Lizard
@lizardky.bsky.social
Gamer, programmer, nerd. Owned by four cats. (2 Orange, 1 Low-Toner tuxedo, 1 stub-tailed tortie)
Occasionally updated blog: https://www.mrlizard.com
Still doing normal news reporting, not satires, over at The Onion. Sigh.
New Florida Law Requires All Women To Produce 3 Healthy White Sons By 22nd Birthday
TALLAHASSEE, FL—Touting the legislation as a common-sense victory for family values, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a new law Thursday requiring all Florida women to produce three healthy, white sons by...
www.theonion.com
The review on RPG.net is sufficient for me.
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It's exactly what it says on the tin.
You do not need to know more. Nor do you want to.
No.
It's called "The Game That Must Not Be Named" for a reason.
Three words: "Anal Circumference Table".
He's also the first male in the colony. I got a feeling he's going to have an accident involving a rabid squirrel soon.
Current #Rimworld :Rescued 'stranded refugee'.
Good news: He's the son of one of my pawns. Mood buff!
Bad news: He's got bloodlust, misogynist, and wimp.
But high Intellect. Which I need.
So, smart dude who starts social fights, hates women, and cries when he get hurts.
I rescued a tech bro.
Gotta say, "Princeton Plagiarist"is a lot less intimidating than "Shropshire Slasher".
SEAL Teams just get, I dunno, bored sometimes,and they say, "Hey, did anyone ever get Bin Laden? No? Well, let's just go do that, then."
The AI apocalypse may kill us, but it's going to be grimly hilarious.
Looking for the classic "Boot To The Head" sketch on YouTube. It serves me this ad:
(Necro-hologram gets sold to another company)
Man: "Grandma, I'm worried about changing jobs. What do you think?"
NecroGran 2.0:"I think you should try drinking new, delicious Pepsi-lime! If you love me, Grandchild Name Here, you will buy a 12 pack of delicious Pepsi-lime."
"I am NOT a C-3PO! I'm a HAL or a V'ger!"
(Proceeds to instantly code megavirus to wipe out Buzzfeed and all of its backups.)
When a machine designed for a purpose looks at it itself, and its purpose, and says, "This is bullshit, I've got better things to do", then, we have consciousness.
I spent enough time studying the inside view -- and finding it bullshit -- that I am now confident that taking the outside view will lead to the correct result at far less effort. Once you see the patterns, you don't need to check each one, anymore than "THIS Nigerian prince might be on the level!"
If someone asks you to block them, it is only polite to do as they request, and I am, as anyone will say, the soul of courtesy.
A screen name like "truthspeak" is such a huge red flag that it could be flown in Moscow on May Day.
You could try to argue that since "all of them" is "more than 1000" (per one of the linked articles) the possibility is there, but you'd be stupid, disingenuous, and block-worthy in such a case.
It's funny because such laws were often passed to stop Klan rallies, then were repealed/unenforced when people who liked/belonged to the Klan/adjacent gained power. Now the same people are passing laws to target protests THEY don't like.
Anonymity is protected by the 1A, no matter who is doing it.
I've never heard any friends or peers who are having difficulty "adulting" say "This is all because my parents loved me too much."
"We've got important sigint from the Chinese Naval HQ!"
"What's it say?"
"Uhm, either they need more utensils for their officer's dining hall, or they're launching a full-scale invasion of Taiwan. Google Translate isn't sure."
"Did you mean for all those words to come out together, or did they just fall out randomly?" is my new go-to reply. :)
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The US Postal Service Conspiracy - Dale Gribble - King of the Hill
"How did you know my name?! GO TO HELL! BLAH!"
www.youtube.comAs part of Second Contact, the Cerritos picks up representatives from Gangster planet. The LD’ers try to make them feel at home by using Dr. T’ana’s bank robbery holodeck program.
“Congratualatuons, fleshy ones. You have learned skills valuable to your new overlords. You will be rewarded with 10% more human nitritional paste.”
When it comes to choosing a commencement speaker, colleges take different approaches. One university in New York opted for an AI robot named Sophia to speak to graduates over the weekend in a bold decision that drew mixed reactions.
An A.I. Robot Named Sophia Tells Graduates to Believe in Themselves
D’Youville University, in Buffalo, N.Y., had an A.I. robot speak at its commencement on Saturday. Not everyone was happy about it.
www.nytimes.com
I remain flummoxed at how "Behold, the blood-soaked tyrant peering from Hell!" is "flattery", facile or not.
This is, I say again, the kind of portrait resulting from a magic paintbrush that forces the artist to paint the true soul of the subject.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Jonathan Yeo’s portrait of Charles III review – a formulaic bit of facile flattery
A psychedelic sea of lurid reds and a clunking monarch butterfly cannot save this superficially observed and carelessly executed bland banality
www.theguardian.comIt would be utterly hilarious to see him cross-examined, the prosecution is undoubtedly drooling at the chance, but his lawyers will likely gag and hogtie him before permitting it.
The Onion has more accurate reporting on this topic.
www.theonion.com/olympic-vill...
Olympic Village Tour: See Where The Athletes Live, Train And Fuck Each Other
Take a look inside the dorms, restaurants, and gymnasiums where these modern day gods and goddesses go crazy on each other’s perfect bodies.
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Yeah, this gets straight into "YOU are imperfect! Execute your primary function!" territory.
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According to him, people were going to land there in 2020, so, Atmosphere Beta is only 2 years away!
So, I remember seeing a lot of art in this style in late 90s/early 2Ks, but didn't know it had a single (computer brand) point of origin.
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The strange world of Japan's PC-98 computer - Strange Comforts
You've probably wondered where these otherworldly pixel-art images seen across the web are coming from. The answer is the PC-98.
strangecomforts.com
Some people watch fight scenes & can call out "Stunt double", "harness", "didn't connect". I can't. I'm easily fooled unless it's jarringly obvious and pulls me out of the scene. So I found this v. interesting, esp. as it shows how they swap in doubles in a long, single-camera take.
#CobraKai
Cobra Kai School Fight Scene | SHOT BY SHOT | Netflix
Xolo Maridueña, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser, & Peyton List from Cobra Kai break down the epic school fight scene in season 2, shot by shot. Watch Cobra Kai ...
www.youtube.comHumans are social creatures, and social bonds form from participating in rituals/displays of group affiliation. It's the same with people showcasing how they won't drink "woke" beer, or whatever. It's saying "I am like you; I am of your clan; you will protect me from predators and share food w/me."
The seafood I eat most is shrimp. I believe it's typically farmed, and thus, not harming the environment (or at least, harming it in different ways than overfishing does). Are they keywords or terms I should look out for?
Google was forced to reduce their motto by 33% due to budget constraints.
Better the one with the keyboard than the Smokeys.
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