GDC talk from Valve on the state of Steam in 2026. Here are some numbers that demonstrate the size of the platform:

Tonight: The Game Awards!

We’re deeply honored that HADES II is in the running for Game of the Year and more at #TheGameAwards tonight, especially since we’re in the company of such an amazing group of wildly different and beautiful games.

Congratulations to all our fellow nominees — we salute you!! 🙏👏

The meme of Arthur squeezing his fist on the GBH building over I90

Right there with you GBH

#standwithpbs #standwithnpr #protectmygbh

In Marin County, There’s Trouble in Teslaville (Gift Article) Tesla’s sleek electric vehicles used to be a status symbol in liberal Mill Valley, Calif. Now, they are despised by many — including those who drive them.

Sure, dismantling government programs for the most desperate and needy is awkward, but have you seen the price of eggs? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

A headline from Hell.

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

Boston HandsOff march

Boston HandsOff march

Boston HandsOff march

The resistance grows #HandsOff

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

You crumpled like a tissue. You obeyed in advance. You were too scared to fight. Resign your post.

You crumpled like a tissue. You obeyed in advance. You were too scared to fight. Resign your post.

Wait, @radiofreetom.bsky.social is stepping down from The Atlantic Daily? Was this known? How will I be able to wave my ipad at my wife all grumpy saying "You need to read this" without him?

Oh Carl Sagan. On the one hand, I’m glad he did not need to see what we became. On the other hand, he already saw what we were becoming.

“But how will you convince anyone you’re right if you don’t yell at them on Twitter any more??”

Since when has yelling at each other on Twitter ever changed anyone’s mind about anything.

Motivation for getting all my apps up and running ASAP: 10/10

Just buy an island already

Guys this isn’t an “Oh no, we told you so” situation. Everyone knew. They didn’t care.

People who voted for him didn’t care. Everyone saw Jan 6. He got re-elected anyway

I am wholly supportive of finding your people and your tribe and a safe space to share your whole self with them.

But what’s the endgame? If we and “they” do nothing but talk to each other, we choose to never recover the ability to have discourse and discussion.

There must be space for both.

Period

Now, another takeaway from the election is this may be asymmetric between the left and the right, and that wouldn't surprise me at all if true.

You know, one of my big takeaways from this last election is that mobilization might not matter as much as we think it does. So many takes out there about "this is what they said, why didn't people vote for them" instead of "this is what they did and it doesn't match up with what they said".

Was just searching for your account yesterday and was sad to see it seemed abandoned. Great to have you back! <3

Another one of the Good Guys is here <3

"Questions about Bezos' timing and motives"

NPR, you answered your own question:

"officials from Bezos’ Blue Origin aerospace company met with Trump a few hours after the decision became public"

That's it. That's the answer. Late stage capitalism wins again.

London Underground poster that shows a small cross section of earth with cold, rainy streets on top and a radiating red and orange light underneath along with the train

Obsessed with this old London Underground poster that makes it look like it launches you straight to hell

Oh good good, a new social network so future-me can look over earlier posts and cringe. I've missed this so much.