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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 6h

I really love the dynamic of our show and the fact that we always get to a point where I am Experiencing Shit for the first time

The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 6h

What!?

—Adam, obviously

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Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 17h

if Schumer and Jeffries had any balls [spoiler: they don't] they'd tell the GOP to come to the fucking table by tomorrow at 5pm with an ACA extension or they add one NEW non-negotiable demand a day until the GOP relents

read the fucking room. people are PISSED

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 20h

Today I learned this is actually really called “Full Tilt!”

Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 1d

In the spacetime continuum
Life's as fun as it gets
I guess the Earthlings aren't wrong
When they call me a Space Cadet.

📺: Full Tilt!, Maxis, 1995

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onion person @junlper.beer · 23h

best encapsulation why everyone hates democrats despite trump being the spawn of satan

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 1d

I’m still sad about how I planned to go to this one spot in Tokyo since the moment I knew I was going to Tokyo and they were closed but on the plus side my flight home was so delayed that it’s half full and I now have an entire row to myself

Adam sitting in a plane seat in a group of four that is otherwise empty.

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 1d

Underrated star of an underrated album (yeah I know it sold bazillions but everyone writes it off now compared to AFTP, etc)

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 2d

Still need more baseball?

We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 3d

I would like for national political reporters to place a moratorium on “But what will voters in the rest of America think about New York City’s socialist mayor?” We don’t care! Red states are notably full of psycho politicians yet rarely do you see pundits asking Brooklyn people about them.

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 3d

Actually got to play Sega World Drivers Championship for the first and potentially last time ever so that’s sick

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Triple-Q @triple-q.bsky.social · 3d

- "Get me the original Simpsons theme in the game!"
- "Licensing it is too expensive sir"
- "Then get me a non-union equivalent!"

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 3d

Guess I’ll have to be sad about baseball at the Snoopy Museum Tokyo

A photo of Snoopy Museum Tokyo outside the cafe.

Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 3d

Well that sucks

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 6d

It’s so weird, I’ve been here for 10 minutes but I haven’t run into any strange and unusual people challenging me to race on the highway.

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 8d

It’s always Freddie 😒

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 12d

Go Toronto

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 13d

Anderson invoking Steve Jobs is very telling to me—these guys so badly want to be tech tastemakers. They have the capability to make some great vehicles, certainly. But just like Apple’s hubris that it could suddenly make cars, GM is acting like it’s mastered software. I don’t see how.

Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 13d

Can’t stand GM’s modern infotainment in any vehicle I’ve used it in. The icons are gibberish, things that should be instantaneous are buried in sub-menus, and as a result of ignoring CarPlay they have the phone integration of a 2009 Scion. But hey, GM always knows best!

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 13d

The whole song and dance about how EVs need these integrated experiences was always a justification to be the only logo on the screen. That’s all they ever cared about, not actually putting the best interface in front of customers or at the very least respecting them enough to give them the choice.

Car and Driver @caranddriver.bsky.social · 13d

It won't happen overnight, but the popular phone-mirroring feature will disappear on future models, says GM CEO Mary Barra.

GM Will Make a Bold Move by Ending Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Support on All of Its Gas-Fed Cars

It won't happen overnight, but the popular phone-mirroring feature will disappear on future models, says GM CEO Mary Barra.

bit.ly

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R.E.M. on this Day @remonthisday.bsky.social · 16d

Rolling Stone's front cover on this day in 1994.

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 18d

God I hate the pressure-sensitive buttons on the DS2, I hate them so much. To the point where I only beat Mission 23 in GT4 (the one with the R34s at Test Course) by switching to a third-party pad (in this case, a Jogcon) that didn’t have them.

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 18d

Itagaki Tomonobu

Here was a guy who wore sunglasses at night— indoors— who wore at a minimum 87% black leather and always an obscure metal band t-shirt; a fit, razor-thin guy whose intense, brooding stare could cause brave men to flee and satellites to de-orbit. He looked like a dark anime character come to life, complete with a half-smoked cigarette dangling from his menacing grin, and it took no imagination at all to worry he had a diamond sharp katana ready at any time to separate the head and body of the poor programmer who missed a half millisecond of timing on a block controller. There was no detail of game design or mechanic that escaped him, no ambiguity in his vision of tightness and quality in the feel of a control or the animation of a character. He was the embodiment of the ideal of the hardest edge of combat design, utterly uncompromising and ruthless.
Also, he was the quickest to break a smile, always ready to make a stupid joke, the first ask after your loved ones and to be sure you were well, the very best of friends, the very kindest of fathers, and a very great human being who I very much fear we will not see the like of again anytime soon. I will miss him gravely.

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 19d

That’s The Curse of doing a podcast with me folks

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The Silent Discographer @silentdiscographer.com · 20d

Mike Mills is so cool man

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · 28d

I know my phone preferences are stuck in 2013, but the trend of media justifying larger screen sizes is killing me. 9to5mac.com/2025/10/08/t...

The iPhone Air’s screen size is exactly what I hoped for - 9to5Mac

iPhone Air comes with a larger 6.5-inch screen size than I would normally opt for, but it’s proven a surprising winner for me so far.

9to5mac.com

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Adam Ismail @aismail.bsky.social · Oct 6

Thank goodness I was at a wedding yesterday so I could miss all of the Yankee game

The offseason will be good, that’s how long I need to watch baseball again without vomiting

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