Partial Portent
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Writer/Game Designer. mostly
Writer/Game Designer. mostly
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Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave. n.pr/4oFYdPL
She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she's been put on leave
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.
n.pr
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave. n.pr/4oFYdPL
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As age verification laws proliferate around the world, people have predictably turned to VPNs to protect their privacy. Instead of taking this as a sign that surveillance isn't popular, lawmakers have decided they might as well ban VPNs altogether. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
Remember when you thought age verification laws couldn't get any worse? Well, lawmakers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and beyond are about to blow you away.It's unfortunately no longer enough to force
www.eff.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As age verification laws proliferate around the world, people have predictably turned to VPNs to protect their privacy. Instead of taking this as a sign that surveillance isn't popular, lawmakers have decided they might as well ban VPNs altogether. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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🇺🇦💲Ukraine Receives Almost €6 Billion from EU: How Funds Will Be Used
€5.9 billion from the European Union has been transferred to Ukraine’s state budget. The funds will support the country’s social, defense, and recovery needs.
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theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-rece...
€5.9 billion from the European Union has been transferred to Ukraine’s state budget. The funds will support the country’s social, defense, and recovery needs.
Read more ⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-rece...
Ukraine Receives Almost €6 Billion from EU: How Funds Will Be Used
€5.9 billion from the European Union has been transferred to Ukraine’s state budget, the Ministry of Finance reported on Thursday, November 13. Part of the
theukrainianreview.info
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🇺🇦💲Ukraine Receives Almost €6 Billion from EU: How Funds Will Be Used
€5.9 billion from the European Union has been transferred to Ukraine’s state budget. The funds will support the country’s social, defense, and recovery needs.
Read more ⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-rece...
€5.9 billion from the European Union has been transferred to Ukraine’s state budget. The funds will support the country’s social, defense, and recovery needs.
Read more ⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-rece...
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⭐🌟 searching by starlight 🌟⭐
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
⭐🌟 searching by starlight 🌟⭐
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If Trump’s Truth Social post to air traffic controllers proved anything, it is that we fundamentally lack moral leadership, and the rest of us are going to have to provide it.
So to everyone who worked for no pay during the shutdown? Thank you. Unconditionally. You deserve no less.
So to everyone who worked for no pay during the shutdown? Thank you. Unconditionally. You deserve no less.
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If Trump’s Truth Social post to air traffic controllers proved anything, it is that we fundamentally lack moral leadership, and the rest of us are going to have to provide it.
So to everyone who worked for no pay during the shutdown? Thank you. Unconditionally. You deserve no less.
So to everyone who worked for no pay during the shutdown? Thank you. Unconditionally. You deserve no less.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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Ya this is grim but basically accurate therationalleague.substack.com/p/the-vacanc...
The Vacancy of the MAGA Mind
The quiet relief of no longer having to think.
therationalleague.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Ya this is grim but basically accurate therationalleague.substack.com/p/the-vacanc...
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Seeing a live demonstration has changed my scepticism into eager anticipation - Board could change how we play videogames, and open new avenues of innovation for board game designers.
Read the full article ⬇️
#BoardGameConsole #TabletopGaming #NintendoWii
www.wargamer.com/board/game-c...
Read the full article ⬇️
#BoardGameConsole #TabletopGaming #NintendoWii
www.wargamer.com/board/game-c...
The 'Board' game console could be the next Nintendo Wii, and I'm not exaggerating
Seeing a live demonstration has changed my scepticism into eager anticipation - Board could change how we play videogames, and open new avenues of innovation for board game designers.
www.wargamer.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Seeing a live demonstration has changed my scepticism into eager anticipation - Board could change how we play videogames, and open new avenues of innovation for board game designers.
Read the full article ⬇️
#BoardGameConsole #TabletopGaming #NintendoWii
www.wargamer.com/board/game-c...
Read the full article ⬇️
#BoardGameConsole #TabletopGaming #NintendoWii
www.wargamer.com/board/game-c...
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“Remember, remember the 5th of November”
— V for Vendetta (Hugo Weaving)
— V for Vendetta (Hugo Weaving)
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
“Remember, remember the 5th of November”
— V for Vendetta (Hugo Weaving)
— V for Vendetta (Hugo Weaving)
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NEW: A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity.
Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity.
Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
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Conserving land in wealthy countries may be making things worse somewhere else..
Researchers provide a detailed account of how “biodiversity leakage” happens—and how to tackle the often overlooked problem.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/02/cons...
Researchers provide a detailed account of how “biodiversity leakage” happens—and how to tackle the often overlooked problem.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/02/cons...
Conserving land in wealthy countries may be making things worse somewhere else.
Researchers provide a detailed account of how “biodiversity leakage” happens—and how to tackle the often overlooked problem.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Conserving land in wealthy countries may be making things worse somewhere else..
Researchers provide a detailed account of how “biodiversity leakage” happens—and how to tackle the often overlooked problem.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/02/cons...
Researchers provide a detailed account of how “biodiversity leakage” happens—and how to tackle the often overlooked problem.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/02/cons...
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Unlike the feds, they are required to wear assigned ID numbers, and those are FOIA-able. They attacked protesters at Northwestern in 2020:
www.sceneandheardnu.com/content/the-...
www.sceneandheardnu.com/content/the-...
The NIPAS Occupation: How EPD Uses Unidentified, Outsider Police to Handle Student Protestors — Scene+Heard
NU Community Not Cops had gotten used to seeing Evanston police officers around every corner. Over the three weeks spanning October 12th to October 31st, the student group’s daily marches demanding th...
www.sceneandheardnu.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Unlike the feds, they are required to wear assigned ID numbers, and those are FOIA-able. They attacked protesters at Northwestern in 2020:
www.sceneandheardnu.com/content/the-...
www.sceneandheardnu.com/content/the-...
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Could ultrasound waves be the key to agile, wireless soft robots? Dive into the science behind innovative "bubble muscles."
Soft Robots Powered by Sound Waves
Can sound waves make soft robots move like they have real muscles?
spectrum.ieee.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Could ultrasound waves be the key to agile, wireless soft robots? Dive into the science behind innovative "bubble muscles."
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ICYMI, I wrote about the bangification of AI.
The internet is already a gross place for women, and tech platforms are *catering* to the instinct to bang. Particularly in the AI world, it seems companies are bangifying their platforms as a first order of business.
open.substack.com/pub/wicziped...
The internet is already a gross place for women, and tech platforms are *catering* to the instinct to bang. Particularly in the AI world, it seems companies are bangifying their platforms as a first order of business.
open.substack.com/pub/wicziped...
The Bangification of AI
Or why it’s so creepy to be a woman on the internet in 2025
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
ICYMI, I wrote about the bangification of AI.
The internet is already a gross place for women, and tech platforms are *catering* to the instinct to bang. Particularly in the AI world, it seems companies are bangifying their platforms as a first order of business.
open.substack.com/pub/wicziped...
The internet is already a gross place for women, and tech platforms are *catering* to the instinct to bang. Particularly in the AI world, it seems companies are bangifying their platforms as a first order of business.
open.substack.com/pub/wicziped...
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The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.
(Published Sept.)
(Published Sept.)
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.
(Published Sept.)
(Published Sept.)
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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You've seen Aaron Blaise's animation—he was a big deal on Disney's Mulan, Beauty and the Beast and more.
Behind his work is a whole creative philosophy. Blaise broke it down for us, and explained why his new film is the most rewarding he's ever done:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/aaron-blai...
Behind his work is a whole creative philosophy. Blaise broke it down for us, and explained why his new film is the most rewarding he's ever done:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/aaron-blai...
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
You've seen Aaron Blaise's animation—he was a big deal on Disney's Mulan, Beauty and the Beast and more.
Behind his work is a whole creative philosophy. Blaise broke it down for us, and explained why his new film is the most rewarding he's ever done:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/aaron-blai...
Behind his work is a whole creative philosophy. Blaise broke it down for us, and explained why his new film is the most rewarding he's ever done:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/aaron-blai...
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
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And to this, "But what if someone has good feedback and doesn't THINK?"
The hope is that someone will eventually give the same feedback eventually but better.
The hope is that someone will eventually give the same feedback eventually but better.
I'm a fan of THINK when it comes to feedback
True: Is the information accurate?
Helpful: Will this comment be productive or beneficial?
Inspiring: Will it motivate or uplift someone?
Necessary: Is it needed in the conversation, or is silence better?
Kind: Is it respectful and considerate?
True: Is the information accurate?
Helpful: Will this comment be productive or beneficial?
Inspiring: Will it motivate or uplift someone?
Necessary: Is it needed in the conversation, or is silence better?
Kind: Is it respectful and considerate?
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And to this, "But what if someone has good feedback and doesn't THINK?"
The hope is that someone will eventually give the same feedback eventually but better.
The hope is that someone will eventually give the same feedback eventually but better.
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Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
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Picture this exact scenario, but it started happening a decade ago and now every agency you work with won't shut up about you taking more time for less pay to correct their magic machine's mistakes and you'll have just the slightest idea what your games' localizers have put up with this whole time.
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Picture this exact scenario, but it started happening a decade ago and now every agency you work with won't shut up about you taking more time for less pay to correct their magic machine's mistakes and you'll have just the slightest idea what your games' localizers have put up with this whole time.
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For context, annual military compensation is about $600 billion. So $130 million is about $100 per service member or 0.02% of total annual costs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Once the precedent of not paying the troops according to the rules is created, bad things follow. $130 million is not a large portion of military salary, but sends the message to troops that Trump and his buddies are personally paying them.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For context, annual military compensation is about $600 billion. So $130 million is about $100 per service member or 0.02% of total annual costs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...