Mark LaCroix
@marklacroix.bsky.social
An artist, please. Makes games at @noblerobot.bsky.social. Co-host Nice Games Club. Made Noble Engine for Playdate, Blippo+ for Switch/PC, Noble Tools for Unity, and [OTHER THINGS].
On a bike in Minneapolis.
https://noblerobot.com
On a bike in Minneapolis.
https://noblerobot.com
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Mark LaCroix
@marklacroix.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!!
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
Must see TV, available now!
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Once again, @jamellebouie.net avoiding the easy anger and seeing the full picture, but giving absolutely no ground on substance. Truly, the best to ever do it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Once again, @jamellebouie.net avoiding the easy anger and seeing the full picture, but giving absolutely no ground on substance. Truly, the best to ever do it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
The main thing that today's Steam hardware announcement reminds me (and probably only me) of is the 1948 Paramount Decree.
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The main thing that today's Steam hardware announcement reminds me (and probably only me) of is the 1948 Paramount Decree.
Reposted by Mark LaCroix
Xiangshan International Kindergarten by Yang Ying Design Studio is a 5,000-square-meter modular hybrid wood structure with 18 classrooms.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Xiangshan International Kindergarten by Yang Ying Design Studio is a 5,000-square-meter modular hybrid wood structure with 18 classrooms.
Reposted by Mark LaCroix
Increased my #Playdate game collection by 9 games during the Catalog fall sales. I can pick up one more game. Please send me your recommendations. Support indie games and Playdate developers 🤗
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Increased my #Playdate game collection by 9 games during the Catalog fall sales. I can pick up one more game. Please send me your recommendations. Support indie games and Playdate developers 🤗
Reposted by Mark LaCroix
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
Supreme Court Won’t Consider Overturning Same-Sex Marriage
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
Tired: 2025 AD (Anno Domini)
Wired: 12 AL (Anno Luigi)
Wired: 12 AL (Anno Luigi)
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Tired: 2025 AD (Anno Domini)
Wired: 12 AL (Anno Luigi)
Wired: 12 AL (Anno Luigi)
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Frank Fisher Apartments, Andrew Rebori, Chicago, 1939
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Frank Fisher Apartments, Andrew Rebori, Chicago, 1939
As a graphic designer, same.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
As a graphic designer, same.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Brutalism (basically) is back, baby!
New York unveils its newest icon: 270 Park Avenue, a $3B supertall by Foster + Partners, rising 423m and hosting 10,000 people. The all-electric, hydro-powered tower features generous public space, natural light, and enhanced air quality—defining the workplace of the future today.
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Brutalism (basically) is back, baby!
"But a list of her legislative achievements doesn’t tell the whole story. She is both a committed progressive and an operational pragmatist who has always been unperturbed by any contradictions required to embrace both stances."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
Opinion | Nancy Pelosi Is an American Political Giant
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"But a list of her legislative achievements doesn’t tell the whole story. She is both a committed progressive and an operational pragmatist who has always been unperturbed by any contradictions required to embrace both stances."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
POV: me using any website made by Apple, Inc.
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
POV: me using any website made by Apple, Inc.
"David Byrne's bandleader Ray Suen broke his prized violin ahead of the performer's show in Minneapolis.
But by an incredible stroke of serendipity, the man who made that very violin two decades ago was just a few miles away in New Brighton."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
But by an incredible stroke of serendipity, the man who made that very violin two decades ago was just a few miles away in New Brighton."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"David Byrne's bandleader Ray Suen broke his prized violin ahead of the performer's show in Minneapolis.
But by an incredible stroke of serendipity, the man who made that very violin two decades ago was just a few miles away in New Brighton."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
But by an incredible stroke of serendipity, the man who made that very violin two decades ago was just a few miles away in New Brighton."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
That The Game Awards is no longer doing its Future Class program is not surprising to me.
What is surprising is that anyone on earth is surprised by The Game Awards' complete lack of follow through on the stated goals of this program going all the way back to day one.
What is surprising is that anyone on earth is surprised by The Game Awards' complete lack of follow through on the stated goals of this program going all the way back to day one.
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
That The Game Awards is no longer doing its Future Class program is not surprising to me.
What is surprising is that anyone on earth is surprised by The Game Awards' complete lack of follow through on the stated goals of this program going all the way back to day one.
What is surprising is that anyone on earth is surprised by The Game Awards' complete lack of follow through on the stated goals of this program going all the way back to day one.
Brilliant design.
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Brilliant design.
"Her’s victory means the entirety of city leadership in St. Paul will be female, as each of St. Paul’s seven city council seats are held by women."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"Her’s victory means the entirety of city leadership in St. Paul will be female, as each of St. Paul’s seven city council seats are held by women."
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Dale and I saw David Byrne tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Dale and I saw David Byrne tonight.
I think the main outcome from the Affinity launch was that a bunch of people went to cancel their CC subscriptions, was offered the half-price retention deal they offer *everyone*, and stayed because hey that's a pretty good deal.
If nothing else this proves competition is *always* a good thing.
If nothing else this proves competition is *always* a good thing.
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I think the main outcome from the Affinity launch was that a bunch of people went to cancel their CC subscriptions, was offered the half-price retention deal they offer *everyone*, and stayed because hey that's a pretty good deal.
If nothing else this proves competition is *always* a good thing.
If nothing else this proves competition is *always* a good thing.
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It might just be a vote for three open school board member spots and a school funding levy, but voting means keeping out a conservative aligned with far-right orgs from the school board and making sure public schools are funded. Worth it every time. Go #vote!
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It might just be a vote for three open school board member spots and a school funding levy, but voting means keeping out a conservative aligned with far-right orgs from the school board and making sure public schools are funded. Worth it every time. Go #vote!
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yeah why might it be harder for someone to break 50% in a three-way race versus a two-way race. obviously it has something to do with ideology.
The Better Things Aren't Possible Wing has declared Spanberger is The Future Of The Democratic Party with this transparently stupid line fed to one of their press familiars
November 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
yeah why might it be harder for someone to break 50% in a three-way race versus a two-way race. obviously it has something to do with ideology.
"The movement to defund the police feels long dead. And yet, if you take a closer look at Tuesday’s [Minneapolis] mayoral race, a contentious fight between two Democrats, the echoes of 2020 are still there, a significant part of the fight over the city’s character."
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The City Where the Summer of 2020 Never Really Ended
Can a relative centrist hold on against a surging left-wing candidate? This Midwestern city is about to find out.
slate.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
"The movement to defund the police feels long dead. And yet, if you take a closer look at Tuesday’s [Minneapolis] mayoral race, a contentious fight between two Democrats, the echoes of 2020 are still there, a significant part of the fight over the city’s character."
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
With my disease, there are random days where I wake up and can already tell I'm just going to be on the couch all day feeling miserable, incapable of doing anything. Today was one of those days.
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
With my disease, there are random days where I wake up and can already tell I'm just going to be on the couch all day feeling miserable, incapable of doing anything. Today was one of those days.
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ever wanted to experience the thrill of tandem boat-racing, and tearing down a corpo-conglomerate, in the palm of your hand?
rowbot rally is on sale!! get it on #playdate for only $11, until nov. 13! animated cutscenes, and a cute story; human-made with love.
play.date/g/rbr
#indiedev #gamedev
rowbot rally is on sale!! get it on #playdate for only $11, until nov. 13! animated cutscenes, and a cute story; human-made with love.
play.date/g/rbr
#indiedev #gamedev
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
ever wanted to experience the thrill of tandem boat-racing, and tearing down a corpo-conglomerate, in the palm of your hand?
rowbot rally is on sale!! get it on #playdate for only $11, until nov. 13! animated cutscenes, and a cute story; human-made with love.
play.date/g/rbr
#indiedev #gamedev
rowbot rally is on sale!! get it on #playdate for only $11, until nov. 13! animated cutscenes, and a cute story; human-made with love.
play.date/g/rbr
#indiedev #gamedev