Cheers. Every weeknight, walking down the hallway to the sound of “Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got…”

Did everyone responding to you miss the FrenWorld drama at Reddit a few years back? It was thinly-veiled racism disguised as friendly comics. It was finally banned for both that and glorifying violence.

Don’t forget the title music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8TmIxHSBcU

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn02w01xr2jo

It was both countries, sadly.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Supposedly a lung infection caused by inhaling very fine volcano dust. Technically invented by a group of word puzzle fans, but it’s appeared in dictionaries.

This might also be the first time since I learned it (30+ years ago) that it’s been even close to relevant in a conversation.

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And the follow-up, Big Gas Savings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxBh42TrGw

They are. I’ve seen “sere” show up in crosswords quite a bit. I didn’t think “fungiform” was rare, but Firefox’s spellcheck doesn’t seem to recognize it. “Resplendent” just sounds gorgeous. And “slugabed” is new to me, but I love it.

There are way more rings than that, and they’re actually the best parts of the game. It gets so much worse in the levels without rings. Awful combat, terrible puzzles, inconsistent framerate, and thoroughly unclear objectives.

Oh, and everyone’s favorite: escort missions!

Poetry.

https://xkcd.com/605/

Mine was from a chain of random people posting their invite links on Slashdot. It feels like ancient history now.

A security organization from Hellboy that investigates the supernatural.

It did in Lower Decks. Yet another reason to love that show.

…sources were adamant that there were no political ties.

You just know someone’s proud of themselves for that line.

Wait, is that an Eternal Darkness reference?

The intel was “someone’s targeting ex-Starfleet officers”. The dialogue then suggests Starfleet command put together the list of former officers. They didn’t necessarily pull those names from the intel.

I believe it’s been fixed for the next version of Lemmy. But for now, small ampersand (U+FE60) works as a substitute: ﹠