Cortana
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“A goth Slut!” - Trixie Mattel Dachshund Maven. Bearded Lady. Retired Cowgirl. she/her UX, UI, IA, && Accessibility for the games you like. Enforcer at PAX. Seattle — Duwamish Territory bento.me/cortanav
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
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
Electronic Arts Officially Sold For $55 Billion
With the closing of the market today comes the second-biggest acquisition in gaming history
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america is so fucking racist
Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 2h agoChristine Wells Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, has learned that the Mississippi Board of Nursing opened a professional misconduct investigation against her following an anonymous complaint, the family’s lawyer said. www.mississippifreepress.org/nolan-wells-...
Somebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.
Black Rock Mountain, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument #NPS #NationalParkService #GrandCanyon-Parashant
This is the exact same behavior I saw with cheaters on steam. They couldn’t believe everyone else wasn’t cheating. They were sure everyone else was cheating but just hadn’t been caught. It’s cool to see this mental defect move from 15 year old boys to powering our economy….
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 13h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
Wanna feel old Star Trek fans? "Trials and Tribbleations" was one of the two* 30TH ANNIVERSARY specials created in 1996 for DS9 and Voyager. We're now at the 60th Anniversary so do the math there. (*VOY had Tuvok's episode "Flashback" where they go back to his time on Sulu's Excelsior bridge crew)
Octism Queen@snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social · yesterdayI’m guessing this is a cold take, but this is a top 10, maybe even top 5 DS9 episode
This is an underrated part of our E3 collection! Carolyn Rauch's donation included annual reports from the IDSA about the state of the games business. This report comes from 1996, with input from Nintendo, 3DO, Disney, and more archive.gamehistory.org/item/a557101...
Stefan Visnjevac@stefanvisnjevac.bsky.social · 4h agoBrowsing through @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social's priceless E3 collection, and came across a 1996 “first-ever study of how…software industry impacts US economy” (30 years ago). Much of p.12, on issues facing the industry, could have been written today with different factors: bsky.app/profile/game...
Small improvements in the air quality across the state, but levels still remain high. Reduce your risk by following these tips at doh.wa.gov/smoke-fires
If you checked the site and shipping seemed expensive - it was! Big Cartel sucks at combining items and they changed their entire UI! It’s now fixed with flat fee shipping for both international and domestic orders and it’s much more affordable!
Tran Girlismo: The Real Podcast Simulator@trangirlismo.bsky.social · 2d agoShirt and sticker orders are open once more through the end of August!!! victoriascott.bigcartel.com/category/tra...
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
I heard about this earlier today. He was denied his meds, taken out on a stretcher on Saturday and was DOA at the hospital. The Trump regime is running death camps.
Jen Rubin@jenrubin.bsky.social · 2d agoImmigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say murderers .. the next president must prosecute all of these and govs should not wait for feds to act www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...
wild how we have an ethnostate of uwu smol beans (utah)
Fuck these nazis, we were not born merely to toil
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Hooooooo boy. A Private Equity Guy is now in line to run MLS next year.
Pablo Maurer@mlsist.bsky.social · 2d agoMLS has selected its next commisioner, LAFC co-owner Larry Berg, sources tell me and @jeffrueter.bsky.social. Sportico first on this. More details & background on @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
“You’re a huge fan of Lord of the Rings, how come you don’t like Palantir?” “You’re a huge fan of 1984, how come you don’t like the surveillance state?” “You’re a huge fan of Fahrenheit 451, how come you don’t like ritual book burnings?”
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d agoEvery 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
Everything is being run by people who have absolutely no curiosity about how the conditions of their reality have come to be whatsoever.
Shayna Moon (she/they)@themoonis.gay · 3d ago"why can't we find any senior devs to hire" because you fired all the entry level people 5 years ago gerald
FIXED UPLOAD! As midterms draw near, we will see more stories like this of rich assholes trying to buy the system to suit their ends. And hurt your kids. My latest: youtu.be/6_FxNULDg5M?...
The Libertarian Billionaire Trying To Buy Control Of Your Children in WA State
YouTube video by Dead Domain LIVE
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President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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www.badinternetbills.com This link will help you find your local senators and patch you into their office phone numbers. It also provides a good script if you have trouble speaking over the phone
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
badinternetbills.com
This will be the US if the SCREEN Act passes. Call your Senators before August 5 and tell them that you oppose the SCREEN Act, KOSA, and the KIDS Act. Use the official lookup tool at www.senate.gov/senators/sen... to find yours by state.
It will be worse than this! Most websites will be forced to ask you to send your ID to a third party surveillance service, adding a credit card won't be enough for most. Bluesky asks for your *social security number* if you live in Texas now, due to this shit. Call in, and kill it.
Eromancer@eromancer.bsky.social · 3d agoThis will be the US if the SCREEN Act passes. Call your Senators before August 5 and tell them that you oppose the SCREEN Act, KOSA, and the KIDS Act. Use the official lookup tool at www.senate.gov/senators/sen... to find yours by state.
there is a full fledged national debate over whether ADHD meds should be allowed meanwhile sitting members of Congress have investments in Kratom and it is sold at gas stations
