I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.

Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · last wk.

Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

Playing games has one major drawback: you can't repeat the first time experiencing the game again. That's why I've come to love watching people play through some bangers on YouTube. It doesn't come close to my own experience but boy oh boy, if you find someone that's all-in, it'll come close.

Was ist der wahre Grund für den Angriff auf das #IFG? Auf diese Weise solle @fragdenstaat.de ausgeschaltet werden, schreibt der renommierte Verwaltungsrechtler und IFG-Kommentator Prof. Friedrich Schoch in der FAZ. Das Portal sei Vielen "ein Dorn im Auge" und "lästig" 🧵

When power is rooted in disinformation, data become a threat. apnews.com/article/eeoc...

US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years

The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment ...

apnews.com

"Cognitive surrender" is a fascinating concept to think about the impact of AI as it exists under reactionary tech Preventing people from thinking for themselves and imagining different worlds is a godsend for authoritarians thenextweb.com/news/wharton...

Movie wasn't successful? You're fired. Movie was successful? Well clearly we need to cut to the bone because the property is what made money, not you. Also you're fired. Other movie was successful? You're fired. Other movie was unsuccessful? Times are tough and we all have to tighten our belts.

Brad@bradwhipple.bsky.social · 2w ago

mass layoffs at Pixar despite Toy Story 5 about to cross $1 billion at the box office. there is simply no amount of money that will make corporations happy enough to not upend people’s lives.

Von außen betrachtet ist das alles schon sehr bemerkenswert: Da findet in Deutschland einer der größten Angriffe auf den Sozialstaat statt, den diese Republik je erlebt hat - und das Land debattiert über Kunstfreiheit und Leihmutterschaft.

1200+ commercial use fonts for less than $20 is a WILD deal.

Chequered Ink@chequered.ink · last mo.

ICYMI earlier - Our All Fonts Pack is back on sale! 1200+ commercial use fonts in one pack for $19, use them in game dev, videos, websites, merch, pretty much anything as many times as you want!

Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, according to a new lawsuit. Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing, accusing the company of using AI that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or workers who took medical leave in selecting people ​for layoffs.

Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims

Twenty-six former employees of Meta Platforms have filed a ​lawsuit against the tech company, accusing it ‌of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who...

reuters.com

Arm sein wird bestraft. Kind sein wird bestraft. Alt sein wird bestraft. Alles, was nicht produktiv ist, wird unter den Generalverdacht der Leistungsunwilligkeit gestellt und soll mit Zwang leistungsfähig gehalten werden. Wie verhält sich wohl eine Bevölkerung, die pauschal so abgewertet wird? 3/3

This new image from #JWST is AWESOME. This is the Centaurus A galaxy seen in mid-infrared light. At the centre of this galaxy, which is 11–13 million lightyears away, is a supermassive black hole that's 55 million times the mass of our Sun. Neato!

"We're ending physical disc production, but don't worry — we're ALSO shutting down our digital stores!" blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/a...

An update on PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita

Changes start this year in select markets, followed by global changes in 2027.

blog.playstation.com

we've come a long way

VGC@videogameschronicle.com · last mo.

PlayStation has announced the end of disc games, starting in January 2028. Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only, it said. vgc.news/news/playsta...

The urgency and drama of these genAI evangelist quotes make a lot more sense when you consider how much more data they have access to than us, showing them that audiences aren’t willing to pay for slop.

Either masterful trolling or an astonishing coincidence for the French to arrange for a humiliating instrument of surrender to be signed at Versailles.

Reuters@reuters.com · 2mo ago

A video shared on social media by the White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino shows U.S. President Trump signing the Iran Memorandum of Understanding at the Palace of Versailles, just prior to a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.

"Game dev is one of those jobs you only do when you really want to. It's not going to make your parents proud, you're unlikely to get rich in an industry that lays off people for making superhits, and its a demanding & confrontative job. Why would you let a machine do the thing you're here to do?"

Austin Wood@woodwould.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I spent the last few months talking to over 30 game developers about generative AI. It began as a sort of interview survey but became a pretty comprehensive collection of arguments against the technology altogether. www.gamesradar.com/games/why-so...

A friendly reminder that Double Fine's Psychodyssey is one of the finest pieces of media ever created, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about video games, yet somehow it's also completely free www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Double Fine PsychOdyssey - YouTube

2 Player Productions and Double Fine Productions present Double Fine PsychOdyssey, an unprecedented documentary experience seven years in the making. Ten yea...

youtube.com

writing this on the whiteboard of everyone in a leadership position

Tim Carvell@timcarvell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s funny, because it’s not like any of the previous mayors shied away from big events or the spotlight, it’s just that with them the vibe was “this is important to everyone because I’m here” and Mamdani’s is “I’m here because I’m part of everyone and this is important to us.”

Don't worry, FIFA will pay the city of Los Angeles in exposure.

zorak mamdani@toriimacdaddy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

lmao

you cannot be serious

Ok this is a truly great tweet

Oh boi, what a d&d session today 🙈 My players really, *really*, **REALLY** didn't want to take a level of exhaustion while rushing through Icewind Dale to possibly save the life of a friend's husband and just decided to take two long rests instead. Five doggies froze to death as a consequence. 🙈

Claire Scott Says 'Don't Be Mad' in FBI Series

ALT: Claire Scott Says 'Don't Be Mad' in FBI Series

static.klipy.com

so Horses was a problem, but Valve I guess is fine with this racist crap that flagrantly violates at least two of its content guidelines and has 300+ reviews that all almost certainly violate those guidelines too kotaku.com/racist-plant...

Valve Remains Silent As Racist Plantation Sim Game Trolls Everyone

Steam guidelines claim to ban 'content that is patently offensive or intended to shock or disgust viewers'

kotaku.com

EXKLUSIV: Russlands wichtigste Trollfabrik wagt den Schritt ins echte Leben und verantwortet Aktionen unter falscher Flagge – darunter die Autosabotage, die den Grünen zugeschoben werden sollte. Wikipedia-Klon soll außerdem KI-Systeme manipulieren. Recherche mit @larswienand.bsky.social Mehr folgt.

Geheime Dokumente geleakt: Putins Propaganda-Offensive in Deutschland

Der russische Machtapparat weitet seine verdeckten Operationen in Deutschland aus. Interne Dokumente geben einen tiefen Einblick. Es geht um Aktionen unter falscher Flagge – und eine manipulierte Wiki...

t-online.de

!!!

W.E.D.em Boyz@leftistwonk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

RPG tip from the archive: Clarify group goals, alignments, and bonds before character creation. #dnd #ttrpg

Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...

thatprivacyguy.com

There's been lots of confusion around MSIX. In particular how it works with WinGet and even more so around system context. This is the first blog in a series of weekly posts coming about how MSIX actually works. devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/t...