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I gave Braid an A+ back in my press days. I spent 100s of hours working on The Witness at PlayStation, fighting for it, getting it into conferences, and being Jon's personal wrangler. I even coined "Metroidbrainia" after it. I will not be buying Order of the Sinking Star, and neither should you.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs

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Sixo | Transformers @sixotf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Let's be real here: "Be strong enough to be gentle" is an all-timer of a mantra that many more people should take heed of

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"The matchmakers also puzzled over the Ivy League-educated economist who said he wants to date only women who are thin, have large breasts and are fluent in Mandarin, but who should not have any artistic hobbies or talents. He had been unable to fully articulate why." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/w...

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Forty First Dates and Still Searching

Joseph Pascaretta has spent roughly $65,000 on high-end matchmaking services. Will it help him find the love of his life?

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Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

There’s a guy on TikTok who posts just him taking a pizza out of the oven every day with tongs and all of the comments are about how their day is ruined from having watched this

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

THE $168 BILLION WAS TAKEN ILLEGALLY AND THE GOVERNMENT DIDN’T WANT TO GIVE IT BACK. Kill me I’ve wasted my life.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

whatever you think about hunter biden (and i really don’t care either way), he’s been through it. this is excellent.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I think we can see the playbook for this year's midterms.

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The president is a liar. He lies constantly & without hesitation. His lies about American elections are among his most dangerous b/c they are meant to convince a susceptible public that democratic outcomes cannot be trusted. They are antidemocratic lies in service of holding onto power. He’s a liar!

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I think the problem with the Rock is that the Rock still thinks he’s really cool while John Cena realized that he’s a ridiculous human being and did interesting things with that and Batista realized he was a ridiculous human being and decided to become Daniel Day Louis

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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 28/06/2026

Been talking about this theme a lot with folks recently: The current administration has robbed us of what should have been an amazing year for a beautiful and wholesome sort of patriotism Celebrating our 250th with the world watching us during the World Cup could have been magnificently special

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Djinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Idk, maybe it's just me slowly pupating into a beautiful old man butterfly, but when people say things feel "off" now, this is kinda what i'm talking about. this is just really shocking stuff, and if you said it even during the Bush II admin, you would be out of politics, out of a job, etc.

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Brian Hargrove @turfmasta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

this is a masterpiece in 90's piracy design

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The TIMING on this is also disgusting, like someone glanced at Twitter, saw Destiny trending, and didn't look at anything else past that.

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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Mechanism and updated prediction for the epic fail of Lincoln Memorial Bioreactor's polyurea coating! First chemistry, then physics It was sprayed in big sections. In addition to pool edges, failure will concentrate at the OVERLAP SEAMS between sections because they likely barely bonded at all. 1/x

section of blue-tinted Rhino Pipeliner 5000 polyurea coating of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that's peeled off the surface and is bobbing in the puce-colored water

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

There's a moment in Spirited Away I talk about almost every talk I give. Chihiro puts on her shoes & runs to the next scene. There is no technical, budget, or business reason this should be so lovingly specific. It ONLY costs money and ""wastes"" time to see her tug on the heel and tap her toes

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 25/06/2026

babe wake up, new right-wing pander brand just dropped

BOLD DRINKS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE AMERICA.
Our first drop is almost here.
Drink Conservatively is launching with MAGArita Classic Lime - a premium agave spirit cocktail that delivers bold flavor and unapologetic American pride in every sip.

This is just the beginning. More drops. More great drinks.
Same values.

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Dr Nick Dickinson @nickdickinson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I actually disagree this is even minor anymore. It’s millions of dollars of graft and corruption and they’re about to start railroading random citizens through the justice system with who knows what charges to cover it up. This would have been a major scandal ten years ago.

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Say The Thing Tee @saythethingtee.com · 20/06/2026

It appears Grok killed the schoolchildren in Iran, in tandem with a US military under Pete Hegseth who DGAF. Remember when Anthropic said 'No' to Hegseth's demand that they allow the DoD to use Claude to kill autonomously, with no human oversight? Check out this timeline:

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GigaBob @gigabob.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It's only been 4 years since they released this image. Red X's are closures (if today's happen) Blue Circles are reported layoffs

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Alex Jaffe ➡️ NYCC @alexjaffe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It is going to be really funny when the only game the Knicks lose is the one Trump was at

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Paul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 11/06/2026

When we interpret this, remember that Buttigieg is and always will be normie-coded. This means these are going to be the mainsteam, Democrats-have-always-believed-this positions, not the most liberal or left position. This is a really good sign.

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Pride @ Deciding What’s Next @primas99.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

To all those debating the Kingdom Hearts collection box being AI made, I believe we have our answer!! Courtesy of Deku Draws on Twitter

This is undeniably Nomura’s work! I believe the full illustration was intended to be compiled like this, hence why Donald’s ‘4 finger’ hand is hidden behind Sora.

AI was used to separate the cast for alternate box art, same with the settings to give their 3D models a drawn look

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Tristan Cooper @tristanacooper.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I've seen a few people say the Ocarina of Time remake's realistic aesthetic is like the promo art/ads from 1998 and I gotta say I respectfully disagree. The stuff back then was very stylized and anime-adjacent, imo a game chasing this look wouldn't look like the trailer we got

ocarina key art, young link slashing some plants, it's cartoony and shadowy. navi is orange??

ocarina of time key art, adult link and shiek fight hordes of enemies

ocarina of time promo art, young link pulling out the master sword. that's an anime face

ocarina of time's big collage key art, very vibrant and shadowy and anime-ish

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

what a day for me: pokopia DLC, dragon's dogma 2 DLC, more rhythm heaven, big walk, and orbitals, duskbloods network test, deltarune date, ocarina. who even has time for gta really.

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It’s funny how the federal government professes to hate Communism but is effectively creating a late-Stalinism scientific environment by forcing direct top-down political approvals for grant funding by people with purely ideological motives and no scientific grounding.

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Niall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This is a devastating interview. Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good. Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.

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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Morgan Stanley analysts calculate the effects of soaring memory chip prices on the cost of smartphones and other devices and...yikes.

How crazy could it get? To protect gross margins based on memory cost alone, we estimate like-for-like prices would need to rise ~34% for smartphones, ~67% for PCs, ~83% for servers and ~14% for storage. A 67% PC ASP increase would be the strongest in the market's history, 8-9x larger than even COVID-era inflation. Nobody passes all of this through, which is why it surfaces instead as margin pressure, spec cuts and delayed launches.

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 04/06/2026

After seeing the reaction to Laufey I am convinced that most of the people posting online would not have survived MGS2.

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Kurt Bixby @kurtbixby.com · 04/06/2026

It seems like they’re going to do this every 6 or 7 years

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"Mr. Pelley also wrote that senior managers at CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for “60 Minutes” this past season, though he did not provide details about specific segments." Pretty important part of the story re his firing. Maybe *the* most important part. CBS = new Fox.

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CBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’

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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026

President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...

So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 27/05/2026

the dragon quest 40th video would be the funniest video ever from any normal developer but it is only mid tier stupid by square enix standards. still. they stood there and were like guys i have to be honest. we didn’t make any dragon quest

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LEE GATLIN @neilaglet.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This Elmo looks like it sounds like Tim Robinson

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Kurt Bixby @kurtbixby.com · 24/05/2026

Someone needs to invent powdered water for athletes doing long workouts

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

"who was president from March 2020-January 20, 2021?" is one of the most fiercely contested questions in American politics

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Alan Au @alanau.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

"What if we got rid of all of the 'glue work' positions?" 🤔

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Scott 🌊(OC SoCal) @skinoc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Crazy that there's three impeachable/corruption stories on just one current news screen...

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

they're replacing libraries with a guy who just says shit

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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I LOVE the rice cooker! It’s the best example of simple physics : it’s literally a pot, a heating element and a magnet. That’s it. No electronics. No sensors. Nothing. How does it work??? Physics ! 🧵

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