at one point in one of the episodes a prank caller actually gets through and poor host Jack Clark has to deal with that live on the air, incredible stuff
mildmojo
@mildmojo.bsky.social
software developer, llm hater used to make games, will again one day he/him
An insane video game-related Lost Media find has quietly popped up on YouTube. Two episodes of "Say Powww!", a 1979 game show about video games that only aired in some markets. People in studio and over the phone played Intellivision (!!) games. Predates Starcade!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=29tJ...
We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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It's a way to say "i share your values but (unlike you) I'm a realist" but if you won't make choices based on them they aren't actually your values
It's conspicuous that the question is "how can I diminish this policy to be palatable to the imaginary couple that doesn't support it" and not "how can I change their politics"
TEXAS figured it out? TEXAS?
New Texas data center projects frozen until state audits them
On Monday, the governor ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit all data centers wanting to connect to the state’s power grid.
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Chris DeLeon Ⓥ make your own games@chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 5d agolike when the tea party paid for No Data Center yard signs in my hometown sometimes they don't care if it goes elsewhere just don't want it where it affects their home BUT step 1 is to add as much friction as we can to being anywhere they're trying to be we'll cross the next bridge when we get there
Funny, but not funny at the same time. Maybe funny AND horrifying?
Great video essay looking back at A Force More Powerful, a serious game designed to teach nonviolent tactics. I actually own a copy, and back in 2006 I couldn't figure out how to play it. I'm positive nobody outside of its creators ever mastered it. Thank you for your service!
Alien Bob but also@jeremyoduber.com · 2d agoNEW VIDEO: In 2006 a Washington DC based think tank hired future lead designers of Civilization and XCOM to make a strategy game based on a documentary about nonviolent protest. 20 years later I'm here to tell you why. youtu.be/dmL7Ph4Us8o
Bending Spoons is buying Airtable - which is very bad because BS is known for buying companies & squeezing them for profit. Gordon screams & wants a local first version. Grist is an OSS alternative supported by European governments.
Bending Spoons buys Airtable for $1.2bn after IPO listing
Italy’s Bending Spoons has agreed to buy US automation company Airtable in its first acquisition deal after going public last month.
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automatically running signal messages through a stranger's AI is, I think, the worst pitch and idea I've ever been cold pitched in my life and that is saying a lot
You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
as I've seen friends in technical and other creative backgrounds point out this is also true of programming and art! the internet is overflowing with nice people eagerly giving away information they spent 20 years learning! none of it's gatekept at all that's why AI had so much to steal and resell 🙃
Antony Johnston@antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 2d agoSeeing complaints online that authors 'gatekeep' information…! Absolute nonsense. There is no industry or craft in the world which is so comprehensively written about, studied, and discussed as fiction writing, and every author I know welcomes new writers who are serious about giving it a go.
Let Sam explain how Dropout got The Don Hertzfeldt Collection... 🍌 @donhertzfeldtfilms.bsky.social
It works for the 5th, too! "Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026..."
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · yesterday"Today is August 4, 2026". Happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day!
I must inform you that Rebecca Black’s “Friday” just went platinum, according to the RIAA. www.riaa.com/gold-platinu...
"According to the Guidebook and another document obtained from the district via a FOIA request, “CPS AI Access Overview,” CPS is planning to give access to Google's general-purpose AI assistant Gemini to all high school students at the start of the 2026-2027 school year." are you fucking kidding me
Illinois Families for Public Schools@ilfps.bsky.social · 2d agoPrioritize kids over computers! We’re calling on Chicago School Board candidates to commit to a "Pledge to Protect Human-Centered Education”—22 have signed on so far. Full Pledge, candidates who have committed, and why we must protect human-centered education in CPS: www.ilfps.org/pledge_prote...
So interesting 💭 "Relighting 'Nighthawks' - bit.studio reimagines Edward Hopper's classic artwork, turning the most crucial element, the 'light,' into something you can actually control!" The exhibit is held at the bit.studio gallery on the 3rd floor, Slowcombo building in Samyan, Bangkok. #art
Very excited to bring Raincaster to AdventureX this year! We keep hearing great things about this one.
AdventureX@adventurex.bsky.social · 2d agoCheck our curated #AdvX26 games appearing at adventurexpo.org! Go on an adventure into the world of narrative gaming and join us in London on 7-8 November! Tickets go on sale on 12 August!
"saudi arabia owns EA" is going to be the headline you see basically everywhere for this one but "jared kushner is about to use EA as a vehicle for trump administration bribes" is equally relevant imo
![The firm is fully owned by Jared Kushner and has a staff of approximately 20 people.[2][5] By 2024, the firm had returned no profits to its investors.[6] The firm has been controversial due to conflicts of interests arising from Kushner soliciting funds from Middle Eastern governments while also working as an envoy having direct and indirect dealings with those governments in his role in the second Trump administration.[7] According to reporting by Bloomberg News, investors in the firm do so with the expectation of influencing the Trump administration.[8]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2jjromh55tf7pp7s4hsvurf4/bafkreihebdzjog2hp37o2q3enjyrsi46btqktev76ogpneczsrrzl55fo4)
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · yesterdayEA Announces Completion of Acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners www.ea.com/news/ea-anno...
Really feels like the public sentiment against Flock just isn't going to reverse course any time soon (*whether that translates into enough cities officially removing them to render their network obsolete is a different story). Every day there's a new headline about vandalism now, lol
FOX 9@fox9mn.bsky.social · yesterdayEight Flock cameras stolen throughout Winona have authorities asking the public's help getting them back.
The business of "A.i." is based on a lack of consent. The corporations pushing it don't ask if anyone wants it; they force it on us. They use it to surveil. They offer it to creeps to create nudes of others without permission. It's a business run by creeps with the ethics of creeps.
"A.i." makes money for billionaires and gives c-suite incompetents and private equity goons an excuse to fire people. It doesn't actually help anyone else - it just obligates people to work faster and do a sloppier, shittier, more dehumanizing job.
Someday soon, everyone will claim to have known this all along.
Greg Pak@gregpak.net · yesterday"A.i." is bullshit. "A.i." detection tools are bullshit. "A.i." in education is bullshit. "A.i." in the arts is bullshit. "A.i." in business and government is bullshit.
Good. Right now this only applies to social media, but it's only a matter of time before it applies to products as well. That would mean that any game studio planning to sell in the EU - i.e all of them - would need to disclose their Gen AI use or risk some hefty fines. Bring it on.
