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Remote work risks wiping $800 billion from the value of office buildings in major cities worldwide by 2030 as the post-pandemic trend pushes up office vacancy rates and drives down rents, according to a new report
Why do we have to "save" their software anyway? It's not a load bearing program. It's not a healthcare system or a school. If your shitty app fails because you're thieving bastards that's not on ME. Tech fails all the time. Fuck off with this, hope you go bankrupt actually
Y’AAALL, GenAi companies are going to start asking for COPYRIGHT EXEMPTION. Remember when they first told us they DIDN’T train on copyrighted data and that everything was ETHICAL?! A year later now they are begging to not get sued anymore for training on our shit. GETFUKT!!
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"These are Skeleton Panda Sea Squirts, also known as Ascidians. They're marine invertebrate filter feeders that will probably end up in a Tim Burton film at some point." Via Reddit/Facebook.
There are only two ways to classify animals; puppies or kittens.
Wolves? Puppies.
Lions? Kittens.
Cows? Puppies.
Snakes? Kittens.
Sharks? Puppies.
Velociraptors? Kittens.
I always found "art is cheaper than therapy" to be utter fucking bullshit. Scrivener can't diagnose your depression. Photoshop can't change your bi-polar disorder. Your guitar can't adjust your ADHD. Fucking do art AND go to therapy. Take your meds, not this shitty advice
Pray for the zoo animals in this time of crisis. I mean, they're getting really well taken care of, but they're also living through an era of zookeepers saying, "Y'know what? Fuck it, lets just show them each other!"
I want a horror story where the victim is a depressed Millennial with a nihilist sense of humor and the killer is just REALLY confused and uncomfortable by it.
Victim: You're here to kill me? Oh thank god, I made a Spotify playlist for this [The Smiths begin to play]
Killer: Uh
Bridesmaid: Okay, we're gonna go to a cute British pub for [my sister's] bachelorette dinner to celebrate her British heritage!
Me: We're Irish
Her: Same difference!
Me:
Her:
Me: I hope you have four hours free, I need to explain the ENTIRE HISTORY of Ireland to you
This is your yearly reminder that we don't know what the Monster Mash actually sounds like. The song is just telling us about it and the actual Monster Mash remains a mystery
Me: *walking out of the house*
Spider: I'm so excited! I made you something!
Me: *walks into giant spider web* O___O
Spider: I hope you like it!
Me: aaaaaaaaaAAAAAHHHHHHH *flailing*
Spider: Love you!!!! 🖤
The Librarian peered curiously at the assembled otters. One squeaked sheepishly.
"This can be easily explained," said the otter who was once the Archchancellor of Unseen University.
"I told you!," yelled the Chair of Indefinite Studies, hissing
"Ook," said the Librarian helpfully
Because we live in an increasingly dire, crumbling hellscape from which there is no escape so people are frantically grabbing at anything that injects even the tiniest amount of serotonin into our hungry, febrile brains
My mother: Aww, what are you stitching?
Me: *shows her*
Mom: *trying to be supportive* Oh. Uhh. You... you did a good job with the drippy... blood part 😬
Also, BRING ALL YOUR OUTSIDE SHIT IN. Flower pots, furniture, outdoor art, signs, flags, umbrellas, decorations, pool stuff, goddamn EVERYTHING that can be moved. You do NOT want to see the damage outdoor debris like a fucking flower pot can do in stormy high winds
For all my LA friends, let me share my 10 years of FL hurricane experience with you. 🧵
1. If you’re leaving, LEAVE NOW. Sunday or later is too late.
2. If you’re not leaving…
- Get non-perishable food items, a non-electric cooking device, and a cooler to fill with ice
1/5
The Witcher is basically my FAVORITE fantasy comedy trope, which is friendless, humorless berserker is befriended by sarcastic himbo who is pure of heart and dumb of ass.
I don't know why that dynamic delights me so much but I always think it's funny. Always.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but it's okay to not turn your software into buggy, outrageously priced subscription services. You don't always need to be greedy, craven jerks trying to bilk a cornered customer base of struggling creatives out of money.
So there is a thing called a hypnic jerk (great band name) where you're juuuuust on the very cusp of sleep and then you suddenly feel as if you've been struck by lightning. Terrifying. Then you get caught in a feedback loop of anxiety, worried about falling asleep again and, well
My sci fi horror take is there should be more noir murder mysteries and cult horror stories on huge generational ships. You know shit gets weird like three generations in
I am deep into A Crown of Candy and the last episode legitimately had me shouting out loud at my TV in outraged shock. Dropout might be the best streaming service I pay for right now. Absolutely fucking bonkers content.
My Dad: I don't understand why you don't go into publishing. You're a good writer, right?
Me: Okay. How much do you think an assistant editor in Manhattan makes?
Dad: $100k? $150k?
Me: AHAHAHAHAHA
Dad: ...
Me, two hours later: HAHAHAHAHA
Me, dead and buried: AHAHAHAHA
Etsy wouldn't have to if they went back to being a goddamn site for crafters and not a haven for aliexpress drop shippers, scammers, and IP thieves. It's a terrible site to use now. It used to be great. More people suffering due to corporate stupidity
Demon: BWAHAHA I HAVE TAKEN OVER YOUR MORTAL COIL
Me: Knock yourself out, my dude
Demon: Wait- why does... everything hurt...?
Me: That, my good man, would be my terrible body and brain
Demon: I- I'm suddenly remembering something dumb I said in third grade
Me: lol have fun
I'm glad Laurie Halse Anderson is fighting her book being banned, but where is her publisher? Where are ANY publishers? Speak is published by a Macmillan imprint, why aren't they putting out PR condemning this?? Why are any of the publishers SILENT while their authors are banned?
With more than 60 books facing review and possible removal from Central Bucks libraries for "sexualized content,"
@halseanderson
showed up to protest potential book bans: Kids "need us... to make a safe place for them to say what happened to them"
"This Corrosion" by The Sisters of Mercy released as a 7" single in mainland Europe on this day in 1987. Subsequent versions and formats released in the UK on 21 Sep and 30 Sep. So happy Corrosion Season all!
Idea: Run a Vampire: The Masquerade campaign in the What We Do In The Shadows universe.
Set it in Staten Island and the five boroughs, simplify the rules, what could go wrong
People love to trash the Keanu Reeves' version of CONSTANTINE as a not-very-good Hellblazer adaptation, but that misses the point: it's actually a modern, metaphysical noir.
I'm not QRTing the hateful Instagram account but, for the last time, RACISTS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN GOTH. Black goths are valid, legitimate, beautiful, wonderful, important parts of our community and anyone who says otherwise is a racist piece of shit! FUCK OFF OUT OF MY SUBCULTURE
Can't even post the musicians playing as the Titanic goes down gif while this site cracks in half and slips beneath the waves. The irony. The hubris. He is the stupidest man alive
I gotta say the best quarantine purchase has been bird seed. I love watching these feathery little weirdos. We've got:
- blue jerks
- aloof red guy thinks he's better than everyone else
- smols
- round bois
- BIG DOVES
and
- rare birds called squirrels
BREAKING: Shell has reported profits of $9.5 billion for the third quarter compared to $4.1 billion in the same quarter last year.
Today's top stories:
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Good morning.
Blink 182's song "What's My Age Again?", which iconically theorized that "no one likes you when you're 23", is itself now 23 years old.
Have a great day.
ICYMI: I rolled up my sleeves and dug into why H.P. Lovecraft's recent Retro Hugo Award is a complete disgrace. He has become the racist albatross around the neck of cosmic horror and we as a community can do better. Thanks to
@TorNightfire
for letting me rant!
Via the internet, Americans “peer enviously at our neighbors in civilized countries, who get monthlong vacations, don’t have to devote decades to paying for their college degrees, and aren’t terrified of going broke if they get sick,” writes Tim Kreider.
"Personal growth" I say as I disappear into the darkest part of the woods and claw a hole in the earth for myself.
"Personal growth" I say as my bones become home to lichen and moss and mold.
"Personal growth" I say as weeds grow through my eye sockets and my jaw bone.
If the 1920s were the roaring 20s then then 2020s should be called the screaming 20s because OH MY GOD WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS HAPPENING JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
Amazon's Alexa voice assistant will be able to mimic any person's voice after hearing a short audio clip. Amazon markets the tech as a way to remember a deceased family member.