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We’ve noticed a number of suspicious websites popping up, claiming to sell Esquie plushies. Any third-party websites selling Esquie plushies are NOT officially licensed. Many of them are using AI-generated artwork to advertise, and we strongly recommend against purchasing from these sources.

The big reveal is that this - what you’re seeing right now - is in fact *exactly* how businesses are run; chaotically and at the whims of sociopaths who think they know everything, actually know nothing, and run away with a golden parachute to leave others to clean up their mess.

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Steam forgot to give us a launch window boost, but thanks to #ludonarracon we're crawling up to 100 reviews on Steam -- can you help us out? If you haven't played yet, we're also still on sale for 1 more day! "Ingenious whodunnit - 5 ⭐s" - The Observer

I watched Mark D's BW 2017 video yesterday and I'm not surprised by any of it. My first office job was in a medium sized company owned by a massive group which was owned by a media barron. Lots of backstabbing, competition over resources/budgets etc. It's depressingly common.

If you liked the US occupation of Iraq, you’re going to LOVE the US occupation of Gaza.

Regarding what all came out- we can and should hold on the anger we feel towards EA and how the DA team was treated, but we don't have to let go of our enjoyment of Veilguard/Thedas (ME too-but this is a DA acc so 🤷‍♀️) Devs have come out to say they are proud of their work, we should celebrate that.

It takes a minute for systems to unravel, but not that long. Turns out the tens of thousands of government employees they illegally fired actually performed a function we needed. Would've been great if somebody'd figured that out bf now. Not looking fwd to them learning this lesson on food safety.

Glad somebody with authority is realizing that.

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@futterish.bsky.social @writualmagic.bsky.social Thanks for a great episode, once more. A thought experiment: You're Phil Spencer in Nadella and Hood's new horrible MS. What do you do? I'm assuming Spencer has at least some awareness the others lack when it comes to players, right?

Looking for new opportunities !

@aliona.bsky.social The reason why I remembered the story about Jen's Exp33 audition is: a) its a really good story and so on-brand. B) maybe just a touch of the 'tism ❤️

@expedition33.bsky.social Congratulations on an amazing launch for a wonderful and artistic title. Literally the only thing I could wish for is a physical edition for PC 😇

A healthy games industry requires good game publications to take it to task; good game publications require journalists who are paid well so they can do that job. This is bad for the entire games ecosystem. In short, we must start eating the rich.

@aliona.bsky.social Why U callin' me out like this? 😆I'm happy being an uncle, my brother took care of giving my parents grandkids!

This has been running through my head for no reason whatsoever, having just re-watched #Andor S1: "Remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear."

Good god. Meta is using their AI licensing deals with John Cena, Disney, and others to peddle sex chat bots to kids. Burn this company to the fucking ground. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...

Normalize just admitting a game isn’t for you, and that’s ok; but I hope other folks enjoy it.

pov: you gothify your roommate for the views #bg3

100% this. In @microsoft.com office you can now only use the picture library if you agree to reduce your #privacy settings.

This is really important. Do NOT use the AI summaries at the top of google searches. Ignore them. This is especially important if you don't have any prior knowledge about the topic, but also a good general rule. Search sources, scrutinize them carefully and double-check with other sources.

If you use GenAI, you’re not welcome here #NoAI

“John, I want to pitch an episode. It’s about a pop star who’s also a predatory landlord and also went into space.” “Come on, we do the research so we have grounded sto — oh fuck you weren’t kidding.”

Every election. Every western country. Same narrative from the right. And somehow* this shit still gets them over the line. *Depressingly low levels of public media literacy, and a complicit commentariat, bound by their employment contracts to billionaire oligarchs...

YES! Rise of Skywalker made me *sick of Skywalkers*, me - vintage 1982 who watched the OT countless times on VHS taped from TV. It felt so forced and small. Made me sick of Jedi, Sith and Tatooine.

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

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Pascal about JK Rowling and the anti trans law on UK: ‘I can't think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist’

Chief among the Ring's powers is its ability to deceive.

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god they just went in in MSpaint and added the text using the text tool, which you can tell because it's all just oriented pefectly with the axis of the picture