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Josh W

@mariobones.bsky.social
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The amiibo guy formerly of two underscores. Game design, writing, tester of software and patience. He/him Not American!

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 56m
yes keep banning good posters over the mildest shit about dipshit tech billionaries that are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, that aren't even on here, that'll help your platform.
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Damon @damonreece.com · 1h
Nothing awaits in the afterlife but an endless parade of humiliations for the complete losers who staff bluesky dot app
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Holly Green @winnersusedrugs.bsky.social · 6h
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 23h
Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sr. Producer/Editor – “Preditor” (Social Media/Short Form)
National Geographic

Washington, DC

$139,200 - $186,600 a yearTobias from Arrested Development
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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local merchant princes attempt to bribe theologians and the Pope’s advisors so the Pope will issue a favorable proclaimation”
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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We’re pleased to announce our merch collab with Pokemon - would you like the Pikachu, Charizard or Eevee flavour?
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Naughty Dog Presents: Ape Escape
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s cool how during lockdowns we realised 99% of corporate jobs could be done from anywhere with no drawbacks, and now every job I look at wants me to sit around in an office for most of the week for no reason
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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 02/10/2026
Spotted on Facebook: sicko game worlds colliding
"My bf is a developer and just made me a program to use his racing pedals to sew realistically. It also adjusts the speed the more you press down the pedal 😭 he just upped my game so hard 🥲🤣
Game: Dressmaker"
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is how I win
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Love to wake up to half the power points in the kitchen dying and no electricians being available until the end of the long weekend
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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Marvel’s Wolverine: A Quintessential Wolverine Experience.
An alert on my phone:

From PlayStation
Save a world divided in a
quintessential Wolverine experience | Discover Marvel's Wolverine now.
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fuck’s sake Absolutely inexcusable that there’s no consequences for them
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The store I play at moved Standard to Fridays so I actually get to play it now Kicked things off with a bang 💪
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How can it be the Pokemon Anniversary if there's 30 of them? Doesn't sound so 'Pokemon' to me! Haha enjoy the long weekend, folks!
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Sax! ⬇️↘️➡️➕🏳️‍⚧️ @saximus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On a related note,
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For sale Pokemon cards Never played
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rule Warrre Embleme Leg P5S: Age of Calamxitarriorynasty War - Three Hope Persona 5 Strikers
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I spin Beyblades not Tragedies @ichigokittenart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
september 30th october 1st
Jaden yuki imageSupreme king image
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A minute’s silence for my fiancee who volunteered to wait in line for Pokemon cards 🫡
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 01/10/2026
Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.
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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm sorry, "Metacritic bonuses" are still a thing?! They should never be a thing! If I play your game and review it and it didn't work for me and I don't think it's good, that doesn't mean the people who made it should get paid any less!
As well as having the life-changing impact of losing a job, imminent layoffs at The Coalition could also lead to another financial loss for current employees. According to Eurogamer, E-Day developers were working under the assumption of receiving a so-called “Metacritic bonus,” a pay-out should the game achieve a given Metacritic score based on critics’ reviews. However, according to the terms, to be eligible for this you still have to be working at the company at the time of the pay-out, which is expected to be “near the end of October.” Anyone let go before that could possibly no longer receive the reward for their work.
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Seamus Byrne @seamusbyrne.me · 01/10/2026
Narrator voice: the games industry does not value its media.
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
in the club straight up empowering it and by it hehe let’s just say my jace
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Womp womp
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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is enraging. So the ONLY thing available to counter inflation is to constantly ratchet up my mortgage repayments but they can’t do a thing about this shit in 11 years? I pay company tax, personal tax, council rates, exorbitant interest, every kind of fkn govt payment but look at these pricks.
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If America wants to self-destruct then that's fine, but can they stop dragging everyone else down with them?
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And it’s gotten worse! Ask any woman in this industry and they’ll tell you that. Over the past few years, it has gotten so much worse. I see all these talented writers you all tokenized five years ago who have now been pushed out because you stopped caring. Stopped performing. And I’m just so angry.
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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The women in this space have to be so fucking GOOD and diligent and lucky and charming to get ANYWHERE. I cycle between feeling guilty I made it and so so angry that I can’t do more to lift people up here with me. There are no jobs! No money! And to see attention and capital go to rapists?? I’m sick
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 01/10/2026
everything about the jacob geller allegations is deeply upsetting and traumatising, from the details themselves to their being publicised on twitter by third party texts seemingly without any consultation with the victim to the armchair detective posting that followed
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It also had a random segment on how cool AI is, which had no connection at all to the title nor anything else in the talk Checks out
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
sorry to editorialize but log tf off please god
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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Hi, Trainer! You're in the virtual queue to enter Pokémon Center!

Estimated wait time: 12:15:00

These bots make it easy for people to create multiple accounts on retailers’ websites that are attached to virtual credit cards, while the buyer’s IP address is spoofed with proxies. Technically, this kind of process isn’t illegal — at least not yet; Congress outlawed concert ticket-focused bots in 2016 and lawmakers have proposed doing the same for retail bots. But it does violate most retailers’ terms of service, which is why some resellers’ orders are canceled.

Pullquote: "Retail bots aren’t illegal, but they do violate most retailers’ terms of service."

Using Polar Chefs’ tools, Nova has been able to purchase massive amounts of Pokémon cards at MSRP from various retailers without being blocked by websites’ anti-bot security measures. Nova described his process of securing cards with bots as being “almost completely hands free,” and explained that the real work doesn’t begin until he has to sort and sell his inventory to a couple of bulk buyers.
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The K-Pop Demon Hunters drop is bizarre, because the cards are great but you don’t get a single one of the characters on a card? There’s gotta be another one coming at some point, right?
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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ash! @spaceash.es · 29/09/2026
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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 30/09/2026
Aldi is to be congratulated for helping young Australians get ready for their future.
Photo of a boxed toy labelled Little Town Delivery Driver Role-play Vest", illustrated with the vest itself, an ID card on a lanyard, phone, bar code scanner, cap, and miniature cardboard cartons. For ages 3+.
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Finding out there's a public holiday on Monday and feeling like Goku popping a senzu bean
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They’re actually increasing storage!? 👀
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm going for a walk
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
David Shoebridge has called for the Greens to "seize this moment" in his first press conference as the party's new leader, with Steph Hodgins-May as the new deputy leader "We're going to deliver that sense of hope and opportunity that Australians are begging for"
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Your good friend, Chris Normal @heythatsmyleg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't think enough art type people appreciate how widespread the idea that entertainment is something to solely Fill The Time and that it has no intrinsic value beyond that. They don't care, they've never cared and convincing them that anything other than "sounds pleasant" matters is pointless.
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Josh W @mariobones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Guy who actively practises eugenics and uses the r slur daily: Uhhh have you considered that the pervert technology is an essential tool for disabled people you ableist piece of shit?
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Sam King @samcking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone has a Hussein
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