AmericanTruckSongs10
@ethangach.bsky.social
Senior reporter covering gaming and internet culture at Kotaku
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Is no one calling for prosecutions?
JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
TincherSealedWitnessDec012426.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Is no one calling for prosecutions?
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.
They will continue to kill with impunity if you show them there are no consequences for doing so.
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "Our demand today is for those federal agencies that are operating in our city to do so with the same discipline, humanity, and integrity that effective law enforcement in this country demands. We urge everyone to remain peaceful."
January 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
They will continue to kill with impunity if you show them there are no consequences for doing so.
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This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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State troopers in riot gear are protecting ICE agents who have long guns. People yelling at the state troopers, “turn around and arrest them! They just killed a Minnesotan!”
January 24, 2026 at 5:12 PM
State troopers in riot gear are protecting ICE agents who have long guns. People yelling at the state troopers, “turn around and arrest them! They just killed a Minnesotan!”
Star Tribune reports that ICE tried to cover up the crime scene immediately after executing someone in front of multiple eye witnesses www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Star Tribune reports that ICE tried to cover up the crime scene immediately after executing someone in front of multiple eye witnesses www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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We're thrilled to say we've already started accepting freelance pitches beyond our launch stories! If you're curious about how to pitch Mothership, everything you need to know is here: www.mothership.blog/write-for-us/
Write for us
Here at Mothership, we have a specific focus: the intersection of games and identity, specifically as it pertains to gender, sexuality, and the bodies we inhabit in reality and in games. By “games,” w...
www.mothership.blog
January 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We're thrilled to say we've already started accepting freelance pitches beyond our launch stories! If you're curious about how to pitch Mothership, everything you need to know is here: www.mothership.blog/write-for-us/
Covid levels of people ransacking grocery stores ahead of the snow storm. Like me emptying out my underwear drawer for a weekend trip because my brain is too dried to understand how many times I actually change clothes over two days.
January 24, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Covid levels of people ransacking grocery stores ahead of the snow storm. Like me emptying out my underwear drawer for a weekend trip because my brain is too dried to understand how many times I actually change clothes over two days.
Ubisoft has been here before. Developers vent frustrations over a sudden return to office mandate, bad games, and a lack of accountability from the top.
Ubisoft Is Adrift And Some Developers Are Fed Up
Some Ubisoft developers feel like they've been here before and they're tired of it
kotaku.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Ubisoft has been here before. Developers vent frustrations over a sudden return to office mandate, bad games, and a lack of accountability from the top.
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NEW: ICE has been relying on a secret memo that says it can raid a home on the basis of an administrative warrant. A federal judge in Minnesota, though, recently held that ICE violated the Constitution by doing so. From @dell.bsky.social and @hudsongiles.bsky.social:
US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo
The ruling in federal court in Minnesota lands as Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces scrutiny over an internal memo claiming judge-signed warrants aren’t needed to enter homes without consent.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:27 PM
NEW: ICE has been relying on a secret memo that says it can raid a home on the basis of an administrative warrant. A federal judge in Minnesota, though, recently held that ICE violated the Constitution by doing so. From @dell.bsky.social and @hudsongiles.bsky.social:
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Gavin Newsom has nothing to offer: defector.com/gavin-newsom...
January 23, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Gavin Newsom has nothing to offer: defector.com/gavin-newsom...
An absurd number of people still directly visit the Kotaku home page in 2026. We are super grateful to all of them!
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
An absurd number of people still directly visit the Kotaku home page in 2026. We are super grateful to all of them!
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Oh would you look at that, gang, we're just about 15 followers shy of 7,000 on this here Friday.
Can you help us hit The Big Number before the weekend?
Thank you to all of you for your amazing support so far! It's been an awesome first few months, and we have a lot more planned for 2026!
Can you help us hit The Big Number before the weekend?
Thank you to all of you for your amazing support so far! It's been an awesome first few months, and we have a lot more planned for 2026!
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Oh would you look at that, gang, we're just about 15 followers shy of 7,000 on this here Friday.
Can you help us hit The Big Number before the weekend?
Thank you to all of you for your amazing support so far! It's been an awesome first few months, and we have a lot more planned for 2026!
Can you help us hit The Big Number before the weekend?
Thank you to all of you for your amazing support so far! It's been an awesome first few months, and we have a lot more planned for 2026!
Console store sales have gotten very aggressive in recent years, but it's still always wild to see when the digital and physical version prices are out of sync.
Remnant 2 is currently $30 physical on Amazon but $50 on PSN. That's a 40% difference!
Remnant 2 is currently $30 physical on Amazon but $50 on PSN. That's a 40% difference!
January 23, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Console store sales have gotten very aggressive in recent years, but it's still always wild to see when the digital and physical version prices are out of sync.
Remnant 2 is currently $30 physical on Amazon but $50 on PSN. That's a 40% difference!
Remnant 2 is currently $30 physical on Amazon but $50 on PSN. That's a 40% difference!
Any freelancers I know play WOW?
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Any freelancers I know play WOW?
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Ubisoft confirmed with Kotaku that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still in development, confirming earlier reports that it wasn't canceled.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 'Remains A Priority For Us,' Ubisoft Says
Beyond Good & Evil 2 'Remains A Priority For Us,' Ubisoft Says
The long-awaited sequel has survived the recent cancellation of multiple Ubisoft games
kotaku.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Ubisoft confirmed with Kotaku that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still in development, confirming earlier reports that it wasn't canceled.
Fans have gotten more of an inside look at one of the most important studios working for Nintendo from an Xbox showcase than anywhere else
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Fans have gotten more of an inside look at one of the most important studios working for Nintendo from an Xbox showcase than anywhere else
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Cracker of a headline, cracker of a feature here from @ricklane.bsky.social (credit to @radiatoryang.bsky.social for that quote)
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
‘It’s the underground Met Gala of concrete murderzone design’: welcome to the Quake Brutalist Game Jam
Quake Brutalist Jam began as a celebration of old-fashioned shooter level design, but its latest version is one step away from being a game in its own right
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Cracker of a headline, cracker of a feature here from @ricklane.bsky.social (credit to @radiatoryang.bsky.social for that quote)
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
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Minneapolis is MinnMax's home and it's being torn apart by ICE agents with no regard for our rights. ICE is harassing/abducting people of color on a daily basis.
Please donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota to help provide free legal representation to those in need. bit.ly/minnmaxgives
Please donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota to help provide free legal representation to those in need. bit.ly/minnmaxgives
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Minneapolis is MinnMax's home and it's being torn apart by ICE agents with no regard for our rights. ICE is harassing/abducting people of color on a daily basis.
Please donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota to help provide free legal representation to those in need. bit.ly/minnmaxgives
Please donate to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota to help provide free legal representation to those in need. bit.ly/minnmaxgives
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Another in a series of humiliating losses for pen against its longtime rival sword.
January 21, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Another in a series of humiliating losses for pen against its longtime rival sword.
the gauntlet has been thrown
How A Headline Gets Written At Kotaku: Battlefield 6 Edition
And you may ask yourself
kotaku.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
the gauntlet has been thrown
This is the Pod Save America of gaming takes
This is a fundamentally different industry than mine. This is not criticism. This is not even journalism. This is marketing. You are a (unpaid) marketer. www.ign.com/articles/can...
Can We Stop Dunking on Highguard Before It's Even Out, Please? - IGN
Can we stop dunking on Highguard before it's even out, please?
www.ign.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is the Pod Save America of gaming takes
Look I'm all for confusing the hell out of ChatGPT but this has gone too far
January 21, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Look I'm all for confusing the hell out of ChatGPT but this has gone too far