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16 votes
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Selected works of renowned Iranian painter, Mahmoud Farshchian
12 votes -
Regional news thread
/// US states so far: California. /// Countries/regions so far: Germany, Ireland, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Australia. /// What's happening in your corner of the world recently? Since the front page is...
/// US states so far: California.
/// Countries/regions so far: Germany, Ireland, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Australia.
///
What's happening in your corner of the world recently?
Since the front page is frequently dominated by US news (understandably so with the site is mostly US users) I thought it'd be nice to have a place to highlight news from other countries.
To avoid this thread from becoming just a mirror of the frontpage though, here's something I think we can try, see if it works:
- Start a top-level comment with the country name then post the news as reply (together with your commentary if any). Others can reply to that same top-level comment if they want to share other news, naturally grouping them according to countries.
- English articles are nice but if the news you want to share is available in your language only, that's even better! The value of a thread like this is to highlight the local perspectives, which aren't necessarily well represented in English-speaking news outlets. You can also write a brief summary (in case autotranslate does poorly :p), as well as any context or biases that foreigners might not be aware of.
- For our US friends, you can go one layer down and share state-local news (not all states got representation on the frontpage I'm sure). Same idea, start with the state name then reply with the news. But please keep them all under the "United States" top-level comment so it's easier for others to collapse and find news from other countries.
- Anything you want to talk about other than news sharing can be posted under "Misc".
33 votes -
Clouds on Neptune perform a surprise disappearing act
15 votes -
China's property crisis deepens with developer Country Garden at risk of default
13 votes -
bash explode - exfiltrate hash (2023)
3 votes -
Artist collaborates with bees to create sculptural wax skulls
23 votes -
More than thirty years after its publication, picture book Daddy's Roommate has once again found itself the target of censorship
13 votes -
Maestro | Official teaser
4 votes -
How a five-person team saved a dying woman on a sailboat in the Pacific Ocean
22 votes -
Three-Michelin-star restaurant relocates from Copenhagen to London for one day – Noma looks to a future without its celebrated Danish restaurant
10 votes -
It's not just male influencers who preach problematic manipulation
21 votes -
Potentially faulty data spotted in surveys of drug use and other behaviors among LGBQ US youth
10 votes -
Optical media durability update
10 votes -
Dekiru Neko wa Kyou mo Yuuutsu | Discussion thread - all episodes
Alternative title(s) Dekineko, The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today Genres Comedy, Supernatural No. Episodes 13 Information MyAnimeList AniList AniDB Synopsis When Saku took in a stray black...
Alternative title(s) Dekineko, The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today
Genres Comedy, Supernatural
No. Episodes 13
Information MyAnimeList AniList AniDBSynopsis
When Saku took in a stray black cat, she never expected that he would become the equivalent of a housekeeping life partner. But Yukichi, a giant cat who towers over Saku, is not your ordinary feline. He takes great pride in his culinary skills, and a good sale at the supermarket always gets his whiskers twitching. Saku may not have her act together yet, but at least she has Yukichi!
(from MyAnimeList)
Discussion rules
BEWARE OF SPOILERS. Since all episode discussions are within a single thread, here are some rules to ensure revisits are safe from spoilers.
1. How this thread is organized
- Each top-level comment is a mini-thread for each episode discussion. A new top-level comment will be added whenever another episode is released.
- All discussions must be posted as replies within the appropriate mini-threads only. No discussions should be posted as top-level comments.
- Anything without dedicated mini-threads can be posted under "General chat".
2. How to navigate and avoid spoilers
- Use the "Collapse replies" button to find the appropriate episode discussions more easily, and make potential spoilers less visible.
- You can also use the links at the bottom to jump directly to each episode discussion.
3. When and how to hide spoilers
- Within each mini-thread, discussions about the current and previous episodes are freely allowed.
- But, details about subsequent episodes and source materials are spoilers and must be hidden.
- To hide spoilers, you can follow the "Expandable sections" part of the formatting guide.
Tips on using "Expandable" format for spoilers
Currently there's a flaw where if the comment is collapsed (by using "Collapse replies" or other ways), the hidden parts can still be seen in the small blurbs.
The workaround is to further enclose the spoilers in quote block. See here for an example comment.
Direct links to each mini-thread
Episode discussion (main)
| Ep1 | Ep2 | Ep3 | Ep4 | Ep5 | Ep6 | Ep7 )
General discussion (extra)
| General chat || Source material,
P/S: See here for more ongoing show discussion threads this season.
9 votes -
Rare look into revenue and costs of SpaceX
27 votes -
Project car diaries: Tweaking my 1969 Dodge Charger’s balance with a battery relocation
7 votes -
August 2023 manga / light novel / book releases
5 votes -
The creators of TikTok caused my website to shut down
12 votes -
Grand jury in the US state of Georgia charges Donald Trump, former advisers in 2020 election case
46 votes -
Ancient fires drove large mammals extinct, study suggests
15 votes -
The logistics of moving wounded World War II soldiers across the US by rail were staggeringly complex
16 votes -
Midweek Movie Free Talk
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here. Please just try to provide fair warning of...
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
8 votes -
Escaping East Germany in a DIY aircraft wasn’t enough for Ivo Zdarsky, so he invented his own way of life in a Utah desert ghost town
15 votes -
Does anyone have good manga/anime review sites?
After deleting my Reddit account, I've been able to successfully replace everything else I've used it for, except for r/manga. I have no idea how to discover new manga. Are there any sources you...
After deleting my Reddit account, I've been able to successfully replace everything else I've used it for, except for r/manga. I have no idea how to discover new manga. Are there any sources you follow for keeping up? Any good writers and reviewers?
18 votes -
Götterdämmerung in the East - The Eastern Front in WWII after Stalingrad
6 votes -
What are your favorite ways to cook eggplant or dishes containing eggplant?
I just went to the farmer's market and I am looking for inspiration.
46 votes -
A state official refused to release water for West Maui fires until it was too late
27 votes -
Operation Napoleon / Napóleonsskjölin | Official trailer
5 votes -
AI no Idenshi | Discussion thread - all episodes
Alternative title(s) The Gene of AI Genres Drama, Psychological, Sci-Fi No. Episodes 12 Information MyAnimeList AniList AniDB Synopsis This science fiction omnibus depicting a doctor who "treats"...
Alternative title(s) The Gene of AI
Genres Drama, Psychological, Sci-Fi
No. Episodes 12
Information MyAnimeList AniList AniDBSynopsis
This science fiction omnibus depicting a doctor who "treats" robot and humanoid problems takes place in the near future, when humanoids with artificial intelligence account for 10% of the population. The main character, Dr. Sudo Hikaru, also has the undercover name Moggadeet, under which he secretly takes on illegal medical procedures. For example, for a man who inadvertently infected his humanoid wife with a computer virus when illegally backing up her data, Sudo proposes an operation to rewrite her memory using backup data. Could an existence replaced by backup data truly be said to be the same as it was before?
(from MyAnimeList)
Discussion rules
BEWARE OF SPOILERS. Since all episode discussions are within a single thread, here are some rules to ensure revisits are safe from spoilers.
1. How this thread is organized
- Each top-level comment is a mini-thread for each episode discussion. A new top-level comment will be added whenever another episode is released.
- All discussions must be posted as replies within the appropriate mini-threads only. No discussions should be posted as top-level comments.
- Anything without dedicated mini-threads can be posted under "General chat".
2. How to navigate and avoid spoilers
- Use the "Collapse replies" button to find the appropriate episode discussions more easily, and make potential spoilers less visible.
- You can also use the links at the bottom to jump directly to each episode discussion.
3. When and how to hide spoilers
- Within each mini-thread, discussions about the current and previous episodes are freely allowed.
- But, details about subsequent episodes and source materials are spoilers and must be hidden.
- To hide spoilers, you can follow the "Expandable sections" part of the formatting guide.
Tips on using "Expandable" format for spoilers
Currently there's a flaw where if the comment is collapsed (by using "Collapse replies" or other ways), the hidden parts can still be seen in the small blurbs.
The workaround is to further enclose the spoilers in quote block. See here for an example comment.
Direct links to each mini-thread
Episode discussion (main)
| Ep1 | Ep2 | Ep3 | Ep4 | Ep5 | Ep6 | Ep7 )
General discussion (extra)
| General chat || Source material,
P/S: See here for more ongoing show discussion threads this season.
11 votes -
Leaked images reveal Lenovo’s Steam Deck competitor with a hint of the Switch
39 votes -
Far right wing French billionaire takes over prestigious newspaper Journal du Dimanche
17 votes -
What did you do this week (and weekend)?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
4 votes -
What happens to all the stuff we return?
39 votes -
Requiring ink to scan a document—yet another insult from the printer industry
62 votes -
The United States can't build infrastructure. The reason: it refuses to learn from other countries.
124 votes -
Naomi Wu and the silence that speaks volumes
32 votes -
It’s time to accept save scumming as the best way to play RPGs
48 votes -
Twitch will let streamers ban users from watching their streams
15 votes -
Mediocre Samurai describes real life in historical Japan
21 votes -
Ask Anime Recommendation thread
Same as before, if anyone want to look for some anime to watch but don't feel like making a full post, here's a place for everyone to ask each other for recommendations. Someone previously also...
Same as before, if anyone want to look for some anime to watch but don't feel like making a full post, here's a place for everyone to ask each other for recommendations.
Someone previously also asked for good anime "intro points" here and got lots of good recommendations. If anyone has any more to add feel free to also suggest here.
P/S: You can also ask for manga recommendation here or share about your current watch/read here.
11 votes -
Quake II Remaster
40 votes -
US Ninth circuit court of appeal upholds preliminary injunction against Idaho law banning transgender girls and women participation in women's sports
I haven't yet found a news article, but will add if I find one. Here is the ruling. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/08/17/20-35813.pdf
26 votes -
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
28 votes -
Fifteen years ago, Tom Cruise revived his career with an uncredited role in Tropic Thunder
11 votes -
National Ignition Facility fusion societal energy hype
19 votes -
Analysis - Financial Times article - Lex in depth: how investors are underpricing climate risks
10 votes -
How former US President Donald Trump benefits from an indictment effect
9 votes -
Cadillac reveals the 2025 Escalade IQ, one excessive EV
14 votes -
Capturing the spirit of ancient seafaring, the reconstructed Viking sailboat "Saga Farmann" has successfully completed an epic journey from Norway's Tønsberg to Istanbul
16 votes