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December 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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In the UK I can’t even read DMs unless I give them my passport and a video of my face.
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In the UK I can’t even read DMs unless I give them my passport and a video of my face.
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
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Our gratitude to everyone who donated of their funds or their time & talent to the APOPO Ratathon. Your support goes directly into the work to restore peace & safety to lives impacted by landmines & untreated tuberculosis.
Thank you everyone for making an impact.
Thank you everyone for making an impact.
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Our gratitude to everyone who donated of their funds or their time & talent to the APOPO Ratathon. Your support goes directly into the work to restore peace & safety to lives impacted by landmines & untreated tuberculosis.
Thank you everyone for making an impact.
Thank you everyone for making an impact.
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This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
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Remember the response to anyone who went to the Riyahd Comedy Festival?
Yeah uh I wouldn't recommend touching this with a 10 foot pole, regardless of what they offer
Yeah uh I wouldn't recommend touching this with a 10 foot pole, regardless of what they offer
Saudi Arabia's latest overture to the games industry is a new conference, produced by GDC parent Informa, taking place in December 2026
www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...
www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...
Saudi Arabia to host Kingdom of Gaming conference in 2026
Organisers hope for 20,000 attendees, 500 studios and 200 investors to be in attendance next December
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Remember the response to anyone who went to the Riyahd Comedy Festival?
Yeah uh I wouldn't recommend touching this with a 10 foot pole, regardless of what they offer
Yeah uh I wouldn't recommend touching this with a 10 foot pole, regardless of what they offer
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Valve HQ:
"AAA game about murdering a lot of Muslims and destroying their homes" "ship it"
"solo game in which you fight the IDF" "ban the savages"
"indie game that criticizes Western power dynamics with a horse metaphor" "unacceptable"
"This review hates Muslims" "ahh smell that thats freedom"
"AAA game about murdering a lot of Muslims and destroying their homes" "ship it"
"solo game in which you fight the IDF" "ban the savages"
"indie game that criticizes Western power dynamics with a horse metaphor" "unacceptable"
"This review hates Muslims" "ahh smell that thats freedom"
Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Valve HQ:
"AAA game about murdering a lot of Muslims and destroying their homes" "ship it"
"solo game in which you fight the IDF" "ban the savages"
"indie game that criticizes Western power dynamics with a horse metaphor" "unacceptable"
"This review hates Muslims" "ahh smell that thats freedom"
"AAA game about murdering a lot of Muslims and destroying their homes" "ship it"
"solo game in which you fight the IDF" "ban the savages"
"indie game that criticizes Western power dynamics with a horse metaphor" "unacceptable"
"This review hates Muslims" "ahh smell that thats freedom"
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I will go to my grave screaming about how Pennywise being a clown hits completely different for anyone under 40 or 50, because the original intent was that Pennywise LOOKED HARMLESS, because “IT” predates scary clowns, & if the story were modern, Pennywise would manifest as a ninja turtle or Luffy
Welcome to Derry reveals why It loves to use the form of Pennywise the Clown so much.
Why Did IT Choose its Pennywise the Clown Form? WELCOME TO DERRY Reveals the Answer
nerdist.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I will go to my grave screaming about how Pennywise being a clown hits completely different for anyone under 40 or 50, because the original intent was that Pennywise LOOKED HARMLESS, because “IT” predates scary clowns, & if the story were modern, Pennywise would manifest as a ninja turtle or Luffy
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people are going after the eye-popping ad fees but these two paragraphs are just deeply sad
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
people are going after the eye-popping ad fees but these two paragraphs are just deeply sad
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December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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To friends overseas, please don't visit the US right now unless it's an unavoidable necessity.
US plans to start checking tourists’ social media over last five years
US plans to start checking tourists’ social media over last five years
The proposal would be part of the screening process for travellers entering the US under the Visa Waiver Program
www.irishtimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
To friends overseas, please don't visit the US right now unless it's an unavoidable necessity.
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Tomorrow, a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee is voting on passing KOSA & several other age verification bills.
We need to spread mass opposition now. We cannot allow this to pass. We have to drive mass calls into congress NOW
Call 202-224-3121
www.badinternetbills.com
Tomorrow, a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee is voting on passing KOSA & several other age verification bills.
We need to spread mass opposition now. We cannot allow this to pass. We have to drive mass calls into congress NOW
Call 202-224-3121
www.badinternetbills.com
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
www.badinternetbills.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Tomorrow, a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee is voting on passing KOSA & several other age verification bills.
We need to spread mass opposition now. We cannot allow this to pass. We have to drive mass calls into congress NOW
Call 202-224-3121
www.badinternetbills.com
Tomorrow, a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee is voting on passing KOSA & several other age verification bills.
We need to spread mass opposition now. We cannot allow this to pass. We have to drive mass calls into congress NOW
Call 202-224-3121
www.badinternetbills.com
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This is what banning under-16s from social media looks like for EVERYONE
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is what banning under-16s from social media looks like for EVERYONE
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Online storefront will have an update with debuted items from previous winter events on Monday December 15. Store will be closed on the 18th until January 1st! So if you were interested in grabbing any of the new shirts, stickers, keychains etc etc... do so soon!
minomino.art
minomino.art
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Online storefront will have an update with debuted items from previous winter events on Monday December 15. Store will be closed on the 18th until January 1st! So if you were interested in grabbing any of the new shirts, stickers, keychains etc etc... do so soon!
minomino.art
minomino.art
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
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no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
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the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com
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Existing disability services are deeply underfunded, aggressively audited, means-tested constantly, and can be labyrinthine to even access or maintain without assistance. As someone who spent two decades as a cog in that system, concerns about fraud are overblown compared to the real existing need.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Existing disability services are deeply underfunded, aggressively audited, means-tested constantly, and can be labyrinthine to even access or maintain without assistance. As someone who spent two decades as a cog in that system, concerns about fraud are overblown compared to the real existing need.