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"It is a recognition that neoliberalism failed to deliver."

A New Centrism is Rising in Washington

Is it dressed up fascism?

The notion that the old approach would bring prosperity, as Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, has said, “was a promise made but not kept.” In its place has risen a new worldview. Call it neopopulism.

Yes I think this is very much “The New York Times gets hard when Democrats concede to fashy shit”.… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 6:44 AM on May 20, 2024

But it’s NEW centrism. This time it has economic protectionism with an emphasis on anti-immigration! All you need to do is help fight the woke.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:21 AM on May 20, 2024

The powerful agree: exploitation at home and genocide abroad
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 8:05 AM on May 20, 2024

“Bipartisan”
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 8:43 AM on May 20, 2024

It’s like crime, more of a vibes thing than a numbers thing, and under democrats the vibes are always bad.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 9:25 AM on May 20, 2024

KOSA, the absolute worst price of bipartisan dogshit, hasn’t even passed yet. They’ll totally be spaffing it for that.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 10:35 AM on May 20, 2024

Individual games weren’t as important as the larger game that emerged

I’m very hooked to MTG:A and I’d say th at if things are broken vs some golden age in heh are still pretty good. Magic retains its core virtue of being a simple game where the cards and interactions between them introduce an incredible degree of complexity.

The rate of release of new sets and rotation out of Standard of the old ones gets a bit much though - seems like there’s hardly time to really get to grip with some new set of mechanics before another one comes along.… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:06 AM on May 20, 2024

I would have thought Illuminati was one of the first but I guess I’d mechanically different enough that it’s considered more of a precursor than a point of origin.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:19 AM on May 20, 2024

Seconding Dominion as a really good deck builder in a box.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:24 AM on May 20, 2024

It’s definitely been in collectible forms, but that may have come later.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:28 AM on May 20, 2024

Did not know there was a Blood Wars CCG, which now makes me wonder if that bit of Planescape lore was introduced purely as a handy Magic-like setting.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 8:09 AM on May 20, 2024

I’m also going to disagree with the articles assessment of the Arena software. I don’t know if earlier versions were jankier but outside of being a storage hog on tablets it works pretty consistently and well, and technically is super neat. If you have some kind of CCG game and you want to put it online MtG:A is going to be a thing of envy.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 10:32 AM on May 20, 2024

The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel

Honestly hearing about it I’m a little bit sad this thing didn’t work out, either money-wise or in terms of the gameplay experience. Hope there’s some lessons learned other than “never try anything like that again”.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 10:31 AM on May 19, 2024

IIRC there’s two episodes and the drunker one is patreon locked?
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 10:49 AM on May 19, 2024

Well if you like Rogue one and in depth podcasts…

(Spotify link because it does the annoying thing where you can’t find an Independant website for the podcast, other podcast providers are available.)
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 11:54 AM on May 19, 2024

Gonna throw it out their that observing long thing is long is in fact not a particularly useful or valuable insight and probably not ever worth sharing.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 12:27 PM on May 19, 2024

Biggest thing I’m getting from the video that any experience like this at any similar price is going to defeat itself by being a nightmare of constant immersion breaking FOMO.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 12:54 PM on May 19, 2024

Stay till the end for the worker exploitation exposé stuff.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 1:02 PM on May 19, 2024

Going Rogue by Tansy Gardam (Apple link this time)
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 1:12 PM on May 19, 2024

TBH from accounts I suspect whatever software they had directing things wouldn’t have been doing anything too complicated, relying more on the illusion of sophistication, and may have been as good as random. Also when it comes down to it to make the overall experience work everything probably needs to work even if it is random. A big pillar in the way certainly runs contrary to that.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 2:10 PM on May 19, 2024

Disneyland character and parade performers in California vote to join labor union
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 3:43 PM on May 19, 2024

She very clearly rolled a bunch of 1s on everything and is pretty open about it. I think she does a good job on speculaing on what a better experience might be like, but she didn't get one. And she doesn't get to do a do-over and hope for better luck because its super mega expensive and because Disney cut it all off in a shit-to-employees way for tax break/line go up reasons.

This is an experience that probably isn't all that great if your are making a youtube, but… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 4:12 PM on May 19, 2024

So, late stage capitalism.

The problem is always capitalism. But yeah, this seems like part of the phenomena where companies have just pivoted heavily from doing reasonable straight forward things in return for money and its now just all mega exploitative, growth at all costs destructive shit that throws anything anyone might value under the treads of the line.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 4:16 PM on May 19, 2024

So my understanding is that Jenny voyaged in March 2022, shortly after Galactic Starcruiser opened.

I think it’s notable that she sat on this until way later when it was time to do a post-mortem. Suspect that’s not what would have happened if she’d had a better time.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 8:54 AM on May 20, 2024

It Is Known

If you’re looking at how Game of Thrones changed television the first three seasons are what you are looking at - people were looking at them while they were running and trying to emulate them, for good or ill. You don’t really need to look at the seasons where things tapered off and were a bit disappointing because everyone is fully capable of that by themselves.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:54 PM on May 19, 2024

It becoming increasingly hard for anything to actually run beyond 3 seasons may also be a limiting factor there.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 8:11 PM on May 19, 2024

The shows I enjoyed, (The Peripheral), got cancelled. Ugh

Yet another sign of The Jackpot.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 9:19 PM on May 19, 2024

She needed that latte to bolster her.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 8:28 AM on May 20, 2024

Tis no man tis a remorseless eating machine

Red Lobster files for bankruptcy

Cause of death:
Red Lobster started in 1968 by Bill Darden, an architect of the casual dining revolution in America, and General Mills soon bought the restaurant. Red Lobster later became part of Darden Restaurants, the owner of Olive Garden and other chains.

In 2014, Darden sold off Red Lobster to Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm, for $2.1 billion. Since 2020, seafood… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 8:21 AM on May 20, 2024

The core query softness continues without mitigation

It’s the End of Google Search As We Know It - Google is rethinking its most iconic and lucrative product by adding new AI features to search.

Say goodbye to finding anything that isn’t LLM garbage ever again.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:51 PM on May 14, 2024

This Year's Google I/O Was the Most Boring Ever
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 6:01 PM on May 19, 2024

You're not supposed to actually read it

Oh these people hate teachers and science teachers doubly or triply so. You’d maybe get them to let the sports coach have a say.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 9:19 AM on May 16, 2024

Which makes it interesting seeing what the process does to this person. Like. If they stick to their guns are they going to accidentally cult deprogram themselves?
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 3:05 PM on May 16, 2024

it's interesting, because having to embrace an obvious contradiction and defend it can be a real bonding thing for an in-group and reinforce cult-y behaviour, so its probably strengthening them at the same time it is weakening them.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 4:00 PM on May 19, 2024

History Doesn't Repeat But It Sometimes Rhymes

Right-wing does not seem to an apt description.

Loves Putin and Orban, a fash is a fash. Usually it’s the opponents of people like that who get assassinated so I have to wonder what’s up with that. Could just be that lying down with crazies gets you this.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 1:40 PM on May 15, 2024

Why do some have and others have not?

It’s because of elites! Which could mean rich jerks who own everything, but more often than not it’s some other group, who coincidentally are people rich right wingers don’t like.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 4:01 PM on May 15, 2024

A gunman shot Slovakia’s prime minister. Here’s what you need to know.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 6:29 PM on May 15, 2024

Assuming Russia is responsible for anything they blame on other people is never actually a bad bet.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 9:12 AM on May 17, 2024

It’s a posibility, but that just seems to be speculation from unnamed officials.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 12:51 PM on May 17, 2024

Rebel girl, you are the queen of my world

She’s come a long way from running around distracting Sonic Youth when they’re trying to do an orderly pop video.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 9:46 AM on May 17, 2024

Protesting for Gaza on US universities

Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 6:31 PM on May 16, 2024

Also guy who got stabbed by the KKK a while back pulls a milkshake duck:

Neither did Tom Bibiyan, a 42-year-old who was once a local Green Party official. Bibiyan was stabbed at a KKK rally where he was a counter-protester in 2016 and has since become an ardent Trump supporter. His colorful Instagram page is a mix of right-wing memes, numerous posts defending famous men against sexual assault allegations and pro-Israel content.

Video… [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 9:01 PM on May 16, 2024

"Blockchain Rasputin over here is mad that moderation exists"

That just seems a lot like solving federation by not federating TBH.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:10 AM on May 16, 2024

Charles The Carpathian

It is universally agreed upon amongst comics fans that it looks like a Hellblazer cover. There are mock ups even. Generally accepted that it would be an Ennis issue, though I would also accept Spurrier.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:32 AM on May 15, 2024

There’s also been a Teressa May portrait that looks like a Shade the Changing Man cover.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 7:33 AM on May 15, 2024

LITERAL NOT METAPHORICAL.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 6:42 PM on May 15, 2024

Bobby Fingers Plays Fowl...Fabio-usly

Excellent deployment of “because of woke”.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 1:44 PM on May 15, 2024

The Case Against Reparations Through Art

Fucking great witches in that. Highly recommend.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 9:54 AM on May 15, 2024

To add further to Witch detail… that image at the 3min mark? Fucking genius. Love that shit.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 10:57 AM on May 15, 2024

CATSTRAVAGANZA

Simply place an actual cat on your desk and have them chase the cursor.

Downside: cat butt on keyboard.
posted to MetaFilter by Artw at 1:47 PM on May 14, 2024