Allan
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Allan
@allanshoe.bsky.social
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Working at Epic Games, formerly BioWare. Interests in games of all kind and history. These interests often overlap :P
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Cis boy in Arizona experiences trans discrimination -

He was told to play on the Girls basketball team and is not allowed to play on boys basketball team due to birth certificate clerical error (even after amending it).
www.wdbj7.com/2025/10/19/t...
Teen removed from boys basketball tryouts, told to join girls team over birth certificate error
The boy's parents say a mix-up at the hospital led to him being mistakenly listed as female on his birth certificate.
www.wdbj7.com
I saw them organizing some event commemorating it soon. Was also a way for me to answer without overtly giving the game away haha.
On its 15th birthday if I'm reading it right?
Yeah I heard about some places that are like "You left before release date? Cancel the presses we have to make a new RC because I want to be a vindictive jerk!"
NOPE!

Like my hypothetical requires the past to just be different! he could never have that genuine reaction because, well, he seems to have known wtf it was!
One thing I really *loved* about BioWare was that they were pretty good at this. I had a QA teammate leave DAI/BioWare in early 2012 and he was still listed in the same section as me when the game shipped.

Was surprised to learn it wasn't a common thing elsewhere!
Everyone who worked on a video game needs to be in the credits:

aftermath.site/video-game-cre...
I feel I'm tilted towards being excessively generous (I'm a white dude, also used to be a piece of trash politically!), but I honestly think the only real reaction he could have made is one of abject horror in response to learning what it was.

Like if that seemed genuine... okay maybe whoopsie.
I think I just YOLO'd.

Which ever subject was first got the first scribbler that I pulled out. I might just be so old I don't actually remember what I did haha.

By middle school it was a single D-Ring binder to hold all subjects!
English is red
Science is green
Math is blue
History is yellow
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I’ve written about people who were exonerated after being imprisoned for 20, 30, and 40-plus years. Some were nearly executed. None of them ever saw anything near $320 million.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
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I love when white people suddenly start exposing how many white supremacists they surround themselves with by pretending it's a normal, universal experience.
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"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window
US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say
A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.
www.kktv.com
The moment I learned what it was I'd likely feel nauseated and then immediately look into removal/cover up.
That was my take reading that too haha.
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Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
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none of these mfs will ever move anywhere because the "tax" is so minimal THEY DO NOT EVEN NOTICE IT
Oh yeah I understand that for sure.
See this is how closely I follow, I didn't even pick up on that hahaha
I don't follow baseball too closely but when Andrew told me about a great two way player, I checked him out and was "dang this guy is *good*

I even played some MLB The Show that year haha.
That's when we think we're smarter than we are, yes haha
I hear George sprung a surprise on them ;P
Pffft. New York conspiracy for that one!

(I had fun writing the alt-text on that wikipedia screenshot haha)
Ah yes, Mr. Shohei Ohtani. I mean sure he's the "greatest two-way player" but when that is so rare is that even impressive?