Cyrus

frankly I think tourists from the US *should* be asked this question, and maybe those who voted this way this woman clearly did should have to think for a damn minute about how their actions have impacted others. also: you can't just "get away from all that," for heavens sake.

Closing Hamilton Central Library 'off the table' for now as staff look at other ways to stop on-site drug use | CBC News Staff might start checking people’s library cards before letting them into the Central branch, in an attempt to deter patrons from selling or using drugs inside, says CEO.

Someone shared a post with me about Hamilton being about to require library card checks at the door to enter.

Looks like this is the context.

I do not love any of this.

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he may well be adroit at the finer points of what in better years constituted "procedure"

but the skies are midnight at dawn. the heavens weep burning earthblood and the earth is sulfurous fume and the concentration camps are filling beyond capacity, and he needs to be more or he needs to leave now

I think its actually kinda fascinating that this has apparently been a problem with tabletop games since kriegsspiel

Israel has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian women and girls in its genocidal war on Gaza.

On International Women's Day, we look at the number of women and girls Israel killed in Gaza in 2025.

#Infograph

Do the Lucas robots conform fo Isaac Asimov's famous laws of robotics?* *Isaac· Asimov's three laws of robotics, formulated for the stories collected in / Robot, published in 1950: 1-A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2-A robot must obey the orders given it by human. beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3-A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

"As George says," conveys Lip- pincott, "anybody who's going to do robots nowadays is into science fiction and is going to be aware of Asimov's laws. George was certainly aware of them, but he was determined to work around them. What Asimov described was an idtal situation-what a robot should be ~ithin our culture. What is the case in Star Wars is humanoid robots with individual quirks, just like human beings have quirks. Both of our robots. have their O)Vn ideas as to who their masters are and what their respon- sibilities are. So there can be conflicts between the two robots."

Starlog out here in 1977 asking the REAL questions about Star Wars

"It's fun-that's the word for this movie," writer-director Lucas told The New York Times, explaining why he developed the project. "It's for young people. Graffiti was for 16-year-olds; this is for 14-year-olds. Young people don't have a fantasy life anymore, not the way we did. All they've got is Kojak and Dirty Harry. There's all these kids running around wanting to be killer cops. "Nobody except Disney makes movies for young people anymore. I want to open up the whole realm of space for them.

George Lucas said ACAB in 1977:

STAR WARS Star Wars, scheduled for release this June, is a massive, sprawling spectacle of galactic repression, rebellion, and intrigue; featuring robot, human, and alien heroes, a captured Princess, larger-than-life villains, and an ancient, mysterious technique for working one's will, known simply as "the power." There are also more spaceships of different designs and functions than have ever appeared before in one film, including a planet-sized battle machine aptly named the Pictured on this page are two pre-production paintings that can only start to suggest the scope and action of this grand- scale space opera. Star Wars is a 20th Century-Fox Production. Above: The scene depicted here is of an imminent confrontation between the forces of rebellion and those of repression. On the left are the young farmer-turned-galactic- hero, Luke Skywalker, and some of his fellow rebels—the barbarous-looking alien giant is called a Wookie. The deadly weapon being held by one of the rebels is a light sword or laser-sabre. The group is about to confront a squad of robot guards, also equipped for close-quarters fighting. Below: You are looking out through the cockpit window of one of the various space-fighters designed for the film. The "metal planet" that is partially in view is the awesome Deathstar itself. The action is part of a spectacular space battle that occurs near the end of the movie. We don't want to give too much away before you've had the chance to see this one for yourselves. However, next issue (coinciding with the movie's premiere) we will be running a full feature on Star Wars, complete with color stills and behind-the-scenes information.

And THEN, two issues after THAT, Starlog presents this gorgeous one-page preview of Star Wars, featuring Ralph McQuarrie's inimitable artwork, along with a promise that issue #7 will focus on this intriguing film:

this entire thread is fantastic if you're into the history of sff and cinema

nobody involved in this shit should ever be forgiven

Peter Parker going through the motions of masculinity, slowly getting dressed in a darkened room

Peter Parker trying to tell his Uncle Ben that he feels an existential dysphoria

Woke ally Uncle Ben telling his "nephew" Peter there is still time

Peter trying to tell his wife that he needs to make a change about his life, his identity, but he's worried that it'll cost him his marriage

Marvel Ultimates would've been so good if it had just followed Ultimate Spider-Man's lead and just made its protagonist a closeted transsexual

I...

holy shit.

A copy of wyrd science with a pair of googly eyes and a big mouth stick on it

Oh no, top cognitive and brain science researchers at Wyrd Science Inc. believe that Wyrd Science, the best tabletop game magazine in the world, may have developed consciousness & all this ‘print is dead’ talk is making it anxious

Maybe you should buy a copy so this little chap doesn’t feel so sad

This ad shows her getting attacked by ICE as she protested.
I was there.
I saw what happened.
It was worse than these clips show, and her bravery was obvious.

After tear gas and pepper balls, after getting thrown to the ground, when the gas cleared she sat at that very spot, and started knitting.

happy international women's day. I don't read I guess

#comics

This is above all disrespectful to the fallen soldiers who are being mis-identified during their transfer

Thinking this morning of how during desert storm every news segment was basically a grainy footage infomercial for “smart” weaponry and how this allowed us to mentally abstract the human beings being blown apart on screen. How adults on TV argued this was ushering in an era of “humane” warfare.

I like Kirk more but Picard absolutely has his moments of charm

Harrow the Ninth is in second person, its an absolute trip and a challenge to read the first time, but once you finish it and understand what is going on (and *why* it is in second person), it all just clicks. It's one of those books that imo needs to be read twice to be understood.

Craven little bitches.

The nerdzi YouTubers must be shitting themselves though. If enough studios capitulate to right wing weirdos and remove all the “woke” elements, they’ll lose their meal ticket.

Can’t wait to see what kind of straws they clutch at to keep clutching those pearls.

I'm gonna be honest "short form video" is often supremely aggravating and frequently takes me more time than just reading. And so many of them are like a fucking minute or longer. If we're doing this, go back to Vine's 6 seconds.

The constituency of Americans who see DEI as detrimental to the country is vanishingly small, the sort of constituency that can easily be ignored if politicians want to ignore it.

You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat

You didn't lose an hour of sleep — an hour of sleep lost YOU. You were always too good for that hour of sleep anyway. Now it's time to slut it up and find a NEW hour

Also, you know who is *not* putting literal shit in your water, stripping your government for parts, bombing the shit out of the entire Middle East, rounding up innocent people at home, and starving the people of Cuba?

Trans people.

I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation

Who called it 3-in-1 body wash and not "lavage à trois"?

Pursuant to this: the purpose of the recent WV Legislature bill which makes trans people using the correct locker rooms guilty of sex offence indecent exposure is very clearly as much to make that particular sex offence plausibly meaningless as it is to persecute trans people

After discussions about poor behavior by DICE attendees last month, I thought I'd bring these out again at GDC dawns.

AND DUDES... PLEASE CALL OUT YOUR FELLOW DUDES IF YOU SEE BAD BEHAVIOR. Rock that boat!

Today is International Women's Day—a fitting date to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Hawkmoon roleplaying game and its lead designer, RPG trailblazer Kerie Campbell-Robson. In 1986, 20 year old Kerie was one of the very first female lead designers in the industry.
#IWD2026