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Hi! this is a reminder to people who would like to be considered for an award for the AIAS narrative award for their game, especially if it is a deep, hours long, reactive RPG with branching!!!!! please allow us time to play your game and submit it here: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...

This is Hudson. He is a strong, independent dog who boops his own snoot. 13/10 (IG: hudsonstaysgolden)

Politico: Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits: The Trump administration is appealing the decision, which requires officials to send the money to millions of food stamp recipients by Friday.

This judge ordered the Trump Administration to release all its SNAP funding by Friday because, in his own words, "Children are immediately at risk of going hungry."

How sick do you have to be to appeal that order?

Our President straight up wants kids to starve.

Screencap of Bsky hamburger menu expanded, with the Settings option circled in red.

Screencap of Bsky Settings page, with the Moderation option circled in red.

Screencap of Bsky Moderation page, with the Bluesky Moderation Service option circled in red.

Next select Settings, and then Moderation on the next screen. At the bottom of the Moderation page under "Advanced" is a section called "Bluesky Moderation Service" that looks like an info box. It in fact leads to more settings.

For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting

New York City Mayoral Election Results 2025 (Gift Article) Get live results and maps from the 2025 New York general election.

Polls don't close until 9 p.m., but here's a gift link to the results page for the NYC mayoral election to bookmark to watch once they do. (No needle for this one.)

The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.

Please share :)

The Science of How Hurricane Melissa Became So Extreme A nearly perfect alignment of factors has enabled Hurricane Melissa to become one of the most intense Atlantic storms ever recorded

Hurrican Melissa had a central pressure of 892 millibars (about 88% of sea level) when it made landfall, which is incredible; the lower the pressure the stronger the air is drawn in and the stronger the winds.

So much power.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

A painting of a bird beside the text "very few problems can be solved by acting like an asshole"

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It's really quite pathetic that these rich and powerful tech companies feel like the only way that they can get people to use their BS AI is by sneaking it in.

I mean they're right: no-one wants this garbage. But that's no excuse.

At London’s Savoy Hotel, Monet painted dozens of canvases at once, sprinting between them as fog and light shifted over the Thames.

A witness said: “He ran from one canvas to another, in a frenzy, trying to capture the fugitive effects of light before they vanished.”

Spotify Support — Spotify at 10:04 PM, Oct 21 Jake R. is now connected and reviewing your question. They'll message you shortly. Hi there! Jake R. at 10:04 PM, Oct 21 Hi - I have read that Spotify is advertising ICE commercials. Is this true? If so, I would like to cancel my subscription. You at 10:05 PM, Oct 21 End of conversation. You can close the messaging window now.

Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.

Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify

Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.

16 Million Works on AO3

#AO3 has reached 16 million fanworks! Celebrate this milestone with us, and learn more about the technical setup of the site at otw-news.org/s486vdeb

Something I learned from a playwriting class: write the review before you start working on it.

Create the great review you want your project to get (imagine it’s by someone who Gets It) once it’s launched, and you’ll quickly tease out what the themes are, what’s important to you, and what isn’t.

We (collectively) should be funding 100x the PhDs we do now. 1000x? More? The problems are infinite, we could devote so many minds to producing knowledge, and it’s a choice to strip this place to the bones, quash human inquiry, and devote so little for human flourishing

Hundreds of anti-science bills have hit statehouses, targeting key public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety, fluoride.
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This is Herman. He learned how to eat corn on the cob today. And within 11 seconds, he became an expert. 13/10 (TT: devonjohnson07)

"Studios build teams; teams build games"

That's it, that's the skeet. I'm gonna be yelling this for years.

Who else feels safer in a neighborhood full of pride flags?

I’ll start. 🏳️‍🌈 🙋🏻

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Most-played demos of Steam Next Fest: October 2025 Edition These are the 50 games with the most-played demos during the week of Steam Next Fest, by number of unique players

Now that the October edition of Next Fest is officially closed, the Most-played demo recap is here! store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfes...

If you want to join the bandwagon, come check out everyone else's favorite demos. Some of the demos are still up!

Modesty, and all that, is very well in its way, but really a little common honesty is sometimes quite as becoming.
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey

(around an image of the No Kings logo) IT’S OFFICIAL Nearly 7 million people have attended today's peaceful protests, which makes No Kings Day the biggest single-day protest against tyranny in American history! With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, No Kings Day was 14 times larger than both of Trump's presidential inaugurations (combined).

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

#NoKings Austin tagging in.

Massive crowd at the Texas State Capitol despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s activation of the National Guard.

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

imagine the money games could make if they were more inclusive of 48% of their potential base. sorry to bang on kpop demon hunters and love and deepspace drum again but they’re eating everyone’s lunch because few others were investing that level of production in feminine audiences

Today I showed the designers that you can name cells in spreadsheets and use the names in formulas (i.e. "=PLAYER_LEVEL" instead of "=C12"). You can then use the Name Manager to track or rename them. I thought this was common knowledge, but I guess not, so sharing that tidbit here.

Trump is moving us closer to authoritarianism with each deployment of troops into states.

From Illinois to Oregon to California—

None of our states asked for this, nor need this.

I and every U.S. Senator from these states are demanding Trump to end these deployments ASAP.