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Game Designer, Level Designer, and Artist | LFW | Designer/artist @ Valve | Lead Designer @ Double Fine | Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Portal2, CSGO, DOTA 2, The Lab, Artifact 25+ years making games professionally. On Signal @ ErikRobson.47

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There are over 1300 elderly victims documented as serving prison terms (potential death sentences).

Name: Kerim Sadin
Age: 58
Status: serving a 12-year, 11-month sentence (Pailou Prison) for studying the Quran in 1984–1986

shahit.biz/eng/31192/

10.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Side note: It surprised me how quickly iOS learned to accept Skinamarink as an autocomplete option.

10.03.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2,000-Year-Old Graffiti in Egyptian Tombs Reveals an Unexpected Source of Ancient Tourists The ancient scribbles, written in Tamil, read, β€œCikai Korran came here and saw.”

The weirdest story on Fark.com this morning is about a south Indian tourist who left graffiti all over multiple Egyptian tombs 2,000 years ago.

β€œCikai Korran came here and saw.”

10.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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What the Thousand-Year Blood Reign Means for Gas Prices β€œDeath toll in Middle East surpasses 1,100 as missile strikes continue.” β€” The Independent Gas prices continue to surge in the US, rising 14 perce...

"Unfortunately, the appearance of armies of the dead, awakened to wage indiscriminate war on all humankind, could potentially push gasoline beyond $3.50 per gallon."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...

09.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Someone is spoofing ships to make it look like they are entering Hormuz Strait from Indian ocean.

This is false. Ships do not move like this.

Zoomed out version from Marinetraffic. Zoom in version above^

09.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 278 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8
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I found a haunted AM station and now I’m in a Skinamarink.

10.03.2026 07:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Counterpoint: oh no

10.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Iconic gaffe.

09.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"mutilization"

Twice.

09.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm backing this, Flash is long overdue for an open source alternative and I want IN. It's already visibly taking shape and super promising. Take a look if you want to support free animation software!

09.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 549 πŸ” 264 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

bruno mars is called bruno ares in greece

08.03.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 584 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 4

β€œBut we can’t get insurance for the trip.”

T, thinking to himself: β€œWhat if I double-dare them?”

09.03.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Give a Little Whistle - This American Life Two lawyers who work for ICE lift the curtain on what is happening inside our immigration system.

Here's how bad things are in the U.S.: The radio program/podcast This American Life is doing simple reporting. Just interviewing noteworthy people. Granted, they're doing an extraordinarily good job of it.
www.thisamericanlife.org/give-a-littl...

09.03.2026 04:12 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

dawg

09.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 658 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 3

:O

09.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a remaster of Diablo II??? Sweet...

09.03.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

when I was asked earlier this week what's one of the most surprising things about being a writer I should have mentioned how much I have to remind people to pay me. I shouldn't have been surprised by it but it is a constant thing everywhere, big places, small places.

08.03.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 8
Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X

I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together.
This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…

β€œSurveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

07.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 7129 πŸ” 2663 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 211

Is it markwaynes or markswayne

05.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 232 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 2

Another excellent question! I've never been able to observe a distinctive taste; it's the sort of thing where I'd need to do actual blind A/B testing to make a determination.

Another I've wondered about is "savory." I might get it? But maybe not?

And then there's this:
bsky.app/profile/erik...

07.03.2026 06:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Inkscape is hiring for 3 part-time positions: One "issue administrator" and two C++ programmers:
inkscape.org/news/2026/03...

07.03.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But wine is somehow the worst! With most vodka the only "taste" is the burning from the alcohol. But wine has actual flavor, and it's awful. Like long-ago expired fruit juice. (Which is sort of what it is!)

06.03.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, all alcohol is vile-tasting.

06.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Day of the Devs x San Francisco Edition 2026 – ROSTER REVEAL
Day of the Devs x San Francisco Edition 2026 – ROSTER REVEAL YouTube video by Day of the Devs

VIDEO GAMES ARE THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD!!! Watch this video and tell me if you agree!
And then come see all these games & meet the devs March 8 in SF!

youtu.be/hJf0-dsb-nI?...

06.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 7

BRB going to war in the oil producing region of the world while also declaring procedural war on green energy 😎

06.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 388 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

*No good way to know if food has gone bad. Meat, milk, etc. So when in doubt we just toss it.

*I'm hyper-paranoid about good ventilation when dealing with chemicals.

*Dirty clothes - same as food. When in doubt, wash it.

Oh, and wine tastes like ass. It must smell really good.

06.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1. I can taste. I'm sure the experience would be different if I could smell, but Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

2. Yes, completely random.

3. Nope.

4. This is an interesting question, because it does involve a lot of adaptations:

06.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I can taste. It's probably different than it is for you, but I don't know the difference.

06.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I should be able to send my cats memes

06.03.2026 05:33 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

AMA!

06.03.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0