If you're part of the BioWare or Sims community and want to talk about how those studios' queer characters and themes have impacted you and your fears for those series moving forward after this sale, I'd love to chat with you for a Kotaku story. Can be reached here or email kshepard@kotaku.com

Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterday

Well, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666

we keep asking for the Replicators from Star Trek, and they keep trying to give us the Replicators from Stargate.

When your brain starts to associate a task or a place or activity with trauma, it just does what it's been designed to do and tries to *stop you from doing that.* We talk about burnout sometimes like it's a moral failure, but it's literally a deep survival mechanism.

I HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING WALMART AND AMAZON STARVING THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

4, 3, 5

B_Rye989@brye989.bsky.social · 2d ago

3 5 4

"Why can't you just appreciate how revolutionary the job-taking, environment-degrading, information-shredding, technology-hoarding, economy-swamping machine is?" My brother in Christ, there may indeed be a revolution in part because of "AI," but it might not be the one you wanted.

"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude

Our flight from Seattle to Sacramento was delayed by a few hours last night, but we were rewarded with an epic sunset on Tahoma (Rainier) as it poked through the low stratus layer. The pastel peach backdrop was made possible by the horrific wildfire smoke from all the PNW fires.

It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"

Seeing posts on here that we’ll probably have smoke in Seattle for the next few days. This, paired with the higher than normal temperatures, is gonna be a problem. Here are some things you can do to protect yourself and your community:

"so it felt like character flaws rather than what it really was, which was undiagnosed ADHD" Oh my God the years I spent over the years berating myself for having more ambition than work ethic, not knowing my brain was working against me the whole time

NPR@npr.org · 4d ago

For decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.

To be clear, this is on the org. They did not prohibit the use of AI in the contest rules.

AI poster causes controversy in Ohio State Fair contest

Some Ohioans are expressing concerns after a poster created with artificial intelligence won the Ohio State Fair’s poster contest.

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I wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵

I do not like this man but “he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought” is a level of draggage that I do admire.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."

I just...

Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 5d ago

Fun and nostalgia

Little bit louder and a little bit worse

Vivian Moira Valentine@itsviviactually.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Remember when it came out that Jeffrey Epstein and his billionaire rapist pals had deliberately manufactured modern movement transphobia to make us easier to exploit sexually and no one but us cared?

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

you can give em feedback here www.amnesty.org.uk/contact-us/

Wow!

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo

This is a stunning piece.

R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD)@rsagarcia.bsky.social · 5d ago

It's the last day of July! Tomorrow, my story, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY BROADCAST, goes to the @clarkesworldmagazine.com archives. But you can still read it on the front page today, now with an incredible audio performance by Kate Baker! Enjoy your weekend! clarkesworldmagazine.com/garcia_07_26/

www.axios.com/local/san-fr...

San Francisco's bookstores are betting community beats convenience

Once left for dead, SF booksellers are thriving again

axios.com

I really have to say, re: Anglerfish... the fact that a storied and battle-proven studio like Cyan is unable to get ANYONE to give them the comparatively meager funding it would take to make it from a prototype and hook of SUCH a high quality is a true indictment of the entire gaming industry.

Cyan Worlds@cyan.com · 5d ago

Last weekend, Cyan studio co-heads Hannah & Eric attended the annual Mysterium fan gathering to give this year's “State of Cyan” address. Lots of information was revealed. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrBSgqf1XM

I have a little meme saved to my phone. Closest thing I have to a mantra.

Whoops, my bad. #art #digitalart #flatart #furry #furryart #deer #anxiety

I've only just started reading this, but it already surpasses even the extremely high bar the average Admiral Cloudberg dissection sets for thoroughness, attention to detail, and readability. If you're at all interested in aviation and you don't already read her, you absolutely should be!

Kyra Dempsey - Admiral Cloudberg@kyracloudy.bsky.social · last wk.

IT'S TIME. admiralcloudberg.medium.com/reaping-the-...

TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.

A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/ouHgmYA

Kash Patel Loses Lawsuit Against Man Who Called Him “Googly-Eyed” Chud

A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.”

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You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS