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Still tiny, but already a pro at burrowing into the sand 🦀,, It looks like it’s winking and saying, “Watch me! Watch me!” So cute🫶 【YouTube】 youtube.com/shorts/ZCq0i...

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「見てて！見てて！」ってウインクしてるみたいで可愛い

YouTube video by でんかの海洋生物観測所

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Humberto Do Lago Müller @lagomuller.bsky.social · 18h

Imperial tortoise beetle (Stolas imperialis) By far one of my favorite bugs to spot here Mairiporã, SP, Brasil #photography #fotografia #beetles #bugs #insects #blue #wildlife #nature #brazil #PhotographersOfBluesky

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 5h

Part two of the version with ALT text. Apologies of missing it in the original!

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 5h

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. - Version with ALT text! Thank you @virginiaopossum.bsky.social for the help!

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 9h

Every month Failbetter invites a guest writer from the wider world of games and fiction to contribute a subscriber story. They’re brave and weird and funny and choice-driven and perhaps they could become a welcome part of your routine too. www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/fa...

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Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down

These interactive short stories are too bold and surprising to stay secret.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The 12yo has declared it Peniagone Sp. Sea Cucumber nicknamed “Loki” awareness day! This little weirdo recently discovered in 2,577 metres depth in the Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon off Argentina has horn-like appendages which reminded researchers of the Norse god.

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Meet "Loki", a sea cucumber among 57 new deep-sea species - Oceanographic

Meet "Loki", the horned sea cucumber among 57 new species and five new genera identified from Mar del Plata Canyon in just two weeks.

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Sophie @philosophie.gay · 28/09/2026

I bought and framed some prints from @falseknees.bsky.social for my office and they look amazing!

6 panels of bird illustrations framed in an apricot-colored wood frame

4 panels of bird illustrations framed in a muted blue wood frame

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Cat Secretary @goodstoryguild.co · 02/10/2026

life. oof. imitates. ugh. art. gah. or. ough. is. ugh. it. gah. the. oof. other. ugh. way. #indiegame #gaming #gamedev #fyp #cat

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Dali Dimovski, Your Friend! @dalidimovski.com · 28/09/2026

Friends who live in Japan: my family and I are going for a week in mid-February during my daughter’s school break. What should we DEFINITELY check out? Thinking Tokyo and Kyoto so far. We only have around 7 days, BTW.

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Katie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I talked to the librarian at a tiny upstate NY library where the flyer for drop-in event where she'll help you remove the AI features of your phone has gone viral www.businessinsider.com/library-bye-...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A global pandemic killed an estimated 20 million people and still countries cannot agree to come together for the collective good. The US and EU objected en bloc to the UN declaration on future pandemics. www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...

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US, EU object to UN declaration on future pandemics

The objections prevented UN member states from endorsing a political declaration that aims for better international coordination.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026

Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!

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Steam Hype @steamhype.com · 28/09/2026

"Play with Friends with No Restrictions" - Seamless Co-Op Comes to Dark Souls II Thanks to This Mod

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"Play with Friends with No Restrictions" - Seamless Co-Op Comes to Dark Souls II Thanks to This Mod

Play the entire game with friends!

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

MobyGames is keeping track of when companies hire and fire employees. "One of the big things that people are looking for in the games space in the future is a little bit more stability, and keeping people accountable goes hand in hand with that." bit.ly/4AzIMiE

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where the oleander grows @nonblnary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hi, everyone! Excited to announce that I’m launching I Don’t Remember When I Started Killing Bugs Again: Game of the Year Edition on itch! This serves both as an actual physical page for Bugs as well as a way for you to support me, if you so choose :) tomorrow-today.itch.io/i-dont-remem...

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I Don't Remember When I Started Killing Bugs Again: Game of the Year Edition by sage tomorrow, today

a single player journaling rpg WITH UPDATED GRAPHICS AND NEW MECHANICS

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Tabbie!!! 🦭🍥🏳️‍⚧️ @tabbiedearest.itch.io · 27/09/2026

I'm extremely normal about this game, check it out or else

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

'A survey of Australians as young as 13 found misogyny can predict extremist violence more strongly than ideology, religion or time online.' The under-16 social media ban won't address this. We have to start having the necessary difficult conversations to challenge gendered disrespect everywhere.

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Hostile attitudes toward women are driving extremism in young Australians

A University of Melbourne survey of Australians as young as 13 found misogyny can predict extremist violence more strongly than ideology, religion or time online.

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jitspoe @jitspoe.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I was searching for goblin reference and discovered oriental shorthair cats.

Cinnamon oriental shorthair cat with large snout, yellow eyes, and goblin-like ears.

Reddish brown oriental shorthair kitten. Almost looks like a fox.

If the bat signal were a cat, but also upset that you would even suggest such a thing.

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Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The folk protest music scene is back

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

as an artist I'd love this but I also think everyone else should also get it. I think UBI should just be default. But I think that would transform the economy into TRULY being the free marketplace of ideas, the car capitalists chase and hope they never catch lol #politics

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Asymmetric Games @asym.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kudos to House House as a studio for staying small and taking their time. That’s how to survive for the long haul. In any event, Big Walk is fantastic and you should play it with three of your friends if you haven’t already!

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Apparently we've gone from "no, trust us, AI doesn't give you CEO brain" to "actually it's good that it gives you CEO brain"?

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 25/09/2026

Tiny World was made in a lab to specifically target me.

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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

1. Biden Dems & reality give huge incentive to EVs 2. Detroit adopts two-pronged strategy: milk gas guzzlers, sink money into great EVs (& lobby to give gas guzzlers a few extra years) 3. Trump goes 100% gas guzzling, Detroit writes off $$$$$ 4. Detroit asks for protection against Chinese cars. :(

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

✊🏾 📝 📡 🗨️ 📁 🗃️ We ❤️ all our events, but we're really excited about this one... During this time of rising criminalization & authoritarianism, communities of resistance need to build our own communication networks! 🗣️🔗 Join this half-day interactive skill share: bit.ly/infopowerskillshare

SKILL SHARE Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism Zines • Mesh networks • Community archiving • Prison radio • Signal safety OCT 10 • 1-5PM ET • ZOOM REGISTER NOW bit.ly/infopowerskillshare

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Instructor-Captain Zenki @bionicghost.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

GUNDAM CHARACTERS DON'T SAY "I love you" THEY SAY "私と一緒に来て" WHICH MEANS "COME WITH ME" AND I THINK THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!

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Instructor-Captain Zenki @bionicghost.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Gundam characters don't say "I love you" they say "私と一緒に来て" which means "Come with me" and I think that's beautiful.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

on that note, if we could stop suggesting it "hallucinates" that would also be great, at it is the same

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 24/09/2026

Aberrate/Aberration/Aberrant would have been a much more helpful and descriptive set of words for it.

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ScaryCatalyst 🎃 @straycatalyst.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hate this a lot - just exposing tons of people across many states to measles

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Permanent standard time is best for our health. So much research now to back this up! We shouldn't make a population wide health policy based on one very unscientific poll from 7 years ago @savestandard.bsky.social

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 19/09/2026

Honestly, a lot of the problems just have to do with greed, scaling too quickly, and not treating people with dignity. These are not necessarily unsolvable problems, but there does not appear to be much political will to solve them in the US.

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 19/09/2026

There are a lot of other problems downstream of AI datacenters scaling at this rate, though. Figuring out how to recycle the wastewater used to meet the cooling requirements and externalizing the operational costs to the region without bringing clear economic benefits for residents is another.

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 19/09/2026

The main reason it's not a very strong angle against AI is because the ecological problems with AI datacenters are mostly caused by our country being regulated away from embracing green energy and poorly regulating industrial water usage (see golf courses), not the datacenters themselves.

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 19/09/2026

Before AI, it was not common to pack a building with massive GPUs (with crypto being the main exception), which are much more power hungry than the hardware it takes to host databases or websites for instance.

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Sam Seltzer-Johnston @sbseltzer.net · 19/09/2026

It's not the same infrastructure. A datacenter that's used for AI is specifically built and provisioned for it with very different hardware and resource consumption requirements.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026

“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”

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Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’

The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...

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NOTHING MATTERS 🪰 @nothingmattersug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Working on the gameplay loop for a new INDIE VIDEO GAME

a rat sees light
rat approaches light
rat presses a lever
rat receives cocaine injection

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Interviewed an imsim legend: “For Xbox to buy Arkane Austin and quickly turn around in a few short years and dissolve the studio was just a pretty dire warning.” www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/th...

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Thief designer Randy Smith Evergreen refused to work for Xbox because it would be like 'walking past some stakes with human skulls on them' and pretending 'it's probably fine in this direction'

The immersive sim will find a way outside of AAA.

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IAHFY ✦ @iahfy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Samus & Kirby

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