And specifically as a game developer, since all outside communication is squashed, internally-hosted f2p games are exploding because they're all that's available, even as the currency devalues by dramatically. Keeping those servers running without outside internet is quite a task.

why would you fucking increase it??? why would you even consider that?

We have video We have video and he still shot a woman in the face HE WAS FILMING AS HE SHOT HER IN THE FACE

Iran has killed all connections to the outside. But in the early morning the regular internet works briefly. In that time, @hackimi.bsky.social sent me a letter about what it's like being a developer without the internet as the government tries to squash everyone: insertcredit.com/feature/a-ga...

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The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”

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And also, it’s a terrible mistake to let the state monopolize violence and frame their actions as legitimate but yours as not. Which is not to encourage or push people towards getting hurt, but when you demonize any “violence” on your side, they will use that as justification to punish everyone.

And it’s pretty clear that people think of nonviolent as simply being passive, when nonviolent was a larger umbrella that encompassed agitative demonstrations. A sit-in at a whites only restaurant is nonviolent but it’s not passive. Occupying buildings, cars, etc are all nonviolent.

dang can't believe it's been a year

here, apparently.

first attempt at pixel art

*Eric Andre shooting Hannibal Burress.jpg* Why would the protesters take the bait

people who hit space twice after a sentence disgust me. what are you doing with your life? time is precious; you don't have the luxury to be following a rule passed down erroneously from a different technological era.

Curious as to what prompted them to back down on this

in other words, the more we demand we abolish ICE, the more other people will tell us that’s unpopular, or unstrategic. that’s why they are saying that: because it is becoming popular, and it is strategic (if your goal is “end ICE violence,” not “protect some Democrats from taking a stand on ICE”)

this has been obvious since the introduction of AI Overviews, and this is the result Google wants to gobble up all the hard work that writers/journalists put in, rephrase it a tiny bit, and replace it AI Overviews are, quite literally, industrial-scale plagiarism

if you are an outlet building your aud dev strategy around search traffic—and especially if you are giving SEO broad authority over your strategy—you are shooting yourself in the foot and have been for a while Google is not your friend

I just hit 8k followers, so let's do an art share for artists under 1000 followers! Drop some pieces below, and don't forget to share your portfolio website and contact info!

I swear to fuck. Do not fucking DM me that you NEED TWITTER to be successful in #TTRPGs. I'll go income to income with your claim that you do, and we'll smoke you. Leaving Twitter 3 years ago has had 0.0% impact on our business. Get the fuck off Twitter. It's for monsters.

If we're arresting people who vandalize cars and break windows then I have a few thousand ICE agents to report

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

I put together our winter anime premiere list, and it's an absolutely packed season. There are the knowns—Frieren, Oshi no Ko, JJK, etc.—but what really sets it over are the surprises: Journal With Witch is thoughtful, SHIBOYUGI is deeply upsetting, and You And I Are Polar Opposites is adorkable.

after a lot of pain for a few days my body has informed me it is time to purge the filth and now im feeling several tons lighter

pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things

I just played through this, it's excellent and I want more!

any outlet or organization would be lucky to have Ash on their team

NOOOOO! The Polyhedron! That's where I work!

We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one

What Gavin Newsom and Democratic politicians like him are counting on is that when it comes to the primaries, liberal voters will listen to that voice in their head that tells them they have to nominate someone who will appeal to "moderate swing voters." They are not stupid for anticipating this.

okay but where do I set this

Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.

damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis

Will Stancil after getting off the Internet for the first time in his adult life

Newsom’s social media team: fuck these conservatives Newsom himself when he talks to a conservative: actually you guys are right

Hayes is a wonderful friend and a phenomenally skilled interviewer that any games site would benefit from. Hire Hayes.

CEOs are running every company into the ground in real time. There is no value to consumers, it’s just shareholder bullshit. This shit is crazy, what a time to be alive.

But don't you know? He's so nice, he says his game development is ethical. And while he grooms the games press to call him a genius, he crunches people to make ideas he stole from elsewhere. He burns others out for his own enrichment and then acts like he's the hard working one.

Burnout is genuinely life-destroying and I really can't say, on this website, what I think should happen to managers who not only let it happen to one individual worker but who systemically make it happen on large groups of workers.

What I’ve learned about American politics the last decade is there is an annoyingly sizable population that does not actually believe in anything and simply imprints on the latest thing they heard on the radio like a duckling

All you need to do is say no Vote no Introduce impeachment Dont vote politically Dont stay on 'message' But no You just tweet while, what is it, 57 of you sided with Republicans to approve what you're doing to Venezuela. And for what? Kickbacks free healthcare and post career speaking jobs?

Wet noodle politician All statement, no action. Would you jump a barricade, fight a fascist, risk life or limb to save your country? No? Of course not, your d-owners wouldn't want you doing anything to risk their profits. So you sit there and tweet because that's all your good for. Wet. Noodle.

happy friday everyone observe the void

Asking for a friend, can you connect an ouya controller to a PC and just use it

I'm just going to point out that ICE is about 23 years old. It was formed as part of the response to 9/11 and was reactionary, performative, and racist from the start. Its not eternal. This is not a thousand-year Reich.

This is shitty but honestly less than 1k streams at Spotify's payouts... I'd be surprised if it wasn't a fraction of a cent to begin with. They were already demonetized. Anyway look I'm not a puritan and I don't care what apps people use* but tidal is better in every way anyway.

She's beautiful...

Wild that even racists like the dog rates guy think ice has gone too far