Modern video games are less "interactive entertainment" and more "unpaid internships".

You boot up a new title and suddenly you're harvesting digital turnips, micromanaging a medieval tax system, and crafting 37 different types of leather boots just to unlock the privilege of being mildly entertained for 15 minutes.

Ask a developer to estimate a 2-day task, he'll tell you it'll take 2 weeks.

Ask him to estimate a 6-month project, he'll say "Yeah, I can probably knock that out in a weekend." 🤣

Juneteenth is the perfect moment to remind everyone of these two facts:

1. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
2. Those who prevent history from being taught are plotting to repeat it.

Read this out loud. Read it again. Then teach it to your kids.

We've heard your feedback on the Terms of Service updates for mastodon.social and mastodon.online, and we're pausing the implementation date (previously announced to users via email as 1st July 2025) so we can take further advice and make improvements.

It may take us a moment to consult with the right people, so please bear with us while we do so. As always, we appreciate your patience and support.

Gilead has announced that lenacapavir, the game-changing HIV prevention drug just approved by the FDA will cost $28,218 USD per person per year.

Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year.

Capitalism kills.