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Anna Kipnis 🇺🇦
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(Former) Double Fine Engineer. Worked on: Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, Costume Quest, The Cave, Dear Leader, Broken Age, Headlander, Psychonauts 2, others. Plus a few tiny indie games.

Accidentally founded Molyjam.

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If you get severe migraines like I do, I just tried a thing that actually worked:

Soak your feet in hot water for 10-20 minutes.

It went from intense pain and nausea to just some humming pain -- not 100% better, but a solid 80-90%.. seriously kinda miraculous. Usually lasts hours.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.

lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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What could be better than free books delivered to your home for your young child? Sign up for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library today!
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November 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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ROCTOBER 13 is coming up! I'll be playing Brütal Legend all day on Monday, matchmaking with random Xbox headbangers looking for an easy victory.

To celebrate, we're sharing a never-before-scene 2005 pitch video we made to get the game signed! Enjoy!🤘

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9di...
Rocktober Surprise! Previously unreleased Brütal Legend Pitch video unearthed!
YouTube video by Double Fine
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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It’s almost disorienting to see something this nakedly wonderful put in place by a non Scandinavian Western government in 2025.

Way to go Ireland.
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
RIP Queen
Born in 1934, Goodall loved wildlife from a very young age, so much so that her father once gave her a stuffed monkey doll that young Jane named Jubilee and kept for the rest of her life.
World-famous primatologist Jane Goodall dead at 91
Goodall’s immersive studies of chimpanzees in Africa redefined what it means to be human.
arstechnica.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have unveiled a promising new vaccine that generates a powerful immune response against HIV and other viruses including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza with just ONE dose. By combining immune-boosting adjuvants, the vaccine encourages the body to generate more antibody variations.
September 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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A lot of people are (understandably) focused on the Saudi Arabia and Kushner part of this, but the far bigger immediate impact will come from the new private EA being on the hook for $20 billion in debt. That could mean mass layoffs, more aggressive monetization, and other big cost-cutting measures
September 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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So exhausting..
September 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Your health care bill is about to explode.

The notices will start arriving next month.

A $7,000 bill could jump to $24,000.

Democrats are fighting to stop this. Republicans are fighting to guarantee your costs go up.

We need to fix this. Now.
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Video from Petropavlivska-Borshchahivka
September 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Reporting from “war ravaged” “crime-ridden” Portland, Oregon.
September 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Just another terrible morning in NW Portland.
September 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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September 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
People flooding social media with photos of their lovely Portland neighborhoods is honestly really effective at showing how unhinged it is to be ordering a military presence there. Especially so if the city really is thrown into chaos after this.
Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival
www.avclub.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could

now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest
September 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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this woman has been working at Nintendo for almost 20 years and nearly a decade longer than the guy she is replacing

how much more qualified does she have to be lol
September 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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War-ravaged Portland
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at blinkingguy.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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i made a helpful reference
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Hey Bluesky.

Got an odd ask. Im looking for someone i went to high school with. Searches havent helped because how generic adjacent his name is. Jesse Robberts was in the band FTK.

Curious if anyone knows of him or someone who knows him.

...he was a good dude and a great musician.
September 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM