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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Don Henley with speech bubble from the “Boys of Summer” video

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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 15h

LLM (Large Line Man) solves math problem

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Michael J Dolan @michaeljdolan.bsky.social · 12h

A joke so good it makes me angry a bit, from the new @beetlemoses.bsky.social book

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 19h

Things are rather tight as I set up emergency go bags/buy medical bits and pieces/pay transport costs, etc and I'm unable to take on pro work as I can get a call at any time for an appointment I can't miss. Any help you can spare and every last sub really, ~really~ helps right now: ko-fi.com/kimimi

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Videogame archaeologist and explorer: Player of the untranslated. Lifter-upper of the unloved and misunderstood.

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Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 05/10/2026

MFW when a man

Xiaoling Chavez protectively squeezing Kim Ross while Aurem Stolas continues to invades Kim's personal space. (From Dark Science #191)

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 🔜 NFC @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love ❤️

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Mcdoogleh - ROGUE ECLIPSE OFFICIALLY OUT NOW!!! @mcdoogleh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hello hello! Suffice to say been incredibly occupied since launch but had a few updates to share! Just wanted to take the opportunity to thank ya'll for the wonderful support! 💖 Next - pleased to say we've just released a major update that has thrown some new foes into the mix 😈 bit.ly/4bRLumD

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Game UI Database YouTube channel has just reached 400 videos!! Featuring uninterrupted footage of various games, with all of their UI menus and elements featured: www.youtube.com/@gameuidatab... More initiatives are coming soon to the channel, including tutorials!

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Behind the Bastards is apparently eligible for a Golden Globe this year I can't imagine we'll win, given the number of podcasts by famous Hollywood people on the list. But it's nice to be considered eligible! goldenglobes.com/articles/bes...

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Best Podcasts Eligible for the 84th Golden Globes® Revealed - Golden Globes

Best Podcasts Eligible for the 84th Golden Globes® Revealed The Golden Globes announced the 30 podcasts that are eligible to submit for consideration in the Best Podcast category for the 84th Golden G...

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Brianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Back to our regularly scheduled programming (in progress).

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"We'll definitely have one over on Street Fighter II." Words that would be thrown back in his face once infamous flop of the early 90s Rise of the Robots made it out into stores, especially for its Amiga version where you could defeat any opponent simply by jump kicking. 📖: EDGE issue 3, Dec 1993

Sean Grffith's, Rise of the Robots Designer. "It's not a conventional beat 'em up. We're using a lot of artificial intelligence. We'll definitely have one over on Street Fighter II"

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Podcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We talked to @lottelydia.bsky.social last week about the ongoing crisis in university sectors; this is only the latest implosion caused by years of terrible government policy and neglect. E455 - Master and Remander www.podbean.com/ea/pb-v5ub2-... (FREE)

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E455 - Master and Remander ft. Dr. Charlotte Riley

We've got some global finance news for you all (things are great, don't worry), a TERROR round up (things are great, don't worry), and an update on everyone's favourite nautical troublemaker (lol. lma...

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Our Jerry's Map documentary was screened at an art museum in Michigan over the weekend, followed by a Q&A with the man himself. Love love love this. Photo credit: Nik Burkhart

The opening shot of PMG's Jerry's Map documentary, with a small audience in the foreground.

Jerry Gretzinger being interviewed on stage as part of a Q&A following the screening.

A close-up of Jerry Gretzinger and the interviewer from the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Another shot of Jerry being interviewed on stage as part of the Q&A.

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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There's still plenty of time to apply for this fantastic funded #PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948! Interested? Know someone great who should apply? Get in touch! #AcademicSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR502/p...

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PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 at University of Strathclyde

Explore a PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today!

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Alexander Cuenin @alexandercuenin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Dinner with the Mimes Animation Thanks to my mentor Sean Sexton for the support in bringing this scene to life! Feat. the voices of @shaynetopp.bsky.social Amanda Lehan-Canto, and Angela Giarratana. Written by @shaynetopp.bsky.social, Animated and Edited by me. #animation #animationmentor #smosh

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 05/10/2026

“I collected bones from charnel houses; and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame. In a solitary chamber, or rather cell, at the top of the house, and separated from all the other apartments by a gallery and staircase, I kept my workshop of filthy creation." 🧪🫀⚗️

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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 06/10/2026

Over a dozen developers at Xbox’s UK-based studio Ninja Theory have taken to LinkedIn to confirm they are at risk of redundancy or are leaving the studio. Language used by affected workers indicates that most, if not all, of the studio may be impacted by the proposed layoffs.

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Ninja Theory Employees Confirm Redundancy Process is Underway

Xbox previously said it would negotiate a "proposed closure while continuing to explore other paths forward"

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

🕹️ Bytes of Gaming History ⌛ Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yuji Horii, and Akira Toriyama together in February 1995, just a month before the release of Chrono Trigger. Oh, the collective wonder they're about to release into the world...

Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yuji Horii, and Akira Toriyama strolling down the sidewalk on a sunny day and looking like they're having a bit of a laugh.

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Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 05/10/2026

A man hits on a lesbian in Dark Science #191 - "The Prince"! dresdencodak.com/2026/10/04/d...

Aurem Stolas invading Kim Ross's personal space while Xiaoling keeps them separated and entertains violent thoughts

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Franzylvania @protopigeon.lol · 05/10/2026

This stuff drives me nuts. As Richard rightly points out, egg yolk is an emulsifier. Things like MSG, Citric Acid, Acetic acid, etc are completely harmless ingredients found in many foods. Just because you don't recognise it, doesn't automatically make it bad.

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Sheephin (Commissions Open!) @sheepshin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's EAT or be EATEN

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Dave@Not-Convention Recovery @sasuraiger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

i don't think the new games do this anymore, but arcade sega mj used to have actual videos of the pro play when they won a big hand. imagine being this powerful

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Cαrínα ᓚᘏᗢ @carina.delachancla.com · 04/10/2026

1987 and this is the western release. I dare not post the screenshot from the original JP version

NES Bionic Commando (western). It shows a guy with a cape holding one fist in the air behind a podium that bears an eagle insignia

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Scare-o-lyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in Conan the Barbarian answering the question, "What is best in life?"

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Parking Garage Rally Circuit is $4.99 on Steam buff.ly/Tlubzbx

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republicofjones.bsky.social @republicofjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The only guys making worse than Ferrari on race-day are the FIA 😅

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Pedro Soares @peachflavor3d.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The artwork of #StarFox used on the cover of the North American #SuperNintendo release. Usual upscale/clean/retouch process applied.

Star Fox clean artwork used on the cover of the North American Super Nintendo release. Image depicts a puppet of Fox McCloud with the back of his hand on his hips, standing up while the background features a space scene with several planets scattered around, lots of stars and three Arwings flying about.

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Digital painting, floaty boat in yellow and rust

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Loish @loish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Dang yall, thanks so much for the support 😭 Usually I ignore the random AI accusations but I wanted to take the chance to talk about how important it is to do your research in times like these. Didn't expect to get soooo many kind comments though! We gotta stick together, my beloved art community ♥️

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 03/10/2026

AKA Kirby's Tilt 'n' Tumble~ Utter delight of a game that quickly turns its cart-tilting novelty into an unmissable physical experience. This is one of those special game-y games, something joyful to ~play with~ kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/04/29/k...

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Korokoro Kirby: Rolly good fun

Poor Kirby. HAL’s adorable pink friend/godlike eldritch horror hidden in plain sight has often been the smiling test subject of Nintendo characters, the malleable mascot most likely to get lu…

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Kim Justice @kimjustice.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Needless to say, stretch goals for some extra bits are in the offing and will be revealed very soon. So do get yourself over to the Kickstarter and get in there! www.kickstarter.com/projects/48k...

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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Story

Celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1982 - 2027)

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Kim Justice @kimjustice.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Here's me chatting about the Rubber-Keyed Wonder book with the awesome @deanswain.bsky.social over at @theretroasylum.bsky.social - a jolly good talk. Cheers guys! The Kickstarter for the book's doing jolly good too! Not even 48 hours gone and the goal is nearly doubled.

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ｒａｎｅ | 💚 VGEN @raneblu.com · 30/09/2026

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Gunnerkrigg Mort @gunnerkrigg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yow! Have you been reading this chapter of our comic? A bunch of stuff is happening! www.gunnerkrigg.com

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Gunnerkrigg Court - By Tom Siddell

Gunnerkrigg Court is a science-fantasy webcomic created by Tom Siddell. It is updated online three days a week.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Games named for the act of going around planting bombs likely wasn't going to go down all that well with retailers in 1980s Britain after nearly two decades of 'The Troubles'. Hudson's first Bomberman game was censored for its Euro release and retitled... Eric & The Floaters.

From Mobygames: a scan of the cover of the ZX Spectrum release, showing a man in a hat and dungarees moving through an abstract brick maze with floating menacing balloons floating above him

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And again, gender theory, queer theory, critical race theory - all university level subjects - you are not going to encounter them at primary or secondary levels. What these muppets want is to shut down any age appropriate discussion of sex, sexuality & identity in 1st & 2nd schools.

Cornell shows us we cannot keep telling our girls to be careful while teaching boys to be entitle

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MotorRoach @motorroach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Honestly refreshing to see a recomp clearly stating this. Go check it out, tbh

Warning To AI Bros

Again, BlackLabelHQ and by extension MediEvilRecomp is proudly made entirely with human hands. We want to keep it that way, so please respect that.

* Fully AI written issues will be automatically closed

* ALL AI based PRs(such as ones containing claude as a contributor or clear AI code) will be rejected innately, however this is your warning that you will be permanently banned from BlackLabelHQ's repos if you do it anyway.

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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Boo-achim 🎃 @jomperr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

so sick! speaking of wipeout @noclipvideo.bsky.social did a great doc on the wipeout 2097 soundtrack. youtu.be/-nwWpQJFGp8?...

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Wipeout 2097: The Making of an Iconic PlayStation Soundtrack - Noclip Documentary

YouTube video by /noclip

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 02/10/2026

Eternal Odyssey, a Japanese rebrand/translation of Hong Kong PC RPG Eternal Saga, looks incredible in screenshots and... actually, that's about it: kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2025/05/02/e...

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Eternal Odyssey: Look, don’t touch

Eternal Odyssey, Sunsoft’s Japanese rebranding of Hong Kong developer GameOne’s PC RPG Eternal Saga begins with two teenage friends practising their sword fighting. One of them is pure-…

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Mascot Texorcism 🐯 @texsaber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've had this stupid joke in my head for the past 3 weeks, I had to put it into drawing

Theatrical poster for "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me," except the portrait of Laura Palmer is replaced with a Walkling from the game Big Walk, and the film name is replaced with "Big Walk with Me"

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We had gazpacho soup for starters... I didn't know that gazpacho soup was meant to be served cold... never ate at the Captain's table again. That was the end of my career. " - Arnold Rimmer. Remember, remember the 25th of November: Gazpacho Soup Day.

A photo of a tin of green gazpacho soup in aldi

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Insomnia" by concept and visual artist Vincenzo Lamolinara

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I went full size and regretted it big time, but sometimes you just have to do a double page

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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Heartworm is out on consoles, TODAY !! With a new trailer from me, that hopefully captures what a unique, spellbinding bit of survival horror it is.

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