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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 14h

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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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 1d

Silent Hill f is a real every frame a painting kind of game.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 3d

Man Silent Hill f rips.

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 3d

I have friends who think Lorne is actually in the MAGA camp and this is one of the reasons why. (Other decisions and hires over the last few years as well.)

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 5d

The way I have been describing Baby Steps is "what if you put like Silent Hill style motivation and characterization in something that is ostensibly a comedy", which is why I am getting so much out of it.

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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 4d

it is 1995. gen x quits too easily, wants too much from work and only cares about themselves.
it is 2010. millenials quit too easily, want too much from work and only care about themselves.
it is 2025. zoomers quit too easily, want too much from work and only care about themselves.

Fortune @fortune.com · 4d

“We millennials know that there’s no such thing as work-life balance. My career is my life, my life is my career. I would never be at peace if I wasn’t working so hard.” trib.al/suc3yU6

Astronaut says Gen Z often quits when things get uncomfortable—here’s the Jeff Bezos Blue Origin training that taught her to push through | Fortune

From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, this millennial astronaut reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success.

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Nick Hurwitch @hewizard.bsky.social · 5d

@criterion.bsky.social Ernest Scared Stupid

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 5d

Man, tech bros gonna tech bro, huh. Always worth remembering that whenever the people in charge of something pretend to have principles, what they actually have is marketing. "a world without Caesars" lolol

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 6d

He already defunded you. You don't need to keep debasing yourself, @npr.org

NPR @npr.org · 6d

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned.

Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the situation said.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 6d

the direct line between this and the 2000s-mid 2010s “campus culture wars,” in this essay I will (but literally, just prob next week, clearing out drafts rn)

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 6d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 9d

In 2002 we were lamenting how big box stores had destroyed all the actually good stores that were owned by couples who had been married for 72 years and had dedicated their lives to selling their random obsessions like gathering sea shells to make tiny vacation scenes you put in your bathroom.

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 9d

I was conscious in 2002 and not seven years old and I can tell you that Walmart sucked ass in 2002 just like it sucks ass now.

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 9d

This is doing numbers on social media right now and it's so depressing how people truly yearn for this shit and want to preserve that feeling indefinitely like a mausoleum of false memories.

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 9d

I beat Unfair Flips the other day and then it reset to zero upgrades and it was like

a man in a plaid shirt with a watch on his wrist

Alt: Tim Robinson from I Think You Should Leave sits at a Mexican restaurant table looking totally shocked and bewildered, before raising a hand to his forehead and saying "WHAT"

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 10d

My general belief is that Dems need to spend more time thinking about what they believe and less about what they think some imaginary swing voters want them to believe.

Political strategy will stem from an authentic set of beliefs.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 10d

This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

www.nytimes.com

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 10d

Worth noting also that not only did the right run with this -- the mainstream media did too. Klein's doing right now what they did on the day. They all picked this comment and it was all you heard. Republicans focused on it but the "liberal" media helped them because it always helps them.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10d

The “deplorables” comment took off like it did because it dropped into a 20+ year campaign of misogyny & batshit anti-Clinton conspiracy theories that had come to suffuse GOP political culture. It was a gaffe, but it became a meme because of how GOP backlash politics works. Republicans have agency!

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve heard Ezra now twice take one part of Hilary Clinton’s “deplorables” speech, without mentioning the rest of it, which does exactly what Ezra calls for Dems to do. I recognize that we have a politics of sound bits, but in full context the speech hits differently than he suggests.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 10d

Unfortunately we’re in an unprecedented era of rich people finding out that everyone hates them and making it a problem for all of us

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Will Fulton @thewillennium.bsky.social · 12d

my incel Geordi commander deck revolves around creating an army of simulated Leah Brahms girlfriend tokens

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Jason Wilson @jasonbwilson.bsky.social · 12d

Morn commander deck!

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 12d

I hope there are some cards suggest some really messed-up ethical dilemmas like a Tuvix card you can split into two separate counters but everyone feels real conflicted about it

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 12d

Gowron commander deck lets go

Jason Fanelli 🔜 NYCC @jasonfanelli.com · 12d

Are you ready to boldly go?

Star Trek is the last set of 2026!

(Yes, seven sets! 2026 only!)

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 12d

Never ever ever ring or make stupid text noises but if my wife calls me I want to hear it and pick up so she's not mad at me, does the technology exist

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 12d

Is there an Android phone setting where I can make it always be silent, in every case, and especially for incoming phone calls, except when my wife calls me I want it to ring audibly, is that a thing

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 14d

cops lately when they see any bullet casing

The famous Dril tweet “im banky” since the cops wanna tag up any bullets they can with stupid political messages now

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