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YouTube video by Worlds Beyond Number Worlds Beyond Number: Fiasco! Pt. 1

It’s here: a podcast with our faces.

We’re playing Fiasco, a TTRPG that goes gloriously off the rails on purpose. Because sometimes chaos is the plan.

Part one is out now wherever you listen to podcasts, and on our YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKhp...

There are some real gems in these archives.

Me, fighting V.IV Rusty, through tears: god this is so fucking cool

no one:

yoshiyuki tomino:

40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

This entire piece is very, very good and well worth your time to read — but this bit had me rolling

lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

the general grievous fighting ki adi mundi and his crew goes so hard

rusty is the goat

godDAMMIT armored core 6 is so fucking cool

Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.

Our unelected law wizards love Trump and would rather him be a king than see children fed apnews.com/article/snap...

@crayonolay.bsky.social sry for the jumpscare

Tfw you’ve obtained the “Ham”

divergentcoachkelly on Threads * 2h ADHD is knowing exactly what you need to do then watching yourself not do it like you're a scientist observing a very dumb experiment

10/10 take. No notes.

photo of vince gilligan with a quote from variety: "AI is the world's most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit." - Vince Gilligan on why he hates AI

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me: hows it going
sheetz cashier guy: just sitting here thinkin about d&d
me: cool
scg: trying to make an artillery mage
me: is that like a wizard with a gun
scg: ha ha. no. you summon explosions
me: that sounds useful
scg: id love to be able to do that. just once
me: ha ha
scg: *far off look* yeah

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Lawsuit Alleges Inhumane Conditions at Broadview ICE Facility Federal authorities moved two plaintiffs in the suit out of state; a judge has ordered they be returned Monday.

This account also feels in line with some of what other people that have been in Broadview have shared.

Her husband was at Broadview one month and she was never able to talk to him. Not until he was already in Mexico. He had been in Chicago for 20 years. Her husband shared that the numbers of people there were astounding. It just makes me think how many people that are not counted/just disappeared.

W comms

Pluribus is out btw

i wish i was a mech

sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so

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Square Enix Announces Mass Layoffs As It Reorganizes to Consolidate Development in Japan - IGN Square Enix has announced mass layoffs today, potentially impacting over 100 individuals, alongside a broader effort to consolidate its publishing organization and focus its development work in Japan.

So not only is Square Enix going to try to replace 70% of its QA with AI, it's also apparently laying off at least 100 people (possibly significantly more) as it continues to consolidate its operations further and further:
www.ign.com/articles/squ...

Oh well as long as it's just "reorganization and restructuring" then I'm sure everything is fine and the situation will now improve for everyone at all levels at the company

@square-enix-games.com You are destroying the game industry by prioritizing AI over your employees. Stop this corporate greed, pay your quality assurance people, and trust the process. Please do not scar your reputation forever with this foolishness. I'm a lifelong fan but will boycott.

This is complete hogwash

this rocks