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πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­ x πŸ‡΅πŸ‡· πŸ“ DC Shopping Editor @huffpost.com Member @wgaeast.bsky.social Also @mothership.blog Games, manga, tech, music, crit, comics, etc. Bylines: Inverse, The A.V. Club, Vulture, WSJ, Popular Mechanics, Runner's World https://lnk.bio/kevincortez

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Rabbids should just be free at this point

06.03.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10 years in, Stardew Valley's binary approach to gender still gets a failing grade We can marry whoever we like in Pelican Town, so why no they/them pronouns?

Stardew Valley turns 10 today! @katyar.bsky.social is here with some critical feedback we really wish the devs would implement. www.mothership.blog/10-years-sta...

26.02.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Love my library to DEATH.

My old one in Orlando had a professional-grade flight simulator, cockpit and all, for absolutely ANYONE to use so long as they signed up for some time using their card. Gotta love civic resources.

25.02.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

An easy free way to help me out would be to follow, subscribe, or share some of my recent streaming and video work. Been grinding on that since October:

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/juraalplays
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@JuraalPlays
Insta: www.instagram.com/alexjameskane
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@juraalplays

25.02.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sweet, sweet contract glory ⭐️

25.02.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Contract ratified baby 😎

25.02.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder: Your local library has all of these already for FREE.

Related: External CD drives aren't expensive.

25.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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'He-Man' Creator Roger Sweet Suffering From Dementia, Wife Starts GoFundMe Roger Sweet -- who created the He-Man character and "Masters of the Universe" -- is suffering from dementia ... and according to his wife, unable to afford the necessary care.

#MOTU

24.02.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 245 πŸ” 226 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 35
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NYU Professors Vote to Strike After Bosses Stonewall for Months The decision by Contract Faculty United at New York University comes as more workers walked off the job in 2025 to win higher pay, stronger benefits, and other gains.

Faculty union fights have been wildly successful; graduate student workers have voted to unionize at a nearly 90 percent clip in recent years. buff.ly/FgjaHvU

25.02.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says Imported chips and hardware mean the AI investments are translating into US GDP growth.

lol. lmao.

gizmodo.com/ai-added-bas...

24.02.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Officers responding to a planned snowball fight in Washington Square Park were struck by members of the crowd. The NYPD commissioner described the incident as "illegal" and said authorities are investigating.

24.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 891 πŸ” 226 πŸ’¬ 482 πŸ“Œ 954
Chani and Paul talking...

CHANI: So, Paul, how's the Muad'Dib job going?

PAUL: They pay me in woims.

CHANI: {math lady overlay, thinking about woims}

PAUL: Woims.

Chani and Paul talking... CHANI: So, Paul, how's the Muad'Dib job going? PAUL: They pay me in woims. CHANI: {math lady overlay, thinking about woims} PAUL: Woims.

I've been woimpilled

It's time for some woimposting

24.02.2026 07:46 πŸ‘ 1093 πŸ” 247 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 12
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10 years in, Stardew Valley's binary approach to gender still gets a failing grade We can marry whoever we like in Pelican Town, so why no they/them pronouns?

So honoured to be aboard this ship and write about one of my all-time favourite games... that is still not perfect. Ten years in, there are ways Stardew Valley can do *better*.

Read my first for Mothership:

www.mothership.blog/10-years-sta...

23.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.02.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 5583 πŸ” 1537 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 46
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What an Xbox founder thinks of the new Xbox CEO | Seamus Blackley interview Seamus Blackley was one of the renegades who got the Xbox started. We asked him what he thinks of the big executive changes at Xbox.

"Xbox, like a lot of businesses that aren’t the core AI business, is being sunsetted. They don’t say that, but that’s what’s happening. I expect that the new CEO, Asha Sharma, her job is going to be as a palliative care doctor who slides Xbox gently into the night."

gamesbeat.com/what-an-xbox...

23.02.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 790 πŸ” 234 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 74
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What do you want to see from Gen 10? I asked the biggest PokΓ©mon fans I know Voice acting, more dynamic battles, and the return of proper ruins are just some hopes for the 10th generation of PokΓ©mon.

To celebrate One More Catch's launch, we asked the biggest PokΓ©mon fans we know what they want to see from Gen 10, which is almost guaranteed to be revealed on Friday:

23.02.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

So basically they tell us trans people are mentally ill & destroy their bodies while they literally hit their heads with a hammer like a cartoon character loosing their mind?

23.02.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 866 πŸ” 331 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5

Something about the earth being β€œoff balance” and β€œtilting funny” makes frost warnings happen in Florida. It goes β€œoff balance” because we’re β€œsucking up oil” from one side too fast. Something like that.

22.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just landed in Florida and I’m ALREADY learning flat earth science from my Lyft driver. I miss it here.

22.02.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tempted to pack all of these in my suitcase before taking off tomorrow but I know they wouldn’t last the flight

21.02.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

gee who'da thunkit bsky.app/profile/mike...

21.02.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What’s Happening to Discord Is Going to Happen to All Your Favorite Websites The platform says it’s about safetyβ€”but it might soon become the new default.

wrote about Discord's new age-verification rules, the resounding backlash to their implementation, and why the users who are (rightfully) angry about this change need to aim their ire at the real culprit: the bad social media laws getting passed worldwide that are *forcing* platforms to do this:

11.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5
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Zero Zero: Perfect Stop for Playdate Welcome aboard the Fuji Express!

Zero Zero: Perfect Stop. It’s such a fun, solid game with a killer soundtrack. play.date/games/zero-z...

21.02.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quakertown parents, groups demand release of students in police clash Civil rights groups and parents gathered in front of the Quakertown Police Department Saturday demanding answers for the violent confrontation Friday.

INBOX: the police chief of Quakertown, Pa., led a group of plainclothes officers to disrupt a peaceful high school student sidewalk protest yesterday.

They threw an underage girl to the ground, choked her, and disconnected all calls to the detention center where she and others are currently held.

21.02.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 3236 πŸ” 1806 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 204

Watched Rental Family last night and it was such a sweet movie that it also feels extremely…suspicious?

Incredibly sappy, not a cynical bone in its bodyβ€”its friction is so coated in sugar but l also so so so sincere.

21.02.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had really good luck with this last year and it was 100% a net positive and I am trying to do it again this year and am... failing aggressively
aftermath.site/reels-shorts...

21.02.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A store with a sign that says β€œADULT NOVELTIES - BJORK ALBUMS - MAGIC POKEMON YUGIOH - AIRSOFT GUNS”

A store with a sign that says β€œADULT NOVELTIES - BJORK ALBUMS - MAGIC POKEMON YUGIOH - AIRSOFT GUNS”

"thin places" are locations where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is said to be particularly thin.

21.02.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 7482 πŸ” 2306 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 113
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evil dead but this is the necronomicon

20.02.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7
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Grok Exposed a Porn Performer’s Legal Name and Birthdateβ€”Without Even Being Asked In the latest in a string of privacy abuses from the chatbot, Grok provided porn performer Siri Dahl's full legal name and birthdate to the public, information she'd protected until now.

Porn performer Siri Dahl’s personal information, including her full legal name and birthday, was publicly exposed earlier this month by Grok. Dahl told 404 Media she wanted to reclaim the situation, and her name, and asked that it be published in this piece.
www.404media.co/grok-doxing-...

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