I feel like people are underrating how extremely bearish this is re: the overall health of the videogame industry. Major investors normally don't let a company get taken private unless they think that there's no major growth left in it. And EA was the most consistently profitable company.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 19h ago

EA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest

If anything Europe is *intensely* more MAHA than the United States. Just full on openly embraced crankery as official state policy on a lot of issues since the 1980s.

Your Ad Here@cooluser354.bsky.social · 2d ago

oh my god no it does not. Canada has maha type cranks. The UK does. Japan does, Germany does, Sweden does, India does, France does IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MATERIAL CONDITIONS OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH YES ARE BROKEN MAHA IS A EUGENICS MOVEMENT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

it's very funny everyone in the dem caucus doesn't care www.axios.com/2026/07/22/s...

"No one cares": The DSA primary challenge House Democrats are happy to ignore

One House Democrat said of Rep. Shri Thanedar: "I don't think anybody would miss him at all."

axios.com

I maintain my firm position that academia isn't being murdered (as people claim) so much as it is in a race to commit suicide with the GOP's own effort to kill it.

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · 22h ago

If the academy gets pulled into coming out swinging against the biggest adaptation of Homer in probably a couple generations off the back of one prominent scholar deciding to be Reviewer 2 to Nolan's work, it will say, IMO, pretty damning things about academia's ability to foster public engagement.

I think people are overreading a grand narrative and underweighting what is fundamentally a local political issue w/in the Michigan democratic party. (A) competition in the Detroit region between Arab and Black political blocks.

Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 6d ago

I'ts hard to escape the impression that a certain faction of the Democratic Party just straight up does not believe that Arabs specifically -- and perhaps Muslims generally -- have a place as active players in American politics

>DSA recruiter comes up. >"Want to join our new progressive movement? >I ask: "progressive movement or religion replacement" >He's confused. >Pull out charts showing line between radical reformism and secular utopian millenarianism. >"It's a good movement sir." >Joins >Religion replacement

i am begging you — including some of you who follow me that i'm seeing in the OP QTs — to actually read what senate democrats are getting out of this and to stop and think for, like, at least 90 seconds, about what *else* you think a minority party *in both chambers* can squeeze out of the majority

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 3d ago

stripping OMB of the ability to dole out grants is an enormous win, this nukes the SAVE act, it prohibits further ICE bailouts, adding a "no, really, trump can't break already on-the-books laws regarding elections the federal government doesn't run" clause would be both unnecessary and unproductive

*Extremely* funny that Alejandro Brito somehow managed to fuck around and find himself in actual litigation. Man genuinely though he had just secured a colossal meal ticket simply acting as the mouthpiece for shakedowns.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d ago

NEW: Trump and family are appealing the sanctions order in Trump v. IRS. and have asked for a stay of the sanctions order pending appeal I noted an appeal was suggested when DLA Piper lawyers entered appearances.

Unironically one of the biggest "flaws" in the constitution is that it was written for an era which presumed that men would be violently defensive of their personal standing. It's why the founders could have never imagined congress' steady surrender to the executive.

Seva@seva.bsky.social · 5d ago

biggest surprise from the Lincoln bio I'm reading. The dude just loved to get into fistfights. He's cornered by a gang after beating their leader and yells: “I’m the big buck of this lick!” And they back down! Who knew the great emancipator had a little WWE in him?

The market has apparently decided that the optimal number of south koreas is zero.

To be answered on the metro tomorrow. One like = one opinion, wildcard as to how political it gets.

Laurasaurus@laurasaurus.bsky.social · 2w ago

One like = one opinion, mostly non-political.

It's afraid.

Edd Coates | Game UI Database@eddcoates.bsky.social · 6d ago

LinkedIn added an "AI slop" button. The U-Turn is happening, expect to see a lot more of this from other tech companies.

If Christopher Nolan had the courage of his convictions the Odyssey should have had a post-credits scene of Odysseus and Penelope promptly sailing to Charlize Theron's "drugs and sex forever" island.

I love how Gaelic sports are basically "we have Australian rules football at home" and "we have Australian rules football at home, but mixed with a bit of lacrosse."

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New-Cleckit Dominie@ncdominie.bsky.social · last wk.

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

One of the biggest tells about how academia often stunts the social development of its members by keeping them in forever school is how so many of them will savage the hand that feeds them.

Corey Atad@coreyatad.com · last wk.

an interesting review in which you can tell Wilson's problem, above all the (mostly very valid) critiques, is that she doesn't respect action movies as any kind of real art, they're a lesser form... which is a bit funny for someone whose life is dedicated to Homer

Aonishiki is living the true Slavic male dream of somehow having isekai-ed himself into becoming the one of the greatest sumo wrestlers in Japan.

@sumosoul.bsky.social · last wk.

Day15 playoff bout 3Oz Kirishima (L) Oz Kirishima (L) Sw Aonishiki (R) SPOILER: After falling to Atami in regular bout, Ao found a way to beat him in their playoff (I didn’t think he could do it) and now if he beats Kiri, Ao takes his 3rd yūshō. AND if not we go around yet again #nagoyabasho2026

Remains eternally hilarious that people dunk on Ed Zitron for lacking expert level familiarity with glup shittov algorithms, when Nvidia is having to put up colossal sums to try and keep the AI wheel churning.

Conor Sen@conorsen.bsky.social · last wk.

“The $250 billion guarantee would cover the data center lease and debt needed to fund its build out, but not the Nvidia chips that would go inside it. Nvidia, which has invested $30 billion in OpenAI, is also discussing a deal to finance the chip purchase for OpenAI, which could total $350 billion”

Hi everyone, I want to ask a personal favor. My wife's favorite pokemon is Crobat, but Crobat is not a popular pokemon and there's virtually no merchandise for it. Please post a lot about crobat and how much you like crobat so the algorithms tell Nintendo to make more Crobat stuff.

(ANALYSIS =/= ENDORSEMENT) Heard v. Depp is a very good example of why you have to be extremely careful about what cases you do and do not make into causes celebres. To use a legal term, the public treats test cases as if this was pure contributory negligence.

Srutis 🔞@srutis.bsky.social · 2w ago

It is maddening how he has seen absolutely no impact in his career from the Amber Heard trial simply because she wasn't the perfect victim in the eyes of the public

The Odyssey is doing so well because it’s the further tales of a cunning general who, while serving an aura farming commander clad in imposing black armor, uses a huge four legged device to break impenetrable defenses, subconsciously filling people’s desire for more Veers stories

I think Bluesky doesn't get just how many groups didn't migrate over. If you're even somewhat seriously in the OSINT space, you're stuck on twitter because of how few international communities moved over. This is an almost purely US-UK site.

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · last wk.

The decision of so many people to keep using X in its race-war phase has made me a bit more cynical overall about the ability to draw moral red lines. It’s beyond disappointing.

Fun fact: this is the real reason why Minoan civilization collapsed.

JAV Titles@jav.scd.lol · 2w ago

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Yes, this is the same Tom Goldstein who wrote this: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...

Opinion | End the Criminal Cases Against Trump (Published 2024)

Democracy’s ultimate verdict has been delivered.

nytimes.com

Bloomberg Law@bloomberglaw.com · 2w ago

BREAKING: Prodigious US Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday following his convictions on federal tax and mortgage fraud charges early this year.

No jury would convict. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Driver fleeing police dives headfirst off Missouri bridge in getaway attempt

Gavin Thor Lundgren was being held in a county jail on allegations of resisting arrest by fleeing, careless driving, third-degree assault and interfering with an arrest.

nbcnews.com

$50K isn't an extra year of lifetime earnings because a year of extra lifetime earnings comes with a year of extra lifetime expenses. $50K is more like 7-10 years of savings for someone who is *really* scrimping, which is a genuinely major windfall.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 2w ago

My financial advisor: "Well, you see, the extra $50k, while nice, really just represents about an extra year of lifetime earnings, while the potential $1,000,000 would dramatically trans-" Me (shouting): HOW DARE YOU SAY 50k WOULD NOT CHANGE MY LIFE?? HAVE YOU NEVER KNOWN A POOR PERSON?

republicans are down a vote in the senate! why are you trying to fix that for them?

And let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that CD Project Red did not know what they were doing with Panam. They knew exactly what they were doing,

All the ket he took has created a different Elon construct in his brain which is slowly taking over.

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 2w ago

let the speculation about the nature of Elon's illness begin!