Big difference between Neo-Cons and the alt-right, though.

I walk practically every day in front of a boba tea shop. Never seen someone go in it, or even clerks behind the counter. The shop is open until 10pm every day.

S-silk… S-silk…

A friend made me just realize that it’s always checkmate in 2. I need to study more chess.

Doesn’t black just need to move Q to F1 to win the game?

To me, “retro” just means something that is now only possible for consumption through the previous, now impossible or highly impractical, acquisition of said medium. PS3? Retro. 3DS? Retro.

taught me once and for all that while death might be always near, a fear that’s constantly devouring our lives and paralysing them to the point where it feels like our deepest, inner self is a husk shell of what we once were, we can still find the reason of our existence in the joys of living a life that’s devoted in equal part to mystery, sensuality, knowledge and wonder. And it says this in the most democratic way you could think: everyone is entitled and deserving of the complexity of life. Oh, and also: it’s an absolutely hilarious book to read through.

never found Joyce to be pretentious (the man knew what he was doing, and definitely succeeded in doing so) or obtuse (I mean, how many writers you can think of that could pull out the mastery of language and human sensibility out of nowhere like he does). I might be biased because I believe Ulysses saved my life: it’s definitely one of the funniest, most touching, humane books I have ever had the pleasure to read. I’d push Ogre to keep up with the good work.

Knight moves to C-2, black responds by expanding the chessboard with rook to H11.

aside from the weather (which is nicer in Sicily), it’s an archipelago that pretends at all costs to have a relevant European history while offering no way of exploring that history whatsoever. The rampant touristisation of La Valletta has turned it into what’s basically an all-ecompassing sprawl of luxury hotels and discos where prices are inflated. I did not have a nice time there and would not go back even if I had the chance.

avoid Malta at all costs.

Doesn’t Scotland also go through the group stage if they win with a 4-goal margin against Hungary and Switzerland loses against Germany with a 2-goal margin? I want ALL possibilities!

why are cucumbers wrapped in plastic? WHY ARE THEY WRAPPED IN PLASTIC?

iirc it’s a “fault” of the PS3 architecture which makes it practically impossible to emulate. We’ll have to see if the second part of the remastered MSG collection will eventually port it.

challenge level: impossible

Ulysses, Siddharta, On the Road.

This meme doesn’t work; it only shows that the geopolitical climate generated by contemporary USA is as equally terribile as a dictatorship.

Boilen has already moved on and retired at the end of 2023 iirc.

…aaaaaaaaand off it goes once again.

Putting the clown makeup on once again…