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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 7h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 7h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Muno @bymuno.com · 11h

#inktober

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · Sep 7

In Super Mario Odyssey, kicking things is Mario's highest priority, overriding all other actions. If a kickable object, such as a football, is thrown at Mario while he is asleep, he will momentarily wake up just to kick it before instantly going back to sleep.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 28d

The DOS version of Mario is Missing does not have voice acting in the ending. However, unused voice lines meant for it exist in the files. Below is a recreation of the cutscene with the voices edited in.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 15d

In Yoshi's Island, a "tongue overflow" glitch exists whereby Yoshi's tongue is able to fly away and begin gaining infinite length, overwriting the game's memory. The tongue-based corruption can have any number of effects, including skipping to the credits and ending the game.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 14d

In Donkey Kong Bananza, DK's banana awareness is tied to how far the camera is zoomed out. If the bananas are offscreen, this can create the impression of him playing a silly game with the camera where he makes a funny face only when the player isn't looking closely.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 7d

Development files for Super Mario Kart show that the earliest sprite for Koopa Troopa did not have his eyes visible from the back, making him appear like an unknown bald man (left). The eyes were made prominent in the finished version to avoid this (right).

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 15h

It’s remarkable to see a residential street just turned over to people using granite blocks, planters, posts and paint.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15h

Poor guy can’t even tweet on his own anymore.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/marco-rubio-caught-telling-donald-trump-79-what-to-post-on-truth-social/

Rubio Caught Telling Trump, 79, What to Post on Truth Social

A photographer spotted what was written on the note.

www.thedailybeast.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WEST VIRGINIAN: “If the subsidies go away I won’t have health insurance. I won’t go to the doctor. This really is a life or death situation.” #TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

(This shutdown is making the case for #MedicareForAll better than we ever could)

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

momentummag.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

The nominative determinism of this specific atrocity is off the charts here.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Greg Abbott is a lackey of Donald Trump.

He’s going against exactly what he said he would do last year.

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Muno @bymuno.com · 1d

#inktober

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Big Fat Bartolo's Colon @bigfatbartolocolon.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's fun that we have to guess if the president is saying something because he's a liar, because his advisors are liars, or because of his dementia

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 1d

My wife @pattyskuster.bsky.social is in Portland today. It’s a war zone, insurrectionists and sunflowers everywhere.

Pretty flowers at the downtown farmers’ market.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 1d

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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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1d

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“Have you given any more thought to suspending habeas corpus?”

TRUMP: “Suspending who?” 🤷🏼

Aaand scene.

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Muno @bymuno.com · 1d

i could, not sure if i want to go down too much of a rabbit hole with that though. omarchy seemed nice because of the simpler install process (and i'm not experienced with linux)