Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories. I hope it helps your transition off US tech!

Alf-moi le sac, bluesky.

Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice

If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...

I'M BATMAN

As the backlash to generative AI in video games continues to pick up steam heading into 2026, it'll be fascinating to see what is considered "made with generative AI." Can a dev team say they're not using AI if they're writing design docs with Copilot or using chatGPT to make schedules and budgets?

We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier. Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

I think a lot of the discussion around AI isn't specific enough or informed enough, and that's why this piece from @edmondtran.bsky.social is so useful and important. These are actual concept artists spelling out in clear, unambiguous terms why Gen-AI is not only unhelpful, it's a nuisance.

Don't steal pies this Christmas.

Un petit teaser pour mon prochain roman d’horreur, La Maison aux tatouages dansants, qui ouvrira ses portes le 11 février prochain aux Éditions Alire. Chantez avec moi… 🎶 Et attachez bien vos visages… 🎶

Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/

The Arc Raiders acceptance speech should be delivered by AI, I think.

i stand by this statement every year

I was actually excited for a goofy street fighter movie until I saw they cast some "anti-woke" podcaster who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival as Dan Hibiki. Oh well! I will not be in attendance.

Control may cry #thegameawards

Oh no! #thegameawards are cancelled, Geoff has been absorbed by the monolith.

Merci L'AI! (si vous pensez pas que ça va faire bondir le prix de tout appareil électronique qui a moindrement de la mémoire...)

One of the best-sketched characters in an incredibly character-rich show: a fascist whose (potentially real!) redeeming qualities are continually undercut by his monumental pride, bigotry, entitlement and pettiness

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

Today, we remember the women murdered at the University of Montreal on December 6, 1989 for having the audacity to be women in an Engineering program. We see and remember their names.

Also, here's a glimpse at my rotoscoping process... #LUNARK #pixelart

6-7 > 69

“Our mid-term goal should be the complete phase-out of Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system. It’s easier than it sounds.” A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.

if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself

maybe i am going insane

I declare a sex tax, you own me 10% of all the sex you have.

Big mood

On a travaillé fort la dessus, profitez-en!

Don't just think about the price. Consider how much you'll love wearing the garment, which will be about finding a manufacturer that produces things to your taste. A $100 hoodie worn for a decade is cheaper than a $40 hoodie you replace in a year. As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.

arc raiders, alters, same story aftermath.site/the-alters-a...

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

Moi je dis d'y aller de la façon de Ponson du Terrail avec Rocambole : alors que Rocambole a été jeté à l’eau, enfermé dans une caisse en métal, l’épisode suivant commence par un improbable « Se sortant de ce mauvais pas, Rocambole remonte à la surface ».

A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF! Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!

just had the realization that the type of person who enjoys making ai art is someone who prioritizes it’s consumption, while those who dislikes ai art is someone who values the act of creating art

just....enjoy this

Ouais

Cursed Videotape Kills Anyone Who Swallows It Whole

So Microsoft wants Copilot to play the games, Twitch wants AI to stream the games, and a whole bunch of publishers want AI to make the games. Very sustainable much inspiring.

Honestly QA might be the hardest of ALL dev jobs to replace with AI. The entire goal of QA is to notice when things are falling outside of expected parameters.

Not commenting is commenting. aftermath.site/microsoft-halo...

Oui, 15% de rabais…

j'avais oublié à quel point Trombine (aka Clippy) avait un regard cochon!

Oh boboy, on va avoir du pas de fun bientôt!

Coffee Stain--makers of Goat Simulator and Satisfactory, publisher of Valheim--is set to be spun off from Embracer to become a rare publicly traded AA game company Profitable but small. 13 studios, 250 people They play up indie-style dev, downplay transmedia www.gamefile.news/p/coffee-sta...

Everyone who worked on a video game needs to be in the credits: aftermath.site/video-game-cre...