SteBoost
SteBoost
@steboost.bsky.social
A prototype cross-breed of Carl Pilkington & Stig of the dump. Avid consumer of podcasts & games.
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Excellent way to put it.
Something I spoke about before was how transphobia is often an expression of misogyny, it gives people who hate women an outlet and sets trans women up as a class of women it's socially okay to be misogynistic towards, while also providing an ideological justification for that misogyny.
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In 2016, we published potentially the largest single feature to ever appear in Game Informer magazine with a full oral history of the legendary studio, BioWare. We've made that feature available online following reports of the studio's impending closure. gameinformer.com/feature/2026...
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Trump announces "fraud whistleblower incentive program" -- "Americans will now be able to go to fraud dot gov and report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities ... if you turn somebody in and you find $1 billion, we're giving a commission of 1%. That's a lot of money"
Book rec. Piranesi By Suzanna Clarke. Saw it recommended by @taeshul.bsky.social took a punt, not my normal stuff but a delightful read. Piranesi inhabits and cares for a fantastically house of huge ornate rooms. Feels like it was written by another culture but in context it kind of was. 4.5-5.
ACAB is global.
I hate this morning. I was expecting to wake up to see a media and political storm following an investigation yesterday showing that the French police were instructed to say the looting was organized by an opposition party. But there’s nothing—no consequences at all.The vast majority of the media...
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This could be a major development in the next day or so.
According to current orbital elements, the Russian #KOSMOS 2612 satellite is now within 1-2 km of #ICEYE-X36. Based on current elements, it might come within meters of the latter within a few hours from now. This is an #RPO without consent. (cont.)
Good idea. Said it before but any "social media" that lands you on an algorithm generated page should be treated as publishers with all the legal ramifications. If its people you follow in chronological order its your choice what you see, the algorithm is 100% theirs.
What if you could turn off your algorithm? Australia is about to try
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It does appear the "data center eliminated Nazi and otherwise fuckface bots" narrative is basically wishcasting, it does show you how popular getting rid of this shit would broadly be, and that maybe a smart person should run on it.
Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.
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Nuclear Throne is 0% off on Steam! With inflation since 2016 that's as good as a 40% discount, meaning today's the day. store.steampowered.com/app/242680/N...
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Next illustration for The Kraken's Lullaby: An Incomplete History of the Great Kraken & Why We Should Fear Her by @taliskimberley.bsky.social . Next in our series of wee books. This will be the first with colour illustrations throughout.
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Margaret Hamilton has died. Absolute legend, it was my honour to meet her and have a conversation with her just a few years ago, super nice and still sharp. Ave atque vale Margaret. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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Me when people who say we should use AI for "everything" start to realize what "everything" means.
Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps
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Replying to @dominictarason.com
Day 7: We're going for the deeper cuts here. Nothing here over 500 user reviews, but with your powers combined (there's over 15,000 of you following me!) we can give a few indie devs a really nice surprise. Go grab you some great undersold games at absurdly low prices.
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***NEW SITE POST*** A brand new Dan Shamble book drops TODAY! And we have the review of it you've all been waiting for! Give it a read and grab yourself a copy, make sure you tell KJA we sent you if you do! nerdblitz.com/2026/10/06/d... #Books #KJA #KevinJAnderson #Zombies #DSZPI
Been looking at Steam Hype for a little while now. Worth a look for some quick info on what's indi in steam.
Day 2: 10 indie must-haves at deep discounts. All big breakout hits, some going for the cheapest they've ever been. 60% at minimum 90% at most. Stuff like this should be the backbone of any Steam library. www.steamhype.com/features/ind... Tomorrow we officially get weird though.
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Port Talbot lawyer who represented drug dealer jailed for selling cocaine
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finished "Nuclear War. A Scenario". By Annie Jacobsen. Super detailed & unsurprisingly horrific walk-through of the first hour or so of a nuclear exchange, Starting with the detection of a single launch. SPOILERS it can only end one way. libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Fun follow up is NukeMap. Take a look at what a blast will look like in your area, or anywhere, with any bomb you choose nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
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Episode 158 - 'A Dot In The Sky' is NOW LIVE!!! Join us for the latest chapter of our Fallout RPG series, VAULT THETA! Listen now on your podcast app of choice, or get it direct from our feeds - Podbean - pretendingwithdice.podbean.com/e/episode-15... Youtube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bxF...
Tracks. I shared a few interactions with them, here and from r/askbrits. Not hard to spot. Vague kind and always educated bios. All obviously good reskeets but nothing of themselves. Replies were their coal face, only dragging certain leaders and saying "actually Keir is really quite good.
Revealed: Govt spends £2.3m on influencers