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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Toejam &Earl for the Sega Genesis. Turns out even 8-year-old me loved roguelites.

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT RTs HUGELY APPRECIATED 🏌🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏌️‍♀️⛳🛺 This is *Really Illegal Golf* It's essentially Metal Gear Golf with Friends. Really. - Multiplayer stealth golf - Dodge security, stay alive, and sink that putt - Free multiplayer demo available right now store.steampowered.com/app/4115520/...

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Canada's 2027 debut is concrete proof that the only true path to EU membership is participating in Eurovision.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If the proposed slow down in AI development by frontier labs ends up restricting access to open weight models instead of focusing on the guardrails and penalties for not keeping track of your swarm of AI agents then we’ll know this was all about their IPOs.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

AI nerd: "We call it 'the suicide machine'. It steals everything from everyone and then it destroys humanity." Normal person: "Why would you build that? We should turn it off." Nerd: "No, we put the whole economy inside. Your house is a data center now. That dancing robot dog just killed your mom"

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Why are neo-nazis just the biggest babies

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This will continue until someone faces consequences. If I was caught doing this, I'd face a minimum of 5 years in prison. Someone made this possible, someone decided this was an acceptable risk, and so someone should serve time in jail. Preferably the CEO.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Alright sickos, you've been posting trolley problem memes for years. If AI is an existential threat, maybe it's time to pull the lever.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I worked at a junk mail factory. At the end of a 40' printing press the size and loudness of a locomotive, there were three jobs that were cheaper to keep human - a picker to grab the bundle of mail, a tie-er to bind it with string, and a packer to put it in a USPS bin.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have a foolproof solution to this. If there are no operators for these bots which can be held accountable, then hold the executives of their creator companies accountable. Hacking is a criminal offense, and the minute Altman faces 20-to-life for wire fraud these incidents will cease.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew" by Dr. Seuss. Like most of his books it's full of whimsy and charm, but its core lesson (you can't outrun your problems, you need to face them head-on) is probably responsible for 90% of the success I've had in life.

The cover art for I Had Trouble in getting to Solla Sollew, showing the main character on a one-wheeled cart being pulled by a weird yellow camel over an impossibly bumpy landscape

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton did what literally no techbro billionaire would even think of doing: filling her life with good deeds that make people mourn her when she dies. Not one of these assholes would even think of this, they are all right now completely and honestly baffled by the outpouring of love for her.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If there is a single metric for predicting success regardless of class, it's childhood literacy. Dolly is the closest we will ever see to a secular saint; the world dims in her absence, but shines with her legacy.

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hilkojj @hilkojj.nl · 19/08/2026

Pave Paradise, and put up Car Parks soon!! 🚨 Car Park Capital launches into Early Access on October 9! store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/... Watch the brand new trailer, share it with friends, and wishlist! Big thank you for all the support over the years! 🙏

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Some astonishing numbers in here: -OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes -OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026 -To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years -33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI -5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value

prospect.org

Bubble Trouble

An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This reminds me of a fantastic quote from Thongchai Winichakul: "The map was a model for, rather than a model of, what it purported to represent."

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We're often told that capitalism and market liberalisation are closing the gap between rich and poor countries, and the old colonial inequalities are fading. Is it true? We explored this question in a new paper, just published in NPE. Buckle up for some interesting results! 🧵

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Real development in the South requires gaining sovereign control over resources and production, using state-led industrial policy - that much is clear...

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

if you don't support trans people you aren't human

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is the point. This is why the opposition doesn't support Medicare for All. This is by design.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Lady takes a surprise left, drives for a bit, then turns around and goes home.

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dwarf fortress bugs @dwarffortressbugs.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

[0010895] Cannibalism and leathermaking with sentient skin impossible even with appropriate ethics.

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Super Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Lindsey Graham died a disgrace.

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paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

it’s very weird that a bunch of guys went all in on “this kinda grimy philanderer is the kind of lefty politician we need” when one of the most popular and visible lefty electeds is a suit-wearing wife guy

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

B.J.M.C. - Bonjour Monsieur Courbet, by Georg Baselitz, 1965, 📸 by @MaddieMMeyer

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dwarf fortress bugs @dwarffortressbugs.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

[0008890] Lock 4 puppys in a room and the FPS goes down substantially

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The Republican Party wants to appoint government bureaucrats to inspect *your* child's genitals. This policy is insane and evil, and wholly expected from the party of Epstein.

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batkaren @batkaren.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Stop undressing me with your eyes—you’re getting cornea juice all over the fucking place.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

*Said in a slightly ominous New Jersey accent*

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Looking forward to this week’s Iran deal

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Ryan McDiarmid @ryanmcdiarmid.com · 15/06/2026

She’s playing Girllum, the Girl Gollum.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/06/2026

There should be less fast travel actually.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I'm gonna get drunk and eat tripe and enjoy a beautiful sunset.

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Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Hey #PitchYaGame! Mythmatch is a Greek myth anti-capitalist merge game with a heartfelt story. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from The Guardian! 98% Positive on Steam! 🐐 Merge the items 💪 Unite the people 🏠 Make a home store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I wonder if Jamiroquai ever got out of that room...

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I will never stop finding it hilarious that Americans can't be trusted with a "Close Door" button in their elevators.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I get that techbros are prudish cowards that faint at the thought of the sight of a shadow of a nipple, but even for that crowd, this update is extreme.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This is great and I won’t trust any politician who doesn’t articulate some version of it.

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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

if you're feeling down about genAI please remember that it is a) intensely unpopular b) immensely unprofitable c) being propped up by people who NEED it to succeed, will spend any amount to create an illusion of a win but still keep failing and leaving the people they work with caked in shit

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dwarf fortress bugs @dwarffortressbugs.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

[0011851] Night Trolls can get Divorced, spouses can marry others and have normal children

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I don't write much, but as a reader I find AI assisted writing tedious and bland (at best). It's fine for coropo-speak and disposable boilerplate, but for prose that means something it can never match a talented human.

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Ali Gundam @aligundam.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

If unionizing wouldn't work why do companies spend so much time and money to try to stop people from doing it?

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 28/05/2026

Something similar will emerge around AI where the onus is once again placed on individual responsibility and personal choice, rather than structural and systemic regulation and accountability.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

“In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire job was to listen to volunteers. Most of the people they fired were union organizers” medium.com/@jakeorlowit...

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Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia

TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…

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