Funny lil throw.

Found a laundry hamper full of yo-yos on Facebook marketplace. Unfortunately, I think that we lost a member of our community and their family member put them up for sale not knowing the value. See anything interesting?

As a part of my PhD my supervisor and I wrote a paper connecting 1A mounts with the mathematics of knots, check it out if that’s your jam :)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14462

Not my best tricks but i just kinda wanted to have fun and so something using let’s get it started by the black eyed peas :)

I can’t name it, drop names pls

One of the harder whips I’ve learned. Don’t remember this being around back in the day but I will definitely be using it now whenever I start off in a 1.5 mount!

I’m open to all suggestions. True crime, cryptids, true crime, etc.

Examples for me a the Dyatlov Pass incident, Hunting Warhead, several Casefile episode, and early Sword & Scale. I have also enjoyed alien, Bigfoot, paranormal etc, when told in a serioius manner.

As I’ve aged and struggled in life, I’ve went from Centrist to left. The emergence of Trump has pushed me even further. What are some podcasts to educate myself from a surface level to a more in depth understanding of the policies, sentiments, and politics of the left?

I’ll give an example: I Am a very, very thorough searcher of political and/or history-based podcasts. I prioritize ones with an explicit left-libertarian bent but mostly I care to see that the hosts have an expertise on the subject matter at hand. And I’ve curated a personal archive of well-over 1000 podcasts in that broad realm at this point, thinking I’ve at least heard of every worthwhile podcast in that realm, because I’ve scoured every relevant thread for podcast suggestions in all the subreddits topically adjacent to what I’m looking for where I could expect the users to be on the same wavelength as me (r/AskHistorians, r/Anarchy101, r/behindthebastards, r/IfBooksCouldKill r/KnowledgeFight etc. etc.). I did at one point also realize that this subreddit itself was a really good place to search for my affinities and I thoroughly went through its threads as well.

So again, I thought at this point I’d come across every podcast in my realm of …

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/13/why-i-finally-left-spotify/

Read this article this morning and I feel the same sentiment. Curious to hear from others if they too are frustrated with the current platforms for not prioritising podcast listeners when it costs them nothing for podcasts but we bring them revenue

TLDR The writer is annoyed by Spotify being algorithm heavy, cluttered design and trying to move away from RSS feeds. They switched to Apple Music which apparently is better but she is convinced there must be a better way out there given how big the market is

Is anyone else listening to Unicorn Girl from Apple TV? It’s from the same creator as Scamanda (Charlie Webster) and it’s been getting a ton of hype, but I feel extremely conflicted by the pod’s approach to the subject. Spoilers below as I just finished binging it:

The most egregious violation of journalistic ethics for me is how credulous Webster is regarding the human trafficking claims Candace puts forward. Utah isn’t a major sex trafficking hub! There’s no source confirming that sex trafficking victims are assaulted an average of seventeen times per day! NBA All-Star Weekend isn’t a major trafficking event! It feels deeply irresponsible and ignorant to repeat this Q-Anon adjacent construct of what sex trafficking looks like. Did they even do any secondary research? How do you miss how weirdly conservative the whole Exitus project was? I hate that the sensationalist view promoted by Candace is taken at face value when the whole premise of the podcast is that she’s a grifter with no …

I’m specifically thinking about either a celebrity you aren’t necessarily into or know a lot about or one that you like but discussed topics in the interview that you haven’t heard them talk about.

I find I sometimes struggle to really get into non fiction (I have ADHD). I want some suggestions for really entertaining or gripping books about any history topic really, just want to learn some stuff!

My daughter (6) and I were playing a whodunit style board game. We were looking at the suspects and my daughter exclaimed “it can’t be them, they’re beautiful!” It made me realize that so many of her books are ones where the “bad guys” are ugly creatures and the “good guys” are good looking. I need books where it’s opposite. Or at least more balanced.

She loves fantasy books but we’re open to anything. Storybooks or chapter books are fine, just nothing too dark/scary.

Any genre, any scenario .

Just something you think everyone should read.

I want to hear of hidden gems of books people read on accident and fall in love with it.

I would like to read a fiction book where things don’t end well for the main character. It is preferable if the main character dies in the end and their goal is never reached, or at least not fully.

Genres I prefer (but don’t limit myself to): fantasy, sci-fi, pretty much anything that isn’t exactly out current reality or at least not something everyday life like.

It is preferable if there is underlying feeling that the protag was always doomed or at least that their failure was predictable. Something like “They fought against all odds, the odds won”.

Such fictional scenarious are my unconventional but very effective way of relaxation, feels soothing. I do not associate myself with characters when I read, so it’s okay if they are unpleasant or whatever. It is also preferable if by the end they accept the inevitable doom as well.

I understand that there might be quite limited list of books fitting my preferences, so if you have one in mind that …

Well for the first time in a very long time I’ve just finished my third book in a row that I’ve felt was a 5 star read. Where do I go from here?! I love character driven stories, slice of life stories, and family dramas but if someone can say “this is one of the best books I’ve read” then I’m open to most genres. Here are my last three reads:

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (I’ve loved all of her books but this one made be sob in the best way)

The Wedding People (wasn’t what I expected at all! I loved this one and was so glad it wasn’t overhyped at all!)

The Secret History by Donna Tart.

I read The Secret History last and it was just so incredible that I don’t know what to read next. I’ve started and abandoned several books including Conversations with Friends and The Most Fun We Ever Had.

What would you recommend I check out next? Thanks in advance!!

Asking for my husband! He recently read all the Dungeon Crawler Carl books and discovered the Kindle app and now he’s got the itch.

He was homeschooled and was previously on-and-off into reading, so he never had to read anything for an English/lit class, but wants to see what he’s missed out on. However, for the same reasons, he’s still getting comfortable with reading as a hobby and is a bit apprehensive about anything too dense.

He loves sci-fi and fantasy. He has read Harry Potter, the Hunger Games, and a few other similar series. For other media, he loves Mega Man, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Tron, Destiny (the video game), Love Death Robots, things like that. He also has ADHD and a great sense of humor!

I’m thinking some Kurt Vonnegut, Brave New World, maybe Fahrenheit 451, but welcoming any and all other suggestions. TIA!

He loves action movies and first thing he said was “I want to kill vampires.” He would be cloud gaming on his smart tv, through the xbox app. Used to be the dad who would exclaim “Fuckin games! I hate those things!” but in his older age, I guess he sees the appeal now. I wanna get this right cause I’m willing to bet he’ll write it off if he cant get into the first two or three games he tries. Hope he finally sees the beauty.

Edit: You guys rock! I’ll update what we end up going with. It might take a couple tries to get the right one.

Hi all,

Is there any game that really makes you feel like a regular WW2 soldier? I tried Call of Duty: WWII, but even in the first mission when we were dragging a wounded friend, I ended up mowing down 15 heavily armed enemies with one hand. It killed the immersion and felt more like watching a scripted movie than being part of the war.

What I’m after is something different: being just another soldier who can die as easily as anyone else, where you actually need to think about tactics, positioning, and survival, without being some unstoppable hero.

I would prefer strictly singleplayer recommendations. Does such a game exist?

i need a new game to get addicted to

Hi, I’m looking for a game with a pretty big grind that’s entirely single-player. I don’t mind the difficulty or the genre, but it has to be solo or with very minimal multiplayer—so no MMOs please. Thanks!

Maybe not literally smarter, but just games that shouldnt be just make you walk and shoot. The games where I HAVE to use brain at least at minimum

I want the game to be fast-paced and have engaging combat. Hundreds of hours of content to grind is a must. Also, I don’t want cosmetics to have FOMO. I don’t mind the game being p2w or cosmetics having prices of full games; I can pay, but being straight out unable to buy cosmetics I see and like is irritating.

Games I’ve played and enjoyed so far are:

- Warframe, about 4.5k hours, absolute pinnacle of games for me. Done with everything in the game, waiting for new content to play more of it.
- The First Descendant, about 500 hours, worse Warframe but still scratches the itch. Done with this as well.
- Black Desert Online, about 1k hours, has the best combat of any game I’ve ever played. It’s just that they butchered my main class in a rebalancing update, and I don’t really want to play anymore.
- Lost Ark, about 250 hours, I played it on global launch day 1. Played it for a bit, then had a break because the content was exhausted. Came back …

My mom lives in another state and lives alone. She has a few health issues and in the past I’ve had trouble reaching her. I just configured some shortcuts on her phone that I think will be really helpful helping her from far away.

911 “calling” - If you’ve never tried, it can be very difficult or impossible to call 911 for someone who lives in a different state. Some localities can forward to a different center, but it’s rare. In the past I’ve had to track down a non-emergency number or a switchboard at the local police department, but it’s not ideal.

I found out that you can text message the 911 center where my mom lives. This was the lightbulb moment! I created a contact called “911” with “911” as the phone number. Then I created a shortcut that would send text messages to the contact with basic information: address, name, my phone number, etc. Then a couple other messages with basic health information and directions …

Hey again r/shortcuts! Very excited to share an iOS I just launched already has Shortcuts integration. When I shared the Mac app, the number one request from this group was to make an iOS version. Here it is!

Parachute Backup automatically syncs your memories—photos, videos, and documents—from iCloud Photos and iCloud Drive to your own storage – *such as a USB drive, external hard drive, network drive, self-hosted NAS, Google Drive, OneDrive and more.* You can manually run backups, or setup scheduled backups to kickoff automatically, and now you can trigger via Shortcuts!

Available on the App Store, family sharing enabled so only one purchase for your entire household.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/parachute-backup-mobile/id6749824842

Sample shortcut is automatically created in the app, as well as prompts to create automations. Shortcut link here! https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/becbcc2241f749b8a0e6e96d7fc4a318

Would love to see if you end up creating some awesome …

Announcing Shortcuty - a shortcut community hub that makes discovering, sharing, and managing iOS shortcuts easy.

What is Shortcuty?

It’s a hybrid between a Shortcut hosting platform and an app to extend Shortcuts functionality (like Toolbox Pro or Data Jar) inside the same app. Shortcuty is a community-driven platform where iOS users can discover shortcuts, share their own creations, and keep their shortcut library up to date. Think of it like an App Store for Shortcuts, but everything is free. You’re able to make shortcuts utilizing Shortcuty’s built-in app intents, such as variable storage across runs or easy access to the OpenAI API with GPT-5 (API key required), and if you post Shortcuts to the store, you’ll know by default everyone on the app can use the Shortcuty app intents.

Features

📱 Browse shortcuts by category, popularity, or trending status.

https://preview.redd.it/va3u9j55cnjf1.png?width=1320&format=png&auto=webp&s=5450f664209f5f888dd983e63fad58f0ab67d910 …

a simple math game, it just shows you “ 127 - 75 “ if the answer is correct, it adds to t score, if not, it subtracts to the score. it has various difficulties, most easy: 1 - 10 numbers, and “ Impossible “, 1 - 1,000,000 numbers. Just for fun. New Excuse for Math class.

Download Shortcut: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/5054c948c9dd4711b0a88589da3acd18

It’s cool to see that you can add as many apps as you want in an automation (I chose facebook and instagram).

Basically Go to home screen is the only one necessary and the other two I added as a personal touch.

So far this has already caught me in numerous idle moments when I’m about to instinctively doom scroll.

Hi all,

Just wanted to share an automation I created recently that allows you to schedule the execution of a shortcut in the Clock app.

ℹ️ How it works

Once you’ve added this ( https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/aa0f53076bc74b97aa50a5db2c4e23e9 ) shortcut to an automation that triggers every time any alarm goes off (make sure to set “run immediately”), you can simply create alarms that should be named like this:

🤖 Name of the shortcut

Whenever an alarm goes off that starts with “🤖 ” (pay attention to the space), the shortcut defined by the rest of the alarms name is run and then that alarm is deleted (see the ⚠️ below). The shortcut that is run can then reschedule a new run if necessary.

Which is what happens in the included video, the “Test Shortcut” shortcut will just keep on running every minute until the alarm is deleted/deactivated manually.

➡️ Some possible applications

• Kick yourself back to the homescreen if you’ve been …