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Leftist Canadian. He/Him/His. Politics/Tech/Finance.

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House House @househouse.com · 15/10/2026
An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox
Regarding Xbox

In June 2026 we announced that the release of Big Walk would be limited to computers, Switch 2 and PS5. Since then, we have received many messages and comments, asking about a future Xbox release. We would like to address those questions here:

We have made the decision not to release Big Walk on Xbox, in accordance with the Palestinian-led BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement’s call to boycott Microsoft, and their designation of Microsoft Games (and Xbox) as a priority boycott target. If you need help understanding our motives, we would recommend reading about why Microsoft is a BDS priority target, the successes this kind of pressure has already had on Microsoft, and especially, watching this great introductory piece by People Make Games.

It has always been our intention for Big Walk to be played by groups of friends, and we know that keeping the game off Xbox runs counter to those intentions. This decision means that some people will miss out on playing Big Walk with their friends, and we understand the disappointment we’re causing. We are disappointed too.

We would love for people to be able to play the game on Xbox, but not until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets.

We’ve made this decision with the belief that meaningful change can be made in the world, that coordinated collective action can confront even the most powerful interests, and that one day, Palestine will be free.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
House House

(see bigwalk.game/xbox for links)
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As ever, it was a land dispute. One pilot wanted to and the other didn't.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
[adult male convert with a lot of weird sexual hang-ups]: This should be in Latin.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · 08/09/2026
(at nintendo hq): red alert, sir! the ocarina of time remake is absolutely BOMBING on the app for jaded 40 year olds!
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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 04/09/2026
Jack Reacher with a speech bubble like he's saying the quoted post
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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 31/08/2026
Notice how she's wearing a crew neck while his labial throat is tucked and cucked behind a literal V at his collar. She's wearing red, the color of war, mars, arguably the most masculine color. She's driving the computer while he's riding sidesaddle next to her. Cucking ritual.
trump apparently shits himself while nathalie harp sits next to him typing on a laptop
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/08/2026
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 24/08/2026
elon musk asking grok to explain warhammer lore and frowning really hard when it tells him the god-emperor of mankind was an atheist, then rewriting the grokipedia entry to say that he was "culturally christian"
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Fiona @fionasmall.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Real French in Quebec
Delusional cosplayers in France
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Jonas Salk refused to patent the polio vaccine, as he didn't want credit for this horrific massacre.
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Scotty Taylor @scottytaylor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“You see even though the Emperor APPEARS to be naked, due to private conversations I’ve had with his servants, his clothes are actually beautiful, and I for one, am thankful for his transparency.”
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Thomas Tuchel
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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 28/03/2025
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, The ewok one, then a major dip; A baffling plot involving Amidala
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I'm glad we all learned that there's limits to "Vote Blue No Matter Who." The only challenge is to convince Americans that funding genocide against my race is equally worthy of outrage.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Five-year reunion?
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
the real political correctness is that you can’t go on the news and say that this is hick shit
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
hold on a second, there’s a NEW york?!?
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
…………………. anyway, we left the WP almost 11 months ago. You can support our independent journalism here by becoming a member or donating: www.LNI.media/membership
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Membership | Local News International
Dave Jorgenson explains the news using humor, video clips, and his dog’s LinkedIn page. It’s a sanity check for news consumers.
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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Will Sommer wrote a great summary of Pulte's time with Bed Bath & Beyond memestock
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Bill Pulte Was a “Degenerate” Buffoon. Now He’s Head of U.S. Intelligence.
Bulletproof vests, helicopters, and, yes, dildos.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
(fall 2026) - I'm James O'Keefe - I'm the overweight guy from those Washington Post opinion podcasts with 35 views - And I'm Bari Weiss's little sister. These stories, and Chris D'Elia, tonight on 60 Minutes
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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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phil @philjamesson.com · 20/05/2026
five days in washington dc
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
New from me: Five years ago, I criticized a San Francisco TV reporter for getting her facts wrong. Ever since, she and her allies have alleged that I was part of a conspiracy to end her career. That narrative just got a boost with her new book, which is being promoted by some powerful tech people.
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Truth, power, and honest journalism
Gary Tan, the CEO of venture capital firm Y Combinator, accused me of unethical reporting. This is my response.
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embracebecoming.bsky.social @embracebecoming.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This guy is the purest representative of the modern Republican party. Ignore the mewling assholes "respectable" media have on to try and whitewash Trump, this guy is the base and they love it. Hogs wallering around in their own shit, and trying to pull us all down with them.
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JJ @jjdotbiz.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"The Switch is so old," you all said. "I need better graphics," you demanded. "Wah wah," you cried. And now, you sit here before Slippy Toad, the slippiest he's ever been, slippier than a fucking banana peel under a kart wheel, all thanks to the raw power of the Nintendo Switch 2—and you reject him?
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
i’m deleting my repost of a fake account impersonating an nba reporter. i didn’t look close enough and i was fooled, and that’s on me. the basketball court does NOT fold up like a backgammon board after the game and the players do NOT sleep in it until the next game
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I miss when I could make fun of Reddit instead of Reddit being one of the maybe three semi useful websites left
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The implicit media consensus is that urban voters should not be able to overrule rural voters, but that rural voters should be able to overrule urban voters, an assumption so axiomatic and unquestionable that nobody even understands they're making it.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
this was predictable, but i don't feel all that good about it. among other things, if she can't fly out of the country she's just gonna wind up driving more.
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KAFUI 🇬🇭 @mykafuiohkafui.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Mamdani: If the NYC apartment you keep solely for bi-yearly affairs with your mistress costs over 5 million dollars, you gotta pay more tax NYPD officer who’s been on disability since 2006 because he stomped too hard on a lady during an arrest and fucked up his ankle: This is a travesty
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The latest member of Team Carney. Poilievre should keep an eye on Leslyn lewis. As long as he can prove that George Soros doesn't sit in on caucus meetings, she might be willing to cross the floor as well.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I think it's bad for the President to threaten to annihilate an entire culture and i do not think you are being alarmist if you take his threats seriously and literally.
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Is there a term for this www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...
Israel is intent on redrawing not only the geographic map of south Lebanon but also the demographic one.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Apple is 50 today and we have a huge package of fun stories on the site -- my little contribution is thinking about the iPhone and how the entire world bent around it. Gift link! -> www.theverge.com/tech/905398/...
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Everything is iPhone now
The iPhone changed Apple — and the world — forever.
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A hot dog hollers @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Go home GI, your edgelord era got indexed by the Wayback Machine and a grad student is writing about you Your girlfriend started following Hasan Piker, GI GI, your meme coinS dropped 80% in value because the president’s son rug pulled you GI
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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/03/2026
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Captain Disillusion @captaindisillusion.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Boy, they must be paying HUGE residuals to artists and producing more episodes of original shows than EVER
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Will BOO!-rows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Every picture of ICE agents in airports is just this again
Two ceramic pigs labeled "pigs with no specific duties"
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💪🏽🤟🏼💪🏿🫶🏽 L Ramalho 🍉 @ramalho.org · 23/03/2026
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Perhaps the best example of "person that understands tech but also has a normal brain pressures AI executive on what they think will actually happen" done so far. Nilay asks all the questions I've rage-screamed at my phone while reading some puff piece.
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Bjorn @zmapper.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Everyone who answers “too low” is on this app.
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 10/03/2026
Could a depressed country make this? www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
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Buffalo Wild Wings unveils wing-flavored protein espresso martini
Buffalo Wild Wings' new Espresso Proteini is infused with Buffalo Dry Jump and jampacked with 10 grams of protein.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Finance bros emailing the physics kids they bullied in school asking if the war existing in a quantum superposition of beginning, ending, both, and neither means oil is worth $125 or $75.
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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The only correct answer to "what's 6÷2(1+2)?"
Panel from XKCD comic 169 where Hat Guy cuts off the hand of someone who just asked an obnoxious ambiguous riddle
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 06/03/2026
Five tiers of Vince McMahon becoming increasingly worked up as the headline “Markwayne Mullin Reportedly Fingered Nostrils of Colleagues and Their Spouses During Visit to Israel” elapses
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