Half-hearted bipedalism is a good description of me getting out of bed these days.

MuckRock and @transjournalists.org are continuing to document the impact of anti-trans federal activities. We’re requesting ICE documents on transgender detainees and more.

My end-of-year Hidden Gems list is up on PC Gamer! They asked me for 15. I did 30. Somehow, Weird Little Guys and The Apocalypse were a theme. 2025 was terrible in every other regard, but the games? Good. I also just updated my Steam Curator Page with all the stuff in the feature and a few others.

Happy 2026!! unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...

Capy New Year you magnificent bastards xxx

I find it hard to read superhero comics because of the lack of realism. For example, this is a panel from Miles Morales: Spider-Man where one NYPD officer tells another to stop shooting at a civilian building. Mutant spider powers, sure, but the NYPD avoiding potential collateral damage? Yeah right.

wizard cat has a very important message

Big 2025 mood.

SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars. www.404media.co/flock-expose...

People's Tech Project is recruiting for a Philly-based campaign manager to lead their work against data centers! peoplestechproject.org/join-the-peo...

I'll be presenting at Super MAGFest 2026 with @lainenooney.bsky.social and @kendraserra.bsky.social about what's new in the field of game history! Come with your loaded questions for this gathering of stone-cold experts in history, preservation, and copyright builder.guidebook.com/g/#/guides/m...

One like, one video game recommendation. (I'll start with stuff I enjoyed in 2025! And then we'll see where we go from there.)

if you want compliments you can get this shirt toxicfemme.net/products/lgb...

Is the news catastrophic or am I hungry? Sometimes the answer is...both. 💔

Never realized how grateful I am to be a Kendra

December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Today, we center care, safety, and compassion. Sex workers deserve protection, dignity, and a world free from violence — not just today, but every day. #SWers #December17 #Dec17

Oh wait so can the FTC now sue the FCC for deceptive trade practices

Do you want to be a member of the coolest members only bar in Philadelphia? And help Jen win a competition? Of course you do.

THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR.

In Boston, we like our protests with a whole lot of history. #teaparty #dumpICE #Dec16

God I love a mean restaurant review, especially of a place owned by rich guys from a football team that I hate.

The Inky, and @willbunch.bsky.social in particular, has consistently made the most resolute case for American democracy among any legacy media outlet. I expect more of the same in 2026, especially as Trump descends onto Independence Mall for the United States Semiquincentennial

It's nice that everyone has lights up and everything but it's not truly Christmas season till @drewmagary.bsky.social's Hater's Guide to the William Sonoma Catalog drops.

No one’s rich like Gaston That’s the pitch for “Gaston” No one’s complex and tragic yet kitsch like Gaston He’s a circle that begs to be squared It’s a tentpole, a four-quadrant hit Yes his backstory’s moving and layered And it’s starring a CGI de-aged Brad Pitt

Huge props to Women Help Women. What a victory! msmagazine.com/2025/12/14/g...

Went to the DMV in 15 degree weather not realizing they were closed on Mondays, and to be honest, I really wish I could just restart the run rather than having to play through the whole day.

Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz

📣 The next ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories [ @romchip.bsky.social ] Twitch Fundraiser is shaping up! join us SAT FEBRUARY 21 for 12 hours w/ incredible friends like @halfrobot.com @kendraserra.bsky.social @tigershungry.co.uk @textfiles.com @chadtoprak.bsky.social donate.romchip.org

The Inquirer story on unusually high prices in real estate transactions near Temple University is a masterclass on what it says and doesn't say. share.inquirer.com/NUH9Wx

This is why we need transparency rules. They shouldn't be able to call it "HmmAI" when all it can say is "Huh"! Was HuhAI taken? Someone needs to step in.

had to create a visual for the intrusive thought I have had since the holiday season began

@free.law, I love and value your work, but randomly popping up a tab and grabbing focus in my browser (twice today, with no way to turn it off?!?) to tell me to give money to RECAP is a betrayal of user trust.

For anyone who is curious, the DOJ's appeals in the law firm cases have been kicked down the road again, with the DOJ lawyer asking for a 45 day extension on briefing re: consolidation because he's on parental leave. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

3d Cir. holds that it did not violate the CFAA for employee to continue accessing her employer's email account after she resigned because employer had not affirmatively rescinded a prior grant of permission. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/233...

Could there possibly be implications for any of the rest of my thinking? No, that would be a wild conclusion. casssunstein.substack.com/p/the-unitar... (For non-Substack people, it's Cass Sunstein writing about the unitary executive.)

This looks really good!

Bsides Philly had the highest number of people in sports gear I’ve ever seen at a hacker con. 🦅

📍 Come to the #NeurIPS2025 Position Paper Panel at 3:30PM where @princessacintaqia.bsky.social will be speaking about our work: "Stop the Nonconsensual Use of Nude Images in Research". I’m also around and happy to chat! Learn more: www.safedigitalintimacy.org/datasets More info below!

Hosting my 3rd community Flock camera discussion night in my rural PNW area. This time we expanded it out to not just Skamania (caught up in that WA public records lawsuit over our cameras) but neighboring OR counties considering it. I have the jitters! Over 80 people interested on the rsvp, omg.

This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.

"Metacognitive processes are necessary to comply with Rule 11" is a phrase I expect litigators to start using as a diss on opposing counsel immediately

I had vaguely followed the ridiculous legal threats over "sabzi" but learned from this op-ed that the DUCHY OF CORNWALL got involved?! Wild. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...

Me when I see that the @wtyppod.bsky.social episode is 3 hours.

This opinion from E.D. Mich. on Rule 11 and generative A.I. is an absolute *banger*. law.justia.com/cases/federa... The court specifically explains why the problem of A.I. is not limited to "hallucinating" case citations. Even plausible legal "analysis" *from an A.I.* is trouble! #LegalWriting 1/

Techdirt is a legitimately excellent public service.

🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨 A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws. Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...

Tremain Smith's art is incredible and she's auctioning some of it off to benefit Healing Hands Fund's work in Gaza. healinghandsfund.betterworld.org/auctions/ana...

Me reading this gift guide for organizers: huh, I wonder if the lack of gift cards for registrars is because of some weird ICANN rule or something? ...I don't know why I'm like this. grouphug.substack.com/p/everyone-s...

It’s an incredible success of ADA+IDEA: many disabled students can make it to college now. We should be thrilled to have student pool that better reflects society and shows the benefits of inclusion and accommodations in k-12. Celebrate that we have so many disabled students! This is a win.

Oh thank god, Kirby wrote the thing. The problem is cop shit (in education).