Stop describing your paintings using words like “impressionist” or “realist”. Stop describing your music using words like “blues”, “Motown” or “blackened death metal”.
The Habsburg Singularity
Damn those gnostic luciferian Marxists and their attempts to immanentise the Eschaton.
From Michael Jackson’s favourite rabbi, no less
Can you prove that baptising a cat doesn’t work, though?
What does it mean when rats suddenly vacate a ship?
Orcs gonna orc
He’s an interesting fellow; more so than you’d imagine from his recently low profile. He also owns the Warner Music Group, one of the three major recording companies. Also, he was a close acquaintance of Putin and many in his circles from before the fall of the USSR.
A name from a tonal language will never sound entirely right in English, though I got used to pronouncing “-jing” with the “j” sound from “jiffy”. For a while, I thought the “zh” sound was correct, partly because other people said it that way, and partly because it sounded plausibly exotic, until I discovered that there was actually a phenomenon for this mistake called hyperforeignism.
IIRC, they bought out local companies, and gradually replaced their branding with the corporate standard.
Luckily for the red side, the system’s designed so that sand can vote
Nation’s Stray Dogs Call For Increased Wino Vomit Production
“You dislike Kamala because she’s Black. I dislike Kamala because she’s a cop. We are not the same.”
It’s possible to take this too far, like mispronouncing “Beijing” as “bei-zhing” because it sounds more foreign and gives the impression of being educated and well-traveled.
The problem many of Biden’s detractors had with him was that Harris would be next in line for the presidency.
Some Nazis who are averse to the word “socialist” have been replacing it with “traditionalist” (because, you know, that’s based, with tradwives and white-picket-fenced churches and all that). So, National Traditionalist American Workers’ Party could work
Sooner or later, a trans woman forced through male puberty by arbitrary rules/culture-war politics will snap and attempt to assassinate the PM or health minister. Then the other boot will come down: the Daily Mail will demand a crackdown, and the usual voices in the Guardian will join in, and the government will follow.
A disproportionate number of these cranks appear to be British expats in Greece or Cyprus.
We regret to inform you that Ray Kurzweil is back on his bullshit
The Google futurist talks nanobots and avatars, deepfakes and elections – and why he is so optimistic about a future where we merge with computers
![AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’](https://leminal.space/pictrs/image/968c6457-f8b0-4a01-baf4-0ae7f35d38d5.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
There’s always someone who takes things literally
Attached: 1 image imagine being a teen and having an awkward first time with your first bf then see an article years later where you find he's since fucked 699 cars
![Davey :sugar_approved: (@sugar@goblin.camp)](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a9a0d425-1d20-4116-a272-cfaef30878c2.webp?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Techbro develops AI-powered sex toy to “save the world”
The creator of the gimmicky DIY sex sleeve says any criticism against the Orifice is “gene warfare."
![This Man Wants to ‘Save the World’ By Letting You Jerk Off Into a Computer](https://leminal.space/pictrs/image/32d3c4bb-56f4-4c7d-9280-fd03d6dfa260.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Teledildonics and eugenics: what more could you ask for?
New economic warfare method just dropped:
Minister says he will work with business to investigate, while China dismisses suggestions of involvement as ‘absurd’
![Royal Mail urged to investigate claims of Chinese-made fake stamps](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/3aabb2db-a852-48a5-bde4-42c0a1bc6231.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
L, and I emphasise, MFAO
Specifically, covid wrecked his lungs: Bryan Johnson is a 46-year-old tech bro who cashed out a few years ago and now spends all his time trying not to die. He has been interviewed by most mainstream news outlets where he has documented his extreme and bizarre quest for immortality. From a story in ...
![The Billionaire Who Wants To Live Forever Has Long Covid](https://leminal.space/pictrs/image/3b5555d7-1208-46cf-9f91-1f8cd06dad77.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The Billionaire Who Wants To Live Forever Has Long Covid
Britain: Antiwork Nation
UK losing belief that hard work brings better life, and fewer millennials now think work always comes first, survey indicates
![Britons least likely to say work is important to them, world study finds](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/0bafb1ae-7502-431a-960e-620f9bd14294.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Slim protective cases for the Steam Deck
Can anyone recommend a good case for carrying a Steam Deck in a backpack or similar which is less bulky than the factory case and yet protects the device? (I’ve heard the Dbrand Killswitch and JSAUX Modcase recommended, though that was a while ago.)