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Welcome back, MacPlay! The news seems to be flying under the radar so far, but they're relaunching this year, now back in the profoundly skilled hands of one of their original founders, @burgerbecky.bsky.social.

I was informed that I will be given the Gayming Icon Award for all my work in LGBT+ issues over my career. I'll be in Los Angeles to accept the award. I'm deeply humbled at getting this news. I'm very happy and honored! bleedingcool.com/games/the-ga...

Just checking in. How you doing, Matt? All of us at the library's accessible second-floor restroom stall are pulling for you. You've got this 🤜

Last semester, I had the opportunity to take a class on costume design in fantasy, sci-fi, and supernatural film and television. And for my final project, I chose to analyze the costumes in Jem and The Holograms! ✨

Editor: You get those photos of the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase? Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. Editor: what

I think Panera's about to have me arrested for crimes against baked goods. I never expected that dunking a bagel in my coffee would become such a spectacle. Meanwhile, patrons of Dunkin' Donuts are free and even encouraged to dunk their dough circles. It's time to end #doubledoughstandards

I take that back. Here's my hot take: I won't accept them as Commodore until they finally publish a sequel to Buffalo Roundup.

I don't have much of an opinion on the Commodore name acquisition, but am happy to see Bil Herd advising. Anyone with a Commodore 128 handy, whether real or emulated, should check out the following Easter egg if you've never done so. Type the following in BASIC and hit RETURN. SYS 32800,123,45,6

Need a job so bad I'm about to apply for a nullish coalescing operator position

That's not where I want to return to, thanks!

Even if not for you, consider how much of a blessing this could be for someone you know or encounter in your day. As a currently unhoused person, this is helping me stay well-hydrated through record-breaking June temperatures. www.panerabread.com/en-us/mypane...

If you're undermoneyed and thirsty in the USA, Panera is offering a 3-month free trial of their Unlimited Sip Club. Get free coffee, tea, soda or juice every day with free refills for 90 days. (Though be mindful of the paid subscription waiting if you don't cancel before the trial's over!)

Panera Bread wants to be your dealer now

Dear investors, please give Sandy a load of dough to expand her baked goods business. She's doing science and it's the delicious kind. Support women in STEM and also in YUM.

Having personally sampled probably $24 worth of Sandy's cookies, I have to say that if you ever encounter her baked goods somewhere, clean her out. Pay more than she's asking. Buy her a large bakery. You won't regret it.

Karen at McD's, grumbling to the manager after giving me dirty looks for 5 minutes: Do you allow loitering? Some people here haven't bought anything. Manager: Ma'am, it's 100 degrees outside and we have air conditioning. Karen: So that's a "yes." Manager: 🙄 Karen: 😒 Manager: Enjoy your meal.

I also go "Aaaaaaaaaaa" when people look at me.

100°F: Great day for a swim 100°C: Great day to become soup

As the rest of the world moved on from the Dreamcast, it lived on in Japan until 2007. Late releases were promoted on Sega Press DVDs. We've preserved the trailers from them for your viewing pleasure. 📺Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=GDG4... 📖More info: thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2025/06/comp...

Any other em dash users ever been accused of being a bot because LLMs use them regularly?

excited to see you on Friday for the opening of Modern Trans Narratives in Games, You can read about one of the games featured, Wingless Fairies by Lily Belmira in this article by our friend @mlupetti.bsky.social www.the-bunker.it/en/how-to-qu...

Two young adults sitting near me at the library. A: I'm an absurdist. Have you ever tried to draw 'nihilism'? B: No, but I drew the Earth with each country scaled according to its literacy rate.

I used to run with a pretty tough gang when I was younger

Never forget

From: Desi Oon (2025), dir. Suresh Eriyat, Studio Eeksaurus This is stop motion with wool -- the team wrote that it "spent a year developing this film, walking with the flocks and the shepherds"

VGAPride is my program for displaying pride flags in MS-DOS. Here's photos of my Pentium-60mhz showing the rainbow flag, trans pride flag, non-binary pride flag, and asexual pride flag. github.com/foone/VGAPride

Sad that NarraScope is ending or bummed that you missed it? Keep the fun going with an informative chat between Andrew Plotkin (IFTF committee chair and all-around VIP) and Retro Adventurers Jason and Nick. retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/28/

Maryland's Medicaid app and website are broken in so many ways.I would say laughably so, except access to medical care and insurance is no laughing matter. I will be applying for a job working on their system, because somebody needs to fix the dang thing.

The Apehardware activist arc is real. Behold, the "fuck algorithmic social media" jam game: apehardware.itch.io/literal-doom... It's basically playable doomscrolling, plus eldritch horror.

Never thought I'd turn into a dude who groans like a powerlifter while working out, but here we are. My workout: standing up or sitting down.

It's been 2 days