Liam Harwood

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.

"What service is Microsoft providing?"

Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes

IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.

Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.

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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:

1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long

All lies.

Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.

Live: Rep. Melissa Hortman killed, Sen. John Hoffman shot in ‘targeted shootings’ Gov. Tim Walz said there were targeted shootings in both Brooklyn Park and Champlin on Saturday.

Strib coverage is in front of their paywall. Please follow their coverage and resist the urge to speculate about *anything* about the attack itself.

www.startribune.com/brooklyn-par...

Reports of Giant Bomb's death were greatly exaggerated. 🤘

Giant Bomb is now independent

"Giant Bomb has new owners, and you're looking at them" - Jeff Grubb

To have both Giant Bomb and Polygon dismantled in the same week is an enormous loss. Healthy games media is crucial for a healthy games industry, and right now both are being stripped for parts by faceless corporate vultures.

Giant Bomb Forever. <>

These modern day billionaire oligarchs should try being more like the wealthy industry tycoons of the past (dead).

Time to revive Super Pancake

My day-to-day is pretty similar, though I work primarily in Unreal Blueprint. We create and maintain many dynamic narrative systems as well as handle the core quest implementation. Often, this involves implementing scripts written by our writing team.

Hey! Great to meet all you tech narrative folks. 🤘

Tagging @brianmccarthy.bsky.social as well!

Did Elon Actually Do A Nazi Salute? Here’s What We Know Yes

Did Elon Actually Do A Nazi Salute? Here’s What We Know

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Stay safe, y'all 😬

Damn, totally forgot the GY!BE album in my list. Good album.

*(in alphabetical order)* - **Between the World and Me** by Ta-Nehisi Coates - **Blood Meridian** by Cormac McCarthy - **Chain-Gang All-Stars** by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - **The Fifth Season** by N.K. Jemisin - **James Acaster’s Classic Scrapes** by James Acaster - **Mad Honey** by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan - **Notes on an Execution** by Danya Kukafka - **The Shadow of the Gods** by John Gwynne - **Speaker for the Dead** by Orson Scott Card - **Tress of the Emerald Sea** by Brandon Sanderson

Favorite Books I Read in 2024:

🔟 **Monkey Man** (dir. Dev Patel) 9️⃣ **Kinds of Kindness** (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos) 8️⃣ **Furiosa** (dir. George Miller) 7️⃣ **Conclave** (dir. Edward Berger) 6️⃣ **Deadpool & Wolverine** (dir. Shawn Levy) 5️⃣ **Rebel Ridge** (dir. Jeremy Saulnier) 4️⃣ **Challengers** (dir. Luca Guadagnino) 3️⃣ **I Saw the TV Glow** (dir. Jane Schoenbrun) 2️⃣ **Strange Darling** (dir. J.T. Mollner) 1️⃣ **Dune: Part Two** (dir. Denis Villeneuve)

Favorite Movies of 2024:

🔟 **Agatha All Along** (season 1) 9️⃣ **What We Do in the Shadows** (season 6) 8️⃣ **Mr. and Mrs. Smith** (season 1) 7️⃣ **X-Men ‘97** (season 1) 6️⃣ **Arcane** (season 2) 5️⃣ **Slow Horses** (season 4) 4️⃣ **Fallout** (season 1) 3️⃣ **House of the Dragon** (season 2) 2️⃣ **The Penguin** (season 1) 1️⃣ **Shogun** (season 1)

Favorite TV Shows of 2024:

🔟 Doechii - **Alligator Bites Never Heal** 9️⃣ Adrianne Lenker - **Bright Future** 8️⃣ Tyler, the Creator - **CHROMAKOPIA** 7️⃣ Jack White - **No Name** 6️⃣ Charli xcx - **BRAT** 5️⃣ JPEGMAFIA - **I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU** 4️⃣ Kendrick Lamar - **GNX** 3️⃣The Smile - **Cutouts** 2️⃣ Geordie Greep - **The New Sound** 1️⃣ Vampire Weekend - **Only God Was Above Us**

Favorite Albums of 2024:

🔟 **The Rise of the Golden Idol** (Color Gray Games, PC) 9️⃣ **Animal Well** (Billy Basso, PC) 8️⃣ **Indiana Jones and the Great Circle** (MachineGames, PC) 7️⃣ **UFO 50** (Mossmouth, PC) 6️⃣ **Lorelei and the Laser Eyes** (Simogo, PC) 5️⃣ **Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree** (FromSoftware, PC) 4️⃣ **1000xRESIST** (Sunset Visitor, PC) 3️⃣ **Tactical Breach Wizards** (Suspicious Developments, PC) 2️⃣ **Balatro** (LocalThunk, PC) 1️⃣ **Astro Bot** (Team Asobi, PS5)

Favorite Games of 2024:

Here's Liam's Favorite Stuff of 2024:

Save 75% on Obscurant on Steam A narrative-focused mimicry game. Observe and blend in to survive. Disguise yourself, deceive enemies, and discover the secrets of a mysterious world.

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Obscurant (Original Soundtrack) Brian McCarthy · Album · 2022 · 22 songs

After you play it, you should listen to the original soundtrack on Spotify or any other streaming service open.spotify.com/album/4SL82U...

Reskeet to save someone’s fucking life

That's Primetime Kirk, baybee.

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I was hopeful at the prospect of positive bargaining with management over an exciting new contract. Instead, we've spent recent weeks fighting for our colleagues to be treated with basic dignity. Please join me in calling on management to bargain in good faith over this.

Favorite Books of 2023:

Favorite Movies of 2023: