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Writer, teacher, 🍞&🌹 socialist, somehow Oklahoman. Author of YA fantasy Aether Torrent. Buy it and then read and review it! https://lnk.bio/JackDuffe https://books2read.com/aethertorrent πŸ’™πŸ“š #booksky

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I've been playing FF9 for the first time and Freya is best girl so decided to do a sketch of her while home sick
#ff9 #fanart

11.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

y'all should familiarize yourself with what the Average American is consuming entertainment-wise!

12.03.2026 02:56 πŸ‘ 1254 πŸ” 190 πŸ’¬ 186 πŸ“Œ 255

Overwatch was amazing until it wasn't. The game that owned game culture of 2016 alongside Undertale and Pokemon Go -- the game that made Team! Fortress! 2! sit down and take notes -- went extinct as the leaded gasoline of eSports filled its enclosed atmosphere and the sequel literally overwrote it.

12.03.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Eventually it wasn't just Activision and Blizzard who had financial stakes in Overwatch, but many other investors, all of whom started to express their opinion."

Well there's your problem.

12.03.2026 03:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on his exit from Activision-Blizzard: 'It was the biggest f**k you moment I've had in my career' Overwatch League was instrumental in sending Overwatch off the rails.

"... and they were pretty much selling the Brooklyn Bridge, that Overwatch League was going to be more popular than the NFL."

www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ov...

12.03.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
"What ultimately broke me and my Blizzard career was I got called into the CFO's office and he sits me down and he saysβ€”he gives me a date which at the time was 2020 and was going to slip to 2021, but at the time it was 2020β€”and he said: 'Overwatch has to make [redacted] in 2020, and then every year after that it needs a recurring revenue of [redacted]' and then he says to me 'if it doesn't do [redacted] we're going to lay off 1,000 people, and that's going to be on you.' And that was the biggest fuck you moment I've had in my career, it felt surreal to be in that condition."

"What ultimately broke me and my Blizzard career was I got called into the CFO's office and he sits me down and he saysβ€”he gives me a date which at the time was 2020 and was going to slip to 2021, but at the time it was 2020β€”and he said: 'Overwatch has to make [redacted] in 2020, and then every year after that it needs a recurring revenue of [redacted]' and then he says to me 'if it doesn't do [redacted] we're going to lay off 1,000 people, and that's going to be on you.' And that was the biggest fuck you moment I've had in my career, it felt surreal to be in that condition."

This is a deranged thing to say to someone wtf. www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ov...

12.03.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 742 πŸ” 288 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 51

"Something ineffable happens when you write down a thought:

You think something you did not know you could or would think and it leads you to another though. The process of writing itself leads to previously unthought thoughts [and] crystallizes half-formulated or unformulated thoughts"
- Lynn Hunt

11.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 355 πŸ” 164 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

on the bright side i can't imagine losing a democratic primary against ilhan omar as an ICE lawyer is much work at all

12.03.2026 02:13 πŸ‘ 1981 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 3
12.03.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Illinois" "Suburban Chicago" β€” look just skip to the chase and say this was in Rosemont, aka the tiny personal fiefdom of one very lucky, very evil family:

11.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 201 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5

ECONOMY: SHAMBLES
OIL: $300 PER BARREL
COUNTRY: ON FIRE
REPUBLICANS: Hey man can i look in your child's pants? Just for a second man is it cool if i inspect your child's genitals. Just a quick little look man it's totally cool i just need to make sure you're not doing crimes. Just a quick touch man-

10.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 1857 πŸ” 525 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 2
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Indie fund Outersloth has rejected every generative AI pitch it has received 'I really like a game that has soul.'

Indie fund Outersloth has rejected every generative AI pitch it has received

10.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 582 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 23
11.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 2910 πŸ” 494 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 5

tapping the sign because people keep asking why the market believes trump when he says "no seriously the war is over!"

11.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 227 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

A problem with an opponent that hits back is that the more Trump goes "Whelp, I'm pooped. A good time was had by all" the more Iran feels like they're winning and can humiliate him.

11.03.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Write more. Read more. Travel more.

12.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Court order ordering work to cease at Williamsport ICE detention warehouse.

Court order ordering work to cease at Williamsport ICE detention warehouse.

JUDGE GRANTS TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, HALTING PROGRESS ON WILLIAMSPORT, MD. DETENTION WAREHOUSE.

11.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 2463 πŸ” 585 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 47

Even in the Attention War they’re quickly adapting and learning to eat our lunch

11.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 234 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Almost feels like the Iranians are directly responding to US news and media and markets with this - as if they saw the conspicuous underreaction too and thought β€œno, we need to demonstrate how easy this is for us”

11.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 956 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 9

Alright fam, here it is

Moby-Dick Rocks!!!; or, put down the AI and read a fucking book.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

earrings by Ear Art by Ebony London

11.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 589 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 39
A list of candidates for President with whom one random voter sides. The names include Cornel West, Elizabeth Warren, Gretchen Whitmer, JB Pritzker, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gavin Newsom, and Bernie Sanders.

A list of candidates for President with whom one random voter sides. The names include Cornel West, Elizabeth Warren, Gretchen Whitmer, JB Pritzker, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gavin Newsom, and Bernie Sanders.

A list of political parties allegedly similar to the beliefs of a certain voter. For some fucking reason the Green party is top of the list, despite their uselessness.

A list of political parties allegedly similar to the beliefs of a certain voter. For some fucking reason the Green party is top of the list, despite their uselessness.

I feel that istandwith.com has some calibrating yet to do, but it feels broadly accurate.

For the safety of the United States, of course, Newsom's self-serving ambition must be squelched and the Greens must be locked in an anechoic chamber.

11.03.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is false.

Jamal Harrison Bryant, a Megachurch pastor, has said the boycott is over. He is not leaders, plural. He and his church were not the ones to start the calls for boycott.

Nekima Levy Armstrong, who founded the Racial Justice Network, and other Minnesota civil rights activists were.

11.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 2003 πŸ” 867 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 19

Frankly no country of conscience should humor FIFA with their presence until they rescind their sycophantic fascist-happying prize.

11.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Great Gatsby notably became popular because it was issued to American GIs, many of whom had an 8th grade reading level, during World War II.

11.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 960 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3

I’m no expert but I think bombing cities is always wrong because you can’t control who they kill after you drop them and once someone is killed they die forever. Just my 2 cents

11.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 293 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Reuters: U.S. APPEALS COURT REJECTS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BID TO OVERTURN NEW YORK TUNNEL FUNDING RULING

11.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 2448 πŸ” 520 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 19

I don't think grammarly should just get to do "sorry deleting now" after ventriloquizing living and dead people without their consent to make money

11.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 3807 πŸ” 680 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 41
From Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 3: Bobo the Elephant

A cop spots Mickey and yells at him angrily.

Cop: HEY YOU [Swears a lot]!

Mickey: Oh, my gosh - more trouble!

From Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 3: Bobo the Elephant A cop spots Mickey and yells at him angrily. Cop: HEY YOU [Swears a lot]! Mickey: Oh, my gosh - more trouble!

11.03.2026 10:51 πŸ‘ 294 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
mcgruff the crime dog on instagram (@mcgruffatncpc) standing next to the text "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PLEDGE"

mcgruff the crime dog on instagram (@mcgruffatncpc) standing next to the text "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PLEDGE"

crime dog you gotta find some better wording for this

11.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 9904 πŸ” 1675 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 124
Alysa Liu on Eileen Gu, via The New York Times

"I think people are hypocritical for shaming her for representing China ... Y'all would have told her to go back to China. Now that they're back in China, you're mad."

Alysa Liu on Eileen Gu, via The New York Times "I think people are hypocritical for shaming her for representing China ... Y'all would have told her to go back to China. Now that they're back in China, you're mad."

Absolutely. Fucking. Perfect.

11.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 698 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6