I can't stop listening to this song. Help!


Song of the Day: Interstellar Overdrive by Pink Floyd

playlist link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6F3sCPmocAQDMNRNg7TZZb


Paolo Nutini - New Shoes (Official Music Video)


Je suis malade   Lara Fabian   French and English subtitles


Devo - Whip It (Official Music Video) | Warner Vault


One Hit Wonderland: "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves


Song of the Day: stupid song by Olivia Rodrigo


This wasn't old enough to post on c/classicyoutube so I guess it's going here


Vesala - Uu mama (Virallinen musiikkivideo)

[https://youtube.com/watch?v=wCaXURSeNJY](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wCaXURSeNJY)

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Recommeded folder structure for music collection

Hello,

I have a small collection that is currently a complete mess because I mostly use id3 tag to browse them instead of relying filesystem path. Right now I want to sort it into a more organized structure and I would like to ask how are you organizing your music collection, especially with compilation album with "Various Artists".

Hope this is the right place to ask, thank you very much!


Song of the Day: The White Tent the Raft by Jane Siberry


Twin Temple perform "Haunt Me" on The Daily Show


BTS Boycotts 2027 Grammy Awards Over New Asian Pop Music Category


Song of the Day: Rednecks by Randy Newman

ballsiest album opener ever?

playlist link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6F3sCPmocAQDMNRNg7TZZb


Damn :(


Song of the Day: Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who


Here's a good singalong number. Currently learning to play it on my uke.


I was done in on the weekend
The weekend lasted twenty years
The world's best bulimic bartend
Tender, violent and queer

Forgive me father, I have sinned
I've drained my body full of pins
I've danced 'til dawn with splintered shins
Full of pins, full of pins

Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes

They laugh at me when I run
I waste away for fun
I am my father's son
His shadow weighs a tonne

Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes

They laugh at me when I run
I waste away for fun
I am my father's son
His shadow weighs a tonne

Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes

Forgive me father, I have sinned
I've drained my body full of pins
I've danced til dawn with splintered shins
Full of pins, full of pins

Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes
Goes and it goes and it goes
Go go go go go go!

It's coming
It's coming
It's coming
It's coming
It's coming
It's coming
It's coming
It's coming

I don't want to be
Your man
Your man
I don't want to be
Your man
Your man

I'm like Stone Cold Steve Austin
I put homophobes in coffins
I'm like Fred Astaire
I dance like I don't care
I'm like Ted DiBiase
I win no matter what it costs me
I'm like Evel Knievel
I break bones for my people
I'm on my best behavior
Like Jesus Christ our savior
I'm like Reggie Kray


À l'origine écrite par Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix se l'est complètement appropriée. Une reprise devenue légendaire.


SIMONA - ASTUTA (Official Music Video)

[https://youtube.com/watch?v=EK8GdU9aUlE](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EK8GdU9aUlE)

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[\#EDM](https://qaf.men/tags/EDM) [#DancePop](https://qaf.men/tags/DancePop) [#Girlypop](https://qaf.men/tags/Girlypop)


Oscar-winning musician and actor Glen Hansard dies in Dublin motorbike crash

**Singer found fame after starring in The Commitments and with his band The Frames**

![](https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/1d78353e-851f-48a1-b24d-20eb01e1e91b.webp)

*Glen Hansard won an Oscar in 2008 for the song Falling Slowly. Photograph: Mikolaj Rotkowski*

-------------------------------------------

Oscar winner Glen Hansard, who found fame after starring in The Commitments and with his band The Frames, has been killed in a motorcycle crash in Co Dublin.

Hansard (56) died following a single-vehicle crash at the Strawberry Beds, Lucan, just before 4.30am.

According to a brief Garda statement, which did not name Hansard, the incident took place on a stretch of Lower Road, between Tinkers Hill and Rugged Lane.

“The motorcyclist, a man in his 50s, was treated at the scene but was pronounced deceased a short time later,” the Garda said.

“The scene has been preserved for examination by Garda forensic collision investigators. Local traffic diversions are currently in place.”

![](https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/09883572-8c47-401a-a06d-91dfa1fa0f06.webp)

*Gardaí at the scene of the crash at Lower Road, Strawberry Beds, Lucan, Co Dublin. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Photos*

-------------------------------------------

Hansard’s management issued a statement on Wednesday confirming his death.

“With broken hearts we announce the passing of Glen Hansard who passed away, in the early hours of this morning, following a road traffic accident in Dublin.

“Glen’s family is deeply shocked and heartbroken by this tragic loss and respectfully requests privacy at this extremely difficult time,” the statement said.

“The family is grateful for the support they have received and wishes to thank the emergency services who attended the scene.

“As this matter remains the subject of an active Garda investigation, no further comment will be made at this time.”

The musician and actor, a married father of one, split his time between his home in Kildare and Helsinki, where his wi


Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville (1966)


Soft Cell - "In Heaven (When I Dance With You) (2026) [synth-pop]


Earth Tongue - Dungeon Vision (Official Music Video)

Dungeon Vision« is the second single and title track of  Earth Tongue’s third studio album.

Earth Tongue is:
Gussie Larkin – Guitar & Vocals
Ezra Simons – Drums & Vocals

[Find them on Bandcamp](https://earthtongue.bandcamp.com/album/dungeon-vision)


Song of the Day: P.L.U.C.K. by System of a Down


Pave The Way - Organic Downtempo Nature Improvisation with Mose & Natan Rabin


Little Eskimo Jesus - Montreal (feat. Khyro) [hip-hop]


King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Alien Metal

The 2nd single off King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's forthcoming 28th studio album.


Release : 2024-03-18

Label : Yomusic.top

[Beatport](https://www.beatport.com/fr/release/mannheim/4493160)

#trance #techno #deephouse


Ninajirachi & Porter Robinson - WannaCry


We live like creatures
We love like homicide
We'll write your future
Control both space and time

We control reality
We control your chemistry, baby
Rearrange anatomy
Deep within these shadows we're alive

Look at all these imbeciles
Shaking hands while decomposing
We've crunched these numbers
And we've found that your soul is null and void

Come with me you pretty thing
And we'll celebrate with amputations
We've wasted everything
And now they've come to take our children
Your secret's safe with me
I'll take it to the grave, now baby
God help you, please, my dear
I'm gonna take your dead soul away

Below these sutures
Hate flows like cyanide
Destroy your future
Consume your everything
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Battlestar Anorexia
Schoolyard Heroes
Centaur: Half-Man Half-Motorcycle
Schoolyard Heroes
Dude, Where’s My Skin?
Schoolyard Heroes
We destroy reality
We control your chemistry, baby
Rearrange mortality
What we do is not your concern

Come with me you pretty thing
And we'll celebrate with amputations
We've wasted everything
And now they've come to take our children
Your secret's safe with me
I'll take it to the grave, now baby
God help you, please, my dear
I'm gonna take your dead soul away, hey

We live like creatures
We love like homicide
We'll write your future
Control both space and time
We live like creatures

When your heart broke off, then
Your words were shut off, then
Your conscience cut off, so
Remorse is useless now

God doesn't want us back now, baby
God doesn't want us back now, baby
God doesn't want us back now, baby
God doesn't want us back now, baby


Primitive Ring - Heads Will Roll (Official Video)

Primitive Ring consists of Bert Hoover (Hooveriii, Groop), Jon Modaff
(Hooveriii, Groop, Frankie and the Witch Fingers), and Charles Moothart (Fuzz, GØGGS). The three LA based musicians found each other in a collective state of high functioning de evolution, and collectively agreed to bend the knee to the primal instincts of
melody and rhythm.

[Find them on Bandcamp.](https://primitivering.bandcamp.com/track/heads-will-roll)

![](https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/5824a313-f52e-415d-b17f-66365aff4db2.avif)


Four Tet - ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ - ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂:̴͓̞̑̌̂̆̊͋̀:̸͎̟̯̂̓̌ ҉ ͡ ͞ ͞ ͞ ҉● ࿀ ● ࿀ ●


Song of the Day: Live By Yo Rep by Three 6 Mafia


Wind Rose - Summer Breeze 2025 - ARTE Concert


[Here is a fantastic cover](https://youtu.be/Din_eWjJWe0) by Bryan Ferry and Todd Terje.


“Raining Blood” (Slayer) Big Band Jazz Cover by Robyn Adele Anderson


sharing music because I'd rather do anything else but work #16 - Fearful Avoidant Disorganized Attachment by Cynthoni


Dam... Do I really listen to that much music???? 🤣🤣

I need to stop streaming and just buy my music, cause that's crazy 😬


Song of the Day: Satan In the Wait by Daughters


AC/DC - Back in Black. 46 years old July 25th.

Released 46 years ago July 25th, The highest selling rock album of all time. I had it on 8 track cassette.


GUNSHIP - Ghost (feat. @powergloveaudio)


Yamandu Costa & Antoine Boyer - Valsa da Ponte


wilma and fern - cloud town fantasy (demo)

Started a new band with my friend.


Floating Points - Pandora's Creation (Official Music Video)


Video - How Camila Guevara Milanés Is Making Her Own Legacy in Music

cross-posted from:  https://lemmy.ml/post/50573167

> Duration - 2:56
>
> [a video on Peertube about Cuba from the news collective *Belly Of The Beast*]
> >Camila Guevara Milanés carries two legendary last names. But she wants to be known for her music. The Cuban singer-songwriter talks about how she's forging her own artistic identity.
>


Tito & Tarantula - Back To The House (Live)


Bootsy Collins (& Buckethead) - Funk Can Save You (Visualizer)


Chancha Via Circuito & Sofía Viola - Ofrenda


Benjamin Clementine - Can't Always Be the Winner, Argentina


i guess im on a 90s binge

playlist link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6F3sCPmocAQDMNRNg7TZZb


I get this song stuck in my head, way too often

totally love its weird vibes


Queens of the Stone Age - Turnin’ on the Screw


Song of the Day: Rudderless by The Lemonheads

cant unhear "pooping my pants" in the chorus

playlist link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6F3sCPmocAQDMNRNg7TZZb


Button up my collared shirt\
Might fuck around and wear a skirt\
Darken the hair that shouldn't be there\
Hide your kids, best beware

Get problems lifted off my chest\
Or at least suppress 'til further notice\
Not to be contained\
Though I'm a fan of a boxy shape

Ooh-ooh\
Ooh-ooh

Bind me up, but not for long\
Adjusting to another thought, feels so wrong

Ooh-ooh\
Ooh-ooh\
Ooh-ooh\
Ooh-ooh

Men who feel femme, am I one of them?\
Jealous of arrows that hit the same target\
Do they realize that their bodies are erotic

So many things that I'd like to change\
But I don't mind if I stay the same\
Maybe I'm a fag instead of a dyke\
Or maybe I'm both at the same time

Ooh-ooh\
Ooh-ooh

Bind me up, but not for long\
Adjusting to another thought, feels so wrong

Ooh-ooh\
Ooh-ooh


System Of A Down - Psycho (Official Audio)


Faith Petric - Ain't Done Nothing If You Ain't Been Called a Red


ARMAGEDDON (ALT edition) | Sola Guinto

[https://solaguinto.bandcamp.com/track/armageddon-alt-edition-2](https://solaguinto.bandcamp.com/track/armageddon-alt-edition-2)

[@music](https://lemmy.world/c/music)

[\#Bandcamp](https://qaf.men/tags/Bandcamp) [#DancePop](https://qaf.men/tags/DancePop) [#MusicToGetDolledUpAtTheEndOfTheWorldTo](https://qaf.men/tags/MusicToGetDolledUpAtTheEndOfTheWorldTo) [#Slay](https://qaf.men/tags/Slay)


Ancient Infinity Orchestra - It's Always About Liberation (Official Album Video, ~39 minutes)

```
1. Nafas : 00:00
2. Akshay : 05:52
3. Triton : 12:55
4. Illuminations : 19:37
5. Celebrating the Beautiful Lineage of Sound & Hypnotic States : 26:47
6. Mountain : 34:34
```


I now have the only Volvo 240 in the world that plays Toto’s Africa as the open door chime! - 8 bit universe


Song of the Day: Centre of the Storm by Roni Size / Reprazent featuring Zach de la Rocha

playlist link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6F3sCPmocAQDMNRNg7TZZb


Experimental Musician Michael O'Shea, Ireland 1980

Alternative Links: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=ffIZbxgSZP4

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Michael O’Shea makes extraordinary music on an instrument he made from a door found in Germany and plays with paint brushes.

Following a two week run at the Ronnie Scott Jazz Club in London, experimental musician Michael O’Shea is a guest on The Live Mike.

Michael O’Shea was busking for a living on the London Underground when he was spotted by Will Sproule at Tottenham Court Road tube station. Will Sproule worked at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and invited Michael to play for Ronnie Scott. He was subsequently offered a two week slot at the club. His music was first released on Gilbert and Lewis' Dome record label after they chanced upon O'Shea busking in the West End, or at the Jazz Club.

His music is, to say the least, unusual in that he entertains on instruments that he has created himself.

Michael O’Shea had played Indian sitar for about eight years and was looking for a new instrument to play so he made one. The instrument he is performing on was crafted from a door he found in a skip in Germany and he affectionately calls it ‘Mo Chara’ (''My Friend' in Irish). It has nineteen strings and is played with paint brushes.

This episode of ‘The Live Mike’ was broadcast on 22 February 1980. The presenter is Mike Murphy.

More Information about Michael O'Shea here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Shea_(musician)


Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley - As You Are But Not As You Were (Live at NSJ)


Diana Ringo - Clowns in America [Post-punk]


Discover our tracks Matera Release 2025-10-16

You can also find us on Beatport
[](https://www.beatport.com/fr/release/peronne/5494724)


Inpatient (Ren x Chris Webby) - End of The World (Video)


You Should Get to Own Your Media, Not Rent it Forever


South Korean singer Lim Kim traces a decade of self-discovery on new album ‘Exit to Nowhere’

>Lim Kim has spent the past decade figuring out where she fits — in the music industry, in adulthood, in the rooms she found herself in. Her new album, “Exit to Nowhere,” traces that search across seven tracks.
>
>The 32-year-old South Korean singer’s second full-length album looks back on a decade of change as she moves from the uncertainty of her early 20s.
>
>“It has seven tracks, and they reflect the emotions and feelings I’ve experienced from my early 20s until now — like a chronicle of my life,” Kim told The Associated Press.
>
>The album, released seven years after her last major project, the 2019 EP “GENERASIAN,” marks a return for an artist who has spent her career shifting between genres and exploring questions of identity, belonging and self-discovery. It arrives 13 years after her debut full-length album, “A Voice.”
>
>When Kim released “GENERASIAN,” she said global interest in South Korea and its music, including K-pop, was still developing. She said the album came from a desire to speak about her own identity and perspective as an Asian woman born in South Korea.
>
>“That was a period when no one had really told that story properly,” she said. “I wanted to show that perspective properly — not through the way it’s usually seen from abroad, but from my own point of view.”
>
>Kim said her new album represents a move away from the broader cultural questions of “GENERASIAN” and toward a more personal reflection.
>
>“After I finished ‘GENERASIAN,’ I thought about my next step for a long time,” she said. “Each album feels like a record of what I was feeling at that time, and then I move on. This time, I wanted to focus more on my own individual story.”
>
>Kim broke through in 2011 as part of South Korean folk-pop duo Togeworl before launching her solo career in 2013. She won two Korean Music Awards in 2020.
>
>The singer said the album’s title reflects the uncertainty she felt during the years it covers — a period she described as moving through a “wasteland”


corto.alto - 'IJUSTIDONTKNOW' (Official Visualiser)


Protomartyr - Sounds We Cannot Hear (Official Video)


Lyrics

Palatable, unthreatening
Because men know far better than me
The glass ceiling ahead of me
So I’ll take a backseat

Smile and ignore
That my boss wants to fuck me
The Wandering eyes
At all times in the office

Blondes have more fun
In company culture
Pretend that I know how to use a computer
Harassed in the workplace
My cold resting bitch face
When will I learn
That men just do it better

(Don’t touch me)

Palatable, unthreatening
Because men know far better than me
Yet human resources
Say I’m asking for it

Look over my shoulder
indecent exposure
My coworkers say
I’ve got no sense of humour

Smile more and ignore
That my boss wants to fuck me
The Wandering eyes
At all time in the office

Another day on the job
Looking hot playing dumb
When will I learn
That men just do it better

(Michael I don’t want to suck you off on my lunch break)

Blondes have more fun
In company culture
Pretend that I know how to use a computer
Harassed in the workplace
My cold resting bitch face
When will I learn
That men just do it better

Blondes have more fun
In company culture
Pretend that I know how to use a computer
Harassed in the workplace
My cold resting bitch face
When will I learn
That men just do it better

That’s enough
I’ll shut up
I’ll look hot
And play dumb
That’s enough
When will I learn that men just do it better


Russian Circles - "Eluvial" (Official Video)


Chelsea Wolfe - Cold (Official Music Video)


Song of the Day: What More Can I Say? by Nina Simone


BAND-MAID / Thrill (スリル) (Official Music Video)


So ive been on the Spotify train since pretty early on in its existence. I used to pirate a lot of music, but I also used to buy a lot of albums too, but once Spotify came along that was it, the rest sort of fell away.

I was listening to a band called Funkyverse on Spotify and it wasn't bad but there was something off about it. Something didn't feel right. It was too safe or something, and psychedelic music isnt usually particularly safe.

I investigate a bit, first thing that caught my eye was on Spotify the attribution was something like, "music by funkverse, arranged by [Redacted Name]". Note it was a real name on Spotify. No mention of AI anywhere but the arranged by thing set alarm bells ringing in my head.

Noticed then they were suspiciously prolific, with countless albums released since 2022. No mention of AI anywhere except one of (if not) their oldest youtube videos with something saying "i know its AI but its pretty good". I presume the references to AI were removed as the music started making money and sentiment turned.

Sorry that was a long preamble, but basically this whole thing has left me feeling a little violated by Spotify. They were feeding me slop, thank fuck my brain recognised its wrongness.

So how do I de-spotify? Last time I was in this position burning CD-ROMs and using slsk was the top of the musical tech stack.

I am happy to pay for music, in fact im happy to pay a lot more than I was paying Spotify. An order of magnitude more, but I will definitely miss Spotifys recommendations and radios etc.

How do I fill that gap? Give me the low down on the 2026 "fuck spotify" train.

Thanks in advance!


Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/68763598


NASA’s Curiosity rover finds a mysterious honeycomb landscape on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has entered a Martian valley covered by an astonishing “sea” of tiny polygon-shaped fractures. The honeycomb patterns, each only a few inches wide, stretch across the landscape and even wrap around a nearby 20-foot-tall butte.


Limiting sugar before age of two ‘linked to lower risk of dementia’


Here's how 'parasite' went from a laughing matter to a serious biological threat


‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49908607


What public health professionals can learn from anti-vaccine storytelling - Sometimes, compelling stories beat medical evidence.

>Understanding the narratives and learning from the valid critiques that draw people into feeling hesitant about vaccines offers a more nuanced way to understand these views—and may open the way for a more inclusive and respectful approach to healthcare.


Accepting free will doesn’t exist could make us less hateful and ashamed

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/scientificarticles/p/1289720/accepting-free-will-doesnt-exist-could-make-us-less-hateful-and-ashamed


RFK Jr’s team quietly updates CDC website to say science doesn’t know if vaccines cause autism

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/57263102


Spider Web Cosmology: renewable energy from cosmic expansion

Sorry to bother you with this again. I have posted about this 2 times in the last 6 months already, because it is a fascinating topic and i want to talk about it. The issue is, whether there is renewable energy in the universe (*truly renewable*). Solar energy is called "renewable" but ultimately the sun will burn out. What then?

I have last time gotten the answers that "it's a stupid question because we have more urgent problems, such as corrupt politics etc.". Frankly, i disagree. This question is of existential importance, because it gives us an *outlook* into the far future. These perspectives are more valuable than playing 15 minutes of a computer game, which you could do instead of reading this article.

I uploaded a neat PDF here: https://files.catbox.moe/p8tg6i.pdf

Additionally i will copy-paste the article text here.

----

**Spider Web Cosmology**

From: https://feddit.org/u/gandalf_der_12te
Date: 2026-07-26
Subject: Renewable energy in a cosmological context

**Abstract**

In this paper i present a simple and clear approach to extract useful
energy out of the cosmic expansion using mithril material wires,
i.e. wires with very high Young's modulus and ultimate tensile
strength. This energy is renewable, such that it represents a
continuous and probably eternal power source.

**Introduction and Motivation**

The industrial revolution has allowed for a significant growth of
humanity. While global population numbers were around 300
million around 1000 CE, it scaled to almost 8 billion by 2000 CE.
That is an almost 30-fold increase. This was made possible largely
by two inventions: the combustion-engine driven tractor and the
natural-gas-based ammonia synthesis. Both consume massive
amounts of energy, which mostly came from fossil fuels, which are
not renewable. This naturally raises the question of whether
humanity will ever run out of energy, which would induce a
reversal of this massive growth, i.e. a significant population
shrinkage. Related to th


Renewable energy: QUB flow battery breakthrough

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/goodnewseveryone/p/877731/renewable-energy-qub-flow-battery-breakthrough

> A 3D-printed battery designed at Queen's University Belfast could speed up energy storage research.


Breathalyser can tell if you are burning fat from a single exhalation


International PhD students to face strict limits on time in the US


Humanity spoke thousands of languages at the dawn of farming — now many of them are lost


Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise

> Pioneering study linking noise pollution to Parkinson’s finds 3% increase in risk for every 11.5dB rise in noise levels

> Existing research has found potential biological pathways that link noise exposure to Parkinson’s disease, largely due to stress responses and disrupted sleep.
>
> The [study](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2851756), published in Jama Neurology, included 3.1 million Danish participants aged 40 and over, and followed them for 18 years.


Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public

This is an exclusive report from *Science News*', jointly organized with *Retraction Watch*, on a gene editing tragedy.

The tragedy involved two parents paying $860,000 to partially fund an unapproved clinical trial of 1 to save their daughter from a rare neurodevelopmental disease, the work being done by a superstar researcher in China working at a highly prestigious research hospital, the girl subsequently dying because the research behind the trial was shoddy, and the death of the girl being buried. The research behind this was subsequently published in *Nature*, but the human trial component was completely erased.

This might shape up to be one of the largest gene editing scandals for a while

Try this [Wayback Machine link](https://web.archive.org/web/20260723192142/https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-death-girl-chinese-gene-editing-trial-was-never-made-public) if you are paywalled

There's also a brief [follow-up article](https://www.science.org/content/article/four-takeaways-our-investigation-hidden-gene-editing-death) by Science News


'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/62209265

> cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/62209262


What happens when you try to chop a photon in half?

This rule also applies to photons reflecting from mirrors. The photon is reflecting from the mirror, and the electromagnetic field is varying regularly and smoothly changing from the incoming to the reflected wave. The transmitted wave doesn’t exist, so the amplitude is a happy zero.

Then the mirror is yanked away. The reflected wave’s amplitude abruptly drops to zero, and the transmitted wave suddenly jumps from zero. Those are two sharp transitions that require a lot more bandwidth than the original photon had. Our photon that has been cut off is still in a superposition of reflected and transmitted. But it also has a sharp edge, which requires a multitude of photons at different frequencies.

Cutting a photon in half generates a rainbow. And as far as I can tell, the generated photons are in a superposition of both reflected and transmitted light. But since there are potentially many photons, both transmitted and reflected light could be measured simultaneously.


New metamaterials take inspiration from deep-sea sponges


Air conditioning is not enough to keep people cool — can scientists find an alternative?


Researchers discover Earth-like planet with atmosphere 48 light-years away

For the first time, scientists have found a rocky planet with an atmosphere orbiting in a star’s habitable zone. Researchers from Harvard University say the Earth-like world has conditions similar to those on Earth.

The exoplanet, LHS 1140 b, is 48 light-years from Earth. It orbits a red dwarf star at a distance close enough for water to remain liquid, but far enough away that it would not boil.


Global density and biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks

and the paper https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu4373


Monkeys Understand Shapes in Almost the Same Way as Humans


Drug May Repair DNA at Earliest Stages of Alzheimer’s – And it’s Already Passed Safety Trials

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/56962730


Trump Lashes Out at National Academies of Sciences Over Climate Guide For Judges

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/55478607


White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/55500837


First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials – Institute for Protein Design


Alzheimer’s trial results lend momentum to strategies targeting tau


Somatic mutations impose an entropic upper bound on human lifespan


Dengue surge linked to road development in Peru


Honeybee Queens Push Pesticides to Eggs to Protect Themselves Over Their Offspring


Infections linked to higher risk of brain and mental health conditions for up to two years


Huge study finds first genetic clues for borderline personality disorder


The science of foresight: how to future-proof your research


Antibiotic-resistant bacteria increasingly leaving children vulnerable to common infections, global study finds


AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk


Because of a Mathematician From Rural Virginia’s Work on Global Positioning, You Have No Excuse for Getting Lost


How nature inspired our newest reef structures ["reforesting" coral reefs in Indonesia]

More info: https://www.mossy.earth/projects/wilder-reefs


A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom


Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors Develop


Ketogenic diets may increase cancer risk in the small intestine


MIT engineers find a precise way to grow artificial blood vessels


Researchers shed new light on ancient concrete’s extraordinary durability


India launches first hydrogen-powered train built in the country to expand clean energy on railways

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49581602


Hegseth wants a "High-T" military; doctors call it a clinical minefield

>“This is a great big fat ‘Oh, no,’” Anawalt said in reaction to Hegseth’s announcement. “We’re turning the clock back on rational healthcare. … I’m worried about the ethics. I’m worried about the health consequences. I’m worried about unnecessary evaluations, incorrect assessments, and incorrect diagnoses that lead to inappropriate prescriptions of testosterone.”


Climate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World’s Forests


Trump taps climate science denier to run US government’s flagship climate report


Meet ‘Likweli’: A new monkey species discovered in the Congo Basin


US politicians push agencies to restrict research collaboration with China


Children born during first COVID-19 lockdown in UK found it more difficult to focus, follow instructions and regulate their emotions at 4 years of age

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/scientificarticles/p/1266272/children-born-during-first-covid-19-lockdown-in-england-found-it-more-difficult-to-focus


A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet can feed intestinal tumours

A ketogenic diet promotes tumour growth in the small intestine in susceptible mice. In people, diet advice might need to be tailored to individual cancer risks.


Beyond lithium: how sodium-ion batteries could change the world


Mathematics formula found on Maya wall rivals insights of ancient masters


Physicists Claim to Have Solved The Perplexing 'Reverse Sprinkler' Problem That Stumped Richard Feynman


CDC Stopped Monitoring Parasite, Now Causing Explosive Diarrhea Across The Country

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/40199859


Paris has successfully cut noise pollution, but urban birds still can’t sing at their natural pitch


Scientists generate electricity from ambient moisture using everyday ingredients


MIT researchers have created a chip-based optical device that could improve detection of gases and heat


Bees avoid ‘too much of a good thing’ by balancing nutrients in pollen


This microbiologist endured a four-year court battle over COVID-19 tests


Scientists overwhelmingly against rule change that would give political appointees say over science grants


Neuroscientist warns Gen Z first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49390565

> >In 2002, Maine became the first state to implement a statewide laptop program to some grade levels. Then-governor Angus King saw the program as a way to put the internet at the fingertips of more children, who would be able to immerse themselves in information.
> >
> >By that fall, the Maine Learning Technology Initiative had distributed 17,000 Apple laptops to seventh graders across 243 middle schools. By 2016, those numbers had multiplied to 66,000 laptops and tablets distributed to Maine students.
> >
> >King’s initial efforts have been mirrored across the country. In 2024, the U.S. spent more than $30 billion putting laptops and tablets in schools. But more than a quarter-century and numerous evolving models of technology later, psychologists and learning experts see a different outcome than the one King intended. Rather than empowering the generation with access to more knowledge, the technology had the opposite effect.


This frog bacterium wiped out cancer tumors in mice with a single dose


Urine drug test may boost adherence to blood pressure medications


Brighter days linked to better sleep, study finds


Scientist creates ‘mini‑universe’ to measure time without a clock


Study of 5.8 billion medicines dispensed in England exposes stark health inequalities


Study suggests shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk


Men’s average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 years, say scientists


Spain's largest research organization confronts its dark past


Habits form far faster than science previously thought, research shows


New framework offers fresh insights into autism risk factors


Sedative choice in pediatric intensive care may influence long-term neurocognitive outcomes


Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find


A study in Mexico finds that water pollution can threaten biodiversity through hybridization, causing distinct species to collapse into one


Discovery could lead to brighter, more energy-efficient digital displays


First use of precision editing to study human embryo development reveals role of master gene


Professor Adrian Hill wins European Inventor Award 2026 for highly effective malaria vaccine


World-first perfused pancreas transplant marks major Oxford study milestone


‘Check your ingredients’: A new blueprint for using Fermi’s ‘Golden Rule’


Graduating without a thesis: meet the people getting ‘practical’ PhDs in China


National Science Foundation plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative


NASA Seeks Volunteers for Yearlong Simulated Mission to Moon, Mars - NASA


Sydney’s 1789 smallpox epidemic came from the First Fleet and killed up to 220,000 Indigenous Australians: new research


Lab-grown sperm: scientists inch closer to fertility breakthrough

>It sounds like science fiction: collecting a person’s blood cells, engineering them so they eventually transform into immature sperm, and then incubating them in a tiny pouch grown on a mouse’s kidney.

Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590926002298


For The First Time, Ancient Human DNA Has Been Found Preserved on Cave Walls


The second Trump administration has launched a concerted attack on science produced inside and outside the government. It will take years to understand fully the implications of cancelling billions of dollars in research grants to the nation’s universities and undermining EPA’s expertise and destroying IRIS.

As the EtO rollback demonstrates, many of the Trump administration’s deregulatory activities will end up in the courts. District court and appellate judges could face a series of complex disputes over science, technology, and the law. If the lower courts reverse Trump 2 rollbacks, the conservative Supreme Court may intervene to reverse those decisions and reinstate deregulation with decisions that will have long-lasting implications for public health.

The good news in this scenario of woe is that California is refusing to accept these attacks on public health and has pledged to regulate on its own. As one of the largest economies in the world, this development is encouraging. Hopefully other states will follow.


Bumblebees collect up to 7 times more toxic metals than honeybees

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/scientificarticles/p/1253263/bumblebees-collect-up-to-7-times-more-toxic-metals-than-honeybees

> Bumblebees collect up to seven times the amount of toxic heavy metals as honeybees even when foraging in the same environment, new research has discovered. Exposure to these metals can affect everything from their ability to forage for food to their ability to reproduce.


A Single Molecular Change May Help Viruses Jump from Bat to Human


Health Benefits of Higher Socioeconomic Status Vary Across Racial and Ethnic Groups


Crashing insect populations have resulted in smaller tree swallows that reproduce less


MIT engineers whip up a more breathable hydrogel


Spent EV Batteries Get Second Life as Higher-Performance Battery Material


Long-term exposure to air pollution linked to increased risk of Parkinson’s disease


Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps. The plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleys

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49103510

> Up on the dam, almost everything that looks like a problem becomes an advantage.
>
> The plant sits above the fog line, in thin, clear air that lets far more sunlight through.
>
> The higher you go, the stronger and cleaner the sunlight becomes.
>
> Cold actually helps, because solar panels work more efficiently when they are not baking in heat.
>
> And then there is the snow, which acts like a giant mirror, bouncing extra light up onto the panels from below.
>
> Scientists call it the albedo effect, and it can lift a mountain plant’s output well beyond anything possible in the valley.
>
> A test site at a similar height recorded yearly output far above a typical Swiss plant.


Trump Suddenly Opens Dozens of Gas Stations Selling Suspiciously Cheap Fuel, and Experts Are Already Warning of Impending Disaster

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49238353

> > “When losses happen, somebody’s got to pay for it.”
> >
> > Called Freedom Fuel Network, the enterprise encompasses dozens of gas stations throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, USA Today reported, although it isn’t exactly clear which locations are open for business. Plastered in American flag decals and “Freedom Fuel” branding, the gas stations seem to be selling unleaded gasoline for the fixed-price of $3.47 per gallon, about 32 cents cheaper than the current average price in the US.
> >
> > According to GasBuddy, nearby prices range from $3.85 to as much as $4.49 — no doubt reflecting the slower drip of oil from the president’s costly war on Iran, which burst back into active fighting this week.
> >
> > As head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy Patrick De Haan told the Philadelphia Inquirer, the current price of crude oil means there’s no way Freedom Fuel’s $3.47 price point can turn a profit.
> >
> > “Stations selling at this price, it’s not sustainable,” De Haan explained. “Generally, when losses happen, somebody’s got to pay for it.”
> >
> > De Haan raises an obvious question: who is paying for it? If the stations are losing money on every gallon, somebody has to make up the difference somewhere — whether out of Trump’s pocket, that of a friendly donor, or the taxpayer’s. And if it’s a private company taking the hit, how long until they stop subsidizing Pennsylvania drivers?
> >
> > Already, the stunt seems to be distorting local markets. As of Wednesday, a nearby Sam’s Club in Dresher dropped its price to match the $3.47 figure — surely good news for anybody buying gas in South Eastern Pennsylvania, but as always, the devil is in the details.


Learning What Substance Is Suspected of Causing Alzheimer's May Throw You Into an Existential Crisis


Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds


New study reveals the world's cities most at risk from extreme heat


Tinnitus common among football players, linked to history of head injury


People with depression more likely to chase likes on social media

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/scientificarticles/p/1251168/people-with-depression-more-likely-to-chase-likes-on-social-media

> People with depression or depressive symptoms may be more heavily motivated by the likes they get on social media, according to an international study of Twitter users.
>
> Using various recruitment methods, the researchers ran several tests comparing the behaviour of Twitter users with depression and a random sample of users, looking at how much they were likely to post the day after getting a lot of likes on a tweet. In all the datasets, the researchers say depression and depressive symptoms were linked to a higher likelihood of being influenced by the amount of likes they were getting.
>
> The authors say this contradicts previous lab-based studies showing people with depression are less responsive to rewards, suggesting real-world rewards such as social media validation may impact a depressed brain differently.


cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/64143043

> This was a labor of love. Anyhow had a bunch more ideas, but decided I had to live my life.


Was watching a movie and it was discussing the Hamptons, so I went to look up what was where... To which I found this recommended map which... Honestly I can't complain.


Song: [Firestarter by The Prodigy](https://youtu.be/wmin5WkOuPw)


(is it just me, or should the first two be swapped?)


Wonder how he’s feeling after that match

It’s actually real. Link to [TikTok ](https://www.tiktok.com/@ben/video/7659263745272663328).


Edit:
And from Hugo Weaving:
![](https://files.catbox.moe/ypf8ti.mp4)


Lindsey Graham introducing himself to others in the afterlife like…


The signal gets lower the hungrier you are


44th Anniversary of the release of Blade Runner


A guide to small town secrets, by region


(source is SMBC)


Working together to seize the means of recreation


It's incredible to think that this could have ever confused people.


Congratulations, you've unlocked the next zone.


[Video] Shane Gillis at the Netflix Roast of Kevin Hart calls out Chelsea Handler for being a Zionist


When you get a chance to name something, and you want to make the most of it.


Also you have to move to another state now. Good luck.


cross-posted from:  https://lemmy.ml/post/46855073

> Just torrent


Greek Nathan finally opened up his shop.


It's important for the kids to have role models.


Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC


We really lost something when handhelds stopped being pocketable. (a rant)

Switch (and to a greater extent Switch 2) is brilliant hardware, don't get me wrong. I like it. It's well built, great screen, suspend works great, docking is awesome, etc.

But I don't like that it killed (or at least marked the end of) the old handheld gaming paradigm. Some of this is undoubtedly nostalgia, but I think there's things that were objectively better about the old way.

Around the time of 3DS launching smartphone gaming was taking off, and for a moment it looked promising which really hindered sales of handheld consoles. There were tons of innovative, fun experiences available at low prices. This pushed companies away from handhelds. It's a lot tougher sell when people have smartphones now.

But then smartphone gaming turned into a barren hellscape of ads and fremium mtx ridden slop. I don't know about you, but despite owning high end smartphones I have literally no games on my phone. Not to say that no good smartphone games exist... But they have such a huge uphill battle - nobody buys mobile games because they assume they're trash, and they don't have the necessary advertising budget to fight the big names in mobile gaming. So the selection is small and hard to find.

Then there's the ports like Minecraft and Fortnite/etc, which are also loaded with mtx nowadays. But smartphones seem like the absolute last choice platform for these titles. Nothing I hate more than playing a game designed for a controller on a touchscreen.

So say I go to pick a friend up from the airport and I have 20 minutes to wait because their flight was a bit late. What to do? I could play a game on my Switch. Totally a feasible option. Except, I almost certainly didn't bring it. Why would I? It's a fairly large device. And with the big exposed screen and analog sticks I'd have to case it up too. I'm not grabbing that thing "just in case". So I grab my phone and doomscrool. Not because I want to, but because... What else am I gonna do?

But let's say I had a 3DS.... Pocketable (


Forge of the Fae - Extended Gameplay Showcase


Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct 8.4.2026 | Nintendo Today!


Palworld Online announced for iOS and Android


What if Stop Killing Games win? Anthem, SpaceCraft and Warframe devs on the "massive undertaking" of reverse engineering an always-online game


Silent Hill producer says gamers can tell when a company is "just testing the waters," so playing it safe would've doomed the series' comeback - AUTOMATON WEST


Sony Not Budging On Ending PlayStation Discs In The Face Of Fan Protests: ‘We’re Going To Cautiously Move This Forward’


How 80s University Computer Groups influenced Japanese Gaming


Tariff compensation in the USA boosted PlayStation’s profits — and other insights from Sony’s report | Game World Observer


Corsair Cove Launch Trailer | Pirate City Builder


Indies devs band together for 100-game, $10 bundle aiming to help an "unprecedented number" of laid off developers


Xbox console price increases in Europe and UK fully revealed, with Series X now costing €200 more


Facepunch director Alistair McFarlane, who once offered to buy New World from Amazon and faked us out about Rust 2, has left the company


AMD is reportedly raising graphics card prices—it was just waiting for Nvidia to do it first


Super Robot Wars Z2.1 (Hakai-hen) remaster + english localization announced.


Mortal Shell II - Beta Available Now Trailer |


Xbox reportedly wanted disc support on Project Helix console as advantage over PS6


Crazy Taxi: World Tour Multiplayer Closed Network Test details revealed: Test 2 online multiplayer modes, Up to 6 players, 2 maps,6 cars, 4 characters, Sept. 11-13


[Digital Foundry] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Switch 2 Edition: A Substantial Upgrade?


Bloomberg: Inside Tencent’s Failed Attempt to Take On ‘Grand Theft Auto’


What games did you sleep on for too long?

I played Nine Sols recently and it had a transformative effect on my gaming experience.  I've found myself no longer getting mad at fairly structured games and deeply enjoying the personal refinement of my skill set in pursuit of a goal.  Suddenly this shift in perspective has allowed me to see difficulty in a new light and truly savor the victory that comes after significant effort.  With this new perspective, I decided to try the game that had made me hesitate the most with its reputation for difficulty:  Sekiro

Its been truly eye opening to realize that my nervousness has only kept me from a good time.  Or maybe I just wasn't ready for it...

Following that trend, I started Celeste for the first time even though I never play pure platformers, and it has blown my socks off.  Do I suck?  You bet your ass I do.  But I know it's from a lack of detailed platforming, and developing that skill has been very fun and satisfying.

Now, I'd love to hear from others.  What games made you regret waiting so long to try them?


[Hades 2] Behold! The Hero of the Trojan War!

I removed a tiny part of the meme because it might be a spoiler for the movie, see source for full version.

Source: https://reddit.com/r/HadesTheGame/comments/1va1m09/the_other_odysseus/


cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/33626935


Gameplay mechanics were also a lot better with more replayability.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13809164

> Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I can't count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with handicap features, and also to find Easter eggs. Speaking of Easter eggs, you'd lose a number of hours exploring every nook and cranny finding them!


cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/41998863


cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27424501


cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/51622810


cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/658172


cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/55540150


Making everything fit in a gaming PC ain’t easy these days


Hundreds rally at Bethesda HQ to protest Xbox layoffs


Sony's Social Media Still Toxic Two Weeks After PS5 Discs Debacle


What happens when the world's ultimate survival expert tackles the most hated zone in Elden Ring? In this video, i rotoscoped, VFX and edited Bear Grylls, the one and only Bear Grylls, directly into the Scarlet Rot infested wasteland of Caelid. Bear Grylls navigates the terrifying landscape, encounters mutated Monstrous Crows, attempts to survive the Giant Dogs, and tries to find a source of hydration that isn't literal Rot.


For many games, that could even be a low estimate.


Sauce: https://youtu.be/D3AiWzAa0Yw

Can't wait to repost this in 2028


Something something... art requires limitations.


Fair PlayStation : Sony is Facing a Lawsuit Seeking More Than €400 Million in Damages on Behalf of 1.7 Million Players Over The So-Called “Sony tax", Following PlayStation Physical Discs Announcement

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1248556/fair-playstation-sony-is-facing-a-lawsuit-seeking-more-than-eur400-million-in-damages-on

Lucia Melcherts, chair of Stichting Massaschade & Consument [statement](https://wccftech.com/sonys-disc-free-2028-plan-hands-it-total-price-control-dutch-group-warns/#%3A%7E%3Atext=Here%27s+what+Lucia+Melcherts%2C+chair+of+Stichting+Massaschade+%26+Consument%2C+had+to+say+in+an+exclusive+statement):

> The end of physical discs removes the last place where a PlayStation game could still be bought and sold at a competitive price. No discs means no second-hand market and no alternative to the PlayStation Store, so from 2028, Sony alone decides what a game costs and even how long you are allowed to use it. That is exactly the harm our Fair PlayStation claim is about: a price can never be fair when the buyer is left with no ownership and no alternative.


PlayStation's first post on X/Twitter since the killing of physical medias announcement - the roasting and criticism comments just keep going

Nitter bridge:
[https://nitter.poast.org/PlayStation/status/2074478664805212593#m](https://nitter.poast.org/PlayStation/status/2074478664805212593#m)

*Time to make some popcorn.*


Box3D | A revolutionary new physics engine developed by Erin Catto in collaboration with a Valve dev

After seeing its announcement a few days ago I didn't think much of it, but after looking into it a bit this looks awesome !

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- [Blog Post](https://box2d.org/posts/2026/06/announcing-box3d/)
- [Github](https://github.com/erincatto/box3d)

---

Box3D was released a few days ago by legendary developer Erin Catto accompanied by a [blog post](https://box2d.org/posts/2026/06/announcing-box3d/), this is the person behind the popular Box2D engine.

In the blog post he explains that his work stems from his collaboration with Dirk Gregorius, "Principal Software Engineer II and Physics Architect" at Valve, the person behind Half-Life: Alyx's physics engine "Rubikon", which Box3D is based off.

Facepunch has also revealed that they have been using Box3D for about a year now as well in s&box. Showcasing a [cool demo](https://xcancel.com/s8box/status/2072325922632433725?s=20)

An interesting quote from the blog post:
> On the Valve side, Rubikon continues to evolve and Dirk has developed optimizations (similar to those in Box3D) in a new engine called Ragnarok. Look for that in future Valve games.

👀
Did he just reveal Valve's next physics engine ?
+HL3 confirmed

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- [cool showcase 1](https://youtu.be/jr_Fzl2XwKU?t=881)
- [showcase 2](https://xcancel.com/timsoret/status/2074087528999649525)
- [showcase 3 in gmod](https://youtu.be/yTp4jTYFWJ8) (already??)

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::: spoiler Tweet transcript
I’m happy to announce the release of a new open source 3D physics engine called Box3D. I’ve been working on this project for a few years now, but it represents over 20 years of experience writing physics engines for games. Read more here: \[blog post link\]
:::


Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/49078916


PlayStation Reportedly Blocks Marvel Tokon PC in 132 Countries Over PSN Requirement


Video Game History Foundation founder says piracy remains the only viable game preservation method

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1239840/video-game-history-foundation-founder-says-piracy-remains-the-only-viable-game-preservat

> Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.
>
> > This is unfortunate news for those who still prefer buying games on physical media, and is certainly a hit to consumer rights, the resale market, and game creators whose businesses rely on the physical market. But from the perspective of professional preservationists, this doesn't have as much of an impact as you might expect.
> >
> > The reality is that the vast majority of video games produced over the last two decades were not made for dedicated home video game consoles, let alone pressed to physical media. And even when they were released on physical media, a day-one digital patch was all but guaranteed, meaning that even though a disc is preserving data in an accessible way, it may not represent the game that people actually played. Museums and archives have been preparing for this future for a while, with the expectation that putting discs on a shelf isn't going to be a long-term solution for preserving new games.
> >
> > What continues to baffle us is what the industry expects institutions like ours to do about it. If platform owners are deciding to eliminate physical media and older digital storefronts, then we'd also like to see trade groups like the Entertainment Software Association offer meaningful solutions for archives and museums to legally preserve digital-only content and make it accessible for research. Everyone agrees this is a serious problem, but the ESA has repeatedly opposed the efforts of cultural heritage institutions to reform digital copy protection laws to make it easier to do this work. The industry needs to meaningfully come to the table on this issue, because asking museums to download a copy of Grand Theft Auto VI and hope it'll


Bethesda made a short skit-style ad for Oblivion in response to Sony's decision

>
>
> Exploring across Cyrodiil, you never know what physical treasures you might find... 🔍
>
>

Source: [https://twitter.com/ElderScrolls/status/2072321026944348209](https://twitter.com/ElderScrolls/status/2072321026944348209)

The video is routed through a Nitter instance: [https://nitter.poast.org/ElderScrolls/status/2072321026944348209](https://nitter.poast.org/ElderScrolls/status/2072321026944348209)


WayForward shared a teaser image about Shantae's upcoming game

Not much going on in the image, with other than the ETA, the only noteworthy thing I can notice is that Shantae is wearing pike balls on her hair. I wonder if she'll be fighting with tools again, like she did in The Pirate's Curse.


Everyone wants to own their games, yet GoG remains niche store

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1237508/everyone-wants-to-own-their-games-yet-gog-remains-niche-store


cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1234910/gamesir


The Steam Machine Companion Cube may be dead, but maybe someone can make a custom mount like this instead and skin the machine gold to match. Hopefully they remember to ask for permission tho this time!


Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says Kingdom Hearts 2 is "one of the best action RPGs ever created,"


PlayStation sales just had its worst May in 25 years, and Xbox's was the worst ever—Meanwhile, the Nintendo Switch 2 just became the second-fastest-selling console in US history; and other insights

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1227527/playstation-sales-just-had-its-worst-may-in-25-years-and-xbox-s-was-the-worst-ever-meanw

> > May 2026 U.S. Video Game Market Highlights Thread from Circana - 007 First Light and Nintendo Switch 2 Drive 3% US Video Game Spending Growth in May 2026.
> >
> > ![](https://i.ibb.co/2YyZbVdB/1000032710.webp)
> >
> > May 2026 U.S. Video Game Total Spending - US video game spending reached $4.2 billion in May 2026, an increase of 3% when compared to a year ago. Year-to-date spending finished May 4% higher than 2025, at $23.0 billion.
> >
> > ![](https://i.ibb.co/9mCT8wZj/1000032711.webp)
> >
> > May 2026 U.S. Projected Top 10 Best-Selling Games Ranked on Physical & Full Game Digital Dollar Sales (Excludes Mobile and Digital Add-On Content)
> >
> > ![](https://i.ibb.co/DfsHMy8v/1000032712.webp)
> >
> > YTD 2026 U.S. Projected Top 10 Best-Selling Games Ranked on Physical & Full Game Digital Dollar Sales (Excludes Mobile and Digital Add-On Content)
> >
> > ![](https://i.ibb.co/67PdCCXv/1000032713.webp)
> >
> > Hardware - May 2026 hardware spending grew 38% versus a year ago, to $249M. Nintendo Switch 2 offset a 43% drop in PlayStation 5 spending (and a 58% dip in unit sales) driven by recent price increases. Xbox Series hardware spending grew 7% versus a year ago, units fell by 12%.
> >
> > Hardware - Nintendo Switch 2 was again the best-selling hardware platform in both units and dollars for May and 2026 year-to-date, with PlayStation 5 placing second across both measures and time periods.
> >
> > Hardware - Nintendo Switch 2 finished its first twelve months in market with a 5.9M unit US installed base. It is the 2nd fastest selling video game hardware in US tracked history (tracking begins in 1995). Only the Game Boy Advance’s 6.5M units exceeds it.
> >
> > Hardware - **PlayStation hardware unit sales fell to their lowest May total since May 2000, while Xbox hardware unit sales were the lowest ever recorded


This is way more exciting than most car mods.


Hi everyone,
I’ve been a long-time player of text-based crime/mafia browser games, and I’ve officially started development on my own project.
I’m aiming to capture that classic "persistent empire-building" feeling—committing crimes, training stats, navigating a player-driven economy, and climbing the ranks—without falling into the trap of making it feel like a "second job" or a stale spreadsheet simulator.
Since this genre thrives on community interaction and long-term strategy, I want to build the features that players actually care about, rather than just guessing. I’d love to get your input:
The "Mafia" Hook: In your opinion, what is the best way to handle the "Family/Gang" dynamic? Are there systems (like recruitment, territory control, or leadership roles) that you feel are underutilized or currently done poorly in existing titles?
Active vs. Idle: How do you prefer the game to balance active effort (manual crimes/attacks) versus passive growth? Do you prefer a "time-based" system where everything is about efficiency, or a more traditional "energy/stamina" model?
Progression & Burnout: What is a mechanic that usually makes you quit a browser-based RPG after a few weeks? Is it power creep, a stagnant economy, or perhaps the lack of meaningful endgame goals?
Social Friction: What kind of player-to-player interactions (like markets, bounty systems, or coordinated attacks) actually make the world feel alive to you?
I’m currently in the early stages, so I have the flexibility to prioritize mechanics that the community is actually hungry for. I'm not looking for marketing hype—just honest feedback from those of you who live and breathe this genre.
Thanks in advance for your time and expertise!

Sharing a quick peek at the early dashboard for my Mafia project. It's still early days and definitely a WIP, but I’m looking for some constructive criticism on the UI. What’s working for you here, and what would you change to make the daily grind more intuitive?


A new Steam game called Congratulations On Your Purchase is priced at $1000, making it one of the most expensive titles on the platform.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1211656/a-new-steam-game-called-congratulations-on-your-purchase-is-priced-at-1000-making-it-one

> According to [its creators](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4693030/Congratulations_On_Your_Purchase/):
>
> > This game is not for everyone. It is for those who understand that prestige has a price.
>
> They also describe it as “the most expensive game on Steam.”
>
> Players enter a palace, walk a red carpet, and see their names displayed for future owners. No idea if this game is a joke or a social experiment


Leviatán Wins VALORANT Masters London 2026: Viewership Soars


Beware the onion judge!

Set to the left: Astronomer's hat, Felkin's cloak and boots, archdrake gloves, puzzling stone sword and avelyn.

Set to the right: Catarina helmet, judgement coat and gloves, priestess skirt, washing pole and avelyn again.


Well, one of us has to be the comic relief.


Stop Killing Games fails to secure EU law despite 1.3M signatures

cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/euro/p/1768831/stop-killing-games-fails-to-secure-eu-law-despite-1-3m-signatures


Updated My Long-running Blog Detailing Every Game Studio Using AI

Big update to my blog detailing every game studio using AI. I added Crystal Dynamics, Owlcat, Pearl Abyss, Mistwalker, and three more. One of those is GenDesign, which claims not to use AI for its games, only "behind the scenes" work. I detailed why I included them in the post.

I also added a note about Kojima's horrible AI-generated Prada ad, and Crazy Taxi's revival using AI generated assets.

I feel more and more of me die with each update to this blog. I think what frustrates me the most is when companies try to hide it. Like, I hate that Sega are using genAI on Crazy Taxi, but at least they're honest about it. So many (including Pear Abyss which I also added today) tried to hide it and only admitted to it when they were called out. And what's worse, Steam, who have a mandatory AI disclosure policy, just don't care when that policy is violated. Makes you wonder what else Steam would let these companies get away with.


Japanese insecticide company releases dating simulation game with cockroaches

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/66084205


Found on reddit


Agdayne sure knows how to dress in his Crypt!

Set to the left: hunter's hat + wanderer coat + black leather gloves and boots + claymore + light crossbow

Set to the right: thief mask + Agdayne's black robe and kilt + black leather boots + uchigatana + Avelyn


Pathfinder creators Paizo have $10 million of inventory stuck in a warehouse somewhere because of Diamond Comics, forcing it to lay off staff


Worst People Imaginable Freak Out Over Racist Plantation Game As Valve Watches From The Sidelines

> On May 12, a developer going by FzzyBzzy released the wildly racist slavery simulation game Plantation Simulator onto Steam.
>
> It’s a top-down sim game in which you play as a Southern plantation owner forcing a number of Black slaves to grow crops under threat of being beaten. That’s it. That was the game.
>
> For the first week or so this game was live, it mostly flew under the radar. No reviews, no players really, according to SteamDB. But around May 20-21, it started picking up.
>
>Reviews began to trickle in, the vast majority of them positive, containing racist commentary, and largely written by people who had played for less than half an hour. For context, the game’s concurrent player peak was 109 individuals last night.
>
> Posted later in the day yesterday, the 1.2 update changed the Black slave characters in the game to white people. A further update not long after changed the whipping animation to a string of hearts, put bikinis on the slave characters, and updated the mature content description to, “In this game, your friends wear bikinis and you can give them little kissies.”
>
> We’ve reached out to Valve for comment twice now about Plantation Simulator and haven’t heard back, and the game remains on the Steam store at the time this piece was published.


This is from Luanti that I started playing recently. I want to build my own evil dungeon in survival mode. Villagers have no idea!


Here's Everything Announced During The 2026 Summer Xbox Games Showcase


POV: it's 1998, and you're about to make an important decision


Control Resonant Developer Remedy Admits Packed September Release Window 'Is Challenging,' but It Has a Plan


The Future of Guild Wars: Our Commitment to Tyria


Paramount Gets Serious About Video Games


Steam News - A Refreshed Steam Store Home Page - Steam News


What games you haven't started playing because you fear you won't finish it or "play enough" of it?


The bestest boy will always be by your side. ALWAYS.


I’m a solo developer creating a detective horror game where you search for victims by a boat, inspired by the real-life Island of the Dolls in Mexico. I’d really appreciate any feedback!


My friend said this yesterday, so I made it a meme


Being a silly mage in Lunacid


PlayStation had decided that you can't play your purchased games offline and Xbox is deep in it's enshittification. Quick somebody call an ambulance!

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1158028/playstation-had-decided-that-you-can-t-play-your-purchased-games-offline-and-xbox-is-dee

> ::: spoiler Mirror
> ![](https://i.imgur.com/2iCRgxS.png)
> :::


People are saying not enough eyes either. Sad.


What happened to good destruction-physics focused games?

I'll preface this by saying I am 100% not aware of every game in existence, but:

What happened to all the good games with a focus on destruction physics?

Red Faction: Guerrilla was one of my favorite games ever. It had its buggy moments, but overall its destruction physics system was fun and satisfying.

Then Red Faction: Armageddon was so terrible it killed the entire studio (that's probably not exactly what happened but I'm going with it), so now Red Faction is in some weird legal limbo or owned by a company with no plans for it or something like that.

The next choice seems to be Just Cause. The cables in Just Cause are great fun, but the structures all feel like they're made of cardboard and mostly are not destructible. Not very satisfying and not very fun long-term.

The best option I've played for current-or-previous-gen (yeah sorry still a console peasant, working on that) was Battlefield 6, which does destruction very well but it's hardly the main focus of the game like it was for RF:G.

So... what happened to good destruction-physics focused games? Are there any out there that I don't know about?


A really creative way to ask getting into a playtest

For more context, 1047 Games (the team behind Splitgate) [has announced](https://insider-gaming.com/1047-games-titanfall-empulse/) a spiritiual successor game to Titanfall called Empulse, and this is the ranked leaderboards on Splitgate AR


What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 28

Reading [When Moon Hits the Eye](https://www.librarything.com/work/32111115) by John Scalzi.

What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?

---

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Have you read something that you really enjoyed and want to give others a reason to try it out because it fits a square?  Want to solicit help finding things to read that fit squares? This is a great place to do that.

- [Official Thread Link Here](https://lemmy.world/post/46300888)
- [Questions, Complaints, Whines, General Commentary, Shitposting](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23508013)

This thread will contain one top level comment for each Bingo square.  In order to preserve the organization and readability of this post, please limit recommendations to only replies on those top-level comments. We will be removing comments that don't follow this rule for for this specific post.

### Markdown Card
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|   |  A | B | C | D | E |
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| 1 | [LGBTQIA+ Lead](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507460) | [Supplementary, My Dear Watson](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507463) | [A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507468) | [Award Winner](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507476) | [Against the Odds](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507477) |
| 2 | [Revisiting an Old Friend](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507478) | [Author from a Different Continent](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507485) | [Weapon on the Cover](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507490) | [Great Big Title](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507493) | [Independent Author](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507496) |
| 3 | [Punctuated!](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507498) | [We’re Putting the Band (Back) Together](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507502) | [FREE SPACE - Off Your TBR Pile]| [What’s in a Name?](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507504) | [Late to the Party](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507511) |
| 4 | [Minority Author](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507513) | [Rooted & Rising](https://lemmy.world/post/46300898/23507515) | [Free Read](https://le


### WELCOME TO THE 3rd ANNUAL !BOOKS@LEMMY.WORLD (and !BOOKS@PIEFED.WORLD) BINGO 2026!

Want to read more, but need motivation or direction? Want to gamify or expand your reading? Try book bingo! Our hope with this challenge is to provide a fun way for you to keep up with your recreational reading goals throughout the next twelve months.

#### How Does It Work?
The goal is to read something that fits the theme for each bingo square in any single row, column, or corner diagonal of your choice (one work per square) on [this year’s card](link). You’re welcome to complete the entire card (or multiple cards) for an additional challenge goal, but **you only need to check off a single line of 5 squares to complete the challenge**.

So what can you read? Well, anything you enjoy, really. There’s no requirement to consume any particular kind of work, so any length, format, subject, or genre is totally fine. Want to read graphic novels, audiobooks, poetry, 10-page memoirs, or works in other languages? No problem. There’s no bingo police, either! If you think you can make a well-reasoned argument for why something fits the spirit of a square, go for it. You can even swap out a square (see Rules, below) if it doesn’t quite work for you.

After the thread closes at the end of April, we’ll use the submissions to put together a summary of the results, as well as to determine eligibility for community flair (currently not possible, but maybe in the future!) or some other recognition. If you want to be included, **please make sure to contribute to that post** as that will be the only way we are tracking the end participation.

#### Rules
- You must read a different work for every square you complete, even across multiple cards. There’s no problem, however, overlapping other reading challenges that aren’t associated with c/Books (or Books on piefed.world).
- Repeating authors on the same card isn’t forbidden, but we encourage you to read different authors for every square on a card.
- Likewise, we encourage you to primarily read things you haven’t read before (though w


DAW Books – Vintage Sci-Fi Worth Collecting

I wrote a quick history of the book publisher DAW, and how I recently became a collector of their classic sci-fi. Now with those newfangled pictures!


I want to read, but I dont know how to find my type of books.

This is probably asked here a lot so i apologise.
Almost every day i think about siting down, and having a nice read, but i just dont know how to find the books i like.


August reading recommendations: books about France in English


What is the shortest book — by page count — that had the biggest impact on you?

Caveats: it must be a single book, published on its own under a single title. Within, it can be a series of essays, or poems, or whatever.

I'm already anticipating many people adding the obvious ones: The Little Prince, Of Mice and Men, The Lorax, The Grinch, Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 #141, etc.

Really, I'm curious about the obscure, rarely read, short books that caught you unaware — but LANDED.

e.g.

The first book of this kind, for me, was Indignez Vous! (Time for Outrage) by Stéphane Hessel.  It is 32 pages. In its time, about 2011, it said a lot of things I needed to hear and hoped others wanted to say. If I remember it correctly at all, it's grown more relevant with time.

The latest book of this kind, for me, is the Burnout Society by Byung Chul-Han. Finishing it tonight, at 51 pages, I've re-read it twice already.


Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/technology@lemmy.world/p/2250460/company-offering-printed-books-to-train-ai-stops-after-404-media-coverage

> Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."


What books do you have multiple copies of?

And, why do we do this to ourselves?

I have two copies of:

* The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

* Small Island by Andrea Levy

* Thinking Clearly by Jill Leblanc

These are due to integration between my partner's books and my own.

* The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

* No Logo by Naomi Klein

* Island by Aldous Huxley

These are because they are some of my favourite books and, except for No Logo, I have one hardcover and one softcover edition.


AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/73048134

> Artificial intelligence labs are in a new arms race to buy up millions of rare books, slicing them open, scanning the pages and pulping the remains — sparking concerns that the last remaining copies of out-of-print texts are being destroyed on an [industrial scale](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-destroying-rare-books "futurism.com").
>
>
> ISBNdb notes that “print books from the pre-LLM era are structurally guaranteed to be free of this contamination”.
>
> “Millions of the most valuable books have never been digitised. They exist only in physical form, scattered across library shelves, used bookstores, and out-of-print catalogues. We get them to you at scale.”


Having Hard Time Reading a certain book.

I have started reading Climbing the Mountain My Search for Meaning by Kirk Douglas.

I picked it up at first because thought it was just another celebrity autobiography. But this one is different. Kirk goes over what it like to be Jewish and his search for his spirituality.

The problem is with how things are going in Gaza I am having hard time sympathizing with the Israeli the way written in this book. Further more I wonder how he would feel about it all if he was alive today?

Anyway 134 pages in and when he mentions the name Bibi Netanyahu I stopped and found it hard to breath. He doesn't go in detail about the man but just passing note he wrote as he writing about a lunch he had with Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
As someone feels strongly that Israeli is committing genocide and Palestine should be set free, not sure I should finish said novel.

What would you do if your over halfway through a book that is interesting but then troublesome at same time?


Looking for recommendations for books with trans protagonists

I've been going to a queer book club, and we're currently looking for books with trans characters to read next month.

Ideally we'd like a standalone book (not part of a series), and a story where trans identity is a significant part of it.

Thank you :)


_A bet between God and the Devil._
_A shrewdness beyond comprehension to the mind of a man._
_A tragedy._

If only this were the case, the oldest of all stories of Christianity, then Goethe probably wouldn't have ventured to write Faust.

Faust is a blueprint. A blueprint of tragedy that an intellectual, curious, and rigorous philosopher may have to navigate in his life.

At the beginning, when we meet Faust the polymath, he was in _Loevinger’s Ego Development Stage 4/5 (Self-Questioning/Individualist/Pluralist)_. The notions of reality and truth are fractured, yet not in complete disharmony. We can find the evidence for it in Scene IV:

> This life of earth, whatever my attire, Would pain me in its wonted fashion. Too old am I to play with passion; Too young, to be without desire.

and,

> The God that in my breast is owned Can deeply stir the inner sources; The God, above my powers enthroned, He cannot change external forces. So, by the burden of my days oppressed, Death is desired, and Life a thing unblest!

This stage comes with acute existential dread and distress, as Goethe portrayed them so faithfully.

We need to make a clear distinction here. This distress is **not** the work of the Devil. Every sincere person, at some point in their life, must stomach this. In consensus, Christianity allows free will; therefore, free exploration of knowledge is allowed. With that exploration, considering the depth and breadth a philosopher may navigate, comes obvious distress.

At this lowest of the moments, Faust made a pact with Mephistopheles. Here, we can see the brilliance of Faust's mind. While Mephistopheles wanted to give all possible earthly pleasure in return for his soul, Faust's counter-offer was to forfeit his soul only when he is **content**. And if you consider his state of mind at this point, bringing contentment to him is a formidable task, even for Mephistopheles— if Mephistopheles is a man.

But Mephistopheles is no man. While a man, with his short


How do you manage the same book with different editions in Calibre? (Like US, UK, Illustrated, Portuguese Translated, ...)

I think they should all belong to the same folder, but that's not how Calibre works. Is there any way to keep books organized after "Save to Disk"? (I use Kavita)


Here’s the breakdown of [2025’s bingo](https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.world/post/28953205)!

_Submissions are included in the stats _as they were reported_. In other words, while we do verify that works exist (as a side effect of compiling reading stats), we don’t check if they “count”. We also don’t police other aspects of the rules; we’re just happy you’re reading!_

::: spoiler What got completed?

![The first page of bingo data, card completion stats, in visual format. (See below for a breakdown in text form.)](https://literature.cafe/pictrs/image/6da77b8b-6f6f-4c82-9037-47d6ef5cf6ae.webp)

#### Cards
* **10 cards total** (one person did two cards)
* **9 challenges completed**
	* review mode, 5 cards
	* hard mode only, 2 cards
	* regular mode only, 1 card
	* TBR only, 1 card

#### Bingo Lines
* **85 bingos**
	* 5 cards with 12 bingos (“blackout”, all squares done)
	* 1 with 10 bingos
	* 1 with 7 bingos
	* 1 with 5 bingos
	* 1 with 3 bingos
	* 1 with no bingos _But they completed 10 squares, so that’s a win in my book!_
* **most completed bingos** (each on 90% of cards): row 1, diagonal “&” (1A--5E)
* **least completed bingo** (on 50% of cards): column E

#### Squares
* **218 completed squares**
	* 201 squares contributed to a bingo (92.2% of completed squares)
	* **most completed squares** (on 100% of cards): 1E (Now a Major Motion Picture), 3B (Title: [X] of [Y]), 3C (Off Your TBR Pile), 4D (Award Winner), 5E (Jerk with a Heart of Gold)
	* **least completed square** (on 60% of cards): 3E (Saddle Up)
	* **least favorite square** (according to survey): 2A (Independent Author)
* **106 completed hard mode squares** (48.62% of completed squares)
	* **most completed hard modes** (on 80% of cards): 5C (Late to the Party), 5E (Jerk with a Heart of Gold)
	* **least completed hard modes** (on 20% of cards), excluding 5D (Cozy Read), which had no hard mode: 1A (Number in the Title), 1C (Featured Creature), 3A (Based on Folklore)
* **6 substituted squares** (2.75% of com


switching from one corporation to another isn't rebellion, it's what capitalism does what it does best, which is selling us the idea of rebellion

> I believe the solution for all this Amazon Kindle shenanigan is not about buying a Kobo. It's about how we do not allow corporations to determine how we protest. Responsible consumption combined with political and social activism is a more sustainable way to challenge corporate power.


What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 21

Still reading [When Moon Hits the Eye](https://www.librarything.com/work/32111115) by John Scalzi.

Had some vacation, so didn't get time to read much.

What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?

---

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Recommend me weird fiction books, please!

Enjoy weird fiction overall, sci-fi and "horror" (in a very general sense). I like some Lovecraft, VanderMeers, Ballard, China Miéville, Samanta Schweblin, late William Gibson, Mariana Enríquez... what recent books or writers caught your eye that may loosely fit the term or are similar to works of the above authors?  Can be in English, Portuguese or Spanish.


What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 14

Reading [When Moon Hits the Eye](https://www.librarything.com/work/32111115) by John Scalzi.

I am still in the start, but the premise is hilarious. Looking forward to how everything unfolds.

What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?

---

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Recently finished this one. This is a pop philosophy book on why, epistimologically, it makes sense to just use expert opinion (without checking their reasoning or reasons carefully yourself) generally. It was written just before widespread AI use, with more of a focus on vaccine denial and conspiracy theory. But I think it has a lot to do with AI use, especially in schools and conversation. Many students are turning to an AI to complete homework and study, with mixed (and often disastrous) results.

Importantly, the book only makes the moral case in a weak sense. The main good is 'justified, true beliefs held' with a minimum of error, time, and effort. It does argue that we *have* to use expert testimony for most of our beliefs (wikipedia) anyway; and that the best way to manage expert incentives and opinion is institutional (and not trying to become an expert in everything yourself).

Overall, I found it troubling to read. The rationalization is pretty compelling, and there are few glaringly obvious leaps or gaps. Worse, the rationalizations aren't hard.


For a newly created community which book genre should be best for starters?

For a newly created bookish social media, which genre you will propose to push more?


Do you normally read books with less than 4 stars?

I struggle with this a bit. Even if the book is 3.98 stars, i view that as not passing lowest bar. I consider most 4 stars books to not be there time, but rather the number of stars is how i filter out bad books

Also, how do you use your stars? Do you change your rating often?

For me, it generally goes like this:
- 1 Star   -Either its so bad that its offense or i dnf it
- 2 Stars - Either bad or mediocre, not really work any time
- 3 Stars - An okay book with a couple of redeeming points
- 4 Stars - A great book with some flaws that bother me
- 5 Stars -  An excellent book, i am jumping in my sits.


Any good erotic books for women (can't believe I am asking this) like roamance or I guess sexual romance or series like that? Trying to fill up a usb of 20gb of books for my moms birthday next month.


Latest Devil's Library [podcast episode](https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-15-bloom-by-delilah-s-dawson) is now live in which we talk about Delilah S. Dawson's sapphic horror 'Bloom'. An odd novella, Dawson can clearly write well but its all a bit of a mess.

As always, no ads, no sponsors, no genAI and available at the link above or wherever you get your podcasts from - unless that happens to be Spotify as we stopped publishing there.


What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 07

I am reading mangas these days. Read first 4 volumes of [Attack on Titans](https://www.librarything.com/nseries/4587/Attack-on-Titan), but since I am reading these through 3-in-1 omnibus, going to read till 6th volume at least. Will decide the next book after that.

What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?

---

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Book reviews are an endangered species. So this independent bookstore decided to start publishing its own.


Recommend me books on Sumerian history and culture


From Public Flogging to Flock Cameras: How the U.S. Justice System Evolved Over 250 Years [list of books as a syllabus]

> As the nation celebrates two and a half centuries of independence, we put together a syllabus of some essential criminal justice reading.
>
> I think of this following list of books as a syllabus — the kind of reading sequence I’d build for a class on the first 250 years of the U.S. justice system.
>
> The point is not to list the best or most important books about criminal justice, or that any or every book is the final word on the system, or the endorsement of any particular claims. Indeed, that would be impossible, as some of these texts disagree in ways large and small.
>
> Like any syllabus, this one is shaped by judgment, accident, taste and limitations. This list comes from my attempt to consider the breadth of the U.S justice system over key time periods, and to see how a series of books could lean into one another to reveal an evolving set of practices, probing questions, and diverse perspectives about punishment, power, race, reform, mercy and the meaning of justice in American life. These issues remain critical 250 years after the signatories of the Declaration of Independence made a revolutionary decree against any government that would infringe upon the rights to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”


Looking for books where an alien/ancient/unexplainable structure is explored

I am looking for books similar to "At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P. Lovecraft(ive pretty much read everything from lovecraft), "Eversion" by Alastair Reynolds, "Das Eulentor" by Alexander Gruber (dont know if this book ever released in another language), "The Hollow Places" by T. Kingfisher, I also tried reading "Ascension" by Nicholas Binge but it wasnt really to my taste. Hope you have some ideas. thx in advance


Grim Literary Classics with Hidden Whimsical Moments


Reply with your most recent book store haul

Today's pickups, I nearly shat myself in the aisle when I saw Land's *Fanged Noumena* on the shelf for $12.50. Love him or hate him, that is an insane price that I could otherwise flip and pay for the rest of the haul several times over, and Land's contributions to cyberpunkism as a legitimate branch of posthumanism are worth celebrating by anyone, even if you disagree with the author.

Other than that, a whole bunch of Weird Nonfic to keep me busy for the next few weeks.

~$87 for the whole lot, nearly half of that being Bord's *Alien Animals* for $30 - higher than the lowest online prices, but in very good condition. Everything else picture but not named was between $5-7 each.

Support your local bookstore!


I've finished the "Old Man's War" series from John Scalzi. It was great!

Can you recommend any other good sci-fi series playing in space for my next read?


A Better World Is Not Possible | Los Angeles Review of Books


Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/48797836


Anyone else here read *Time out of Joint* by Philip K. Dick?

I thought this was a nice, concise, and original read, and my first real attempt at an American SF story. I went into it with very little background, only a brief blurb written in Mark Fisher's *The Weird and the Eerie* about Dick's description of the uncanny feeling of driving to the outskirts of one's own town - one of the most memorable scenes from the book. The first half is certainly the better, while the second half's over-explained and sort of goofy rational explanation for everything took away a bit of the intrigue.

Very cinematic. Funny when it needed to be, moody throughout, and pretty transgressive to [my idea of] the standards of the late-50s.

Props to **SF Masterworks** for making such a great presentation. I always try to find their prints of books whenever possible.


The most difficult books I've read would be The Road by cormac maccarthy and Dune.
How difficult is it compared to these? Is it more difficult or less difficult?


"I Kill Characters if I Don't Like the Voice" | Matt Dinniman & Jeff Hays on Dungeon Crawler Carl

Hope its ok to post this video. I love hearing people talk about Dungeon Crawler Carl. It got a LOT of people reading again.


Any books where the villains plans fall hilariously apart on their own?

Curious if anyone could recommend any books where the bad guys fail more by just repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot, then anything the protagonist does to try to stop them.


I'm currently reading the 1911 novelization of Peter Pan, and was completely unprepared for this passage in a children's book


Reviews you wrote for books you didn't like.

We spend a lot of time reading books. Some of them, maybe a disproportionate number, we like. Others, not so much.

Disproportionate because, at least for me,  it's difficult to get through 500 pages of something I dislike.

This is one of those occasions where you are encouraged to be constructive in your criticism. Hopefully, with some wit.

Leave a review for a book you didn't like and tell us what to read instead.


What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 23

Finally got some reading time and finished [Rosemary and Rue](https://www.librarything.com/work/8103463/) by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series)!

It's a very quick book, which is kind of ironic for me to say, since I took months to finish it, but finished the last third or so of the book in a single sitting.

There were certain things in the start that I didn't like, but was enjoying the book by the time I finished it. Would love to read more in the series.

What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?

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The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It


Suggest me novels like "The stars my Destination"

What I liked about it:

1.The story
2. How simple the writing is.
3. The space themes


What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 16

What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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Does anyone have any info on the Kobo <-> TSG integration?

Such as when it's launching? They said june, and we're already halfway through June, so I'm just wondering if anyone has any info on it?

TIA


New episode is [out now here](https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-14-the-wasp-factory-by-iain-banks), or wherever you get your podcasts from. This time we talked about Iain Banks' debut 1984 novel The Wasp Factory, which is simultaneously a very well written book and also difficult to get through at times due to things like the extended and very graphic scenes of animal cruelty in it.

As ever; no ads, no sponsors, no AI, just talking. Note: we're no longer pushing episodes to Spotify.


What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 09


Favorite read of the year? Favorite recently discovered author? Recent book surprisingly made you DNF?

cross-posted from:  https://lemmy.ml/post/48430665

> I tore through *The Faith of Beasts* by JSAC, really loving the new universe they've developed. Very much looking forward to rereading *TMoG, Livesuit* and *TFoB* very soon and the show being developed.
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> I'm reading book 4, *Children of Strife* by Tchaikovsky and enjoying it thoroughly. AT has been my favorite contemporary author for the last few years based on how wide-ranging and prolific he is. I discovered AT by reading The *Final Architecture* series, which is still my favorite series by him. Honorable mention is his *Dogs of War* series, also amazing.
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> Last year I discovered China Mieville by reading *Embassytown*, the mindfuck storytelling and intelligent prose blew me away. That book still haunts me and twists my brain almost a year after reading it. I've never had a book that still makes me think and feel strange months after finishing it. *Perdido Street Station* was also amazing, super fun and original steampunk world. Very much looking forward reading the next two in that series and digesting more of his catalogue, I think he's my new favorite.
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> Also recently read *The Prefect* by Alaistar Reynolds, set in the Revelation Space universe and it's also fantastic, really good stuff. Stoked to finish the series.
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> As far DNF I was surprised I couldn't push through *The Algerbraist* by Iain Banks, I got bogged down on Jupiter just couldn't keep at it.


Why has no one updated Dante's Inferno to make current people or past 20th century people be in the rings of hell?


What is your personal opinion on Red Rising?

Do you think it's overrated or perfectly rated?

I've heard it said once that it's prose is awful. Is it poorly written? Atleast, does it have a good story?


The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate.  A book review.


What's the least popular book you've read and liked?

I'm talking about books that have like 10 reviews on Goodreads or storygraph (if they even show up when you search for them).


What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? June 02


8/10 - needed more arguing with ART.


Consider one of your senses, not even the most important one— vision, but a minor one like smell, gone! Imagine a world of smell barred from you. Not reading Dostoevsky is just like that, not developing a sense.

And, his final novel, his magnum opus— *The Brothers Karamazov*, branches out new senses and intellectual capacities like an energetic sprout in your mind.

This book is deeply philosophical. But, like novels of the later period, like Proust did in Remembrance of Things Past, the author is not living the philosophy (existentialism in the aforementioned case), but explains it in detail in the author's voice. Let me enumerate the ideas being covered: Christianity and related concepts of sins, soul, free will, and kindness, psychology, law and jurisprudence, and life through his infinite lenses.

He is, in a sense, the sincerest novelist I have encountered. Ivan is one of the most powerful atheist characters I have ever read of, that too, in a novel about Christianity.

The first part is deeply about Christianity, or, to be specific, Dostoevsky's interpretation of Eastern Orthodoxy. In his mind, suffering and joy are intertwined, as if one joyfully suffers in a feast of suffering.

::: spoiler Spoiler perhaps
In the chapter The Grand Inquisitor, we see a battle between absolute submission and relative comfort (championed by the Grand Inquisitor) vs free will and suffering (by Jesus). Only to see that Jesus' silence wins over the argument (not in the mind of Ivan, though), by the very act of coming back silently to suffer in his free will.
:::

While **The Grand Inquisitor** remains the most intense of all chapters in the novel, the ultimate and deeper question posed at the end of the book is the nature of crime.

::: spoiler Spoiler
Dimitri didn't kill his father. He merely wanted to kill him, for very real reasons, but never attempted it. Ivan wanted to get rid of his father, deep down, without making his hands dirty, of course, being an intelligent man. But


Reading "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Le Guin, did she forget about the singular "they" while writing this?

It just seems incredibly odd for there to be so many lines in a book about gender insisting that there is no way to refer to someone (in the English language, at least) without implying gender. She even mentions the possibility of using „it“ at one point!

I’m liking the book otherwise, but every time the narrators ponder about pronouns without even considering „they“ I have to ask myself if there is any point in ignoring it or if she genuinely just forgot. I don’t think it’s possible for her to have not known about it considering how well-read she was and how long it’s been in use.


What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? May 26

No reading done this week. Lots of things going on.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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These are some of my favourite books: collections of Chinese minority folk tales in vernacular Chinese and English.

They're a far cry from the "ancient Chinese folk tales" you tend to find written by (usually) British authors who bowdlerize and Anglicize the tales to the point of being unrecognizable.


International Booker Prize Goes to a Love Story Out of Taiwan