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dan @danabra.mov · 1d

this might be the clearest articulation of how AT works i've seen in recent memory (and the practical consequences downthread), bravo

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

Using book publishing as an analogy for AT Protocol, a PDS is like self-publishing your manuscript. You always retain a copy of it and can take it with you elsewhere (as long as you keep backups).

An App View (or API Server) is like a publishing house or bookstore. It's the distribution. 2/11

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🌿 Nicole Lazzaro 🐰 🕹️ @nicolelazzaro.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to demo carrot fresh Follow the White Rabbit puzzles this Friday Oct 10th in Berkeley 4:30PM. Come also to see the amazing Julian Reyes, Evo Heyning, Kevin Ang, plus an important AMA panel with XR and AI leaders on ethics and impact with the incredible Avi Bar-Zeev

luma.com/iqo3fqq9?tk=...

Three tall blue bottles with "Drink Me" labels. A poster for a Steele Diamond Magic act. A box of Koh-i-Noor pencils inside a large streamer trunk with stripped paper on the walls and a Persian Carpet on the floor.

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Matt Hargett @matthargett.bsky.social · 1d

Hardware Lumen @unrealengine.bsky.social on Xbox Series?

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · Jun 8

From @leepetty.bsky.social‬ and Double Fine Productions, our new game is Keeper - a beautiful and surreal third-person, atmospheric puzzle adventure, and a story told without words.

On October 17 2025 — The Keeper Shall Awaken! Wishlist today, and find out more on www.doublefine.com

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 9d

A lot of people are (understandably) focused on the Saudi Arabia and Kushner part of this, but the far bigger immediate impact will come from the new private EA being on the hook for $20 billion in debt. That could mean mass layoffs, more aggressive monetization, and other big cost-cutting measures

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Paige Harvey @paigehharvey.bsky.social · 9d

CALLING ALL DISABLED CREATORS AND STREAMERS

Do you want to help other physically disabled people to access gaming, to spread the word about accessibility and to highlight that gaming is for everyone?

Free in late February 2026 to support @specialeffect.org.uk?!

Drop a reply and tag your friends!

a poster that says disabled is 3 not a dirty word

Alt: a gif of a rolling blue wheelchair that says disabled is not a dirty word

media.tenor.com

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unreal🌱garden @unreal-garden.com · Sep 6

A whole bunch of notes on Unreal Engine in a Wiki.
https://zomgmoz.tv/unreal/
#UnrealEngine

zomg's unreal engine notes | zomg's unreal engine notes

This is my collection of Unreal Engine related notes. I’ve accumulated these while developing several projects across UE 4 and UE 5. You can generally assume the information here is valid for Unreal Engine 5, unless the page specifies otherwise.

zomgmoz.tv

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · Aug 30

Le Guin undefeated at "the fuck you say to me" as subtext

So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · Aug 30

Is science fiction dead or dying? Some wise words from Ursula K Le Guin to the TLS a decade ago:

What will your field look like twenty-five years from now?
My field? What is my field, I wonder. My favourite field is the one below the barn at the
old ranch in California. I hope in twenty-five years it looks just the way it does now, all wild oats and chicory and foxtail and voles and jackrabbits and quail.

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 14d

no spoilers but I'm genuinely astonished at the level of prescience about sexism that the game seems to be displaying, I want to be like 'this is a silent hill for the girls' but maybe guys should play this shit just for the empathy experience or something.
ambient patriarchy hellscape simulator lol

Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 15d

just learned about the content warning that open Silent Hill f and this feels like it comes from a parallel world where AAA games took on a whole different meaning for "mature"

damn. more of this approach please

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Daniel Aldrich @danielaldrich.bsky.social · 10d

Our new #article with Mark et al: Understanding polycrisis: definitions, applications, and responses

TL;DR: traditional disaster studies concepts must be adapted for the polycrisis context and places historical events on a spectrum of such critical moments

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · Mar 30

I've taught many people new to gamedev from kids to adult, from a practical educator lens I believe the main difference people credit to kids learning faster or easier than adults is they aren't yet consciously trying to avoid temporarily looking like a beginner at something

adding alt text to help

comic of two paths from an idea to results. the top shows a person sitting on a ledge labeled "idea," separated by a gap labeled "being cool" from another side labeled "results" with a plain vase on it. the bottom shows a person over on a filled in hole from "idea" to "results," with the fill labeled "being cringe" and the vase is sparkling.

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Matt Hargett @matthargett.bsky.social · 11d

Justin Kan won the fight, most exciting part was when the robots knocked against the fence in front of us and we jumped back. Very cool alpha demo, some of the dimensions of improvement are line of sight, some might be harder. Might coincide with Keen Technologies’ ML stack.

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Samuel @samuel.fm · 11d

just thought of a really good joke I can use in 4.5 years

Reminder for 2 Jan 2030

Joke: “Marked safe from Forbes 30 under 30”

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Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 11d

The reviews are in: this set is a crowning achievement for our species and should be a required part of every American home

Fatamatician.bsky.social @fatamatician.bsky.social · 11d

@jparish.bsky.social Nothing could do this book justice short of holding it. An amazing effort, hope to get your signature in all three volumes some day.

Photo of the book the NES ERA Volume 1 The Road to NES.

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Matt Hargett @matthargett.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks to @liambroza.bsky.social and crew for inviting me to my first XR fight with real-life robots. Quite possibly the most Silicon Valley thing I’ve ever participated in.

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DEF CON NextGen @defconnextgen.bsky.social · Aug 9

A peek at today's cipher class! The next generation of secret code ninjas are being trained 😎

@defcon.bsky.social

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Phrack Zine @phrack.org · Aug 19

Phrack turns 40.
The digital drop is live.
Download it. Archive it. Pass it on.
💾 www.phrack.org
#phrackat40 #phrack72

Phrack 40th Anniversary ansi art by Harvest

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 13d

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Matt Hargett @matthargett.bsky.social · 13d

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 13d

UUIDv4 is kinda like IPv4 in that later versions exist but most people pretend they don't exist

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 13d

I read this article yesterday and it really emphasized for me just how little I know about immersive media 😅 It's a problem space I'm cautiously optimistic to explore.
medium.com/@portemantho...

WWDC 25 Deep Dive: Immersive Video & OpenImmersive 1.4

Apple announced many updates to Immersive Video. This is an in-depth review of those changes, and some OpenImmersive updates.

medium.com

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Matt Hargett @matthargett.bsky.social · 13d

Dylan Shea is one of the kindest, smartest people I ever met in the hacker scene. After he moved from San Francisco, I got to spend time with his family when I would travel to the Boston area to record music. When I heard this news, I doubled over in shock. Join me in supporting his son’s memory.

The Official Pulpit of CULT OF THE DEAD COW @cultdeadcow.bsky.social · 13d

gofund.me/ae3e52797

An old friend of the herd is going through something awful. If you're in a position to consider donating, we hope you will.

Donate to Supporting the Shea Family in Loving Memory of Caspian, organized by Debra Kavaler Wysopal

On behalf of the Shea family, we have created this page of su… Debra Kavaler Wysopal needs your support for Supporting the Shea Family in Loving Memory of Caspian

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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 15d

If you've enjoyed some of my games and are interested in trying it yourself, why not join the ONE HUNDRED ONE PAGE GAME JAM next month? There's PRIZES. itch.io/jam/one-hund...

One Hundred One Page Games Jam

A game jam from 2025-10-01 to 2025-12-01 hosted by gshowitt. HELLO MY NAME IS GRANT HOWITT AND I HAVE WRITTEN ONE HUNDRED OF GAME. Below is a list of my one hundred one-page games. Some of them are lo...

itch.io

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Lady Data🌙 | Goth Donut Games @gothdonutgames.bsky.social · 19d

The demo for Lady Dracula, my "Castlevania for girls," has been released.

Play now: store.steampowered.com/app/4044270/...

Wishlist Lady Dracula: store.steampowered.com/app/3624840/...

Glitch art (TV shots) by @glitchwolfe.studio
Music by @mikhailagkonov.bsky.social
Game by me.

#castlevania

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Jeffrey Perkel (he/him) @jperkel.bsky.social · 16d

For decades, researchers have strained to reconstruct cellular backstories through indirect means. But these are forensic efforts at best, postmortems of a vanished process. A new generation of DNA-recording tools promises to change that. By Elie Dolgin @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Real-time molecular recorders expose the inner lives of cells

Gene-editing tools transform cells into record-keepers, capturing hidden timelines of health and disease.

www.nature.com

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