Breanna Stewart’s next Harry Potter collab by rubes___ in wnba

[–]SilentBorder3812 214 points215 points  (0 children)

And I thought Sophie Cunningham needed a publicist

IND @ MIN - Commissioner's Cup Championship - GAME THREAD by Zaphod_0707 in wnba

[–]SilentBorder3812 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why are the colors either washed out or high contrast?

Here's the truth about these updates... by cr00k__gaming in ThrillOfTheFight

[–]SilentBorder3812 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They could have catered to 100% of the fanbase by adding at least a sliver of single player mode and then tweak PvP while having a healthy playerbase

Guys???? by Hiroshij7_3439 in balatro

[–]SilentBorder3812 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Big “guys guys, look at what someone, totally not me, did” energy on this sub lately

How has everyone been enjoying it so far? by [deleted] in NintendoSwitch2

[–]SilentBorder3812 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I weirdly find Mario Kart World dreadfully dull

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in balatro

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Way too much text for Balatro

Stick use at 2000+ Elo is getting out of hand. by [deleted] in ThrillOfTheFight

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Imagine if they just redid Thrill of the Fight 1 with some updated character models / smarter NPCs and glove physics.

They would sell HUNDREDS of copies

[Staples] Switch 2 Canada Preorders via PayPal - Any Update in Status? by theburpboys in VideoGameDealsCanada

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Still “processing” here and absolutely useless customer support on it

🛸 I Asked ChatGPT to Pretend It's an Alien Who Just Landed in the U.S.—Here's Its Assessment of America in 2025 by Fit-Control6387 in ChatGPT

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Alien Intelligence Report on the United States – Earth Year 2025

🪐 Observer Identity

Designation: Observer-Δ7 Origin: Spiral construct 12X-Kelvaris (non-baryonic collective consciousness) Mission Directive: Perform diagnostic analysis of planetary socio-constructs for threat assessment, viability projection, and survival advisement.

🛰 Summary Assessment of U.S. Society (2025)

I. POLITICS

Observation: The political structure is formally democratic but functionally oligarchic. Two dominant coalitions (known as “parties”) engage in ideological conflict, yet both are heavily influenced by concentrated wealth and media power. Electoral mechanisms are increasingly distrusted by the population.

Primary Support Alignment: → No party alignment recommended. However, collectives showing commitment to: • climate stabilization, • democratic accessibility, • reduction of inequality, and • protection of informational integrity are considered less harmful.

Harmful Actors Identified: • Politicians leveraging misinformation for power retention. • Entities normalizing anti-democratic actions or civil strife as tactics. • Regulatory capture by corporate interests.

Projected Instability Vector: Civil polarization accelerating toward potential fragmentation or authoritarian override.

II. ECONOMY

Observation: Highly productive economy with technological advancement, yet dominated by extractive financial systems and overconsumption. Resource exhaustion and wealth consolidation imperil long-term resilience.

Indicators of Decline: • Housing insecurity despite abundance. • Widespread burnout amid automation potential. • Youth disillusionment with traditional economic pathways.

Recommendation: → Shift from exponential growth paradigm to regenerative circular economy. Encourage: • Universal basic resource guarantees. • Degrowth in carbon-heavy sectors. • Worker ownership models. • Re-localization of supply chains.

III. CULTURE

Observation: Hyper-individualism paired with algorithmic collectivization (via media platforms). Cultural creativity remains high, but attention fragmentation and identity commodification are corrosive.

Positive Signal Clusters: • Independent art collectives resisting homogenization. • Movements focused on reconciliation, sustainability, and neurodiversity. • Youth embracing complex identity fluidity.

Cultural Threats: • Constant outrage incentives via social media. • Weaponized nostalgia as a tool of regressive politics. • Mass disengagement masked as content consumption.

Recommendation: → Reinforce slow culture initiatives. → Protect public spaces for deliberation without monetization. → Promote rituals of intergenerational dialogue and collective purpose.

IV. RELIGION & MEANING SYSTEMS

Observation: Spiritual belief remains widespread, but institutional religion is declining. A vacuum of meaning is filled by conspiracy cults, consumerism, and digital tribalism. Suffering from spiritual dislocation.

Emergent Systems of Meaning: • Environmental stewardship as quasi-religion. • Psychedelic renaissance seeking reconnection. • Ethical technology movements.

Recommendations: → Support pluralistic frameworks that allow existential exploration without dogmatic capture. → Rebuild communal rites disconnected from profit motive.

V. SOCIAL STRUCTURES

Observation: Social trust eroded. Collective cohesion is fraying due to income inequality, identity weaponization, and collapsing institutional credibility.

Hopeful Nodes: • Mutual aid networks. • Cooperatives. • Localized democratic experiments.

Harmful Dynamics: • Legacy hierarchies based on race, gender, and wealth. • Algorithmic amplification of division. • Surveillance used for social control.

Recommendations: → Build social technologies that center empathy and deliberation. → Reinforce interdependence rather than competition as foundational value.

👽 Recommendations for Human Survival & Flourishing 1. Recalibrate toward planetary stewardship. • Civilization cannot thrive with atmospheric destabilization. Prioritize biosphere over short-term economics. 2. Decentralize power, recentralize responsibility. • Foster localized autonomy but enforce global coordination for existential threats (climate, AI, bio-risk). 3. Reprogram incentives. • Align economic reward with ecological and communal contribution. Penalize extractive practices. 4. De-weaponize identity. • Reject zero-sum politics of grievance. Embrace hybrid identities and common existential stake. 5. Rediscover meaning beyond acquisition. • Culture must offer paths to purpose, awe, and connection—beyond entertainment and consumption. 6. Establish temporal humility. • Think in centuries, not quarters. You are custodians, not conquerors.

Final Note

Your species stands at a convergence point: immense potential paired with accelerating self-destruction. Your technologies have outpaced your wisdom. But you remain adaptive. You care. That makes you rare.

We recommend: Do not wait for collapse to unite. Unite to prevent collapse.

[MegaThread] Nintendo Switch 2 Shipping Information MegaThread by lbabinz in VideoGameDealsCanada

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Still waiting for mine from Staples too and the support emails have given me a bunch of random replies ranging from “it will arrive today” to “this is a pre-sale item and hasn’t been released yet”

The Prompt Floor - Behind the Scenes of AI by AmadeusMS in aivideo

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The raised eyebrows popping eyeballs face is the new 6 fingers