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House House @househouse.com · 15h

An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox

Regarding Xbox

In June 2026 we announced that the release of Big Walk would be limited to computers, Switch 2 and PS5. Since then, we have received many messages and comments, asking about a future Xbox release. We would like to address those questions here:

We have made the decision not to release Big Walk on Xbox, in accordance with the Palestinian-led BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement’s call to boycott Microsoft, and their designation of Microsoft Games (and Xbox) as a priority boycott target. If you need help understanding our motives, we would recommend reading about why Microsoft is a BDS priority target, the successes this kind of pressure has already had on Microsoft, and especially, watching this great introductory piece by People Make Games.

It has always been our intention for Big Walk to be played by groups of friends, and we know that keeping the game off Xbox runs counter to those intentions. This decision means that some people will miss out on playing Big Walk with their friends, and we understand the disappointment we’re causing. We are disappointed too.

We would love for people to be able to play the game on Xbox, but not until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets.

We’ve made this decision with the belief that meaningful change can be made in the world, that coordinated collective action can confront even the most powerful interests, and that one day, Palestine will be free.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
House House

(see bigwalk.game/xbox for links)

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15h

Really makes you wonder what the FSB got on Elon when he got blackout drunk trying to buy Russian rockets in Moscow in 2002.

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Seattle Indivisible @seattleindivisible.bsky.social · 19h

King county drop boxes are open! Ballots are in the mail. If you don't have yours by Monday, October 19, give KCElections a call at 206-296-VOTE

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration posted more political ads on the official White House YouTube Monday, appearing to defy a court order that blocked the ads from being aired, pro-democracy groups told a federal court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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More Trump propaganda videos posted to YouTube despite court order

The Trump administration posted more political ads on YouTube, appearing to defy a court order that blocked the ads from airing.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026

Tapper: "How worried are Republicans about Paxton losing? Well, we've apparently reached a brand new campaign stage where the VP is insinuating that the Texas Democratic Senate nominee, James Talarico, is gay ... not exactly the sign of a party convinced they can win on their record or ideas"

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Natalie's going to take out this competition like Tanya Harding

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/10/2026

Holy shit. Rick Jackson didn’t just duck a debate with Keisha Lance Bottoms. He left her debating an empty podium. And the moderator made damn sure everyone knew it. Moderator Jeff Hullinger: “Mayor Bottoms, you may now ask a question to your opponent represented by the empty podium.”

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Yes, throw it on the pile of other abuses of power that no one does anything to stop. Dems better have the spines to do something about all this once we retake power...

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Can the firing squad at least be circular?

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Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🛶🙅‍♀️🤵👍

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So. Much. Economic Anxiety.

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Narrator: "These are the last people he ever wants to touch his ballroom floor."

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 24/09/2026

Eight Navy members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted suicide since the beginning of their extended deployment, a top Navy official says in a letter obtained by NBC News.

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8 Navy members attempted suicide on the USS Lincoln during extended deployment, military official says

The ship, which supported the U.S. war with Iran, was at sea for nearly 300 days without a port call.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 22/09/2026

Xbox lays off more workers, combines studios aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-h...

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

in a week that saw microsoft give activision the reins to halo and bungie pivot back to destiny, one thing has become abundantly clear: the people in charge do not have a long-term, overriding plan. they’re just reacting. the result, when times are bad, is chaos

"Things are still very chaotic," a current id Software employee who was granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly told Aftermath. "While there has been an attempt to communicate to the studios, it is still entirely in bullshit corporate speak. I still don't believe they have a clear vision for the future. The only concrete thing they have communicated is they want higher profits, and they want it now. Aggressive goals are being set that would have been unrealistic even before the layoffs. ... To say the workers within Xbox have a dim view of the future is putting it mildly. We keep thinking morale can't sink lower but the obvious incompetence of Xbox management somehow keeps driving it down worse."
This mirrors shifts in strategy that have come to dominate the still-new Sharma era, including others outlined Tuesday. Rare is joining Activision, Turn 10 and Playground are fusing, and—most gallingly, considering their history—Obsidian is being folded into Bethesda to work on Fallout instead of its own original series. As with the previous round of layoffs, details betray Microsoft's haphazard approach: A Halo developer got promoted and laid off in the same week. Gears of War: E-Day's story director is out of a job days after celebrating that the game had gone gold. Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, now without a buyer after a brief glimmer of hope, is once again on the chopping block.
All of this betrays a simplistic mindset that does not accurately reflect the reality of game development: People are disposable, studios are interchangeable, and series can be traded like sports teams. Nothing matters more than franchises and their money-printing prowess. Unless, evidently, you are Hideo Kojima, in which case Microsoft suddenly has money to burn.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 22/09/2026

Nothing will ever be enough for these people.

Microsoft gross profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2026 was $60.482B, a 15.36% increase year-over-year.
Microsoft gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2026 was $225.465B, a 16.28% increase year-over-year.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2026 was $225.465B, a 16.28% increase from 2025.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2025 was $193.893B, a 13.38% increase from 2024.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2024 was $171.008B, a 17.09% increase from 2023.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 21/09/2026

Tragic: Former Fox News producer unalives herself after being unable to get justice against accused rapist, ex-Fox anchor Ed Henry and the network. RIP Jennifer Eckhart.

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Former Fox News producer Jennifer Eckhart dies by suicide at 36

Jennifer Eckhart, 36, was found at her home in Hobe Sound, Florida, on Saturday, with TMZ subsequently reporting that she had taken her own life.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In Russian-occupied Donetsk, a local mom complained about the horrible conditions the city is living in under Russian occupation. Soon afterwards, local authorities tracked her down, interrogated her and forced her to apologize on camera.

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Middlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If $5,000 makes you want to vote for the GOP after all the shit they have put us through, you’re stupid!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A minor detail is missing from the headline.

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Tim Sparks @timsparksgames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If we are to have leadership positions in the workplace. there should be a constant emphasis that the people ‘under you’ are human beings with homes, family, pay rent for survival. The smallest reprimand is amplified. Youre not just threatening their job. youre threatening their life. #gameindustry

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 11/09/2026

Did James David Vance translate this from the original German?

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

When we remake this country after we wrestle power away from the zealots and billionaires, one thing I'd like to see is the end of unending campaigning. I want to be done with constant donation messages and posturing. Spend time actually legislating instead of phone banking, ffs!

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Part of healing after all this better be having a drone operator fly the Qatari Bribe One into the side of a mountain. Don't just disassemble it, it's got to be elaborate

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Lol Apple can fuck right off with this shit

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The best we can hope for is a heart attack on live TV

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her school

Norman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine.

Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

UAE ruler bin Zayed warned Netanyahu that Sinwar was planning an operation against Israel over a week before October 7th www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

But this time, the call initiated by bin Zayed was unusual. A week and a half before October 7, 2023 the Emirati ruler called Netanyahu from the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi and spoke with him for 45 minutes. In that conversation, bin Zayed warned that Hamas' leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, was planning a major operation against Israel. Bin Zayed expressed concern that the event in question would not only lead to bloodshed but also destabilize the entire region and undermine the Abraham Accords. Three foreign senior sources are familiar with the contents of the conversation, the existence of which is revealed here for the first time. Its disclosure is the result of extensive research based on dozens of sources in Israel and worldwide, including very senior officials, as well as recordings, internal documents and correspondence. The research was conducted for the new book "Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment" (Kinneret Zmora Publishing, in Hebrew) by the authors of this article.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is what karma looks like.

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My wedding anniversary is fast approaching. I thought about getting my wife one of those bird feeders with a camera in it, but the last thing we need is another flock camera in the wild.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.

The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

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Just Keep Swimming: Dory and Nemo

Alt: Just Keep Swimming: Dory and Nemo

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Trump announces War on Christmas. And Thanksgiving. And Easter. And Labor Day. And President's Day. And MLK Jr D- wait, no, he was always at war with that one...

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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 01/09/2026

These whistleblower allegations are extraordinary. If Trump Administration officials knowingly built a system designed to prevent Americans from receiving their ballots, that is not election security. It is a betrayal of our Constitution and the American people.

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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

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Bill Rosas @billrosas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

You just know that motherfucker wants to use nukes.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When I woke up, both NYT & WaPo front pages had Driscoll headline Army secretary submits resignation to Trump after repeated clashes with Hegseth Right next to the Bunker-Ballroom headline Supreme Court clears way for White House ballroom construction to continue I worry elections aren't enough

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'd only be worried about a Trump coup if... a) They fired all the professional generals and replaced them with loyal hacks b) They brought Nat'l Guard troops from pro-Trump states into DC until 1/20/29 c) Trump was building a massive bunker with drones next to the White House wait a minute...

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

ICE flights are the same as the trains that took human beings to Nazi death camps. They are the same thing.

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