

thx Pete <3
i should be gripping rat
thx Pete <3
I think Rose hits this point pretty good:
It’s not that social media is fundamentally evil or bereft of any good qualities. Some of my best post-Twitter moments have been spent goofing around with mutuals on Bluesky, or waxing romantic about the joys of human creativity and art-making in an increasingly AI-infested world. But when it comes to addressing the problems we face, no amount of posting or passive info consumption is going to substitute the hard, unsexy work of organizing.
so keep doing it to have fun if it’s what you do for fun! just don’t make the mistake of thinking it is a substitute for direct action. Personally, I think good political memes might be one of the few things we can actually do online to change minds. a funny meme that also makes a good point will probably reach way more people than a well-written article that makes the same point!
Are you out there being the change in the Democratic party? Are you out there forcing change with your actions? Are you actually doing something to have a choice between something other than two parties?
Are you? I’ve been voicing my dissatisfaction with the party since 2016. As of this past election, I’ve been voicing that I think it’s time for us to leave Dems in the dust and start a new anti-billionaire party. I’ve voted in every election that i’ve been able to, and besides 2016, the Dems have had my vote every single time. I am guilty of replacing direct action with online posting, and I will openly acknowledge that. But I don’t think “vote Blue no matter who” is the “wake up” message you think it is.
right, but i’m saying the Dems allowed this to happen by spending four decades compromising with Republicans and allowing them to shift the Overton window rightward more and more. They spent all that time making decisions based on what was feasible, rather than doing the hard thing and making decisions based on what was right. Reagan set the trap, Clinton walked right into it, and the Dems have done little but accept their lot in all the years since.
i think the genocide joe libs were a strawman. everyone I know who was basing their decisions on the gaza genocide understood that Trump would be worse, and all of them decided to vote for Harris in the end anyway. If you personally know anyone who did actually abstain their vote over this issue, feel free to prove me wrong.
But to this point, you have to ask yourself: if Dems are doing almost all of the same evil shit as Republicans, but in a friendlier package, what is the point of voting for the Dems? If the billionaires have bought everyone on either side of the aisle, how can I trust any candidate to make votes that are in my best interest? Why should I be forced to vote for one of two candidates that are both bought and paid for by shitty corporate evil America? Trump isn’t an abberation - we got here because Dems refuse to stop playing the SuperPAC game. By refusing to take any action that might scare off donors, they set the stage for our current crisis. They aren’t the ones dismantling our government as we speak, but they ignored all the signs and continued governing as if we are still in the 90s, because none of the heinous shit they vote for actually affects them.
right there with you. but seeing them scrambling after being so smug about their overpriced product has been nice.
hell yeah! I’ve been meaning to do this same thing with my partner, go through UFO50 overall because there’s a surprising number of co-op experiences.
I think it would be hard to find a NUC that costs the same or less and still performs the same as the Steam Deck. You could maybe get there with a custom-built SFFPC, but it would be tricky.
i think we’re getting there. The new ASUS ROG Ally is shipping with Steam OS and official Steam OS support, and I think this is just the beginning. If this partnership goes smoothly, I think Valve will open up the floodgates to other manufacturers doing similar stuff. And I think this will include a new wave of “Steam Machines”.
LTT deliberately fucked over a small boutique water cooling shop. They had a host if other fuckery that needed to be exposed. Why would GN chill out when LTT was doing stuff that directly opposed GN’s pro-consumer and pro-small business values?
What drama has GN stirred up that wasn’t warranted?
Omg finally a positive piece of news. happy for all the thai couples! they deserve to be happy!!
Ah sweet, so it’s only 99% fucked! Now I can go back to sharing misleading news stories in peace.
Is this in the megathread? If not, it should be.
Nothing else to say.
Flashes itself is based on Berlin developer Sebastian Vogelsang’s earlier app, Skeets, his initial foray into creating consumer-facing apps for the growing social network, Bluesky, which now tops 27.5 million users.
While Bluesky offers its own official mobile client, Skeets differentiated itself by focusing on the needs of iPad users as well as customized accessibility features for blind and low-vision users, as that’s one of Vogelsang’s areas of expertise.
Okay so this is coming from someone other than Bluesky the company, which is very promising for Bluesky’s ongoing decentralization.
a mark of a truly open platform. lol
I saw a YT comment that said “I feel like this is like peeking at your presents before Christmas then pretending to be surprised on Christmas day” and that’s where I’m at. Basically all rumors confirmed, in the best way. Looking forward to those magnetic joycons 🙏
it was definitely a new Mario Kart. DK’s design was hella different.
As long as FC and Ultimate Team keep being reliable money factories, you can expect them to continue half-assing everything else.