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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 31m

Ubisoft: "Okay, so in this game you fight the Klan"
Marketers: "You can't sell that in America"
Ubisoft: "Why?"
Marketers: "Umm [gestures broadly]. The Klan fucking won?"
Ubisoft: "Merde."
Marketers: "Yeah, we've asked for the Statue back but they're being dicks about that too."

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 45m

"Resilience" should be the one word we're allowed to ban.

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 1h

The bad news is that all the good ideas for a podcast are taken. The good news is that all the bad ideas for a podcast are also taken.

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 2h

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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scaryssa walmart dog @meo.bsky.social · 1h

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.... 15m
A surprising number of people say a great outcome from social media was meeting their spouse through Twitter. Until today, I was clueless about Twitter being used as a dating platform.

Sophie Michell @sophiemhi... 20m
I asked my husband out on twitter, as was the custom in 2010

scaryssa walmart dog @meo.bsky.... 20s
thats cus u get no hoes cus ur broke and chopped

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 1h

*waking up at 6 am to feed the cat, with a dozen things on my to-do list* I should start a podcast.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 1h

Just got sent this from an article by Bryce Edwards. This is completely false, and he never once fact-checked it with me. My campaign was run by me and my small volunteer team. Comments like this reflect a tired mindset that assumes women can’t succeed in politics without a man pulling the strings.

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concerns about transparency and public trust.
The Anatomy of influence - A Wellington case study
Many of the powerful vested interests behind local politicians are barely acknowledged. For example, how many Wellington voters knew that the current Mayor of Wellington, Tory Whanau, had her successful 2022 campaign essentially run by corporate lobbyist Neale Jones?
Jones co-owns and operates the Capital Government Relations firm with fellow political commentator Ben Thomas. The firm is the epitome of the "revolving door"

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1h

this sucks lol

Follow Tracker @for.shame.wtf · 2h

This labeler will be shutting down. We will first be unlabeling everyone who is labeled and then will cease to operate. As the unlabeling operation will take an unknown amount of time, we are not setting a specific timeline other than as soon as possible.

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 1h

But yes, the racism posting would be fucking awful.

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 1h

I still think an AC game set before or during the Aotearoa New Zealand Land Wars would absolutely slap. Lots of overlap with AC III in terms of themes, but I still think it'd be different enough to be fun.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2h

"While on the phone with 911, Rinderknecht allegedly typed a question into ChatGPT: 'Are you at fault if a fire is lift because of your cigarettes'"

Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 4h

When investigators recovered the phone of the man suspected of starting the Palisades fire they found an image of a burning city he generated on ChatGPT www.latimes.com/california/s...

Uber driver accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Authorities will announce an arrest in connection with the devastating Palisades fire, law enforcement sources said, and are expected to announce a cause of the blaze.

www.latimes.com

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 2h

If teachers are told using AI technologies creates time to spend developing relationships with students, and the report’s findings suggest AI technologies undermine these vital relationships, then it seems to me resistance and refusal of AI technologies is the most caring response.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 2h

I'm not too proud to admit I have no shame.

EXCLUSIVE: Jacinda Ardern ‘offered me a banana’, says man

BREAKING: The Spinoff can reveal that Jacinda Ardern once offered a man a banana at a festival, and he was impressed.

thespinoff.co.nz

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 2h

The Spinoff published a news story about a tweet of mine describing the time Jacinda Ardern gave me a banana at the Grey Lynn festival. I still use it as a mic drop in group chats to this day.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 16h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 2h

Something I've learned working in both tech and academia is that most people who think they're smart are actually just shallow idiots. And sometimes those people have billions of dollars.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · Aug 27

Never ask a woman her age, instead ask her what tales have carved their mark on her flesh. Ask if she is wizened, bent low from the sins of the past. Ask her if she believes in retribution

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 10h

They're putting Jordan Peterson in the medbed that jerks you off.

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People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz · 13h

We condemn police brutality against @peaceactnotautahi.bsky.social members and supporters who engaged in peaceful direct action to oppose NZ arms and aerospace companies' collaboration with the American military industrial complex and the Israeli genocide in Gaza. thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-1...

Dozens of protesters arrested at Aerospace Summit in Christchurch

'We need to stop hiding behind this thin veneer of space exploration,' said one of the organisers. <br />

thespinoff.co.nz

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Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 14h

I'm not saying the Nats are primarily dog whistling the 14 words here, I think they are primarily trying to trigger online libs by referencing the 14 words. It's not less disgusting though.

I def do not believe the person who wrote it is unaware, is what I'm saying.

NZ Political Parties News (unofficial) @nzpol.nzcow.com · 22h

📺 NZ National Party #nzpol
📢 Securing a future for our young people05 October, 2025Louise Upston

👉more news/weather bots

Securing a future for our young people05 October, 2025Louise Upston

www.national.org.nz

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 16h

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

www.rnz.co.nz

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 15h

I still remember the first time I found out Jason Derulo's actual last name. So many things suddenly made sense.

zoraal ja's psychoanalyst @zoraalja.bsky.social · 17h

remember this phenomenal fucking post

André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 16h

It's jargon!

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 16h

I still find it incredibly funny when I swear in front of my tutorials and my students are scandalised. I said the word "bullshit" dozens of times today and some of them were absolutely corpsing it.

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