2022-10-27 05:27
wiki of a game:Setting[edit]The story is set in a world where Devils (悪魔, Akuma) are born from human fears. Devils are usually dangerous and malevolent, their po… Read More
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2022-10-26 18:06
Not me. This here story, at least. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefer). Thank you! As always, here'… Read More
2022-10-25 15:43
Maybe that sounds rough, but there are stories of how bad it's getting as well as how hospitals will be clogged up in no time. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one… Read More
2022-10-24 18:40
Still can't even come close to wrapping my head around this map. Any of them. kWell this video clear it up though. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the butto… Read More
2022-10-22 01:00
Trad Publishing is still biased. No shock there. Shocking that people will talk about "they only pick the best and what will sell" as if that's ever true or that's ever the only factor. Sigh… Read More
2022-10-21 17:33
Life expectancy went down another year in the US. Full report here. 26 years of progress wiped out. Also note that the life expectancy stalled in 2010 and throughout the Great Recession. Som… Read More
2022-10-20 19:52
And so mud season should slow down the fighting in Ukraine. Have to agree with Norman Finkelstein in the sense that hearing form both sides (let's say Scott Ritter)[1] you're basically getti… Read More
2022-10-20 19:14
Doctor strike. Don't think I've ever heard of that. Things aren't going back to normal and people everywhere aren't happy. We'll see how it goes, especially if fuel prices keep going up.&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-10-20 17:31
Awesome images here. And some ones from a Chinese telescope. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefe… Read More
2022-10-19 20:33
this is not scary at all:Once upon a time there was a boy in a village. He was very poor. His family was very poor. One day, the boy was walking down the street when he saw a man walking dow… Read More
2022-10-19 19:26
Here is mine. But this article is some top notch stuff. And also kind of eye opening as this is what I felt too about my writing and so forth:“As a narrative designer, I spend a lot of… Read More
2022-10-18 02:06
Good study on how even if you get a bunch of COVID infections, you won't get stronger, or just get through it, instead you'll get weaker and be more likely to die. Crazy, right?Yep, it'… Read More
2022-10-17 22:11
Solid article on the New Yorker. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefer). Thank you! As always, here's… Read More
2022-10-17 21:36
Article on a large star collapsing. Impressive stuff. also, if it had been closer we would all be dead. Wiki here. As it stands, it only affected India's ionosphere. picture from nasali… Read More
2022-10-17 17:49
Probably one of the best movies of all time. It talked about forgeries and the artists who made those forgeries. The main one boasting that they could create something that even the artist w… Read More
2022-10-17 16:18
Thought I already wrote about this. But this here list of movies is not good at all. Sure it has some that are great but no, just no. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter… Read More
2022-10-16 20:46
Just read this article on instapoets. There are some good points, like how IG itself was always meant to be a stream of positivity and that is what advertisers really wanted and, all right… Read More
2022-10-13 16:20
Get Your Omicron Booster please (jfc that last bit about. a comfy bed is part of the problem). Like right now. And wear your mask indoors, more likely an N95 and wear it well. Long Covi… Read More
2022-10-11 18:47
Just like the Nordstream 2 could be an alien attack trying to play us off each other, so too are vids like this hubris:https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/y185pp/surface_of_the_mars_shot… Read More
2022-10-11 18:24
Since it tries to be even handed and does decently, I think.In an ideal world, President Petro Poroshenko would purge the police and the interior ministry of far-right sympathizers, includin… Read More
2022-10-11 16:18
The first story is brilliant. I like it a lot. Love story, but bittersweet, and set in our future (so sci ficish). Also, reading Hammurabi laws here. Kinda interesting, tbf. Enjoye… Read More
2022-10-07 21:09
There seems to be a whole lot of "Russia didn't do Bucha" or some mass killing in Ukraine. The Nazis did. Not sure why this is prevalent. I'm sure the right wingers in Ukraine have done plen… Read More
2022-10-07 19:54
Some sane thinking out there. Guess we won't see him on TV any time soon. Especially when he said the quiet part loud that he talks to reporters off screen and they think that the US did it… Read More
2022-10-07 19:41
Plenty of people shout about the MSM (from right and the left) and try to make it seem that they are truth tellers against the machine. Fair enough, I do too, but I do try to discern what th… Read More
2022-10-07 17:49
Reading about Russian misinformation tactics is like reading meta misinformation takes on the idea that they have somehow learned to control social media with a few easily (relatively) dolla… Read More
2022-10-07 04:39
Sachs with the point that we need more thorough investigations into the origins of Covid to include the lab theory. That is exactly right. There were several kinds of experiments of man… Read More
2022-10-06 19:49
Looks like another sign of decaying structures. The Times bestseller list and other facets of "what a bestseller is" are subjective not objective. Like I said when Trump was elected, he's on… Read More
2022-10-03 19:41
So get yours, seriously. Also, this issue right here has now been studied:Note the differences are there, though so large as to be something that people would notice. Also, I should say I do… Read More
2022-10-03 04:52
Takes a look at the various possibilities and basically we can't know. So the 3 main parties are: Russia, USA, or a 3rd party. Note if, say, the UK did this with the tacit approval of the US… Read More
2022-10-02 07:11
Heard a few people mention it, but it really seems like they're hurting. Look at all this article has to say about their situation. Wow. The US wants the EU on their own energy, but at this… Read More
2022-09-30 17:05
Well. if you're in the States. Or Northern Hemisphere. Looks like it's already kicking off here. Be wary and be good. Get your shot. Probably wear a mask too, when indoors, but that's too ha… Read More
2022-09-29 20:53
Will post more when I get info about it going up. It was a collage from france. Good times. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through so… Read More
2022-09-28 20:22
Focus on them whenever you can. Because this is part of the erosion of power to the people. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through so… Read More
2022-09-28 17:13
No, it must be us who are wrong. But seriously, look at the prices here. What is going on in their heads? Do they not pay any bills? Reminds me of an interesting lecture I saw. Basicall… Read More
2022-09-27 17:16
Full discussion here. But apparently all over the internet people keep popping up with "friends got vaxxed and are now close to death" lines, or that "they said 95% and now look!" Yes t… Read More
2022-09-27 17:16
Best video in a while. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefer). Thank you! As always, here's the tip ja… Read More
2022-09-27 16:14
Has some of the best historical fiction out there. Mantel, that is. Nice little lecture or article here by her. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons… Read More
2022-09-27 05:32
Good work from that outfit. Knocking an asteroid off its path is always solid in my book. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some… Read More
2022-09-27 05:31
Abe was killed because he was too close to a cult (as was his LDP party) that destroyed many lives in Japan. Seriously did not expect that. According to Britain’s Financial T… Read More
2022-09-26 22:30
People trying for dialogue in the Sahel. I'll also note that most Chileans want the Constitution changed but not the one that was up for vote earlier this month. Not many details out there… Read More
2022-09-26 16:15
pandemic in charcoal (Ai art)Here is a solid short story. Full text:fThe Diary of a MadmanGuy de MaupassantThis page copyright © 2002 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.comHe w… Read More
2022-09-24 22:43
Listen to this and the reporter who was killed via remote controlled car. Just crazy stuff that kills trust in the gov and you get results where people think even the vaxxes are filled with… Read More
2022-09-23 18:43
What are your thoughts on this? Decent head shot? Definitely not what I expected (other iterations were worse). Someone online compared the AI feed it a prompt or image to a slot machine. Yo… Read More
2022-09-23 03:41
Thinking about this protest movement in Iran. Well that and the need to fight back, especially when the cops are being especially violent, but then knowing that even a slight modicum of viol… Read More
2022-09-22 23:19
Not as "space opera fantastical" as other ones, but it is mine. Will update it and work on it and repost here or on patreon. Peace out. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter… Read More
2022-09-22 05:43
Right here, btw. One of the pieces they published is pretty nice, btw. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you p… Read More
2022-09-21 23:19
Not sure I'll ever be the kind to be picked up by them. But it's always worth a try, right? So you TikTok or what? That being said, not sure what to make of this article. The content is what… Read More
2022-09-21 20:21
Plenty of bad stuff happening there. This doesn't, ofc, mean that the crazies on our side are right to try and push Iran towards a war (or try to subjugate the entire country). Mainly they e… Read More
2022-09-20 21:06
New one here. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefer). Thank you! As always, here's the tip jar. payp… Read More
2022-09-17 03:59
By Ben Okri. Like it. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefer). Thank you! As always, here's the tip jar… Read More
2022-09-16 15:41
Which of these have you read? Me? None. Will try to change that. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefer)… Read More
2022-09-16 06:17
Is articles like this. Climate tipping points (CTPs) are a source of growing scientific, policy, and public concern. They occur when change in large parts of the climate system—kn… Read More
2022-09-16 06:14
I think I liked some of his POVs. Like how Hemmingway's shorts were way better than his novels. All fair enough. I do see that he got in a row with Toni Morrison and that does not endear me… Read More
2022-09-14 15:57
Working on some ai art for some shorts of mine. Some can be thought to be on point. While others... well not so much. In the style of the following artist. Zdzisław Beks… Read More
2022-09-14 01:30
70 year anniversary for the Brits massacres in Malay. And though you might think, well that's not anything and also it's in the past, well, know that our elites see this as a perfect ex… Read More
2022-09-02 09:00
There it is. At home we have to fight anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers (truly an odd sickness, though not one confined to our country) while real nations fight the pandemic like the social scou… Read More
2022-09-02 05:25
Good stuff, to include that you reduce your risk of heart attacks etc if you get the vaxx. Do it.Edit: Oh here is some more on the vax (not tested on humans, apparently, but that doesn'… Read More
2022-09-01 21:43
Yeah I'm a fan. Especially of the used bookstore and the mode of discovery there. That being said, apparently bookstores did real well recently. But their bump in sales is going down. Which… Read More
2022-08-30 22:00
No, not that kind of knight but this:And so someone mentioned the knights tour and how a knight can touch every square (no repeats). Well of course it's been proven. But poets centuries ago… Read More
2022-08-30 15:47
Was having a discussion with my BIL about proxies and outside interference and times of instability [1] and I was thinking about the line drawn between a thing merely having outside help (do… Read More
2022-08-29 17:54
grass pushing up, taking back. but you've never seen so much unused space like rust belt dreams long gone. boarded up shops but not just the pandemic though yes the pandemicclosed… Read More
2022-08-19 06:23
and the long arm of CIA interference in that which we call literary writing. Good article on it. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or throu… Read More
2022-08-18 19:05
This post seems to indicate the colonial underpinnings of homophobia in Islamic societies. Though there is one person claiming that the Quran has a statement disproving them so I'll keep you… Read More
2022-08-18 05:50
Right wingers getting ever more unhinged as it is. Apparently now they're targeting hospitals and staff for providing trans care. Add this to attacks on the FBI and one can only feel the cra… Read More
2022-08-13 06:18
Here's Facebook giving private chats of a girl to help have her prosecuted because she had an abortion. Yeah, it's why I really do hate FB and all it stands for. But read this twitter thread… Read More
2022-08-12 17:32
Outspoken critic of the man's views and what he's said, but his work is more or less unparalleled (even if some is pretty dense) and I recommend them. Midnight's children being brilliant and… Read More
2022-08-05 03:18
Was gonna talk about monkey pox and how we're living through a double pandemic time and... well, I got to hearing about our theocratic right and how they're busy trying to force underage gir… Read More
2022-08-03 21:20
Apparently anti-vaxxers have driven an Austrian doctor to suicide. As usual, the cops (even there) backed the right wing crazies because they probably didn't want those night meetings to get… Read More
2022-08-02 15:38
Probably the only thing worth reading on the matter. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefer). Thank you!… Read More
2022-08-01 23:18
Nice post here on colonialism and past empires. Here:This is a very difficult and complex question, any answer I give will necessarily be incomplete. I am also going to frame this as tw… Read More
2022-07-31 21:34
Really good article in the New Yorker about an Icelandic writer. I liked his Independent People a lot. Check it out if you have the time. But, despite the New Yorker article being solid, it… Read More
2022-07-29 07:47
Sounds familiar to me, unfortunately. So instead of editorial staff, people are going with user generated content. "It does seem to follow in the path of Korean rival Webtoon, which sim… Read More
2022-07-29 04:57
Many people are actually feeling that "something in the air" and it's not just that we had the largest civil rights movement in our history that was essentially met with a collective shrug b… Read More
2022-07-26 17:16
Not inflation, but the rich still looking to rob this country via the likes of Trump but also the moderate Dems, and now they're full on trying to blame the raises the plebs got for the infl… Read More
2022-07-24 19:45
During a chess game, no less. Which is pretty 2022 the future is now headline. My guess is the computers are testing humanity to see how far they can push us before we push back. Be safe out… Read More
2022-07-22 03:01
Always gets me, even though I know that it's a trick, but magic can seem magical. As does this. But this video explains it all. Impressive.Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook… Read More
2022-07-21 23:05
I stared at the Milky Way for the first time in a decade in France. Beautiful stuff. I forgot that it had 200 billion stars ✨ That's non-trivial amounts, you know?So now the grea… Read More
2022-07-20 22:51
Solid stuff here. BA.5 will be rough and the more we're unmasked the more viruses will have a chance to mutate and even recombine in a single person. Fun fun. Listen and learn. I also w… Read More
2022-07-20 21:40
HUh, spot on. *pats self on back*Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefer). Thank you! As always, here's the t… Read More
2022-07-19 21:57
New NASA telescope just dropped. With some great images too. Real beautiful stuff. Important too. ngl, reminds me of this short I wrote. Perhaps will have to do a new one, and soon.&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-07-19 18:36
Here. Not going to make prints of these, but if you want em, let me know. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other meth… Read More
2022-07-19 16:40
Good article on Crime. Mainly that it was shutting down of the court systems that helped drive up crime:Above all, experts say, the shutdowns undermined the promise that crimes would be prom… Read More
2022-07-18 18:25
Like ancient lands I used to travel and float between and through. Be careful they say, the world is approaching midnight. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one… Read More
2022-07-11 23:16
In Paris with signs on every single overpass pointing to 48k dead from pollution. on the road on the sky, on the clouds and still feeling fine. Done this a hundred times before cause I'… Read More
2022-07-01 04:19
Now that would be cool. Enjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefer). Thank you! As always, here's the tip j… Read More
2022-06-30 17:57
Online, especially blue checks with millions of people following, but all just complain and no one doing things that will get people to act. And yes, I complain about the old dems too (how f… Read More
2022-06-29 19:07
Woman who saved her kids from the school shooter is now being harassed by the cops there. No surprise for many of us who were simply asking for a little accountability. Instead we got police… Read More
2022-06-29 05:37
Well, it limits you to 100 articles, but apparently you can get free JSTOR access. A seriously good place to spend your time if you're on the internet. You know learning things is the best t… Read More
2022-06-28 03:19
Nevermind that we're fast trying to split the world into good and bad (whatever the fuck that means), where even the European types are hating on China and Russia. The hate for the former (a… Read More
2022-06-25 03:03
So it goes. Here we are, our new theocratic overlords further destroying what's left of our democracy, our human rights, and edging us closer to that Neo feudal future they have planned for… Read More
2022-06-24 06:25
lol 😂 wtf?. but then there's the seriousness of the issues that we face in our future. Mainly that we need to work with China to help alleviate CC. This article breaks it down better… Read More
2022-06-22 22:43
Our first book club meeting went quite well. We read Republic of False Truths, a book about the Egyptian revolution and the counter revolution that crushed it. We discussed the weaknesses in… Read More
2022-06-22 18:05
Thinking this piece by Zizek is really off in many ways. I'm really tired of people on all sides not taking in new information (or not outright rejecting them as falsehoods, which would at l… Read More
2022-06-22 17:25
Well, the right (and some rightists I've talked to also seem to think this is not good [1]) seem up in arms about how the police reacted to the latest large school shooting. And apparently t… Read More
2022-06-20 22:55
You're against women's rights. Pure and simple. This piece in the Times at least looks at a handful of the reasons why it's a bad idea and against women in general. Indeed, I'd go so far as… Read More
2022-06-19 05:07
Here there everywhere. Except not. online a NASA manual on detecting such things which seems worth a read (I have not). but the article seems to point to how we cut our funding for such thin… Read More
2022-06-18 19:29
Cause FIFA loves them some bribes (from everyone, but also from Qatar). So it goes. But whatever. So who do you think will win it? Current odds favor Brazil, but someone on reddit shared wit… Read More
2022-06-18 05:16
Nice thread with some truths that many of us were screaming at the top of our lungs for the better part of a decade. Cheap money, could have solved so many of our problems, instead we gave m… Read More
2022-06-17 19:19
Yeah, this one is really brilliant. "Li Fan" by Alexandra ChangEnjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some other method you prefer)… Read More
2022-06-17 16:08
Here it is. Here's the print. Just making sure I get the work done, so I'll be gone for nowEnjoyed it? Share it via email, facebook, twitter, or one of the buttons below (or through some oth… Read More
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