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Andy Robertson 🔜 London ComicCon @geekdadgamer.bsky.social · 35m

I'm working on a Roblox story for a national outlet and keen to talk to parents of older teens (12-16) who play Roblox games:
✅ Which games do they play?
✅ Why play that rather than a console game?
✅ How do they find new Roblox games?

Shares appreciated #JournoRequest

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Will BOO-rows 🖖🍞🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 4h

A photo of three people in inflatable frog suits outside an ICE detention center in Portland, overlaid with an excerpt from Exodus 8:2-6

"But if you refuse to let them go, I will
plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on
your people and on all your officials."

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 43m

ahahahahahaha EXCUSE ME

Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 1h

The National Weather Service in OXNARD has issued a

* Tornado Warning for... West central San Luis Obispo County in southwestern California...

* Until 1145 PM PDT.

* At 1115 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Morro Bay, moving northeast at 20 mph.
#CAwx

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 2h

It’s even worse. It’s reversing 400 years of Anglo-American constitutional development going back to Charles I’s personal rule when he refused to consult Parliament over spending and governance. Trump and his GOP lackeys are undoing stuff the Founders saw as fundamental to our system.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 4h

We are living through the most consequential shift in the constitutional government of the United States in over a hundred and fifty years and nobody seems to have even noticed yet.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 4h

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 11d

doing Ovid’s Metamorphoses for #inktober
1. Creation

Abstract ink illustration with shapes suggesting rocks, water, flagella, moons, stars

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 1h

yeah, neighborhood stories can be quite good but after a while I find it frustrating. too many people get horses. that said I love how in like every save Alon Sadya leaves his wife, I don’t know why this is but it’s become Noticeable

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 3h

i cannot get over how quickly this is happening. the decline of the other two branches/ascent of the lawless executive is outpacing actual democratic decline, which is usually what precipitates executive consolidation. but in our case, the other two branches are collaborators

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 4h

We are living through the most consequential shift in the constitutional government of the United States in over a hundred and fifty years and nobody seems to have even noticed yet.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 4h

Congress no longer holds the power of the purse, the executive can just do whatever they want with federal monies

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 4h

technically the stated goal is not to go insane. however, as you already know, Pathologic

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julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 4h

pathologic 3 demo good. narrative structure and broad style seems to broadly be designed to make you feel like you're going insane. i am the target audience for this sort of design.

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Why you should have a cat @shouldhavecat.bsky.social · 5h

Angry 😡

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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 5h

Bring your army; but, I think, you'll find
They've not prepared for us.
- Coriolanus (I, 2)

The Portland protest frog stands up to a line of POS ICE goons.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 5h

ooh, do you have a recipe for the blondies?

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MAKE WITH FRIENDS!!! (& FRIENDS) 🔜 Indie Jam @mwf-studio.bsky.social · 6h

[SHARE APPRECIATED!]

That's right, we're #makewithfriends and we need some help with our next project! It's a stylized game in UE5... wild stuff!🤯

Full job requirements on our #linkedin page: www.linkedin.com/company/mwfs...

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Natalie Spitzel | Looking for work!! @nat-the-dev.bsky.social · 7h

Believe old game devs when we tell you: burnout is real, it's painful. Be honest with yourself, take the breaks when you need them.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.

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Laurel Krahn @wintwins.bsky.social · 5h

I will also pretend this is a post about baseball because it amuses me.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 5h

JUST RUN THE BALL UP THE MIDDLE GODDAMNIT

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 5h

hated that fourth down playcall. Your OL is winning. Tush push. Sneak. Do the thing.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 5h

what’s so funny about this in particular to me is this is ABSOLUTELY the kind of weird little guy who would be like “huh, kind of hungry, uppers time” rather than actually like… making food for himself. game nailed it here

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Aysha 🔜 Cancon @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 14h

So incredibly pumped for everybody to be able to play this demo

Ice-Pick Lodge @icepicklodge.bsky.social · 14h

Pathologic 3 launches on January 9, 2026.

A new free demo — an introduction to the full game — is out now on Steam!

We’re also unveiling the first of three trailers, each offering a different perspective on Pathologic 3.

youtu.be/XcgH-s7vgAY

Pathologic 3: Release Date Announcement

YouTube video by IcePickLodge

youtu.be

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 6h

Thread (read all the posts) and quite true. Just ASK animal-related groups that are local: "I'm struggling, do you know of any pet food banks/options around?" because they usually have contacts and might run one themselves.

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 7h

Gentle reminder: I am seeing more "I cannot afford pet food" posts & if you might face this in the near future/now, I recommend checking your local area's subreddit and posting if anyone knows of local programs for pet food. Many areas have small under-the-radar charities that give out pet food.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 5h

canonically yes

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 5h

stet

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 5h

come for me posting about sims on cocaine, stay for me promoting the Pathologic 3 demo

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Ice-Pick Lodge @icepicklodge.bsky.social · 14h

Pathologic 3 launches on January 9, 2026.

A new free demo — an introduction to the full game — is out now on Steam!

We’re also unveiling the first of three trailers, each offering a different perspective on Pathologic 3.

youtu.be/XcgH-s7vgAY

Pathologic 3: Release Date Announcement

YouTube video by IcePickLodge

youtu.be

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 5h

actually yeah narratively substituting a non-milestone related cause for that emotion but which is still linked to their current situation is probably the way for me to be less annoyed with the glitch, cheers

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 5h

I also have this and it’s been so fantastic for storytelling

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 5h

this man ABSOLUTELY would yes

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