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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 1d

"Today, NPR will lose access to the Pentagon because we will not sign an unprecedented Defense Department document... Signing that document would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable."

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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Matt Chandronait @talkingorange.bsky.social · 1d

Also, you have my permission to just turn off motion smoothing regardless. Do it in the middle of a movie, idk! Blame me! Blame anyone! Just get it done!

Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 1d

Tetris Time Warp, our original history-flavored take on Tetris, will be available to play on Netflix-enabled TVs this holiday!

Go back to your parents' house for the holidays and challenge them to a game of Tetris Time Warp for the rights to turn off Motion Smoothing on the TV!

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 2d

Lego Party and @digitaleclipse.bsky.social's Tetris Time Warp will soon be available to stream on Netflix.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/lego-pa...

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 1d

Tetris Time Warp, our original history-flavored take on Tetris, will be available to play on Netflix-enabled TVs this holiday!

Go back to your parents' house for the holidays and challenge them to a game of Tetris Time Warp for the rights to turn off Motion Smoothing on the TV!

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 2d

Lego Party and @digitaleclipse.bsky.social's Tetris Time Warp will soon be available to stream on Netflix.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/lego-pa...

Lego Party and Digital Eclipse’s Tetris Time Warp will soon be available to stream on Netflix | VGC

They’re two of five streamable party games coming to the service this holiday season…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 2d

It's officially #ROCKTOBER! Throw up your best 🤘 and celebrate Brütal Legend's 16th birthday with @timoflegend.bsky.social, who will be on his Xbox all day today playing stage battles in random matchmaking. Need that "Six Degrees of Schafer" achievement? Today's your chance!

Long live metal!

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 2d

SCHEDULE CHANGE:

My Portland Retro panel will now take place on *Saturday,* October 18 at 2:15 PM!

Move all your plans around right now so you can come to "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit"!

RetroGamingExpo.com @retrogamingexpo.bsky.social · 6d

@kohler.bsky.social is back at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo with a timely panel "Collecting In 2025: How To Start, How To Continue... And How To Quit." Get your tickets now at tinyurl.com/3ehcsc7k
#prge #prge2025 #retrogaming

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 4d

Trump’s chaos will punish students.

It’s not the billionaires’ kids who will suffer.

It's working families' kids who will fall further behind.

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Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 4d

Hello! If you plan to brave the frogs to attend Portland Retro Gaming Expo, you can see my not-quite-an-NES-40th-anniversary presentation in exactly one week and 15 minutes! A few hours later, I'll be part of the Retronauts panel! And at Quarterworld that evening for a meet-up!

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats to the Seattle Nintendos

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 5d

Hey! Did you get an NES Classic mini console but you don't care about the manual/poster it came with? Put it to use supporting @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social! I'm seeking these out for fundraiser autograph opportunities, but need them ASAP. Let me know! Can pay!

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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 5d

ROCTOBER 13 is coming up! I'll be playing Brütal Legend all day on Monday, matchmaking with random Xbox headbangers looking for an easy victory.

To celebrate, we're sharing a never-before-scene 2005 pitch video we made to get the game signed! Enjoy!🤘

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9di...

Rocktober Surprise! Previously unreleased Brütal Legend Pitch video unearthed!

YouTube video by Double Fine

www.youtube.com

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Paul Bierman @paul-bierman.bsky.social · 6d

Sure glad I got my shot this year. 🧪 works. www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-study-finds-annual-covid-vaccines-protect-people-against-severe-disease/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TIS_100925&utm_term=reduced%20people’s%20risk%20of%20severe%20disease%20and%20death%20in%20all%20age%20groups&_kx=UHdypSB9aHBPMtcOm5C3FDfc1RUMviFW0hRXOJ6QVGA.WEer5A

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Matt Chandronait @talkingorange.bsky.social · 7d

If it’s like every single last one of his other promises, this will skyrocket the value of shares of companies he owns and literally 2% of it will come to pass in decade.

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Digital Eclipse @digitaleclipse.bsky.social · 8d

We've enhanced MK4's graphics with 2x and 4x rendering modes, which give the 1997 arcade original a smooth, modern look. It's entirely optional -- run at the original resolution with the CRT filter for authenticity!

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Dr Michelle LaRue @drmichellelarue.bsky.social · 8d

When I was on the ice w Nat Geo, we visited the emperor penguins at Atka Bay which is a colony that hops up onto the ice shelf rather than staying only on sea ice. This means that when chicks fledge they have a high-dive of a jump to reach the water. Which they do. With spectacular inelegance. 🧪🌍🦑🦉

A scientist in a black jacket and brown hat with binoculars in her hands looks into the distance as emperor penguin chicks hang out in the background.

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 8d

Research findings illuminate “a promising pathway for developing effective clinical interventions…& ultimately enhancing patient outcomes.
‘Our study demonstrated remarkable efficacy in…restoring healthy function in the blood–brain barrier &leading to a striking reversal of Alzheimer’s pathology’.”🧪

jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 8d

“The team demonstrated that targeting a specific mechanism enables undesirable ‘waste proteins’ produced in the brain to pass thru [the BBB] barrier &be eliminated in the blood flow.

In Alzheimer’s disease, [accumulation of] the main ‘waste’ protein…impairs the normal functioning of the neurons.”🧪

Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 8d

Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice using nanoparticles ibecbarcelona.eu/consiguen-re... via @ibecbarcelona.eu

#Alzheimers #dementia #bioengineering #science

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 9d

Stoked for this release. I’ve only ever had a casual relationship with MK at best, but these DE releases always help me appreciate a game or a series in a new way.

Digital Eclipse @digitaleclipse.bsky.social · 9d

MKLK will feature almost three hours of exclusive video interviews created in collaboration with documentarians Area 5. Plus an additional hour of archival, historical, and behind-the-scenes video segments, including some material that has never been officially released.

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Matt Chandronait @talkingorange.bsky.social · 9d

Hey that’s us! 😊

Digital Eclipse @digitaleclipse.bsky.social · 9d

MKLK will feature almost three hours of exclusive video interviews created in collaboration with documentarians Area 5. Plus an additional hour of archival, historical, and behind-the-scenes video segments, including some material that has never been officially released.

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Digital Eclipse @digitaleclipse.bsky.social · 9d

MKLK will feature almost three hours of exclusive video interviews created in collaboration with documentarians Area 5. Plus an additional hour of archival, historical, and behind-the-scenes video segments, including some material that has never been officially released.

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Susan Arendt @susanarendt.bsky.social · 9d

Also, know that Long Term Care insurance exists, and look into it. And then get it. Maybe not when you're 35, but once you get that AARP mailer.

Matt Chandronait @talkingorange.bsky.social · 9d

And as the caretaker of one parent who had done this and another who had not, lemme tell ya, the one who had not is only alive rn because I fought the government for 18 months to get them on Medicaid.

Susan Arendt @susanarendt.bsky.social · 9d

Put as much money as you can into a retirement account. I cannot stress this enough. You have no idea how expensive it is to not die.

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Matt Chandronait @talkingorange.bsky.social · 9d

And as the caretaker of one parent who had done this and another who had not, lemme tell ya, the one who had not is only alive rn because I fought the government for 18 months to get them on Medicaid.

Susan Arendt @susanarendt.bsky.social · 9d

Put as much money as you can into a retirement account. I cannot stress this enough. You have no idea how expensive it is to not die.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 12d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Matt Chandronait @talkingorange.bsky.social · 10d

“Daddy, imagine if Halloween was Yelloween and it was all about celebrating yellow!”

“I think I *will* imagine that, thanks kiddo!”

Man, kid minds are the best minds 😊

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Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 10d

Still one of my career highlights tbh

Carmine @carminemac.bsky.social · 11d

The Mario Galaxy (re)launch reminded me of this classic @jparish.bsky.social musical bit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MTk...

Jeremy Parish sings Mario Galaxy-song (from the old 1upShow)

YouTube video by Duke Togo

www.youtube.com

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 10d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 10d

If you do only one nice thing today, please let it be helping Rebecca meet her cancer treatment fund goal

Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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