Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.

My podcast backlog is down to just four episodes! Never thought I'd get caught up with @spoutlore.bsky.social (alongside all the other stuff I listen to), but here I am.

Celebrate the further consolidation of media by participating in Bandcamp Friday!! bradsucks.bandcamp.com

Chris Person takes a look at Horses, "the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form" (quoted from the article blurb). aftermath.site/horses-indie... At least read this paragraph:

Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability lyra.horse/blog/2025/12... "CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"

We're not going to be able to defeat fascism without defeating oligarchy.

Eurovision turning into a litmus test of what countries are OK with genocide.

One of the many things worth thinking about re: Steam's ban on Horses is how it highlights is the centralization problem caused by having such a monolithic (and maybe mono-something-else) retail giant. Independent studios with even humble commercial aspirations are chained to Valve's whims.

I so needed this thread, I think you do too!

the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it

Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead. Idk, just spitballing here.

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I was much closer to the end of Outer Worlds than I thought—just rolled credits on it.

millennials and zoomers all grew up without this shit. people in their 40s now had unrestricted internet access as kids. people want to talk about this issue like it's 1994 and we just don't know what the internet is or will do to the first ever cohort of children to see it. it's horseshit.

This is ALWAYS what the TikTok ban was about. It was never about China or “child safety.” Same for KOSA and these other “online safety” bills in congress right now. The goal is complete and total control over online speech and independent journalism

Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf

Calling in to work over encumbered

Fellas, is it reactionary to value truth and refuse to support the tools of the bourgeoisie that are made for the express purpose of further entrenching the oppression of the working class "AI is inevitable and you can't stop it" doomerism is literally a fascist position held by those in power

james cameron every couple of years for some reason:

wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this

the chant is done the devils rise the walls of blood will spill tonight SIMPLY HAVING A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME

As we celebrate Cyber Monday today, please save a thought for everyone responsible for bringing it to us.

A study of recent ICE deployments shows unequivocally that the principal targets are US citizens protesting against ICE, not immigrants. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

I'm begging you, crowdfunding campaigns: don't give me tracking for my rewards a full week before you actually send the thing.

Broke: "I want justice." Woke: "I want justice, but I'll settle for revenge." Bespoke: "I want revenge. If we accidentally get justice along the way as a byproduct, fine."

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

This spineless excuse for a leader is basically a puppet dancing on the strings of the right wing press, lurching towards performative cruelty at their pull inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Hahaha, right?! Or what about mandatory disclosures for the discrepancy between the salaries of the CEO and their lowest paid worker? That would be so funny, right?! Let’s do it as a funny joke!!!

gotta go fast

The subcategorization/tropefication of popular fiction has been very bad in general, both for authors and readers.

Help! The Secret Anarchist Cell I Infiltrated Was All Cops!

I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

There should no one against this, if you are in the UK (like me) sign it! If it can get millions the press might start running with it and it'll put pressure on our gov to not simply ignore it!

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.

The @landofeem.bsky.social Core Rulebook is only $3.75 on @drivethrurpg.com through December 1st. Truly a steal to get an amazing game for under five dollars including tax. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:

6周年おめでとう！ #十三機兵防衛圏

Drew the original Gojira, 1954. I've done at least three other Goji suit portraits like this and am thinking to do a few more.

really went dark for the sequel

Local small independent bookstore in Milwaukee said exactly this in a recent social post, circling back on the point they might not make it to 2026 if they don't have a big holiday weekend, and it got shared by basically every record store and small business concern over the last week.

remember: columbo isn't a cop. he's a fae with a strong sense of justice, who shows up to crimes and glamours people into thinking he's a cop. that's why he doesn't carry a gun: the cold iron

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Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again