- “Don’t be certain of anything” Bertrand Russell’s 1951 guide to fighting fanaticism is more relevant than ever
❝ How philosopher Bertrand Russell’s ten commandments for intellectual freedom offer a powerful antidote to modern political extremism.
💬 That first one is all-important, and something I preach almost daily. Activism is a contagion that propagates itself via the unwarranted certainty of vacuous people… expertise traffics in knowledge and trust, not advocacy. - Online Gaming Store GOG Launches New Scheme To Save Games From Disappearing
❝ The CD Projekt site pledges an initial long-term commitment to 100 games - Today in Armie Hammer: “My mom got me a vasectomy for my birthday”
💬 Grandma doesn’t want any little cannibals running ‘round. - Syndicated Comics
❝ DC Compact Comics line has been a huge hit and all 15 more titles are coming in the format in 2025, including even more evergreen classics - Which scientific journals have been hijacked?
❝ There’s a growing list of examples of shady publishers buying real journals and turning them inside-out. Pseudoscience ahoy!
- “Times New Dumbass” is a font inspired by the owner of Xitter
❝ Times New Dumbass, a complete font series inspired by Elon Musk’s most obnoxious onstage hype-man moves. - 27 Sex Confessions, Kinks, And Fantasies
❝ “I want to get really sweaty with Steve Harvey and Dr. Phil, and after we finish hooking up they shave each other’s mustaches off we do it all again.” - D&D’s new Dungeon Master’s Guide is a huge upgrade for newbies
❝ Rich with fresh material, the massive book has very little fat to trim - The new Nvidia App is out now, justly banishing GeForce Experience to history
❝ Nvidia have given their much-needed GeForce Experience replacement, the Nvidia App, a full release. It’s alright. - 10 Strange Sports Around the World
❝ From battling bathtubs to running with llamas, these sports are anything but average. - Confluence: The Living Archive could be the next big D&D competitor
❝ Confluence: The Living Archive is more than just the next Fantasy Heartbreaker — it seems poised to a new strong D&D competitor.
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❝ The wild, nonsensical world of toilet paper math, explained. - Safe sex doesn’t just mean condoms anymore
❝ We’re living in a golden age of STI prevention. - Police Freak Out at iPhones Mysteriously Rebooting Themselves, Locking Cops Out
❝ Law enforcement believe the activity, which makes it harder to then unlock the phones, may be due to a potential update in iOS 18 which tells nearby iPhones to reboot if they have not been in contact with a cellular network for some time, according to a document obtained by 404 Media.
💬 As it turns out, yes, Apple did quietly add a new anti-cracking feature to iOS 18, and fuck you very much if you don’t like it. - Smoking toad venom helps veterans with PTSD, addiction, and depression
❝ Zach Skiles is a veteran and clinical psychologist who, informed by his own experiences, is helping other veterans deal with PTSD, depression, and drug addiction. As a researcher with University… - Meta’s Threads is ‘overrun’ with liberal election fraud conspiracies
❝ Thousands of users have amplified baseless claims of hacked voting machines as Democrats become more comfortable embracing denialism - 10 video games that are actually funny
❝ Video games are hilarious. Don’t believe me? Here’s our list of the best examples of video game comedy, including Disco Elysium, Portal, and more.
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❝ Sure, you know the story of Nolan Bushnel and the early days of the video arcade game Pong. And as a kid (or parent) maybe you ate pizza while watching… - Instagram gets rid of annoying disappearing video ‘rug pull’
❝ The Meta-owned platform has acknowledged that users hated it yet they were doing it on purpose. - Halo 2 at 20: Remembering My Favorite Xbox Game Ever – IGN
❝ I was lucky enough to cover Halo 2 for Official Xbox Magazine before, during, and after its release, and so I thought I’d take this special 20th anniversary moment to share a few behind-the-scenes memories from what is, to me, the single greatest Xbox game ever.