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tronotized.bsky.social @tronotized.bsky.social · Sep 3

I created a new version of my Kotor 2 mod that requires you to download the original mod so that I avoid any distribution violations from the original mod. Here is the ModDB link, hoping to get approved on Deadlystream so I can share the link from there as well: www.moddb.com/mods/kotor-2...

Kotor 2 Unofficial Patch New Additions 1.0 file

This is a new version of my patch for the mod 'Kotor 2 unofficial patch 1.2' that requires you to download and install that mod first before applying my patch. I am releasing this in order to not infr...

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ceej @ceej.online · 10h

I’d never considered before this moment that Robert Frost could have had that accent

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 10h

8:30 p.m. — final vote cast, 10,000 steps hit. Another day fighting to protect democracy and the people of Massachusetts. Back at it again tomorrow. Thanks for following along today!

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 14h

ye see this shits not inevitable never give up in advance

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19h

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 12h

Turns out when @hypervisible.blacksky.app called OpenAI a "social arsonist" last week, he had no idea just how accurate that was.

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👑 Empress of Mollyween 👑 @yerfriendmolly.bsky.social · 12h

We're back in stock!!

Eidolon Playtest @eidolonplaytest.bsky.social · 12h

Physical editions of EIDOLON are now back in stock! If you missed out previously, be sure to grab one now!

www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Eidolo...

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 14h

Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.

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So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter

In which I share the dirty secrets of the world's least useful skill

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race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 13h

"mr. chancellor, thank you so much for having us here today and holding this roundtable. antifa is real. antifa has been around for almost 15 years. and it's now been just under 3 years since we saw a far leftist murder horst wessel..."

ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 13h

Yep. He’s a Nazi.

Mr. President, thank you so much for having us here today and holding this roundtable. Antifa is real. Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany. And it's now been just under one month since we saw a far leftist murder Charlie Kirk. And we saw thousands upon thousands of people, other far leftists and people in positions of authority, people like nurses and pilots and doctors and HR departments celebrating the death and the murder of Charlie Kirk. The sickness that's out there is absolutely real. And Mr. President, thank you for mentioning it.

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tronotized.bsky.social @tronotized.bsky.social · 5h

Good article!

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 14h

Pinball Expo, an annual celebration of pinball, returns to the Chicagoland area next week. We talk to its founder Robert Berk about what you can expect from the show. www.endlessmode.com/article/pinb...

Pinball Expo Celebrates the World's Greatest Game

Endless Mode explores the infinite possibilities of games and anime, from the excitement of video games, togetherness of board games, and action of pinball, to the adventure of theme parks, exhilarati...

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 13h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning to everyone but especially to all the octopuses, for today is their special day!

To celebrate World Octopus Day, here's an illustration of an octopus from the book 'The World of the Sea' by Moquin Tandon, published in 1869.

📷 Reserve 591.92 TAN

#WorldOctopusDay #OctopusDay #RareBooks

Cropped image showing an engraving of an octopus

Full-page engraving from a book. It shows an octopus lying on the seabed, with a squid and a cuttlefish coming towards. The cuttlefish is making a cloud. The engraving is captioned: 'Plate XI. A Poulpe. A Cuttle-Fish Making His Cloud. A Calmar'.

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 11h

#WorldOctopusDay 🐙:
2 amazing #octopus tsubas (sword guards) @ the Met - which is your favorite?
#CephalopodAwarenessDays
1-2 tsuba w/ octopus design, Japan, late 18th c. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
3-4 tsuba w/ octopus design, Japan, c. 1615–1868 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#JapaneseArt

tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, late 18th century, iron and copper, obverse

tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, late 18th century, iron and copper, reverse

tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, c. 1615–1868, copper alloy (sentoku), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, and gold, obverse

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 11h

For #WorldOctopusDay 🐙on a #Woodensday:
#Octopus and #Rat by Kuki Sii, Tongan artist
wood carving w/ shell
Sydney, Australia c.1970
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The Rat and the Octopus book by Temukisa Lelemia, Ill. by Murray Grimsdale
Wellington, NewZealand 1998

seen on display at AMNH NYC

#CephalopodAwarenessDays

“ Octopus and rat carving
By Kuki Sii, Tongan artist | Wood, shell | Sydney, Australia, c.1970
American Museum of Natural History 80 1/7084
The Rat and the Octopus by Temukisa Lelemia
Illustrated by Murray Grimsdale I Learning Media Wellington | New Zealand, 1998
American Museum of Natural History 80 1/7209
This carving and children's storybook depict the legend of an ungrateful rat and the octopus's revenge, as told for generations in Tonga, Samoa, the Tuamotus and other islands. Storytelling links islands and shares ways of thinkitig about animals over time and space.”

another view of the octopus and rat sculpture (side view)

closer view of the book and gallery label

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 11h

For #WorldOctopusDay 🐙 here's a smiley octopus on a terracotta plate from Getty Museum 😀
Detail from Paestan Red-Figure Fish Plate, 4th c. BCE, attributed to the Binningen Painter
getty.edu/art/collecti...
#CephalopodAwarenessDays

Paestan Red-Figure Fish Plate (happy-looking octopus detail)
attributed to the Binningen Painter
3rd quarter of 4th century BCE
terracotta
6.5 × 26 cm (2 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Paestum, South Italy
Greek (South Italian, Paestan)
Getty Museum Obj. No. 96.AE.240

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Eidolon Playtest @eidolonplaytest.bsky.social · 12h

Physical editions of EIDOLON are now back in stock! If you missed out previously, be sure to grab one now!

www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Eidolo...

www.indiepressrevolution.com

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 13h

The Butlerian Jihad must have sucked for guys who just bought a new computer

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 13h

Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and Umbrella squid (Histioteuthis bonnellii) from Charles d'Orbigny's ‘Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle’ published in Paris, 1847-1849.

I saw this at the American Geographical Society Library.

#WorldOctopusDay #rarebooks #sciart #naturalhistory #animalart

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 8h

Ortiz was absolutely loving this sitting between AROD and Jeter

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 4d

DAAAA YANKEES LOSE

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fen [flame mothist] fox @fenic.moe · 11h

happy lesbian day everyone. please play our game to support me (a lesbian) and the understudy (a moth) (but in a lesbian way)

fen [flame mothist] fox @fenic.moe · 11d

play award winning visual novel moth x flame
cryingrulesactually.itch.io/mothxflame

The Romance of the Moth and the Flame by Crying Rules Actually, FenTheFox, Benn {DoomGender} Ends

MOTH X FLAME

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TruJek @trujek.bsky.social · 15h

Raven Beak Samus 🐦‍⬛

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It's Luke! Over Here Now! @ssjspeedracer.bsky.social · 11h

Bob the Builder: Can we fix it?
The most twisted and evil fucked up 4-year-old of all time: NO WE CAN'T! >:]

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 10h

We say this as someone who adored playing most of the Splinter Cell games, who thinks the Amon Tobin soundtrack to Chaos Theory is a literal masterpiece of mood and tension: damn, the plots to those games are absolutely rancid once you're older than thirteen years old, lmao youtu.be/CjHlfsdeF0w?...

El Cargo

YouTube video by Amon Tobin - Topic

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 13h

A shower curtain that is a screenshot of Ocarina of Time where the text “Water Temple” is on the screen, hung up over a shower.

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Unnamed Cursed Doll - A Jeb @namelesswrench.bsky.social · 13h

Since my wishlist has been completed, if you'd like to give me something for my birthday or support me in general

Unnamed Cursed Doll - A Jeb @namelesswrench.bsky.social · 9d

My rent is paid, so October starts now for my finances.

Of course, disability pretty much runs out immediately once rent is paid, so I'm going into the month on the ropes.

Plus, it's my birthday month. (The 8th!)

So here's the fundraising.

ko-fi.com/jebwrench

Buy Jebwrench a Coffee

Become a supporter of Jebwrench today!

ko-fi.com

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Sid Menon @beamsplashx.wethoughtaboutgames.com · 13h

imagining the movie scene of naming this studio, where one person says "wait... we were SACKed while working on BLACKBIRD... are you thinking what i'm thinking?" and the other person looks at the wall behind their colleague, where there's graffiti of a crow with huge testicles

Gematsu @gematsu.com · 16h

Former The Elder Scrolls Online and Project Blackbird developers establish Sackbird Studios

Sackbird Studios, a Baltimore-based studio made up of staff behind The Elder Scrolls Online and the canceled Project Blackbird, has announced its establishment. It is currently developing an original…

Former The Elder Scrolls Online and Project Blackbird developers establish Sackbird Studios

Sackbird Studios, a Baltimore-based studio made up of staff behind The Elder Scrolls Online and the canceled Project Blackbird, has announced its establishment. It is currently developing an original project for consoles and PC, which it will share more information on "when the game is ready."

www.gematsu.com

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 13h

didn't see you there, sorry

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