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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 9h

Make shorter games with worse graphics and fewer shareholders

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Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social · 3h

One of those posts you can hear

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3h

STORY: ORANGE MAN LIE AGAIN

OLD WAY: “CRITICS SAY STATEMENT MAY BE MISLEADING.”

ANIMAL WAY: HIT KICK DRUM, YELL “LIE!” HIT TAMBOURINE, WHISPER “but other side lie too” IN SOFTEST MIKE JOHNSON VOICE.

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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X - Short Queen Dew 🇵🇸 🇨🇦 @shortqueendewie.bsky.social · 6h

Heyooo feminists of the world

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 7h

awful news. thinking of the whole @heartmachine.bsky.social team today

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 19h

Heart Machine making layoffs and ending development on Hyper Light Breaker

The news comes around nine months after Hyper Light Breaker launched into early access.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 8h

fucking WOOF

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social · 7h

The same people who bought 17-inch desktop replacements, some people just need power and screen space

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 11h

The "somebody showed me a TikTok" era of American government is going pretty much exactly how you'd expect.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social · 10h

What else can I say about an 18-inch gaming laptop? It big, it fast

Engadget @engadget.bsky.social · 13h

Razer Blade 18 (2025) review: An 18-inch gaming laptop that does the most

It's huge, powerful and has terrible battery life. But that's okay.

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 10h

the suggestion of playing “hot or not” with Palestinian statehood is so breathtakingly offensive I don’t even know where to start

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 13h

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

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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Brad Reed @bwreed.bsky.social · 10h

This is something all too rare: A Republican asking himself, 'How would I feel if a Democrat did to me what Trump is doing to Democrats?'

Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 11h

Oklahoma’s Republican governor criticizes guard deployment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

His comments, in an interview with The New York Times, marked the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and other Democratic elected officials have been strongly critical of the move and have implored Republican governors to join the opposition.

Mr. Stitt on Thursday said, “We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” adding, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

Legacy media is such a fucking joke.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

Following MTG's lengthy CNN sitdown interview, Wolf Blitzer tells her:

"You‘re a courageous politician, but more important, a loving mother. Thanks very much for coming in. We hope you‘ll come back here in the Situation Room."

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 11h

Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren't Giving Up www.wired.com/story/apple-...

Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren't Giving Up

“We are going to do everything in our power to fight this,” says ICEBlock developer Joshua Aaron after Apple removed his app from the App Store.

www.wired.com

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 12h

This is terrifying. @davidgilbert.bsky.social spoke to Rutgers professor Mark Bray, who wrote a book about antifa and is now being deluged by death threats.

Bray and his family tried to flee for Europe this weekend. Their tickets were mysteriously canceled right before they boarded the plane.

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social · 12h

Used to be very different dev teams working on those apps

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Sean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 14h

Today I've got something different for you! This is the "Xtra Muse" — and it seems to be DJI's first attempt to sneak its cameras past US tariffs and bans!

See for yourself: this is a DJI Osmo Pocket 3, inside and out.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17h

Most people aren't brave but at least don't be actively cowardly.

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Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 1d

This movie is so solid and the storyboards are incredible! Highly recommend “reading” it after a viewing.

Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 1d

The dance floor sequence from Blood: The Last Vampire (2000), dir. Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Production I.G

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Ken Caldeira @kencaldeira.com · 9d

The New York Times going out on a limb in paragraph 42.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities ..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/w...

Fear and Hope in Venezuela as U.S. Warships Lurk

www.nytimes.com

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Tim Stevens @timstevens.bsky.social · 19h

Finally, I can talk about what I've been up to in Italy this week. I got an early preview of the Ferrari Elettrica, the company's first electric car. Will 1,000 hp, a wild sound, and a design from Jony Ive and Co. win over over the EV haters? www.engadget.com/transportati...

Ferrari's first EV is coming next year with big speed, big sound and a Jony Ive design

Ferrari unveiled the first proper details about its first EV, the Elettrica, which is set to fully debut next year.

www.engadget.com

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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 2d

This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Will “Available for Contracts” Smith @willsmith.fun · 1d

I had a great chat with Nirav Patel from Framework for a special episode of Dual Boot Diaries about why supporting Linux is personally important to him Framework's PCs, what flavor of Linux he runs on the daily, and what the big challenges facing the community are going forward!

Framework CEO Talks Linux Support, Personal Distro & More | Dual Boot Diaries Special

YouTube video by The Full Nerd Network

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

Only two episodes in but HBO‘s TASK is a masterclass in short form writing, plotting, and pacing. It’s not getting the buzz MARE OF EASTTOWN got but it’s a step forward in craft and execution for the creative team. Also there’s no fat or stalling. Dropping reveals and complications like clockwork.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1d

If I was told I couldn’t do a job Meghan McCain did I think I’d become a monk

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 2d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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