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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026

Environmentalists Warn U.S. Running Out Of Small Wooded Areas Where Buddies Can Smoke Up theonion.com/environmentalists-warn…

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

this has SO much to do with the Capitalist Labor/Leisure collapse and the result of a market demand for feeling productive when all your labor is alienated.

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 03/09/2026

the never-ending quest for literalism/simulationism is maybe the worst design tendency in the history of video games

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Our artform should not be a speculative asset.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I have a theory that a big chunk of the socialist fear mongering by liberals is really about the fact that it’s perceived as a youth movement and godforbid the young exert political power

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🎃 Vyria Durav, Dread Wyrm Princess of Spookytown 🎃 @vyriadurav.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Sin that must be eternally punished is a culturally Christian idea that you can and should reject. If someone admits wrongdoing and changes their behavior, that's the desired outcome. You don't continue to punish because you then signal there's no point to contrition at all, you're damned either way

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I've been saying for years that talking about and treating games like tech has absolutely fucked up everything and led to how we got here.

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BUG-EYED CAT @californiahorst.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

when i was young they had these people called “investigative journalists” who could find out stuff like if a senator was dead or not

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

apologies absolute Superman I didn't know you were based like that. guess it isn't called the red sun for nothing, comrade

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 07/07/2026

Microsoft layoffs hit Bethesda, Obsidian, and id Software hard as workers brace for more aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox...

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I don't think anyone can really conceptualize 3200 people. ceos certainly can't, which is why it is easy for them to just think of it as a number of paychecks that can go back to their profit margin. Solidarity forever, y'all

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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts!

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

this one is an all timer for me

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

in light of recent news data hoarders deserve our itmost respect and admiration and support and I mean that so, so sincerely

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Chloe "Scare-Bot Scramble" Adams @addamschloe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

piracy is the only extant form of media preservation that exists in games right now, you might find it morally reprehensible but there is literally no other institution that will keep games alive in 25, 50 years' time

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

its so hard ... being a fudanshi man... in a fujoshi world.. and we don't talk about that enough‼️

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Tom the Anime Sicko 🔜 Hell @tomharrison.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I cringe at the train coming at me in movies. I have never watched a train that was actually imperative to the story. It always makes me feel like the producer is trying to run me over with the train

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 29/06/2026

First trailer for Robert Eggers' ‘Werwulf’ 🐺 In theaters on December 25

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

there has never been a day I have had that hasn't been at least marginally improved by listening to Steely Dan

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Neoliberal G'raha Tia can still happen if people want it bad enough

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tom, friend of eggbug @lizard.tools · 18/05/2026

my dick wide like a ps3

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, and ruin weighs heavy in the scale.

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Ret @ret.furry.engineer.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Me in 1768: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive. Me in 2026: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive.

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

No, you do not under any circumstance "have to hand it" to giorgia meloni

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UNDERTALE/DELTARUNE @undertale.com · 22/06/2026

From Toby: 10 years ago I made a song that sounded like this. It's called "The Sunset of 7 Suns." This is the hope for Chapter 5 from 10 years ago.

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

vibrating because deltarune in 2 days

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

israel really hitting the "Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?" over and over again

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 17/06/2026

Well this is awkward aftermath.site/xbox-gamescom-...

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

it's nice when people are happy instead of sad

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Andras Bacsai @heyandras.dev · 13/05/2026

We made a fake repo with fake bounties, and the bots are applying fake PRs, so we know who is fake, and we can ban them from the Coolify repo. IQ over 1000

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

having spoken to multiple reporters who agreed to it, I can confirm that ubisoft embargoed outlets from reporting on layoff news earlier today, and yeah, it’s a weird situation!

The circumstances surrounding the news paint a slightly muddier picture. In at least one case, Ubisoft justified the embargo by saying that staff in Belgrade were still being informed at the time, according to reporters to whom Aftermath spoke. Ubisoft also reached out to members of the press relatively close to when the embargo was set to lift, meaning that if this was the first reporters were hearing of the layoffs, there wasn’t a ton of wiggle room for them to publish on their own terms.
But Ubisoft did, to a degree, put reporters in a bind, with some who agreed to the embargo telling Aftermath that Ubisoft did not specify the nature of the embargo before they said they’d adhere to it; the company only mentioned that it was going to announce something soon. Had reporters known more about what they were agreeing to, they might not have done so as readily, or at all.
Aftermath reached out to Ubisoft for more details but did not receive a reply as of this publishing

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 10/06/2026

"why do game companies keep laying people off? why do game companies keep closing studios? why do they keep shutting down games?" because they're enmeshed in an economy that's been so thoroughly financialized that it barely reflects material reality anymore

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Andy @andy.wrestlejoy.com · 03/06/2026

Very funny from /r/balatro

"hand will not score - due to pride month straights are banned until July 1st"

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But Thou Mustelid @rewhan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

"So you're saying I should unionize?" "Yes" "Even when the bosses tell us it won't work?" "ESPECIALLY when they tell you it won't work."

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Declaring summer 2026 Hot Union Summer

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benjo @makeshiftgnome.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

so how much sucking and fucking is in the new James Bond game. debating playing it but only if I get to bed a beautiful woman named like LeBia Majoura

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RSGWU @rsgworkersunion.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

GTA fans have been on the edge of their seats at the rumours a new video is about to drop… Well the wait is over. We present: the public launch of the Rockstar IWGB Game Workers Union. Our platform, to tell our story. youtu.be/iLOq_6rOpoM

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The Video GTA Fans Have Been Waiting For: The Rockstar Game Workers Union Launch

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