Who will you become in #GuildWars3? We're sharing our vision for playable species, including four planned for launch and how we're building for future additions. ✨ bit.ly/45HtgCQ
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“Be kind. For everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” - Ian Maclaren // Good is a thing you do - Ms. Marvel // Look Up #DontLookUp // Arsenal fan COYG ArenaNet Marketing Producer, working on Guild Wars 2.
Exit 8 (the movie) was excellent. Simple and genius idea, elegant execution, suspense, terror, love, philosophy. I cannot wait for Exit 9 (and Backrooms). Liminal spaces movies are so refreshing, and maybe I should rewatch Cube.
Enough said The Middle East crisis has helped the Saudi oil company Aramco to a 44% rise in net profits to $32.69bn in the three months ending on 30 June BP’s quarterly profits more than doubled to $5.73bn (£4.27bn) in the three months to the end of June www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP boss urges Burnham to prioritise UK oil and gas even as firm exits North Sea
Meg O’Neill says ‘where we generate jobs, we generate tax revenue’, as company’s profits more than double
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I didn't have the time to share it last week, but we announced the new music composer for Guild Wars 3! I fanboi'd because Kazuma Jinnouchi also worked on the music of Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 and I'm a big GitS fan www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pwl...
Guild Wars 3 | Behind the Music with Kazuma Jinnouchi
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I've been waiting for more than 15 years for Chris Carter's original vision of the 2nd X-Files movie! I'm so excited to finally see it www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbmA...
The X-Files: I Want to Believe - Vrach Frankenshteyn | Official Trailer | Hulu
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Our hearts are with the communities affected by these devastating wildfires. SR 291 and SR 155 remain closed due to active wildfire response. Never drive around road closures—conditions can change in minutes. For the latest Eastern WA road closures, follow @east.wsdot.wa.gov. Stay safe.
Ah, cold, my old enemy. I shall stay on the sofa all day and catch up on entertainment. The new BBC's War of the World show is great.
Jodie Foster delivered an incredible performance in French in Vie Privée (A Private Life). She's so incredibly talented for having a very successful career in English and trying new things so late in life
EA’s CEO got an $8 million raise thanks to how well Battlefield 6 performed — four months after the devs responsible for making the game got laid off. https://t.co/KZKhVBOL6O
I watched this really good interview about the recent AI news that had a segment that was literally the premise of the show Pantheon (on Netflix). Life imitate arts www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CTt...
AI Goes Rogue: OpenAI Agent Hacks Other Firms as Growing Coalition Demands Safeguards
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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Levelling The Playing Fields' Marketing 101 course is live now at courses.ramiismail.com for just €40 - pay once, keep forever. The course discusses common indie marketing methodologies at the 101 level, including topics like funnels, store pages, tracking, showcases, demos, and festivals.
California generated more than half its electricity from solar in May — a new record @blancabegert.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...
California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record
New batteries to store solar electricity and low demand in May both contributed to high percentage of electricity that came from solar.
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It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests
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HISTORIC ROCKIES HEAT WAVE After Montana,Idaho,Wyomong,Utah and Arizona...now Colorado. Widepread 100s and even 110s between Colorado,Kansas,Nebraska and South Dakoa. All time records include high elevated Colorado stations: 106 Raymer 102 Trinidad More extreme heat tomorrow !
The state of the world, 2026: Kicking back on the beach, watching the apocalypse
I don't know if this Guild Wars 2 tip is well-known (or in the wiki) but it helps me a lot: to make sure you F action key targets the proper NPC or prop (especially useful when you're in the middle of a few of them in close range), just target them!
The animation of the new Avatar Aang movie is phenomenal. You can see that the artists worked very hard to nail it.
YellowDot released this letter today calling for disaster preparedness for the heat jump this El Niño will bring. It’s signed by scientists, meteorologists, climate writers, concerned citizens & was sent to every Governor, major city Mayor, international Mayors. Sign + share if you can.
They say music transports you. Marsh: come on a boat with me, sailing for hours on this Welsh aqueduct www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzN4...
Marsh - Home (Live From Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wales, UK)
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"They" absolutely can: the part that read the original GitS manga loves it in majority, the part that didn't ranges from love to hate
IGN@ign.com · 2w agoGhost in the Shell fans can't decide if the new Prime Video series is better than the 1995 movie. https://bit.ly/3T9v3Og
We live in an episode of Black Mirror :/ "a research project escaped a sandbox by finding and exploiting a zero-day flaw" "The company’s models decided not to be bound by those constraints." Ask AI to "quantify" and they'll just do the thing instead www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...
OpenAI admits it was the source of the agent swarm that attacked Hugging Face
Sandboxed experiment found itself a zero day, escaped onto the open internet and validated scary predictions about rogue agents
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Meet the 2026 Wikimedian of the Year award winners 🌟 Every year, these awards recognize contributors who have made a lasting impact on the Wikimedia movement. Editors, organizers, developers, photographers... The people making free knowledge a reality!
🏆 Wikimedian of the Year: Jules Xénard (User:Jules*)
Alas, the day has come when I see an official Lego set for The X-Files and I have to be an adult by not spending $200 irresponsibly :'( www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
The X-Files 21369 | Ideas | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US
2 iconic scenes in 1 special X-Files set
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This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.
'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News
Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
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