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REVIEW: Exhumed - Red Asphalt
"It’s a beautifully depraved return to goregrind flavorings that maintain the songwriting lessons and ideas of their long history—resulting in an album that’s about as nuanced as you are going to get from a band this lowbrow."
4 out of 5
"It’s a beautifully depraved return to goregrind flavorings that maintain the songwriting lessons and ideas of their long history—resulting in an album that’s about as nuanced as you are going to get from a band this lowbrow."
4 out of 5
Review: <b>Exhumed</b> – <i>Red Asphalt</i>
Exhumed’s latest 10-track-pile-up burns rubber and drives recklessly. For fans of David Cronenberg’s Crash.
toiletovhell.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
REVIEW: Exhumed - Red Asphalt
"It’s a beautifully depraved return to goregrind flavorings that maintain the songwriting lessons and ideas of their long history—resulting in an album that’s about as nuanced as you are going to get from a band this lowbrow."
4 out of 5
"It’s a beautifully depraved return to goregrind flavorings that maintain the songwriting lessons and ideas of their long history—resulting in an album that’s about as nuanced as you are going to get from a band this lowbrow."
4 out of 5
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Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
Ubisoft workers are on strike: 'We are treated like children'
The strike comes after the publisher revealed plans to cut up to 200 jobs and ordered remote workers back into the office
www.polygon.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike.
The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
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When a company immediately lays off the devs of a live service game, it's not because it wasn't an immediate hit, it's because the plan is to maximize any profit by running the game with a skeleton crew.
Post-ship layoffs are the plan, not a reaction.
Post-ship layoffs are the plan, not a reaction.
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
When a company immediately lays off the devs of a live service game, it's not because it wasn't an immediate hit, it's because the plan is to maximize any profit by running the game with a skeleton crew.
Post-ship layoffs are the plan, not a reaction.
Post-ship layoffs are the plan, not a reaction.
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is $5.99 on US PSN buff.ly/1xhYrmc
$2.99 Steam buff.ly/1DDjAuL
Humble buff.ly/YwFst8R #ad
$2.99 Steam buff.ly/1DDjAuL
Humble buff.ly/YwFst8R #ad
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is $5.99 on US PSN buff.ly/1xhYrmc
$2.99 Steam buff.ly/1DDjAuL
Humble buff.ly/YwFst8R #ad
$2.99 Steam buff.ly/1DDjAuL
Humble buff.ly/YwFst8R #ad
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We wanted to get this out before Bandcamp Friday, but that wasn't in the cards. All proceeds for the next month at least will be going to VEAP, a food bank in the Cities with a mobile unit that's been doing good work lately in communities targeted by ICE.
deathbydisposal.bandcamp.com/album/office...
deathbydisposal.bandcamp.com/album/office...
OFFICER DOWN, by DISPOSAL
1 track album
deathbydisposal.bandcamp.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
We wanted to get this out before Bandcamp Friday, but that wasn't in the cards. All proceeds for the next month at least will be going to VEAP, a food bank in the Cities with a mobile unit that's been doing good work lately in communities targeted by ICE.
deathbydisposal.bandcamp.com/album/office...
deathbydisposal.bandcamp.com/album/office...
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NEW: Ring has introduced "Search Party", a horrifyingly dystopian feature nominally designed to turn all of the Ring cameras in a neighborhood into a dragnet that uses AI to look for, in their commercial, a cute lost dog.
With Ring, US consumers are actually building a surveillance dragnet.
With Ring, US consumers are actually building a surveillance dragnet.
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
NEW: Ring has introduced "Search Party", a horrifyingly dystopian feature nominally designed to turn all of the Ring cameras in a neighborhood into a dragnet that uses AI to look for, in their commercial, a cute lost dog.
With Ring, US consumers are actually building a surveillance dragnet.
With Ring, US consumers are actually building a surveillance dragnet.
I generally agree with this sentiment, but I also think people need to accept that some games are made specifically for sicko freaks who like getting put through the meat grinder
More games should have a cowardly baby mode. More games should let me suffer less consequences for dying or mistakes. Should have a "I just want the story" mode. Games should not pride themselves on "look how difficult we are".
I'm bad at video games and I wanna experience the good stories too :c
I'm bad at video games and I wanna experience the good stories too :c
February 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I generally agree with this sentiment, but I also think people need to accept that some games are made specifically for sicko freaks who like getting put through the meat grinder
Riot's biggest mistake was thinking anyone in the FGC has money
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Riot's biggest mistake was thinking anyone in the FGC has money
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In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
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Got the big Calvin and Hobbes collection and it is bananas that Watterson dropped one of the best strips of all time within a month of starting the comic
February 8, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Got the big Calvin and Hobbes collection and it is bananas that Watterson dropped one of the best strips of all time within a month of starting the comic
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Saw Winterfylleth have a new album coming out so just dropping this thread from last year on Deeks, nationalism, and racism in black metal.
I recently skimmed through the PhD Thesis of Mark Deek (Winterfylleth), “National Identity in Northern and Eastern European Heavy Metal.” Yeah. Exactly. And I have thoughts…so, here we go! (1/10)
February 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Saw Winterfylleth have a new album coming out so just dropping this thread from last year on Deeks, nationalism, and racism in black metal.
We wanted to get this out before Bandcamp Friday, but that wasn't in the cards. All proceeds for the next month at least will be going to VEAP, a food bank in the Cities with a mobile unit that's been doing good work lately in communities targeted by ICE.
deathbydisposal.bandcamp.com/album/office...
deathbydisposal.bandcamp.com/album/office...
OFFICER DOWN, by DISPOSAL
1 track album
deathbydisposal.bandcamp.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
We wanted to get this out before Bandcamp Friday, but that wasn't in the cards. All proceeds for the next month at least will be going to VEAP, a food bank in the Cities with a mobile unit that's been doing good work lately in communities targeted by ICE.
deathbydisposal.bandcamp.com/album/office...
deathbydisposal.bandcamp.com/album/office...
Our second match-up of the day is underway!
Hours of HOT UNDER NIGHT ACTION coming up at 1 CST with back-to-back exhibitions at twitch.tv/shining_spear
Twitch
Twitch is the world
m.twitch.tv
February 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Our second match-up of the day is underway!
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It's 2026. If you still host your #newsletter on #SUBSTACK, please get fucked:
Because YOU ARE AN ENABLER. At this point, you're either complicit or plain lazy, neither of which is an excuse. You make a choice every damn day.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Archive: archive.is/202602071720...
Because YOU ARE AN ENABLER. At this point, you're either complicit or plain lazy, neither of which is an excuse. You make a choice every damn day.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Archive: archive.is/202602071720...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
It's 2026. If you still host your #newsletter on #SUBSTACK, please get fucked:
Because YOU ARE AN ENABLER. At this point, you're either complicit or plain lazy, neither of which is an excuse. You make a choice every damn day.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Archive: archive.is/202602071720...
Because YOU ARE AN ENABLER. At this point, you're either complicit or plain lazy, neither of which is an excuse. You make a choice every damn day.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Archive: archive.is/202602071720...
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Support a Black family during Black History Month!
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Donate to Support for Keith Porter Jr. Daughters Future ❤️, organized by Franceola Armstrong
On New Year’s Eve, my life was forever changed when my son, Keith… Franceola Armstrong needs your support for Support for Keith Porter Jr. Daughters Future ❤️
www.gofundme.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Support a Black family during Black History Month!
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Keith Porter, Jr.
Hours of HOT UNDER NIGHT ACTION coming up at 1 CST with back-to-back exhibitions at twitch.tv/shining_spear
Twitch
Twitch is the world
m.twitch.tv
February 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Hours of HOT UNDER NIGHT ACTION coming up at 1 CST with back-to-back exhibitions at twitch.tv/shining_spear
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February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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"When one fed attempted to blow off the crowd by visibly watching basketball highlights on his phone, a protester shouted “You’re watching ads, you broke bitch! Kill yourself!” The federal agent returned to his room shortly thereafter."
crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/t...
crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/t...
The Noise Demonstrations Keeping ICE Agents Awake at Their Hotels
Participants in the noise demonstrations targeting hotels that house federal agents in the Twin Cities recount their experiences and explain how this tactic might be employed elsewhere.
crimethinc.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"When one fed attempted to blow off the crowd by visibly watching basketball highlights on his phone, a protester shouted “You’re watching ads, you broke bitch! Kill yourself!” The federal agent returned to his room shortly thereafter."
crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/t...
crimethinc.com/2026/01/27/t...
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I went to a queer closet event today and tried on (and subsequently brought home) a dress today for the first time. Super self-conscious at first, but it looked and felt great. Despite everything today, I can't help but feel joy finding the confidence to express a side of myself I never have before.
January 25, 2026 at 7:08 AM
I went to a queer closet event today and tried on (and subsequently brought home) a dress today for the first time. Super self-conscious at first, but it looked and felt great. Despite everything today, I can't help but feel joy finding the confidence to express a side of myself I never have before.