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Grey Abandon

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The most 6/10 human being of all-time.

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Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · Nov 9

Reminder that all Master System streams are archived and can be found on YouTube at this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

If nothing else, they'll be a pretty handy sleep aid!

What Masters The Master System? - YouTube

Ranking every officially released Sega Master System game, five games at a time!

youtube.com

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1h

An image of three cool tories under the header "Meet the Young Tories deaming of a bright blue future" but I've replaced their portraits with images of Eddie, Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog from Bottom

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Nu Metal Goblin @caffeinet.bsky.social · 10h

Spider-Man points at a balding npcs head in the Spider-Man 2 video game

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 20h

Welcome to the capitalist innovation museum we got

- scam machine
- psychosis inducing machine
- weapons of mass destruction
- button you push that makes the planet hotter
- markets that intentionally starve people
- clothes that fall apart after washing them 1 time
- medicine you can’t afford

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Patrick Dane @patrickdane.bsky.social · 14h

An indication of how things have regressed from 2016 or so is that I dont see a world where a game like Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus get green lit by higher ups in 2025.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 15h

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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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 18h

He skipped the part where he wants the hospital to force that citizen to wait for the brink of death in the hospital parking lot if the health care she needs is an abortion

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · 19h

Actually got paid for a very brief period of time to write about games because of contacts made through social media.

We'll always have The Playboy Cheque.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 1d

well well well if it isn't the blowjob brothers

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Th'Omen @mrmoth.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible, incredible stuff. Literally hang this in the actual Louvre.

Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie

Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says?

NYCNAFOFELLA
(Joined Nov '24)
How has he shown himself to be unfit?

Conor Smith
By failing to return €3,300 paid to him in error by a former tenant, going as far as to ignore solicitor's letters

NYCNAFOFELLA
3,300 Euros? What the fuck are you talking about?

banjogall.bsky.social

Think.

NYCNAFOFELLA.

Well normally since Gavin Newsom is in America he would be paid in dollars, not Euros. Maybe you should take your suggestion? You filthy motherfucking Russian troll.

banjogall.bsky.social

You seem upset. Who's Gavin Newsom?

We're discussing Jim Gavin.

NYCNAFOFELLA

Looks like this fight against international Putin loving fascists is going international. And who the fuck is Jim Gavin?

banjogall.bsky.social

Jim Gavin was a nominee in the Irish presidential race, until he pulled out at the weekend due to a scandal whereby he owed a former tenant €3,300. Not sure what Putin and fascists have to do with this.

NYCNAFOFELLA

Announcing this on a board where Americans are in the fight of their lives against a fascist takeover may be a pointer....

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

plutopsyche.medium.com

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 2d

Pt1 🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "There's a live-streamed Genocide in front of our eyes in Gaza. No one will be able to say they didn't know this was happening. The Global Samud Flotilla only existed because our leaders failed. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians."

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merritt @merrittk.com · 3d

it remains really funny that this site was spun up to be a crypto/rationalist platform and then old time weird twitter people and others started moving over here in spring 2023 and ever since management has been mad they're successful but not in the way they wanted

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Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · 2d

Brishun

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Another astonishing sign of incredible incompetence from the UK Conservatives. They can’t even get right the name of the country they want to represent.
(Image via LBC political editor Natasha Clark)

Promo bar of chocolate saying
"When Labour negotiates,
Britian loses"

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Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · 2d

See, I love this. I'm 100% going to be a curator, not a collector.

Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · 3d

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · 3d

My favourites so far are the old Woolworths musical specials. Joe Brown! Rodney Bewes! Bill Oddie!

Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · 3d

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Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · 3d

Don't mind me, just watching compilations of old Christmas adverts.

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Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · 3d

Monday

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 5d

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

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THE FIRST SON OF GAMING @nightmaremodego.bsky.social · 3d

As if there weren't already enough reasons to not give Crunchyroll yer money, on top of sacking poorly paid translators and using AI bullshit, they're moving from Aegisub to Israeli software Ooona for their subs.

Download qbittorrent, and get yersel over to Nyaa.si.

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Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · 3d

I'm probably the most patient Rangers fan in the world. I'm certainly one of the few who recognise there's no quick fix here.

But enough is enough. There is absolutely no improvement here, and no sign that Martin has any idea what his best team or tactic is. He has to go now.

Grey Abandon @greyabandon.bsky.social · 3d

Could count the number of 'prestige' shows I've watched on one hand. With fingers to spare.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 4d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.