Warren Zevonblade

Warren Zevonblade

@apopheniac.bsky.social

still dazzling, hollering, razzling, and hooting. he/him

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This article does not discuss one major reason why chocolate in the West got worse - Ghana and Ivory Coast, the two African countries that are the biggest suppliers of cacao globally, got organised and started demanding fair prices for it. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

ghanacitizenship.comGhana-Ivory Coast Cocoa Alliance: Mahama and Ouattara Sign Joint DeclarationGhana and Ivory Coast signed a Joint Declaration to strengthen their cocoa alliance, aligning producer prices and expanding local processing.
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I don't generally care for some of Spielberg's hallmarks, but I feel like they worked well for Lincoln. Easily my favorite Spielberg.

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com

i'm tired of pretending Lincoln isn't a top 5 Spielberg

My "please don't ask me to interpret idioms" shirt has people stating figures of speech contradicting the principle of compositionality to me that, as my shirt suggests, I do not comprehend

Is he still doing the weekly climate change speeches or what

Sludge@sludge.bsky.social

NEW: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the Senate's top investor in data center companies, is one of two Democrats leading the push for a permitting deal that would make it easier to build the energy infrastructure the industry needs to expand. readsludge.com/2026/10/14/s...

star fo'x is back baby. It's good again. Awoouu (star wolf Howl)

Warren Zevonblade@apopheniac.bsky.social

The new Star Fox multi-player is pretty great, but the Nintendo online experience remains wretched. Would be a lot more fun if I could play more than three games in a row without disconnects.

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We tested 25 veggie burgers to find the most savory, satisfying, and interesting patties out there. While we had to power through many veggie burgers that were bland and tough, we discovered 10 that are thoroughly enjoyable. nyti.ms/4wzhjf1

Feels like an underrated factor in vaccine hesitancy is that new parents are constantly deluged in unsolicited advice/judgments from all sorts of people on a myriad of stupid bullshit, and when you eventually have to reject their feedback, it's easy to throw out vaccines as well

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If you’ve ever played or enjoyed a Shiren the Wanderer game, or a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game, or any Mystery Dungeon game, really: they all spawned from this—originally a Dragon Quest spinoff that came out in the year following DQ5 in Japan (1993). This is the first time it’s been localized, too!

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this is completely true actually. google "rockstar spouse" to learn more!

IGN@ign.com

A bunch of angry spouses on social media believe that Grand Theft Auto 6's in-depth relationship mechanic is equivalent to cheating on your real life partner and worth breaking up over. https://bit.ly/4qLlUbp

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Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. Make fun of them if they pronounce it correctly. Do it in a forceful but still friendly manner. Be inconsistent about it. Make it hard for them to communicate with others. Make them doubt themselves. Make them doubt everything but you.

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this entire issue is downstream of the fact that kids are trapped in car-dependent suburbs, unable to develop any sense of autonomy until age 16, when they're suddenly allowed to drive a 4,000 lb vehicle

Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸@princetonyimby.bsky.social

The moral panic about e-bikes... "In New Jersey, the state legislature passed a law requiring registration, a license and, in some cases, insurance for anyone to ride an ebike...In this regulatory wild west, legal ebikes are caught in the crossfire." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Games went astray when they stopped giving every room or screen a name and showing that name at the top of the screen.