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This is why I find the idea that genAI, the ultimate form of rentiership trying to force its way into every aspect of our lives, will somehow "solve" games being too expensive to make or buy is ludicrous and dangerous. The opposite will happen.
if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
February 15, 2026 at 10:14 PM
This is why I find the idea that genAI, the ultimate form of rentiership trying to force its way into every aspect of our lives, will somehow "solve" games being too expensive to make or buy is ludicrous and dangerous. The opposite will happen.
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It's great that D&D has gotten so many people into TTRPGs. But what makes me sad about D&D's absolute dominance of the industry is that there are so many other TTRPGs, which tell so many kinds of stories in so many genres, and most TTRPG players only ever experience the narrow range D&D tells.
Five Tiers of RPG Publishing
Hasbro’s annual earnings came out this week, so I took a look. It is truly staggering how much Wizards of the Coast has changed the company since they were acquired; when looking at unadjusted earn…
cannibalhalflinggaming.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
It's great that D&D has gotten so many people into TTRPGs. But what makes me sad about D&D's absolute dominance of the industry is that there are so many other TTRPGs, which tell so many kinds of stories in so many genres, and most TTRPG players only ever experience the narrow range D&D tells.
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AI-Gen is dying, repost to make it die faster :)
Sora 2 apparently cost something like $5 billion to run every year and so far made OpenAI around $1.4 million.
February 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM
AI-Gen is dying, repost to make it die faster :)
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Discord is trying to sound like they're backtracking without backtracking on their BS data collection scheme, don't be satisfied or pull back on criticism. I'm still prepping to pull out by mirroring servers onto other services and giving friends backup contact info.
No website or app needs your face or ID. It's always scaremongering about made up child safety concerns, pretending this is a solution(it's not), to get your data. The real goal is to break up groups of marginalized people and sell your info in the brief window before a data breach.
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Discord is trying to sound like they're backtracking without backtracking on their BS data collection scheme, don't be satisfied or pull back on criticism. I'm still prepping to pull out by mirroring servers onto other services and giving friends backup contact info.
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For anyone reading this who missed the UBI memo:
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
For anyone reading this who missed the UBI memo:
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This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
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February 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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relevant to a few too many things going on right now
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
February 11, 2026 at 12:34 AM
relevant to a few too many things going on right now
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#YCH COMISSION🐉:
It will become more complex the higher the price rises. Check the info! feel free ask any questions, and please rt to give me a hand (optional 😊
AUCTION RULES:
-SB: is 150, minimum bids are 5, every bid will increase in 10h the auction time.
-BIDDING HERE: ych.art/auction/2292...
It will become more complex the higher the price rises. Check the info! feel free ask any questions, and please rt to give me a hand (optional 😊
AUCTION RULES:
-SB: is 150, minimum bids are 5, every bid will increase in 10h the auction time.
-BIDDING HERE: ych.art/auction/2292...
February 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
#YCH COMISSION🐉:
It will become more complex the higher the price rises. Check the info! feel free ask any questions, and please rt to give me a hand (optional 😊
AUCTION RULES:
-SB: is 150, minimum bids are 5, every bid will increase in 10h the auction time.
-BIDDING HERE: ych.art/auction/2292...
It will become more complex the higher the price rises. Check the info! feel free ask any questions, and please rt to give me a hand (optional 😊
AUCTION RULES:
-SB: is 150, minimum bids are 5, every bid will increase in 10h the auction time.
-BIDDING HERE: ych.art/auction/2292...
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🫵YOU. YES, YOU. Want a chance to get free art?
I'm going to do a #raffle to gift three drawings (one per person) of an oc of your choice, humans too check the info!
Rules:
🐉RT this post
🐉RT this one bsky.app/profile/kins... (no need to be interested in the ych)
🐉Show me your OC! and good luck :)
I'm going to do a #raffle to gift three drawings (one per person) of an oc of your choice, humans too check the info!
Rules:
🐉RT this post
🐉RT this one bsky.app/profile/kins... (no need to be interested in the ych)
🐉Show me your OC! and good luck :)
February 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
🫵YOU. YES, YOU. Want a chance to get free art?
I'm going to do a #raffle to gift three drawings (one per person) of an oc of your choice, humans too check the info!
Rules:
🐉RT this post
🐉RT this one bsky.app/profile/kins... (no need to be interested in the ych)
🐉Show me your OC! and good luck :)
I'm going to do a #raffle to gift three drawings (one per person) of an oc of your choice, humans too check the info!
Rules:
🐉RT this post
🐉RT this one bsky.app/profile/kins... (no need to be interested in the ych)
🐉Show me your OC! and good luck :)
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I started to make a document to list some alternatives for Discord that I’ll keep updating. It’s not necesserily to invite everyone to jump out but it’s good to know that they exist.
write.ellipsus.com/edit/5c78554...
Keep bothering Discord and inform yourselves.
write.ellipsus.com/edit/5c78554...
Keep bothering Discord and inform yourselves.
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I started to make a document to list some alternatives for Discord that I’ll keep updating. It’s not necesserily to invite everyone to jump out but it’s good to know that they exist.
write.ellipsus.com/edit/5c78554...
Keep bothering Discord and inform yourselves.
write.ellipsus.com/edit/5c78554...
Keep bothering Discord and inform yourselves.
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I think even if discord 100% fully goes back and doesnt implement ID verification at all whatsoever, which I find improbable: I think people should still stop supporting discord anyway for even considering the option.
Never trust anyone willing to invade your privacy, even if they haven't done so.
Never trust anyone willing to invade your privacy, even if they haven't done so.
February 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
I think even if discord 100% fully goes back and doesnt implement ID verification at all whatsoever, which I find improbable: I think people should still stop supporting discord anyway for even considering the option.
Never trust anyone willing to invade your privacy, even if they haven't done so.
Never trust anyone willing to invade your privacy, even if they haven't done so.
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Do Not submit your ID.
Cancel your Nitro.
Call them out for this stupid decision.
Cancel your Nitro.
Call them out for this stupid decision.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Do Not submit your ID.
Cancel your Nitro.
Call them out for this stupid decision.
Cancel your Nitro.
Call them out for this stupid decision.
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I know we're all mad about ICE/DHS but we also need to be mad about RFK Jr.
He's killing -- and is setting the stage to kill -- waaaaay more people than DHS does, it's just that it happens quietly and in people's homes. Vaccine recommendations matter. Lying under oath matters.
IMPEACH RFK JR
He's killing -- and is setting the stage to kill -- waaaaay more people than DHS does, it's just that it happens quietly and in people's homes. Vaccine recommendations matter. Lying under oath matters.
IMPEACH RFK JR
Three members of Congress and the governor of Hawai'i, a medical doctor who responded to the measles outbreak in Samoa, are calling for RFK Jr's resignation. Emails now reveal he lied under oath about his antivax role in those 83 deaths.
RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say
Newly revealed emails undermine Kennedy’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of deadly measles outbreak
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I know we're all mad about ICE/DHS but we also need to be mad about RFK Jr.
He's killing -- and is setting the stage to kill -- waaaaay more people than DHS does, it's just that it happens quietly and in people's homes. Vaccine recommendations matter. Lying under oath matters.
IMPEACH RFK JR
He's killing -- and is setting the stage to kill -- waaaaay more people than DHS does, it's just that it happens quietly and in people's homes. Vaccine recommendations matter. Lying under oath matters.
IMPEACH RFK JR
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Face scan and ID are such easily bypassable things and don't solve nome of the major problem it's trying to solve. This is all too much work for a fruitless endeavor when the best way to solve it all is just parents be actual parents and damn good internet safety education.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
discord.com/press-releas...
discord.com/press-releas...
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Face scan and ID are such easily bypassable things and don't solve nome of the major problem it's trying to solve. This is all too much work for a fruitless endeavor when the best way to solve it all is just parents be actual parents and damn good internet safety education.
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Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.
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I do wonder if Microsoft is actually killing itself right now, I feel like they are making some really bonkers high stakes loadbearing assumptions and plans and they're kinda likely to all fall through at once
October 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I do wonder if Microsoft is actually killing itself right now, I feel like they are making some really bonkers high stakes loadbearing assumptions and plans and they're kinda likely to all fall through at once
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Anyway, Microsoft's gaming products are subject to a boycott from the BDS movement, due to Microsoft's ongoing support for the IDF. Bethesda is owned by Microsoft.
nogamesforgenocide.com
nogamesforgenocide.com
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Anyway, Microsoft's gaming products are subject to a boycott from the BDS movement, due to Microsoft's ongoing support for the IDF. Bethesda is owned by Microsoft.
nogamesforgenocide.com
nogamesforgenocide.com
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Renee Good's brothers sat before a group of U.S. senators and representatives on Tuesday afternoon and asked for their help. Their testimony was part of a public forum held by Congressional Democrats.
Video: Sen. Richard Blumenthal livestream via Facebook.
Video: Sen. Richard Blumenthal livestream via Facebook.
February 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Renee Good's brothers sat before a group of U.S. senators and representatives on Tuesday afternoon and asked for their help. Their testimony was part of a public forum held by Congressional Democrats.
Video: Sen. Richard Blumenthal livestream via Facebook.
Video: Sen. Richard Blumenthal livestream via Facebook.
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We've entered the 'one weird trick' phase of the national budget, because both of the actual solutions - raising taxes and/or cutting spending - are unpopular.
We will try to do neither for as long as possible, with the result that we will have to do both far more than we'd like.
We will try to do neither for as long as possible, with the result that we will have to do both far more than we'd like.
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
We've entered the 'one weird trick' phase of the national budget, because both of the actual solutions - raising taxes and/or cutting spending - are unpopular.
We will try to do neither for as long as possible, with the result that we will have to do both far more than we'd like.
We will try to do neither for as long as possible, with the result that we will have to do both far more than we'd like.
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jeffrey epstein's apparent association with the likes of bobby kotick, steve bannon, and peter thiel – and his fascination with game design as a means of controlling others – paint an unsettling picture
![If you’re not already seeing the pattern, it’s clear that Epstein and his associates saw games as mechanisms for profit, coercion, and control, a throughline that persists in his association with two key figures in Gamergate and the surrounding bedlam: Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon.
Based on available files, Epstein expressed interest in Thiel and his surveillance company, Palantir, as early as 2012, but correspondence between the two began in 2014. Then, in May 2016, Epstein messaged Thiel saying that he "would have gladly share[d] your expenses for the gawker suit" and invited him to dinner with Noam Chomsky, of all people (it is unclear if this dinner ever took place). That suit, of course, led to the collapse of Gawker Media and the sale of its many sites – of which Kotaku, a major Gamergate target (and the former employer of all five members of Aftermath’s core staff), was one. This would send ripples through the worlds of media and journalism for years to come, leading to a press defanged by the threat of legal annihilation.
The next month, shortly after the June 2016 referendum that kicked off Brexit, Epstein emailed Thiel, saying "brexit, just the beginning" and then, in response to Thiel asking what he meant, "return to tribalism. counter to globalization. amazing new alliances. you and I both agreed zero interest rates were too high, and as i said in your office. finding things on their way to collapse, was much easier than finding the next bargain."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreiao37med33tdxi7743wqz627lyzzfpfl2istut75g64cl763k6xea@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
jeffrey epstein's apparent association with the likes of bobby kotick, steve bannon, and peter thiel – and his fascination with game design as a means of controlling others – paint an unsettling picture
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I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
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Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
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Maybe it’s time for me to follow the example of Cato the Elder and end every post with “ICE delenda est!”
February 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Maybe it’s time for me to follow the example of Cato the Elder and end every post with “ICE delenda est!”