Hey if you don’t want to be sloshing with dad feelings might I suggest not seeing The Odyssey with your dad

Prison labor is labor exploitation. Prisoners deserve as fair a wage as everyone else.

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 4d ago

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.

let's take a moment also to celebrate the first absolute meatball down the middle getting fucking crushed. the first woman in pro baseball league history to get her shit rocked

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 4d ago

and Denae Benites hits the first home run in Women's Pro Baseball League history!

Tonight, the D&D team revealed a project two years in the making: Universes Beyond. Much like with Magic: The Gathering, it brings other big nerd properties into the D20 system, starting with World of Warcraft content coming in Q4 2026 and Star Wars in 2027. www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...

D&D Rolls a Natural 20 on Nerd Collabs, Announcing World of Warcraft and Star Wars Sets - CNET

Dice rolls are headed to Azeroth and a galaxy far, far away — starting this year.

cnet.com

Heading to baby’s first GenCon. Any tips, or folks I should see?

Aside from being forlorn catnip to Myst old heads, Cyan Worlds made this trailer pitch look modern while retaining its signature moody lighting, shadow and arresting color scheme. A real style showcase the looks so much better than stock UE5 photorealistic landscapes.

Cyan Worlds@cyan.com · last wk.

Over a year ago, we built a prototype for a new Myst Universe game meant for publisher eyes only. This project is NOT in active development, but we're proud of the work the team did, and wanted to share it with you all. Presenting: Project Anglerfish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc

I love Keith David.

Keith David on his incredible career: ‘I want you to understand Black men as full-scope human beings’

The hard-working character actor has over 400 screen credits, from The Thing to Platoon to Rick and Morty, and he isn’t slowing down any time soon

theguardian.com

The LA Dodgers gifted a personalized jersey & commemorative World Series ring to a five-time draft dodger and two-time fake president who just happens to be withholding $34 billion in California fire relief funds and $2.16 billion in California Medicaid funding. The Dodgers can go fuck themselves.

A few more details emerged here, but for the hands-on thoughts check out my video from Google youtu.be/mXPFxmGvJEs?...

I Wore Google's Latest Smart Glasses. Meta Better Be Worried

YouTube video by CNET

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Scott Stein@scottstein.bsky.social · 2w ago

Samsung shows off a few more designs of its Google/Gentle Monster/Warby Parker glasses, and confirms more specs including battery life. But privacy issues still remain unclear www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

This rings in my head every time I need to remember the difference. Every time.

Will Borger@edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 2w ago

Why yes, I DID see the modernized film adaptation of a classic literary epic this weekend (bless @thefridacinema.org) thefridacinema.org/movies/the-f...

Love baseball, love trans people, what story could be better

Tom Ley@toley.bsky.social · 3w ago

One of my favorite stories we've run on Defector in a while. defector.com/trans-girl-b...

When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.

wired.com

A statement from WIRED leadership.

Mallory’s piece is so fun and insightful about the growing overlap between the pro TTRPG scene and civic advocacy — the themes of empowerment to change your game’s world flow naturally to getting involved in improving your community. (This event ruled and I hope more local politicians take note!)

Mallory Carra@mallorycarra.com · 3w ago

My latest for @theguardian.com: I got to dive into the impressive and passionate resistance movement within the D&D and TTRPG community, featuring THE @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social @dsa.la @criticalrole.bsky.social @9thlevelgames.bsky.social @roughmagicrpg.bsky.social @twicerolledtales.bsky.social

D&D players raise millions in real-life campaign against ‘corporate elite’: Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons & Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action. Reporting by @mallorycarra.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

D&D players raise millions in real-life campaign against ‘corporate elite’

Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action

theguardian.com

Gonna blame NorCal somehow for refusing to use definite articles with geography (it’s THE 5 freeway, etc), which clearly spread

Jess Zimmerman@jesszimmerman.com · 3w ago

If I hear someone say “meeting in Bronx” I will kick them in nuts

Nearly 80% complete is still a lot — Chicago Field Museum’s famous T-Rex, Sue, is over 90% (still the best preserved). Gus has 30 out of 32 belly ribs (gastralia), a rare find. It belongs in a museum, sprouting wonder in kids’ minds and humility in adults, chiefly whoever blew $50M to hoard Gus.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 3w ago

A T.Rex skeleton nicknamed ‘Gus’ sold for a record $50 million at an auction in New York. The dinosaur remains are approximately 70 million years old and nearly 80% complete. The final bid was $43 million, but fees pushed the closing price to $50.1 million.

None of these defense & aerospace startups ever name their tech after Fatty Bolger or Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’m sure there will be no horrifying consequences as a result of the Trump regime authorizing the launch of ominously Tolkien-named satellites capable of illuminating 5 to 6 kilometer-wide swaths of the earth at night: www.wired.com/story/reflec...

Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm

U.S. President Donald Trump signed orders on Monday that slashed the size of two national monuments in southern Utah by more than 90% to allow for grazing, motorized recreation, logging and other resource development in the region.

Trump slashes the size of two Utah national monuments

U.S. President Donald Trump signed ​orders on Monday that slashed the ‌size of two national monuments in southern Utah by more than 90% to allow ​for grazing, motorized recreation, logging and ​other resource development in the region.

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Something a bit more personal than usual: For the last 10 years my dad has been struggling with a version of ALS, a terrible neuromuscular disease. He's kept up his spirits by making photo books chronicling his life as a photographer+traveler. I'm helping sell them now to pay for nursing care:

Photo Trips by Hugh Fenlon

Personal photography books compiled from a catalog of more than 30,000 analog film photographs taken across multiple continents and multiple decades.

photo-trips.bigcartel.com

Gutted at the loss of Sam Neill, every dino kid’s absolute hero. Presence, class, warmth to give or withhold. Surprising choices in every role. So sad, man.

Enjoy Montana Sam Neill.

Writing is hard. Writing is great. Writing sucks. I love writing. I wish I could stop writing. I cannot stop writing. Please help. Please leave me alone, I have another 3 pages to get through. Please read my work. Please never perceive this garbage I've created. Respect me. Ignore me.

Great goals by England, good defensive play. Norway doing themself no favors with shoves and aggressive moves. I hope England continues to deploy their theater skills diving for every slight touch, near presence and slight breeze to dive at literally any opportunity.

I know dives as a “strategy” in pro soccer/football is a thing, but England going above and beyond to be pathetic babies against Norway. Little bitch dives left and right, infants on the pitch.

The memory shortage could force companies to stop making phones under $400.

Cheaper Phones Will Be Harder to Find This Year and in 2027, Analysts Warn

The memory shortage could force companies to stop making phones under $400.

cnet.co

Today launches the game I've been working on: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced It's been an incredible experience working with such hardworking,talented & amazing people and we are very glad that players are loving it Unfortunately my whole team is being laid off so we can't fully celebrate it