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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 26/09/2026

This bodes GREAT for the upcoming BC election, excellent messaging

Four posts by David Eby, all showing "Post hidden by muted word"

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 21/09/2026

lol I took the exact same photo. God-tier slide, thanks @writnelson.bsky.social

"Will you use LinkedIn, and forever be banished from the light of God?"

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 17/09/2026

Hey, kid, you like ice cream? Well fuck you

An unholy ice cream called "Moon Mist", containing bubblegum, grape, banana, and cherry

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 06/09/2026

So is everyone aware that the PNE is using copious amounts of AI for "Wizard of Oz on Ice"? Like really really really bad AI. I guess they just don't want to pay artists anymore? cc @justinmcelroy.bsky.social

AI-generated backdrop showing fences that appear and disappear, weird-looking barns everywhere, just generally a need

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 12/08/2026

Oh my god, this actually 100% works for getting Particular 4 working in After Effects again

$Posted by lizenz 01a19815092 1 year ago I found a way, but it's quite hacky. This one works on Windows: • Close After Effects • Find the file "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\FLT.dll" • Make a backup copy! • Open "FLT.dll" in a Hex-Editor (I used HxD, you might need administrator privileges) • Search for "Particular", change to "_articular" (do not insert/delete any characters!) • Save the file We might have to redo this after each update or until somebody decides to encrypt the file 😕😕$

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 05/08/2026

Fuuuuuuuuuuck you, Google. Just literally taking away Android features to try to force you to dump your data into their AI. Guess it's finally time to look into Android alternatives.

We’re writing to let you know that the Google Assistant on your mobile device is being discontinued, and Gemini—our next-generation AI-powered assistant—is now the assistant experience on Android.1

What This Means for Your Mobile Device

As we transition our mobile experience to Gemini, Google Assistant will no longer be available on your mobile device. We will begin removing access to Google Assistant starting on September 4, and expect that this process may take a few weeks to reach everyone. Once availability is removed, you will no longer be able to use or switch back
to Google Assistant on your phone, tablet, or paired devices.
If your Android device meets the minimum system requirements2 and you are in a region where Gemini is available,3 Gemini will be the Google-provided assistant on your mobile device. When you invoke your assistant, for example, by saying “Hey Google” or long-pressing your power button, Gemini will appear instead of the previous Google Assistant.

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 08/06/2026

Yup, you're right, I found the exact location. Buildings match, though I think the crowd composition (even spacing, mostly white shirt / black pants, no signs or banners) and missing cars are suspect. And the fact that they've done it before. But it's hard to know. ... I hate this game.

Matching angle to the original photo from Google Maps

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 06/06/2026

Weird that it still shows the price, you just can't do anything about it

Showing that the vinyl is cheap, but there's no button to buy it

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 26/05/2026

Six years after my plans to see Purity Ring were scuttled by a plague, I finally got to see them live, and it was a goddamn religious experience

Black and white photo of the stage during a Purity Ring concert

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 22/05/2026

Listen, I know grocery stores committed massive fraud across the entire country, but it's been dealt with. Look, if you promise to stop bringing it up, I'll give you this shiny nickel.

Interac e-Transfer: You've
received $49.11 from Canadian Bread Settlement and it has been automatically deposited.

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 19/05/2026

Decided to take a risk and go to my first concert since 2020, and was ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED to see this email from the band that seriously, honestly, passionately requests that everyone masks, with N95s supplied at the venue. A++ GREAT JOB PURITY RING, holy hell this takes my anxiety down so much

The following is a message from the presenter or promoter regarding the tickets you purchased for:

PURITY RING - PLACE OF MY OWN TOUR, mmj
at Hollywood Theatre
on Mon May 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Purity Ring kindly requests that all attendees wear a respirator (N95 or KN95) for the duration of the show. There will be free high-filtration masks at the door for those who don’t have them.

We want our shows to be a place where we take care of each other. wearing a high-filtration mask is an act of material care and a show of solidarity with disabled and immunocompromised people. It’s a small thing we can do to keep each other safe.

Covid and other airborne diseases continue to disable and kill people in our communities. 1 in 5 covid infections results in long term symptoms, and the risk of long term symptoms increases cumulatively with each infection. Everyone is vulnerable to these impacts. To learn more about covid’s impact on the brain and body and why this all matters, read this zine -laurellynnleake.com/whywemask/

thank you!!
purity ring

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 09/05/2026

I think it's REALLY funny that the Valheim dedicated server is literally just the game running without graphics output, with absolutely zero attempt made to fix the errors resulting from that. A few extremely simple lines of code could fix it forever, but nahhhhh.

The shader Hidden/Dof/DepthOfFieldHdr (UnityEngine.Shader) on effect Main Camera (UnityStandardAssets.ImageEffects.DepthOfField) is not supported on this platform!
The image effect Main Camera (UnityStandardAssets.ImageEffects.DepthOfField) has been disabled as it's not supported on the current platform.
The shader Hidden/SunShaftsComposite (UnityEngine.Shader) on effect Main Camera (UnityStandardAssets.ImageEffects.SunShafts) is not supported on this platform!
The shader Hidden/SimpleClear (UnityEngine.Shader) on effect Main Camera (UnityStandardAssets.ImageEffects.SunShafts) is not supported on this platform!
The image effect Main Camera (UnityStandardAssets.ImageEffects.SunShafts) has been disabled as it's not supported on the current platform.

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at GraphicsSettingsManager.GetCurrentGraphicsModeConfiguration (System.Boolean includeBackground) [0x0000d] in <c366779df99d449da9e16b4e0a4d1800>:0
at GraphicsSettingsManager.OnGraphicsModeChanged () [0x0001b] in <c366779df99d449da9e16b4e0a4d1800>:0
at PresentManager.InvokeEventIfResolutionChanged () [0x00031] in <c366779df99d449da9e16b4e0a4d1800>:0
at PresentManager.Update () [0x00000] in <c366779df99d449da9e16b4e0a4d1800>:0
at GraphicsSettingsManager.Update () [0x00015] in <c366779df99d449da9e16b4e0a4d1800>:0

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 06/05/2026

Alas, after 124 days, I am being forced to reboot my phone because the camera has stopped working. It was a good run. Now we'll see if disabling updates actually worked.

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 02/05/2026

We saw it yesterday afternoon! It's been spotted a few times this last week, I assume it's the same whale that's just been chilling in the bay for a while

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 27/04/2026

Google says that the next time I reboot my phone it's going to install an update that I've seen and hate, and I'm doing everything in my power to prevent this from happening

Uptime: 2776:30:31, or 115 days and counting

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 02/04/2026

Sorry, what am I supposed to be seeing here?

"Gideon Nave" scribbled out so you can't read the name

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 28/03/2026

One of the first places I stumbled across, lol. A++

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 20/03/2026

Nice to see Google reaping that vibe-coder efficiency! Every startup knows you need to move fast and break things, and push everything straight to production

A Google error page, title "Error 502 (Server Error)!!1" (yes, exactly as written) reading "502. That’s an error. The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds. That’s all we know. "

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 16/03/2026

lol though this is what it wanted to show me idk sometimes she just gets me, you know?

Some random anime-ass screenshot from a PC-98 game with a girl in an extremely wild pink dress

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 16/03/2026

OneDrive is like dating a shitty person who knows you're about to break up with them. "I know, once a day I'll text them a happy memory from our relationship! Then they'll see why we should stay together."

OneDrive Android notification that reads "March 16! Today over the years. See what made this day special over time."

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 20/02/2026

Totally packed house for @dropout.tv Improv at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver ❤️

Full seats at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 09/02/2026

please tell us, dell, what cursed problem your computer is facing

Dell support menu just loaded with gibberish

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 01/02/2026

Oh my god I must have blocked a bunch of that book from my memory, it's even more unhinged than I remember My poor brain cells What have I done to you

"A statement that is seen as racist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, or homophobic can haunt a speaker for years, writes Jenkins, but it is still possible to make hostile and vituperative public statements about Roman Catholicism without fear of serious repercussions. Jenkins shines a light on anti-Catholic sentiment in American society and illuminates its causes, looking closely at gay and feminist anti-Catholicism, anti-Catholic rhetoric and imagery in the media, and the anti-Catholicism of the academic world."

The headline from the "top review from Canada" reading "Fair, Thorough, Unbiased"

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 20/01/2026

Just another strategic drop or two and you could have the NERV logo, claim it was intentional

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 19/01/2026

Excited to see so many game journalists working to inject life into an industry that's been repeatedly raked over coals, but there's one journalist who has been AWOL for so long and I'd love to see working again

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 06/01/2026

The red dots are people who finished it in 65

The survival bias image of a plane covered in red dots, showing where planes can be shot but still land

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 06/01/2026

Beat Act 2 of Silksong at just under 67 hours. HowLongToBeat claims the average is 28h, which is absolutely wild? But also 60% of players never even made it this far, so I'm pleased as punch regardless (and I did most of the optional stuff, which is certainly a factor).

Silksong's Game Completion screen, with 66 hours 42 minutes

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 24/12/2025

Like nearly always by your side, like 95% by your side (also this joke doesn't make sense if the image is cropped)

Out of service ATM screen showing the slogan "always by your side"

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 22/12/2025

Look at this majestic ball of fluff I saw on a hike

A whisky jack / canada jay looking extra fluffy and wonderful

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 09/12/2025

Yeah that's the good stuff

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 05/12/2025

PHEW. Took an hour, but the game is prepped and we're ready to dive into the Zone.

Box for Stalker: the board game and a bunch of punched out cardboard

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 04/12/2025

EXCUSE ME, WINDOWS THE EVERLASTING FUCK IS THIS IN EVERY SINGLE RIGHT-CLICK MENU

A new "AI actions" right-click menu option

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 14/11/2025

This article also has a language issue

A Polygon article with no actual article

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 10/11/2025

Hold on, are they only using genAI for VO, or is that just the only thing they publicly admitted? Because the Steam disclosure doesn't even mention VO, it says that they used "AI-based tools to assist with content creation". Which could mean textures, text, whatever. It's suspiciously broad.

From the ARC Raiders Steam page:

AI GENERATED CONTENT DISCLOSURE

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

During the development process, we may use procedural- and AI-based tools to assist with content creation. In all such cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our own development team.

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 11/10/2025

In the age of AI, we can utilize "large language models" to determine potential product substitutions with a holistic accuracy never before experienced

Buying "kid boys socks", with potential substitution suggestions non-alcoholic beer, tampons, and a scalp treatment

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 06/10/2025

Considering everyone was just forced to update @unity.com because of a pretty bad vulnerability, this might not have been the best choice of words

An email from Unity with the subject line "3 Unity Pro Hacks you wished you knew"

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 03/10/2025

Ok I thought it would be funny to actually apply, and THIS IS A REQUIRED QUESTION ON THE APPLICATION. It's REQUIRED. WHY. WHY IS IT REQUIRED, @netflix.com

Question on the Netflix application, "are you a person of the transgender experience?"

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 13/08/2025

The article didn't mention where they were getting their data, so I assumed the worst. But I did some digging, and nope, this is one of the only "AI" projects I've seen that's completely above-board.

From the Hidden Door FAQ:

Do you train AI models on authors’ books or movie scripts to make this work?

Fuck no. We read the books or watch the movies and then write an opinionated take on the world as editorial guidance for our system.

What about the art?

All of our art is hand-drawn by our team of artists, led by our amazing Art Director, Megan Carlsen, and including Harrison and Aurora.

We find a sparing use of high-quality art creates the experience we’re looking for much more than a ton of mediocre and uncontrolled generated assets.

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 06/08/2025

Does anyone else see a giant rabbit eating a tiny person holding a book

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 11/06/2025

We keep straying further from god's light

Meme showing Apple's awful new "Liquid Glass" UI versus their old "Aqua" UI

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 10/06/2025

I don't understand how Nintendo can release the first trailer for a new game in a massive property, on incredibly impressive new hardware, and then have this texture work in the literal first shot. Like...it's so far from release, you're allowed to bullshot your water texture. Esp in a cinematic.

Incredibly poorly tiled water texture in the Splatoon Raiders trailer

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 21/05/2025

Look at this cutie. Taken on one of our favourite hiking trails on Vancouver Island, whiskey jacks are a constant presence. And I adore them.

A photo of a fluffy whisky jack sitting in a tree, with a bright red and green tracking bands on its feet

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hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com · 07/05/2025

oh phew, I've heard a lot about phishing scams but don't worry, this site pinky-promises

A checkout form asking for credit card information, with the text "your card is safe" and no other security info

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