Male and female are the only sexes; intersex is just a blanket term for various medical conditions that describe abnormal development of sex characteristics.

The article title is misleading. It’s true that there are only two sexes, but Trump’s order is concerning gender, which is a spectrum.

Why would you trust anybody intrinsically? Scientists are people, too, and are just as corruptible as any of us. And since so many people do trust them intrinsically, when they are influenced by moneyed interests, the negative impact they can make is amplified. After all, who are you more likely to believe - a random billionaire or a random scientist?

I’m not saying no scientist should be trusted, and in fact I do believe that scientific research as a profession is more noble and tends to attract more honest people than most. I just think that anybody attempting to influence the public - through policy or the research behind it - should be met with skepticism.

Code Vein: Fucking sucks, just play Nioh

I won’t deny that Nioh 2 is far superior, but Code Vein is great in its own right. It’s one of the only anime-styled souls-likes, and it’s got one of the most robust character build systems of any I’ve played in the genre. Classes actually matter in the game and can be swapped freely at any save point. And it’s part of the God Eater universe, which is nice if you’re into those games.

DS9 as a whole is my favorite Trek series, but the worst episode in all of Star Trek, in my opinion, is from the show: Move Along Home, episode nine of season one. The gang gets trapped in an alien’s board game, and hijinks ensue. It features all the worst things about Trek, and none of the best. It’s campy but not charming, it’s got nonsense words that are completely unnecessary and never again referenced, its stakes are simultaneously too high and insignificant, and the writing is just bad.

As a stranger on the internet, I would be remiss if I didn’t correct you: DS9 is famously the least episodic classic Trek series. The word you should’ve used to describe it is “continuous.”

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This is oddly, disgustingly hypnotic.

Yeah, I ended up just using my spare PS5 controller instead, and that’s worked perfectly. Some games even support its adaptive triggers, which was a nice surprise.

I tried connecting my old Xbone controller and had the same issue. I think they use some old, unsupported version of Bluetooth (or maybe their own proprietary signal). You’re outta luck, I’m afraid.

If Monster Hunter Wilds plays nice on Steam Deck, I doubt I’ll be able to resist. Otherwise, it’s a small game, but Heroes of Hammerwatch 2 releases next week, and I am hyped. The first HoH is the GOAT roguelite, IMO, and the demo for HoH 2 was very promising.

It’s not, though. This is the first sentence in the article:

As Michael McGrady pointed out in his recent guest post for Techdirt, nearly 41 percent of Americans subject to age verification laws targeting porn and, of course, porn consumers.

It can be inferred, of course, from that line, but isn’t explicitly stated.

Sounds like you didn’t play the game at all. Or you were just really bad at it.

It’s like Devil May Cry; you absolutely cannot button mash if you want to do well in the game.

It’s a Wabbajack modlist. So it’s actually hundreds of mods.

I love the Steam Deck; I think it’s the best thing to happen to PC gaming since Steam itself, but the Verified system is so unreliable that I mostly ignore it. I’ve played “Unsupported” games that work perfectly out of the box and I’ve refunded “Verified” games that wouldn’t even launch.

ProtonDB is a much more reliable source for how well any game will run on the Deck.

Oh, I completely agree that the issues plaguing us are driven by class disparity, not political or ethical disagreements. And yes, there’s no doubt that Team Blue trends more toward progressivism than Team Red.

They play to different demographics, but ultimately, they’re just different shades of conservative and only out for themselves.

That being said, given no other choice, I’d rather have the politician who pretends to care over the one who doesn’t even try to hide their contempt for common decency.

The irony of implying I have poor command of the language in that barely-intelligible rant would be funny if it wasn’t so sad. Well, it’s still a little funny.

Also, anyone who’s lived in this country long enough and paid just a modicum of attention knows that federal elections are always about choosing the lesser of two evils - about choosing your preffered flavor of corruption.

And really - Russian Propagandist? Again, the irony of your implications is palpable. Though I don’t think you’re a Russian agent or any such nonsense; I suspect you’re just a kid who hasn’t yet learned the importance of eloquence nor has had enough life experience to have a fully-informed political opinion. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Just, ya know, be civil.

Even worse are the people who think Harris isn’t part of the “elite” just because she’s on team blue. All D.C. politicians (with rare exception) are on the same team, and it ain’t ours.

Such a nonsense take. It’s a great game made by conscientious developers. Don’t write off all their hard work just because the creator of the IP (who had no part in the game’s development) has some backwards views.

What a simplistic, destructive take.

Nuance exists in this world. In a free society, a distinction needs to be made between real, credible threats and simple hyperbole.

Also, “hate speech” is a real term, and it doesn’t mean ‘saying you hate someone.’