Trump doesn’t force people to do bad things. All he did was show people they could get away with being horrible if they really wanted to, and a lot of powerful people decided they didn’t need to pretend anymore. Especially those in influential positions who could push back but did not.

Ben Starr doing the griddy this weekend at Tennocon should have been a bigger news story. The media is failing us

Authorities say ICE shot and killed a person this morning in Maine. www.wmtw.com/article/signific...

mandatory reading

Some higher ups at GDQ not knowing about SNK's ownership isn't a surprising thing. This isn't Xbox where it is well known what shit they're into because Microsoft is a mega-corporation affixed to many industries. This is SNK, a barely relevant shambling corpse that happens to be owned by MBS.

We have canceled our sponsored stream with SNK. We have heard the concerns from our community regarding this partnership, specifically the company’s majority ownership by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, and the human rights concerns tied to the Saudi government.

It is so weird that this is the most they've shown of this movie at this point. It just makes it feel like they dont care like the rest of us dont really care

WATCH — Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social on being detained: “The arrogance in the eyes of those settlers… the arrogance of those IDF soldiers that my tax dollars are funding… the arrogance of power, and no accountability. Total impunity.” (From @mintpressnews.bsky.social )

What I'll remember most about Senator Graham is how he sent my friends to die in an unnecessary war in Iraq

Mitch going down this week will make a generational moment for this song. Please powers of the universe make it happen www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Y3...

fatality www.instagram.com/p/DasR6g-lZB...

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

microdosing republican death until we can get the full dose

"Tributes Pour In for Senator Lindsey Graham", then a dramatic blank space on the landing page of NYT.

Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences

Lindsey Graham spent the last decade of his life in public service as a US Senator, trying hard to be remembered as an enemy of the Constitution who worked to destroy American democracy and exhibited occasional signs that he knew why that was bad but kept doing it anyway. I will honor his choice.

Lindsey Graham died

One less crooked monster in the world. Sunday vibes are up already

U.S. congressman can't visit our Best Friend country without being surrounded and menaced by an armed gang

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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani announces click-to-cancel rule for NYC. This rule is aimed at guaranteeing New Yorkers can cancel subscriptions as easily as they sign up — and stopping corporations from trapping customers. This will save New Yorkers up to $162.5 million per year.

Damn they gave ya boi three weeks of pto. I guess this is what's its like to have a job that appreciates your work. More people should have that imo

Mr. John Oliver please look at RAM prices so that parents will text their gamer sons and daughters “hey did you hear about these RAM prices” and we can all respond “yeah”

Wage theft comes in many forms, and once you start seeing it, it’s everywhere. Layoff after ship? Wage theft. Not getting a bonus that’s in your contract? Wage theft. Doing Lead level work but still only a Senior? Wage theft. Misclassified contractor? Wage theft.

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Mina is a really well made game that I would have dropped so fast if there wasnt accessibility options making it a more lax/chill experience. I've cleared two towers and just got to Septemburg. Good vibes here

we laid off the people who develop the games, we laid off the journalists who cover the games, everyone is freelance and there’s no freelance budget. It’s probably fine though

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

If you were affected by cuts at Gamespot today I'd love to talk to you for a story. DM here or riley [at] aftermath [dot] site, can also give you my signal

Welp. My entire team at Gamespot has been fired, so I'm more available than usual for freelance work. Also affiliate revenue consulting for anyone who wants to actually make money off of commerce content.

Very short teaser but stoked for this movie youtu.be/Xmy-Z3dHMd8?...

Sadly, the dreaded bite mark has appeared on my time at Project Zomboid. I am heading back to what I do best - writing nonsense on Patreon/Kofi (content on both will be identical, everything will be available from the lowest tier). www.patreon.com/cw/Pat_Bren ko-fi.com/pat_bren Thanks everyone.

Oh now we're gaming

Woke up and just thought about how cool Mouser is and why he isnt in more games. Look at this guy

Maryland info is now out (wasn’t yesterday when I asked for it) MD - Zenimax Online Studios eliminating 213 jobs; Zenimax Media (Bethesda, not sure anyone else) another 166

BREAKING: Graham Platner is out. A convention will take place to choose a nominee by July 27 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...

A few Hypnospace Outlaw announcements here. Links below!

An Id Software developer claims it’s been 'nuked into the dirt' and ‘relegated to support studio size’, as 136 layoffs are confirmed at the Doom and Quake studio. vgc.news/news/id-soft...

🚨 Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by ICE officers during what federal officials described as a targeted enforcement operation. His son says his father was on his way to work when it happened. Rep. Sylvia Garcia is calling for an independent investigation into the shooting: bit.ly/4aHxz48

Console makers are on fire meanwhile Nintendo got the rizzler at San Diego comic-con

DAWG WE'RE DOING STATE-RUN GAS PRICES AT PRICE CONTROLLED RATES DESPITE INCREASING SHORTAGES TO PACIFY THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SCREAMING ABOUT HOW THEIR OPPONENTS WANT COMMUNISM I AM GOING TO LOSE MY ENTIRE GODDAMN MIND

BREAKING: Obsidian Entertainment is making a big pivot as part of the Xbox restructuring. It has laid off a quarter of its staff, canceled a planned sequel to Avowed, and is now beginning work on a new Fallout game, according to people familiar with the plans www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Unfortunately, HR made our office manager take this down almost immediately. They said because it's in a common area, it had to be removed. We've used common areas for many things as a team, including fan works, but HR seems to believe that a Celebration of Service is inappropriate.

UPDATE: A WARN notice filed in Texas indicates 136 employees have been laid off at id Software, with another 22 people roles being cut at Bethesda Game Studios' office in Austin. Out of those 158 workers being laid off in Texas, 146 are represented by labor union Communication Workers of America.

I actually enjoyed Mario Kart Tour for what it was. I'd imagine it did just as well or better than that animal crossing game so an offline version would be nice too see

Missourians since 2020 have voted to expand Medicaid, legalized marijuana, raised the minimum wage, repeal the abortion ban, and legalize sports betting. Under a new constitutional amendment that'll be voted on in a month, these would ALL have failed. boltsmag.org/missouri-ame...

How AI is ruining education, in one handy chart aftermath.site/ai-education-i...