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Tomb Raider studio faces fresh layoffs https://kotaku.com/crystal-dynamics-tomb-raider-open-world-layoffs-2000644117

SCOOP: In text messages sent in 2017, Jeffrey Epstein appears to position himself as a middleman between president Donald Trump’s administration and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates. He seemingly represents himself as passing on information directly from Trump to Gates through an intermediary.

Jfc man, come on

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Ubisoft just postponed its earnings report and halted the trading of its shares. Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company.

What does a great trans athlete deserve? defector.com/what-does-a-...

I finally had to get one of these damn cards because there were no Metrocard machines, and while I will *never* do anything other than put cash money on it, can we also talk about how the machine itself is so ugly? It feels designed like a person with their face all scrunched up in disgust at you

Relaunch week continues with a new piece from @dreamcastaway.bsky.social-- I really appreciate this point, which gets at my fondness for so many of my favorite janky games

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

I am proactively designing my growth direction amid the era of AI transformation by leaving my house and walking to Alaska

So far SIX Democrats vote for the CR

Breaking news: The House passed a bill to reopen the federal government, taking the final step in Congress to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The bill now heads to President Trump, who is expected to sign it into law.

NEW MERCH!!

WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!

Reinstatement now!

"The mainstream understanding of AI is as an interefering piece of shit which doesn't work" pt II www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...

Honored to be featured on the freshly-relaunched @aftermath.site with this new piece! It's about AI and Fascism, and also the beloved Y2K-era teen comedy Mean Girls.

Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported. www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/

I don't *need* another game I feel weird about playing, but here we are

NEW: the IWGB has filed formal legal claims against Rockstar after it says the company refused to meet to discuss bringing back fired developers. "Rockstar has declined to meet with the IWGB, leading the union and barristers to issue formal legal claims on behalf of the Claimants."

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"House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Mr. Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged."

How Fortnite Friday grew from a bit into an institution that could pull Gavin Newsom aftermath.site/fortnite-frida...

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

You ever have a busy morning and think like "aah, this day!" and then they write an article specifically for you?

“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

Sheesh zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...

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Slightly later in the morning than planned: we have a new website!! You should receive an email with everything you need to know, but let us know how it goes for you. We've worked so hard to bring this to you (especially Luke!) and we're so excited about it!

Via ProPublica, Fort Worth Report and The Texas Tribune, led by a reporter who was an @rns.org reporting fellow last year: “No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office fortworthreport.org/2025/11/10/f...

"How could Dems cave like this after last Tuesday's victory?" But it wasn't a victory for Schumer. His candidate -- the Trump-supported one -- lost. The jubilation and hope folks feel about Mamdani? Chuck feels the opposite. To sum up: he sucks.

It's me, one of the people losing their health insurance!

agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish

BROOKLYN WE ARE GOING TO CHUCKS! Join us across from 9 PPW at 8:30 *tonight* Bring pots and pans, let’s make some noise about Chuck folding (again). Not another #SchumerSurrender @indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social

Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.

Trying to imagine the political fallout of caving for nothing, thus implying that you really were the party obstructing the government for no reason. They’re gonna get so goddamned burned by this for no fucking reason.

The BBC said that director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. n.pr/3LSvI2E

Took a break from the overwhelming stress of my day to go to the farmer's market, and ended up just swapping co-op woes with the guy at the co-op mushroom stand

"The mystery is why Schumer keeps flirting with capitulation in exchange for nothing."

My Anti-Communism Week is in memory of all those times that one activist group showed up at protests I organized and unfurled their banner in the front like it was their protest and it was super annoying

Tidying up CMS things in the new site while occasionally taking breaks to work on my Irish, and I just need everyone to recognize the number of Irish words I have *not* accidentally pasted into blogs

Accord @stevevladeck.bsky.social

Something we talked about in my prison chaplaincy class at div school was that sometimes the people you work with will try to scam you, and while there's a lot of complexity that goes into why and how to respond, you are also not obligated to let yourself get scammed

This post is insulting to Echo aftermath.site/echo-ultra-u...

Aftermath’s first two years have been packed with highlights, like the time @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social published a story about breast milk rivers, and then a student emailed us to say we couldn’t post anything weird/horny for a day (they were trying to make us look credible to their professor):

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