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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 17h

You truly are the sin-eater saving us all from our own depravity.

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 17h

This is the best news story I’ve read in years.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 18h

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 18h

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 18h

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 1d

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 1d

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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DIO @danielirizarri.bsky.social · 3d

I think what's impressive about TRON is that, visually, it's still so much more interesting than any of it's sequels. It's crazy that they tried update this digital world by making it as 'realistically rendered' as possible. It's a complete misunderstanding of the original's charm.

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 2d

i don't mean to brag
i don't mean to boast
but i'm the man
who kisses well the most
(on Playdate)

Totally Accurate Kissing Booth Simulator
Scoreboards
"Most accurate daily"
1. DSanskrit – 92
2. Tw1nkles – 91
3. 4836270701950029 – 90

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Nick Wanserski @nickwans.bsky.social · 3d

Years ago, Gameological (rest in power) visited an Ubisoft event for the release of AC 3.
It was a gallery show featuring paintings like George Washington as a king or the protagonist framed with graffiti like ‘rebel!’
When asked what any of it meant, the pr person basically said, “uh, nothing.”

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 3d

So far I've gotten six coworkers to try Totally Accurate Kissing Booth Simulator on Playdate and all were delighted. We've made many jokes about how there's reduced risk of catching mono (and one about how the system itself IS mono since there's just the one speaker). play.date/games/totall...

Totally Accurate Kissing Booth Simulator for Playdate

A totally accurate kissing booth simulator

play.date

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 4d

oops, it me

The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/

Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 4d

There is something deeply satisfying about seeing Thomas Bangalter from Daft Punk play the keyboard for Alice Deejay’s “Better Off Alone.” Thank you, Fortnite.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 5d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 4d

We already had this, it was called Lingo. Ronald Reagan’s son hosted it in the 80s. Chuck Woolery hosted five seasons in the 2000s. Bill Engvall hosted a season in 2011. RuPaul just hosted in 2023-2024.

IGN @ign.com · 4d

Wordle is getting its own game show hosted by Savannah Guthrie under Jimmy Fallon's Electric Hot Dog production company.

A Wordle Game Show Produced By Jimmy Fallon Is In the Works

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Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social · 5d

during the review process for the game with Forest, these were some of the notes lmao

Bullet point list titled "Misc." Everything is redacted except:
- Felix is hot (Victoria)
- Wow very fun

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 5d

First, Alarmo helped adults wake up with Nintendo. Now, Nintendo helps babies learn how to walk. Introducing Abaybo! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsuf...

Close to You – Nintendo

YouTube video by Nintendo of America

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 7d

jack in the box has a classic adventure game for spooky season, where you type what you want to do. i was attacked by a curly fries monster and was pleasantly surprised when it accepted my answer of “pour ranch dressing on the curly fries monster”

i am concerned it’s possibly using AI for responses

Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 11d

Really need a water polo team called the Wets.

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Zeboyd Digital Entertainment @zeboydgames.bsky.social · Jul 10

If "AI" was as valuable as they say it is, they wouldn't be selling it to you. They'd be using it themselves in secret to make the next Minecraft, the next Avatar, the next Hello Kitty and then they'd sell that to you.

They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 11d

What if the mana was purple?

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Derrick Sanskrit @dsanskrit.bsky.social · 11d

I love a good Playdate app and this one has been on my peedee for months. Grab it and love it.

scraecrow @rae.wtf · Aug 19

hello! i just made a nice weather app called Cloudburst, and now it's available in #playdate catalog! it connects to the internet completely seamlessly, and lets you check out weather info for yours or any other area!

buy it here: play.date/games/cloudb...
it's free here: raewtf.itch.io/cloudburst

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🎃Nosferascoob🎃 @scoobydouchebag.bsky.social · 11d

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