Can we stop calling them “prediction markets”? It’s gambling. The first state AG to take this on will make their state rich from the judgments. (I’m not saying OP doesn’t know this. I’m quote-skeeting for the article.)

This game has the best publisher store.steampowered.com/app/3639060/...

A reminder, before a certain movie probably makes a big thing of it again: A young Irish couple did not provide the critical data that made Stagg tell Ike to delay D-Day. The most critical data came from HMS Hoste, alone out in the Atlantic. The Blacksod story is nice. But it's not true. /1

Impossible to watch this performance without catching the sheer infectious joy. Simply cannot be done

The current Court majority is a classic captured court. The Justices pick the outcome they want, and work backwards from there, inventing and disregarding legal theories on the fly in the process.

“Starliner has design and engineering deficiencies that must be corrected, but the most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware, It is decision-making and leadership that, [...] could create a culture incompatible with human spaceflight.” arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

Really great to see Demon Tides so well recieved! It's always amazing seeing a tiny team (core crew of six) taking a swing at something that AAA studios with hundreds of people have fallen short on, and (for the most part) nailing it. No flaws that can't be buffed out in a few patches either.

Don't even get get me started on how an AUSA, in a sworn declaration filed in federal court, complains about how many habeas cases they have and how hard it's making their life. Pathetic.

Aaaaaaaaaah a new Kingfisher book!

BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games, the studio responsible for modern remakes of classic games such as Demon's Souls and Shadow of the Colossus, Bloomberg News has learned. A shocking end for a well-respected studio.

"The report, ‘We returned from hell’: Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons, documents allegations of systematic abuse of Palestinian journalists by their Israeli captors while detained by Israel between October 2023 to January 2026." cpj.org/2026/02/pale...

Les mèmes c'est pas complètement inutile. Là par exemple à cause du fan-art raté devenu viral, je regarde "Frieren" et c'est vraiment très bien.

Yoon Suk-yeol has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Good to see our foreign policy is being dictated by Donald Trump.

This is why "Let's give in on some of the trans stuff because it'd be a popular compromise and you have to meet people where they are" is not only immoral but politically stupid. Republicans were never going to stop there. They stop when you stop them. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...

If you are under NDA with us and want to read it, or you are a professional writer who wouldn't mind checking out what we're doing and offering notes, hit my dms

Nolan's Interstellar. I hated this movie so much. It's sexist, it tries a lot to look like much smarter than it is in reality, I suppose the actors do their best, but their characters have the emotional maturity of 5 years old. It's absurdly US centered and also did I say it was sexist?

Another trope I can't stand anymore: "Bob is a scientist. Years of rationalism have made him a sad and bitter individual." Is it specifically french? Or specific to the french videogame industry?

NATO stronger than ever? I find this an extremely dubious claim - and yet it is one I have heard several times in Munich last weekend. We discuss in the latest Collimateur episode lerubicon.org/collimateur-...

As we near the 10th anniversary of Brexit, with evidence the damage to our economy is even worse than predicted, time to remind ourselves of Brexit Battalions ‘Media Corps’ who pushed for and celebrated this. Good time to tag them in. Any apologies?

sorry I have values

I don't want to be that kind of guy, but... March 1 comes next week. We in Ukraine are moving towards having lived through yet another godawful winter in the cold and dark under Russian missiles and drones, and we have been good at it. #UkraineLivesOn

Ever report a story about shocking claims of abuse normalized and mishandled, fostered by a theology survivors call toxic... and then a few years later, the voice behind that faith guest preaches at the Pentagon? Yep, it's that kind of day. substack.com/app-link/pos...

Trump déteint vraiment salement sur Rubio qui, en plus d'être une girouette, se révèle ici pleurnichard. "D'habitude quand un Président essaie de terminer une guerre, on l'applaudit. Là, va savoir, on le critique". Le retournement de la question est grossier: il ne s'agit 1/

the secret to helldivers 2 is that it's all of these

#LeCollimateur fait aujourd'hui le point sur la conférence de sécurité de Munich #MSC2026 qui vient de s'achever dans un épisode du "Casque et la plume", avec Ulrike Franke et Elie Tenenbaum, un an après la crise provoquée par le discours du vice-président JD Vance www.lerubicon.org/collimateur-...

"Le Canard" publie une vidéo de la violente bagarre qui a opposé militants d’extrême droite et d’extrême gauche, quelques minutes avant les coups portés contre Quentin Deranque. Elle montre que les deux groupes étaient bien venus pour en découdre. ➡️ tinyurl.com/58a9x9u8

Happy new year everyone! Chúc mừng năm mới! Sức khỏe dồi dào!

Wow.

It was inevitable. Google’s dubious AI overview feature is being used to scam people.

Good Night World

Funniest part about this whole saga is not that newspapers and publications who should have known better ran off with the click-bait headline (even though they had the longer form comment) but that people truly still think that astronomers can keep secrets to themselves. I assure you, we don't lol

Are temperatures far from "normal" becoming more common in the Arctic? It's an simple question but it quickly turns complicated. The latest post from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter takes a look this thorny question. #Arctic #Climate alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/arctic-reg...

Here is the recent M2.4 flare from the Sun's eastern limb shown in a composite of AIA filters. There was a decent CME launched with this event. No effects to Earth are anticipated. The region will be making a full appearance on the Earth-facing disk soon.

Si vous aviez raté l'information du week-end : un nouvel équipage est arrivé à l'ISS avec l'astronaute Sophie Adenot #epsilon Résumé en vidéo :

i think this is what drives me nuts. people talk about how, say, the UN was founded by "starry eyed idealists" who didn't understand "reality." the truth is that the UN was founded by those who had just fought and *won* the bloodiest war in human history.

Also, if you want more Gothic shenanigans with a cozy queer vibe, here are some books about murder husbands trying to solve murders without incurring more murders www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography... (one of my current WIP is book 3 in that series)

And the tie in novels (you don't have to read the main trilogy to pick these up, but you will be slightly spoiled for said trilogy if you do)

Déroulez : Macron tolère parfaitement l’antisemitisme quand il est de droite.

As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.

It's also nice to see the other (not matte) painting, that was on the set (in the background of the actors in the shots). All the compositing work done by ILM is incredible.

intertesting thread

2/2 Le mythe de "Ninurta et les pierres", explique certaines propriétés magiques de celles-ci. Ce texte sumérien, sans doute composée dans la seconde moitié du IIIe millénaire av. J.-C., a été traduit en akkadien et recopiée jusqu’à la fin du Ier millénaire : lejournal.cnrs.fr/nos-blogs/br...

La lithothérapie est une pseudo-science reposant sur la croyance que les cristaux émettent des énergies bénéfiques ou néfastes. Ce pouvoir attribué aux pierres remonte à la plus haute Antiquité : déjà au Proche-Orient ancien, il y a 3000 à 5000 ans, on leur attribuait des propriétés magiques. 1/2

Rogatons Rediffusions - 01/07/2025 - "Les Larmes de Dieu" Source: www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/202... LES LIVRES Rogatons tome 1: www.exemplaire-editions.fr/exemplaire/l... Rogatons tome 2: www.exemplaire-editions.fr/exemplaire/l...

1/ In January 2026, Ukraine reported killing 34,000 Russian soldiers – on average 1,096 a day, or 7,846 per week. Thousands of Ukrainians have likely died in the same period. Last month in Ukraine was much bloodier than the average monthly death toll at Auschwitz. ⬇️

This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous. Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...

Trope I hate : I horror stories, characters supposed to be highly qualified people, but demonstrating the emotional maturity of 5 years old with debilitating narcissism. I understand the need for drama. However would prefer not wanting to strangle characters after 10 pages of total shitshow.

As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”

Le débat eco de France Inter sur l'industrie de défense était le pire que j'ai pu entendre... Je peux comprendre que T. Porcher et D. Seux ne connaissent rien au sujet, OK, je le conçois, mais du coup peut être ne fallait il mieux pas en débattre. C'était du niveau discussion de comptoir.