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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 5h

I’m watching the US fall apart because 400 wealthy people control 60% of the country’s wealth and fondly remembering the Centrist outrage and endless think pieces written when Dan Riffle tweeted “Every billionaire is a policy failure”

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 6h

Where we stand, in long arc of history:

-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.

-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.

I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

Two headlines on front page of NYT.

First is "Trump Weighs Transforming Refugee Policy. White People Would be Given Preference."

Second is "Justices May Ban Race as a Factor in District Maps. Nation's Political Balance Could Shift If Court Guts 1964 Law."

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Anthony John Agnello @ajohnagnello.bsky.social · Mar 15

Years ago I interviewed Tomonobu Itagaki at E3. I said: "Isn't this weird? We're in a room in a fake building inside a giant building so we can talk about *pretend* buildings you made."

He put on his sunglasses and said: "I too think of myself as a warrior."

My wife made this for my birthday.

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Personasama @persona.bsky.social · 7h

Always thinking of this banger because of Itagaki: youtu.be/FOEQzF8bvrE

Exciter

YouTube video by Bomb Factory - Topic

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 11h

Rest in peace Itagaki, one of the GOATs. He didn't just make awesome games but also changed countless people's views on what action games could & should be. Actually had a really strong vision on how to push the genre forward, directly shaping people's tastes

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Alex @alexdz.bsky.social · 1d

"Why do people get upset with remakes? It's not like they replace the originals"

Capcom execs: We replaced the original games, why re-release them?

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story rich @gungnirworks.dcellgames.com · 1d

i was thinking that all the footage im seeing of the new pokemon just makes me want a devil survivor game in this style while controlling a bunch of units at once. so i guess what i actually want is final fantasy 12 except its devil survivor

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Six people had their visas revoked due to their social media posts.

Six people are being deported because of what they said online.

Six people have had their freedom of speech suspended.

It won’t stop with these six people.

Either we all have freedom of speech or none of us do.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

They're the ones making our neighborhoods unsafe. They're the danger to our children. They're the threat to law and order.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Agent lobs a gas canister into a residential neighborhood in Illinois for no discernible reason, gassing dozens of neighbors including a baby. The comfort with which they deploy weapons of war is unreal.

Source: www.reddit.com/r/illinois/s...

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Snacko Racko @snackoracko.bsky.social · 2d

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger

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Countess Sappho @countess-sappho.bsky.social · 4d

YOU HEARD THEM

Meme image of Shinji from Evangelion leaning forward in a folding chair with his heads in his hands. Text around him reads "GET IN THE FUCKING FROG" and there are two depictions of someone in inflatable frog suits

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christina 死神 @chhopsky.tv · 23d

In space, death is contagious. When we die, the Scarabs decontaminate our ships and lay us to rest.

But when Dalia gets cleanup request from her childhood home, she finds something she’s never seen before: a contamination that doesn’t want to be cleaned.

This is Ambrosia Sky.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 7d

it is not polite to say so but no discussion of the state of the games industry/press can really avoid the reality that the audience is just. really really bad.

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NoxyMeArt @noxyme.bsky.social · Feb 17

Couldn’t say it better myself.

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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 8d

Behind this mask is an idea. And ideas are bulletproof.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 10d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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story rich @gungnirworks.dcellgames.com · 7d

i just want to play spikeout but modern releases are trapped in like a dragon. someone free these games from their AAA prisons

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story rich @gungnirworks.dcellgames.com · 7d

the fact the first game just gets shoved into a different game of an unrelated genre and called an anniversary celebration actually feels pretty insulting ngl. even if i know it's par for the course with companies trying somehow to work in old IPs

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story rich @gungnirworks.dcellgames.com · 7d

banshee's last cry is a historically important work that deserves a localized release on modern platforms, possibly in a package that includes other versions and its sequels, with some additional reading material supplying context around its release. like a gradius origins but for a sound novel

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story rich @gungnirworks.dcellgames.com · 7d

they won't release any accessible standalone western localized version of banshee's last cry or a bundle of all the games, but they WILL put it into sf6 for an audience who don't know what the fuck it is and don't give a shit? saying they're celebrating the anniversary of the game is a joke.

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Foo Midori -碧風羽 @foomidori.bsky.social · 8d

サイレントヒルfのファンアートを描きました

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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