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  1. Movies: Your personal year in review for 2025

    ~movies Ask (survey)
    This is your place to share any and all thoughts on your movie viewing for 2025. Movies you talk about do NOT have to be limited to this year’s releases. Feel free to share: Favorites...

    This is your place to share any and all thoughts on your movie viewing for 2025.

    Movies you talk about do NOT have to be limited to this year’s releases.

    Feel free to share:

    • Favorites
    • Disappointments
    • Surprises
    • Memorable moments
    • Self-reflections
    • Anything else!

    Let us know how your movie watching for 2025 went.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Brown University shooting leaves two dead, nine injured as police search for killer in ~news

  3. Comment on Eleven killed in shooting targeting Jewish community at Australia's Bondi Beach, police say in ~news

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    New South Wales Police say 11 people have been killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach targeting the Jewish community, with 29 taken to hospital - including a child

    An event being held at the beach to mark the start of Hanukkah had more than 1,000 in attendance, police say

    A rescue bomb disposal unit has also been deployed after police found a vehicle which they believe has several improvised explosive devices

    9 votes

  5. Comment on Brown University shooting leaves two dead, nine injured as police search for killer in ~news

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    More than 400 law enforcement personnel were deployed on Saturday as police sought the suspect in a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island that left two students dead and another nine people wounded at the Ivy League school, officials said.

    The Providence university remained in lockdown hours after a suspect with a firearm entered a building where students were taking exams. Officials do not believe there is any "specific, ongoing threat" from the suspect, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said late Saturday, but with law enforcement agencies canvassing the area and conducting a manhunt, a shelter-in-place order for the campus and the surrounding neighborhood will remain for now.

    8 votes

  7. Comment on Games: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~games

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    I think you might have posted a draft of your comment? All of your highlights are blank.

    I think you might have posted a draft of your comment? All of your highlights are blank.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Humble Book Bundle: Adrian Tchaikovsky's Epic Fantasy in ~books

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    I knew he was prolific for sci-fi, but I had no idea he did fantasy too! Here’s hoping it’s available worldwide again. It doesn’t redeem through Kobo, so that’s a good sign.

    I knew he was prolific for sci-fi, but I had no idea he did fantasy too!

    Here’s hoping it’s available worldwide again. It doesn’t redeem through Kobo, so that’s a good sign.

    5 votes

  9. Comment on System76 launches first stable release of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS in ~tech

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    According to one of the System76 engineers over on reddit, current Pop installs are only upgradable through the command line at the moment: I’m probably going to wait until January to upgrade my...

    Based on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series, Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS ships with the brand-new COSMIC desktop environment written in the Rust programming language, designed and developed by System76 for all GNU/Linux distributions.

    According to one of the System76 engineers over on reddit, current Pop installs are only upgradable through the command line at the moment:

    To upgrade you must run pop-upgrade release upgrade -f. Upgrades through the GUI won't be enabled until January.

    I’m probably going to wait until January to upgrade my install, but if anyone here does, let us know how it goes and how COSMIC is.

    11 votes

  11. Comment on Whatever happened to _____? in ~talk

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    Whatever happened to Wizards of the Coast and their attempt to change tabletop game licensing? I'm not a big tabletop gamer, so I know there was a big hubbub about this a while ago, but I have no...

    Whatever happened to Wizards of the Coast and their attempt to change tabletop game licensing?

    I'm not a big tabletop gamer, so I know there was a big hubbub about this a while ago, but I have no idea how it panned out. What ended up happening?

    28 votes

  12. Whatever happened to _____?

    ~talk Ask (survey)
    News items come and go fast these days, which means we often see something as its happening, in the thick of things. So much of what we see stops there, and we don't get the full story later, once...

    News items come and go fast these days, which means we often see something as its happening, in the thick of things. So much of what we see stops there, and we don't get the full story later, once the dust has settled, because resolution is a lot less newsworthy.

    This is a chance to ask about old news items (or other events) and get updates on how things have panned out from people in the know. Also, interpret "news" very loosely here. This topic is open to, well, ANYTHING people want updates about. It could be about headline stuff, or something in, I don't know, the Stardew Valley modding scene, for example.

    For organization's sake, please limit each top-level comment to ONE topic. If you'd like to ask about multiple things, feel free! Just please make them as separate comments so that individual threads aren't a mix of different answers to different prompts.

    60 votes

  13. Books: Your personal year in review for 2025

    ~books Ask (survey)
    This is your place to share any and all thoughts on your reading for 2025. Books you talk about do NOT have to be limited to this year’s releases. Feel free to share: Favorites Disappointments...

    This is your place to share any and all thoughts on your reading for 2025.

    Books you talk about do NOT have to be limited to this year’s releases.

    Feel free to share:

    • Favorites
    • Disappointments
    • Surprises
    • Memorable moments
    • Self-reflections
    • Anything else!

    Let us know how your reading for 2025 went.

    25 votes

  14. Comment on November 2025 Backlog Burner: Week 4 Discussion in ~games

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    Thanks for the explanation! I'll have to pay attention to how the position changes the music next time I play. That's such a cool detail. And I definitely don't mind trying over and over again in...

    Thanks for the explanation! I'll have to pay attention to how the position changes the music next time I play. That's such a cool detail. And I definitely don't mind trying over and over again in Acid Web. I have to balance my want to destroy everything onscreen immediately with a more measured approach that doesn't have me dying, well, immediately. XD

    Also, for NOLF, I can't link anything directly since it's of dubious legal status (though, if no one knows who owns the rights, it's unlikely anyone's going to act on anything), but suffice it to say that some of the fans felt like a revival of the game was necessary and have done some great work to unofficially remaster it for modern systems.

    Shogo was one of those "that looks cool but it would never run on my system" games back in the day, when it wasn't about which graphics card you had but whether or not you had a graphics card in the first place. Looks like it's actually available through digital distribution and, wouldn't you know it, I actually already own it on GOG somehow! Maybe I'll play it after NOLF, or maybe I'll save it for the next Backlog Burner? Decisions decisions!

    3 votes

  15. Comment on November 2025 Backlog Burner: Conclusion and Recap in ~games

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    I had grand plans to do a nice long writeup, but I've been unbelievably busy this week and both the moment and urge have passed. So I'll leave you with this, my main takeaway from my time...

    I had grand plans to do a nice long writeup, but I've been unbelievably busy this week and both the moment and urge have passed.

    So I'll leave you with this, my main takeaway from my time completing my bingo card:

    I love Inkbound.

    I cannot stop playing it.

    I'm 40 hours in, with time split roughly equally between co-op and solo, and I love both modes for different reasons.

    If it at all looks interesting to you, or you're intrigued by the concept of Slay the Spire x ARPG, then pick it up in the Steam winter sale.

    If you end up hating it, yell at me and I'll give you games in the giveaway to make up for it.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff in ~games

  17. Games: Your personal year in review for 2025

    ~games Ask (survey)
    I know Steam Replay isn’t out yet, but I figure it’s still a good enough time to get the ball rolling. This is your place to share any and all thoughts on your gaming for 2025. Games you talk...

    I know Steam Replay isn’t out yet, but I figure it’s still a good enough time to get the ball rolling.

    This is your place to share any and all thoughts on your gaming for 2025.

    Games you talk about do NOT have to be limited to this year’s releases.

    Feel free to share:

    • Favorites
    • Disappointments
    • Surprises
    • Memorable moments
    • Self-reflections
    • Anything else!

    Let us know how your gaming for 2025 went.

    36 votes

  18. Comment on Tildes Book Club schedule 2025 - 2026 in ~books

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    Now it's my turn to miss the sale! It's back to full price for me. I didn't get an email for that one either, but I have to assume that any price tracking services are running up against rate...

    Now it's my turn to miss the sale! It's back to full price for me.

    I didn't get an email for that one either, but I have to assume that any price tracking services are running up against rate limits with all the deals at this time of year, so I can't really hold it against them.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Tildes Book Club schedule 2025 - 2026 in ~books

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    How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying is on sale for 3 bucks for the next 6 hours (according to Amazon.ca). @cfabbro @Zorind

    How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying is on sale for 3 bucks for the next 6 hours (according to Amazon.ca).

    @cfabbro
    @Zorind

    4 votes

  20. Humble Choice - December 2025

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    Steam Page OpenCritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB Nine Sols 86 94 / 95 Win, Mac ✅ Verified 🎖️ Platinum Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name 79 92 / 96 Win ✅...
    Steam Page OpenCritic Steam Recent/All Operating Systems Steam Deck ProtonDB
    Nine Sols 86 94 / 95 Win, Mac ✅ Verified 🎖️ Platinum
    Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name 79 92 / 96 Win ✅ Verified 🎖️ Platinum
    Streets of Rage 4 84 87 / 93 Win, Mac, Linux ✅ Verified ✅ Native
    Lost Skies -- 69 / 67 Win ❌ Unsupported 🎖️ Platinum
    Intravenous 2 -- 98 / 96 Win 🟨 Playable 🎖️ Platinum
    Dungeon Tycoon -- 92 / 78 Win, Mac 🟨 Playable 🟨 Gold
    Beholder Conductor -- 98 / 87 Win, Mac ✅ Verified 🎖️ Platinum
    Godlike Burger -- -- / 76 Win, Mac, Linux ❓ Unknown ✅ Native
    14 votes