Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

My friend recently published a chain-reaction deck-building game in #GodotEngine, and it's criminally undervalued. The core loop and progression of the game is really good, and overall a fun experience. Try it out! store.steampowered.com/app/4195030/...

Did you know you can set up a scene and render it to a texture without any nodes in #Godot, by directly using the RenderingServer? We automatically generate billboard sprites for meshes this way. There's not much info about the RenderingServer online, so I wrote about it: hexaquo.at/pages/using-...

A friend of mine who runs these things always repeats something to me along the lines of "Playtests and Research isn't for telling you the right thing to do, it's to confirm to you that your assumptions are correct and that your intentions are getting through to the players" and that's stuck with me

Did you see the one from earlier this week, where a contributor rejected a clearly AI agent created PR so the AI Agent published a smacktalk post on them? theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...

Finally created the Steam page for the snowboarding roguelike game I've been developing on #godot for the last months: Snowboard Rogues! Inspired by 90's SkiFree classic. Planning to release a demo on itch in the next weeks! s.team/a/4288970

🍣 Goblin Sushi is out now in Early Access! 🔥 The goblin kitchen is officially open with a 10% launch discount to celebrate. From demo to EA, shaped by your feedback. Now available on Steam, Google Play & the App Store. Thank you for the amazing support ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/3734290/...

I always had the issue that in signal receiving callables I needed to declare all parameters, even though I only wanted to respond to an emitted signal, and not use the provided params. Varargs to the rescue: `signal_name.connect(func(..._ignored): …)`. Nicer and clearer 🥰 #godotengine #gdscript

Only one day left! 🍣👩‍🍳 Goblin Sushi enters Early Access tomorrow. We’re so excited to finally share it with you! Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3734290/...

Das neoliberale Märchen geht wieder herum, der böse Staat sei schuld an der schwächelnden Wirtschaft. Dabei ist die wachsende Ungleichheit das Problem. Das reichste 1% kann mit stets noch mehr Geld in der unproduktiven Finanzwirtschaft spekulieren, während die Kaufkraft der restlichen 99% sinkt.

"What we are offering is the ability to make any cartoon character fart and say bad things, and all we’re asking in return is the surrender of your career, dignity, and sense of worth in those most human of endeavors, such as art." thehardtimes.net/blog/opinion...

Erbst du 60 Mio, darfst du 50 Mio behalten und 50% von 10 Mio abgeben. 5 Mio für die Gesellschaft, die mit Infrastruktur (Technologie, Mobilität, Bildung, Sicherheit) und Arbeitsleistung geholfen hat, das Vermögen zu generieren. Niemand erarbeitet alleine so viel Geld. Ja zur Erbschaftssteuer

Zürich's politicians (the right) decided against treating 20 injured kids from Gaza. Because they say it's only 'symbolical'. Symbolical, except for those kids, of course... who might remember Zürich's generosityin the future and may come here to build a great future.

Oft gehörtes Argument gegen Erbschaftssteuern: "Aber die Vermögenden investieren in die Wirtschaft!" Spekulieren Vermögende in der Finanzwirtschaft, treibt das nur die Aktienkurse und Immobilienpreise in die Höhe, ohne realen Wert. Der Staat hingegen investiert in Infrastrukturen, was allen nützt.

if you enjoy the playful surreal-mundane vibes of Keita Takahashi (Katamari, NobiNobi etc), you can get a bit of a fix from Henry Halfhead, a strange little experience that's genuinely joyful but also a touch philosophical, about the purpose of play and curiosity. highly recommend.

Warum verbreiten Medien immer wieder so unkritisch das Narrativ, Steuersenkungen seien wirtschaftsfreundlich, der Staat müsse sparen? Das wurde in einer wissenschaftlichen Studie mit 18 OECD-Ländern im Zeitraum von 1965-2015 längst widerlegt. academic.oup.com/ser/article/...

We made a new GDScript Formatter for Godot 4, written in Rust: www.gdquest.com/library/gdsc... It runs fast enough to use on every save on a laptop. Please give it a try, and let us know if you encounter any issue!

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

👁️Henry Halfhead👁️ OUT NOW 👃 🍎 Play as 250+ everyday objects 💌 Experience a wholesome life story 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Join a friend in the local co-op mode! Get it on Steam, EGS, PS5 and Switch! Tell your friends, family and help us share this post!

Inventorix https://store.steampowered.com/app/2500460/ $4.49 INVENTORIX is an inventory-management money-making roguelike deckbuilder. Creatively pack and synergize items and alien perks to create astronomical wealth and pay a mysterious space debt!

Working on a ray gun for my unnamed twin stick shooter! 🥰 #GodotEngine

On behalf of Piotr It is with great sadness that I inform of the passing of Piotr on July 29th, after his long fight with cancer. He was a great man, great engineer, a wonderful husband, father, brother and son. A dedicated Ruby community member. He will be sincerely missed Piotr's wife, Monika

🚀 Release Announcement 👽 📟 INVENTORIX launches on Steam September 1, 2025 🛸 💚Help us spread the word!

✨Release Date Announcement✨ Henry Halfhead comes to Steam, EGS, PS5 and Switch on: 👁️September 16, 2025 👁️ 👃 Tell your friends, family and help us share this post!

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza. “A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said. Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later!🪵 #godotEngine #gamedev

When you just want to disconnect all incoming signals from a node in #GodotEngine: for connection in self.get_incoming_connections(): connection.signal.disconnect(connection.callable)

AI made in Switzerland! 🇨🇭 ◼️ Im Spätsommer 2025 wird ein öffentlich entwickeltes Large Language Model erscheinen. ◼️ Was mich besonders begeistert: Nicht nur das Modell wird Open Source sein, sondern auch die Trainingsdaten werden transparent und reproduzierbar sein.

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

The death toll of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza is now estimated at 100,000 The list is 1,227 pages long. The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months. The first 381 pages are all children. archive.is/2025.06.28-0...

Here we go: #GodotEngine 4.5 is ready for wider testing with its first beta snapshot! 🤖 🧪 As usual, it's feature-packed so we wrote a wordy blog post showcasing the main highlights in this new version. Please report any issue you encounter while testing on GitHub! godotengine.org/article/dev-...

This is incredible

By Marc Settings

Mit Steuererhöhungen liesse sich mehr Klimaschutz finanzieren. Damit würden gleich zwei Probleme angepackt: Klimakrise und wachsende Ungleichheit. Dummerweise glaubt die Mehrheit der Bevölkerung, Steuern seien nur eine "Last", und sehen nicht, wie stark sie von staatlichen Leistungen profitieren.

Buried in the tax bill: "no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act."

«In den letzten sieben Jahren hat der Kanton unter dem Strich mehr als 1’000 Unternehmen verloren», behauptet das Pro-Komitee. Und unterschlägt dabei komplett die zahlreichen Neugründungen. "Unterm Strich" verzeichnete Zürich 2018-2024 einen Nettozuwachs von 24'007 Firmen. NEIN zur Steuervorlage!

We're getting pizza and I'm obsessed with this slightly broken mural that used to be about eating with your hands but now it reads like Saruman's manifesto

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

Ever since I discovered Resources in #godotengine, I've reached deeper and deeper inspector depths – currently at light green 😁 #gamedev

Attention #voiceactors! I'm casting for a non-union indie video game called WEISS! We're looking for femme voice talent for this PAID gig. Deadline 4/24! Pls comment w questions, and tag anyone you think would be a good fit! #castingcall @vacastingrt.bsky.social forms.gle/USXUHT6yA3Mo...