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The Sound Defense @thesounddefense.bsky.social · 2d

Today marks 104 consecutive weeks of working out at least three times a week (barring weeks where I was sick).

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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 2d

“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Thomas Citharel @tcit.fr · 5d

Gouvernement Français % Any World Record

Capture d'écran de Speedrun.com modifiée pour faire apparaître les temps des gouvernements français (Lecornu, Barnier, Valls)

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Jay Boller @jayboller.bsky.social · 8d

I watched the whole thing (huge pain tolerance for ingesting bad media), and every "solution" involves lower corporate tax rates, deregulation, and punching left. It's the same old project, nothing new here.

Who's Bankrolling 'A Precarious State,' Rick Kupchella's New Twin Cities Doomer Doc? - Racket

Plus Replacements biopic in the works, enter the STOP Slumlords Ordinance, and Barn Bluff history in today's Flyover news roundup.

racketmn.com

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Chira @ どうしようかな @labocat.bsky.social · 7d

The fact that ONE HUNDRED AND 85 THOUSAND is the cutoff for affordable housing should, in fact, be a crisis or a wake up call

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max @gaydragon.bsky.social · 7d

action/platformer speedruns: yea we have to do 100 frame perfect tricks to clip through all these sections and it's all skill based and precise practice and speed

old jrpg speedruns: WE HAVE TO TORTURE THE GAME BY RIPPING ITS SOUL OUT AND REPLACING IT WITH DR MARIO TO FORCE IT TO DO OUR BIDDING

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

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 · 12d

Due to a bizarre code interdependency in Super Smash Bros. Melee, specific combinations of opponents and stages exist that let Luigi start the match with his Luigi Cyclone move fully charged. Knowledge of the full matchup table can be used by sly players to gain an advantage.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 11d

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Wild Glide Galaxy is "larger than the universe", going outside the boundaries of its own skybox. The game simply drags the skybox alongside Mario's position to keep the area immediately around him within the boundaries.

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

Due to the unique way Super Mario Bros. stores its maps, its level designers were at the mercy of the decorative hills and bushes when placing bottomless pits. While the pits can be placed freely, the decorations are non-negotiable and dictate the level design.

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RetroAchievements @retroachievements.org · 7d

Dear RetroAchievements community,

With our recent policy clarification, we made some glaring mistakes on how it was presented to the community, as well as the message we brought across. We would like to apologize, and address concerns that were brought up.

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

An Apology to Our Community

Dear RetroAchievements community, Today, we have made an announcement regarding a policy clarification on our User Code of Conduct. This was met with serious concerns, and we fully acknowledge that we...

retroachievements.org

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PrinceWatercress @princewatercress.bsky.social · 7d

Well, that was fast. RetroAchievements backpedaled QUICKLY.

An Apology to Our Community

Dear RetroAchievements community, Today, we have made an announcement regarding a policy clarification on our User Code of Conduct. This was met with serious concerns, and we fully acknowledge that we...

retroachievements.org

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 7d

RetroAchievements users caused a collective uproar that got site admins to remove a bigoted rom hack in the time since Jay posted this. It hasn't even been 10 hours.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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Draye is in Deer Mode~ @demondraye.bsky.social · 7d

Continuing the RetroAchievements thing

Glad they apologized and booted the offending material right off the site.

But why the fuck was it there to begin with and why was it initially defended?

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BashPrime @bashprime.com · 7d

oh my god it is

the four most requested achievement sets on retroachievements are as follows:

Star Wars: Battlefront II on PS2 with 523 requests
Odin Sphere on PS2 with 385 requests
Psychonauts on PS2 with 354 requests
Pokemon Clover on GBA with 351 requests

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It's KFG! @kungfugrip.bsky.social · 7d

After reading the retroachievements forum about the racist nazi pokemon hack probably getting achievements i have come to the conclusion that the font color and site background choices are an eyestrain

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 7d

Context: RetroAchievements is directly hosting a (very clearly) Nazi-themed Pokemon rom hack.

They're refusing to remove it, and have released a statement claiming they function as an archival platform: retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

I've also included a screenshot for posterity.

A form post on RetroAchievements.org by the account RAAdmin. The full post does not fit in alt text, but it can be summarized that RetroAchievements is taking a preservation-focused approach and considers themselves an archival platform. They claim their Code of Conduct does not cover the content of the games and projects they host, so they will not remove the rom hack in question.

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TieTuesday @tietuesday.bsky.social · 7d

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

Retroachievements using the "we're just neutral It's not political!" about allowing a romhack with pokemon named
"KuKlux" that's a ghost in a hood with the ability "Justified"

don't get me started on the "terrorist" pokemon

platforming hate isn't neutral

~Hack~ Pokemon Clover

Dear RetroAchievements community, We'd like to make a policy clarification regarding the User Code of Conduct's scope and our stance on content archival. Recent discussions in our community ha...

retroachievements.org

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

Unanimous First Circuit takes pains to emphasize that this was an incredibly easy case to decide, despite writing a very long opinion knocking down every ridiculous argument the Trump admin made.

The analysis that follows is necessarily lengthy, as we
must address the parties' numerous arguments in each of the cases
involved. But the length of our analysis should not be mistaken
for a sign that the fundamental question that these cases raise
about the scope of birthright citizenship is a difficult one. It
is not, which may explain why it has been more than a century since
a branch of our government has made as concerted an effort as the
Executive Branch now makes to deny Americans their birthright.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 9d

every republican president of my lifetime has completely destroyed the economy

Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 9d

More from ADP: The number of jobs created in August 2025 was revised downward from 54,000 to a loss of -3,000.
What's more, employment fell for the third time in four months, ADP said
#EconSky

Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 9d

ADP Nonfarm Payrolls for September: -32,000. A big miss -- the forecast was for a gain of 50.5k -- and it is the largest decline since March 2023
ADP numbers are leading non-farm payrolls lower.
#EconSky

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 9d

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’

The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers

www.theguardian.com

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The Sound Defense @thesounddefense.bsky.social · 9d

www.gamesradar.com/games/eas-ne... Oh wow, is EA actually fucked? Are vulture capitalists about to loot the corpse of one of the biggest AAA developers?

EA's new buyers reportedly hope AI can be used to cut operating costs and boost profits, just in case that $20 billion in debt wasn't already concerning enough

It's not clear exactly what AI might be used for, however

www.gamesradar.com

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 13d

So top Portland cops wrote & *testified* that fed agents have been "instigating and causing" conflict.

They said agents were firing pepper balls unprovoked and "without any apparent warning"

When a Portland chief called a federal agent w/ Qs, the agent hung up.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

“It makes it extremely difficult for us to deal with, as the folks that are on the other side of this fence have been, night after night, actually instigating and causing some of the ruckus that’s occurring down there,” Dobson said.

“Okay. So it’s your testimony ICE is creating the problem?” Rask asked.

“I’m saying that they’re not following best practice,” Dobson replied.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 14d

We are watching a coordinated right-wing takeover of popular media and it won’t stop here. archive.today/bXzZd

Jared Kushner's Firm Is Said to Be Part of $50 Billion Buyout of Electronic Arts Mr. Kushner's private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant.

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Sabermane @homelessrobot.bsky.social · 13d

Ok, finally got keyboard and time.

A Lifetime ago, I was a NOC engineer for a MSP. basically we dealt with phone, internet, whole shbang. when I saw the ticket "Elevator is cursing and wants a divorce" I grabbed it like an owl snatching a mouse.

Sabermane @homelessrobot.bsky.social · 14d

I'm gonna need a keyboard to do it justice, but I must regale you all with my favorite IT ticket I ever had, "Elevator wants a divorce and will not stop swearing".

Tiffany @tiffzny.bsky.social · 17d

An update:

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