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The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
Keita Takahashi (Katamari, Wattam, Noby Noby Boy) has moved back to Japan, and says he may be forced to quit the games industry due to To a T underperforming.
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
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This overlaps with a challenging mode of decision-making in orgs: validation.
I've made a decision, and invested some effort into executing it. Now I need you to validate that decision.
If you find any problems we can still fix, we'll fix them. But if you find problems we can't fix — don't.
I've made a decision, and invested some effort into executing it. Now I need you to validate that decision.
If you find any problems we can still fix, we'll fix them. But if you find problems we can't fix — don't.
Per my last re-post, twice this year I've been commissioned to write reviews of harms that can arise from the use of LLMs and then, as we surface the harms, told
it's not appropriate to be political.
But LLMs are a deeply extractive technology, they are political by design.
it's not appropriate to be political.
But LLMs are a deeply extractive technology, they are political by design.
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This overlaps with a challenging mode of decision-making in orgs: validation.
I've made a decision, and invested some effort into executing it. Now I need you to validate that decision.
If you find any problems we can still fix, we'll fix them. But if you find problems we can't fix — don't.
I've made a decision, and invested some effort into executing it. Now I need you to validate that decision.
If you find any problems we can still fix, we'll fix them. But if you find problems we can't fix — don't.
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Anti-AI posting today
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Anti-AI posting today
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Honey, it's phrenology o'clock! "Retired engineer Gerald Piosenka created the dataset in 2019 by downloading photos of children from “websites devoted to the subject of autism” & uploaded it to Kaggle, a Google site that hosts public datasets for machine-learning practitioners." 🫠 #ResearchIntegrity
Springer Nature retracting papers based on bonkers dataset
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism
www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e... Good. #autism
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Honey, it's phrenology o'clock! "Retired engineer Gerald Piosenka created the dataset in 2019 by downloading photos of children from “websites devoted to the subject of autism” & uploaded it to Kaggle, a Google site that hosts public datasets for machine-learning practitioners." 🫠 #ResearchIntegrity
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
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Some of us have been advocating this going back since chatGPT launched. It also has other benefits: correcting someone else's work is actually a really good way to learn something yourself.
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Some of us have been advocating this going back since chatGPT launched. It also has other benefits: correcting someone else's work is actually a really good way to learn something yourself.
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she’s SO GOOD and i hadn’t seen this one before!
I love this one a lady did about punctuation marks
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
she’s SO GOOD and i hadn’t seen this one before!
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So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
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Bought and fucking paid for @shaheen.senate.gov Get dark $$$ and corporate $$$ out of our politics. We deserve representation in government. These corporate Dems and all the Republicans are denying us our Constitutional right to representative government.
Unrelated, but Jeanne Shaheen accepted $15,000 from private prison PACs in a three-month period in 2022. $5,000 each from the PACs for GEO Group, CoreCivic, and Management & Training Corporation.
At the time, she was Chair of the Sen. Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, ...
At the time, she was Chair of the Sen. Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, ...
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Bought and fucking paid for @shaheen.senate.gov Get dark $$$ and corporate $$$ out of our politics. We deserve representation in government. These corporate Dems and all the Republicans are denying us our Constitutional right to representative government.
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Chuck Schumer and friends. #DoNotCave Red alert. Call these Senators.
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Chuck Schumer and friends. #DoNotCave Red alert. Call these Senators.
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If you love vibe coding, wait till you hear about brain coding.
Fan of AI art? I'm about to blow your fucking mind.
Fan of AI art? I'm about to blow your fucking mind.
Ok but what if we invested in human intelligence
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If you love vibe coding, wait till you hear about brain coding.
Fan of AI art? I'm about to blow your fucking mind.
Fan of AI art? I'm about to blow your fucking mind.
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Really appreciate you sharing this bit as the journalist who spent hours researching and analyzing the info it would be great if you could link back to the original work:
popular.info/p/ice-boosts...
popular.info/p/ice-boosts...
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Really appreciate you sharing this bit as the journalist who spent hours researching and analyzing the info it would be great if you could link back to the original work:
popular.info/p/ice-boosts...
popular.info/p/ice-boosts...
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When the organizers do a total headcount of NoKings2, I hope they remember to count the many online events that were held today for disabled folks - including long Covid folks - who couldn't be with us in person. Online rallies are real rallies. @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
When the organizers do a total headcount of NoKings2, I hope they remember to count the many online events that were held today for disabled folks - including long Covid folks - who couldn't be with us in person. Online rallies are real rallies. @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org
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There's a type of guy whose only contribution at work is sheer volume of outputs, whether or not they serve any purpose. AI tools ask us, "what if everyone could be that guy?"
It would suck! A lot!
Scaling up trash only makes more trash. Work that doesn't pave a road to a better system is waste.
It would suck! A lot!
Scaling up trash only makes more trash. Work that doesn't pave a road to a better system is waste.
All your problems are people problems (Don't Just Do Things, Part 2)
If you want to do strategy, you must be willing to do process transformation first.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There's a type of guy whose only contribution at work is sheer volume of outputs, whether or not they serve any purpose. AI tools ask us, "what if everyone could be that guy?"
It would suck! A lot!
Scaling up trash only makes more trash. Work that doesn't pave a road to a better system is waste.
It would suck! A lot!
Scaling up trash only makes more trash. Work that doesn't pave a road to a better system is waste.
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
October 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
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Yo this is wild AF
PERRY COUNTY, TN — a man arrested and faces felony “threatening mass violence in a school” for posting an image of Trump with his own words in a facebook group after Charlie Kirk’s murder.
His son calls it “an egregious violation of his 1A rights”
www.instagram.com/p/DPoq7b9Fez...
His son calls it “an egregious violation of his 1A rights”
www.instagram.com/p/DPoq7b9Fez...
October 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Yo this is wild AF
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AI is the wrong tool to tackle complex societal & systemic problems. AI4SG is more about PR victories, boosting AI adoption (regardless of merit/usefulness) & laundering accountability for harmful tech, extractive practices, abetting atrocities. yours truly
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...
The False Promise of “AI for Social Good”
Abeba Birhane refutes industry claims about the technology's potential to solve complex social problems.
www.project-syndicate.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
AI is the wrong tool to tackle complex societal & systemic problems. AI4SG is more about PR victories, boosting AI adoption (regardless of merit/usefulness) & laundering accountability for harmful tech, extractive practices, abetting atrocities. yours truly
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...
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We just got confirmation that in June of this year, there was actually NET JOB LOSS. The first time since 2020.
Wonder who the president was during both of these times...
Wonder who the president was during both of these times...
September 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We just got confirmation that in June of this year, there was actually NET JOB LOSS. The first time since 2020.
Wonder who the president was during both of these times...
Wonder who the president was during both of these times...
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Just murdering and mutilating some North Korean fisherman to hide our secret bugging mission, no biggie
September 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Just murdering and mutilating some North Korean fisherman to hide our secret bugging mission, no biggie