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Tred @tredlocity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Cartoon wolves used to be horny for human women. But now human women are horny for cartoon wolves. The reason? Woke.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 20h

Newgrange totally lived up to my expectations. Incredible experience.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 22h

We went to an American restaurant in Ireland. This place was the most stereotypical American chain restaurant I've seen. Really puts a mirror up to us.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The National Gallery of Ireland and the Irish History museum are both fantastic. And the buildings they're in are equally amazing.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I had no problem understanding people in Ireland and thought other Americans were stupid for struggling with the Irish accent...until I went to Northern Ireland. I had multiple people in shops and restaurants ask me a question and I genuinely didn't understand a single word.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is it weird to say the thing I wanted to see most in the town of Derry was this mural?

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

if you give me an opportunity to talk about how good shadow generations is, you know I'm gonna take it

Sonic has toed an interesting line here, taking big (and oftentimes only partially successful) swings with 3D entries like Sonic Frontiers and, less recently, the reviled Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) while never straying too far from its 2D roots by releasing smaller games like Sonic Mania. Sonic X Shadow Generations recently pulled all these threads together, including both 3D and 2.5D levels and functioning as both a remaster of one game (Sonic Generations) and the debut of what is unequivocally the best Sonic game of modern times (Shadow Generations).

The road to arrive at this point has been bumpy, but if we keep getting games as good as Shadow Generations out of the deal, I say let Sonic Team cook. However, Iizuka doesn’t plan to leave fans of the classics entirely in the lurch.

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think this is true in large part because humans going outside and spending uninterrupted time around each other—remembering that life can be so much better than this—is tech’s only real competition

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Brian Altano @brianaltano.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Still have a few more projects going up before my last day at IGN this Friday. All of them really special to me. One of them a 44 minute long conversation with legendary artist and director @realgdt.bsky.social. Hope you all enjoy this! I'm really proud of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgCM...

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Aran Islands are fascinating. Incredible history.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's very difficult (and very thankless) to tell people not to panic when everything is in fact very awful, but panic is never a good organizing model, persuasion tactic, or personal outlook. It's good for content creation in an algorithmic feed but that's kind of it.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Almost every restaurant, pub, and hotel buffet in Ireland has had soda bread available. I haven't had Irish soda bread since I was a kid. My mom would make it quite often.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Galway is a beautiful city

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James GHOULizio 👻 @theswweet.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

The council has decided your fate.

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GG TRIBUNE @ggtribune.com · 28/09/2026

OPINION: I Think the Stuff You Like Sucks Because We Need the Clicks buff.ly/hIBMmNF

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025)

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

you’re not a true james bond fan unless you know both of the words to the james bond theme song

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Cliffs of Moher are genuinely impressive but after seeing the Kerry Cliffs yesterday they are a bit of a let down

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Only fans of the cult classic PS3 jrpg "Folklore" will enjoy this reference.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Ring of Kerry is absolutely fantastic. We got incredibly lucky with the weather however.

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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Maybe if I just stand here, nobody will notice.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Muckross Abbey is cool as hell. Ruins of a former Abbey. Big, spooky cemetery. Giant, ancient yew tree growing in the courtyard. What a place.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 26/09/2026

Nothing is ever allowed to change

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kilkenny is a small town with a big castle and big cathedral.

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dublin is not what I expected it to be. But what it is is pretty nice. Livier, busier, prettier, and more impressive at the same time.

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oblivion.txt @oblivion-txt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I hope things get better.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Flight got cancelled out of Iceland so had to reroute to London for a night before getting to Dublin. Making the most of it.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Activision is making the next Halo??

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Probably FFIX, Spyro the Dragon, or Chrono Trigger.

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Cedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Every innovation and change in business these days is either: We took this product you like and turned it into a subscription We took this subscription you begrudgingly pay and added some ads We took these ads you found annoying and found more ways to find you

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Driving through Iceland is like driving through a new, different desolate wasteland every 20 minutes.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gullfoss is a hell of a waterfall. I think they filmed the opening of Prometheus here.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

After a stressful week of trying to get everything done at work I am finally off for 2 weeks in iceland and Ireland!

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A bunch of cool as hell 2D animated movies

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Control Resonant reviews are all over the place. I kinda love when that happens. Seems Remedy made something fairly unexpected.

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Watching the Psychodyssey documentary for the first time and it's so wild how different the early levels are compared to what they ended up being in Psychonauts 2. I'm glad I didn't watch this during actual development. I like the hindsight view of things.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Paramore’s Haley Williams adds acts that dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with @macklemore to her pre-show playlist 🎵 www.instagram.com/p/DdYmKSTDRC...

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This disturbs me so much...

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This whole thread makes me feel like my scalp is on fire. I feel like some of us have been shouting the bolded part here for years and they just tweeted it out (in court).

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Ben @bjk394.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well, at least they know exactly what they are doing. And seemingly don't care.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18/09/2026

Oh it’s Reacher, the largest man I have ever seen by quite some measure. Well, time to fight him one on one for some reason

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