Neither of these are popular enough to be on the scale of LoTR, but in terms of atmosphere and detail:

Hollow Knight - my absolute favorite thing about it is each NPC has its own voiced language recorded, babbling in the background as you read the dialogue.

Subnautica (the first one) - shitting myself with each new experience is something I’ll always cherish. Highly recommend just playing without looking into the gameplay or plot. Has elements of exploring, resource gathering, base building, psychological horror (not graphic, just tense scenarios), sneaking.

If only I could play subnautica for the first time again. Such an incredible atmosphere. Another one of my favorites is Hollow Knight.

I think there is nuance here. My understanding is that there is a very small but loud percentage of women that want to exclude men. When DEI (inclusion of less represented individuals) is encouraged, it’s often cut down by “only the most qualified should be hired”, detracting from the core topic which is bias. Most of the discourse around privilege was to help understand that men aren’t actively oppressive, but many are blind to the ways in which they contribute to the oppressive issues due to cultural programming. In parallel to what we’re seeing with protests - inaction is not helpful. Those that are privileged are more likely to be able to change the minds of those that are actively oppressive. TL;DR privilege is just the ability to apply peer pressure.

Most memories are from my early 2000s childhood:

• playing Ultima Online (MMO)
• playing Gunbound (artillery game)
• playing games and hoarding items on Neopets
• browsing nonsense on sites like Ebaumsworld & Newgrounds
• “dj-ing” on coke music (online lounge) to make dBs to spend on furniture for upgrading my clubhouse
• chatting with schoolmates on MSN messenger
• learning html to make my page on Nexopia (similar to Myspace)
• making little fashion avatars on Dollz Mania (and putting them on my Nexopia)
• downloading all sorts of viruses through music on Limewire

Could someone with a bluesky account please post a screenshot?

The dogleg is from responding to a mayday from a sinking refugee boat carrying 30-40 people. Due to complications, only the 4 people that jumped off and swam towards the floatilla were able to be rescued. The remaining are presumed to be taken back by the Libyan coast guard where they’ll be punished with violence, detention, and torture in Libya.

Preview to entice the lazy - here’s text only from the link above (there are several links within this text in the original):

Simple things you can do to grow the PR movement:

Donate to proportional representation advocacy, AisB, or PR supporting parties.
Subscribe and post to the [email protected] community.
Educate: A Simple Guide to Electoral Systems.
Follow: List of social media accounts for Canadian Democracy.
Consume only Canadian Owned and Operated Media.
Vote and encourage others to vote every opportunity you can!
Share this list with others!

Also see: We must keep advocating for proportional representation. If PR dies, so does Canadian democracy as we know it. FPTP is already pushing us toward a two-party system, just like the USA.