Seeing the camaraderie around the World Cup proves that most people from different countries can get along perfectly fine. It's the governments that don't like each other.

Given the details of the deal to end the Iran war, I think it's important to remember that Donald Trump didn't actually write "The Art of the Deal"🙃

I think this may be a good reminder that Trump didn’t actually write the Art of the Deal.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There is no deal FYI. The Strait will remain closed. This is terrible news but it’s the price of incompetence.

Some of the letters of Trump’s name were scraped off the Institute of Peace. Kind of emblematic of what’s going on in Iran huh 🫠

We’ve finally reached the Paw Patrol phase of toddlerhood

Did you know that the United States bought the US Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917 for $25 million? Under that agreement (called the Treaty of Danish West Indies), the US is required to recognize Greenland as Danish territory. Just a random fact with no correlation to recent events.

Trump says we need Greenland for “national security”. The irony is that we don’t have to take control of Greenland to do that. They’re a NATO member. We can also strike deals or treaties to trade extra security in exchange for minerals and resources. They’d probably be more open to that anyway.

I used to write for IGN and Digital Trends as a freelance writer. I got laid off from those because of budget reasons. I'm so glad @skillup.bsky.social has done this and I will be fully supporting this financially. Support real game journalism!

Skill Up@skillup.bsky.social · last yr.

The big day is finally here: www.ThisWeekinVideogames.com is officially live! It's 100% ad-free and you can sign up for free to get access to our news, reviews and previews, or become a supporter to get more exclusive content.

If it’s true that the these Microsoft/Xbox layoffs are indeed because of Microsoft’s push into AI, I wonder if a similar thing happened during the push into cloud. You could perhaps argue that cloud computing is probably more useful than AI though.

Sometimes when I pick my son up from daycare, some of the other toddlers will also run up to me. He then pushes them away, grabs onto my leg, and declares "NO, THIS IS MY DADDY!" 🤣🤣🥹

We’re in the timeline where a Muppet gives a better commencement speech than the President of the United States. Just wow.

Man, I hate this timeline where nobody can simply *enjoy* stuff. Can we normalize simply saying "[insert media] isn't my thing, but I hope you enjoy it!".

Lord, help me to trust you like my 2 year old trusts me to catch him when he jumps off the stairs 😭😭

#Thunderbolts* is advertised as an anti-hero team up. It’s actually an excellent exploration of trauma and mental health. It’s also low key a Black Widow sequel lol. Go see it.

Ugh this really sucks. I’ve been fortunate to be able to write for large outlets like IGN and Digital Trends and it’s TOUGH out there. Really hoping those affected are able to land on their feet soon.

Zack Zwiezen@zackzwiezen.com · last yr.

Breaking: Polygon sold to Valnet and hit with massive layoffs Here's @ethangach.bsky.social report. kotaku.com/polygon-sold...

This video is so informative! I get the point of being publicly traded is that more people can have direct ownership and profit from the success of the company. However, it seems to lead to unreasonable expectations of growth and products being made to satisfy shareholders instead of customers.

Alanah Pearce@alanahpearce.bsky.social · last yr.

I spent well over a month talking to investors to get the actual data behind what’s happening to the games industry. I was going to say “enjoy!” but it’s, uh, not great. youtu.be/9HM9nmqNioQ

“Plato is dead, Socrates is dead Aristotle and Immanuel Kant are dead Neitzsche and Darwin are dead- however Jesus is Alive Buddha is dead, Mohammed is dead Ghandi and Haile Selassie are dead Elijah Mohammed is dead- however Jesus is Alive” - shai linne (Jesus is Alive) He is Risen!

Yall remember when politics was boring?

So....if only Congress is allowed to impose taxes and regulate commerce with other countries, how is Trump able to unilaterally levy tariffs? Serious question.

Question for #cybersecurity folks: my last job was a penetration tester and I earned GPEN. I’m currently enrolled in PEN-200 to get OSCP (expires in July). However, I’ve been looking at DFIR a lot and think it could be more of my speed. Is it worth stopping OSCP and delving deeper into DFIR?

My wife and I adopted a son 2 years ago. He’s half Puerto Rican. For the first time since we adopted him, we’re actively afraid of him being seen as “illegal” because he looks Hispanic. It freaking sucks we even have to think that

Being a pentester gave me so many new intrusive thoughts lol. I'm a sysadmin at my new job but there are some servers I can't get into because the last guy didn't leave any documentation. I'm so tempted to just hack into them 😅

It’s a cult

David French@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · last yr.

This is a key insight from @jvl.bsky.social and one of the reasons why you can't count on Trump's approval rating to go down when he does unpopular things. No, Trump has such a hold on the GOP that when he takes an unpopular position, he makes it popular.

Oh noez! Perhaps Elon should send 5 bullet points every week explaining what he’s doing to increase cybersecurity and improve Tesla’s stock price.

What if I told you 2 million federal employees is actually not enough

*Baby Shark starts playing in Kai’s classroom* Me: *sings* Baby shark doo do… Kai: NO DADDY, STOP!! Me: You don’t want Dada to sing Baby Shark? 🤔 Kai: No! Me: oh…ok then 😐

It’s still down! God bless those IT folks who have to deal with this 🫡

VGC@videogameschronicle.com · last yr.

PSN has suffered a major outage overnight. Sony has said it is aware of the issues and is investigating. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/psn-is-...

I don’t wanna adult anymore 😩😩

Wanna get away from all the political drama right now? Mass Effect Legendary Edition is only $5.99 on Steam! Enjoy!!

What's your favorite obscure fact? For me, it's the fact that Ronald Reagan was alive at the same time as Harriet Tubman and 9/11.