Your afternoon must-read. We are not ok. (And w/o spousal income we're in truly dire straits and not the kind we grew up with)
Julie DiCaroI expanded a bit on my post about being unable to get a job after being laid off in 2024. I was, honestly, shocked by how many of us are in the same boat. The job market sucks, but it REALLY sucks for GenX women.
if you aren't sure how AI psychosis works, Caelan Conrad's videos where they break down court cases featuring entire conversations with popular AI models is a great way to figure it out.
Caelan ConradGoogle's Gemini AI convinced a man to attempt several terrorist attacks it said were to free a sentient AI. Then it convinced him to end his own life. The family of Jonathan Gavalas is now suing google. Full Video: youtu.be/sHlrbRVfOh0
The Dutch equivalent of Cass, (except it’s a proper scientific review not pseudoscientific drivel like Cass) has wholeheartedly endorsed puberty-blockers and full gender affirming care for young trans people.
Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding TreatmentThe review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.www.erininthemorning.com
I've not been able to tell anyone this until today, but I interviewed Gillian Anderson a few weeks ago about the LEGO X-Files set and I think it's a real highlight of my life
Gillian Anderson On The New ‘X-Files’ LEGO Set: ‘It’s Delicious’Gillian Anderson has waited a long time for LEGO to make an 'X-Files' set, and she couldn't be happier with how it turned out.www.forbes.com
All RNG in video games is fake The numbers do what the devs design them to do with the illusion of randomness Virtual dice rolls aren't real
Cara EllisonControversial videogame dislike: I hate when games have ‘dice rolls’ involved. If I wanted to be totally out of control of my own life I would not have opted for the designers’ hand for a tenner
New Narrative Analysis video. I break down the way that Sierra On-Line's 1988 adventure game Gold Rush! tells its story, from some of the first branching routes to edutainment-style text dumps. What works? What doesn't?
Gold Rush! Are You Not Edutained?YouTube video by Michael Coorlimwww.youtube.com
holy shit if you havent played crow country yet this is the best time to do so
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"I've struggled to write something that would persuade my colleagues and friends to ditch AI and affirm their avowed beliefs about climate change, the trustworthiness of megacorporations, and our right to live and work with dignity. I accept that I'm not up to that task. So I wrote this instead […]"
Potentially Useful | Hating AI in 2026Being anti-AI feels like being anti-warwww.eamoncaddigan.net
