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One important story that I feel got lost during the end of 2025 is how white-presenting "18-year old" female "AI" companions are cosplayed by 30-year old fathers in Kenyan slums. At a huge cost to their mental health.

"My sole responsibility was to keep the conversation going, no matter what it did to me."

"The challenge went beyond just switching genders; I also had to perform across different sexual identities. Sometimes I was a straight wo…

Lazypost, is there a nice supplier of customizable Lightning, micro-USB and USB-C (charging) cables?
Looking for a nice selection of colors and chooseable lengths. This is both for accessibility reasons and to match decor.
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"Perhaps the biggest difference between the two novels is that Goldratt’s protagonist gets promoted after demonstrating the success of his techniques, while Kim’s is promoted while it’s still clear to him and his manager that he has no clue what he’s doing. This ass-backwards career progression is necessary to make the book realistic in a software development context."

Play It Again, Sam
While the phrase "Play it again, Sam" never occurs in the film Casablanca, the sentiment does. Sam is asked to play "As time goes by", a song about how some things remain the same despite the passage of time. The song was originally part of a 1931 Broadway musical, and perhaps ironically due to a musician's union strike when Casablanca was released, the studio were unable to release a new version of the song as a record. Instead, they re-issued the original version, recorded over a decade earli…

Die zweite Staffel von #MyDressUpDarling war wieder ein wunderbar wohlfühliger Blick ins #Cosplay-Hobby mit seinen vielen Facetten. Nicht konfliktfrei, aber auf positive Gefühle hin erzählt, schön und humorvoll inszeniert und dazu eine gelungene deutsche Synchro. Nur dass die Liebesgeschichte…

I’ve had this contingent of the language police show up in my replies a few times now over the word “cosplay,” and look…
OK, I get it, I get the instinct to say “Don’t drag me into this!” and I applaud the effort to push fascists out of communities, yes to all that…
…and also we need to recognize that what ICE is doing absolutely •is• cosplay. The word means “costume play.” It refers to assembling and wearing costumes that are not necessarily functional, but show affinity for a particular subculture by reproducing characters from that subculture’s popular narratives.
ICE are cosplaying Call of Duty. That is an accurate description of what’s happening. (Listen to “Gear.”)
I make software and I make music. I don’t think either one of those things •should• be about violence. I don’t •want• them to be about violence. But both are used in the service of violence, like it or not. I shout the violence out whenever it shows up. But would be ridiculous for me to point at what Palantir does and say “That’s not software!” Unfortunately, it •is• software. To deny that would be beyond self-defeating; it would be irresponsible.
ICE •is• doing cosplay, and we hate it. It’s an insult to the cosplay subculture. It is an insult to the whole of humanity. Fascism creeps into all of our spheres, into every beloved craft and community, and the response is never to pretend it’s not there. The response is to drive it out.
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Anti-ICE Activists Cosplay As American Marines With Somali-Style Flag (Mann Vipas/The Daily Caller)
https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/02/internet-blasts-minnesota-democrats-recreating-iconic-military/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p126#a260202p126

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