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Kris Fournier

@therealfournier.bsky.social
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Game Designer. Education Enthusiast. Cat Owner.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 03/09/2026
that small upward spike there in 2021-22 is like half of what drove the billionaire class completely nuts
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✨Donny T✨ @spvcevvitch.bsky.social · 15h
Love that this man decided I shouldn't have my job anymore
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Theo Beastly @theopriestley.net · 15h
Ai in #gamedev
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...
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Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work
Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.
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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
With in 30 seconds of opening the door today they showed up fist confused the normal spot was not used for today’s tea but they found the back up station that I try to keep stocked so I can use my work bench without worrying about getting chips in their grub.
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Kris Fournier @therealfournier.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
You take one wrong turn on a beer run...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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SaraAAAGHH A GHOST!!! Ford 🐍🎨👻 @angeloslh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Can somebody please explain to me why the fuck we culturally are so obsessed with shitting on the smallest percentage of people? These graphs look dramatic but it's like, going up by a fraction of a % every year oh my god. How about we turn our gaze around and look at the 1% of rich cunts
Graphs from the BBC, the top one is cut off because phones sick - it shows the ADHD rise, which is from under 1% in 2000 to almost 4% in 2025. Below it is an autism graph with very similar numbers
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ALA tracks attempts to ban or censor books in libraries and schools by compiling reports from library workers and media coverage to identify censorship trends and the books challenged most frequently. Here are the Top 11 Most Challenged Books from 2025. Learn more: ala.org/top10. #BannedBooksWeek
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Fuzzy Mike @fuzzymike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
AI Bros are like "yeah there's an estrangement crisis. it's a crisis i can't completely estrange my kid until they're an adult"
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 08/10/2026
You're walking down the street. We lock eyes. Then I pull out my phone. I look serious. Then I ask the question nobody expects: "You wanna see a shitload of pelicans?" 🪶 🦑
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GuillaumefromRFN @guillaumenwr.bsky.social · 22/09/2024
Please look at this sleepy boy
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404 Media @404media.co · 07/10/2026
Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, was born before the Civil War. Scientists have now sequenced his genome to reveal what’s behind his extreme longevity, so we can live longer too.
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‘Jonathan’ Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth. He Could Hold the Secrets to Defying Death
Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, was born before the Civil War. Scientists have now sequenced his genome to reveal what’s behind his extreme longevity, so we can live longer too.
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Lisette Titre-Montgomery @lisettetitre.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Copyrighted material is not fair use
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Court Finds That Using Copyrighted Material as AI Training Data Is Not Fair Use
A US appeals court upheld a ruling that AI legal research company Ross Intelligence's training of its AI model didn't amount to "fair use."
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Stop Killing Games @stopkillinggames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Description of how the EU Kids Act applies to video games, what it will do, and what it might do
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Kris Fournier @therealfournier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Saying Xbox is returning to growth in the same tone that the Empire would claim the unemployment rate on Alderaan was reduced to 0...
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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026
Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps
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Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools
Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.
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Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'Flower, Flow & the Origins of thatgamecompany' /noclip documentary. Watch it here: youtu.be/6uYOnnz8o0g?...
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Austin Kelmore @austinkelmore.com · 04/10/2026
Thatgamecompany has built more games that have emotionally impacted me and stayed with me for years than almost any other studio. Flower and Journey, in particular, are some of the few games I've played where I was blown away by the merging of tech and design. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uYO...
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Flower, Flow & the Origins of thatgamecompany - /noclip Documentary
YouTube video by /noclip
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Kris Fournier @therealfournier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ooo, thats fucking cleaaaaan!
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Kris Fournier @therealfournier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is this also the time to tell you spotify launched and entire playlist of Pokemon Sleep songs?
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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
i told the truth www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/abu...
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“Abusing you was by the book” (documenting two years of abuse from Game Journalism, after sharing my #metoo… the whole painful story all in one place) – The Candybox Blog
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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WE LOVE STUDENT JOURNALISTS IN THIS HOUSE
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
HUGE: Autozone workers just won the first ever union at the company. Despite Autozone spending an estimated $210,696 and using every tactic in the book to stop just 11 workers from forming a union, the small shop in New York chose to unionize today. These workers will now join the @uaw.org.
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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Support this, but I wish damages could be more than just monetary. They should beat people who work for prediction markets with baseball bats.
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Steven Spohn @stevenspohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I am NOT calling AI "Super Intelligence" I am NOT calling the Gulf of Mexico "Gulf of America" I am NOT calling Lake Ontario "Lake America" I am NOT calling Twitter "X" I am NOT calling New Mexico "New America" Stop capitulating to billionaires with fragile egos.
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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Andy Samberg The Lonely Island
ALT: Andy Samberg The Lonely Island
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Kris Fournier @therealfournier.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Its one of the few downsides to winter coming...
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Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For nearly two years, I've been investigating a pattern of ominous legal letters sent to journalists by defamation counsel representing Bobby Kotick. That investigation is finally live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
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Shayna MoooOOOooon (she/they) @themoonis.gay · 24/09/2026
Her name was Kerri Moynihan www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Parents' suit alleges sexual harassment at Activision drove their daughter to suicide
Lawsuit filed by parents of employee who took her life at company retreat alleges Activision Blizzard failed to prevent pervasive sexual harassment.
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GLITCH @glitchprod.com · 23/09/2026
She's missed you. Knights of Guinevere returns October 9. The season will feature 8 episodes.
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
WHY DOES NOBODY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ANYMORE BECAUSE WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAAAAAAN?????
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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 22/09/2026
Nothing will ever be enough for these people.
Microsoft gross profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2026 was $60.482B, a 15.36% increase year-over-year.
Microsoft gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2026 was $225.465B, a 16.28% increase year-over-year.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2026 was $225.465B, a 16.28% increase from 2025.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2025 was $193.893B, a 13.38% increase from 2024.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2024 was $171.008B, a 17.09% increase from 2023.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
FAFO aside, his shock is a great distillation of how whiteness as a social construct is built around shattering communal understanding of our interconnected human ecosystem in favor of a mythical individualism How whiteness leaves its adherents defenseless against our shared oppressors: capitalists
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you got the handbook, post about it! Tag us in it! Let us know what you found interesting! Ask questions! We wanna hear from you!
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 21/09/2026
The only part of game development I don't care about is the shareholders
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 21/09/2026
if you're a moderately competent desktop computer user with the means to buy a few hard drives i think you have a duty to your iphone friends to become "the plex guy"
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Kris Fournier @therealfournier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
*medical. I swear my keyboard on my phone just gives up half the time now...
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Kris Fournier @therealfournier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Called out sick Friday due to mecial stuff. Came in monday and was handed this...I am 35 years old adult with almost 20 years of working history, and this just feels so disrespectful...
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Crippled Giraff Decals @crippledgiraff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember what they took from you
Original AoE II menu village
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Kris Fournier @therealfournier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oooo, I cant wait to see this!
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Kris Fournier @therealfournier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yeeep. Like every other bundle is that now...
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In 1960, these people were assuring you, ASSURING you JFK would allow the will of the Pope to override Congress. The playbook literally never changes.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 19/09/2026
Judge Rules the EPA Illegally Terminated a $7 Billion Solar Program 😡😡 www.washingtonsun.com/energy/judge-…
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Judge Rules the EPA Illegally Terminated a $7 Billion Solar Program
The program was intended to make solar power accessible to lower-income Americans.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 19/09/2026
13/12 headline. No notes
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