, I can’t imagine that players would be able to feel the same sense of awe that I associate with the game.

Having known people who prefer supplements to actual medical care, I can attest to “megadosing” of vitamins being common in these communities.

“Her discussion of media and news is maybe not as relevant here but still pretty on point in my experience.”

I remember being surprised how much I enjoyed her video about Star Trek: Picard, given that it was a multiple hour long rant video — it’s amazing how much difference it makes for someone to be engaging in good faith criticism

The legal battle was a civil suit, based more on the violations of Kate Wilson’s human rights, than on the legality of actions

I saw a post recently that your comment reminds me of. It said something like “leftists are often more concerned about not doing anything wrong than they are about doing something good”. Along those lines, I agree with both your point and the message of the OP — that it is important now more than ever to actually do something. Mass action is more powerful than individual perfection

I pressured a friend of mine into watching Andor; they were reluctant because they knew very little of Star Wars, but they loved it. Andor pulls off the impressive feat of making something that’s enjoyable to Star Wars fans and casuals/non-fans alike

“Markov Babble” would make a great band name

Damn, I didn’t expect to get a soundtrack accompaniment to my science meme. I really enjoyed this, thank you for sharing it with us.

Nice. How long did it take you to write this comment? Whenever I attempt stuff like this, it takes far longer than expected because I overcomplicate things