welcoming the united state of america to the club

I think this is the week that the Engadine Maccas incident will break aussie containment. (if you are wondering wtf: trump engadine'd himself in the oval two days ago)

Just a note: There are some people saying that this is the actual Q.AI people. The chance that this is the actual Q.AI people is zero. (just have a look at the website linked from the profile, clearly not a real company) This is a scam, do not DM them, just report and block.

this is a scammy scam. report, block etc.

that entire website is an unending sea of red flags.

"We’re barely above porn.” Documentary ‘MOCKBUSTER’ on The Asylum, a prolific B-movie studio renowned for its low-budget films mimicking big studio releases.

Proud to be an EP on this project. Trailer is hilarious, as is the feature doc itself 👀👇

She's not talking about the Mojave.

Ah yes. So: this is just a right-wing shouting chamber that will be marinated in slopaganda bots. Hard pass.

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

What they are both racing against is trying to unload all that equity onto a bunch of bagholders before the bubble pops.

AI TRAINING??? YES PLEASE!!!

"I do not feel safe in the country": international developers are skipping GDC because of Trump's border chaos: aftermath.site/i-do-not-feel-...

Here is what refreezing the Leviathan taught me about B2B sales...

How the right wing Atlas Network is shaping your life in Australia, even if you've never heard of it #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-2…

We've pulled this out of our paywall so more people can read it

"Civil war is not the worst thing that can happen." This is a deeply sobering thought.

Want to be very clear to anyone even remotely thinking about coming to events like GDC: Don't. It's not safe to be in the US, nobody's hiring or financing anyway, and it's not worth your life.

If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent. And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.

well that’s gonna catch on

Blinkmoon is a SCAM studio that says they're in Vancouver. Their website is polished, they have a list of exciting credits and a game demo. But they don't have any info on the founders, and the blinkmoon name isn't actually credited on any projects they says they've worked on. Be careful out there

How To Spot An ICE Agent At A Gun Range

Saw some birds today. they were cute.

This is the first thing I thought of:

huge thanks to everyone who has helped out with this, but--and i know this is a consequence of our language/main readership locations--it'd be great to also chat with anyone outside the anglosphere

Update on 💥PRO JANK FOOTY!💥 @louieroots.bsky.social has been hard at work, tinkering away on our arcade cabs in the lead up to #steamnextfest and launch later in the year!! Thanks Louie ❤️ www.instagram.com/reel/DT12X7H...

When an ensemble is really having a great time making a film, you can see it on the screen. Similarly when one of the cast is a toxic sex pest and the rest of the cast don't enjoy being on set, the film falls flat. Leto the franchise destroyer strikes again.

[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it

If there are any European/Australian gaming outlets that still have a budget and want coverage of the year's biggest gaming events in the US but *don't* want to expose their people to well... the US, my email is in my bio!

hijack season 3?

“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”

Very sad. Freeplay was excellent. I hope they can find a way forward.

the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now

A Nazi (2026)

Get on it.

IMO this is Apple betting against AGI. Let the other megacorps blow their money developing the tech & then license one for the only thing it'll probably ever be useful for: voice recognition & tasks of low consequence. They've decided renting>owning & I think they're probably right.

Something positive: Spry Fox is spinning out of Netflix. We are independent (once again!) and preparing to launch Spirit Crossing. We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news. spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...

Local pizza joint leads insurgency against federal paramilitary forces. Wrecktangle Pizza co-owner: "You can see from that video exactly what happens when they try to fuck with us." www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQUo...

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Want to make a submission into the inquiry on the "Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill that was released yesterday? You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW) That is quite disgraceful www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

the layoffs will continue until...well, they'll just continue, forever

These numbers mean nothing. This is just a heat map of corporate workers. Did you open a word doc at any point last month? open an email? have a video call? use slack? notion? Jira? Figma? Literally any enterprise software package? then you are now a 'monthly gen ai user'

I am generally against blocking internet things, but I can get behind this one.

The Washington National Opera is fleeing the Trump-controlled Kennedy Center. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...

getting rid of my last baremetal windows install today. All future windows (mostly just smoke testing at this point) will happen in VMs as needed, but kept to the absolute minimum.

Adjacent to this (but only my mind)- make sure composer agreements that permit the composer to distribute OST can do so subject to mutual agreement as to timing (and the release requirements of the game).

The bushfire haze has made it to Canberra. I hope everyone out there is staying safe.