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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Having first watched and commented on mute, I just received word the post should have read: What if Tom Cruise, but beetle-ly?

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Press Audit @pressaudit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Interested in prediction markets, but hate the real money gambling aspects? In PressAudit's Call It quiz game, guess the outcome of a live news question — yes or no — then see how your pick stands against the market's odds. Play here: pressaudit.org/callit

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What if Indiana Jones but beetle-ly?

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With @awkwardsilencegames.itch.io's upcoming indie game O EMPIRE! WARD OFF THY ROT getting buzz, here's my interview with him about his last game, Things We Lost in the Flood, which I call a massively multiplayer LONELINESS simulator. 👇(With a new update!) www.patreon.com/u4843285/pos...

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Things We Lost in the Flood: A Massively Multiplayer Loneliness Simulator -- NWN Classic With 2026 Update | Wagner James Au / New World Notes

Originally published in 2019, this story is newly relevant with the coming launch of Dean Moynihan's O EMPIRE! WARD OFF THY ROT, his follow-

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Press Audit @pressaudit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Tuesday and hello new followers! Here's a quick glance of what we do at PressAudit and what we offer reporters and avid news consumers 👇

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My latest profile of a new-ish Second Life brand is free to read! This time featuring Mythic, cultivated by a whole team of SLers. Two went full-time into SL after some real world job woes. Read it here 👇 , including a SLurl to their new mainstore opening today! www.patreon.com/u4843285/pos...

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New-ish Second Life Brand Spotlight: Mythic, Which Just Launched a New Mainstore! | Wagner James Au / New World Notes

Brand/Marketplace page: {Mythic} Forge Your Legend! Elevator pitch: "From a pile of treasure hidden in a forgotten tomb, to a legendary weap

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Press Audit @pressaudit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy Thursday! Here's our latest scan of Artificial Intelligence-related stories, including links to the best free articles! 👇 pressaudit.org/f/categories...

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AI stories across major news outlets, compared side by side on PressAudit.

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Super important, heavily referenced, jaw droppingly weird thread. We're not fully understanding this because it's so bizarre, it seems to be from a Pynchon novel. But yes, the global economy may implode because an apocalyptic sex cult wants to build an AI god to avoid being tortured for eternity.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’m increasingly of the mind that whatever productivity gains I’m getting from using AI are being eaten up by dealing with other people’s AI slop. Then there’s the increasing lack of trust that people actually understand the work because they either didn’t read or write the material.

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NEW: Thrilled to help launch Press Audit, a non-profit site that uses open source LLMs to break through our media filters, categorizng 1000s of articles daily by party lean, public interest & much more. Please check it out below and share your feedback -- good/bad/other! 👇 pressaudit.org/home

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PressAudit

real-time news observability.

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thrilled to feature this guest post by MattDaly, the very kind of story that New World Notes was created to tell. Matt writes about how playing @househouse.com's Big Walk with his autistic son helped the boy better bond with his family. 👇 www.patreon.com/u4843285/pos...

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How Big Walk Helps My Autistic Son Better Bond With His Family (Guest Post by Matt Daly) | Wagner James Au / New World Notes

Matt Daly is an Austin-based product, business & marketing whisperer in Games & Emerging Tech. He grows partnerships at SciPlay, one of the

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The sky above the port was the color of television tuned to Sam Altman saying the stupidest bullshit imaginable.

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The sky above the port was the color of television tuned to Sam Altman saying the stupidest bullshit imaginable.

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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...

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Declaration — Math and AI

Read the declaration and add your name.

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Now free to read: I talk with the founder of WhyAlien, a new site that use alien bots drifting across the grid of Second Life to find active & popular sims / events throughout the virtual world. But will the community embrace it? Read about it here: www.patreon.com/u4843285/pos...

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Will the SL Community Welcome Alien Scouts in Search of Real Avatars, Active Locations? | Wagner James Au / New World Notes

Will the SL Community Welcome Alien Scouts in Search of Real Avatars, Active Locations? by Wagner James Au / New World Notes on Patreon. Join Wagner James Au / New World Notes's community for exclusiv...

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Press Audit @pressaudit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Press Audit, a non-partisan news observability site for reporters, researchers & readers who want to better understand the whole scope of news & what we’re all missing due to our media filters! Here's what we do and how we operate: 👇 pressaudit.org/how-it-works

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Nanci Barthelmess @nancisnaughties.secondlife.bio · 08/09/2026

This looks incredible. I hope one day a Linux version is released so I an play with t.

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

From Game File, @slhamlet.bsky.social, a pioneering reporter in Linden Lab's virtual world Second Life 20 years ago, is joining the company He says: "Second Life was too early during its hype wave in 2005-2010, but it now feels right for a new wave of interest" www.gamefile.news/i/213915977/...

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New: legendary third party viewer dev Kirsten previews her complete revamp of Second Life that runs on Vulkan, leading to much faster framerate, high-end graphics, even Steam Deck compatibility. Free to read for all New World Notes Patreon members: www.patreon.com/u4843285/pos...

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Kirsten Returns: Legendary 3rd Party Viewer Dev Now Fully Reinventing Second Life Graphics for the Modern Era | Wagner James Au / New World Notes

Kirsten Returns: Legendary 3rd Party Viewer Dev Now Fully Reinventing Second Life Graphics for the Modern Era by Wagner James Au / New World Notes on Patreon. Join Wagner James Au / New World Notes's ...

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Rather than keep grousing about how utterly mid the Grand Theft Auto VI preview is, please watch this early mission scene from Cyberpunk 2077 and tell me how *anything* in it comes close to this level of immersiveness, story richness, and voice acting. Dare you! youtu.be/tOu5VVglNpw?...

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The Pickup - Cyberpunk 2077

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am told the Eve Dolly Parton thingie did not actually happen, seems like!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A great loss for us all. A light in our darkness, a talent like none other. Rest in song and mirth, Dolly. The heavens have a new star among them.

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New SL marketplace survey about the new automated monthly review process, which delists MP items from merchants who haven't logged in for a year. How much will this improve the overall Marketplace shopping experience -- some, a lot, or not at all? 👇 www.patreon.com/u4843285/pos...

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SL Survey: How Much Will Automated Marketplace Review Improve Overall Online Shopping for Customers & Merchants? | Wagner James Au / New World Notes

SL Survey: How Much Will Automated Marketplace Review Improve Overall Online Shopping for Customers & Merchants? by Wagner James Au / New World Notes on Patreon. Join Wagner James Au / New World Notes...

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"this edible ain't shit" two hours later:

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A perfect conceit for the 20s: the world's biggest bookstore has become a destroyer of books

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Pretty big: A real life skin care company just partnered with Second Life avatar-based K-Pop group. "They are super interested in exploring where the digital space fits into the the future of beauty," Xquad's Ryan tells me. Read on my New World Notes' Patreon! 👇 www.patreon.com/u4843285/pos...

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Real Life Skin Care Company Partners With Second Life-Based K-Pop Group | Wagner James Au / New World Notes

Real Life Skin Care Company Partners With Second Life-Based K-Pop Group by Wagner James Au / New World Notes on Patreon. Join Wagner James Au / New World Notes's community for exclusive content and up...

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"Civil War" < "Slaveholder's Rebellion": "Conventions shifted only decades after the war, when white Southerners and their reps in Congress collaborated to rewrite the history... '“Civil War' became a compromise solution, mollifying Confederate nostalgics." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

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Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)

To face our history, we must be honest about it.

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Great and hilarious obliteration of LLM hype and flimflam by @doctorow.pluralistic.net on @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social that surely needs to be widely shared before a clutch of hype dweebs trying to birth God from a next letter predictor crash the global economy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dAI...

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AI and the Enshittification Era w/ Cory Doctorow | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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AI and the Enshittification Era w/ Cory Doctorow | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

What new-ish @secondlife.bsky.social brands (launched 2020 or later) deserve more publicity? Because I want to feature them in an upcoming "Second Life's Hot New Brands" column! Suggest your favorites in my anonymous Google Form below. 👇 Please include MP links! docs.google.com/forms/d/1JEP...

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Patreon supporter shout-out to @jason.themetamovie.com of @themetamovie.com, creating a new live role-playing adventure in @resonite.com. 15 players. 10 live actors. One Mission. Secrets of Gara. Coming 2027! Watch the teaser below, follow on YouTube for updates! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeNF...

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MetaMovie Update: Building Secrets of Gara, June 2026

YouTube video by TheMetaMovie

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Excited for today's early access launch of @seedgame.bsky.social, in development for nearly 10 years & easily one of the most ambitious MMOs ever launched. Single-shard, fully persistent, sorta multiplayer Civilization meets The Sims, I talk with the lead dev here: www.patreon.com/u4843285/pos...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Note the date

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

LOL I love this. "Backrooms" is so huge it inspired a creepy shopping hunt in @secondlife.bsky.social: www.patreon.com/u4843285/pos...

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Not that I'm complaining, but holy shit. And I feel like there's still at least 50 more hours of nerdery left to go.

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Do Sexbots Dream of Electric Negs?

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Very sad to read this. Om was a mentor to me, teaching me how to understand the tech industry and cut through the bullshit. But more than that, a very warm, lovely, generous guy.

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Important @awexr.com tip: Sonoratown, one of LA’s very best tacos, is a very short walk from AWE. Thank me later!

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Important @awexr.com tip: Sonoratown, one of LA’s very best tacos, is a very short walk from AWE. Thank me later!

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'll be @awexr.com speaking & selling/signing books with a new afterword to "Making a Metaverse That Matters". Join my Patreon for schedule! If you're attending, hit my DMs -- would love to connect, especially if you're working on amazing virtual world projects! www.patreon.com/u4843285/pos...

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Going to AWE This Week? Here's How & Where to Meet Me! | Wagner James Au / New World Notes

Going to AWE This Week? Here's How & Where to Meet Me! by Wagner James Au / New World Notes on Patreon. Join Wagner James Au / New World Notes's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Seriously big opportunity here 👇

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Wagner James Au @slhamlet.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Excited to be speaking and signing books at AWE soon! Here's a sneak peek of a chart I'll be sharing there (plus analysis): The rise and fall (and rise) of metaverse platforms over the last three years. Join my Patreon to read for free! 👇 www.patreon.com/posts/sneak-...

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Sneak Peek: The Rise & Fall (& Rise) of Metaverse Platforms, 2023-2026 | Wagner James Au / New World Notes

Sneak Peek: The Rise & Fall (& Rise) of Metaverse Platforms, 2023-2026 by Wagner James Au / New World Notes on Patreon. Join Wagner James Au / New World Notes's community for exclusive content and upd...

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