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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 16h

Jim Comey was first, but let's be clear: Donald Trump is coming for the rest of us too. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/we-are-all...

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 20h

How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?

Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.

To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16h

1/ Listen: the people who can’t afford ACA hikes or are getting kicked off Medicare are the priority. But…last year my company saw a 17% increase in healthcare costs. This year we are projecting 20%.

Every year for idk a decade has been at least 10%

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 19h

I feel like a broken record, but I have to keep saying it over and over again: a farmer bailout won’t do much of anything because the market is gone. There will be no incentive to plant next year.

The bailout will help payoff farmer debt to the banks. That’s all.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18h

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Mikæla @crashannburn.bsky.social · 1d

When I was a kid, I foolishly thought vampires were real.
Then I grew up, became wiser, and learned the proper term was “venture capitalist”.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Homeless people are not the enemy.

They can’t “just try harder” their way into housing.

It’s the system that’s failing.

Most of us are one emergency away from being homeless ourselves.

We need affordable housing, universal basic income, healthcare & social supports.

We need a safety net

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 1d

Today at GameCritics.com, Eugene Sax offers a video review (with transcript) on Katanaut, a new sci-fi themed roguelike action title...

It's got a lot of potential, but patches are coming on the reg. it's solid now, but will likely be better in the near future.

gamecritics.com/eugene-sax/k...

A space ninja wearing a conical Asian-style hat slides down an incline holding a gun and sword. Below him await all manner of red, fleshy monsters full of teeth and claws.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 1d

We have been warning y’all about cops for god knows how long.

Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 19d

When the nazis were coming into power, there was a lag before local law enforcement was fully on board. People were able to get police protection from nazi-aligned paramilitaries. Here, today, police look at rising fascism and say “Finally. We’ve been waiting for this.” www.notus.org/democrats/me...

Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection

“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.

www.notus.org

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Cj vs Alien vs Predator vs Evil Dead @cynicalceezy.bsky.social · 2d

As an arcade racing sicko and Sonic fan, this is as a fun one. Loved the amount of options and handling model, even if those items felt horribly unbalanced.

Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 2d

Also up today at GameCritics.com, CJ Salcedo covers Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds -- it's a super-solid racer with a load of options and plenty of reverence for the series history.

gamecritics.com/c-j-salcedo/...

Sonic the hedgehog at the wheel of a blur racecar driving straight towards the viewer's face, and behind him we can see a variety of characters from the Sonic series, each in their own vehicle. Also a tyrannosaurus can be seen.

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 2d

Also up today at GameCritics.com, CJ Salcedo covers Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds -- it's a super-solid racer with a load of options and plenty of reverence for the series history.

gamecritics.com/c-j-salcedo/...

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 2d

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 2d

Today at GameCritics.com, Konstantin Koteski reviews Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile and finds that it's exactly the right way to update classic material for modern times and modern media.

gamecritics.com/kkoteski/aga...

A stylized painted portrait of Hercule Poirot and his famous mustache alongside new co-star Jane Royce, sporting a natural afro. IN the background are a cast of characters faded behind a red haze, with a steamship in the picture's foreground.

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baxnalley.bsky.social @baxnalley.bsky.social · 6d

Check out my review of Easy Delivery Co. for GameCritics!

Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 6d

Up today at GameCritics.com, @baxnalley.bsky.social reviews Easy Delivery Co. and finds that this moody, slightly bleak delivery experience offers enough tea-brewing and blizzard-driving to make it worth your time.

gamecritics.com/ryan-nalley/...

Easy Delivery Co. Review - Gamecritics.com

HIGH The chain tires – snowy roads be damned! LOW Inadvertently locking myself out of the true ending. WTF The snow-covered frozen corpses I kept finding.

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 6d

Also up at GameCritics.com today, Ali Arkani has a brief impressions piece from his time at Gamescom '25 -- his top three demos, and noticing a trend that is more than a little worrisome.

gamecritics.com/ali-arkani/o...

A shot of a Gamescom convention hallway filled with hundreds of people milling about while flags and posters for games hang overhead

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 6d

Up today at GameCritics.com, @baxnalley.bsky.social reviews Easy Delivery Co. and finds that this moody, slightly bleak delivery experience offers enough tea-brewing and blizzard-driving to make it worth your time.

gamecritics.com/ryan-nalley/...

Easy Delivery Co. Review - Gamecritics.com

HIGH The chain tires – snowy roads be damned! LOW Inadvertently locking myself out of the true ending. WTF The snow-covered frozen corpses I kept finding.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 7d

I don't give a shit so I _will_ name and shame here

Director, Gen AI for Games Director, Gen AI for Games with verification
Netflix · Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

Key Responsibilities

Define and lead the Gen AI strategy across Netflix Games, helping to shape foundational infrastructure to player-facing features.
Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply Gen AI across our portfolio and studios both in the creation of new experiences and improving our workflows and pipelines.
Engage with game teams to develop prototype features and AI-native gameplay mechanics, ensuring technical viability and product-market fit.
Partner with external researchers, developers, and companies pioneering work within the Gen AI
Stay on the forefront of AI research and emerging tools, separating hype from high-leverage opportunities that align with our development and player goals.
Collaborate with our engineering and platform teams to build robust solutions and scale core capabilities (e.g., model inference, fine-tuning pipelines, data infrastructure, etc).
Build relationships with external developers, startups, and research groups at the forefront of Gen AI, identifying where their innovations can meaningfully accelerate or complement our internal efforts. Chart clear, strategic paths for partnership, integration, or co-development.
Influence broader company thinking around Gen AI, creative collaboration, and impact in games.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

A quick note about money and comedy and power.

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

On a more serious note, Collins thinks the Riyadh lineup reflects something dire about both American politics and the bifurcated woke-versus-anti-woke comedy scene. Collins says there’s “a lot of money” behind enticing anti-woke comics to shill for the political project on the right. “I also like money, but I think getting hundreds of thousands of dollars to tell jokes for 10 minutes about ‘airline food is bad’ is actually illustrative of a much larger thing: The stuff that’s getting greenlit is not necessarily popular with the populace. It’s popular with rich people who are sick of being yelled at in the media. They are using some of these people as vehicles for whatever the comedy equivalent of greenwashing is.”

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 8d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Brad Gallaway @bradgallaway.bsky.social · 8d

Up now at GameCritics.com, Alex Prakken reviews Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, a remake of the first game that kicked off this long-running RPG series. It feels both old and new at the same time, each in perfect amounts!

gamecritics.com/alex-prakken...

Trails In The Sky 1st Chapter Review - Gamecritics.com

HIGH Fantastic combat system that is both modern and an homage to classic RPGs. LOW Sluggish pacing in the middle chapters. WTF “How about a hundred smacks on the ass?”

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9d

Ted Cruz asks for bipartisan agreement on the Senate floor today.

He says they must come together to stop murders. To stop rape.

I agree. We should stop those things.

Then he says we must “stop attacking pedophiles”.

No one corrected him.

His team called it a “blunder”.

Release the files.

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