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Canada should garnish the Bioware IP and nationalize them so anybody can make a game using them, with profits going to a fund that supports the arts Call it a national cultural treasure and give it the same status as protected land or species

It is in a lot of ways just an abdication of responsibility, of taking a role in forming the political environment. It's the fundamental problem of shallow popularism; you assume you're just a powerless actor reacting to the "preferences" of the "median voter", which is a loser's way of thinking.

Because it really is the behavior of people who don't even perceive the *existence* of a movement, who treat politics like it's just their little personal little league game to win or lose. It's wrecker shit, fundamentally. Insecure, pathetic behavior.

There's a constant low-level discussion on English-language bluesky about the electoral consequences of transphobic rhetoric from left-liberals but I think it's honestly worse than "they might not vote for you", it's more like, you're cutting yourself off from political labor and talent.

the contrast between seeing US democrats fall over themselves to embrace idiot transphobia all year and tonight seeing footage of the president embracing my (trans) congresswoman, Erika Hilton, at the election night party

Yissss

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Elections going from BC to Brazil and Serbia to local ON to US midterms is one hell of an emotional rollercoaster.

don't vote for me or my son ever again

GOOD THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

FUCK FASCISM

THOSE FUCKERS TRIED TO STOP US AND STILL FAILED! FOR THE SECOND TIME! WE WON'T BE THE US' BACKYARD!!

Fucking good. This is the energy you need to bring to fight fascism.

I’m a father of two and you could not torture this story out of me.

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Just so y'all international folks know how Bolsonarism is rigging the elections out in the open Elections are today, meta has outspokenly meddled with the lefts reach for weeks Has boosted the right to ridiculous levels one guy getting more reach than anyone in the world...

There is blatant voter suppression happening right now in Brazil: flights cancelled and buses suspended to Northeastern capitals where Lula holds the majority, polling stations changed to thousands of kms away last-minute, voters in London told they need to go to Edinburgh… This is criminal.

I haven’t slept a full night in three weeks ahead of the polls opening in Brazil today. I might be shouting into a void here, but if you can spare a few seconds to send good energy towards our elections today and for the largest country in South America to beat fascism, please do so. 🇧🇷

I am going to go out on a limb and say that if Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are speaker and majority leader, no matter how large their majorities are, no progress will be made. They will do nothing.

Every “pro” tip on prompting that I’ve seen (against my will) boils down to using clear, descriptive language, treating basic communication like it's some sort of abstruse and novel skillset.

Here's what **Environment and Climate Change Canada** is posting as ads.

GOOD life lessons learned from gamedev: - Savagely hacking down scope is the fastest and most effective way to make an awesome product - Limitations make you do your job better - A button or seam in the right place is all you need to turn a character from garbage to fuckable

Looking for game devs who have been directly inspired by anything BioWare for my next video. I suspect the public likely doesn’t quite realize the extent of their influence on the industry, so I’d really like to highlight that. If you are one such game devs, pls reply to this post!

Not the top Steam review of Dressmaker making me cry this morning!

Tim Sweeny's comment on the closure of Looking Glass Studios.

Literally the entire point of a game jam is forcing yourself to make difficult creative and technical decisions to meet the limitations attached.

the boys are going through it today

10.22 today is the 15th anniversary of my first drawing of 88, can't believe that was 2011 time gotta slow down

Believe it or not, I do on occasion play and talk about AAA games too 😁 I had a great time chatting with Doug about one of my all-time favorites, Silent Hill 2, just in time for Halloween. Get ready for that episode next week!!

This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

As an entirely serious comment, the NDP speaks to the issues the other major parties will not

Diminish an Anime Basement Meshi

What the heck is happening on Ottawa's roads?!🚨 4 fatalities of vulnerable road users in 6 days. A driver rams into a bakery. 4 collisions involving serious injuries yesterday. And today, another pedestrian killed in Barrhaven. Am I the only candidate in this election talking about this? 1/

The Israeli Foreign Ministry is lying. No coordination was required, and we were never told that it was. We were not in a restricted security area. We did not pass any checkpoints.

what exactly DOES happen to materials from a major studio that’s closed? where do physical hard drives, documents, etc go? who maintains all this pointless secrecy? if you know or have stories, get in touch: nathan@aftermath.site, nathangrayson.666 (signal), aftermathdotsite@proton.me (proton mail)

In November, Dems will likely win big. Liberals will feel relieved. In 2028, a milquetoast corporate Democrat will win the presidency, spend 4 years maintaining what Trump did as liberals go back to brunch. Then, in 2032, as life keeps getting worse, we’ll get something like President T Carlson.

If you self-host and run PHP on it (which is very likely) you NEED to update it later today, ASAP. A major vulnerability that affects PHP versions since 5 has been found, which allows remote code execution (very bad). You MUST retweet and share with friends who self-host. THIS IS CRITICAL. ⚠️

This is what happens when young men do not have the moral and spiritual courage to just admit that they're dumb.