Bartimaeus

I have not had any more of the posting issues I mentioned before, and the intermittent logins/logouts seem to have ceased for the time being as well. Thank you!

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-tough-decisions-ahead-what-could-this-mean-for-xbox-helix-xbox-games-studios-or-xbox-exclusives Buy smaller companies, wring 'em, layoffs, close companies... Buy smaller companies, wring 'em, layoffs, close companies... Truly, capitalism at its finest.

I received a 403 error for just a one paragraph post. Would not let me post it no matter what. I resolved it by editing out all the content, writing one word, posting it, then editing the real text into the post. Not ideal.

I never liked the feeling of paper: sensory issue. I put up with it when I was young, but I haven't read a physical book in...um, okay, like 6 months because someone gave one to me to read, but besides that, a really long time, . Generally, I only try to have physical items of things I already love and where the item itself visually presents as art that is meaningful to me, otherwise I really don't feel the need to clutter up my life with so much junk.

The local film club selected Aftersun as its movie for the week. Do you want to know why? Because I'm the one that picked it, because it's one of my favorite movies of all time. Now you should watch it too. It's a movie that somehow encapsulates both the hazy insanity of my childhood and the darkest terrors of my adulthood, and maybe it will yours too.

My impression has always been such things are an issue of "whose space is this?". Who's the one deciding where stuff goes at a moment's notice, who's the one most familiar with all the different objects inside, who's making instant decisions on where stuff needs to go or how stuff gets re-organized when space gets tight? I know where all the tools inside my toolbox are, but just because you also have a toolbox that you know the ins and outs of wouldn't suddenly make you an expert at finding whatever it is you're looking for inside mine, especially if a lot of its contents are different and unfamiliar compared to what's in yours. Faster compared to someone who's never seen the inside of one and familiar with any of it though, sure. ...But it wouldn't surprise me if some other factors also figure in, like men's mental visualization and pattern-finding skills being better suited for certain things and women's being better for others.

Minnesota and Denver sure have played each other a lot in the playoffs the past few years While Minnesota has won 2 of the 3 series, the one series Denver won they went on to win it all, so...

ABC NewsSupreme Court limits Voting Rights Act in historic decisionThe Supreme Court on Wednesday, in a 6-3 decision, limited the use of the landmark Voting Rights Act.Some more from ABC. The things I hope happen to these (in)justices post-2028...in Minecraft, of course.

a few partial/incomplete louise brooks film were found, restored, and released on blu-ray recently it's like they know i exist

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/scotus-voting-rights-section-two-ruling-history-worst-century.html Democrats need to get control of the Senate this upcoming election so badly. I haven't looked into how realistic it is, but Trump cannot be allowed to appoint another one of these jackasses if one retires or bites it. Even as a replacement for one of the conservative judges.

They will, in good time - when the required hardware and software stop being easily usable and there's no-one left (publishers/developers with intent to continue to sell OR independent third parties willing to put their free time into fixing things) to support those games for anything newer, same as it has always been. Everything will die or disappear that way eventually, and some that nobody much cares about already has. But letting a publisher arbitrarily decide the when and where because of the way they've deliberately engineered their games to fail and be unusable? Well, it'd be in line with nobody owning their music, movies, or television anymore and how some things released only on streaming services can permanently disappear from them just for tax write-off or royalty avoidance purposes, I suppose...except for all the dread pirates ripping and distributing them as local files that anyone can own and do what they want with, of course.

the funny man i watched play half-life 15 years ago is speaking to EU parliament good on you, ross

The problem aren't the bots, it's the people who set up and run them...

welp, we're officially in the end times now

Canada, if you're listening, I hope you're able to put a bullet in this guy's brain