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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 3h

When you start complaining that “leftist ideology” is ruining your little sad sack meme generator plans, there’s a long list of things you need to have changed about your life.

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 3h

LRP: howling at the “implying” sidebar here.

“Moral policing and leftist ideology are destroying America's AI industry. I've cancelled my OpenAI PLUS subscription,” another replied, implying that copyright law is leftist.

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 3h

the only thing people want to do on Sora, it seems, is generate images of copyrighted characters. now that they can't, they're crashing the fuck out www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...

People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails

OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

Another one! They'll never admit to it, but some dork in corporate absolutely expected NFTs to be a thing, and PS Stars was going to be their move there. Then the bottom fell out and they pivoted to "oh it's just neat 3D models for your app."

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

turns out you can actually overestimate your audience's desire for Product

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

nice

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

Between the closing of the official PlayStation merchandise store, and the PS credit card rewards program being busted down to just PS gift cards, it sure looks like there's a tightening of the belt on customer outreach projects.

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

don't forget your Bend Studio 30th Anniversary poster and Concrete Genie phone wallet while you're there

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

This play works for Nintendo because most of the merchandise Nintendo sells online and in their physical stores goes to birthdays for eight year olds.

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

You know, I've been wondering for some time if there was enough of an audience to buy a $40 "Horizon Forbidden West" t-shirt, and now I guess I have my answer.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d

PlayStation Gear Store (their merch store) is closing Dec 31st. All sales are final. They have a sale going on in the meantime: buff.ly/XggXffT

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

It's just weird seeing that style become so commonplace that it gets copied. And enough lesser-quality projects (and gen AI trash) exist that it's starting to feel like it's their branding problem, which is unfair.

Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

Not to mention how the look dominates in boring AI generated artwork.

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

If I was a career Pixar employee, I'd be pretty disappointed that the house style has become so prevalent that "Pixar" is now the "Kleenex" to animation.

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

I like that this destined-for-deep-storage peripheral comes with pre-aged plastic.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d

HORI Taiko No Tatsujin Drum Controller for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Windows 11/10 is $79.27 on Amazon Prime buff.ly/Zxw9vV8

more gaming deals buff.ly/U3sq1MP #ad

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 1d

This is how it plays out all over the US. A bunch of loudmouth bigots swarm the school board meetings, a few get elected because they rile up a population of conservative senior citizens whose main gripe is taxes... and then all of this focused hate is shown to be a massive waste of everyone's time.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

What a delight to learn that most people aren't in fact raging LGBTQ-phobic shitweasels

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 3d

Order holiday gifts now, I guess. :((((

Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 3d

Zerua Games is closing up shop :( and their games are getting clearanced out. I love Hermit. Tack and Road Trip are also good. www.zeruagames.com/shop

Shop | Zerua Games

Get Zerua games

www.zeruagames.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 4d

it was a good second week of my new newsletter. here's what i did there this week.

on monday, i wrote about why conservatives have already overrun the possible compromise positions on trans rights. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...

What Would Trans Compromise Even Look Like? (The Right Won't Accept It)

Conservatives and complicit centrists have obliterated every trans compromise position, so I don't know what we're supposed to do now. How would you react if I said that puberty blockers were once th...

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 5d

You should be supremely embarrassed by going out in public to fret that you are not sure you are adequately randomizing a stack of three to five cards.

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 5d

Please learn to function like an adult.

Forum post on BGG seeking “tips for shuffling small collections of cards.”

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 5d

All of the Animal Crossing characters and they did Julian again? The heck.

Small bagged Lego set with a Julian minifigure.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 5d

without an algo your feed is what you make it. that's all people love about this place. you can only follow the people you want to, only interact with the people you want to, and that's it.

so if you're seeing a lot of negative stuff? that's a skill issue. be better at the internet.

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 5d

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 5d

Rock Band 4 to be delisted on tenth anniversary following the expiration of its licenses

www.gamesindustry.biz/rock-band-4-...

Rock Band 4 to be delisted on tenth anniversary following the expiration of its licenses

Rock Band 4 is to be delisted on October 5, 2025, following the expiration of its 10-year-old song licenses.

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Joe Fourhman @fourhman.com · 5d

As I've said before, I can't get mad about the IP farming, but I can be disappointed in a boring set of cards, and I can howl with laughter that they could not clear Spider-Man for Arena.

cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 6d

I think Magic: The Gathering is at an extremely bad place right now, and I think the recent Spider-Man set is a true low point. I went slightly wild in my @endlessmode.bsky.social column this week about it. Tune in for the phrase "suckling hogs" www.endlessmode.com/tabletop/mag...

Marvel’s Spider-Man and Through the Omenpaths Are A Bad Omen For Magic’s Future

Magic: The Gathering fans have been dealt a bad hand with the card game's unexciting, misguided new Spider-Man set.

www.endlessmode.com

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