I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

Awhile back my team translated a game demo, and if it did well the full game would be made. And we've recently heard that it's going ahead. The dev had tons of praise for our translation because the players loved it. Most important feedback? Players loved that it clearly *wasn't* AI translation.

Pauline Hanson’s comments about Maryanne Albanese have been treated as another political controversy. The deeper question is what happens when cruelty and grievance become a route to attention and power, Kos Samaras writes. #auspol #OneNation #Politics

Age usually changes what matters. Pauline Hanson has spent 30 years rewarded for grievance

Emotional priorities often change as people grow older. Pauline Hanson’s latest remarks raise a more troubling question about what happens when grievance is repeatedly rewarded instead.

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Awhile back my team translated a game demo, and if it did well the full game would be made. And we've recently heard that it's going ahead. The dev had tons of praise for our translation because the players loved it. Most important feedback? Players loved that it clearly *wasn't* AI translation.

So you just learned about the AI cult, huh? Here is the longform explainer you need to make sense of the very, very strange ideas driving tech policy in 2026. Buckle up, it’s a wild ride. www.techpolicy.press/what-policym...

What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI

Nathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs?

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I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the past is a part of us

I have MS. I need a lumbar puncture on the 25th to confirm before starting treatment to prevent further nerve damage. It has a 1k upfront copay. That is HALF my pay for a month, and I'm the sole income for my fam of 3. I could really use help to keep on top of things! 🙏❤️ #mutalaid

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Come chat with me about feminine computer creativity :) Did you make experimental hobbyist games? Did you mod the sims? Did you make Neopets fan sites? Are you Australian and over 18yo?

My birthday is at the end of this month, and I want YOU 🫵 to give Sly a fist bump. More specially, draw your OC into this image interacting with Sly! Use the base, do your own thing, get silly and creative with it. Open to everyone! Info & Files: schism.org/fistbump/ #art #ocs #schism #ocSky

they know. they know! no sugarcoating, even! so fucking tell them!!

Jetzero Infinity the Snobby Black Weeb@jetzeroinfinity.bsky.social · 6d ago

Folks, I've been told there's a new MangaPlus survey where they ask about the use of AI translation. You know what to do docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Anyone can become disabled at any time. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not laziness or a lack of effort. It’s a part of the human condition. People get sick. Bodies break down. It’s a minority group you can join any time.

So I spent the last 3 hours being suspended for being a "spammer", all because I manually posted a long, thoughtful reply to someone who asked me a few questions about using machine translation in their indie game. The suspension happened the *instant* I hit "post" on my replies. Fun times! 😵‍💫

Fun fact: "Reviewing an AI made translation" is more work for translators than just translating it themselves, because AI translations do not pass the sniff test beyond the most superficial. It's a loophole companies use as an excuse to underpay translators, and nothing else.

Kyrie Page@kyriepage.bsky.social · last wk.

GOD DAMMIT

My niece is taking part in a Lifeline walk tomorrow to help with suicide prevention, after recently losing a close friend to suicide. If any of you feel able to donate, I'd be honoured if you'd consider it. 🙏💗 www.outoftheshadowswalk.org.au/fundraisers/...

Support my 9km walk to prevent suicide and change lives.

I'm walking in Out of the Shadows for Lifeline to ensure no one has to face their darkest moments alone.

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My niece is taking part in a Lifeline walk tomorrow to help with suicide prevention, after recently losing a close friend to suicide. If any of you feel able to donate, I'd be honoured if you'd consider it. 🙏💗 www.outoftheshadowswalk.org.au/fundraisers/...

Support my 9km walk to prevent suicide and change lives.

I'm walking in Out of the Shadows for Lifeline to ensure no one has to face their darkest moments alone.

outoftheshadowswalk.org.au

Well, here goes. I tried to keep it contained. Ridicule is what we use to fight institutional hostility. Make no mistake, that's what this is. rick-morton.ghost.io/deliver-us-l...

Deliver Us, Lord, From Ridicule

On Friday, Defence deputy secretary Celia Perkins began her evidence before a senate inquiry into asset sales by the department and Australian military with an embarrassing manoeuvre. 'In closing, I ...

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The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Superb Fairy-wren in our Callistemon. #birds

throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky

omfg coly how is this even legal I love him so much thank you 😍

1996: can't use the internet without your phone 2010: the internet stretches before you like the vast expanse of a new frontier. You dance through it, unhindered. Unburdened. You have never heard of 2-factor authentication. 2026: can't use the internet without your phone

"The work and everyday labor of living with ME/CFS contains this recursive loop of everyday labor of being ill." For @motherjones.com, I interviewed @elimrogers.bsky.social on her book tracing the history of ME/CFS and what it's like to be exhausted in America. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

The relentless work of being sick

A new book examines the labor of getting chronic illness diagnosed and treated—for those lucky enough to get care.

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Happy Letterer Appreciation Day!

i want games made by people who get to keep their jobs

Been having fun: I found a Rarity-84 word worth 95 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 896 points · 10 rare words. Only 2 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 6 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/NK98NR

OUTLIER · Day 100

sparklepony scored 896 on Day 100. Can you beat them?

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Does anyone know how to get this on the radar of more VN people? Almost all the response has been from books, which is fine, and makes sense given the circles to which I have access, but I'd like to get beyond those if possible.

Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker@robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 4w ago

I'm gonna try to put together a Horror bundle on Itchio for october, if you've got a horror e-book or vn, go ahead and message me a link. 📚📦

Eastern Spinebill on our Kunzea! #birds

dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it