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Jason Dean

@thed34n.bsky.social
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Journalist. Writer. Geek. Midwesterner. WI Sportsball fan. Founder & Editor of TheGamesLetter.com, a weekly gaming newsletter. Bylines on many Lee Enterprise websites.

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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 5h
Was going to pick up Big Walk at the Steam Sale, but unable to find someone to play it with. Apparently I need more gaming friends.
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 8h
Gears, Planet Zoo and Final Fantasy.
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 16h
Me: maybe I need to do more posting on Twitter. I have way more followers there than anywhere else. Moments later: see a homophobic response come through on a post for @thegamesletter.bsky.social Me: Na, I'm good.
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The Games Letter @thegamesletter.bsky.social · 17h
Which October release are you most excited to play? thegamesletter.com/10-new-games...
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10 New Games to Play in October
Another month packed with great new releases. Which are you most excited to play?
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The best month (September) is over. It's time to get to work.
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The Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A new study of 112 independent publishers shows something that local news entrepreneurs know well: Success isn’t just about producing great journalism, it’s about finding the right balance. Read about the study: www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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What does it take to make an independent local newsroom work? More than good journalism. - Poynter
A new study of 112 independent publishers shows just how much local news entrepreneurs have to juggle
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The Games Letter @thegamesletter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's October, another jam-packed month of new releases. Here are a few worth checking out. #GamingNews #Gaming thegamesletter.com/10-new-games...
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10 New Games to Play in October
Another month packed with great new releases. Which are you most excited to play?
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Video game journalism is like 90 percent invisible labour and it's time to start paying for it. For all the talk about how to combat AI nonsense, SEO slurry, and corporate meddling, I feel the solution is obvious: get comfortable with the idea of paying for what you read.
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bryce Harper, the most overrated (and overpaid) person in baseball.
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Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · 30/09/2026
Pretty hilarious that the thing that heals America's gaping partisan divide could be opposition to data centers (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Great Data-Center Rebellion
Could a new populist movement help save American democracy?
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not sure if anyone else reads these, but the Backblaze quarterly hard drive reports are always super interesting. www.backblaze.com/blog/backbla...
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Q2 2026 Drive Stats: Hard Drive Failure Rates
Explore Q2 2026 failure rates across 354,415 Backblaze drives, plus standout models and emerging CMR, SMR, and HAMR storage technologies.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're losing billions of dollars every year, most of our revenue comes from two customers, and we believe our product has a good chance of killing everyone. We value ourselves at $2 trillion.
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The Games Letter @thegamesletter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Destiny 2 is back with some big changes coming to the game. Find out more. Also, Xbox makes more cuts and changes to its studios. All this and the latest gaming news. Check it out and subscribe today! #GamingNews #Gaming thegamesletter.com/destiny-2-re...
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Destiny Returns
Plus more cuts and big studio changes at Xbox
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Rollin Bishop @rollinbishop.com · 27/09/2026
just for context: doing this will get you fired as a games journalist
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Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.com · 27/09/2026
FINAL: Wisconsin 24, #13 Penn State 20. Biggest win of Luke Fickell's tenure with the Badgers. Huge win for a coach who entered the season squarely on the hot seat.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On Oct. 18, our family will walk in memory of our late daughter Jadzia at the St. Louis Walk for Victory. We are trying to raise $2,000 for the Marfan Foundation to help kids like her with connective tissue disorders. Would you consider supporting our team? give.marfan.org/renaudempire...
This collage shows a photo of Jadzia Renaud as a teenager, wearing a red knit cap and a "Walk for Victory" T-shirt. The collage says "We walk for Jadzia. Support our team in the Marfan Foundation's Walk for Victory 2026." It includes a link to https://give.marfan.org/renaudempire2026
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Step 1: Cancel D+ Step 2: go to the local library and get anything you want to watch off D+ for free Step 3: enjoy!
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ewan @ewancroft.uk · 23/09/2026
Websites are cool. Make one. Carve out your own space on the internet.
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You Should Make a Website
I grew up on an internet that mostly asked me to make accounts. It took me until seventeen to realise I could make a place instead.
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The Games Letter @thegamesletter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Preorders for the Steam Frame are live, but will it move the needle on VR? Also, how will the EU Kids Act affect games? All this and all the latest gaming news. #GamingNews #VideoGames #Gaming thegamesletter.com/steam-frame-...
thegamesletter.com
Will Valve’s VR Headset Make a Splash?
Plus a new EU law could restrict some video games for children
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maybe if the Packers threw the ball just freaking once on first down, the other team wouldn't completely expect the run.
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The Games Letter @thegamesletter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We got an early preview copy of Never Alone Remastered. We discussed the basics of how to play the game, and our thoughts. #BoardGames thegamesletter.com/not-alone-re...
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Not Alone Remastered: Feed the Monster
Will you be the hunter or the hunted?
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DrawPlayDave @thedrawplay.com · 18/09/2026
The Anti Clutch Gene www.thedrawplay.com/comic/the-an...
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today is my birthday. If you haven't yet, consider subscribing to @thegamesletter.bsky.social. I love the work I'm doing there, and hopefully you will enjoy it too. thegamesletter.com#/portal/
thegamesletter.com
The Games Letter: A weekly video and board games newsletter
Sign up for our weekly games newsletter. Also, Check out our reviews, articles and video.
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Woke up to find this gem in my mesaages. Great way to start another trip around the sun.
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Milwaukee Brewers: NL Central Champions!
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The Games Letter @thegamesletter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Diablo 5 and and a new StarCraft game were announced at BlizzCon, but you'll have to wait a while to play them. However, you won't have to wait long to play the Zelda Ocarina of Time remake. Check out all the latest gaming news. #GamingNews #Gaming #Diablo5 thegamesletter.com/diablo-zelda...
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Diablo, Zelda and StarCraft Details Announced
Plus Nintendo shows off some of their new upcoming games
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Jason Wilson @jasonbwilson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For the 20 years I've paid attention, IGN keeps up this cycle: -- Hire some folks -- Foster great careers -- Ax 'em when they get older and more expensive
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Carli Boo-locci 👻 @carlivelocci.com · 14/09/2026
The fun of journalism as a whole right now — not just games — is that everybody is starved for work so execs can get away with underpaying freelancers. That's how content mills like Valnet stay in business. Then those freelancers will be laid off and others will take their place at lower pay
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404 Media @404media.co · 14/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 Media.
404media.co
Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats
Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Welcome back, Red Zone.
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Phil Hands @phil-hands.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My latest cartoon for the Wisconsin State Journal, remembering the 9/11 terrorist attacks 25 years later. madison.com/opinion/cart...
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In late-stage capitalism, journalism needs to be funded by the people instead of corporations. Also, good luck with that.
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Phil Hands @phil-hands.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Chicken Tom Tiffany refuses to attend the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association debate with David Crowley in my cartoon for the Wisconsin State Journal. madison.com/opinion/cart...
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Also, you might have grabbed it for free on Epic at some point.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This remarkable view was captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover from Gale Crater on Mars. Unlike Earth, where sunsets often glow with shades of red, orange, and gold, a Martian sunset can produce a striking blue glow around the setting Sun.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: The new Apple Watches double as AI-powered listening bugs for generating convo "recaps" or transcripts of any previous 15 seconds. But fear not, Apple says, this data isn't sent to Apple/gets encrypted, speakers aren't ID'd, and there's a chime for the 15-second thing. @lhn.bsky.social reports:
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Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features
The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in. But the protections can’t change the facts of what the tools do.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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The Games Letter @thegamesletter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The White House launched an arcade on their website. It is about as bad as you would expect. Find out the details. Also, check out the new games announced at Sony's State of Play and all the other news of the week. #GamingNews #Gaming thegamesletter.com/the-white-ho...
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The White House Launches Their Own Virtual Arcade
Plus, Sony shows off new trailers at their latest State of Play
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Brewers win, Cubs lose. A great Labor Day indeed.
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The Games Letter @thegamesletter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We will be celebrating Labor Day here in the U.S. tomorrow and return with our weekly newsletter on Tuesday. To our American readers, have a great day off, and play something fun.
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
lol I’m reminded why I don’t watch college football. Absolute BS.
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro... The EU rejected this beef due to safety standards, but it’s being imported to the U.S. duty-free anyway. Why are we lowering standards on what we eat? If it isn't safe enough for the EU, it shouldn't be on our plates!
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Brazil And Argentina Will Send Tariff-Free Beef To U.S.—Despite Quality Concerns
Brazilian beef was recently rejected from the EU for failing to meet quality standards and 30,000 pounds of Argentinian meat was recalled in Texas and Florida this summer.
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
what is this article, man? the "decision" is "closing on Labor Day", and it's framed as this huge magnanimous gesture by the benevolent corporation instead of what it should be: a normal ass thing to do
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Robin Bea @robinbombus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
what a beautiful day to go on the computer
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The Games Letter @thegamesletter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We've already had some incredible games release this month. What are you playing this long weekend?
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 04/09/2026
If you see something, save something. Web pages disappear daily—changed, moved, deleted, or just forgotten. 🕳️ Save Page Now lets you preserve a webpage before it disappears. See something worth keeping? Save it today. ➡️ web.archive.org/save/ #ToolsYouCanUse
Cream graph-paper graphic with a decorative yellow line-art path and "save" wordmark, plus a yellow ">" chevron tagline reading "tools you can use." Bold black text reads "Save Page Now." Below, a yellow folder icon with the Internet Archive logo and white text: "If you see something, save something."Cream graph-paper graphic with decorative yellow zigzag line art framing the edges. Bold black text reads "Save Page Now lets you preserve a webpage that's important to you before it changes or disappears." A yellow ">" chevron tagline at the bottom reads "tools you can use."Cream graph-paper graphic framed by yellow line art, featuring a screenshot of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine homepage with its search bar, page thumbnails, and three tool options — Subscription Service, Collection Search, and Save Page Now — with the Save Page Now box circled in red. A yellow ">" chevron tagline below reads "tools you can use," pointing toward a yellow arrow.Cream graph-paper graphic with decorative yellow zigzag line art and a small multicolor line-art icon of the Internet Archive's columned building in the lower right. Bold black text reads "Save a page that matters today."
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Turp @turpin4prez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This story should have more attention. ASU's idiot coach brought in some military prick to run a grueling boot camp-style workout in the heat, which included restricting water intake. NHL prospect player suffers a heat stroke and is probably going to die from it. arizonasports.com/ncaa/arizona...
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ASU hockey player Matthew Mayich has no chance of recovery after heatstroke, attorney says - Arizona Sports
"His body ceased functioning in a fundamental way, and this condition is irreversible," Robert Carey said.
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Jason Dean @thed34n.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Damn!
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Ara Kharazian @arakharazian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New from Ramp data: the latest threat to the AI trade. AI companies' revenues are heavily dependent on a small set of customers. 80% of OpenAI and Anthropic's enterprise revenues come from 1% of their customers, and it's not getting better.
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