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Flashes - the IG competitor from Bluesky - is now available in the iOS App store. This is my first use of the new app. As always, getting any non-Musk/Zuck social media outlet to succeed is paramount, so if you’re so inclined, go get Flashes and start using it.

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Confirmed: the Apple Polishing Cloth is compatible with the new iPhone 16E

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I really do think we're the best value in podcasting for 5 dollars, provided you like what we do.

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Tomorrow marks the 11-year anniversary of the closure of BioShock developer Irrational Games and the subsequent founding of Ken Levine's Ghost Story Games, which has not yet released a game. Almost all of Ghost Story's original 15 employees have since quit.

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Jeff Bezos Changes Washington Post’s Slogan To ‘Love You, Babe’ After Getting Into Fight With Lauren Sánchez theonion.com/jeff-be...

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Watch a new 6.5 hour Dragon Age video essay from one of YouTube’s best game critics

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I'm so sorry I can't stop laughing. OpenAI, the company built on stealing literally the entire internet, is crying because DeepSeek may have trained on the outputs from ChatGPT. They're crying their eyes out. What a bunch of hypocritical little babies. Cry more, freaks. www.ft.com/content/a0df...

submitted 34 days ago • 197 comments

I admit I did not have "OpenAI gets Temu'd" as a pale horse but if this is what does it, lol

submitted 36 days ago • 79 comments

Chat: is red GOOD or BAD?

submitted 36 days ago • 49 comments

ONE MORE–Go Birds! 🦅🦅🦅

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BREAKING: PlayStation has canceled two more live-service games, from subsidiaries Bend and Bluepoint, Bloomberg has learned. Fans have long wondered what Bluepoint has been working on for the last couple of years. I can report it was a live-service God of War game. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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My latest book, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment, is $3.99 on ebook TODAY ONLY at your favorite digital store: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jason...

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The Social Network (2010)

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We’re now testing the ability to federate Surf feeds to Bluesky. To kick things off, I’m federating Voices for Democracy which features posts from 120+ journalists, writers and leaders. Only politically related posts are shown thanks to Surf’s topicality filter. bsky.app/profile/mmcc... 🧵1/9

submitted 52 days ago • 25 comments

New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill" www.404media.co/meta-deletes...

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Microsoft is pausing construction on parts of its Wisconsin Data Center due to "scope and recent changes in technology." I'm calling this a pale horse - it's the first time I've seen a hyperscaler pull back on expansion of data centers for AI. www.theinformation.com/briefings/mi...

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Prey and Dishonored 2 bundle is $4.84 on Steam https://buff.ly/4fBKEvm

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Over on X, Musk seems to be pushing his own posts directly onto users' notification pages, even if they do not follow him, in a category comically labeled 'Elon Musk' above the breaking news that 'Elon Musk posted' He's making those X devs implement new levels of dear leader shit over there

submitted 75 days ago • 194 comments

We have new 404 Media merch! This is a pre-order, so it likely won't arrive before Christmas. Expect delivery in January. We’re offering 2 new shirts ($35 each), a hoodie ($75), a beanie ($35), and a sweatshirt ($75). If you buy anything reply! 🔗 404media.myshopify.com

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Last day to get Humble Games Bundle: Sci-Fi Shooters buff.ly/3Zhp5v7 #ad

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I wrote about Casey Newton's essay on AI skepticism, the uselessness of a "AI is real and dangerous" v. "AI is fake and sucks" dichotomy, and the limits of AI boosterism. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/the-phony-...

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Emotionally dealing with the fact that my cat thinks I'm a fascist for not letting her drink out of the toilet bowl

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New Video about a big sampler youtu.be/a6uLEpTmV9w

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Newsletter: We're at peak AI - generative AI models have hit the wall where they won’t improve much further thanks to a lack of training data, killer apps or any kind of sustainable business model. The results of a collapse could be catastrophic. wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it

submitted 90 days ago • 149 comments

Heads up! You have vaguely one more day to grab Psychonauts 2 at a HUGE discount! 90% off on Steam. This is a frankly bonkers discount for (if ya ask me) a legitimately fantabulous game. Grab it while you can! Nab it here: store.steampowered.com/sale/special_deals

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In other news, I got really into the Readwise + Boox Page e-reader combo only to realize that it’s time to take a nice, long break from reading the news. Guess it’s time to actually read books on it??

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I have written an (admittedly early) obituary for what was one of my favorite apps, Arc. The cancellation announcement bummed me out more than I expected, so I wrote a #blog post about it all. daveisnice.com/blog/an-earl...

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Hey Boston, we’re here! City teams are building accounts and making moves to make Bluesky our home. Stay tuned. In the meantime, you can follow a few of our first official accounts: @boston-streets.bsky.social, @bostonparks.bsky.social, and @healthyboston.bsky.social.

submitted 96 days ago • 56 comments

System Shock remake (Steam) w/ 6 more games is $19 on Humble Sci-Fi Shooters Bundle https://buff.ly/3Zhp5v7 #ad

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

Bluesky is truly having an incredible run as Threads' head of product

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You should play every game in this $19 shooter bundle

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another day making control 2. everyone keeps asking me if they can kiss ahti. buddy, they won't even let ME kiss him.

submitted 104 days ago • 51 comments

i am once again begging artists to host their own website so that you have a constant hub for your work, regardless of what happens to social media platforms 🙏

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Half-Life 2 is free to own on Steam (offer expires Nov 18th). The game is also updated for its anniversary https://buff.ly/48UyM5O Free offer also includes Ep 1 & 2 Happy 20th to the GOAT FPS

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A map almost as old as Counter-Strike itself returns. All aboard! store.steampowered.com/news/app/730...

submitted 110 days ago • 20 comments

made a starter pack of verge folks, i'll keep adding to this one

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