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I’m all in on Ace Combat 8. AC7 lives rent free in my mind.
What games are you looking forward to in 2026? For me it’s

Ace Combat 8
RE9
Romeo is a Dead Man
[Insert random indie titles here that will capture my attention for weeks straight a time]
The Flower Sun and Rain PS2 English fan translation
January 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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I’m at the spot where ICE murdered Renee Nicolle Good today, along with my daughter and her bf. Still lots of people here at 11:00 pm. (Avoiding getting anyone in the picture)

It’s beautiful, surreal but still mostly enraging. Abolish ICE.
January 8, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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We really need to shed every ounce of civility for the architects of our sorrow.
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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nobody talks about the 9/11 playstation demo disc
January 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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Saw a post theorizing you now encounter more people listening to things on speakers in public spaces because Apple banning the headphone jack did not result in people switching to Bluetooth headphones, it resulted in people abandoning headphones. I'm on an airplane RN and. Thinking about that. Hard.
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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Please seek help immediately:

aftermath.site/please-seek-he...
January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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a computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must make all of our management decisions
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 AM
No.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'

"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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It's a neat trick to say "get beyond the argument" when implicitly you mean "by accepting my position"
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'

"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 AM
2026 is the year of Lulu. #FFX
this is how lulu texts wakka
Zohran is already making Regular People's lives harder...
January 3, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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December 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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For their anti-immigrant, white nationalist post about 100 million deportations, DHS stole the artwork of a non-white foreigner: Japanese illustrator Hiroshi Nagai.

Apparently no white Americans were available to design an image. View Nagai's work here: hiroshinagai.com/contents.html
December 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Outlook for the new year ...
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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muppet christmas carol (happy holidays!)
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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You know a thing that is very bad about this? This is the anti-trans playbook being played against women. Start with 'has the x movement failed the people it's supposed to help', then infantilize them, then make the case they can't be responsible for their own choices, then take their rights away
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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I became a software engineer because writing code is fun. Thinking through hard problems, designing elegant solutions, seeing the things you’ve built working for the first time… these moments are all deeply satisfying, so why in the world would I ever surrender them to AI?
Writing Code Is Fun
I became a software engineer because writing code is fun. Thinking through hard problems, designing elegant solutions, seeing the things you’ve built working for the first time… these moments are all deeply satisfying, so why in the world would I ever surrender them to AI?
davidcel.is
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Monday's Premium: How The AI Bubble Bursts In 2026 - the largest funder of data centers is pulling out, Oracle is suffocated by debt, OpenAI's running out of money, and NVIDIA's debt-powered customer base is shrinking.
Here's $10 off annual.
edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo...
December 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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FEELS LIKE EARLY CHRISTMAS BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW @kbash.bsky.social VIDEO BAYBEEEE
youtu.be/S_KZDpKM2z0
The WORST* Mana Game
YouTube video by KBash
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve announcement trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQYx...
ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Bandai Namco Entertainment America
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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fat bear week is good, but don't forget about borb season
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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so insanely fucking real for this
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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"video game mechanics?" Actually, they're called developers.
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM