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🚨 NEW: 'Don't know' is the preferred Liberal Party leader in the latest Newspoll, followed by Sussan Ley and Andrew Hastie

Brendan Fraser Says ‘Batgirl’ Cancellation Is an Example of Movies Being ‘Commodified’ in Hollywood Brendan Fraser says 'Batgirl' being shelved shows that movies are being 'commodified' in Hollywood in a new interview.

Brendan Fraser on Warner Bros.’s decision to shelve Batgirl as a cost-cutting measure: “The product , I’m sorry ‘content’, is being commodified to the extent that it’s more valuable to burn it down and get the insurance on it than to give it a shot in the marketplace.” au.variety.com/2025/film/ne...

re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

Let this map of the congressional districts of Illinois be a reminder that gerrymandering is total BS and must be stopped as it makes a mockery of democratic principles. Source: www.reddit.com/user/simonge...

A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control

New awareness campaign

Not commenting is commenting.

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"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

Legendary Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu says he’s never used generative AI, and never will.

"I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself."

automaton-media.com/en/news/fina...

This one feels especially rough. Pour one out for a real one.

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country

A snapshot of Medal of Honors control config screen with a render of a dual shock. The fourth option is left stick move, right stick look, and having fire buttons on triggers.

Little bit of trivia about twin sticks in FPS on PS1: Medal of Honor in 1999 pips Alien Resurrection to the post on having modern FPS controls. BUT, the only reason why it's a lesser-known example is because they're buried away as the *fourth* option after a couple of really odd ones.

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

8-4 logo...in a box.

Somehow our little company turns 20 years old today. Time is weird! Thanks and <3 to everyone who has supported us over the years~

The Hudson bee mascot wearing a cowboy hat. Bees cannot wear hats but this guy does not care. He is making it work

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

The Hudson bee in a cowboy hat still exists & is still good after all these years

You can look at him in the image below👇

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

We've passed 4000 magazines in our digital library! Every issue is cataloged and text-searchable, so it's easier than ever to do historical research with game magazines

archive.gamehistory.org/folder/9a193...

Here's a few recent highlights... 🧵

My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social

IMAGINE THIS COOP THEY CALL THEM "VIRTUAL TUBERS" SOME KIND OF ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT I SUPPOSE. NOT SURE WHAT A TUBE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT BUT THE KIDS LOVE IT. I SPOTTED ONE THAT LOOKED LIKE A LIVING CARTOON IN MOTION. RIGHT OUT OF ROGER RABBIT. WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT

NINTENDO FACT! When you touch an Amiibo to a Nintendo 3DS, WiiU, or Switch system, enough electricity passes through the figure to give it 14 milliseconds of conscious life!

Too quick to scream, this fleeting moment gives them joy of life before returning them to a hellish existence in purgatory!

Pipe down ABC. Obviously the biggest game between the two teams but certainly not for a place in the grand final

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?"

BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao"

1. "It, um, doesn't say anything."

2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe."

3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

7 word sad story:

too many tabs. closed all. needed one...

This Friday, Australia's men's national team will contest the ANZAC Soccer Ashes against New Zealand in Canberra. The match will come just after the so-called 'March for Australia' -- the divisive, racist anti-immigration rallies held across the country on Sunday. The PFA unequivocally condemns these events, their message, violence, and the harm they caused to Australia's multicultural communities and our First Nations people. While its organisers and attendees -- including known neo-Nazis -- seek to sow division, Friday's match will stand as a powerful reminder of the strength of multiculturalism and the unique role it plays in Australian life and Australian football. Our Socceroos will take the field with players united by a shared goal: representing our country and its many communities, races and people. This team, like so many before it, reflects the resilience, contribution, and spirit of migrant communities across generations. The PFA stands proudly in solidarity with multicultural communities and will continue to oppose attempts to divide our nation through hatred, intimidation or intolerance. Professional Footballers Australia

'The PFA unequivocally condemns the 'March For Australia' rallies, their message, violence, and the harm they caused to Australia’s multicultural communities and our First Nations people.'

Not too many football fans at the rallies;

This is more than any trade union's done in response.

Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee, comparing Sandringham line Sunday morning services every 40-60 minutes to Sydney M1 Metro running every 10 minutes. "That's not a metro. This is a metro!"

Running #Melbourne's Metro trains more like an actual metro, with frequent services all day every day, would bring huge benefits. Fixing the 30, 40, 60 minute gaps should be a priority.

It’s crazy how Subway got that big when it smells like that.

by my estimate: today is the day. it has now been one Duke Nukem Forever dev cycle since the release of Duke Nukem Forever.

One of the illustrated cutscenes with a bald guy sporting mirrorshades in profile in a brickwork corridor with a gal sporting upswept and curled hair looking pensively at him

The protags narrow apartment with barely enough room to stick your hands out on each side. A city skyline can be seen through the window of the room that has a narrow bed, sink, coat stand, and a desk for a computer and that's about it.

The amazingly analogue/digital fusion terminal with a tactile keyboard, rotary telephone and flat screen display above a narrow base unit. A digitized older guy's face is on he screen

In the Pleasure Dome, the seedy, sexy club that's one of my fave fictional clubs. A metal stairway between the stage on which a dancer gyrates and high kicks away and a table with patrons seated has more club goers. Like all the graphics in this colour-reduced version, it's got a distinct greenish/black tone that feels like deliberate colourgrading

Green-tinted visions of a seedy retro-cyberpunk future Los Angeles circa 2053 from me for this week's #ScanlineSunday with the Mega CD port of Dynamix's Rise of the Dragon from 1992/3.

One of my favourite cyberpunk adventure games with a gritty, adult vibe.

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OverClocked ReMix (ocremix.org) album cover - headphones surrounding 16-bit game controller

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Video game music fan???
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Every OC ReMix in one big RAR!
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• 26 GB
• 310+ hours of music
• 1,100+ games represented
• 1,600+ artists
• 4,500+ tracks

Keep what you like, toss what you don't, but TRY EVERYTHING.
Enjoy! :-)