First snowfall of winter in Kyiv. Recent Russian attacks have reduced power supplies to 10-12 hours per day in the Ukrainian capital, and less in some harder-hit towns and cities, so the Christmassy weather is not so cheerful.

"When the Assad regime fell, we didn't even get to celebrate - it fell over there while they entered from here"

I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...

If you are curious how the morphs were made in Keeper, then you can watch me create this "monkey-bunny" from scratch utilizing the tech I developed for the game. Enjoy and let me know what you think. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9V_...

New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:

If you get severe migraines like I do, I just tried a thing that actually worked: Soak your feet in hot water for 10-20 minutes. It went from intense pain and nausea to just some humming pain -- not 100% better, but a solid 80-90%.. seriously kinda miraculous. Usually lasts hours.

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

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ROCTOBER 13 is coming up! I'll be playing Brütal Legend all day on Monday, matchmaking with random Xbox headbangers looking for an easy victory. To celebrate, we're sharing a never-before-scene 2005 pitch video we made to get the game signed! Enjoy!🤘 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9di...

It’s almost disorienting to see something this nakedly wonderful put in place by a non Scandinavian Western government in 2025. Way to go Ireland.

RIP Queen

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have unveiled a promising new vaccine that generates a powerful immune response against HIV and other viruses including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza with just ONE dose. By combining immune-boosting adjuvants, the vaccine encourages the body to generate more antibody variations.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality. I don't know how to yell any louder.

A lot of people are (understandably) focused on the Saudi Arabia and Kushner part of this, but the far bigger immediate impact will come from the new private EA being on the hook for $20 billion in debt. That could mean mass layoffs, more aggressive monetization, and other big cost-cutting measures

So exhausting..

Your health care bill is about to explode. The notices will start arriving next month. A $7,000 bill could jump to $24,000. Democrats are fighting to stop this. Republicans are fighting to guarantee your costs go up. We need to fix this. Now.

Video from Petropavlivska-Borshchahivka

Reporting from “war ravaged” “crime-ridden” Portland, Oregon.

Just another terrible morning in NW Portland.

#WarRavagedPortland #Portland #TrumpSucks

People flooding social media with photos of their lovely Portland neighborhoods is honestly really effective at showing how unhinged it is to be ordering a military presence there. Especially so if the city really is thrown into chaos after this.

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on. www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest

this woman has been working at Nintendo for almost 20 years and nearly a decade longer than the guy she is replacing how much more qualified does she have to be lol

War-ravaged Portland

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i made a helpful reference

Hey Bluesky. Got an odd ask. Im looking for someone i went to high school with. Searches havent helped because how generic adjacent his name is. Jesse Robberts was in the band FTK. Curious if anyone knows of him or someone who knows him. ...he was a good dude and a great musician.

@polyarcgames.com is hiring! If you think you might be a good fit, please send me a message. I'd love to tell you all about the best place I've worked since I joined the games industry in 2008. US & CA except for Montreal (sorry 😕). www.polyarcgames.com/jobs/princip...

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Super Typhoon Ragasa, a T10 (highest possible typhoon warning) is wrecking Hong Kong at the moment. This is video from the Ocean Park Fullerton Hotel.

As I was saying…

Breaking character: Ken White has a fantastic post about how "free speech culture" undermines free speech. It's something I've thought about a lot before, but Ken knows way more about it than I do and explains it really well. www.popehat.com/p/how-free-s...

Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner! “The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”

Now seems like a fun time to remind everyone that GWAR did an NPR Tiny Desk concert

for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world

I don't know who made this but I feel it keenly.

I‘d actually very much love to live in a world where I didn’t feel obligated to Vote Blue No Matter Who because there are multiple things I’d change about the Democratic Party if I could, but every presidential election for the rest our lives is a referendum on whether Groypers should have nukes.

“Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.” Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Hack the planet for all who celebrate.

1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth. Many complied and shut down their programs. Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care. And now, they just beat Trump in court. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Thanks for this, Denny. In my late teens, I had an argument with my bf at the time that escalated when he pushed me against the hood of my car and held me down as a show of power. We were with about 5 "friends", standing near us, all men, and not one dude said anything or tried to stop it. Not one.

This isn't cancel culture, this is censorship. The difference is whether speech has consequences that are stipulated/enforced by civilians or by the state. As a child in the USSR, I was aware that if I said out loud that I don't love grandpa Lenin, my parents could get into trouble.

I cannot tell you how normalized this was in my own lifetime. Too many personal stories to recount.