despite a name that doesn't carry the same weight in games circles as LA, SF, seattle, or austin, NYC's games scene is thriving — at least in that there's tons of cool people making great stuff. but that's also kind of the problem, which the mayor's office is trying to help solve
Pointless war in the Middle East! Baggy pants are in! Gina Carano has an MMA fight! Did I fall into a time warp? hy does my back still hurt?
AI-powered writing tools are increasingly integrated into our e-mails and phones. Now a new study finds biased AI suggestions can sway users’ beliefs
The Mayor's Office wants a more affordable New York for game developers (and everyone else)
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Broooo, lets goooo!
Every time I hear “Hormuz” I think they’re reading the description on one of @justinhalpern.bsky.social’s mom’s OnlyFans videos
ooooh temu figured out it's now shorthand for "cheap off-brand garbage" and is not happy about it
as someone who monitors right wing media, its under discussed right now but i can tell you conservatives are absolutely terrified of the way talarico is using religious messaging against them
thanks to my pals at the new scene for talking to me outside danzig's house (21 minutes in) about my ongoing ART project in which i take photos of people there for no real reason.
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The poster for Bi Gan’s Resurrection, a red background and a bust made of wax melts.
Movie of the year. One of the highest effort pieces of filmmaking I’ve seen in ages. Just two hours forty minutes of being stunted on.
“this just proves MJ would average 50 in today’s NBA!” my friend if you dropped Michael Jordan into the 2026 NBA his career would last exactly one day after he found out about FanDuel
Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police interviewed Virginia Giuffre 3 times after her lawyers handed them a dossier of evidence saying that she was trafficked to UK by Epstein and Maxwell, and made her have sex with Prince Andrew
But they did not launch an investigation
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/w...
A lot of the discussion around the eviction crisis in Minnesota is focused on lost wages from families needing to shelter in place.
But another huge part of the problem is that ICE detention is expensive. ICE illegally abducts and detains people and makes them pay their way out.
the convention center is currently under construction and has been for like two years, none of the events are there
The war with Iran involves at least 18 different countries.
The big regional war Washington keeps saying we must avoid is already here. Let's stop pretending otherwise:
“Piracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.”
-Werner Herzog on NPR just now 🔥
Hi! The Onion and Bluesky are throwing a party at South By Southwest in Austin on Saturday. It's free and spots are limited, so sign up nowish.
We did this last year and only a handful of people died, so we're hoping to keep those numbers down once again!
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I talked to dozens of experts in government, academia, cybersecurity, and industry about exactly this scenario last year and not only did not one of them think I was being alarmist, many brought it up unprompted and many said there was zero chance it hadn’t already happened
Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...
A couple of young, viral developers are making $500,000 a month with ‘Quittr’; an app to help people with porn addiction. Insane money, living in a mansion, etc. We found they exposed the masturbation habits of 100,000s of users, then lied about fixing it www.404media.co/viral-quittr...
After 7 years of development with a friend, our space fleet strategy game Space Reign is finally out on Steam. 🚀🪐
Inspired by Homeworld and The Expanse. Command fleets or take direct control of individual ships in 3D space battles.
#indiegame
#gamedev
Reminding myself over and over that we don’t need to be surprised in order to be outraged
The Democratic party is as unpopular as it is because its own voters find the party feckless and weak.
LOCAL PAPERS DOGWALK THE NATIONAL BRANDS EVERY TIME. This is spectacular work. My goodness gracious. I love it.
This is just astonishingly great reporting.
All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them.
And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.
this junkballing Czech electrician is a folk hero in Japan for striking out Ohtani in the last WBC (stopped for photos/autographs etc) but he's retiring after this bc Czech league ball doesn't pay the bills.
I love the way he took in in this one last surreal moment before going back to normalcy
6/ In 2022 I warned Congress that commercially-developed exploits would leak.
I testified to House Intelligence that the tech would go to adversaries and criminal organizations.
That has now happened with #Coruna.
And as the commercial offensive industry grows, it will happen again.
Looks like John predicted pretty much what happens with L3Harris and Coruna.
It’s back!
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