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  • Pokemon card art of the day.

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  • I was confused af until I realized it was a counterfeit...like, wtf is going on with that layout?!

  • I want to love WTYP but Nova makes it increasingly hard when she talks geopolitics

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  • Citations Needed

    is one of the few unscripted podcasts I can stomach because the hosts know what the fuck they're talking about, articulate their thoughts clearly, and actually stick to the topic at hand. What a concept!

  • Breaking news! Liberal political scientist can't comprehend the concept of 'compradors'.

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  • Nor listened to "Fuck Tha Police"

    And on the other hand without a gun, they can't get noneBut don't let it be a black and a white one'Cause they'll slam ya down to the street topBlack police showin' out for the white cop

  • It's HER turn!

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  • Waiting for Guaido

  • I never thought I'd say this, but I agree with Obama

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  • Pokemon card art of the day.

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  • Hi-res version (from Bulbapedia)

    This is from the Bandai Pokémon Cardass series, which actually predates the TCG by a month (September 1996 vs October 20, 1996); this particular card is from the Parts 3 & 4 set. The illustration is by Ken Sugimori, who did all the official artwork for Generation I. And here's the back, if anyone was wondering:

    The card is labeled "File No. 070" (Weepinbell's Pokédex number) in the upper left, with Weepinbell's Japanese name, ウツドン (Utsudon) in the upper right corner. On the upper half of the card, The same artwork from the front is displayed on a plain white background, and below it, its height and weight are listed (1.0 m and 6.4 kg, respectively). To the left of it to it, a box reads

    タイプ：ハエとりポケモン

    (Type: Flycatcher Pokémon)

    {小|ちい}さな{虫|むし}を{食|た}べて{生|い}きている。{毒|どく}の{粉|こな}を{出|だ}して{相手|あいて}を{動|うご}けなくしてから、{溶解液|ようかいえき}で{溶|と}かしてしまう。

    (My translation: It survives by eating small bugs. After immobilizing its opponent with PoisonPowder, it uses Acid to completely dissolve it.)

    (Aside: This appears to be a variant of Weepinbell's Japanese Blue Pokédex entry, which reads

    「まず　どくのこなを　はき　あいての　うごきを　とめて　しまってから　ようかいえきで　とどめを　さす。」

    and the official English translation of which is

    It spits out POISONPOWDER to immobilize the enemy and then finishes it with a spray of ACID.)

    In the center of the card, it displays the Bellsprout evolutionary line using art from the same Cardass series, showing that Bellsprout evolves into Weepinbell at Level 21 and then into Victreebel with a Leaf Stone.

    In the bottom left, an encounter rarity ({出現率|しゅつげんりつ}) chart is displayed, showing that Weepinbell does not appear in Japanese Red or Blue but appears rarely in Green version. Indeed, Weepinbell is exclusive to Japanese Green/International Blue, appearing on Routes 12 through 15 with a with a 10% encounter rate in the first two and a 5% encounter in the last two.

    In the lower right, a description of Weepinbell's featured move is shown in a table:

    {技名|わざめい}: ようかいえき{PP値|ピーピーち}：30{効果大|こうかだい}　草・虫

    {身体|からだ}を{溶|と}かす{溶解液|ようかいえき}でダメージを{与|あた}える。{相手|あいて}の{防御力|ぼうぎょりょく}をダウンさせることもある。

    (My translation:

    Move Name: AcidPP: 30 Super effective against: Grass & Bug (note that the latter is only true in Gen I))

    Deals damage with a body-dissolving acid. May lower the opponent's defense.)

    The top and bottom of the cards feature various copyright and publishing information:

    © Nintendo・CREATURES・GAMEFREAK・TV TOKYO・SHO-PRO・JR KIKAKU

    発売元／株式会社バンプレスト　発売元／株式会社バンダイ　１９９７　ＭＡＤＥ　ＩＮ　ＪＡＰＡＮ

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  • It's actually {溶解|ようかい}{液|えき}, which is the Japanese name for the move Acid. I would have made the same mistake if I hadn't looked it up on Bulbapedia, tbh.

  • Ah yeah the ol' Prigozhin treatment.

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  • https://xcancel.com/MintPressNews/status/2016242049331110301

    Tweet from MintPress News (@MintPressNews) on January 27, 2026 at 8:08 PM UTC

    A private jet linked to the prominent Houston-based personal injury law firm Arnold & Itkin crashed during takeoff at Bangor International Airport in Maine on Sunday, January 26, 2026, killing all six people on board.

    The plane crashed and caught fire shortly after attempting to take off in a severe snowstorm and low visibility conditions. Air traffic control audio reportedly indicated the aircraft was upside down shortly after departure. The final destination was reportedly France.

    All six people listed on the flight manifest were killed. Initial reports from the FAA were conflicting, mentioning seven deaths and one seriously injured survivor, but local officials later confirmed six fatalities with no survivors transported to the hospital.

    The jet was registered to an LLC that shares a Houston address with the law firm Arnold & Itkin. The firm's founders, Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin, were reportedly not on the aircraft.

    Identities of the victims have not been officially released by authorities, but some have been confirmed through family members and sources:

    • Tara Arnold: An attorney at the firm and wife of co-founder Kurt Arnold.
    • Shawna Collins: An event planner.
    • Jacob Hosmer: A Houston-area pilot, confirmed by his father to be the captain of the flight.

    The law firm Arnold & Itkin has been linked to anti-ICE and anti-Trump labels primarily due to its political donations and specific legal cases involving undocumented immigrants.

    The firm and its founders, Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin, were major financial backers of the First Tuesday PAC during the 2024 election cycle.

    This PAC ran multi-million dollar ad campaigns aimed at "Stopping MAGA Republicans" and encouraging voters to "Vote For Every Democrat".

    In 2024 alone, the firm reportedly donated $300,000 to efforts focused on electing Democrats.

    The firm is well-known for representing immigrants in high-profile cases. Kurt Arnold’s biography highlights that he secured the largest settlement for an undocumented worker in U.S. history.

    Because of their work and their financial opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration policies, critics and certain media outlets labeled them as "top anti-ICE / anti-Trump lawyers" following the news of the crash.

  • everyone is hyping up LLMs like grok and chatGPT, but i've already been using the best AI assistant for years

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  • At least malware used to be kinda whimsical. Now you'll just be using a boring-ass app and it'll still sell all your data to the entire world.

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    Video Editing

    What software/technique can I use to edit a clip compilation with existing per-clip subtitles while keeping everything synced?

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  • [Wired] 23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century

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  • I wonder what the Chinese equivalent of My Immortal is

  • Kiel Institute analysis finds that Americans pay 96% of tariff burden.

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  • Looks like you're missing the link

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  • In Gen I, if you go to the Pewter Museum, you can see a space shuttle—rather ominously, the Space Shuttle Columbia.

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  • https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Team_Magma%27s_Aron_(Double_Crisis_12)

    Aron, which even devour metal, can eat and destroy enemy ships in an instant.

    Look at all those cute lil' guys munching away! And there's that one sitting on top of the tailfin that I guess is just dabbing on the Team Aqua guy.

    The illustrator, Akira Komayama (Bulbapedia, The Art of Pokémon) is quite prolific, having started illustrating for the TCG in 2010 and having 236 cards to their name (plus 31 cards on TCG Pocket). You can see more of their work on their personal website^[I linked to the Internet Archive since their site doesn't support HTTPS, but if you're okay with that you can go directly there: http://dekopooon.jp/ , although the IA copy seems to be up-to-date. Also, there's quite a lot more art on there than what's immediately visible just on that one page, so I'd encourage you to click around; clicking on individual illustrations will often reveal more from that series. In particular, don't miss that 👉️ at the bottom of the page which will allow you to navigate to additional pages of artwork.], Bluesky (via Subium, since their profile requires you to log in), personal Twitter, and Pokémon-only Twitter, and you can check out their artbooks here.

    Also, now I finally know where your profile picture comes from: this Full Art Trainer Gallery version of Starmie V illustrated by Komayama! (Bulbapedia, The Art of Pokémon)

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  • Lmao, I love this interpretation. In light of the flavor text, I think Metapod has tired of seeing its comrades' innards be spilled and is about to even the score.

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  • https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Metapod_(Vending_S1)

    カラが固くなる前に強い衝撃を受けると中身が出てしまうので注意。

    Damn, that flavor text is brutal; apparently, it's from the Pokémon Blue Pokédex entry. In the English translation of the game, it's rendered as

    This Pokémon is vulnerable to attack while its shell is soft, exposing its weak and tender body.

    but a direct translation would be something like

    If it receives a strong impact before its shell hardens, its insides can end up spilling out, so take heed.

    It ain't easy being green.

    The artist is Aya Kusube (Bulbapedia, The Art of Pokémon), whose Poliwag was shared a few days back and who has been illustrating Pokémon cards since 1998 and has also illustrated some Pokémon books, including one about Haunter, the design of which would later be seen on her Haunter card (see some illustrations here).

    There's not much info about her out there (unfortunately, her personal website is defunct and was full of Flash content that was not preserved in the Wayback Machine), but her father, Daikichirou Kusube, was the founder of Shin-Ei Animation, the anime studio best known for producing the long-running Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan series as well as more recent anime including the pair of shōnen romcom hits Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san & Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu and the adorable father-daughter cooking seinen Amaama to Inazuma.

    Bulbapedia has this to say about her style:

    Kusube's style, especially outside the TCG, is purposefully aimed at younger audiences, where characters are drawn simply and have a limited color palette. Her personal work however demonstrates her eye for detail, using a myriad of various charcoal pencil strokes and marks to define outlines and areas of shadow. The majority of this work remains black and white. This particular method is applied to her TCG artwork, many of which incorporate a solid drawing with only a few key colors accompanied with many penciled hatches or dots to define shadow.

    Looking at this card as well as her others, it's pretty amazing the kind of atmosphere she's able to create with a scant few colors and some careful shading. Her Abra (Bulbapedia) is another favorite of mine.

  • My wonderful large adult sons recently graduated from their Standing Lessons

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  • vance is, amazingly, ambimasturbadexterous

    couches are a hands-free experience, after all

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  • I 100% relate to this! It's so frustrating...when you're doing okay, you both intellectually and emotionally understand that doing some of these more unpleasant or challenging tasks will make you feel better afterwards. But when you're feeling down, your brain tricks you into thinking that you're just tooooo depressed to do anything, which can lead to things piling up, resulting in a vicious cycle of anxiety inducement. And yet, if you can ignore that voice and just start doing something, anything, it can really help to pull you out of that rut, and as you say, even if it doesn't, you'll at least feel better than if you were rotting in bed.

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    Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny

    www.motherjones.com /politics/2025/12/hey-jon-stewart-jokes-about-wearing-masks-arent-funny/
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    Patti Labelle - This Christmas (Where My Background Singers?)

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    Emulation Dev Blog

    Dolphin Progress Report: Release 2512

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    Testing the predictive power of phonetic components in Japanese kanji

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    Don't Just Watch TV: The Secrets of Sega Channel

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    Can anyone recommend a workflow/tool(s) for syncing a plaintext diarized transcript to audio to obtain high-quality subtitles?

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    けーえぬP

    LOVELY MIKU'S DINER / 初音ミク

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    SVG Filters - Clickjacking 2.0

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    In defense of lock poisoning in Rust · sunshowers

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    Wastewater-derived estimates suggest that 74 million people in the U.S. got infected during the [2025] summer [COVID] wave.

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    Nintendo DS Peripheral Reverse Engineering & Emulation

    Edge of Emulation: Wantame Card Scanner

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    "Yeah, I read philosophy."

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    Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason

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    You no longer need JavaScript

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    Help finding a source/article about how Democratic consultants/pollsters recommended Biden to stop talking about COVID in 2022 (edit: it's been found!)

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    【ORIGINAL MV】I'll still be here - Gigi Murin

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    Casey Muratori – The Big OOPs: Anatomy of a Thirty-five-year Mistake – BSC 2025

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    Dolphin Progress Report: Release 2509

    dolphin-emu.org /blog/2025/09/16/dolphin-progress-report-release-2509/