Honestly kind of refreshing to hope that actions might still have consequences, even for the powerful...

This is what they don't get. All the "calories being spent" now is just the warning. "You will suffer as a business if you make these choices."

Hogwarts Legacy did well enough to merit a sequel, so it might not matter. But we'll be out here making those choices anyway.

Keith, there are two distinct products: a self-contained SW deck building game (like Star Realms), which this person is referencing) and Star Wars Unlimited, the CCG.

You both are!

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

Your perseverance clearly paid off!

Good practice!

I'm a huge proponent of found family over blood family. The people in your life should have to earn their place there and demonstrate they deserve to stay there.

It's a tough situation. Best you can do (if you want to maintain a relationship) is to distance yourself, protect your mental health and be careful when and how you engage. Maybe at some future point looking into cult deprogramming techniques, but it won't be the time now while they're "winning."

I can imagine that's a lot to manage, but it does look incredible. And it's not just the hair that looks good there, either...

Glad this isn't just me

Tony Romo in the playoffs.

At least you have editorial control. This was exactly the experience of working in a small radio newsroom, except then you'd get to ask "This isn't time sensitive, why can't we just hold this for next week?"

Blue MAGA. "I told you so, you ungrateful heathens."

Standing alone on the side of truth is always the correct thing, though, *especially* when it's difficult to do (and feels like going insane).

I hate Zuck as much as anyone, but I suspect that the population of people who deactivate instead of delete accounts is overwhelmingly (young) people who are facing harassment/bullying and view that as a way to make it temporarily stop. In that context, the message makes a lot of sense.