We really do live in such a dystopia. And what's wild is we as a collective and community don't do nearly enough to push back.

852dude@852dude.bsky.social · yesterday

This sucks ass. When I start my car I want to be able to put my foot on the pedal and drive off. I dont want to watch an ad. A distracting ad. Right in the middle of my console. Again. This sucks ass.

I just realised that a YouTube channel with 1.7 million subscribers cited an article I wrote. Well that explains the recent bump in traffic lol.

Oh for fuck's sake. This is exactly the same red fucking brick road Twitter went down. Just once it would be nice for a CEO to come to the (correct) conclusion that the liberals are the furthest right wing a social media platform should tolerate and actually we need to be taken over by communists.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Note: What they mean about that has nothing to do with "culture" or the community of the office. In exactly 100% of cases, when a CEO is "concerned" that employees are not there for "the mission," they mean "they're not working 120 hour weeks!"

Max P III@blackballer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.

Yuzu Martini. Yuzu is the greatest flavour in the history of flavours. I love how it has got big in Australia over the last 5 years.

My review: good, easy eating fun. We’ll come back.

Dancesport Is Life@mattatddnet.bsky.social · 5d ago

Trying a new Japanese restaurant this week. Gyudon and Ramen!

Trying a new Japanese restaurant this week. Gyudon and Ramen!

While I recognise the genius of Bob Dylan I prefer to listen to Jakob/The Wallflowers.

lil miss big boy@lighter.bsky.social · 5d ago

Post your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.

Daily bunny no.3386 talks to the little fish

We live in a world where everything is a Funko Pop; meaningless content churn and endless crossovers all stuck on the same generic model. Crossovers used to be fun but now they just highlight how nothing is creative enough to be unique.

Scott White@professorrpg.bsky.social · 6d ago

Wizards is bringing Universes Beyond to D&D...

The kind of utter bullshit we get out of the Labor party. I emailed (and then followed up) my local MP about the heinous costs they put on permanent residents and partners, including a 3x increase to the return visa, and this template crap is what I get back. Can't even be arsed addressing my issue.

Good. About time people pushed back against FIFA (and the Trump family)

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 6d ago

UEFA nations will not participate in FIFA events until the investment deal is scrapped

Here's my 2,700 word review of Blue Reflection Quartet. These games were made just for me I swear. Haven't written a review of this length in some time lol www.digitallydownloaded.net/2026/07/revi...

Review: Blue Reflection Quartet (Nintendo Switch 2) – Digitally Downloaded

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No society that is so unsafe for children that it needs these has any right to claim that it is civilised.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.

Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters The plastic, non-lethal aircraft, which can smash windows and ram attackers will be at the ready at certain schools in Colorado, Florida and Georgia www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

I forgot how awesome Queen of the Damned is. Criminally underappreciated film.

Here's Australia's Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, casually insulting the Prime Minister of Japan via a "joke" that is both sexist AND racist. The rest of the world thinks Australia is a backwater of classless bogans (derogatory). Moments like this is why. www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

Sanae Takaichi: The prime minister nobody defended

Anthony Albanese’s melon joke revealed which women leaders the world feels safe mocking.

japantimes.co.jp

Wait you mean that the most memorable, interesting, creative and exciting video games are those that are made as works of art rather than corporate content that has been manufactured to the same best practice corporate content products? Perish the thought!

VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 2w ago

Shigeru Miyamoto says the games that resonate most with players all around the world aren’t those deliberately designed for global appeal, but those based on a developer’s personal interests. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/miyamot...

It still pops up from time to time, BTW. "Weird Japan" or "Tee hee the Japanese are So QUIRKY" with the Yakuza series, for example. Or when they slam Japanese games for "representation" because that word means something different outside of America. It's all racism.

H.K // デビル零 #PlayMoreVF@devilrei.bsky.social · last wk.

I genuinely think we’d be in a better place right now if English gaming media could’ve flushed all the casual racism towards Japanese art out of its system by 2010 or so. Instead everyone just saw the rise of AAA western games as a means to double down on that shit

This would be a very worthwhile film. I do wonder, however, if people would realise that the film would be challenging ALL war films. For example, try watching, say, Saving Private Ryan after reading this book about what American soldiers did outside of battle: www.amazon.com.au/What-Soldier...

What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France

What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France : Roberts, Mary Louise: Amazon.com.au: Books

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Jennifer Kretchmer@dreamwisp.bsky.social · last wk.

While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.

Terminator was a top-to-bottom warning against *exactly* the approach to AI that AI companies have taken. It’s actually horrifying just how perfect the parallel is. If only we had people actually sabotaging AI data centres. That would be resistance worth supporting.

John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹@lippoenen.bsky.social · last wk.

I love Del Toro. Not only is he a visionary director but he CARES SO MUCH about art. He’s the guy that spent his entire upbringing lost in books and movies and is a total nerd in the best possible way. And yeah. Fuck AI.

Joanne Firth@joannefirth.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Absolutely no goddamn AI" Hollywood ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

This film is an outright masterpiece and an utterly scathing social critique. Cinema at its finest.

This building is insanely expansive to actually go into for some reason but the facade alone is well worth visiting on a trip to Barcelona.

David Brooks@dgbrooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

Top of the morning, Bluesky! #Gaudi is EVERYWHERE in Barcelona. #BlueSkyArtShow #Glass #EastCoastKin #Stunday

This really is such a great baseball game. So much better than MLB the Show. God bless Konami for localising.

Entirely unsurprising but the pushback they I’ve had on this post - and there has been plenty of annoying pushback - has come from Americans who seem to think that the entire world needs to wait for them to watch a film before anyone can talk about it.

Dancesport Is Life@mattatddnet.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is a joke but there is someone disturbing underneath it. I really need to get around to writing another article about why this “no spoilers” nonsense is leading us down a path to total anti-intellectualism where we’re only allowed to consume. Never discuss. It’s why we have Trump, basically.

This week’s retro arcade game is Teddy Boy. Remember Teddy Boy? Such an underrated game.

Book one finished! This is a three book collection that dwarfs Lord of the Rings (LoTR is 1100 pages, this is 1700). It’s a true historical epic by my favourite author of all time. So glad to finally read the whole translation for the first time.

This is a joke but there is someone disturbing underneath it. I really need to get around to writing another article about why this “no spoilers” nonsense is leading us down a path to total anti-intellectualism where we’re only allowed to consume. Never discuss. It’s why we have Trump, basically.

matt demon@ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 2w ago

“No odyssey spoilers!” Brother it’s been three thousand years

This is one of the best sakes I have ever had. Super dry and crisp. Perfect way to cut through the rich flavours of the curry.

Dancesport Is Life@mattatddnet.bsky.social · 2w ago

Lunch at my favourite restaurant. Kaarage curry, plum wine slushy and a bottle of high quality sake (they even served it to Obama on a state trip back in the day).