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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

it pains me how visual novels are still looked down upon in general - among JVN fans, the EVN sphere is still seen as being in its infancy with "no notable releases [outside of KS, they always note]" and among other game devs VNs are seen as baby's first game, to make and then move on from.

Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will:

MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.

Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We ARE at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.

if you say you won't play games without character customization then I'm just gonna assume you have trouble connecting with the world around you. you don't want to try to put yourselves in a fictional person's shoes for even a bit? how do you perceive the people around you and grow to care for them

Two panels from Insomniacs After School. Panel 1: Nakami declares, "There's no way. I'm a complete beginner! I'll just embarrass myself." Panel 2: Kurashiki-sensei shuts him down with, "Embarrassment costs you nothing."

If you're new or feel like you're not skilled at something, I still want to see your stuff. There's no such thing as too bad.

01: There is a woman facing you with a confident expression. She has blond hair, messy twin pigtails, a small angel wing coming off the right side of her head, and a devil horn coming off the left. She has a big angel wing coming off the left side of her back, and a devil wing coming off the right. Her right eye is teal and has an 'X' pattern on the pupil, whereas her right eye is indigo and has a circle pattern on the pupil. She wears a pink neckerchief, and a tight sleeveless top that's blue on the top half and dark purple on the bottom. She also has disconnected sleeves, so her shoulders are still visible. She says "HEY!! It's ME, you're OLD OC. Haven't drawn ME in a while, HAVE YA'?" 02: She puts up her hands in front of her, as if you say 'stop it'. She has big, robotic hands. She says "No no, IT'S OKAY! Let's be real, my design is pretty amateurish HAHA" 03: She turns a bit to the side, and adopts a more sympathetic expression, but keeps looking you in the eyes. She says "But I want you to know that I've been there all this time. I've watched you grow. And you've grown SO much." 04: Closeup of her face as her confident expression returns. She tilts her head and gives you a wink. "Proud of ya', kid."

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

YouTube video by The Tony Michaels Podcast I reminded him of his 13-year-old daughter. 🤢🤮🤬

Child Rapist in Chief
It’s okay though, she reminded him of his daughter.

youtube.com/shorts/TlGsI...

Picture of a cat looking nervous with text that says "He saw me wearing hat for the first time". It's implied the cat doesn't recognize its owner due to them wearing a hat.

Miqo'te seeing their viera friends today.

#ffxiv #sillyposting🐈

Yep, that tracks...😉🤣

my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries

- hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf
- art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support

youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand

If IGN has layoffs, nobody in games press is safe. If Microsoft has layoffs, nobody in platforms is safe. If Ubisoft and Bungie and NetEase have layoffs, nobody in game development is safe. If the Romeros get their funding pulled, no studio is safe.

It's rough out there, right now.

ALSO I know I objected to Hannibal earlier but I would like to defend the Joker, as @tomtaylormade.bsky.social has made his position on fascists PRETTY CLEAR

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so disappointing how many ppl I see preemptively convincing themselves they can't learn a thing w/o giving it a real effort over time bc they think natural aptitude is the defining factor of skill acquisition. the only diff btwn them & the ppl who can do the thing is that the latter just kept trying

Been playing Princess Maker 2

Payment processors have released statements—passing the blame to each other—but there's still work to be done to reverse their stances on NSFW games. Additionally, lawmakers across the world have been pushing for tighter legislation on NSFW content.

Check the link below to stand with NSFW creators⤵️

Screenshot of a post I made about how glad I am I married my wife and a reply castigating me for how insensitive this is

chat is it insensitive and smug to post about how much I love my wife

Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED on Steam Relive the four days of destiny...

Hollow Ataraxia Remastered steam page is up
store.steampowered.com/app/2396990/...

Orange Monday. Acrylic on canvas. 🍊

everytime I log onto Twitter it defaults me to the for you tab or whatever and it's always the most out of context drama reactions with 3k+ reposts and people mad at the most random shit. I think I'd die if I routinely still logged in there

Visa and Mastercard released their public statements on censorship!

Visa and Mastercard are pretending they don't make any judgments on legal purchases, but Collective Shout CLEARLY told us they successfully pressured payment processors.

KEEP CALLING! IT'S WORKING!

itchio are reindexing free adult/nsfw games on their storefront again, so i'll remove the option to donate from all of my free nsfw vns on there
hopefully they should show up again after that 🙏

"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!"

Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.