is it possible that these glasses are "villified" because they're made by an actual villain? meta does not believe people deserve privacy, and their tech is explicitly trying to mine data from people for manipulative uses in advertising, creative farming, and media manipulation.

also, optical implants may not necessarily need a "camera" to work. degenerative and genetic vision disorders are not a monolith, and oftentimes it's about transmission of the image to the brain, not the eye itself.

directly to "friends of the IDF"

so actually, much worse than just donating it ambiguously to Israel

bizarro America

but also, yeah, it's been a nazi haven for a long time - it's just becoming a lot less quiet about it

specifically at places that were under investigation for human trafficking

less than half of what I'd hoped for...

catching strays out here, my dude. sounds like a really positive take on something people find divisive.

cooking for others is so special - I'm glad your family shares that. my parents don't cook, and certainly never took an interest in meeting most of the people I dated. but now my partner and I cook for them. they don't like everything we make, and pick around the stuff they don't want. everyone's happy, so it all works out.

oh my Eru, he's making a Tom Bombadil feature film!

🌎👨‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

it's a simple Freudian slip; you mean one thing but say a mother

damn, that could have been so good. a series of unusual mysteries and sci-fi stories, all subtly linked to the central macguffin laboratory, or whatever government conspiracy is "behind the whole thing".

they already have a whole alternate dimension to play with, so it doesn't need to be contained to a single midwest town. they could set seasons in any part of the world, and make it a huge web, with a hyper local focus with new casts.

the more I think about it, the worse it gets; they had a perfect setup and didn't go for it.

Others had only trivial barriers to that access, such as requiring that a visitor sign in with any email address

my company made one of these AI apps, and when I signed up I realized there was no email verification.

so, I made a fake user, with fake credentials, and an email that doesn't even exist, and it worked. oh, and it has default editing permissions, so I was able to change data in it.

it won't allow the use of an email outside of the company domain, but here's the kicker: there's a pop-up notification that tells you what domain to use.

it's been 3 weeks, and it hasn't been deleted yet.

it's also important to be a good guest. a host isn't a servant. they didn't make anyone do anything; they offered food and shared their home, and that's pretty cool.

also, doesn't sound like in-laws. "dated" implies casuality, and also past tense.

"War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse."

"There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander."

gastrointestinal Joe always reports for dooty

Arcade Firaga

the rule of two

definitely pitching this to my DM for the upcoming Eberron campaign; we've been watching Legend of Korra for vibes and inspiration, and the recaps in that show were perfectly fit for the setting

what the heck is that? it's like three different uncanny valleys converged

Twitter? I thought this was Ipswich!

love me an ice cold slaw-cicle