Twitter reminds me of the worst parts of the old “wild west” internet now. There’s still some good content, but it’s hidden among scams, skeezy porn ads, and some of the worst opinions you’ve ever read.

I feel pretty immune to that kind of stuff, but it’s a huge culture shock after browsing moderated social media.

I’m a big XCOM fan, but I haven’t ever given this game a shot since it was so different. Will have to check it out.

(I also crossposted this to /c/XCOM)

Isn’t this basically what Batman did?

You’re right, we should be cutting out the bloated middleman entirely.

This is a good step in the right direction, but I’d like to see it applied to commercial plans as well. Prior authorization is everything they’re saying it is and worse.

I had this, but I remember not really getting it at the time and not giving it a fair shot. Maybe it’s time to go back.

Wow, when they were practically giving those away, I figured they were washing their hands of it. It’s amazing that it’s still being supported.

And the Uvalde shooter crashed his truck on the way.

It’s interesting how often in stories like this where someone is doing something extremely violent or antisocial (the clinical definition of the term, not “asocial”), it begins with a car crash.

It paints a picture of someone who’s being manic, impulsive, and has shut their mind off to long term consequences.

Yeah, looks like the default “word_wordnumbers” usernames that reddit gives you if don’t change them.

I wonder if that would be an easy way to detect botting by not filling in that field for them.

61 is so young and unexpected. What incredibly sad news.

At first glance of the headline, I saw the word “homicide” and thought the worst. Articles are saying “a brief illness” was the cause.

Ah yes, a true bongcloud connoisseur.

In chess, often first.

That’s awesome. I think there are so many out there who would be receptive to decentralized social media if they heard about it.

If management hadn’t created that PR disaster, these people would probably still have jobs.

Same here. It just wouldn’t feel right - like how far is this car going to roll after half the wheels fall off?

Is this arguably anticompetitive and illegal?

They talk about a few causes, but this is the gist of it for anyone who doesn’t want to click:

Researchers cited the pandemic as the biggest factor in the widening gender gap; it took a heavier toll on men. Unintentional injuries and poisonings (mostly drug overdoses), accidents and suicide were other contributors.

Wait, am I in the matrix?