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Finished DS9.

Man, what a classic. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

Very cool game PSA!

The Shack's own lplasmatron has released a very generous demo on STEAM of his new game The Axis Unseen
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1807810/The_Axis_Unseen/

This game is metal AF! It feels kind of like a cross between Skyrim, Hades, and Dark Souls. The music and art design are just... *chef's kiss*. The gameplay is intense, and the mystery of the world keeps me coming back. It's got that Dark Souls "I really want to see what's around the next corner" hook going for it. The graphics and lighting are super advanced, and I'm impressed how many options have been provided in the menu so that even my literally ancient gaming PC will run it.

Go download this demo and check it out, guys. Full game releases in just a couple of weeks. lplasmatron is going to be swimming in money soon. Spread the word!!!

“Every accusation is a confession” taken to 11.

I just cannot wait to stop working. It takes so much time.

Pumpkin pie is garbage tier pie in the first place, why would you do that to yourself?

TLDR, but if they drop support for the addon manifest that allows ublock origin to work I'll just have to switch to the inevitable fork that keeps it.

Ad blocking on the modern internet is non-negotiable. Things have gotten so bad that it's practically unusable without it.

unlike every social media platform Twitter’s owner is overtly campaigning and financing a particular candidate’s campaign and has adjusted the algorithm to match those goals. I used to never get far right grifters in For You pre-Elon. Now they’re a constant feature along with Elon himself and tons of others I don’t follow anything like. Not to mention the replies since Elon changed the algorithm to promote replies from paid racists higher than interesting non-paying users.

Fast forward to two weeks from now when conservative senators and reps are running on "failures of the Harris Administration" to quickly address the needs of working class Americans as they recover from Helene.

I'm having a hard time. I recently came to the realisation that I'm only half way to retirement. Been working since I was 17 or 18. Now 40. Retirement is about 25ish years away still. But I feel so very burnt out and tired of my job that I am struggling to cope with it not being 'the home stretch'. My job pays so well after doing it for so long that I can't see a way to change my career that won't financially be very damaging. I split with my long term partner a while back and had to start again on the property ladder so I'm mortgaged until I'm 65 unless something major happens in the meantime.

Nothing is actually hugely bad in my life and actually by all metrics I'm doing pretty well and I have to remind myself often to be thankful for that.

This is a bit of a ramble, but I just feel a bit meh and have done for some time now and I'm just not sure how to get out of it.

Is this a midlife crisis?!

The untimely coincidence of social media, AI capabilties, lack of common sense reasoning, and the MAGA cult has been terrible. Allows for any flat out lies with photo "proof" to run unchecked.