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Delaney (Pum)King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 1d

Reboosting. Behold the first person to win a Space Invaders contest. Ever. A gamedev legend who happens to also be trans, and one of those who fought so us trans #gamedevs could make the breakthroughs we have.

I know we aren't cashed up, but we are legion. A buck from all of us would help.

Old DeuTaranomy 🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 6d

Rebecca is a legend and needs some help. Consider donating if you can!

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...?

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

www.gofundme.com

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 1d

They really need to skip the movies and just write and release the soundtracks because those have all been bangers

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 1d

Nazi supporters who recruit the youth as “blue shirts”? Why does that sound familiar?

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 1d

On Roblox, extremists are turning games into propaganda tools. The teen-led “Blueshirts” stage virtual neo-Nazi protests, recruit children, and use Discord to coordinate harassment and radicalization campaigns.

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Online Neo-Nazi Group Using Children’s Video Games For Recruiting And Propaganda

A disturbing trend is emerging on Roblox, a platform with tens of millions of young users: online white supremacist groups are using children’s video games to recruit and spread propaganda. The “Blues...

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 1d

You are not wrong

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 2d

most annoying part of having a baby is how everyone you know is all "can I see the baby" "where's the baby" "I don't see the baby" "is there actually a baby" "I don't mean to imply anything" "it's just that... You've been different lately" "ever since you fainted during that weird electrical storm"

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 2d

Werner Herzog will not stop asking to see the baby. I keep being all “look over there, it’s a guy who is foolishly trying to build a subsistence farm despite lacking the knowledge in a clear metaphor that warns about humanity’s alienation from our environment” but he won’t take the bait.

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Mary Grace🕷️🕸️🎃👻 🍂🍁🍎 @emgeekay.bsky.social · 2d

This is why archives need funding support. There is knowledge in analogue media that we are racing against time to preserve.

#digipres #archives #library #DigitalPreservation 📚

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

www.bbc.com

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve reached the REAMDE future but Dodge is smuggling board games instead of weed

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 2d

You have to really *try* to convince a 20-year-old that it’s not worth asking what justice or freedom or social good is. They don’t come by that incuriosity naturally.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 2d

IDK, man. School started 2 weeks ago for us, and once again students remind me that they’re so curious and interested in the world and anxious to ask big questions. We hear that these questions are no longer useful or relevant, but wherever that’s coming from, it’s not what students believe.

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 3d

This game is also a lot of fun although the learning curve is a bit steep at the start—you’ll fail a lot in under a second while you get the hang of timings play.date/games/rocket...

ROCKETPULT mini for Playdate

Launch a rocket from a catapult and land with skill and style!

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 3d

This one is a delight, although I pretty quickly abandoned the crank and just used the d-pad play.date/games/ribbit...

Ribbit Rogue for Playdate

Fight through the swamp to find the source of corruption in this roguelike dice deck builder. Collect dice with unique abilities, and level up to earn relics that can completely change your run. On yo...

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 3d

RIP grant imahara you would’ve loved hunting AI robots

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · Dec 7

when people say they're "working on a little side project" what they mean is they're writing something like this

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 3d

Them: how’s teaching your kid at home going during the strike?

Me: we’re reading the work of James Connolly and learning to make functional trebuchets.

Them: are you teaching your kid to foment a socialist revolution?

Me: you’re not?

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 3d

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 3d

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 4d

I like it when there are a bunch of people on here talking about a sporting event that I'm not watching.

It's like seeing a flock of pigeons eating a smashed sidewalk donut together. I'm not partaking, but you guys dig in.

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 4d

I support free speech, but I also think Bluesky should ban anyone that says eating the lower half of a mermaid is not cannibalism

I don’t care if genetically it’s fish flesh not human, in my book it still counts as cannibalism and I expect this platform to uphold that fact

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 4d

Went out for groceries, came home to this

Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 4d

A shower curtain that is a screenshot of Ocarina of Time where the text “Water Temple” is on the screen, hung up over a shower.

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 4d

Me: do you know what’s wrong with it?

Mechanic: I see what’s going on here—we get this problem a lot: some fool didn’t realise you had an autistic brain and used some ADHD parts instead. It always causes a mess.

Me: oh, can you fix it?

Mechanic: god no, but here’s a box of Warhammer—it’ll help.

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 4d

Pilot: (on intercom) There are no air traffic controllers today so everybody look out the window and holler if you see another plane

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 6d

Certain cuisines and dishes can be super adaptable, too, so it can be super handy to pick up recipes that let you use similar ingredients and techniques to prepare several dishes—it’ll help you learn to pivot and freestyle as needs be :)

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Delaney (Pum)King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 6d

Gonna do some shark themed trans chaos warriors.

Blood For The Blåhaj!

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Matt Schneider @mattlaschneider.bsky.social · 6d

The teachers are on strike because the UCP are more interested in wasting money on lawsuits, cancelled coal mines, and faux-Tylenol than on paying teachers properly and providing them and our children with the tools they need to succeed.

Which means I get to decide what to teach my kid now.

The Revolutionary and Anti-Imperialist Writings of James Connolly 1893-1916, a collection of socialist and anti-colonial articles and polemics by the Irish republican socialist revolutionary

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