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Andy Chalk

@andychalk.bsky.social
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The last of the V8s. PC Gamer news by day, angry about Canadian politics by night. Email me at andy.chalk@pcgamer.com. Got a tip? pcgamer.com/tips

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Rod Breslau @slasher.bsky.social · 17h
Deadlock is about to show the entire industry how you launch a video game. all you need is an infinite amount of time and money to beta test without ever making an announcement, one of the greatest auteurs in game design, and the largest distribution platform on the planet. anyone can do it
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merritt @merrittk.com · 10h
we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone
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PC Gamer @pcgamer.com · 12h
Some important neck-related news.
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Necks added to videogame
"...the feedback [on neckless characters] we've consistently got is that people hate them. They hate everything about them."
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h
Actually you did vote for this, dipshit
Erick Erickson: Talked to a friend whose business has been hit hard by diesel and tariffs. He vented, "I voted for him, but I didn't vote for this." Real frustration out there.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 16h
You first, fuckfaces.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 15h
Do we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity.
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Joshua Wolens @joshuawolens.bsky.social · 19h
did journalism today www.pcgamer.com/games/halo/h...
PC Gamer headline: How every major character in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment would fare if they had to survive the plot of Halo 1
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23h
Many people are asking.
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Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man? - The American Prospect
OpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes the fact that we, as a society, obviously posess all the wealth necessary to not only fix the chronic problems but also have everyone live a life of comfort and plenty, and only don't do that so like, car dealership owners can buy a 60 foot boat instead of a 40 foot boat — bad for the vibes!
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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Possum Acquainter @possumacquainter.bsky.social · 23h
unfortunately, my Honda ignored the guardrails that were CLEARLY installed on the side of the highway. i believe this means it has feelings and is possibly god
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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Residential School denialism is done in the service of white supremacy and they are very, very clear about this link.
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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 28/09/2026
Kamloops council condemns masked demonstration as act of racism, intimidation #Kamloops
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Kamloops council condemns masked demonstration as act of racism, intimidation - Kamloops News
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Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I haven't slept in 33 hours and I'm starting to wonder if it's impacting my work
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 28/09/2026
Fresh off the digital presses from me today in @xtramagazine.com, on Canadian election season and how our progressive parties can actually speak up for trans people instead of staying quiet and letting anti-trans bad actors set the terms of the conversation. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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The Democrat turn on trans rights should be a warning to Canadian progressives | Xtra Magazine
In elections across Canada, centre and left-wing politicians can’t let anti-trans arguments set the terms of the conversation
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think the government and military *should* be opposed to fascism globalnews.ca/news/1168850...
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Conservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces - National | Globalnews.ca
Federal departments and the Canadian Armed Forces must answer by April how many members of anti-fascist groups work for the public service and the military.
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Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anybody can do games journalism, but only PC Gamer can do THIS:
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I have broken GTA 5 by installing so many mods that the game only launches in windowed mode now
Which I'm taking as a… win?
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is great! www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...
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CBC/Radio-Canada announces return of Hockey Night in Canada in PWHL partnership | CBC Sports
CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada is returning for a 90th season this fall after all. But instead of six-plus months of NHL action, the longest-running sports program in the world will air eight prime time...
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Jason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI EXECUTIVE (bragging about his product): Using this every day has made me incredibly stupid
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Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A little voice inside my head said "what the fuck" Man, what the fuck
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They just released a mod sponsored by IKEA
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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
unreal what we permit on our roads whilst screaming at politicians to ban e scooters. www.thestar.com/life/autos/r...
thestar.com
Ram’s new 777-horsepower super truck can launch its three-tonne frame to 96 km/h in just 3.5 seconds
Priced at $147,990, the 2027 TRX SRT lands at Canadian dealerships this fall with a supercharged V8 and luxury cabin.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 27/09/2026
First poll in the wake of Pierre Poilievre's AI rap video shows NDP within 4 pts of displacing Conservatives as 2nd party
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New poll finds support for Conservatives and NDP just 4 points apart
According to a new EKOS study, the Conservatives and the NDP are now polling at just four points apart, at 22% and 18%, respectively.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 27/09/2026
Guy is a walking joke.
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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Every few months we get people extrapolating from a sports clip to determine some guy in the stands needs to get dumped and his wife/girlfriend to upgrade, and every time there's a post-din reveal that says quite a few of you need to touch grass
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𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 - ℑ𝔰𝔢𝔨𝔞𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔐𝔢, ℭ𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫! @therunepony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So this game called "Dverghold" came across my Steam homepage. Interesting retro vibes, apparently collabing with a dungeon synth artist for the OST. The art was kinda tickling my AI-dar though, so I scrolled down to look for any disclaimers.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When Shachi Kurl called Quebec's laws "discriminatory" (the most neutral possible term for them) in a federal leaders debate the federalist parties and their hangers-on in the media rushed to condemn her for crassly cynical reasons, it was gross.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Military Unintelligence Expert 🇨🇦 @voltageanddoltage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CF-188 HEP Phase VII in 2064, every RCAF hornet has been ship of Theseus'd twice over, the F-35 has been retired, the replacement program is mired in scandal
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Do we know if being forced to see this video is an accepted criteria for a medically assisted death or
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
US once again trying to fuck with us
journaldemontreal.com
Ingérence étrangère: Ottawa a averti Québec d’une possible tentative américaine d’influencer le vote
La Coalition Avenir Québec a été rencontré par les services secrets canadiens
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Robert Borden Stan Account @bordenstan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Remember these cranks? Per the articles in the Montreal Journal that came out today, they are now being actively monitored by CSIS and seem to be genuinely trying to meddle in Quebec’s (and presumably Alberta’s) separatist movement.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians. My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:
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I saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see
'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say
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surrogate corpse @consume.red · 25/09/2026
Screenshot of a Tumblr-style reply thread between accounts named "zhuangzi" and "xunzi," each using a traditional ink-portrait avatar: zhuangzi an elderly sage with a long white beard and dark headwear on a cream ground, xunzi a black-bearded man in a dark cap. zhuangzi opens: "while you were jacking off to boobs and ass i was jacking off to masterful use of negative space." xunzi replies: "you can just say hole." zhuangzi answers: "you don't understand anything."
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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In conclusion, Alberta is a land of contrasts
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Machined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
I feel very embarrassed by the fact that if this was in France, 22 parked tractors would cause the whole country to fucking stop functioning until the government was ousted, but in america with all the guns to stop government overreach everybody is too much of a pussy somehow
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Wubbles @wubbwarg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AI comic
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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
the free market is an efficient distributor of talent and quality 🥴
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Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
lol, eat shit America and this American in particular
cbc.ca
CEO who posted about wearing 'Lake America' sweatshirts to Halifax is no longer CEO | CBC News
The Michigan tourist who recently went viral over a Facebook photo where she and three family members appeared to be wearing "Lake America" sweatshirts has parted ways with her employer.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Canadian patriotism and anti-Trump sentiment at an all time high, Canada's premier sporting event, you know there's only one choice for the halftime act: an Alabaman country singer who played Kid Rock's MAGA festival, has lyrics praising Robert E Lee, and promoted an anti-trans Bud Light boycott
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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Theodin's Battle Cry: Death!
ALT: Theodin's Battle Cry: Death!
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 24/09/2026
The absolute deepest of LOLs
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On this day in 1994, The Tragically Hip released their fourth studio album Day for Night. It sold 300,000 copies within four days of its release, went 7x platinum in Canada and reached #1. It is considered one of the best Canadian albums of all-time.
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Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I shouldn't have to be thinking about this shit
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Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I know none of this is funny, but this is an extremely funny photo
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around ‘free speech’ and ‘cancel culture’: whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship.” Excellent short essay in @lrb.co.uk.
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Lorna Finlayson | Public Positions
Given much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, you could be forgiven for thinking that Sheeran had...
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