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HORSES cover with a banned from Steam logo

Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life

Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/

FIRE is not a free-speech org. It’s a right-wing group that cynically uses the 1st Amendment as a cudgel to promote its many biases, including transphobia.

It pubbed a v long piece just last year blaming trans ppl for “cancel culture”

A movie that takes place where you're from

Screenshot of the top comment from the linked video: “this happened to my buddy Eric.”

At last, my avatar selection is willing into being the world I have long desired. m.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Me...

YouTube video by Juniper Dev Studying Toad From Mario To Become One of Them

I'm so impressed by @juniperdev.bsky.social's YouTube. It's like a spiritual sequel to old school Polygon videos. Bonkers that it's gotten this good in less than 2 years of existence.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Me...

Can confirm.

After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF

Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!

…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)

Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.

blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...

Rhetoricity: Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth: Afterwords This special episode of Rhetoricity features a roundtable that also serves as the "Afterwords" for a forthcoming collection entitled Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth. That collection is edited by...

New ep of the Rhetoricity podcast! Super excited for this one: a roundtable on the “post-truth” world we are (or are we?) living in. Panelists include @jamesrball.com, @omediochieng.bsky.social, @rhetrickery.bsky.social, Barb Biesecker, & Robin Reames. rhetoricity.libsyn.com/rhetoric-bef... #NCA2025

CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

Notice from the Anthropic Copyright settlement website

It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too

Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out

A maltipoo sitting peacefully in a yard with leaves.

experiencing the transcendent bliss of an autumn backyard

So glad for the invite to collaborate, Caddie! And can’t wait for the book.

This is a nuanced + generous conversation about "post-truth" rhetorics + rhetorics of post-truth via wider political contexts. A DREAM panel! This is the podcast version of our "afterwards" for the "Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth" collection I'm co-editing w/Scott Sundvall + Ira Allen.

Thanks so much, Omedi! It was wonderful to get to know you and your work in this way—I really appreciate your contributions here. Similarly, you have me thinking still.

i played news tower and because it's me i had an existential crisis about it

This ep does double duty as the afterword for Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth, a forthcoming collection from @upittpress.bsky.social, edited by Scott Sundvall, @caddiealford.bsky.social, & @rhetlab.bsky.social. Plus it’s the perfect companion for your travels to NCA 2025! #teamrhetoric

Rhetoricity: Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth: Afterwords This special episode of Rhetoricity features a roundtable that also serves as the "Afterwords" for a forthcoming collection entitled Rhetoric Before and Beyond Post-Truth. That collection is edited by...

New ep of the Rhetoricity podcast! Super excited for this one: a roundtable on the “post-truth” world we are (or are we?) living in. Panelists include @jamesrball.com, @omediochieng.bsky.social, @rhetrickery.bsky.social, Barb Biesecker, & Robin Reames. rhetoricity.libsyn.com/rhetoric-bef... #NCA2025

if you missed it i released Another Weird Little Game today

Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis • Tennessee Lookout A Davidson County chancellor on Monday temporarily blocked Gov. Bill Lee from continuing to deploy the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis.

NEW: Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Memphis.

A ruling in the Tennessee state court case over Gov. Bill Lee's move in conjunction with the Trump administration to deploy troops in Memphis.

Story and ruling at the link.

I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but maybe some people *should* use ChatGPT to write

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

Part 1: How I Found Out Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...

oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...

Sadly, we should all know who Nick Fuentes is (as Carlson interviewed him and MTG continues to defend him). This interview with John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social is great!

The A.V. Club Games announces a new era The A.V. Club's games section gets a major boost as Paste's and Endless Mode's games coverage joins the site.

Okay, yeah: Endless Mode is now The A.V. Club Games. We speedran this thing. Same editors, same writers, same content, just a different but familiar site. www.avclub.com/new-games-se...

All Praise to the Lunch Ladies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER Blessed are the women who watch over America’s children.

Love this feature on lunch ladies, an underappreciated bedrock of K-12 education.

its another terrible day to know how to read

So, sort of a… Modern Prometheus?