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Barrett Courtney

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Daniel Ahmad@zhugeex.com · 5h ago

Important to recognize what he was up against here. $70 million in corporate and foreign interest spending Outspent 10 to 1 Opposition from the governor + Democratic establishment Haley Stevens campaign lied about Obama endorsing her Non-stop racist attacks and smears And he still won.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 6h ago

No congressional candidate in Democratic history ever had as much outside money dumped on them in one primary as Abdul El-Sayed. But El-Sayed has now survived the onslaught in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Barely.

Dean Preston@deanpreston.bsky.social · 5h ago

SF Mayor is using his political capital on four major projects: 1. Net decrease in affordable housing funding 2. Gutting inclusionary housing 3. Eliminating anti-corruption oversight 4. Blocking ballot access for anyone but the ultra rich 5. Cutting taxes on billionaires Lurie is a republican

Barrett Courtney@barrettcourtney.bsky.social · 7h ago

Shout out Missouri for not voting against their own power SF has a similar thing to vote on in November, a proposal to make it harder for normal people to get measures on the ballot I’m fearful it’ll pass because despite what mainstream media says, SF has become a reactionary right-leaning city 🙃

lex luddy@lexluddy.xyz · 5d ago

The Stellar Blade AI music video is funny, because it's meant to be a showcase of the tech to convince people that the studios massive use of AI is good, but the actual result is highlighting AI's continued terrible temporal consistency because the art style keeps shifting and changing her face.

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Jake Steinberg@jakesteinberg.substack.com · last wk.

the funniest (but probably also most telling) response to this post are the people being like, "well have you considered videogame journalists don't KNOW about the BDS boycott?" Like, dog, they know when WumboJigglypuff67 posts a Nintendo Direct rumor. I think maybe they have heard!

Mitch Dyer@mitchyd.bsky.social · last wk.

Interesting that almost all analysis of Xbox in freefall completely ignores an organized boycott intended to harm the company financially. Meanwhile, multiple news stories on the home page all month about PlayStation boycotts that haven't even happened yet.

Jacob Geller@jacobgeller.com · 2w ago

"the graphics have caught up with our imagination" is intended as a compliment but is inadvertently damning of the whole project. Yeah, the imagination of Halo no longer exceeds a high-resolution tree. Cool.

The original Halo presented an alluring and mysterious setting that combined alien ruins with Pacific Northwest-inspired natural grandeur, but the level of detail back then simply hadn't yet caught up with the imagination. That's resolved here, with a gorgeous visual update that makes the whole campaign pop with excitement.