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If you've always been vaguely aware of Edward Said but could do with a refresher, this episode of NPR's Throughline and his work on Palestine is a good listen
https://overcast.fm/ AAYs-wlLr8I

... an anecdote from IBM's Yorktown Heights Research Center. When a
programmer used his new computer terminal, all was fine when he was sitting
down, but he couldn't log in to the system when he was standing up. That
behavior was 100 percent repeatable: he could always log in when sitting and
never when standing.
Most of us just sit back and marvel at such a story; how could that terminal
know whether the poor guy was sitting or standing? Good debugg…

It's true. The Xbox app for PC is a joke. Steam, Epic, and GOG are making fun of it behind its back.

Language learning has been part of me since high school. I'm solid in 2 non-English languages, crappy but survivable in 2 others. I've played with & started learning others many times.
I'm real busy rn, but language learning could be a fun thing to do for myself & make me feel like I'm still me.
But I'm stumped about my language picks. I learnt the obvious European languages in school; later tried key Asian languages. What do I want to do now?
African languages? I won't be getting a chance to use them much in Aus, & I'm unlikely to get to a stage where I can read literature.
I tried Slovenian/Slovene on a whim & really love it, but I'll never go there. Is the practical but unfun answer grind out more kanji/hanzi? Or is whimsically learning a language spoken by only 2.5 million people reasonable? I will continue struggling through with Ukrainian, 'cause I think it's important.
#LanguageLearning

I had a bitbuy account long time ago (back when there might have been legit reasons for #crypto) and I guess I never closed it.
But wtf. We're going after the youth market now are we? Yes, I choose my currency and investments based on how cute/fun the mascot is. :(

"It's not the crime, it's the cover-up" will never stop being funny to me. We really are a broken society.

This is a fan creation of "Requiem", the never-before-seen final episode (based on the actual script) of the animated series, "Dungeons & Dragons".
▶️ Dungeons & Dragons Animated Series: Requiem The Final Episode (A fan made production revised)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=…

Funny how Google doesn't even offer "Never" as an option — like they just don't want to know. (This is a pop-up on a Google blog page.)

It’s Getting Easier.
As some might know, I’m a big fan of riding a bike. It’s in my blood. Born and raised in Belgium where cycling is the national sport—well, maybe after football, which isn’t a sport, it’s a mafia cover-up. My uncle and grandfather are both fanatic cyclists, and with our Italian roots, the circle is complete.
But since I live in Central Europe, where the roads never recovered from communism and have more holes than a Dutch cheese factory, I find it hard to cycle …