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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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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As stated by others, what most of the world would call packet gravy. Canadians would also call the paper bag that contains drink crystals or gelatin/jelly an "envelope of Kool aid" or "envelope of jello." It makes an amount of sense when you think about the old school ones in paper bags.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As somebody that's worked in newspaper puzzles for 10 years, I can say with certainty that they MEANT to do this.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oh I'm sorry, the "either" read to me like you were adding a complaint about Hassan to Max's complaint about Neera (which is not about her being on Twitter). If your point was that they're both bad for being on Twitter, I must've misunderstood you.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Oh, I just meant vs Oz. I'll be going "Woo, Talarico" if he wins, even though I'm not a huge fan of all of his individual politics.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm pretty sure we were all excited about Fetterman before his stroke made his brain into whatever it is now?
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Should the head of the Democratic think tank be on there?
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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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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
At least when they don't use A/C because of imagined pulmonary risks they only kill themselves.
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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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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In MY day we had a Star Trek with a black captain and there wasn't really a SHIP to go anywhere except SOME of the time when it was needed for a narrative conceit. And there was ANOTHER Star Trek which was only on a ship and we all thought it WASN'T AS GOOD but now people look back on it KINDLY.
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Fiona @fionasmall.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Real French in Quebec
Delusional cosplayers in France
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I think this also helps rebuild the willingness to enter into trade agreements. Trump will be gone eventually, but hundreds of thousands of jobs cannot be forever held hostage by Dave from Scranton deciding if there's too many black women making six figures.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
See all that stuff in there, Homer? That's why your Lego Xbox never worked.
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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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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I don't resent much of my education, but I definitely entered adulthood thinking that progress was inevitable and permanent. In the following 20 years I've learned progress is a vicious fight that's litigated every day, and any momentary pause in that fight will result in massive backsliding.
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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 · 14/07/2026
Yeah man, the intersection of big tech surveillance and grocery companies ripping us off is definitely something nobody cares about.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Because you disagree with him and think it's neat? That's a weird thing to be a single issue voter on.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The CBC got this quote from somebody at the Stampede, and I think it's going to be the most unintentionally insightful comment about everything that'll happen in Canada the next 10 years.
A CBC article with a quote from an unnamed attendee who said, regarding Carney, "He stole all the Conservative ideas."
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
He has been? It's your choice to perpetuate the "the NDP isn't doing anything" narrative.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The premise of the book is just one massive parlay being presented as a sure thing.
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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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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This feels like the natural conclusion of the "real Americans" propaganda that has existed for most of my life. If left leaning Americans that think solar is cool aren't "real Americans" then why should they be allowed to vote or have the right to protest?
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is Dave, he was doing pogroms in Belfast earlier this year, he'll be handling your asylum appeal.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Everywhere is dealing with that, we're all suffering the fallout of climate change. If an obese man has a bad knee due to his weight, providing him a cane to support himself is an objectively good thing, even if it doesn't deal with the underlying causes. Keeping people alive with AC is also good.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The pivot from "I bet nobody has solved THIS easily solvable problem before" to flailing insults is just flawless. You'd make a great American.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Sigh... weren't they supposed to have locked her up?
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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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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The sort of fixation on killing brown people in the Middle East that might make him in favour of continued military support of Israel's genocide of Palestinians? Yeah, I can't even imagine what would happen if a Democrat held those political positions.
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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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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Rainbow capitalism was excellent for making the worst people on the planet feel like they couldn't safely spew their vitriol in public. Feels like they aren't nearly scared enough anymore.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Lots of "vote blue no matter who" people when Newsom was being floated as running for President are very upset that axiom might apply to them, too.
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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Yeah, I think that because it's so talked about everyone, from "health" media and influencers to Bob from accounting has A Take. Take a GLP-1 to get skinny! Don't take a GLP-1, it's only ethical to lose weight if it's from Hard Work! I think that's why I only want to hear what doctors have to say.
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Brendan @therealthefrizz.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Agreed, I don't think the bluesky posts are the problem. I do think the broader "lol ozempic face" as a backlash to celebrity is an issue, though? I don't want to stigmatize any medication that helps people, even if big pharma is vile and drooling at the chance to make money.
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