A little rest and sea-renity with Skipper 🦝

WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

The xx - Intro - Live at Coachella 2026 YouTube video by Coachella

i love the xx so much. both of their sets were incredible

youtu.be/UvRxaZH7DUY

Our talk at GDC 2026 is up on the Vault for FREE!

⭐ Game Funding: Lessons from Outersloth ⭐
- What survival means as an indie
- The origins of the fund
- Our process for evaluating games
- The Outersloth contract and explanation

Watch now: gdcvault.com/play/1035853...

Duiker daily debrief, brought to you by Richard ☀️

That's Not What Unc Means You’d never know the meaning of unc or its origins in black culture if you looked to mainstream media.

wrote about unc, and the way that the internet works as an accelerator of cultural appropriation aftermath.site/unc-aave-afr...

whoa good job junie!

Grace Ives - Fire 2 (Audio) YouTube video by GraceIvesVEVO

so is this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6yc...

A Childhood in Lebanon, in Spite of War Out of the blue, my childhood friend and former neighbor Rita texted me a while ago to tell me that she had gone back to Lebanon, where we both grew up, for ...

"We spent many nights and days huddled together with the rest of our neighbors in the basement of our building, which we had turned into a shelter, as a barrage of missiles rained down on our area in what was then known as East Beirut."

underscores — Do It (Choreo Ver.) YouTube video by underscores

damn this is good
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-lx...

Experimental Games Showcase The Experimental Game Workshop Showcase, which featured games like 'Baba Is You', 'The Longing', 'Braid', 'Untitled Goose Game' and 'Katamari Damacy', is back for its 24th year at GDC! In this fast-pa...

This year’s Experimental Games Showcase is up on the GDC Vault, and it’s free for anyone to check out!

If you wanna see a handful of really interesting projects doing very unique things in the industry, take a look: gdcvault.com/play/1035831...

highly recommend this paper, a vivid survey and framework-builder with some banger turns of phrase. also introduced me to the writing of iris van rooij

*documentary voice* the world's deadliest hunter reveals itself

sometimes I look at dishonored screenshots and go fuuuuck it's so good. fuck. I'll never forgive the gamers for not buying billions of copies of all the dishonored games

i visited in 2024 and loved it!
- MONA is a super cool museum, there’s a ferry ride to and from
- farm gate market is an efficient way to see and try a bunch of tasty food (though sunday only)
- ogee was my favorite restaurant, cozy with a focused menu featuring incredible ingredients and care

justice for sissel!!

a complex biosphere in vivid color in an illustrative style inside a circle and outside all white with shadow, with suggestion of complex ferns and other vegetation; art by rogan brown

Thrilled that my first new short story in several years, "Constellations," about astronauts crashlanding on a distant planet, has been published by the @technologyreview.com. Acquiring editor Rachel Cortland. Art by Rogan Brown. Free link to avoid the paywall: ter.li/r3tbrsgr

i don’t think i’ve ever encountered a non-nasty video codec

instantly my most anticipated game/art/cultural artifact/experience/anything of forever

Say hello to the adorable beaver family, Nutmeg, Walnut, and Butternut, for #InternationalBeaverDay! 🦫 These busy builders are more than just cute; they’re ecosystem engineers. In the wild, their dams help create wetlands that provide vital habitat for fish, birds, amphibians, and more.

New chicks, who dis? 🐣

A graphic with a yellow banner in the middle reading "24 hours left to back! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine". Above is a mockup of the book's front and back covers laid flat on a teal background. Below is a set of three previews of art from the zine: a queer couple in Venice, an Ancient Greek lesbian couple, and a man and nonbinary person smoking together.

24 hours left to back We've Always Been Here on Kickstarter! 🎉

If you want a beautiful art book filled with historical queer joy, pledge now! We have everything from digital and physical copies, merch packs, and even group order sets! 🌈

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...

#Zines #ZineSky #Art

just gonna keep bumping this when necessary because I cannot personally make anything this large

if you care about video games you should also care about securing full rights and safety for the trans community, because nearly every game development team that i am aware of has at least one trans person in a critical, load-bearing position. the industry would collapse without trans folks.

Dev Interview: Crimson Diamond YouTube video by Game Devs of Color Expo

The Crimson Diamond is a cozy mystery adventure game set in Canada in the early 1900s. It blends a retro aesthetic with modern game design innovations.

Don't miss this #DevInterview with:
@juliaminamata.bsky.social

youtu.be/gkDKJJ7DIYg

#gamedev

Say chee-tah 📸

just finished watching this lecture, really great throughlines illustrating connections and thematics i would never have mapped out on my own. plus i got to add to my reading list

Four portraits of Minnesota residents inside and outside their homes. From left to right: A woman in a hijab, an older woman wearing a red whistle, an elderly couple in winter coats standing in the snow, and a woman wearing a buttoned-up cardigan and dark blue jeans.

The news has moved on, but ICE is still in Minneapolis.

My neighbors are still patrolling streets, driving strangers to work, and providing aid. As a photojournalist at @propublica.org, I wanted to know: What do they look like in their daily lives?

So I picked up my camera 👇

Transparency is key in the deep sea. 🗝️⁠
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Solmissus jellies, also known as dinner plate jellies, are dominant predators in Monterey Bay. With few places to hide in the open waters of the ocean, many deep-sea animals use their colors (or lack thereof) to hide from potential predators and prey. ⁠

The Furious (2026) Official Trailer - Xie Miao, Joe Taslim YouTube video by Lionsgate Movies

in for more mad dog. glad a ton of the folks from the raid are continuing to show off their talent and craft outside of indonesia

youtu.be/Avky8dVaqAI