Mit #NationalAwakening ist für #Victoria3 gestern ein Immersion-Pack erschienen, das perfekt zum Setting des Spiels passt. Thema sind Österreich & die Balkanstaaten. Der Patch 1.10 schärft die Kultur-Mechaniken, um Nationalismus besser darzustellen. Alle Infos hier: youtu.be/GZvt-dACxxk

Half of Chotiner interviews make people who celebrate their friendship with Kissinger look like complete assholes and the other half make people who’ve done a short film on the Romanian underground art scene in the 70s look cool. The confusion is that the people in group A think they’re in group B.

Fun time to re-up this @hbomberguy.bsky.social video

there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is

What I like about Alejandro Kirk is that he looks like the kid on the playground you’d force to play catcher and he just made a career out of it. He had a rough couple of years, but has been a real leader this season.

Made my usual Korean delivery order and it seemed like so much more food than normal. Getting too old for Portions.

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply." me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

Having read Isaac Chotiner interviews for a while now, I think his biggest weapon is simply listening to what people say with an appropriate amount of interest and responding to it logically rather than just plowing on with their outline. It's only revolutionary because hardly anyone else does it.

following charlie kirk's death and the right's open embrace of cancel culture, the gamergate 2.0 mob has kicked its efforts into overdrive, targeting dozens of devs and personalities. this has resulted in an avalanche of harassment, but relatively few firings compared to the 100+ in other sectors

“Waited too long” is an interesting way to phrase this because the integration of our economies was an expected and predicted outcome of the Free Trade Agreement (1988). Remove North-South friction from two already tightly tied economies and there was little incentive to look elsewhere.

Isaac Chotiner has invited me to sample some delicious Amontillado wine and I don’t know guys but I think I’m going to come out of this interview seeming like *quite* the wine expert

Inspired by today's @victoria.paradoxinteractive.com dev stream, I think I am going to try to play Montenegro later today.

The day Phillies fans have already prepped for is now here. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

If Isaac Chotiner asks you about your friendship with Henry Kissinger, you are already dead.

Who would win: The greatest public intellectuals of the 21st century, or one man who knows how to read books and ask follow-up questions?

It's easy to focus on the terrible people in this article, but props to Jorjis, Tony, and Kathy for being willing to publicly say "I got a ticket from one of these and realized I need to be more careful so I changed my behaviour"

Incidentally, I check on the Spotify charts from time to time and I've never seen it this full of old songs, there was always some classics in there but not like this, it's up to a full quarter of the top 100

"Dasrath, who spends much of his time driving for work, said he regularly racks up $300 to $400 a month in parking and speeding tickets." “When you get the ticket in the mail about four to six weeks later, the first thing I felt is anger and rage… you feel like you’re being bullied.” Shut up.

It's been a while since I've tuned in to a dev stream, and this one is really interesting.

Victorians! Come join the Release Stream for National Awakening and Update 1.10! Hosted by our Game Director Martin and our Narrative Design Lead Victoria! Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQna... Twitch: www.twitch.tv/paradoxinter...

Even down to how they exploit the changes in diagnostic criteria to suggest there's some "contagion" or "epidemic." What those changes actually point to is a move away from a model of suppression to a model of acceptance, and that's what actually terrifies them

Seconding this recommendation. Read it a couple of years ago, and it is eye-opening.

How I performatively read:

Loonie Hot Dog Day is an important Blue Jays ritual, and, to be a good guest, he must eat his weight in hot dogs.

I mean, I've never been to Slovenia, but if you are an American/Canadian and bored in Europe, you're someone who wants to be bored. (The only truly negative thing I can say about Spain is that they eat dinner FAR too late for my old body.)

It's a cool morning, so I am thinking about soups and stews and pot roasts. Time for my fall meal planning, I guess.

Victorians! Update 1.10 and National Awakening release later today during the release stream, starting at 15:30 CEST! But first, let us delve into Update 1.10 "Kaffee", in this update video! youtu.be/o_-Eo0FGks0

Because Wiki people can't help themselves, she has a Marvel Wiki entry. It has less bio text than the news caption. marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Laura_L...

I would love another hour’s sleep. Or a week off. Or an infinity of time and money.

When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions

Our friend and contributor Stephen Yeager is one of the series editors for Media Before 1800 with Concordia Press - and they're looking for new book pitches. It may be of interest to some of our contributors: www.concordia.ca/press/series...

dudes rock

will never understand how Canadians became known for saying “eh” when we should be known for our ability to make the phase “okay buddy” mean everything from “of course I will give my life for yours” to “I am the drunkest man alive and I am going to fight you in this parking lot”

Nathan Rourke almost made me like the BC Lions here! 100% correct. And far more polite than I'd have been about it :)

I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities: At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio

Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment? If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com. Please spread the word

Me, negotiating the price of my soul.

Canada celebrates The Rapture in October

My day just took a turn for the stupid. Love to live in Interesting Times.

Nothing against OP specifically but FFS can we please stop fetishizing debate as the be all end all of policy argumentation? "Being a good debater" is a highly specialized and specific rhetorical skill that has zero correlation with the quality of the positions you're debating in favor of.

I got this yt comment that said "You are dropping a lot of dog whistles about who is and who isn't welcome on your channel." This was 4 days ago but this comment has really dug into my brain. Do racists not expect to be uninvited from parties? Is this why racists get mad when you call them racist?

Oh no

In 1983, 90% of U.S. media was owned by 50 companies. By 2012, that number was 6. Today, it's just 5. Decades of media consolidation made it "a lot easier for authoritarian government to exercise control," consumer advocate Gigi Sohn says. Much more in my new piece: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

I could have kept going but I have a 6:30 alarm. And, family speaking, I’m a lightweight.

They were popping champagne just for qualifying for the playoffs, which I think should be a curse.

Can confirm Troy is surprisingly decent at drinking, for a Canadian.

On the way home, taxi driver was listening to a radio conversation about Kimmel and decided to ask me about it. Happy ending, we both think it’s nuts and he pointed me to a place in the region with good Afghan food.

Spent much of the day hanging out with @garius.bsky.social and it was one of those conversations you know is going to be interesting and ends up being “yes and me too” A great way to spend a Sunday.