Got my ChessUp 2 board from Kickstarter and it's extremely good. Very impressed at how fast it recognizes moves.

#chess

To the monsters still logging on to PS5 Demon's Souls to PvP as the old monk boss... Who hurt you?

#PS5 #DemonsSoulsPS5 #DemonsSouls #soulslike

Remember to vote today if you're in the US and voting for Kamala.

@ezlin way of kings is book 1 of that series yeah.
Mistborn is also fun.

Made it past my Book 7 wall for Wheel of Time on my 3rd series read attempt.

Definitely feeling the bloat. Some big things happened in this book but there was so much filler and repetition with many characters just ignored.

#wheeloftime #book #fantasybooks

@JenMsft but nothing can be picked up / looted

Man things sure do suck in the US.

Finished FFXIV Stormblood, trying to catch up for Dawntrail. Oof, the patch MSQ content between expansions isn't compelling when you weren't playing live and it came during a lull in MSQ content.

Find myself skipping a lot unfortunately.

#Gaming #mmorpg #FFXIV

@GottaLaff What does hybrid mean in this context?

(Thanks again for posting all of your coverage on the fediverse!)

🧵NEW THREAD STARTING HERE. 1/…

#Trump #TrumpTrial #legal

We start with a big ol’ #WompWomp

Via Klasfeld:

Breaking

Trump LOSES his renewed motion to recuse Justice Merchan from presiding over his New York criminal trial.

The judge quickly DENIES Trump's motion from the bench before the beginning of jury selection.

@curious_robot I've got like 3 accounts - one with an inactive sub and two with various trials.

I think on one of them I'm in the middle of Heavensward

I'm interested in taking another run at FFXIV but their account and platform licensing system is so convoluted and confusing. Especially since I cannot do the free content on an account that was linked to older purchased games/expansions. Sigh.

#FFXIV

Kramer bursts into Jerry’s apartment, wearing an Apple Vision Pro headset. “Jerry, I’ve entered the next dimension!” he proclaims, narrowly missing the coffee table.

Jerry, skeptical. "Kramer, how much did that set you back?"

"Jerry, I found the perfect solution. I'm renting out my apartment on Airbnb to cover the cost!"

Jerry, eyebrows raised, sets down his coffee. "You're renting out your place? Where are you sleeping?"

"Oh baby, with spatial computing?! I’m never sleeping again Jerry!”

@davesnider very good game!

@thatsten flip the switcher on the 8bitdo to Xinput

No matter what I change, my Messages notifications are showing as silenced on my iPhone... why is the Focus feature so complicated and buggy?

Anyone know what to do? All the help pages on this seem to be AI-generated nonsense.

#ios #iphone #imessage

Can I please get an Apple Music option to never play the clean version of any song?

We haven’t had a COVID inquiry yet in the US, but take note, we would reach a similar conclusion.

Cover story for this week's Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02504-7/fulltext

Remember how imaginary “immunity debt” was blamed for the significant rise of #RSV in kids? Of course, that was wrong--it was #COVID19. “COVID-19 was associated with a significantly increased risk for RSV infections among children aged 0–5 years in 2022. Our findings suggest that COVID-19 contributed to... potential long-term adverse effects of COVID-19 on the immune and respiratory system.” This study found that kids who had COVID had a 40% higher risk of RSV.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10582888/

@kfury I still don't know who would actually want one. It seems like pretty much the dumbest possible design for a vehicle.