If Waffle House doesn’t make this their new slogan, then capitalism has failed
Messi
xkcd.com/3260/
Your periodic reminder that people are *more* abusive online when they're using their "real names" than when they're using a persistent pseudonym and this effect has been replicated in literally every study that has ever been done
these utterly dreary, hopeless people dead-set on trying to infect others with despair are genuinely my least favorite part of social media.
at least an actively-offensive troll is displaying some recognizable spark of human vitality.
You don't need much - a decent computer, layout software, a laser printer, and a basic time/space machine.
I scour news sites for good news, then write them up, design my zine, print it out, and send copies to my subscribers, a month ago.
Gives them a bit of hope, something to look forward to.
Me in the Bluesky mines.
The sad thing is that "middle east has deserts; deserts have camels; therefore camel case is appropriate for documents about the middle east" is more thought than went into this.
Amazeballs.
The artificier pulled a lever.
"It's active."
The device looked like a doorway, a slight shimmer in the opening. The artificier stepped through.
"Nothing happened," the apprentice said.
"I already am who I am. If you step through, you'll turn into who you are."
"May I?"
"I built it for you."