A large, ring-shaped Lucrehulk-class droid control ship orbits the green and blue planet Naboo, surrounded by several smaller Vulture droids in the dark expanse of space.
BREAKING NEWS
In response to the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo, the Republic announces a blockade of Naboo.
One thing I find interesting is that despite seemingly the ENTIRE INDUSTRY trying to kill VR and make it seem as uncool as possible... VRChat has grown almost every month for almost eight years now and is among the top 25 most played things on Steam.
Niche? Perhaps, but a big & hungry one.
Photo of hardcover and softcover copies of the book "The Stranger and the Star" side-by-side. Covers feature a pink and blue scene of a shadowy guy and girl who look like tarot card characters. Golden filigree decorates the "cards" and a golden heart-shaped key joins their hearts.
Oh right! My book is out today! 😆
If you know a teen (or are a teen) interested in whimsical fantasy with a neurodivergent FMC, escape rooms, tarot cards, and "clean" romance ... give it a shot!
Available on all the usual retailers, but preferred is bookshop.org/p/books/the-... !
The Epic layoffs remind me of my speech last year:
"They're not going to stop. They'll never be happy with any amount of profit and will always look to extract more from us. I don’t say this to scare you, but so that we're on the same page."
All we have is us. www.austinkelmore.com/blog/all-we-...
Video games don't belong on the stock market. Giving shareholders the right to have a say as co-owners, and granting them the freedom to decide the life and death of a studio in a game based on an unrealistic, capitalist dream, the illusion of constant growth, is negligent and should be prohibited.
Turns out it didn't have legs
Unionized game workers launch "We Don't Play With ICE" campaign and calling their employers to protect immigrantstheir staff from ICE agents.
www.gamedeveloper.com/production/u...
I kickstarted this and can't wait to get playing.
AI learned em-dashes from us. Why should we change? It's the one who sucks.
"The President ... is not fit for office. He is physically declining. He is mentally diminished. ... He is surrounded by people who are using his decline to consolidate their own power, and they are destabilizing the entire world in the process." heatherdelaneyreese.substack.com/p/trumps-dec...
"You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen!"
I was going to ask about transplanting a tree but my phone went from 0 to 70 in one second
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
NEW: Documents obtained by @wired.com show that ICE has or plans to open more than 150 facilities around the US, in nearly every state, many near major metro areas. @leahfeiger.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
I will also accept Babymetal at the Superbowl.
For Maryland Residents! If you don't want an ICE facility in Hagerstown:
On Feb. 16th! Submit Testimony for HB 630. You need a MyGVA account:
1. Create account at mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/A... and confirm email
they were saying BOO-URNS
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
“.. They couldn’t break me by arresting me,” Ms. Levy Armstrong said, “so they doctored an image to show the world a false iteration of that time to make me look weak.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
Elliott is a great writer and a standup guy. I really enjoyed this book.
Jerry Lawson, the inventor of the video game cartridge.
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
< Note Kirstie Kimball 3d substack If you don't live in Minneapolis, I need you to know a few things about the occupation. -the helicopters don't stop -there are so many abductions from cars that we have a towing moratorium and there are constantly cars parked haphazardly in the street-these are often running or have their hazards on and they often have glass from broken windows by the wheels -even if you're stationary in one spot, you will likely see ICE multiple times a day -songs with honking or whistles on sports TVs in bars get people to stand up automatically -most restaurants, even those that aren't owned by immigrants, have locked their doors -there was a military style checkpoint by the execution site of Alex Pretti last night and people had to prove they live there with ID or mail to get into their neighborhood -whatever you see on the news or Instagram, it's worse
Love Poppy!
As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
