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Geoffrey Bunting @geoffreybunting.bsky.social · 2d

Screenshot of a dril Tweet that reads: "turning a big dial that says "Racism" on it an constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right."

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 3d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Matthewせいじ @matthewseiji.com · Aug 14

It’s 2050 and a teen girl is torrenting a .tar.gz file of all the consciousnesses of all the tech bros who uploaded themselves into the cloud in a bid for immortality and modding them into The Sims 4

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 3d

Eco-focused nonprofit releases standard to make games "the most sustainable form of entertainment"

aftermath.site/sustainable-...

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uǝuᴉʇɥǝl ᴉɹɐlᴉ @dekalogue.bsky.social · 4d

ei enää väliburger :(

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here

For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell

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uǝuᴉʇɥǝl ᴉɹɐlᴉ @dekalogue.bsky.social · 7d

Ouch. One down again.
Metal Hellsinger was such a surprise gem. It was made so clearly with love, and it showed through and through when you played it. I guess that's something corporate disasters can't kill.

david goldfarb @locust9.bsky.social · 7d

the outsiders game studio is closing after 10 years because of funcom layoffs

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uǝuᴉʇɥǝl ᴉɹɐlᴉ @dekalogue.bsky.social · 7d

Aaahhh fuck, so sorry to hear. Wishing a rapid rebirth for the team as some even stranger and stronger beast thing. 🖤🤘

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 28d

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 14d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Derek @derek.glidden.life · 13d

I can't recommend Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud enough. Both are truly efforts of people who love games and it shows.

Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 13d

The Steam Autumn Sale is here! 🍂

We put ALL our games on sale so stock up for the season with your new favourite.

▶ Sale page

Kitfox Steam Autumn Sale. Sept 29th- October 6th

Lucifer Within Us- 80% off
Six Ages 1- 50% off
Six Ages 2- 30% off
Shattered Planet - 90% off
Shrouded Isle - 85% off
Boyfriend Dungeon - 65% off
Dwarf Fortress - 20% off
Caves of Qud - 15% off
Ostranauts - 20% off

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sisi jiang / 姜思琪 @six6jiang.bsky.social · 13d

before you say “well losing EA is no big loss”

1. shut the fuck up
2. people have families to feed
3. games such as hades only exist because the studio cofounders met while they were at EA. studios that make games you don’t like are still enormous institutions of gamedev experience and knowledge

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uǝuᴉʇɥǝl ᴉɹɐlᴉ @dekalogue.bsky.social · 13d

Now this is the proper technological advancement we should have always aimed for!

Conspiracy weirdos would have never ventured outside Usenet and everything would be nice

Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds

Multilink PPP worked well on an era-appropriate Windows XP PC, after progress using an earlier Windows ME box stalled.

www.tomshardware.com

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quieroserabuela.bsky.social @quieroserabuela.bsky.social · 13d

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Renee Gittins | Indie Game Dev @rikukat.bsky.social · 14d

Stand-ups can feel that way sometimes.

#gamedev #indiedev #projectmanagement

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uǝuᴉʇɥǝl ᴉɹɐlᴉ @dekalogue.bsky.social · 14d

I eyerolled so hard I pulled the weirdest muscle

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 15d

The new owner of TikTok, everyone

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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uǝuᴉʇɥǝl ᴉɹɐlᴉ @dekalogue.bsky.social · 16d

"I have no idea what is happening"
#lapphund

Brown finnish lapphund in a grocery shop, sitting in grocery cart meant for dogs, looking confused and slightly worried about the whole affair

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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 17d

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17d

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 17d

Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts

After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts

Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

pressgazette.co.uk

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uǝuᴉʇɥǝl ᴉɹɐlᴉ @dekalogue.bsky.social · 17d

Väärinluin "elatuskauppa", ei kauhean väärin ehkä kuitenkaan

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 19d

following charlie kirk's death and the right's open embrace of cancel culture, the gamergate 2.0 mob has kicked its efforts into overdrive, targeting dozens of devs and personalities. this has resulted in an avalanche of harassment, but relatively few firings compared to the 100+ in other sectors

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 20d

Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment?

If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.

Please spread the word

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uǝuᴉʇɥǝl ᴉɹɐlᴉ @dekalogue.bsky.social · 26d

internet archive <3

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 27d

The deletion of Typepad means that millions of blogs will disappear.

Or, it would normally mean that, if not for Archive Team:

tracker.archiveteam.org/typepad/

Look at them go.

Typepad tracker Dashboard

tracker.archiveteam.org

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uǝuᴉʇɥǝl ᴉɹɐlᴉ @dekalogue.bsky.social · 27d

RIP Robert Redford. World just lost a few metric tons of charisma embodied in one person.

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