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J. M. Coster

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Here's the text of my #GDoC 2022 talk for those who prefer to read. Thanks again to @GDoCExpo for having me! bit.ly/beyond-the-her…


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Just as the lies were vomited, just as the congresspeople frequently applauded, an air strike killed six people in my city of Beit Lahia. A school principal I worked with briefly was murdered. His name is Darwish Al-Ghirbawi. He was murdered in front of his house with his son,…


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ppl accusing this woman of killing her husband with COVID bc they had a wedding when he was dying of cancer… what if i said some ppl’s politics re: COVID are rooted not in sincere empathy and collective care but in a weird sanctimonious purity culture. what then

…the mesothelioma recurrence killed him, not the wedding we had when we got news that the mesothelioma recurrence was going to kill him.



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We are the first human beings to see a Mars sunset.

MAstronomers's tweet image. We are the first human beings to see a Mars sunset.

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ok so you've seen the cover, would you now like to read an excerpt from my next book in [checks notes] [checks notes again] ... Cosmopolitan magazine cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/…

Hey pals guess what I have a new book coming out in March 2025 & it's about sisters & ballads & grammar as magic & you can pre-order it wherever you get your books probably* *idk where you get books, if it's from that weird place under a bush maybe pre-orders don't apply

tithenai's tweet image. Hey pals guess what I have a new book coming out in March 2025 & it's about sisters & ballads & grammar as magic & you can pre-order it wherever you get your books probably*

*idk where you get books, if it's from that weird place under a bush maybe pre-orders don't apply


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This is what it’s like when you critically fail the last speech check in a dialogue tree in Disco Elysium

ZeroSuitCamus's tweet image. This is what it’s like when you critically fail the last speech check in a dialogue tree in Disco Elysium
ZeroSuitCamus's tweet image. This is what it’s like when you critically fail the last speech check in a dialogue tree in Disco Elysium

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Bingooooooooooo

bruce_arthur's tweet image. Bingooooooooooo

Newsletter: Goldman Sachs has called BS on Generative AI, and I believe that it's time that everybody follows suit - generative AI is unreliable, unsustainable, requires an entire rebuild of America's power grid, and is most decidedly not the future. wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/



I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS PUT IT DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS

Hey pals guess what I have a new book coming out in March 2025 & it's about sisters & ballads & grammar as magic & you can pre-order it wherever you get your books probably* *idk where you get books, if it's from that weird place under a bush maybe pre-orders don't apply

tithenai's tweet image. Hey pals guess what I have a new book coming out in March 2025 & it's about sisters & ballads & grammar as magic & you can pre-order it wherever you get your books probably*

*idk where you get books, if it's from that weird place under a bush maybe pre-orders don't apply


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Tim Bender, CEO of Hooded Horse, with a fantastic response to someone saying “Manor Lords is a pretty interesting case-study in the pitfalls of Early Access”. I didn’t think Hooded Horse could get any cooler but here we are 👑

Bucky_cm's tweet image. Tim Bender, CEO of Hooded Horse, with a fantastic response to someone saying “Manor Lords is a pretty interesting case-study in the pitfalls of Early Access”.

I didn’t think Hooded Horse could get any cooler but here we are 👑
Bucky_cm's tweet image. Tim Bender, CEO of Hooded Horse, with a fantastic response to someone saying “Manor Lords is a pretty interesting case-study in the pitfalls of Early Access”.

I didn’t think Hooded Horse could get any cooler but here we are 👑

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This undercounting—deliberate undercounting as censorship and disinformation—is precisely how it played out (and is still in effect) in the Sri Lankan genocide as well. These are well-worn and much-bloodied techniques. Being able to recognize them is essential.

We all know that the confirmed figure of Palestinians killed so far is a gross undercount given the scale of destruction and bombing and mass killings. This projection of over 193,000 is far more likely. electronicintifada.net/content/math-p…

omarsakrpoet's tweet image. We all know that the confirmed figure of Palestinians killed so far is a gross undercount given the scale of destruction and bombing and mass killings. This projection of over 193,000 is far more likely. electronicintifada.net/content/math-p…


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>be a small/midsize studio >make a game that sells for $39.99 >It sells ~15 million copies >gross nearly half a billi on Steam alone >like $4m per employee >daily peak ccu still at 45k >guy with a Joker Garfield avi goes viral for suggesting you have failed MAKE IT MAKE SENSE

RKRigney's tweet image. >be a small/midsize studio
>make a game that sells for $39.99
>It sells ~15 million copies
>gross nearly half a billi on Steam alone
>like $4m per employee
>daily peak ccu still at 45k 
>guy with a Joker Garfield avi goes viral for suggesting you have failed

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE

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using this juncture in history not to slow down an extinction event, but instead to accelerate it, in service of building machines whose primary purpose is to render humans obsolete. silicon valley makes sense as a grand death drive project, a compulsion towards self annihilation

tristandross's tweet image. using this juncture in history not to slow down an extinction event, but instead to accelerate it, in service of building machines whose primary purpose is to render humans obsolete. silicon valley makes sense as a grand death drive project, a compulsion towards self annihilation

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Notions of "objectivity" in video game discourse remain an absolute scourge. Why on earth would you not "recommend" a game you think is amazing?

Charming sentiment but rather amusingly this review did in fact drop us to 95%, so almost out of Overwhelmingly Positive. Unless you have a game which sells a LOT of copies, which unfortunately we don't, one review certainly can make a difference...

thecryptmaster's tweet image. Charming sentiment but rather amusingly this review did in fact drop us to 95%, so almost out of Overwhelmingly Positive. Unless you have a game which sells a LOT of copies, which unfortunately we don't, one review certainly can make a difference...


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The cruelest myth of European colonization, whether in the subcontinent or the Levant or west Africa, remains the idea that we had nothing, that we didn’t build our societies & our peoples - that we would be wandering & wallowing in filth, were it not for their gracious violence.

Rafah train station entrance 1930. Colonialism only takes, maims and kills.

Shepherds4Good's tweet image. Rafah train station entrance 1930.

Colonialism only takes, maims and kills.


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Jessica Wick is one of my dearest friends; she co-founded Goblin Fruit with me, & is very much family. She lost her mother last month, & it's been harrowing to witness all the ways in which vicious systems essentially paywall the right to grieve.

On behalf of @tithenai, @WriteTeachPlay, @omgjulia & myself, we thank you for boosting this signal. In gratitude, many artists, poets & writers contributed to a gift anthology for whoever donates. A Gift in a Time of Grief for Jessica and Jeremy Wick gofund.me/e45e1f38



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i am honestly very here for the nicola coughlan bandwagon; she’s on a massive press tour and the two biggest messages from her have been free palestine and enjoy the tiddies - absolutely iconic behaviour

nicola coughlan the woman you are.

bellysinfinite's tweet image. nicola coughlan the woman you are.


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🚀 Crashlands 2 is crashing Steam Next Fest! 🌟 Dive into the demo hit us with your feedback. We’re all ears! Don’t miss this epic preview of our new adventure! 🎮✨#Crashlands2 #SteamNextFest #IndieGame store.steampowered.com/app/1401730/Cr…


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Please engage with the work done by @wawog_now, by @bookworkers4pal, and by @PoetsGaza. If you haven’t already, please seek out these groups and others like them. They are where the bloodied heart of literature is in this hour, and they need you.


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Please also donate and boost the many struggling fundraisers tracked by @gazafunds gazafunds.com


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