@mollipen.bsky.social How so? I only see one ticket that's offering marijuana!

Oh, great, and now Rain World-inspired nightmares. (A quadripedal plant was attempting to eat me.) Thanks, brain.

Rain World is undeniably cool and I wanted to like it. But it's also the bleakest game I've ever seen. Like, not even the ending (I gave up and watched it on YouTube) makes it any better.

Violent crime in the USA nearing 50-year lows. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/what-the-data-says-about-crime-in-the-us/

"In the Gilded Age, the rich were regarded with suspicion or contempt. Now, says Maney, when the rich flaunt their wealth as a sign of their success, the strongest emotion they provoke is envy." I think the article can be forgiven, since it's from 2018. But I'm pretty sure that as of today […]

A comparison of the first Gilded Age (the 1890s) and the second (now). "...neither party seemed capable of tackling the systemic issues disrupting Americans’ lives. Driving it all, a tribal partisanship captivated the public, folding racial, ethnic, and religious identities into two warring […]

The Post Office served as a communications and delivery network for a young United States, essential for the country to function. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/brief-history-united-states-postal-service-180975627/ The Internet is our new essential communications and […]

WORK HARDER, NOT SMARTER "SMART" IS ABOVE YOUR PAY GRADE

I don't understand why there's all this un-skeptical excitement for UFO 50. I'm glad I watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaNM3biswfA#IndieGame

We've had this sink strainer 2 years now and it's still going strong. Really like that we can put it through the dishwasher. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000U0K5PU We actually order a lot of OXO products and generally like the quality and usability.