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The US anti-trust courts have begun the process of decreeing that Google or Alphabet must divest itself of the Chrome browser-engine and the Android operating system.

Jokes are beginning to make the rounds on the internet that The Onion ought to buy Chrome, too. And maybe also Android, to boot. ___

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Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary

Gabe Newell on why Half-Life 2 Episode 3 was never released (2 minutes)

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Selected moments from Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Documentary (20 minutes)

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The full 2-hour documentary:

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To note the anniversary was on November 16th...

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Poetry Comics Month, Day 9: Lines

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Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon 2024

Kevin Roose & Casey Newton of the Hard Fork podcast this morning:

“Mastodon is a network for people who love being yelled at by Linux administrators.”

“Bluesky is if you want to learn about current events entirely through people criticizing how The New York Times covered them.”

...but what about Threads though…? Hm. My take:

"Threads is for people running away from the Nazi Porn Bar but they wind up on the strip mall filled with mall cops who won't let you take in food & drinks from outside."

…Maybe? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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The Onion just bought Alex Jones' Infowars at auction. With help from the Sandy Hook families.

Yes it's real.

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UPDATE: some Alex Jones cultists have been trying to start a misinformation rumor that the sale has been cancelled, when in fact the bankruptcy court judge is just carrying out procedures to make sure everything about the sale was according to law (it all was) before finalizing it all.

And yes currently as per November 18th Alex Jones and his team still has control of the website; transfer of ownership & control is expected on early January 2025 at the earliest.

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Fransiscan Serenity Prayer, social justice 2024 version

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Apparently, we ARE going back. My cartoon for today's Politico:

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mouse chiaroscuro...

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Bonus detail-crop:

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Don't vilify humans for wanting to be praised...

(...like I mean sure, some toddlers and babies can be looked at as absolute monsters in some particular lights, but still though. No.) (No.)

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Edit-addendum: some "13-year old-level heretical/sacrilegious toilet humor", as a palette cleanser of sorts...

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"Conscious media consumption" (initial development sketch, 10 Nov. 2024)

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Image source: instagram.com/fredericforest (November 2024)

By Frédéric Forest

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Poetry Comics Month, Day 1: Circle

The theme of this year's Poetry Comics Month is "Experimentation." Throughout November I'll be posting daily comics that expand the boundaries of what a poem can be.

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I've unfollowed Beeple here (after Trump-47) and Tumblr still sends me his daily posts onto my feed.

I don't mind, but I will keep on hiding his posts on my Tumblr until I see something I like. I'm still open to the possibility.

That he continues to do daily art publicly is something I will not stop admiring though, not even now.

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The fascists want you to curl up and die.

Don't fucking give them the satisfaction.