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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 5h

The game on Steam is Little Rocket Lab, and it's currently ON SALE

store.steampowered.com/app/2451100/...

TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 5h

He lost to a Venezuelan? Oh, that's not going to go over well. My condolences to the ketchup bottles at 1600 Pennsylvania.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5h

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

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TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 7h

This is a big deal in Japanese politics. Komeito has been a constant companion for the LDP, and its ability to organize and deliver votes at a block-by-block level is frighteningly good. There's no ready substitute for what Komeito does, so Takaichi better start cutting deals or skip green bananas.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 8h

NHK: Japan’s Komeito Party Quitting Ruling Coalition with LDP

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 19h

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 1d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 8h

The Confucius Peace Prize, with American characteristics

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TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 10h

I'd bet folding money that Earle-Sears thinks the 'real' discrimination is Christians not being allowed to discriminate against LGBTQ when and where they see fit.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18h

This isn’t just “Charlie Brown had hoes” levels of wrong it’s “Charlie Brown never had a dog” levels of wrong

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 20h

wtaf are you talking about

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🎃trash🎃 @dollarpbr.gay · 12h

an edited version of a tweet that originally said “people on here will tweet anything. “charlie brown had hoes.” no he didn’t. that isn’t true.”

it has been edited to read:

people on here will tweet anything. "johnny cash is considered uncool." No he isn't. That isn't true.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 14h

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 16h

One cool feature of Steam is they provide a Harassment Zone for each game you announce. It's a place for people who hate progress to come and crap all over games they haven't even played. No, they won't help you moderate it, but hey, at least you can't delete it!

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

Classic Steam forums

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h

give me a prize for how peaceful i am or i'm going to fucking destroy you

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 16h

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 13h

The same people who turned "safe space" into an object of ridicule and lectured others about their "echo chambers" sure do like to seal themselves off from the outside world whenever the melanin rises above Mayberry levels. But I'm sure Lee Greenwood and Ted Nugent will put on a great show.

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 18h

Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, announced that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show to rival the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

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TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, thank goodness. I don't know if I could take another hit after Jason Blum and George Miller earlier today.

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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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 22h

And y'know, for folks who are covering indie games, it doesn't seem to get the eyeballs that deliberate provocative content does, the algorithms seem to boost those content mill channels. But getting views for covering niche subjects such as new indie games? That's an uphill struggle.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 23h

It's a far more speedy process to create content if you're just relaying rumours or bullshit than if you're taking time to properly cover games, which would involve playing it and at the very least having enough written about it for first impressions. But for ragebait? Playing a game is redundant.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 1d

As well as this, I feel quite strongly that the increased prominence in recent years of social media influencers who engage in nothing but ragebait content and harassment has proverbially sucked all the air out of the room, content mills producing bullshit at speed who dominate gaming conversations.

Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 1d

“Why isn’t anyone covering our indie games?”

1. The gaming press has been decimated by business suits, and the whims of an uncaring search engine behemoth
2. Doing the job means you get death threats and harassment
3. There are more games released in 1 week than there were in entire months in 2015

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 1d

Likening generative AI to oil paint during the Renaissance. Absolutely disgraceful.
A24, Jason Blum, now George Miller. Who's next, Sam Raimi?

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 1d

There's a village in central Nebraska whose name is spelled C-A-I-R-O. Pronounce it like the Egyptian city? Tourist. Locals pronounce it KAY-roh.
(We don't talk about Norfolk. Even Nebraskans can't agree on how it's pronounced.)

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 1d

Post management is all in on supporting the Olympic bid. Wouldn't want to pass up on the chance to host all those panels and roundtable discussions, I suppose.

TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 1d

I regret to inform you there are more of these on the way.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 1d

If you are willing to throw away entire groups of people to protect your insular strategy that will only protect you instead of protecting everyone then I don’t want your leaders and I sure as hell don’t want to be associated with you.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 2d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 1d

Between this and A24 launching an AI division, it's been a bad few months for indie horror darlings.

TrooperBari @trooperbari.bsky.social · 1d

"The consumer does not care if what they're looking at is AI." Tell me you spend more time around venture capitalists and Silicon Valley tech bros than real people without, etc. and so forth. Another mind lost to the fiction of flooding the zone at minimal cost to create maximum profit.

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 1d

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.