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simli @simli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can't say I loved everything about "Goodbye, Lara", but I expect hairdressers to be booked and busy with women lining up for their anime Ursula highlights.

Grace from Goodbye Lara with her red highlights.

A close-up of Grace from Goodbye Lara with her red highlights and fab makeup.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love my fellow autistic data nerds. kagi.com/search?q=has...

A screenshot of a search query through Kagi.com. The query is "has someone made a database of all critical role dice rolls?"

The response is:

"Quick Answer

Yes — CritRoleStats is the definitive database. It tracks every dice roll across all Critical Role campaigns (Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein, Bells Hells, etc.), complete with timestamps, character names, damage dealt, and roll types. The full dataset is searchable through their All Rolls Dashboard, which lets you filter by campaign, player, roll type, and more. The underlying data was migrated to a Google Cloud database and is regularly updated with new episodes.

Several other projects build on or complement this data:

- The Omen Archive — a repository for stats and analyses that follows in CritRoleStats' tradition, with raw data available via Dropbox
- CritRoleDB — a focused site showing kill counts and roll summaries per character
- What We Rolled — a companion site that lets you track your own D&D campaign rolls using the same style of data CritRoleStats collected

For the raw, full dataset, CritRoleStats is the go-to source."

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Worth noting that there are now Meta pervert wrist bands to keep an eye out for too.

Photo of Meta's new "Neural Band". It's a grey-brown textured bracelet with no watch face. Imagine the fabric of a public bus seat, but on your wrist.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you type "hasan" in Reddit's search, it will suggest you the search parameters people there use to brigade subreddits talking about him. www.reddit.com/r/SubredditD...

Reddit search box for typing "hasan". The top three suggestions are "hasan piker", "hasan valkyrae", and "hasan -subreddit:destiny -subreddit:asmongold -subreddit:livestreamfail -subreddit:h3h3productions"

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fun trick with mailed discount codes from Flolab (who make great iPhone accessories): The free shipping cut-off offer kicks in when customers put a typical "new iPhone" bundle together. But when the discount code is applied, the total drops below this point, which reapplies the shipping fee.

Checkout screenshot from the Flolab store:

"Subtotal, 3 items, 655.00 DKK

Order discount: -98.25 DKK
Shipping: 66.00 DKK

Total: 622.75 DKK
Total savings: 98.25 DKK"

Mind you, the total savings are NOT "98.25 DKK", because the shipping charge got reapplied, which means the total discount is DISCOUNT minus SHIPPING, which comes out to 32.25 DKK ($5, woo). I'll still take it, but a "15% discount code" this was not.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Say what you want about the scourge of romantasy etc, but the gap in gender-based reading performance in the latest PISA report is crazy: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Page 33 of the PISA report showing a massive gap between reading performance amongst girls vs boys, with the boys being 30 to 40 points behind girls with scores girls' scores sitting around 400 to 500.

Science and maths performances don't have as big a gender gap.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Final Fantasy VII Remake Series Trilogy Edition Bundle (that's the name folks) practically gives away Part 1 and 2 for free for all of us who played the first two on PS5: store.steampowered.com/bundle/82650...

Price overview for the FF7 trilogy bundle:

Revelation: 70€
Rebirth: 8.25€
Remake: 6.75€

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

oh wow. gmg offer the pc version, at least if the copy is to be believed www.greenmangaming.com/games/ace-co...

"Pre-order Bonus includes:

- Playable Aircraft: F-14A
- ACE COMBAT ZERO: THE BELKAN WAR (Steam Version)"

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We need to suspend all k-pop, until we figure out what the hell is going on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAwz...

Screenshot of the linked k-pop music video. The captions for the lyrics are, I kid you not alt reader, "Skibidi bad bad bad bad bad bad".

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today's Iceland referendum to pursue EU membership is close to being a coin flip. On top of everything else going on. Interesting to note that EU membership didn't keep Denmark from crippling its fishing industry through pollution, overfishing, and bottom trawling. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ic...

Table from the linked article with opinion polling. The lead seen a pro-EU lead narrow from 5-6% to 1-3% in the past month.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This official statement about thefts at the convention does not inspire confidence. x.com/gamescom/sta...

Twitter screenshot of the Gamescom account. Tweet from half an hour ago, 1PM CET:

"We are aware of stolen hardware and take these reports very seriously and understand the frustration of affected exhibitors.

Since many requests reached us, we would like to inform about general security regulations at the event:
Uniformed guards provide general security across the venue. Individual stand security can be booked separately, and exhibitors are advised to insure equipment against theft.
This is noted in the terms and conditions of participation and the technical guidelines.

All cases have been reported to us and to the police, and investigations are already underway.
We also want to ensure that the reported cases are individual cases, which we are very sorry to read.

Because security has one of the highest priorities to us as an event and to see that indie developers are affected makes us very sad. At an event of this size, however, there will always be individuals attempting to take advantage of the situation.
Our security measures are designed to minimize such risks as effectively as possible."

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

According to Mark Gurman, the iPhone Ultra (Fold) won't have a telephoto lens. Oof. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Article screenshot:

"Beyond productivity, video and gaming, I’m told the foldable iPhone excels as a camera viewfinder. But there’s a significant omission: It lacks a telephoto camera. That could cost Apple some sales. This phone will top $2,000, and the Venn diagram of people willing to spend top dollar on an early-adopter product and those who appreciate advanced camera capabilities — including deeper zoom — is probably pretty close to a circle."

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Twitch clips are getting separate comments, because Twitch thought they hadn't saddled streamers with enough unpaid moderation duties for all the abuse vectors of the mismanaged platform. Twitch doubling down on clips, their most neglected feature that is one of the worst abuse vectors is abysmal.

Screenshot of a Twitch announcement reading that "Comments are here!"

"Clips on this channel now have comments! We're bringing this to more channels soon." Etc.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Things in Danish politics are now so bad that NATURALIZATION IS EFFECTIVELY SUSPENDED - as is the issuance of passports for these people. Parties want to tighten requirements further, including right-wing calls to "screen for antidemocratic sentiment" like social media. www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...

News update from linked liveblog on dr.dk, in Danish:

"LYNANALYSE: Regeringen står over for kæmpe slagsmål om statsborgerskaber

Lige nu er tildelingen af danske statsborgerskaber sat på pause. Et lovforslag, der ville give dansk pas til flere hundrede ansøgere, er sat på pause på ubestemt tid. Uretfærdigt, lyder det fra Moderaterne.

I mellemtiden skal regeringen forsøge at få flertal til en ny Indfødsretsaftale, der sætter reglerne for, hvad ansøgere skal leve op til.

Det bliver med garanti ikke lette forhandlinger. Moderaterne, SF og Radikale vil på flere punkter lempe reglerne. Omvendt vil Socialdemokratiet stramme og bl.a. screene ansøgere for anti-demokratiske holdninger. Det er en ekspertgruppe ved at undersøge mulighederne for.

Og så er det endnu uvist, hvordan Venstre, Konservative og LA vil gå med i en ny aftale."

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Was not expecting to read the Silmarillion and see Tolkien absolutely nail the American tech-worshipping billionaire class and our warped transhumanist greed. 1951!

First book screenshot, through OCR:

Anyway all this stuff is mainly concerned with Fall, Mortality, and the Machine. With Fall inevitably, and that motive occurs in several modes. With Mortality, especially as it affects art and the creative (or as I should say, sub-creative) desire which seems to have no biological function, and to be apart from the satisfactions of plain ordinary biological life, with which, in our world, it is indeed usually at strife. This desire is at once wedded to a passionate love of the real primary world, and hence filled with the sense of mortality, and yet unsatisfied by it. It has various opportunities of 'Fall'. It may become possessive, clinging to the things made as its own, the sub-creator wishes to be the Lord and God of his private creation. He will rebel against the laws of the Creator — especially against mortality. Both of these (alone or together) will lead to the desire for Power, for making the will more quickly effective, — and so to the Machine (or Magic). By the last I intend all use of external plans or devices (apparatus) instead of developments of the inherent inner powers or talents or even the use of these talents with the corrupted motive of dominating: bulldozing the real world, or coercing other wills. The Machine is our more obvious modern form though more closely related to Magic than is usually recognised.

Second book screenshot, through OCR:

I have not used 'magic' consistently, and indeed the Elven-queen Galadriel is obliged to remonstrate with the Hobbits on their confused use of the word both for the devices and operations of the Enemy, and for those of the Elves. I have not, because there is not a word for the latter (since all human stories have suffered the same confusion). But the Elves are there (in my tales) to demonstrate the difference. Their 'magic' is Art, delivered from many of its human limitations: more effortless, more quick, more complete (product, and vision in unflawed correspondence). And its object is Art not Power, sub-creation not domination and tyrannous reforming of Creation. The 'Elves' are 'immortal', at least as far as this world goes: and hence are concerned rather with the griefs and burdens of deathlessness in time and change, than with death. The Enemy in successive forms is always 'naturally' concerned with sheer Domination, and so the Lord of magic and machines; but the problem: that this frightful evil can and does arise from an apparently good root, the desire to benefit the world and others — speedily and according to the benefactors own plans — is a recurrent motive.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Twitch announcing that they are using users' data to train AI by DEFAULT, even for users inside the European Union, is crazy. Opt out manually under /settings/security. x.com/TwitchSuppor... xcancel.com/JayViperTV/s...

Alt text showing the Twitter link. It shows Twitch Support announcing the measure and that they'll discuss it noon PT on twitch.tv/twitch. Person replying below shows a screenshot of the setting, complaining about it being on by default.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Finally a game developer who gets it.

A gameplay setting for a videogame with a toggle for Oxford commas.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

All of this reporting on migrants in Ceuta "inside the gates of Europe" through Spain without ever showing that Ceuta isn't a part of the European continent. www.google.com/maps/place/C...

A map showing that Ceuta is a Spanish territory on continental Africa and not the European continent, as you would think from the current discourse.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I think we might be at a point where we should just ban all glasses and mandate contact lenses, if even AR glasses that don't record video will treat women like NPCs with dialogue trees in a videogame. Any glasses are going to look suspicious at this point: great job everyone. sayvi.app

A screenshot for the product website for Sayvi, an app - or equivalent - for some AR glasses. The product GIF literally shows the transcript of another person on "First date - Live" with three different conversation suggestions in the literal style of a Fallout game.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

funniest possible outcome is people still using twitter suffering from ai psychosis because of engagement bots agreeing with them without realizing it's all fake www.twitch.tv/maximilian_d...

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Ryan Gosling is an excellent actor, I'm told, and he's no doubt going to be great as Ghost Rider. But as a guy who loves fashion, he's not beating the "dude whose characters wear cool jackets" allegations. (Keep it coming.)

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

all this just for argentina to pull some bs

Stats for the Argentina-Spain match. All stats are hilariously one-sided in Spain’s favour.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Very funny that Gamer Supps is becoming the Black Rifle Coffee of vtuber energy drinks. de.gamersupps.gg/en/collectio...

"Blue GAMERAID - 30 Servings" of an energy drink in ... a bullet container.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

bro store.fifa.com/en-en/collec...

There is no Cabo Verde World Cup merch in the official FIFA store. Not sold out, just a "No products found".

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Ingen korruption og greedflation på det danske elmarked ifølge den regulatoriske stat. #dkpol #dkenergy finans.dk/erhverv/ECE1... www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Finans:

Overskrift: "NSK opgiver straffesag mod energihandlere"
Manchet: "Energihandlere blev beskyldt for svindel for flere hundrede mio. kr. Nu er sagen droppet."

DR:

Overskrift: "Opsiger aftaler: 32.500 elkunder flyttes til nye leverandører"
Manchet: "Kunderne bliver flyttet, fordi selskaberne er blevet opsagt af et elnetselskab"

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Ifølge balkanciaga på TikTok har politiet overfaldet og anholdt og hospitaliseret Rasmus Malver (@rasmusmalver.dk). Jeg har ikke Instagram, men han skulle efter sigende have en opdatering om sagen på sin Insta-story. Forkortet version af videoen: #dkmedier #dkpol www.tiktok.com/@0a4x0m0/vid...

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Pretty cool to see Slate find a way around the issue of providing enough interesting car colours without hurting resale value by providing an official wrapping service customers' cars. www.slate.auto/en

Bunch of widely different designs and colours for the Slate, way beyond solid colours.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Also a shame to see GTA6 bail on its opportunity to create a cultural moment for fans by giving retail shops a physical copy of the game with the damn game instead of just a download code. Surely it's not that important to deal with broken street dates when you're going to make a trillion anyway.

Screenshot of a tweet from VGP Video Games Plus (Ontario, Canada):

"A Statement from VGP Regarding Grand Theft Auto VI

As gamers and retailers, we recognize that Grand Theft Auto VI is poised to be one of the biggest entertainment launches in history. The excitement surrounding this release is unprecedented, and we understand why so many customers are eagerly anticipating its arrival.

For nearly 40 years, VGP has been committed to supporting physical media and preserving the value of physical game ownership. As part of that commitment, our company policy is that we do not carry physical products for video game consoles that contain only a digital download code.

Based on the information currently available, the physical release of Grand Theft Auto VI for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X is expected to be a code-in-box product. As a result, VGP will not be offering it for sale under our current company policy.

We want to be clear that this decision is not a reflection of the game itself. We have tremendous respect for Rockstar Games and the incredible achievement that Grand Theft Auto VI represents.

Should Rockstar one day release a physical edition containing a disc in the box, we would be pleased to carry and support that version for our customers.

Thank you for your continued support of physical gaming and for helping us champion game preservation and ownership for nearly four decades.

— The VGP Team"

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Data centres and the Reflecting Pool are a great reminder that sometimes the best journalism is to simply grab a water sample by yourself instead of chasing quotes and comments from people who are going to stonewall you anyway. edition.cnn.com/2026/06/16/p...

CNN article excerpt:

" When CNN independently took a sample of the water last Wednesday and consulted with a pool store that regularly tests water to help read the results, it showed phosphate levels far higher than what is recommended to keep algae at bay based on estimates for a pool that holds 6.5 million gallons of water. CNN obtained another test Tuesday that showed the phosphate levels had dropped but were still elevated.

Phosphates are a primary nutrient for algae, and high levels make algae growth more likely."

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Deeply fascinated with the privacy section of Snap's pervert glasses announcement with assurances ... FOR THE WEARERS only. We really need to regulate this stuff yesterday.

Excerpt from the main link in the quoted post:

"Headline: Privacy from the beginning

Privacy has been a core design principle at Snap from the very beginning.

SPECS are designed to be transparent about how they work. They ask clearly before accessing sensitive information, and an LED indicator lights up when recording is taking place. SPECS prioritize on-device processing, and give people control over what gets stored, synced, shared, or deleted.

People should understand what information is being used and remain in control of their experience. Trust isn't something that can be added later—it has to be built in from the start."

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Er det franskmændene eller DR og deres korrespondent, som mener, at Mbappé skal holde kæft og blande sig uden om politik?

Uddrag fra artiklen:

"Kyllian Mbappé har selv rødder i Cameroun og Algeriet. Og selvom han er fra en forstad til Paris, er hans indflydelse vokset langt ud over forstæderne.

- Han har en kæmpe stor stemme. Ikke bare i Frankrig, men også internationalt. Han er vel verdens mest berømte nulevende franskmænd, og derfor er der virkelig mange, der lytter til lige præcis deres landsholdsanfører.

- Men selvom mange lytter, er der også dem, der mener, at han bør klappe i og koncentrere sig om at spille fodbold, lyder det fra Stéphanie Surrugue.

Overskrift: Ballade har medført udgangsforbud

Frankrig er et land, hvor fodbold kan få folk på gaden. På godt og ondt.

Senest var det ondt, efter Paris Saint-Germain vandt Champions League-finalen mod Arsenal. Det fik folk til at gå på gader og stræder. Flere medier meldte om op mod 900 anholdte og flere hundrede sårede. Heriblandt mange politibetjente."

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Very funny that the follow-up is Hamaguchi saying that this is the opposite of how things were at Square Enix where the whole team would just get disbanded after each project.

Excerpt from the interview.

"Interviewer: Do you think that’s a lesson to other projects within Square Enix, to try to keep the team together?

Hamaguchi: I actually never had that idea before. In general, most development teams within Square Enix would just disband after a title. When we started on the next project, we’d start over again with the process of gathering necessary development members and figuring out what roles they will fill. The only exception is probably the Final Fantasy XIV team led by Naoki Yoshida — that’s a huge team that’s been working on multiple expansions — and the Remake series led by me.

I think it’s something that we should be mindful of as a company, as we go into titles we work on in the future. Because this did bring out a really huge benefit in terms of speeding up and having an efficient development timeline."

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

character design meetings for stellar blade

Screencap of a gentleman in a meeting wearing a green shirt looking into the camera from a certain Vine video.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Idéen om en dansk regering, som er kritisk over for techgiganter virker mildest talt ikke troværdigt. Også plat at der ingen initiativer er om at forbyde reklamer for decideret gambling og hasardspil på et tidspunkt hvor reklamer og spilafhængighed er højere i Danmark end nogensinde før(!) #dkpol

Punkt 7 fra regeringsgrundlaget:

"Danmark går forrest i EU for en hårdere regulering af tech-giganterne, bl.a. med et forbud mod afhængighedsskabende design, en fælles europæisk aldersgrænse for sociale medier og for, at tech-giganterne bidrager med en øget skattebetaling til de europæiske samfund."

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Between Fatekeeper and Crimson Desert, it's clear that fantasy gamers yearn for long draw distances.

Screenshot of Fatekeeper showing an amazing cliffscape spanning far into the horizon.

Screenshot of Crison Desert with a more Zelda-like grassy landscape with an arid area of mountains in the back.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

What a way to go, and on a private lurker account no less.

Screenshot of a quote tweet. "You reposted" at the top.

The quoted tweet reads:

"BREAKING: Iran says it has now decided to execute the full blockade of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as the next operational step following the announcement of ending all negotiations and communication with the US, per Tasnim.

Oil is surging over 8%, now at $94."

The quoting tweet, in response, reads:

"in accordance with Pride month, Iran will shut down all straits"

Error message from Twitter: "Your account is suspended and is not permitted to perform this action" after trying to post or even like a tweet.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

CDPR conveniently just released their breakdown of the number of developers across their teams for scale - although this is a Polish company wrt wages of course. xcancel.com/CDPROJEKTRED...

CDPR graph for "Development teams engaged in ongoing projects" for Feb 28 and Apr 30 with 933 and 975 developers respectively employed.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I guess all electric cars are just going to look like some variation of this now, both for interior and exterior. www.topgear.com/car-news/ele...

A picture of the fairly generic and smooth Ferrari Luce car from the article.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Pretty disappointing that I can’t even download the Apple Sports app without having sportsbetting thrown in my face.

Overview of followed sports in the Sports app.

The settings for the app. The only setting is “Show Betting Odds” and “Odds Type.

At the bottom is “Sponsored by DraftKings”.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This viral Rei Ami video also makes me wonder how a future with more voice-based AI usage is going to shape language where you have to code switch to a pronunciation for communicating with technology instead of people. Even down to your drive-through order.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

BYD ser meget spændende ud og har nogle enormt interessante tilbud på biler som Dolphin, men mængden af forhandlere og især værksteder er godt nok tarvelig. www.bydauto.dk/privatleasin...

Oversigt af BYD-værksteder i Danmark. Der er hele tre på Sjælland (Roskilde, Køge, Ballerup), én på Fyn og fem i Jylland.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Not sure which is more baffling: that Matt Damon is recording videos for the Odyssey Discord server, or that this is a guy who's professional job is make saying scripted lines in front of a camera look natural.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Bieber performing in front of Palantir got a lot of attention, but this list of people in attendance is ridiculous:

"Bieber was a headliner at WNDR, entertainment executive Jeffrey Katzenberg’s invitation-only confab at the Rosewood Miramar in Montecito last week. The programming for the event was first reported by Puck.

The ultra A-list talks and guests included director James Cameron and former Disney CEO Bob Iger, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Oprah Winfrey and Julia Roberts, comedians Chris Rock and Trevor Noah and artist Jeff Koons on a panel discussion with LACMA chief Michael Govan."

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Polymarket is sponsoring (viewbotted) Twitch streams now. Wonder if the streams even get tagged as promoting gambling. www.twitch.tv/videos/27665... twitchtracker.com/fazebanks/st...

Screenshot of a Twitch stream in the style of a news show. It's "Powered By Polymarket".

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Went through all the things too a couple of years ago. One of the good things I discovered is that a simple hot water bag that you can get from your pharmacy is great at relaxing stiff muscles without having to do any risky manipulation. Just don't sleep with it.

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simli @simli.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Without fail, the richest and most powerful people are always the most cartoonishly pathetic losers you could possibly imagine. The stereotype is almost as insulting as everything they did to gain their power and wealth in the first place. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

"In 2018, I was a guest at Jeff Bezos’s Campfire retreat in Santa Barbara, California. It’s an annual event in which the Amazon founder invites 80-plus guests—celebrities, artists, intellectuals, and anyone else he thinks is interesting—to spend three nights at a private resort. I had recently been approached by Amazon about moving my film-and-television business over from Disney, and although I had declined (or maybe because I had declined), Bezos’s team invited me to Campfire, perhaps keen to impress me with the power of his reach."

"How was your Campfire? Bezos asked me an hour later, and because I am an honest person, and because I have been a host myself, I decided he would want to know that there had been a problem, but that his team had reacted quickly and been extremely helpful. To be clear, I was in no way blaming him, nor was I shaking down the richest man on Earth. Instead, I was simply offering Bezos, also a husband and father, a brief human connection.

But when I told him what had happened, Bezos looked horrified. He did not say “I’m so sorry.” He did not say “Do you need anything?” Instead, he made a face, and in an instant, an aide came and whisked him away. When presented with the opportunity for empathy, even performative empathy, he chose escape."

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