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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 5h

i got into auto-battlers this year and they are MOSTLY waiting

Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 1d

one of the little world building details in The Expanse books that really made it feel like the future was that after Holden was exposed to lethal levels of radiation and had like 20 kinds of cancer, he just had to take his anti-cancer pills everyday and was fine. Here’s hoping!

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 2d

a thought i don't understand yet but can't get out of my head while playing Baby Steps:

this is a mecha game

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 2d

i've rewritten a quote of this too many times for... reasons :)

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 2d

this is about shin black ramen and it's important to spread the message. topped mine with a fried egg and some green onions the other night, a meal fit for a king

Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 2d

pretty much impossible to find more flavor/seasoning per buck without just drinking a bottle of texas pete

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Ryan Gilliam @rygilliam.bsky.social · 4d

Another busy week! And one that sees us just 5 followers away from 5k on BlueSky!

Please consider sharing Rogue and what we're up to.

Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 4d

Catch up on everything that happened at Rogue this week with our newsletter, now available to all free subscribers.

www.rogue.site/email/1fae3f...

Rogue Roundup for Oct. 10, 2025

Ad-free video game news, guides, opinions, history, culture, previews, interviews, and reviews written by humans, for humans

www.rogue.site

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 4d

ALSO! I will still be producing and co-hosting my podcasts Pat's Labor rss.com/podcasts/pat... and Temporal Culture War if you still wanna hear me talk about stuff! rss.com/podcasts/tem...

Pat's Labor | Podcast on RSS.com

Pat's Labor is a podcast about watching the anime series Patlabor and learning about labor history. Each episode, it's Pat Gill's labor to bring Toussaint Egan and Clayton Ashley some labor history to...

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 4d

Speaking of Future, I'm also excited to be back in the WGAE! ✊ www.wgaeast.org/organize/dig...

Future Union | Writers Guild of America East

What We’re Up To Second Contract Future Union members ratified their second WGAE contract in December 2023. The new agreement includes economic gains across all job positions, secures some of the firs...

www.wgaeast.org

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 4d

Web video is a funny thing, over a decade ago I worked at a network of websites that purchased Tom's Guide (and Tom's Hardware), so *technically* I'm not new to the website! And it's a testament to Future's long-term investment that the website has grown tremendously since then.

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 4d

New Job Alert! I'm now a video producer for @tomsguide.com ! Our growing YouTube channel recently hit 100K subscribers and we're giving away a brand new TV as a thank you! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Pl...

We Hit 100K!! 55” Mini-LED TV Giveaway

YouTube video by Tom’s Guide

www.youtube.com

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 5d

damn, this game sounds like the sickest shit ever, what a shame!

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 6d

one of my last videos at Polygon involved @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social talking wistfully about how awesome every part of NYC is (yes, even Times Square) but SPECIFICALLY how much Astoria rules, so this is a great match

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6d

TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):

Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!

Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 6d

can't imagine a better teacher for this than @thejenna.bsky.social !

Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 13d

happy SPOOKY SEASON, folks!

I'm teaching a virtual class on FOLK HORROR (and how to better understand themes in movies), and there are 10 spots left!

You'll get access to all the required movies.
Subscribers to my patreon or twitch get a 15% discount code!
www.newberry.org/calendar/fol...

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 6d

tumblr post by barackinaroundthechristmastree which reads:
please. stop praying for my grandpa!!!! you are making him too strong. he broke out of the hosptial and the cops cant get him. he's too powerful

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 6d

this movie has a running gag where people keep throwing *three* random objects at Hubie while he's riding his bike. the objects get progressively larger and stranger, and it's always *three* things. tbh, it's a really good gag.

bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 7d

its october seventh and you know what that means: happy fifth birthday hubie halloween

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 7d

Super fun episode of Temporal Culture War went up today, going over the summer of 2002, with special guest Joshua Rivera!

Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 7d

Dropped in on Temporal Culture War with @claytonashley.bsky.social and @mattielubchansky.com to talk about fall 2002, misremember how many American idol winners have careers, and complain about an awful episode of Enterprise. This was fun!

rss.com/podcasts/tem...

Take My Sky, Please! with Joshua Rivera | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

We did it! We made it to season two, where things are, well, not so good still. We've got a loooot of culture to cover between the seasons of the show, so we're joined by pop culture writer extraordin...

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 7d

Dropped in on Temporal Culture War with @claytonashley.bsky.social and @mattielubchansky.com to talk about fall 2002, misremember how many American idol winners have careers, and complain about an awful episode of Enterprise. This was fun!

rss.com/podcasts/tem...

Take My Sky, Please! with Joshua Rivera | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

We did it! We made it to season two, where things are, well, not so good still. We've got a loooot of culture to cover between the seasons of the show, so we're joined by pop culture writer extraordin...

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 7d

great guests too! the episode with @nikigrayson.com is one of the funniest podcasts i've ever listened to! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMB4...

Michaels with Niki Grayson | STORES episode 15

YouTube video by STORES

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 7d

STORES is both hilarious and, genuinely, will make you think a little differently about walking through a store.

Pat @pizzasuplex.bsky.social · 8d

If you want to hear ~me~ on podcasts, the best way to do that is to subscribe to the STORES patreon cuz I'm on the weekly bonus eps pretty often.

patreon.com/storesthepod...

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Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 11d

"I’ve been wrestling with this truth that I have far more negative to say about Silksong than positive, but that great art isn’t measured in points."

Just over a month after its release, @rygilliam.bsky.social grapples with Silksong in our review.

www.rogue.site/editorials/h...

Hollow Knight: Silksong doesn't need to be perfect to be one of the best games of the year

The measure of a great game isn't about the inability to say negative things about it

www.rogue.site

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 11d

Text from the article linked in the previous post. “Folks were clowning on the IMAX poster just being of a road instead of the cliche floating head poster. After seeing the film, they're 100 percent justified in doing so. I've never been more stressed at a camera pointed at a road in my life.”

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 11d

good stuff here, puts a lot of my thoughts into words

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 12d

One Battle After Another is an instant classic that digs into the complicated parts of revolution and plays fast and loose with its politics. aftermath.site/one-battle-aft...

Teyana Taylor shooting a machine gun while pregnant in One Battle After Another. She wears plaid, boots, cargo pants, and a beanie and is in a field with sparse vegetation.

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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 14d

New Pat's Labor! After two episodes we thought we were getting a handle on what Patlabor was all about and then we swerved right into a noir Kaiju story! www.rogue.site/podcasts/pat...

Pat's Labor Episode 03: The 450-Million-Year-Old Trap

Men will literally hyper-evolve a life form instead of going to therapy.

www.rogue.site

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 15d

Easy sales recommendation. A team of AAA veterans (including Bioware & Ubisoft) do a smart, mechanically complex fusion of Shadow of The Colossus, Tears of the Kingdom and a little bit of extraction shooter?

It's exceptionally polished. This team could go a long way!

Absolutely worth the price.

Mike Laidlaw @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social · 15d

It's another Steam sale, which means it's time for 65% off our debut game, Eternal Strands! That's SO MANY PERCENTS!

store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/...

Save 65% on Eternal Strands on Steam

A next-generation action experience where the elements obey you, the terrain bends to your will, and every victory is entirely your own.

store.steampowered.com

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