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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Donkey Kong 64 contains unused text that would have referenced the Gold Skulltula sidequest from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as a joke explanation for Donkey Kong not being able to do something.

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HEY, DONKEY, YOU'LL NEED 100 SKULLTILLEYS IF YOU WANT TO RACE ME!
Donkey Kong 64 contains an unused line of text for the seal in Gloomy Galleon where he tells Donkey Kong that he needs "100 Skulltilleys" to race him. This was intended to be used in the game's demo as a joke explanation for why the race cannot be accessed.
This is of course a reference to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, where Gold Skulltulas can be found all over Hyrule. Defeating them produces tokens, 100 of which are needed to lift the curse on a family in Kakariko Village which turned them into spiders.
The spelling "Skulltilleys" instead of "Skulltulas" appears to be an inside reference to the name of Rareware artist Carl Tilley, who worked on this game.
Source: Ferrox, Alley, tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_64/Unused_Text

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Aidan @girambquamb.com · 07/10/2026

you can't just announce a new ween album and a new ape escape on two back to back days, it will convince me I'm living in a simulation

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Seven Eagles, Lyse Kisser @lyses-good-boy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is bad journalism. It cannot be overstated how much harm has been caused by lumping "LLM driven toxic bullshit" in with the traditional understanding of AI as a computer science discipline. The tools and techniques described in this article have nothing to do with LLM-based systems.

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animal crossing pics @goj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Animal Crossing (2001) #ac

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Florence @justflorence.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

what do you MEAN the developers of Cookie's Bustle contacted every person who registered their copy by mail 25 years ago and invited them to a secret Cookie's Bustle party with live music and merch???

A Cookie's Bustle "25th secret event" Cookie Blair bear

A Cookie's Bustle t-shirt, featuring Cookie Blair flying in the air

Musicians playing instruments alongside a mascot of Cookie Blair, a teddy bear girl

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

sega booth, consumer electronics show (1995) www.sonicstadium.org/forums/topic...

grinning/laughing sonic statue, eyes closed, head tilte upwards, arm raised, pointing upwards, welcoming attendees to the sega booth.

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Joy Content 🏳️‍⚧️🐒 @joycontent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

we will not implement assets generated by ai into our games, we will only implement assets generated by ai into our games

"We will not implement assets generated by AI into our games." Capcom said in a March 2026 shareholders meeting. "However, we plan to proactively use it as a contributing technology to improve the efficiency and productivity of the game development process. To this end, we are currently exploring ways to implement it in various areas, including graphics, sound and programming."

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door includes its own fictional language that is a cipher for English. Amusingly, the misspelled "Game Cuve" graffiti from the original version is translated into the new language... but still reads "Game Cuve" when deciphered.

The Nintendo Switch version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door contains an in-universe language used for signs and labels that is a cipher (i.e. a one-to-one symbol conversion) for English.
Textures that were in English or unreadable in the original (left) are translated into the cipher in the remake (right). The remake's poster reads "Wanted" and the signboard reads "Signboard".
A famously misspelled "Game Cuve" graffiti appears in Rogueport in the original.
In the remake, it can be seen through this arch from the back.
Analyzing it reveals that it is still misspelled! The designers deliberately kept the misspelling in the translation.
Here is the key to the cipher used.
Source: research/images by Mario Wiki users "LadySophie17" and "Reese Rivers", mariowiki.com/List_of_fictional_languages

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Mandy Sidebottom @pearlstardust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Inktober #Drawing Today's prompt is Relic, so I went with another #Pokemon fan art of an #illustration card from #artist Yashiro Nanaco. I didn't want to copy it perfectly, just showcase the scene in my style. #Yamask #Relic #hatching #ink #micron #traditonalart #sketch #October

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Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

THE CLANS HEIR IS A TRANS WOMAN (2013) is like Steven Seagal decided to Write/Direct/Star in a love letter to his trans friends, but it looks and feels like every action movie he's made... except Hitoshi Ozawa is way way way way cooler than Seagal.

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LVL?KEN 💀🕘 @ricesnot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Parents will call Crazy Frog "annoying" and "hateful" and then go talk to their babies the exact same way

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

While Mario collects fictional gold coins in his games, Wario in Wario World collects the real-life "American Gold Eagle" official US gold bullion coins (91.67% gold).

Wario with coins as seen in Wario World
Coin texture
"American Gold Eagle" official US gold bullion coin
Source: info: YouTube user @Geibuchan, screenshot taken by Supper Mario Broth

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jenny >:) @miinipah.net · 25/09/2026

somehow never realized in my entire life maps of Hoenn really are rotated from Kyushu until reading the description of this hack I'm crying

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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

don't be shy gen con go ahead. don't be shy pax unplugged go ahead. don't be shy origins go ahead. don't be shy gamehole go ahead. don't be shy gary con go ahead. don't be shy page go ahead. don't be shy breakout go ahead. don't be shy dragon con go ahead.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My wonderful father, who instilled in me the love of computer and comics and weird cartoons, has passed away. Any support you could give to help our family would be appreciated. gofund.me/a724331e4

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Donate to Help William Florence's Family With Farewell Costs, organized by T. Florence

We are heartbroken at the passing of William Florence at the age of 7… T. Florence needs your support for Help William Florence's Family With Farewell Costs

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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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laney @saltmalk.in · 23/09/2026

every time I feel the need to make my art more palatable I channel my inner bjork

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Mandy Sidebottom @pearlstardust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#Pokedex # 11 #Metapod! I think I've been at this challenge for long enough that I should at least focus on finishing the first generation. Let's get it done before the end of the year! #sketch #drawing #Pokemon #ink #hatching #crosshatching #artist #artsky #traditionalart #cartoon #gen1 #bug

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 20/09/2026

I would simply like to live my quiet little life as a trans woman and buy fruit and sing and walk my dog and wave to my neighbors and watch movies and use restrooms without being the subject of a culture “war” where both political parties agree I’m a disgusting freak who doesn’t deserve civil rights

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Ash @fishyash.com · 21/09/2026

Friendly reminder that Duolingo was initially concieved to trick people into translating articles for free, which they later used as training data for MTL algorithms. Duolingo's primary purpose has NEVER been about teaching you a language, even from the start! slate.com/technology/2...

If it doesn’t charge users and, so far, doesn’t serve them any ads, how does Duolingo make money? It tricks you into working as an unpaid translation service. At the end of some lessons, Duolingo will ask you if you want to practice by translating a real-world document. Which will turn out to be, say, a BuzzFeed article. By melding together enough stabs at this task from high-level Duolingo users, the app can render a surprisingly accurate translation. Which is worth good money. So far, Duolingo has contracts with BuzzFeed and CNN to translate stories from English into languages such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese. This service is already earning Duolingo hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but von Ahn predicts he will be adding a raft of new clients soon. “The language translations market is huge,” he says. “It’s a $30 billion per year market.”

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湯耶 @13903-yuya02.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ダクソ15周年おめでとう〜！🍄

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In the prototype version of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario and Luigi would have needed to electrocute a living mouse for all eternity to solve a puzzle. This was changed in the finished version to a toy mouse, likely due to the original being absurdly cruel.

In the finished version of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, there is a puzzle in the Woohoo Hooniversity basement whereby an electric circuit must be completed using mechanical toy mice as conductors:
Mario must fill himself with water, which Luigi shoots out with a hammer to push the mouse into the circuit, completing it:
After this, for the rest of the game, going back to that room shows the mouse continuing to be electrocuted as it is now permanently part of the circuit.
This is completely fine since the mouse is a toy.
However, in the prototype version of the game, the mice are clearly living animals, being shown to eat cheese when they stop moving:
Now, Mario and Luigi are completing an electric circuit by electrocuting a real animal.
This means that for the rest of the game, the circuit is completed via the mouse's body, meaning it is a real animal being electrocuted eternally.
The cruelty of this is so absurd that it was likely removed for this reason.
Source: tcrf.net/Proto:Mario_%26_Luigi:_Superstar_Saga/Early_Sprites/Map_Graphics_and_Objects,
YouTube user @Skawo, youtube.com/watch?v=lloE59IWN4c

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Super Mario Sunshine debug room contains a seemingly unassuming barrel that will become extradimensional if Mario slides into it. The barrel will appear to be superimposed onto reality like a PNG badly edited into the image.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In Super Mario Advance 2, a "pink Mario head replica" object can be created, which will sit on the ground and mimic Mario's head (except in pink). It does nothing when touched, but will give a power-up when eaten.

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Mandy Sidebottom @pearlstardust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Pokedex # 147 #Dratini! I went with my own pose since it's a simpler #Pokemon design. Definitely one of my favorite #dragon types! #sketch #drawing #traditionalart #artsky #hatching #cartoon #lineart #cute

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"I am for the dignity and safety and equal rights of trans people everywhere. Fuck you. The end." "I do not believe you care about this issue. You are lying. In fact you're a straight up weirdo for fixating on kids' genitals so much. That is odd behavior. Let kids run around with their friends."

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I do not believe you care about this

You are lying

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames, the player can "trust Wario" to provide a name. Most of them are insults and nicknames, but a few are regular names. It is possible that a child actually named Louie or Rufus may have gotten frightened by Wario somehow knowing his name.

In WarioWare. Inc.: Mega Microgames, pressing the R button during the player name entry will prompt the player to "Trust Wario" to provide a name.
As expected from Wario, most of the possible suggestions are going to be insulting the player. ("Dork")
Angel
Babe
Baldu
Bean
Bro
Champ
Cutey
Jiffy
Dweeb
Louie
Eazy
Fizz
Fudge
Hippo
Geek
Jumbo
Rufus
Korny
Loser
Macho
Moldy
Mugsy
Noseu
Orca
Pixie
Ramen
Roach
Slob
Stink
However, two of them happen to be regular names*, so that a player who happens to actually be named Louie or Rufus may become startled that the game somehow knew his name.
It is possible this has actually happened to some unfortunate children.
There are 30 possible suggestions, most being insults or funny words, with some being regular nicknames like "Bro" or "Champ".
*Note that Angel or other words from the list may also be names, but they are also dictionary words. A player named Angel would likely be less startled as it is more plausible for it to be included as a random noun instead.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Wrinkly Kong has always been wrinkly. However, for decades, her Donkey Kong Country 3 artwork was not available in a high enough resolution to see just how wrinkly she was. In 2025, Nintendo Music finally revealed it in a quality high enough to truly see the immense wrinkliness of her skin.

Cranky Kong's wife, Wrinkly Kong, was first introduced in Donkey Kong Country 2. True to her name, her skin was wrinkled, though not much more than Cranky Kong's.
In Donkey Kong Country 3, her skin texture was updated, but no artwork was published in high enough resolution to truly see the extent of her wrinkliness.
In January 2025, a Wrinkly Kong playlist was added to Nintendo Music. While the thumbnail for it is small when viewed in the app, extracting the source image shows it is in a higher resolution than any version of her Donkey Kong Country 3 artwork ever published. This allows the immense wrinkliness of her skin to finally be seen in detail. Every millimeter of her skin is covered with deep creases that resemble a topological map, or an undulating liquid surface.
Source: spriters-resource.com user "FridayFunkGaming291", spriters-resource.com/mobile/nintendomusic/asset/599010

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It is possible to use a The Legend of Zelda cartridge to unlock the world selection option in Super Mario Bros., by swapping the cartridges without turning off the NES and performing specific actions in The Legend of Zelda before swapping back.

How to use The Legend of Zelda to unlock a world selection option in Super Mario Bros.
First, start up the Super Mario Bros. cartridge. This is necessary to set memory address 07FF to the value A5. TLOZ will not overwrite it, and SMB will need it to be A5 later.
Cartridge swap Super Mario Bros. to The Legend of Zelda. Do not turn off the power, instead just swap the cartridges and use Reset to make the console start the new game. TLOZ will be used to write a specific value to memory.
Start a new file and buy the blue candle.* You will need literally no other item, just the 60 rupees to buy it.
This is used to access the Level 8 dungeon. *Go right one screen, up two screens, and right six screens from the start to find the shop that sells it.
With the blue candle, open up Level 8**, and go to the room directly left of the entrance. This sets memory address 07FC to 20, which unlocks the level select in SMB.
**Go left one screen and down one screen from the blue candle shop and burn the conspicuous single tree.
Cartridge swap back to Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. will look for A5 at 07FF, which it set itself earlier, and 20 at 07FC, which The Legend of Zelda just set, to unlock the level select.
Now, pressing B on the title screen will cycle through all worlds, allowing you to start the game on any of them, e.g. World 8-1. This would normally be accessed by beating the game, but this trick bypasses it.
For more details and an in-depth explanation, please see the video by YouTube user @MrCheeze at youtu.be/Ie_gyHG8hAU

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Cirice's Grave @ciricegray.itch.io · 06/09/2026

New study on transgender women hiring discrimination paints an incredibly bleak picture. If you can't stealth and don't pass your callbacks plummet 32% This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel

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The Cost of Being Seen: Identity, Non-Passing Appearance, and Hiring Discrimination Against Transgender Women

This paper examines whether hiring discrimination against transgender women arises from gender identity, non-cisnormative appearance, or their interaction. In a

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Gwen @gwenlionhart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My friend made a movie! And it's now available to rent 🙌 Support and watch this fantastic independent passion project 💕🎥🍿🎬 #film #letterboxd #indie

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i'm alice @heyimheroic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This Mii, Matt, was created today, 20 years ago. He first appeared in Wii Sports which released just a few months after. We can tell exactly when he was created by datamining his file in Wii Music: August 30th, 2006, at 4:24 AM.

screenshot of Matt (Wii) in Wii Sports as the champion of boxing

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

2002 Super Mario Sunshine promotion on Nintendo's official Australian site, featuring a floating Mario head voiced by Charles Martinet talking about how excited he is to "come down under next weekie" and to be "upside down in Australia".

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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ahahaha get fucked loser

An article titled "Anti-Trans Dem Seth Moulton Loses Senate Primary to Outspoken Trans Ally Ed Markey in a Landslide"

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Dani Fiend 👹 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is how it’s done

In April 2023, Wachowski told Them in an interview that one of the focuses of the current phase of her career was mentoring up-and-coming trans talent.
Calling mentorship a "means of resisting empire," she added, "Mentorship, and the connectivity it creates, disarms empire and capitalism by bringing us together as part of the same fabric."

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Esper Quinn 💠 @esper.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

if any trans person wants to learn audio/video editing, I can probably get you going in like a one hour discord call. I can’t find you work, but I can tell you how to do what I do. Message me and we’ll figure it out.

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Mandy Sidebottom @pearlstardust.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#Sketch #doodle #cartoon #jerboa It's day 4 of having a migraine that won't quit, but in the mornings it feels better enough that I can draw. A friend shared a video about the desert rodent, Jerboa! I had to draw one! #cute #ink #traditionalart #drawing #rodent #mouse #micron

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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 21/08/2026

"If trans people want a boycott of The New York Times, where's the call to do so?" Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.

transnews.network

Boycott The New York Times

For years The New York Times has relentlessly pushed anti-trans propaganda, playing a significant role in the escalating genocide against us. It's far past time for a call to action: anyone who cares ...

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Pal @palind.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Bringing this one from the other website Homie moving like a Treasure Co. Ltd boss from 1993

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Shirt given out to Nintendo of America employees involved in 2001 manufacturing operations. While the screaming Luigi is referencing Luigi's Mansion being released that year, the logo inadvertently makes it look like 2001 manufacturing operations was a harrowing or frightening experience.

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Seerlight @seerlight.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Kingdom Hearts When you walk away... 🥲 #Kingdomhearts #kh4

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maud @peloriemate.net · 18/08/2026

this is the rpg mode of puyo box ps1 for the curious. its good. this is how arle opens doors in it

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A memorable moment in Super Paper Mario is the "many Dimentios" room in Chapter 8-3. Oddly, the Dimentios do not despawn when they are defeated. Instead, they fall into the void below the stage, where they remain frozen in pain forever.

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