Howard the Duck: Refugee from Blue Hell
@howardtheduck95.bsky.social
Just a smartass pretending to be a duck. Quack. (Same as the Kinja dude. Press Secretary of #Twinja.) Started a blog. Here's hoping. (He/Him.)
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exposed too many Based White Race larpers as being the other kind of Aryan
that account location feature on twitter was the funniest shit ever
they shut it down quick lmao
they shut it down quick lmao
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
exposed too many Based White Race larpers as being the other kind of Aryan
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That Phil Spencer Magic!
Terrible launch for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 in Europe. The game sold 63% fewer copies at launch compared with Battlefield 6. It's also more than 60% down over last year's Black Ops 6. (Digital and physical sales. GSD Data) www.thegamebusiness.com/p/call-of-du...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 European launch sales are 63% down over Battlefield 6
But a strong launch for Ubisoft's Anno 117: Pax Romana
www.thegamebusiness.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
That Phil Spencer Magic!
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reminder roblox has never actually made a profit btw
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
reminder roblox has never actually made a profit btw
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i'm developing a medieval open-world adventure game in which your character is immortal but has to sneeze constantly, so mostly you just wander the towns and countryside searching for kerchiefs and the like. sometimes you have to acquire oaken buckets or enchanted books to sneeze into
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
i'm developing a medieval open-world adventure game in which your character is immortal but has to sneeze constantly, so mostly you just wander the towns and countryside searching for kerchiefs and the like. sometimes you have to acquire oaken buckets or enchanted books to sneeze into
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I understand everything is harder than you think it is, but when Namco is cranking out these tales remasters at a rate of like one every six months I am unsympathetic to 'look it takes us 4 years to release a collection of PS1 games, best I can do'
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I understand everything is harder than you think it is, but when Namco is cranking out these tales remasters at a rate of like one every six months I am unsympathetic to 'look it takes us 4 years to release a collection of PS1 games, best I can do'
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I saw Marge with Piccolo's cape and I couldn't stop my hands from moving.
November 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I saw Marge with Piccolo's cape and I couldn't stop my hands from moving.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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The internet was supposed to be very flatly distributed precisely to avoid things like “1/3 of it dies for half a day every few weeks”
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The internet was supposed to be very flatly distributed precisely to avoid things like “1/3 of it dies for half a day every few weeks”
Good. Burn it down and salt the fucking earth.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Good. Burn it down and salt the fucking earth.
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As part of this class action I have skin in this game, and let me tell you: I hope epoch-definingly terrible things happen to the people in this industry
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
As part of this class action I have skin in this game, and let me tell you: I hope epoch-definingly terrible things happen to the people in this industry
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'I'll stop being in the news but I'll continue doing sexual harassment'
Breaking News: Larry Summers said he was “deeply ashamed” about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and would step back from public commitments, but continue teaching.
Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments Over Epstein Emails
New emails showed that Dr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
'I'll stop being in the news but I'll continue doing sexual harassment'
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My elementary school tried to ban Pokémon outright, and it lasted for all of about a week before the teachers realized it was too ingrained in how the kids interacted with each other to stop. I expect this will be done in about that time, too.
A School Is Banning Kids From Singing KPop Demon Hunters Songs https://kotaku.com/kpop-demon-hunters-songs-list-singing-ban-school-bbc-2000644973
School Bans Kids From Singing KPop Demon Hunters Songs
That’s some Gwi-ma behavior right there
kotaku.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
My elementary school tried to ban Pokémon outright, and it lasted for all of about a week before the teachers realized it was too ingrained in how the kids interacted with each other to stop. I expect this will be done in about that time, too.
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It's been like 20 years of the internet reading my private data to serve me custom ads and still the best they can do is "this guy bought some chili peppers so he probably wants 80 more jars"
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It's been like 20 years of the internet reading my private data to serve me custom ads and still the best they can do is "this guy bought some chili peppers so he probably wants 80 more jars"
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GenAI being insanely polarized on a left/right axis makes all the handwringing "guyyyyys nooooo we gotta have nuuuuance" takes from executives very funny, sorry man to everyone under 45 it's the Hitler machine that makes images about Race Science
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
GenAI being insanely polarized on a left/right axis makes all the handwringing "guyyyyys nooooo we gotta have nuuuuance" takes from executives very funny, sorry man to everyone under 45 it's the Hitler machine that makes images about Race Science
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Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
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The takeaway IMO is aggro centrism is an astonishing historic disaster. Not only does it not work - it delivers very little for the public, doesn’t address core problems of the era and disillusions the public with democracy itself - but it actively aids the far right and prepares the way for fascism
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The takeaway IMO is aggro centrism is an astonishing historic disaster. Not only does it not work - it delivers very little for the public, doesn’t address core problems of the era and disillusions the public with democracy itself - but it actively aids the far right and prepares the way for fascism
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GameStop - Trade Anything Day (Dec 6th) - Bring Whatever, Get Store Credit
"Exclusions include - Hazardous waste or material, chemicals, liquids. Lithium ion batteries or items containing lithium ion batteries. Weapons and ammo. Dead or alive animals..."
bit.ly/3OAPoav
"Exclusions include - Hazardous waste or material, chemicals, liquids. Lithium ion batteries or items containing lithium ion batteries. Weapons and ammo. Dead or alive animals..."
bit.ly/3OAPoav
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Fact is, Epstein is the *only* issue impervious to Trump/GOP messaging tactics.
That's why Trump & MAGA keep freaking out—they literally don't know what to do when lying, misdirection, and demagoguery don't work. So they flail around, making it worse.
Dropping it would be political malpractice.
That's why Trump & MAGA keep freaking out—they literally don't know what to do when lying, misdirection, and demagoguery don't work. So they flail around, making it worse.
Dropping it would be political malpractice.
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Fact is, Epstein is the *only* issue impervious to Trump/GOP messaging tactics.
That's why Trump & MAGA keep freaking out—they literally don't know what to do when lying, misdirection, and demagoguery don't work. So they flail around, making it worse.
Dropping it would be political malpractice.
That's why Trump & MAGA keep freaking out—they literally don't know what to do when lying, misdirection, and demagoguery don't work. So they flail around, making it worse.
Dropping it would be political malpractice.
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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Let's have the fridge pretend to be linked to the creepy hive mind from the show. That'll make her want to watch the show more and think her fridge is super fun!
-- said at least one person, apparently.
-- said at least one person, apparently.
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Let's have the fridge pretend to be linked to the creepy hive mind from the show. That'll make her want to watch the show more and think her fridge is super fun!
-- said at least one person, apparently.
-- said at least one person, apparently.
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Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
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any small town high school in the midwest or southwest produces these guys by the truckload
Always found it horrifying that Canada just grew guys that look and sound like this.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
any small town high school in the midwest or southwest produces these guys by the truckload
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Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I attend the Bohemian Grove from time to t