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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 11h
Yes, switching to Linux sounds scary. But it’s not as hard as you might think, and you don’t even have to fully commit to it. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...
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How to Opt Out of the Major Operating Systems
You can toggle every setting in the world and install two dozen different applications, but there’s no way around the fact that the majority of computers out there come with one of three different
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 07/10/2026
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's the DVD screensaver! 🎨 Greg Nussbaum
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Autumn's right around the corner, so what better way to celebrate than with a pumpkin? Pumpkin Simulator comes to the Nintendo eShop later this month. It's exactly like those fireplace simulators but instead it's a pumpkin.
Autumn's right around the corner, so what better way to celebrate than with a pumpkin?

Pumpkin Simulator comes to the Nintendo eShop later this month. It's exactly like those fireplace simulators but instead it's a pumpkin.
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UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Wiki @inbirthwiki.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Happy birthday to Orie! (October 7th)
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Opening the front camera by accident:
Opening the front camera by accident:
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Ryo Suzuki @ryosuzukiart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yunaka | ユナカ The world needs more art of Yunaka in her casual outfit #FireEmblem #ファイアーエムブレム
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SPOOKYShadz @solvershadz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
world 3-3 singular red snifit my beloved
The only red Snifit in Super Mario Bros. 2 USA.
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Have you seen this? Her name is Snifit, and she's taking over the internet.
Snifit
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 GOOGLE IS KILLING ANDROID FREEDOM. 🚨 This #DiDay we call on you to take action & sign the petition: www.change.org/p/keep-andro... #Android is supposed to be open, & your phone should be yours → NOT GOOGLES. Find out more: tuta.com/blog/android...
Screenshot from Keep Android Open website:

Your phone is about to stop being yours.

92 DAYS UNTIL LOCKDOWN

Starting in 2027*, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by
Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't
registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and
handed over government ID.

Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-
out.
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DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 NINTENDO 1988 NES
Charged up Luigi
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i can't believe this is a legit and not-vandalized page
President (also commonly called Asshole,[1] Scum,[1] or Capitalism[1])
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Steam Hype @steamhype.com · 01/10/2026
Steam Autumn Sale - Find Some of the Best Deals & Tips to Get the Most for Your Money
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Steam Autumn Sale - Find Some of the Best Deals & Tips to Get the Most for Your Money
Site-wide discounts until October 8th
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Art is Human" Anti-AI mural seen in Denman Island, British Columbia
"Art is Human"
Anti-AI mural
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Killed by Google @killedbygoogle.com · 29/09/2026
Let the countdown begin.
Screenshot of Killed by Google website showing the entry for ChromeOS. On the right is a guillotine icon with June 2034 below it. The description reads:

Done for in almost 8 years, ChromeOS was an operating system that powered Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, tablets, and other devices. It will be about 23 years old.
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LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sixteen years of #LibreOffice: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
LibreOffice ballons and icons
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Fluxer @fluxer.app · 27/09/2026
👀 Our Android app is now an early access beta on Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
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riiyu @riiyumy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Pixiv request #AzurLane #アズールレーン
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I just found out you can draw a circle around Bowser
I just found out you can draw a circle around Bowser
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Nintendo Life @nintendolife.com · 26/09/2026
Anniversary: Castlevania Changed The Shape Of Gaming 40 Years Ago
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Anniversary: Castlevania Changed The Shape Of Gaming 40 Years Ago
What is a man?!
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Tuta @tuta.com · 26/09/2026
The has never been a better time to #DEMICROSOFT. With constant AI integrations, unwanted features & price hikes, it truly has become 'Microslop' Luckily, excellent alternatives exist. Make the switch. tuta.com/blog/microso...
App icons of popular Microsoft tools and alternatives. Replace Windows with Linux, Ms 365 with Nextcloud, Outlook with Tuta Mail, Google Calendar with Tuta Calendar and Google Drive with Tuta Drive.
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Waterfox @waterfox.com · 22/09/2026
The return of Live Bookmarks is here! Plus search engines now have their AI features turned off by default (with the option to toggle them back on if you wish) 👇 www.waterfox.com/releases/6.7...
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Waterfox 6.7.4 — RSS returns and AI search controls — Release Notes
RSS feeds and Live Bookmarks are back with new search options to hide AI answers, plus a Windows media overlay toggle and JPEG-XL improvements.
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Remember how far you le gom not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be. Says Skeletor always doing what he can to move forward, even if in the tiniest steps.
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Important PSA from us at Nintendo of America. Shigeru Miyamoto, head producer of titles in the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, was found to have been turned into a cocoon, with a note from him attached to the outside. "This is Miyamoto. In just 9 months I will be a beautiful Miyamoth."
Miyamoto
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026
It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA
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Steam Hype
Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.
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Time Extension @timeextension.com · 14/09/2026
The Industry Is Crashing, but Video Games Aren't Going Anywhere www.steamhype.com/features/the... (via @steamhype.com)
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The Industry Is Crashing, but Video Games Aren't Going Anywhere
The new world struggles to be born
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Duck AI Slop!! @duckaislop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Steam hosted an "Ai Gaming Fest", a free block / ignore list. We've updated our mega spreadsheet too Thread of the games with NO disclosures🧵 included! store.steampowered.com/curator/4628... steamdb.info/sales/event/...
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AI Gaming Festival
Learn how AI being used to games faster than ever, and see some of the games that are being created with the technology.
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雑草 @taitakoiri.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
※エフエフパロ
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A lot of games appeared in the Nintendo Direct! Which ones are you looking forward to?
A lot of games appeared in the Nintendo Direct! Which ones are you looking forward to?
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We made Samus hungry. Can't a girl eat?
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Gematsu @gematsu.com · 09/09/2026
Metroid Ravenous announced for Switch 2 Nintendo has announced side-scrolling action adventure game Metroid Ravenous for Switch 2. It will launch on January 28, 2027.... www.gematsu.com/2026/09/metroid-rav…
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Metroid Ravenous announced for Switch 2
Nintendo has announced side-scrolling action adventure game Metroid Ravenous for Switch 2. It will launch on January 28, 2027.
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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Two weeks after X Corp's legal letter forced the project offline, Nitter says it will continue. itsfoss.com/news/nitter-...
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Tuta @tuta.com · 06/09/2026
Google removed uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store 😡 Long live uBlock Origin! 🥳 This #DiDay, take a look at alternative browsers to Chrome & #DeGoogle?! → Browser alternatives: tuta.com/blog/best-pr... → Degoogle: tuta.com/blog/degoogl...
Screenshot of a tweet, "Google has removed uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store as Chrome finishes its move away from Manifest V2.

Google says Manifest V3 is meant to improve security and privacy, but it also limits how content-blocking extensions can work.

The original uBlock Origin is not dead, It still works on browsers that support Manifest V2, including Firefox, there is also uBlock Origin Lite for Manifest V3, but it has fewer features."App icon of Google Chrome with a red cross, next to rows of different alternative browsers to Google Chrome.
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アズールレーン公式 @azurlane-staff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
【着せ替え】 イラストリアス 彷徨える夜の輝き 「だ~れだ?ふふ、間違えたら……罰として今夜はずっと付き合っていただきますわ~」 次回メンテ後、イラストリアス着せ替え L2D&追加ボイスあり仕様で実装予定! #アズールレーン
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LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
No built-in AI is now a feature of good, private software – not a limitation: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09... #foss #opensource #privacy
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Gematsu @gematsu.com · 03/09/2026
Roguelite action game The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes announced for PS5, Switch 2, and PC Publisher Aiming and developer Team Caravan have announced The Eminence in… www.gematsu.com/2026/09/roguelite-a…
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Roguelite action game The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes announced for PS5, Switch 2, and PC
Publisher Aiming and developer Team Caravan have announced The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes, the first console game based on The Eminence in Shadow anime series. It will launch for PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in 2027. NIS America will publish the game in the west, while Clouded Leopard Entertainment will publish in Asia.
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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 02/09/2026
Reviews aren't there for anyone to agree with! They're not "right" or "wrong", they're one person's thoughts on their experience - a "disagreement" or divergence means that single person thought differently to the reader, and that in itself can be interesting.
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Muekenberger @muekenberger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
アルビオン / Albion 朝餉の妖精郷 #アズールレーン #AzurLane #AzurLaneFanart 詳細・フルバージョンはプロフィールFanboxへ💕
Azur Lane アルビオン / Albion 朝餉の妖精郷 fanart
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DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
WARIO'S WOODS INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS 1994 SNES
Birdo waving
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
$1 available now on the Nintendo eShop for $2
$1
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Sean Jordan | Sharing Great Games You Probably Never Played! @greatestgames.substack.com · 27/08/2026
So I was talking to someone today about why I'm so sour on AI in game development, and I think this requires a little bit of nuance, which BlueSky is TERRIBLE at allowing for. So here's my basic argument in two slides (and a thread to elaborate on it!):
HOW GENERATIVE AI SHOULD (AND SHOULD NOT) BE USED IN GAME DEVELOPMENT

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Potentially Acceptable Uses of GenAI 
(often easily accomplished through other methods)
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Upscaling graphical fidelity
Pattern-matching or adaptation to scale gameplay or input precision to the player’s skill level
Improving enemy AI to be more novel and less predictable
Generating dynamic animations for environments, explosions, etc.
Enhancing procedural generation
Allowing for natural language input to direct a series of actions (e.g. in an adventure game)
Providing a dynamic help system to steer gamers who are lost or stuck
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Very little of the discussion about GenAI is about these sorts of uses in game development.



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Problematic Uses of GenAI
(Often utilized as shortcuts or for cost-cutting)
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Replacing human artists (concept artists, background artists, character artists, texture artists, UI designers, writers, musicians, modelers, riggers, voice actors, sound designers, etc.) for any reason
Replacing scripted content with dynamic content generated by AI tools
Generating on-the-fly assets, objects, items, characters, or other gameplay features
Prototyping (especially since generated assets may wind up in a final build)
User-generated content tools 
Vibe coding of any sort
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Almost all of the purported benefits of GenAI in game development involve these uses.
GENERATIVE AI IS NOT CREATIVE.
IT’S BUILT ON THEFT OF HUMAN CREATIVITY.

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Creativity is a skill you develop, not a chore we need machines to help us overcome.

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There’s no such thing as “democratization of creativity” because the only gatekeepers to being creative are the individuals involved in making things.
Creativity is not about utility or commercial viability – it’s about human expression
Machine tools can help us create new things, but they are not inherently creative
Very few people are creative enough to build something wholly unique – most of us need (and benefit from!) creative collaborators
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GenAI supporters almost always presume creative skills are a simple gap to creating products, not a worthwhile, lifelong professional pursuit


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Creative people get into their line of work because they love it, not because they’re gatekeepers to creative output
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Creative people tend to approach their skills as a way to add to a project, not as a way to enforce their will upon it
Creative people often infuse themselves, their knowledge, their perspectives and their own lived experiences into their contributions
Creative people tend to be very knowledgeable about their skillset and can provide collaborative input about how to make the most of what they have to offer
Creative people working on commercial projects are often concerned about doing the best they can to be collaborators so the project will succeed
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Creative people are often among the lowest-paid staff at any game developer and often have the worst job security and limited opportunities
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Mario Kart World is currently on sale for one dollar more on the Nintendo eShop. Get the best racing game on Nintendo Switch 2 for just $80.99 until August 31st!
Mario Kart World
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hey dude check this out *Region locks you*
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LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#LibreOffice 26.8 is here – with tabbed UI improvements, draft mode in Writer, and better scripting support. (And no built-in AI, of course.) Learn more about the latest update to the private office suite: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
LibreOffice 26.8 banner
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Nooo you cant jsut. You CANT emulate Nintendo Switch games. Im going to get angry. Yuo wont like kt went im big angry Nintendo. Big and red and fuck and angry.
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Gematsu @gematsu.com · 25/08/2026
ANANTA launches January 15, 2027 Free-to-play urban open-world RPG ANANTA will launch for PlayStation 5, PC, iOS, and Android on January 15, 2027, publisher NetEase Games and developer Naked Rain announced.... www.gematsu.com/2026/08/ananta-laun…
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ANANTA launches January 15, 2027
Free-to-play urban open-world RPG ANANTA will launch for PlayStation 5, PC, iOS, and Android on January 15, 2027, publisher NetEase Games and developer Naked Rain announced.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 25/08/2026
Happy Birthday #Linux 🎉🐧 If Linux's story shows us one thing, it's this: Together we can fight for a better internet ✊ #FOSS #OpenSouce Let us know your other favorite open-source solutions in the comments down below 👇
Image shows a man-icon holding a sign saying: We love open sourceImage shows the Linux logo with the caption: Happy birthday Linux
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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 25/08/2026
On August 25, 1991, the Linux kernel was given to the world as a FOSS gift by a young Linus Torvalds. He is the real hero who released the Linux kernel 35 years ago for all of us w/ GNU as userland tools, GCC C/C++ and more. The rest is history. Long live Linux! www.cs.cmu.edu/~awb/linux.h...
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LINUX's History by Linus Torvalds
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If thrown hard enough against a surface Toad makes a honk sound.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 22/08/2026
#Microsoft kills #uBlock Origin. Check out these private browser alternatives: ➡️ tuta.com/blog/best-pr... Which one is your favorite?
Edge Browser app icon next to uBlock Origin app icon and a red thumbs down. Below is text that says "Meanwhile on Firefox..." with a screenshot of The Verge's post, "Microsoft's plan for Edge means that uBlock Origin users are losing one of their browser options" that Firefox reposted and said, "Firefox support for uBlock Origin is not going anywhere."
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