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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 15h

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 16h

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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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 18h

I met my spouse through social media. It was before it was called that, but it was via Live Journal & AOL instant messenger (via a mutual friend that I met on forums...).

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 10h

Yep: "Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst"
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

www.theguardian.com

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 17h

I can't stand to have multiple tabs open. I keep it at one on my desktop. Mobile gets more of a build-up because it likes to open things in new tabs rather than the existing tab.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 18h

I met my spouse through social media. It was before it was called that, but it was via Live Journal & AOL instant messenger (via a mutual friend that I met on forums...).

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 19h

Day #8 of Republicans keeping the government shut down because they are refusing to fix the health care crisis they created.

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 21h

Hopefully this is just "first real cold of the year" hiccoughs and they'll be on top of it from here on out. But speaking from our car experience, that drop in battery capacity once you hit 40 and below is wild to experience. Our battery goes from 53ish miles in the summer to, like, 30ish? Suuucks.

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 21h

The statue of it in Point Pleasant is one of those things that lives very vibrantly in my memory. There's a fair bit of neat tourist stuff in Point Pleasant, but none of them have the clarity in my memory like that statue.

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Gail Drakes @gaildrakes.bsky.social · 3d

I just learned that the number of children in the U.S. navigating life with Long COVID exceeds that of the number of kids with asthma.

Wow.

Long COVID is here to stay—even in children

Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex, multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact the daily life of those...

www.thelancet.com

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

There's no indication this is ICE. This is copaganda.

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 1d

Ohhhhh, I know what I'm giving to my fire marshals tomorrow to make them sad and delve into The Code. futurism.com/future-socie...

First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires

First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.

futurism.com

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

There's no indication this is ICE. This is just copaganda.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 1d

I've been looking for more reporting on this. NVIDIA has an increasing number of deals where it is paying companies to buy its chips. sounds very bubbly.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like a prairie dog to me.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie...

Prairie dog - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Jennifer | Love, Ghostie out NOW on Nintendo Switch! @janbehchanbeh.bsky.social · 1d

Last day for the 10% introductory discount for Love, Ghostie on the Switch!!

Thanks to everyone who has been playing and sharing! It really helps out our small team, so we can keep making more cute, fun stuff like this 😄

Screenshot of the Nintendo store page of Love, Ghostie with a 10% discount at $17.99

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

I hate being irritable. It is one of the worst developments in my life over the past 5 years. It's so frustrating and I don't know how to deal with it.

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

I finally did the thing I've been putting off for a month. Gynecology appointment scheduled for December!

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Dexter Patterson aka Wisco Birder @wiscobirder.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Publication Day!!!! 🥹 timberpress.com/titles/dexte... 🪶

Birds of the Great Lakes

From the co-founder of Wisconsin's BIPOC Birding Club comes a fun and accessible guide to birding throughout the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes region is teemi...

timberpress.com

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

My IRL initials are the same as an encryption program's initials. My previous online nickname (Sha) is an encryption protocol. But I'm a very open person and not very good at being quiet about stuff, so... I'm not so encrypted.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

explain your username:

short version: it’s my author pen name

long version: I was going by the initials “CM” on a message board for writers, because it stood for “Chicken Mafia.” People knew me as CM and then suddenly I needed a real name for human interaction purposes.

🖤👻 Ashley Mayhem 👻🖤 @misskittyf.bsky.social · 2d

explain your username:

I started going by “Miss Kitty Fantastico” online when I started watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer as a teenager, but that was often too longer for a username on a lot of sites, so I shortened it to “misskittyf.” It’s stuck for nearly 20 years now.

Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. It's copaganda, done exactly right to appeal to accounts here that get lots of views.

The hilarious thing is the OP has another post about how people should be proud of themselves for not falling for propaganda (we're all susceptible, which is why it's good to admit when you fall for it).

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2d

ICE abducts people and then immediately moves them around to prevent access to lawyers and habeas corpus petitions. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story on this consistent game being played to frustrate due process.
prospect.org/justice/2025...

How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers

‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

prospect.org

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, look. Copaganda. I see no indication in this video that this officer is talking to ICE.

Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

Also, though I haven't attended church outside of funerals in over 10 years at this point, the liturgies I grew up with are still very much ingrained in my memory...

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