that's right i'm back! today: the architecture of chinese "ancient towns", the Saudi remodelling of Mecca, Trump's attempts to rebuild Washington DC, and how Wahhabism, post-Mao communism and US "Christian nationalism" are all the same thing - the Meiji Restoration. oh no!

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Waymo is cops. It's a remote control car data scraper and surveillance system pretending to be a cab. The secondary revenue stream is you paying for a ride. The main source is selling data. And they're dangerous as hell. I'm always amazed how many people are unwilling to see that shit.

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I found out you can install Chrome addons inside Steam. So I did the sensible thing and downloaded an addon to label and hide games that use AI. Directly in my Steam client on PC.

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One of my favorite sci-fi shows of the decade—of the century!—is celebrating its third anniversary today. Scavengers Reign was a shooting star🌠, poorly supported by HBO Max and then Netflix (as it was only available in a handful of countries), but I'm so glad this one season exists.

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🎃 [HALLOWEEN ART RAFFLE] 🎃 My favorite tradition! Art raffle for Halloween. Here it is! 🍁 PRISE: 1 -Simple Halfbody- from me for winner 🫀 ⚠️ RULES: - Follow me + Like + Repost - Your OC in comm | Keep it SFW please - No furry | No anthro 🎃 [ENDS: 25 OCTOBER] 🎃

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