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New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Plogue chipsynth OPMZ is out! (Finally!) Article: cdm.link/chipsynth-op... Product: www.plogue.com/products/chi...

For all the die hard Plogue fans, in about half an hour (11am EST) we're premiering the launch video for Plogue chipsynth OPMZ (on which I did so much work!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2DY...

huge!!!

My version of spicy tomato eggs. I'm told this called a Shakshouka in North Africa. Very delicious!

Americans cannot have public health care because because that would turn the 1 million rice koku feudal domain of Herusu Keea into a 500k koku domain, and Samurai clans like Furisuto and Paajuu and Deratore and Shikureri would be demoted from Maruchpuru Jetto status to the lower Shinguru Jetto rank.

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I'M STUCK IN A LOOP

workers in creative industries are learning brutally unfair lessons about the finance guys who can't be allowed in the door. and overwhelmingly they are not the ones who let them in the door. but it's still inevitable that, no matter how hard they work, everything will be torn down and liquidated.

Esse é o futuro dos videogames com o DLSS 5

i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs) Good tech. Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales) Bad tech.

Good for him. Good for him. Good for. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good for. For. For. For him. Him. Him. Good him. Good him. Good for him.

I might have buttered a chicken.

We need a way to punish patrician cynicism. Their cowardice and venality is enabling Fascism and endangering us all.

It's as if the instinct to dominate, to control, to surveil, to deceive, to exploit had by itself came to its own weird form of life through our combined actions and pushed us to furthering its takeover of our whole lives.

Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:

#computer #tractor_feed #trypophobia

If you see this quote your favorite Pokémon (wrong answers only)

"Coexistence with psychopathic dictatorships is, in fact, not possible." - Christopher Hitchens ("Axis of Evil" speech, March 8th 2005)

Quick tutorial on controlling #C64 SID chip from your DAW with some fantastic products: TeensyROM or USBsid-Pico, paired with Chipsynth C64. Here’s how to do it. I'll drop product links in comments. #chiptune 👾

🎺 CUE FANFARE 🎺 Beloved subjects, this most awaited day has arrived! The Royal Writ is OUT NOW for the kingdom to experience. Command your creature warriors, witness their noble sacrifices, and bring glory to our realm! Play The Royal Writ now: store.steampowered.com/app/3333700?...

NEW INDIGO 2025 TALK AVAILABLE ONLINE! Rami Ismail (@ramiismail.com) – Games Industry Studio & Project Advisor, Agent and Mentor Talk: Rami’s Talk Video: youtu.be/tb-gcg6g-FY Rami brings sharp and practical (business) advice for developers. #techtalk #gamedev #indiedev #gameevent #indigo2025

12 year olds will go to school and complain that math is hard and then go home and build a nuclear reactor in minecraft

Lavos, the alien monster intent on destroying all life, emerged from his outer shell to condemn Zohran Mamdani. “Zohran needs to denounce his call for violence against the Jewish people,” said Lavos, as the doors of doom opened behind him

Reminder: any idea that isn't logically consistent cannot exist in the physical world.

This week's lunch curry: Thai Red Curry

Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired! www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...

Nature documentaries are beautiful

what do you want

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!! I'm composing the soundtrack for The Royal Writ, a new deckbuilder by Save Sloth Studios coming out this year!! you can check the announcement trailer here:

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Don't ever give up on yourself. It sounds obvious and cliched but that's just it -- we reject it too easily.

I've learned (and I am still learning) how to run a game studio for the last seven years doing both creative and biz. Here's a list of guidelines that work for us and might be useful for others that were lessons I've incorporated with our experience and guidance from others. 🧵

Speaking as someone who’s spent 25 years going after real life villains the usual reasons are 1. I’m stupid 2. I’m greedy 3. I like hurting people 4. I’m a narcissist. 5. I’ve a hole in my psyche where other people put friendship, self-development, music, other good stuff 6. Some or all of the above