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Ersatz @ersatz.bsky.social · 7h

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19h

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 22h

Someone just reblogged this on tumblr with this tag and I just fucking died I've been on this shit for over a decade and it's only getting worse

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written about this before but whatever.

Videogames as an artform have a problem with nostalgia. Not that people shouldn’t have nostalgia. Or that games shouldn’t draw from the past. But instead the weight we give to nostalgia.

When people go back to enjoy old games, we assume it’s a nostalgia thing. Do people assume that with books? Or movies? Or music? People certainly do go back in time with those mediums for nostalgia! It happens! I know when my sister is listening to certain cheesy old boyband pop or punk she’s often having a musical nostalgia trip! That’s cool! But we still don’t ASSUME, CONSTANTLY thats why people go back to stuff.

People like old stuff because it’s cool and interesting. It’s historic. People go watch Metropolis still, but how many people alive could even be nostalgic for a movie like that?

I almost want to see the word Nostalgia excised from discussions about video games – not because nostalgia is bad but because we over use it to the point where it’s actually harmful I think.

I mean I made IWBTG and am making an NES style game right now and even for me, the obsession with ‘nostalgia’ seems crazy.

Old stuff is cool. I know this because I see a lot of you kids on my tumblr feed talking about games I know you didn’t grow up with. It’s like finding your parents record or CD collection. Thinking the primary greatness of old games is bringing back memories of eating cereal and playing games on a saturday morning is a great injustice, even if those memories for some are perfectly worthwhile things.

#this post is 11 years old and still holds true

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 08/10/2026

Compuuuuuuuta raise my child for me

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bobby Kotick is joining Skydance? Sounds like a great time to reshare PMG's excellent investigation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Bobby Kotick vs. The Games Media

YouTube video by People Make Games

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 07/10/2026

An oversized gaming console was set up for the ‘STREET FIGHTER’ movie in Times Square that featured actual performers fighting.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Shigeru Miyamoto has claimed that Toad is his least favorite character in Mario Kart. Despite this, in all footage of him playing Mario Kart 8, he picked Toad every time. Whether he was joking or specifically picking a character he hates to challenge himself is unknown.

I have an important question. Nintendo has also just released Mariokart 7 for the 3DS. In every iteration of Mariokart, I've always preferred to play as Toad. Who's your favorite character?
That's the most challenging question! I'm sorry that I cannot come up with an interesting answer. Somehow, it's habit to me, but I play with Mario. He's a very balanced character.
Who's your least favorite character?
Toad. [Laughs]
My favorite character is your least favorite character?
I understand that he has some popularity. Somehow.
In a 2012 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Shigeru Miyamoto has claimed Toad is his least favorite Mario Kart character.
In December 2014, Shigeru Miyamoto and Bill Trinen played Mario Kart 8 against YouTuber Rosanna Pansino. Miyamoto picked Toad.
Also in December 2014, Shigeru Miyamoto and Bill Trinen played Mario Kart 8 against YouTuber iJustine. Miyamoto picked Toad again.
Finally, in January 2015, the two played Mario Kart 8 against YouTube group Smosh Games. Miyamoto picked Toad again.
Whether Miyamoto simply had an enormous change of heart about Toad in the intervening 2 years, or whether he was picking his least favorite to challenge or punish himself, is unknown.
Source: information compiled by @SpriteCell, x.com/SpriteCell/status/1653842781897474048 ew.com/article/2012/02/10/shigeru-miyamoto-zelda, youtu.be/DNUcDkNI24o, youtu.be/3Q2KxS32Q1g, youtu.be/untLD6z6aql

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Lord of Whales @lordofwhales.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you like how the polls are, you go out and vote to ensure it goes the way you would like it to because polls are never the final answer If the polls are shifted against how you want? You go out and vote because polls are never the final answer

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Tom Fawkes @tomfawkes.com · 06/10/2026

And if you can’t get to the polls on Election Day, here’s a resource on mail-in voting and early voting in your state: www.vote.org/early-voting...

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Early Voting Calendar - Vote.org

When does early voting start and end in your state? Find out now.

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Tom Fawkes @tomfawkes.com · 06/10/2026

“The system is broken, so I refuse to participate.” Unfortunately, this is how our broken system works, so doing nothing with your vote is like saying you’re OK with things staying the way they are now. If you’re registered, there’s no reason you shouldn’t vote.

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Tom Fawkes @tomfawkes.com · 06/10/2026

“But I don’t like either of the candidates.” Then you gotta go with the “lesser of two evils,” because progress isn’t a straight line and it definitely doesn’t happen overnight.

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Tom Fawkes @tomfawkes.com · 06/10/2026

I don’t care what the polls are saying one way or another, just VOTE, OK? “But it’s a shoe-in. There’s no way ____ loses.” Not until those ballots are counted! Vote anyway.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This Is 👇 Who KegsBreath Is.......

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Donkey Kong 64 contains unused text that would have referenced the Gold Skulltula sidequest from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as a joke explanation for Donkey Kong not being able to do something.

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HEY, DONKEY, YOU'LL NEED 100 SKULLTILLEYS IF YOU WANT TO RACE ME!
Donkey Kong 64 contains an unused line of text for the seal in Gloomy Galleon where he tells Donkey Kong that he needs "100 Skulltilleys" to race him. This was intended to be used in the game's demo as a joke explanation for why the race cannot be accessed.
This is of course a reference to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, where Gold Skulltulas can be found all over Hyrule. Defeating them produces tokens, 100 of which are needed to lift the curse on a family in Kakariko Village which turned them into spiders.
The spelling "Skulltilleys" instead of "Skulltulas" appears to be an inside reference to the name of Rareware artist Carl Tilley, who worked on this game.
Source: Ferrox, Alley, tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_64/Unused_Text

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Imagine in any sane world where the leader of a nation says it's okay if 2 of it's major cities gets destroyed and millions of lives lost, but it's fine, because it's a "small price to pay."

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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"

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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge

Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

On this day in 1933, Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld library in Berlin. The world’s greatest collection of LGBTQ books and scientific papers were looted and later burned, erasing decades of research into sexuality and gender identity. ‘Where they burn books, in the end they will burn humans too’.

Photo showing the burning of the books looted from the Magnus Hirschfeld library.

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Thrown Controllers Universe Clips @tcuclips.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

While Claire was on an enforced "Bagel break", Tom had to keep everyone entertained. His solution was a skit based on the endless supply of giant sawblades that kept going by in the background. {Suggested by @/prinplup14.bsky.social.}

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Super Mario Sunshine is surprisingly more realistic than later Mario games in one specific aspect: here, Mario will start drowning if he hangs on to a ledge in such a way that water is flowing into his nose and mouth, as one would in real life.

Observe Mario holding on to a ledge that water is flowing over in Super Mario Galaxy (left) and Super Mario Odyssey (right). If realistic physics applied, he should start drowning since his nostrils and mouth are covered by water flowing into them.
However, in these games the air depletion/drowning state is tied to the swimming animation. As long as Mario is not visibly swimming, he cannot be drowning even if he is covered by water.
In Super Mario Sunshine, however, air depletion is decoupled from swimming as an action, allowing Mario to realistically start drowning in this situation (note him flashing red and his air meter depleting).
However, he is saved by Sunshine's (also unique among 3D Mario platformers) ledge tiredness mechanic. After hanging on for 20 seconds, Mario will let go. This is also realistic, since why would he let himself drown?
Source: discovery by YouTube user @miguelgcgamer, screenshots by Supper Mario Broth

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

what a disgusting room with some of the worst people in modern history

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This right here. This is how you respond to their bullshit.

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tpwrtrdmn @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There is literally no piece of media in existence that is genuinely flawless, everything you enjoy is worthy of criticism, and if you truly love something, you'll also acknowledge those flaws. By doing so, you increase the chance of new things being made that are even better and address those flaws.

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tpwrtrdmn @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you're a fan of a big media property, a really dedicated and invested fan, you have to learn to respond to criticism of that thing in a calm and reasonable manner rather than as a personal attack. In fact, you should learn to do the criticism yourself, without feeling embarrassed for liking it.

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The Haunting of Shane Ross @comebackshane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Scottish comedian Daniel Sloss talks about how men need to hold other men accountable for rape and sexual assault.

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 01/10/2026

Human Rights Groups Ask UN Panel to Help End ICE’s ‘Enforced Disappearances’ of Noncitizens | “Disappearing people into a network of remote detention sites, hiding their whereabouts, and cutting off their access to outside help is the definition of an enforced disappearance.”

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Human Rights Groups Ask UN Panel to Help End ICE's 'Enforced Disappearances' of Noncitizens - Bucks County Beacon

The practice involves withholding the whereabouts of thousands of detainees facing deportation from families and lawyers.

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Justice Putnam @justiceputnam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My son would be 50 tomorrow. It's been a painful 8 years since he passed. He hated Trump. I miss him terribly. Here he is with my granddaughter and grand nieces blocking a mob of Proud Boys at the Oregon State Capitol in 2017.

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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Spanish actor Javier Bardem is calling to boycott Starbucks for supporting the genocide in Palestine

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Jax (the original) @jacqueline321.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ppl are being beaten, kidnapped, n placed in concentration camps. Republican ‘leadership’ is a joke. Felon Donald J. Trump must be forcibly ousted. Full stop 🛑

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Georgia Lee @georgialee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Such an embarrassing time to be an American.... Can't wait until we get a real president again. ('28 can't come soon enough.)

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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 30/09/2026

Finally, a member of this adminsitration that tells the truth.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Jack Smith is an American hero 👇

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🇩🇪🇺🇦 In Berlin, a march was held in support of Oleshky residents, calling for pressure on Russia, humanitarian access, and safe civilian evacuation.

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Tedderman1🦋 @twj75.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He wasn't kidding, he really is a shitty President.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026

Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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