Reposted by Andy ChalkRod Breslau @slasher.bsky.social · 17hDeadlock 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 7512102
Reposted by Andy Chalkmerritt @merrittk.com · 10hwe 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 102127325
Reposted by Andy ChalkPC Gamer @pcgamer.com · 12hSome important neck-related news.pcgamer.comNecks added to videogame"...the feedback [on neckless characters] we've consistently got is that people hate them. They hate everything about them." 1181
Reposted by Andy ChalkMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14hActually you did vote for this, dipshit 581438156
Reposted by Andy ChalkJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 15hDo 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. 1213030473
Reposted by Andy ChalkJoshua Wolens @joshuawolens.bsky.social · 19hdid journalism today www.pcgamer.com/games/halo/h... 77023
Reposted by Andy ChalkHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23hMany people are asking.prospect.orgWhy Is Sam Altman a Free Man? - The American ProspectOpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them. 319561
Reposted by Andy Chalkmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes 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! 366882
Reposted by Andy ChalkCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026This 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.nationalobserver.comBradford 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. 4329163
Reposted by Andy ChalkPossum Acquainter @possumacquainter.bsky.social · 23hunfortunately, 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 05414
Reposted by Andy Chalkâpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Residential School denialism is done in the service of white supremacy and they are very, very clear about this link. 212461
Reposted by Andy ChalkCastanet.net @castanet.net · 28/09/2026Kamloops council condemns masked demonstration as act of racism, intimidation #Kamloopscastanet.netKamloops council condemns masked demonstration as act of racism, intimidation - Kamloops News 1133
Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I haven't slept in 33 hours and I'm starting to wonder if it's impacting my work 240
Reposted by Andy ChalkMel Woods @melwoods.me · 28/09/2026Fresh 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...xtramagazine.comThe Democrat turn on trans rights should be a warning to Canadian progressives | Xtra MagazineIn elections across Canada, centre and left-wing politicians can’t let anti-trans arguments set the terms of the conversation 34318
Reposted by Andy ChalkOliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think the government and military *should* be opposed to fascism globalnews.ca/news/1168850...globalnews.caConservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces - National | Globalnews.caFederal 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. 159831
Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Anybody can do games journalism, but only PC Gamer can do THIS:pcgamer.comI have broken GTA 5 by installing so many mods that the game only launches in windowed mode nowWhich I'm taking as a… win? 072
Reposted by Andy ChalkFuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is great! www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...cbc.caCBC/Radio-Canada announces return of Hockey Night in Canada in PWHL partnership | CBC SportsCBC’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... 56419
Reposted by Andy ChalkJason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AI EXECUTIVE (bragging about his product): Using this every day has made me incredibly stupid 123191732
Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A little voice inside my head said "what the fuck" Man, what the fuck 061
Reposted by Andy ChalkBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They just released a mod sponsored by IKEA 321769245
Reposted by Andy ChalkSafe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026unreal what we permit on our roads whilst screaming at politicians to ban e scooters. www.thestar.com/life/autos/r...thestar.comRam’s new 777-horsepower super truck can launch its three-tonne frame to 96 km/h in just 3.5 secondsPriced at $147,990, the 2027 TRX SRT lands at Canadian dealerships this fall with a supercharged V8 and luxury cabin. 1212142
Reposted by Andy ChalkLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 27/09/2026First poll in the wake of Pierre Poilievre's AI rap video shows NDP within 4 pts of displacing Conservatives as 2nd partycultmtl.comNew poll finds support for Conservatives and NDP just 4 points apartAccording to a new EKOS study, the Conservatives and the NDP are now polling at just four points apart, at 22% and 18%, respectively. 2227666
Reposted by Andy ChalkEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 27/09/2026Guy is a walking joke. 87412
Reposted by Andy ChalkProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026Hey, 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. 🧵 19595883515
Reposted by Andy ChalkMarc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Every 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 1030256
Reposted by Andy Chalk𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 - ℑ𝔰𝔢𝔨𝔞𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔐𝔢, ℭ𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫! @therunepony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So 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. 421854973
Reposted by Andy ChalkJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When 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. 0337
Reposted by Andy ChalkLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359691992
Reposted by Andy ChalkEd Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy 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.socialsammatey.substack.comHappy Stanislav Petrov DayTake five minutes to not destroy civilization 252097918
Reposted by Andy ChalkMilitary Unintelligence Expert 🇨🇦 @voltageanddoltage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026CF-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 3555
Reposted by Andy ChalkRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Do we know if being forced to see this video is an accepted criteria for a medically assisted death or 6327926
Reposted by Andy ChalkIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026US once again trying to fuck with usjournaldemontreal.comIngérence étrangère: Ottawa a averti Québec d’une possible tentative américaine d’influencer le voteLa Coalition Avenir Québec a été rencontré par les services secrets canadiens 618245
Reposted by Andy ChalkRobert Borden Stan Account @bordenstan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Remember 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. 26521
Reposted by Andy ChalkMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New — 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:thehandbasket.coI 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. 342510945
Reposted by Andy ChalkDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over 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 6336731431
Reposted by Andy ChalkChris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In conclusion, Alberta is a land of contrasts 0375
Reposted by Andy ChalkMachined Surfaces @machinedsurfaces.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026I 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 2184
Reposted by Andy ChalkLaine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026the free market is an efficient distributor of talent and quality 🥴 0144
Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026lol, eat shit America and this American in particularcbc.caCEO who posted about wearing 'Lake America' sweatshirts to Halifax is no longer CEO | CBC NewsThe 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. 150
Reposted by Andy Chalkℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Canadian 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 59340
Reposted by Andy ChalkSuper Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026static.klipy.comTheodin's Battle Cry: Death!ALT: Theodin's Battle Cry: Death! 1456
Reposted by Andy ChalkCanadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026On 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. 39114
Andy Chalk @andychalk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I know none of this is funny, but this is an extremely funny photo 020
Reposted by Andy ChalkTabatha 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.lrb.co.ukLorna Finlayson | Public PositionsGiven much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, you could be forgiven for thinking that Sheeran had... 12615