Joe Rybicki

Joe Rybicki

@joerybicki.com

He/him. Writer, video game consultant, virtual tourist. Former Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Other credits: higround.net/#bylines

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I was confused about the number of Brewers fans last night until it occurred to me that Florida is a place that people move to when they have a lot of disposable income and a likely a lot of family who would be happy to come down from Milwaukee to stay with Nana and Pop Pop and catch a game.

Curt Hogg@cyrthogg.bsky.social

This is a home game.

@boostblue.bsky.social checking our Deck UI and digging it. Love notifications in a sidebar instead of the default. But looks like there’s so much padding after the name of the element that on my iPad, the column width slider for Notifications is squeezed to the point it’s basically a toggle switch.

“Milwaukee wins game 1 again!” lol (Honestly I think his foot came off the bag but then brushed it as he went to first but it’s a moot point now!)

Periodically I’m reminded of how much I regret introducing Marilyn Manson and David Duchovny, I don’t think that put any more goodness into the world (It was an interview for Midway’s Area 51, it’s not like I knew them before, we just got them together for the first time and they were instant bffs)

Am I just weird or is everyone else’s Discover tab here almost entirely composed of things the people they follow have reposted? Kinda hard to discover something you’ve already seen

Again, can’t access new posts in any app, nor load any posts at all in the web app. Status page says no issue. No platform with this much unreliability can survive in the long term

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Not for nothing but PBS does election night coverage and we work really really really hard on it. Union shop as well!

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social

Scoop from @brettlogiurato.bsky.social: CBS has sold its local election night coverage to DraftKings, stirring more controversy inside the David Ellison-owned company. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/cbs-draftk...

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There is a doofus currently arguing here that no "creative talent" would choose to write tie-ins, and since I just did a panel this weekend on why creative talents choose to write IP, here are a few reasons. Non-financial reasons, for fun and because frankly it usually doesn't pay that well.

I hate watching nationally broadcast Guardians games. Can’t help feeling like most commentators are deeply steeped in the “everything Cleveland does sucks” narrative To be fair, at least half of Ohioans are deeply steeped in the same narrative

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Every time i read some conservative christian write "ooh, those lefties hate me for my faith" I have to laugh. Like, I am openly and visibly and loudly religious and even the most turbo anti-theists are largely fine with me. They don't hate you for your faith, they hate you cause you're an asshole.

Gotta be honest, I see someone with an Indians jersey or a Chief Wahoo hat? I make some assumptions. One of those assumptions is that another one of the hats in their closet says “Make America Great Again” and it gets a lot more wear

Fortunately for Vivek Ohio doesn’t have a lot of folks on Medicare, being a state famous for attracting and keeping young people. And it’s not like folks on Medicare vote anyway.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Q: Were Medicare and Medicaid mistakes? Vivek Ramaswamy: I believe they were. I think the evidence would show that it has harmed the very people that it was created to actually help

Wracking my brain for any other time I’ve heard a nonhuman animal make a “b” sound. Some other primate must at least, right?

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I’m so sorry. It’s unfortunately time for you to learn about the Trump Administration’s efforts to sabotage the upcoming elections. I’m genuinely very sorry.

Related: I’ve had reason to watch mobile game ads recently and I would LOVE to see numbers on the “dumbest fucking person in the world plays our game” genre. I *think* I get it? Like, you want to fix what that horrible horrible person did. But I’d love some science about it.

Morgan Johnson@poormojo.bsky.social

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

Maybe someday Bluesky will let us upload gifs instead of selecting them from a crappy database. But today is not that day.

My oldest living brother smoked for something like 45 years. He finally quit about 5 years ago. The damage was already done. He is now experiencing a strong decline into vascular dementia. There seem to be some treatments that might help a little, but not nearly enough. Seriously don’t smoke.

I say my oldest *living* brother because our oldest brother died of, basically, vascular dementia from smoking for at least as long. He was diabetic and when his memory went he forgot to take his insulin one time too many. I get it: Everything sucks now so why bother being good? This is why.

Oh, if you’ve never heard of vascular dementia, here’s a link. It can be caused by persistently high blood pressure. And smoking spikes your blood pressure like you would not believe. (I *think* it’s nicotine specifically, so may apply to pouches etc. but don’t quote me on that)

nia.nih.govVascular Dementia: Causes, Symptoms, and TreatmentsVascular dementia is caused by a range of conditions that disrupt blood flow to the brain and affect memory, thinking, and behavior. Learn about the causes of vascular dementia and modifiable risk factors.

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“Never heard a more beautiful podcast than The Memory Palace.” - Jesus of Nazareth.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

President Trump posted a fabricated quote from Denzel Washington on his Truth Social page, the actor’s team confirmed. In the quote, Washington purportedly says he has “never met anyone braver, smarter, or who cares more about America” than Trump.