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Lorwyn Eclipsed is my first prerelease since War of the Spark! The event was fun, but disappointed there is no way to tell that my Promo came from the event! I used to love collecting full date stamps, but no year stamp to denote the prerelease specialness feels even worse to me! @magic.wizards.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.

"What service is Microsoft providing?"

Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
August 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Storepage for our next game Penguin Colony is now LIVE on Steam. Be sure to give it a wishlist. We will have a Trailer and Demo in the coming months. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3695930/Penguin_Colony/
June 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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I read some of the articles circulating about the phenomenon of heavy ChatGPT users having spiritually themed delusions, thinking they were talking to a god (or that they were god). Good articles, but one underexamined bit at this stage I think worth teasing out is ideological.
June 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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The Evansville Press, April 10,1916
May 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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They're rallying outside the Syracuse location tomorrow - would help a lot if you signed. I know I won't be using TCGPlayer at all until this is resolved.

actionnetwork.org/letters/hold...
Hold the CEOs of eBay and TCGplayer Accountable for Illegally Closing Authentication Center and Terminating Union Workers
On the morning of May 22, eBay and TCGplayer abruptly closed the Syracuse Authentication Center and terminated all of its union workers. This is blatant retaliation against the efforts of workers to f...
actionnetwork.org
May 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Umurangi Generation is 50% OFF this week because it is 5 years old. Perfect time to pick it up :)

store.steampowered.com/app/1223500/...
Save 50% on Umurangi Generation on Steam
Umurangi Generation is a first person photography game in the shitty future. Set in Tauranga Aotearoa off the back of an impending crisis you are a courier for the Tauranga Express. Throughout the gam...
store.steampowered.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Microsoft is trying to convince the public there’s nothing wrong with how Israel is using its tech or the fact it’s supplying an apartheid state with that tech at all, while stifling internal dissent.

Probably a good moment to remind people BDS is calling for a boycott of Game Pass.
Microsoft employees have discovered that any emails they send with the terms “Palestine” or “Gaza” are getting temporarily blocked from being sent. Microsoft confirmed to The Verge that it has implemented some form of email changes. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/672312/...
Microsoft blocks emails that contain ‘Palestine’ after employee protests
Microsoft has made some changes to its email systems
www.theverge.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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BREAKING NOW: "all major world maps" on the online game GeoGuessr have been privated in protest of GeoGuessr's decision to participate in the Esports World Cup in Riyadh.

map creators write that the EWC is used by Saudi Arabia "to distract from and conceal its horrific human rights record."

full:
May 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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If you haven't already done so, you can start now.

You don't gotta say anything, no justifications, nothing. This is something you can start doing now.
May 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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I know, probably couldn't hurt an evil tech giant like this, but also couldn't hurt to share this again anyhow.
May 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Indigenous researchers aren’t waiting for the worst to come to fruition as the Trump admin comes for communities of color. they’re taking action now to protect their data and culture. together—across borders.

www.theverge.com/features/664...
Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture
They’re worried about the loss of their research.
www.theverge.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI.

I urge everyone to delete their app.
Duolingo CEO says he's getting rid of contract employees and replacing them with AI
Duolingo employees can also expect their AI use to be graded in their performance reviews.
fortune.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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i still think there should be a mass boycott of GTA 6. NOT for political reasons. not because its woke or too expensive or to protest Take 2 or any other material reason you can think of. i just think it would be really funny
May 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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he’s right and he’s right to say it
April 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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5 minutes into a stream of the game "Schedule 1" I ended up cancelling it & changing games due to being told how the dev is a bigot - I tried the game in my own time to see how deep it went & the following reply to this is what I found.
April 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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"don't spend your money on this" is the palatable ask, because we are all struggling and you can google how to pirate anything and nobody really knows one way or another unless they can check your bank statements, but "don't talk about this" is the real shit you actually have to judge people by.
April 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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participating in an organized boycott – not a haphazard, individual one – of a company as large as microsoft will always pose complex questions on a long enough timescale. but skipping the oblivion remaster weeks after bds declared microsoft a priority target? easy. a complete no brainer
April 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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i’ve said this many times & people are so quick to defend Steam it spins my mind

one of the world’s wealthiest companies taking 30% of all revenue from every struggling indie dev as a flat fee.. & taking LESS revshare from AAA games

spare me their sob story & stop allying with unchecked capitalism
Valve could easily lower their 30% revenue cut for small games and it wouldn't cost them much (Apple and Google do 15%) but Steam doesn't have any strong competition and devs want to be on Steam either way. IMO if indies got slightly more money, there would also be more viable games to compete with.
April 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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“gangs” in the form of hierarchical criminal enterprises are effectively an urban legend. The concept functions almost exclusively as a tool for prosecutors to apply conspiracy charges and longer sentences to crimes committed by minorities.
One important fact this grotesque farce has shined some needed light on is that immigration judges are entirely too happy to rubber-stamp ICE determinations that someone is a gang member based on essentially no evidence.
NEW: DOJ finally files its response. They continue to refuse to provide any information about any steps they are taking to bring him back, suggesting they are not taking any. They again offer nobody with personal knowledge and simply cite Bukele's (utterly false) claim that he can't do anything.
April 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The thing about these guys being more outrageous with their allegiance to fascism is that you can’t really give them the benefit of doubt. The Trojan Horse of Nazis using game culture isn’t a whisper, it’s being yelled. Ignoring it because you like an IP is what they thrive on, maybe skip this one.
So the show runner of the recent DMC anime has claimed this Asmongold loser is “spitting truth”

This is the guy who said Palestinians are an “inferior culture” and trans kids are “victims of mentally ill parents”

So fuck Shankar and fuck the DMC show

www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
Devil May Cry’s showrunner praises Asmongold after putting him in the show - Dexerto
Devil May Cry showrunner Adi Shankar praised Asmongold after putting a reference to him in the actual show.
www.dexerto.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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the BDS requests on microsoft are extremely clear and also targeted. they aren't "uninstall windows now and change your entire life," they aren't even a huge ask for games media outside of like exclusive world of warcraft streamers. there is no reason for the near total silence other than shame
April 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM