Partial Portent
@partialportent.bsky.social
Indie Game Design, News, Nature, Fantasy, Horror, scientific/artistic obscurities curiosities inspirations.
Writer/Game Designer. mostly
Writer/Game Designer. mostly
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I couldn't talk about this publicly when playing it for IGF but any close friend of mine can attest that I would not shut the fuck up about it. The funniest game I've played in forever and a deeply engrossing take on match 3-driven metagame.
February 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I couldn't talk about this publicly when playing it for IGF but any close friend of mine can attest that I would not shut the fuck up about it. The funniest game I've played in forever and a deeply engrossing take on match 3-driven metagame.
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“Y’all are the most submissive group of men I’ve ever seen.”
@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social co-host @mizzwelch.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social roast the men of MAGA for groveling to Trump.
Watch the full episode at zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/jennifer-w...
@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social co-host @mizzwelch.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social roast the men of MAGA for groveling to Trump.
Watch the full episode at zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/jennifer-w...
February 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
“Y’all are the most submissive group of men I’ve ever seen.”
@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social co-host @mizzwelch.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social roast the men of MAGA for groveling to Trump.
Watch the full episode at zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/jennifer-w...
@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social co-host @mizzwelch.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social roast the men of MAGA for groveling to Trump.
Watch the full episode at zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/jennifer-w...
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February 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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As an attorney with occasional experience with the Equal Time rule, I can explain what's going on here and how the FCC's Brandon Carr is leveraging his position to force late night and daytime talk show hosts to exclude Democratic candidates.
First I need to explain the Equal Time rule itself. 1/
First I need to explain the Equal Time rule itself. 1/
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:37 PM
As an attorney with occasional experience with the Equal Time rule, I can explain what's going on here and how the FCC's Brandon Carr is leveraging his position to force late night and daytime talk show hosts to exclude Democratic candidates.
First I need to explain the Equal Time rule itself. 1/
First I need to explain the Equal Time rule itself. 1/
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Supporters of Barr from the crypto sector: Crypto.com, Robinhood, Coinbase, Andreessen Horowitz.
So far, he's the candidate who has received the most direct support from crypto companies and executives.
So far, he's the candidate who has received the most direct support from crypto companies and executives.
1. Major corporations — including General Motors, State Farm, JPMorgan Chase, Delta, and Microsoft — are bankrolling a political ad from Senate candidate Andy Barr featuring a white nationalist slogan.
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
popular.info
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Supporters of Barr from the crypto sector: Crypto.com, Robinhood, Coinbase, Andreessen Horowitz.
So far, he's the candidate who has received the most direct support from crypto companies and executives.
So far, he's the candidate who has received the most direct support from crypto companies and executives.
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“I am somebody.” ♥️
February 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM
“I am somebody.” ♥️
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About one of the Trump accusers in this piece:
“The interview [with the alleged victim and her attorney] was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.”
“The interview [with the alleged victim and her attorney] was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.”
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 16, 2026 at 5:10 AM
About one of the Trump accusers in this piece:
“The interview [with the alleged victim and her attorney] was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.”
“The interview [with the alleged victim and her attorney] was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell.”
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ASIFA-Hollywood has launched the Will Ryan Excellence in Humor Award, a new $60,000 annual grant supporting emerging artists pushing animation forward through comedy. Details will be unveiled at the 53rd Annie Awards on February 21.
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/will-...
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/will-...
ASIFA Launches $60K Will Ryan Excellence in Humor Award
The annual award, backed by Ryan's family, will support emerging animation artists and be unveiled at the 53rd Annie Awards on February 21.
www.cartoonbrew.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
ASIFA-Hollywood has launched the Will Ryan Excellence in Humor Award, a new $60,000 annual grant supporting emerging artists pushing animation forward through comedy. Details will be unveiled at the 53rd Annie Awards on February 21.
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/will-...
www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/will-...
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If you are seeing this post outside MN, this is what daily life is like here TODAY. STILL. Don’t be lulled by what you hear. Believe your eyes.
February 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
If you are seeing this post outside MN, this is what daily life is like here TODAY. STILL. Don’t be lulled by what you hear. Believe your eyes.
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February 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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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 1:17 PM
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...
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Anatomy moths up for tattoo grabz too!
Poor things I keep forgetting telling that they are available as designs as well!
Poor things I keep forgetting telling that they are available as designs as well!
February 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Anatomy moths up for tattoo grabz too!
Poor things I keep forgetting telling that they are available as designs as well!
Poor things I keep forgetting telling that they are available as designs as well!
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Future Knight is a Game & Watch styled 2D action game where you have 8 hours to stop an apocalypse!
Coming to consoles & Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4235410/...
by #gamedev
@studiokobagames.bsky.social & @aeternathegame.bsky.social #indiedev #gaming #indiegame
Coming to consoles & Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4235410/...
by #gamedev
@studiokobagames.bsky.social & @aeternathegame.bsky.social #indiedev #gaming #indiegame
February 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Future Knight is a Game & Watch styled 2D action game where you have 8 hours to stop an apocalypse!
Coming to consoles & Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4235410/...
by #gamedev
@studiokobagames.bsky.social & @aeternathegame.bsky.social #indiedev #gaming #indiegame
Coming to consoles & Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4235410/...
by #gamedev
@studiokobagames.bsky.social & @aeternathegame.bsky.social #indiedev #gaming #indiegame
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I would like to see one of the LA mayoral candidates explicitly run on cracking down on the LAPD.
Dramatically cut their budget and tell them they can have it back when they stop beating protestors and shooting journalists.
Dramatically cut their budget and tell them they can have it back when they stop beating protestors and shooting journalists.
I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
LAPD Charges at Hundreds of High School Students in Peaceful Walkout Protest at MDC ~ L.A. TACO
LAPD arrested at least two teenagers protesting ICE raids in Los Angeles yesterday. They were also seen corresponding with ICE agents on Alameda Street during the demonstrations.
lataco.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I would like to see one of the LA mayoral candidates explicitly run on cracking down on the LAPD.
Dramatically cut their budget and tell them they can have it back when they stop beating protestors and shooting journalists.
Dramatically cut their budget and tell them they can have it back when they stop beating protestors and shooting journalists.
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Bonobo's pretend tea party shows capacity for imagination #Science #Biology #Zoology #Bonobos #Imagination #AnimalBehavior
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514366-bonobos-pretend-tea-party-shows-capacity-for-imagination/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514366-bonobos-pretend-tea-party-shows-capacity-for-imagination/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
Bonobo's pretend tea party shows capacity for imagination
Kanzi, a bonobo with exceptional language skills, took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities never seen before in non-human primates
www.newscientist.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Bonobo's pretend tea party shows capacity for imagination #Science #Biology #Zoology #Bonobos #Imagination #AnimalBehavior
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514366-bonobos-pretend-tea-party-shows-capacity-for-imagination/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514366-bonobos-pretend-tea-party-shows-capacity-for-imagination/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home
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While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
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I love the petty.
Minneapolis nominated for Nobel Peace Prize after anti-ICE protests
The Nobel Peace Prize has never been given to a city in the past, typically only going to individuals and organizations.
www.newsweek.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I love the petty.
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Flight attendants on board ICE Air were instructed to follow strict rules:
Don’t talk to the detainees.
Don’t feed them.
Don’t make eye contact.
“You don’t do nothing. Just sit down in your seats and be quiet.”
(Published April 2025)
Don’t talk to the detainees.
Don’t feed them.
Don’t make eye contact.
“You don’t do nothing. Just sit down in your seats and be quiet.”
(Published April 2025)
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Flight attendants on board ICE Air were instructed to follow strict rules:
Don’t talk to the detainees.
Don’t feed them.
Don’t make eye contact.
“You don’t do nothing. Just sit down in your seats and be quiet.”
(Published April 2025)
Don’t talk to the detainees.
Don’t feed them.
Don’t make eye contact.
“You don’t do nothing. Just sit down in your seats and be quiet.”
(Published April 2025)
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Powerpuff Girls have three of the most memorable character designs in cartoon history. But how did they come to be?
Craig McCracken spent years refining Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup -- until they became iconic. We explore the process: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/designing-...
Craig McCracken spent years refining Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup -- until they became iconic. We explore the process: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/designing-...
January 26, 2026 at 8:53 PM
The Powerpuff Girls have three of the most memorable character designs in cartoon history. But how did they come to be?
Craig McCracken spent years refining Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup -- until they became iconic. We explore the process: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/designing-...
Craig McCracken spent years refining Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup -- until they became iconic. We explore the process: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/designing-...