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  1. Public Bookmark 3

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    Just a few gags, gimmicks, and general tomfoolery, some CSS and some textual, all brought together for April Fools' Day (wait: did teh title change?)... enjoy! 😉

    (There's even a playable  ⁠Red Dot⁠  [of sorts] for you to chase!)

    ...just keep an eye out for “Jack”! 🫨
      (No, seriously: I say that with humor, but do beware of possible jump-scare⁠ ⁠.)

       〽     ♪  ♫
    ⁠ ⁠ My kung fu
    ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ brings m@d 5k1||z to teh yard,
    ⁠ ⁠ and they're like,
    ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ it's stronger than yours....
    ⁠ ⁠ ♫⁠ ⁠ ♪

    ⁠ ⁠ —⁠ ⁠ Milkshake
    ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ (...or an unreasonable approximation thereof)
    ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Kelis, 2003




    NB:  With apologies, this isn't optimized for iPhone or Android (slightly better on Android than iPhone, and in either case better sideways in landscape than vertical in portrait); it's essentially functional on them, but not teh same experience as on a computer (a bit weird in Firefox and TOR, but fine in Chrome, MS Edge, and Opera).
      Also:  Teh lyrics are faux ego; I know just enough to have a little fun; my kung fu is not particularly strong.

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    15 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 6

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    But does it play chess?  While chess is hardly DOOM, there still are some constraints on actually moving things around without JavaScript (though gifbot has some ideas that might render such possible).

    Don't panic! 😉

    Time for some in situ RNG aikido.

    I can't [yet] offer any definite way to actively play chess on AO3, and so, in lieu of such, I offer you 256 preconfigured static-display chess puzzles, one selected randomly per refresh, with random black or white to move, using only HTML and CSS, no offsite JS.

    There are also some secret messages from the BBEG upon :hover on desktop Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, and TOR [in a WIN 11 environment], or upon :touch on iPhone Safari (Android Chrome... is iffy, because Android⁠ ⁠: it has both worked and failed for me, so no guarantees).  Lemme know how it is on Mac / 'nix!

    Part CSS extravaganza demo, and part How To for leveraging RNG for stunning results.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    Eridian reddit reacts to extraterrestrial life.

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    11 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 8

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    “Um Colt? What’s going on?” Ryland asked, hesitantly eyeing the men in front of him. What reason did One Direction have to be in Colt’s house?

    “I’m really sorry about this Ry.” Colt sighed and rubbed his face with one hand. “The medical bills have really been stacking up since the accident and cause I haven’t been working I can’t afford everything anymore.”

    Colt paused and gave Ryland a sorrowful look. “I had to sell you to One Direction to pay my debts.”

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    or Colt needed to pay off his medical bills and selling his twin brother to One Direction was the quickest way to get the money

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    11 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 9

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    He points to the tablet in my hand. “What is Grace doing, question?”

    “Nothing- NOTHING!” I say a little too loudly. “Did you uh- did you want something?”

    Rocky stands still for a while. Then he says slowly: “Grace watching medium rough texture blocks burning, question?”

     

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    Rocky learns about 9/11, featuring (very) frustrated Grace

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    28 May 2026