When I say “design from first principles” this is the principle I’m referring to

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The longest filibuster in history of the U.S. Congress was conducted in 1957 by S.C. Senator Strom Thurmond, who spent 24 hours and 18 minutes attempting to stop the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Cory Booker just crossed hour 19 and is still going strong. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality. ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:

Again this is why you talk openly about things you like and enjoyed and feel others may like as well. Stop just sharing only what you hated cos it’s easy engagement but put the effort into sharing what is good cos it does make a difference.

Now that Scarlet Hollow's back, it's once again time to talk about its relationship system. We were frustrated with the standard approval binary most RPGs use, so we decided to track a huge amount of info to make characters feel more dynamic. blacktabbygames.medium.com/creating-a-d...

One thing ingrained in me studying Latin and English Literature at an early age for so many years is there are just no new problems. Every millennia mostly deals with similar people having similar problems of individualism, organization, scarcity, cooperation, competition, and power.

18F is an important part of recent American government history and people should know about it.

This is so gorgeous, and made me realize how bonkers it is we never got a Deus Ex remake in the HR engine? It would have been so dang cool to see that iconic yellow replaced by this UNATCO blue!

Read this thread. Federal workers - like all the workers the modern republicans have attacked over the last decade (doctors, teachers, journalists) work hard for little pay and lesser accolades.

Samus Aran maroons on a densely populated city planet, and must bounty hunt like a neo-noir detective against a backdrop painted with the colors of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cool World, and old school Men in Black (the canceled Prey 2, but more campy and colorful)

He had 6 companies facing 32 investigations from 11 government agencies. Only a miracle could save his net worth and then…November 5th 2024. Now the rest is history. Or some would say, oligarchy.

Can Elon block federal grants and loans to other EV makers? What’s the status of his security clearance? What do his close ties to China mean for his work inside the US government? I wrote about some of the known unknowns of government by Elon: heatmap.news/politics/elo...

I canceled a lot of subs recently to save money, but this is the piece that got me to sub to Wired. Absurdly affordable, super snappy flow on iPhone with Apple Pay. Wired has impressed many these past days with their fearless, no bullshit reporting on the gutting of our government. Support them!

Inspiring to see hundreds turn out to protest NYU cutting off care to young trans people. Coming together to hold institutions accountable when they preemptively comply with fascist initiatives is a pretty good way to fight the overwhelm.

This is a fantastic, simple website that explains what USAID does and the consequences of losing it. It also tells you what you can do, as an individual or a representative of an organizarion, can do to protect it. www.usaidstopwork.com

Jake/Grey Alien is a true “working indie”- thoughtful, helpful, and tirelessly releasing games for decades that keep the lights on in a tough, changing market. Card (Balatro) and indie horror (Buckshot Roulette) are hot- they are perfectly positioned for a big hit and they’ve certainly earned it!

This is good advice and a good thread of folks to support (even more in the replies and quotes). One thing I keep coming back to is that the people in power can’t conceptualize their victims as individuals, but you can. You can help one specific person and that matters.

Encountered this problem in software dev too! My galaxy take is that many team inefficiencies are rooted in acquiescing to power-holder (self-perceived) efficiencies, where power-holder can be a lead, another org, a stakeholder, client, etc. (I say this having been on both sides of the problem!)

Looking for things that make me hopeful. This is one of them. There are WAY more real people than billionaires, and they are affected by real problems, and have real experience dealing with them. They will make their own websites, and bring web credibility back as the consolidated platforms falter.

“What if we did for immersive sims what NEON WHITE did for twitch FPS games?” is such a genius pitch. Also has that MOSA LINA energy.

I completely missed that @smestorp.bsky.social is on Bluesky and making an 868-HACK sequel! Got just over a week left to lend your support towards the development: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Hello! I’m DJ. I love making games and software more generally. I got to marry my best friend and be a dad to two amazing girls and one rambunctious lab. I believe the strengths of human history are found in how we come together to build institutions that lift up and protect our most vulnerable.