Dan Ogles
@dogles.bsky.social
Gamedev/studio founder on self-imposed exile for now. Prev: Blizzard, Proletariat, Zynga, Harmonix, Turbine. Opinions are NOT my own.
This hearing with Jack Smith was just made public and I’m sure will be buried by other news, but it’s important confirmation: two apparently slam-dunk cases against Trump’s most serious crimes, if only AG Garland hadn’t sat on it for over 2y. Enraging.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
DocumentCloud
legacy.www.documentcloud.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
This hearing with Jack Smith was just made public and I’m sure will be buried by other news, but it’s important confirmation: two apparently slam-dunk cases against Trump’s most serious crimes, if only AG Garland hadn’t sat on it for over 2y. Enraging.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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Oh you’re into being jolly and spreading cheer, surrounded by loved ones? You uncultured simpleton. You absolute moron.
December 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Oh you’re into being jolly and spreading cheer, surrounded by loved ones? You uncultured simpleton. You absolute moron.
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Top tier joke
December 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Top tier joke
Oh you’re into being jolly and spreading cheer, surrounded by loved ones? You uncultured simpleton. You absolute moron.
December 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Oh you’re into being jolly and spreading cheer, surrounded by loved ones? You uncultured simpleton. You absolute moron.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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"Southcom tweeting about tracking a civilian aboard a small craft" sure hits different this year.
December 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Southcom tweeting about tracking a civilian aboard a small craft" sure hits different this year.
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The Onion Looks Back At 'It's A Wonderful Life'
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Onion Looks Back At 'It's A Wonderful Life'
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Weird weekend, huh? Took a crack at breaking down the whole Clair Obscur genAI situation, and its bizarre fallout, as best as possible. My main takeaway right now is that people really need to figure out exactly what they're criticizing or it's going to get messy. www.polygon.com/clair-obscur...
The debate over gen AI in games is about to get a lot messier in 2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's GOTY retraction signals the start of something huge
www.polygon.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Weird weekend, huh? Took a crack at breaking down the whole Clair Obscur genAI situation, and its bizarre fallout, as best as possible. My main takeaway right now is that people really need to figure out exactly what they're criticizing or it's going to get messy. www.polygon.com/clair-obscur...
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yeah I mean it’s genuinely sad that the “reasonable old school” Republican (who Dems eagerly and unanimously voted to confirm) is out here doing pressers blatantly geeked out coke and it’s not subtle
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
yeah I mean it’s genuinely sad that the “reasonable old school” Republican (who Dems eagerly and unanimously voted to confirm) is out here doing pressers blatantly geeked out coke and it’s not subtle
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"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
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a good time to bump this
This month's bonus episode is about Bari Weiss, who overcame her inability to say anything interesting to become the billionaire-whispering head of a small media empire.
Pundit Portrait: Bari Weiss | If Books Could Kill
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December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
a good time to bump this
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
Ugh fine I’ll be that guy…I dislike seeing the backlash against some of the most affecting titles this year, E33 and The Alters, over minor genAI use. If you haven’t played them, you’re missing out on clear labors of love.
AI slop is a problem. Witch hunts and purity tests aren’t the answer.
AI slop is a problem. Witch hunts and purity tests aren’t the answer.
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Ugh fine I’ll be that guy…I dislike seeing the backlash against some of the most affecting titles this year, E33 and The Alters, over minor genAI use. If you haven’t played them, you’re missing out on clear labors of love.
AI slop is a problem. Witch hunts and purity tests aren’t the answer.
AI slop is a problem. Witch hunts and purity tests aren’t the answer.
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i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
April 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
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at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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the U.S. government illegally killed him. His relatives say Alejandro Carranza was on a routine fishing trip, and his wife told reporters he left home to fish and had no ties to drug trafficking.
Colombian killed in U.S. strike was on a fishing trip, wife claims: "Why did they just take his life like that?"
Alejandro Carranza's family is questioning U.S. claims that he was carrying narcotics aboard a small vessel targeted last month.
www.cbsnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
the U.S. government illegally killed him. His relatives say Alejandro Carranza was on a routine fishing trip, and his wife told reporters he left home to fish and had no ties to drug trafficking.
It’s honestly weird to see this break through. All this shit was already illegal! They’ve already bombed random innocent fishers! What are we doing here
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 AM
It’s honestly weird to see this break through. All this shit was already illegal! They’ve already bombed random innocent fishers! What are we doing here
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i don’t dunk on brianna wu because i can’t possibly humiliate brianna wu at the level brianna wu can
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
i don’t dunk on brianna wu because i can’t possibly humiliate brianna wu at the level brianna wu can