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Kotaku Asks: SpyParty Designer Chris Hecker
The Q&A post is up at and I'll be A'ing Q's for the next 2 hrs, come ask about game dev or what ... »
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This might be the stupidest anti-gay letter ever sent to a newspaper #LGBTI »
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RC AirSim Learn to fly r/c model planes #indiegames »
Send Me to CodeConf 2015 by Manisha Sharma - GoFundMe
Help send a young woc to CodeConf this year »
AltConf Streaming of WWDC Keynote and SOTU Back On - AltConf (press release)
WWDC Keynote and SOTU live streaming reinstated at AltConf »
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The top question in @PatrickRothfuss' AMA »
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GREAT SHOWDOWNS by scott c. : Photo
Holy. Hell. Check out @scottlava's Mad Max Fury Road showdown. »
Black Game Developers
Oh hey, the #blackgamedev list now has a pretty URL: There they are. Hire them. Buy their stuff! »
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Need a place to sell games, tools, assets, comics, soundtracks? #gamedev Get started now »
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What Bill Nye Got Wrong in His About-Face on GMOs »
A Complete Taxonomy of Internet Chum - The Awl
A Complete Taxonomy of Internet Chum »
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Pink slips at Disney. But first, training foreign replacements »
blackhat.com/us-15/briefings.html#the-memory-sinkhole-unleashing-an-x86-design-flaw-allowing-universal-privilege-escalation
I am shocked, shocked, to hear that the absurd complexity of the anti-user 'security' features in x86 have backfired https://… »
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Good: NIH requiring submissions to a software contest on breast cancer to be open source. »
Work at Kickstarter - Operations Engineer — Kickstarter
wave: :wave: :wave: @kickstarter is hiring for Ops Engineers and a Backend Engineer »
On Red Wolf and Indigenous Representation in the New Marvel
This is a v good short essay by @Leask about indigenous representation in superhero fiction http:… »
An Intro to Haskell — CSS Perverts — Medium
I just published “An Intro to Haskell” »
Diversity: An Open Letter to Tech Companies - Life as I Know It
I'm writing an open letter to tech companies to help them do better with their diversity efforts & I need your help: http... »
"Trap Queen" is Our Generation's Greatest Love Song
"There is no greater love than that shared between two people immersed in common struggle" on Trap Queen ht @dstfelix … »
Utah cop executes unarmed man who was listening to headphones, gets away with it - Boing Boing
Utah cop executes unarmed man who was listening to headphones, gets away with it »
Cortex 1: I Don’t Really Like Work — Cortex — Overcast
Must-listen: @cgpgrey’s reaction to seeing @imyke’s iPhone home screen. »
Artist and Computer - COLETTE S. BANGERT & CHARLES J. BANGERT
@tinysubversions like that you named them after animals, reminded me of "computer grass is natural grass" »
More gender options on Pinterest | Oh, How Pinteresting!
be who you are and say what you feel: More gender options on Pinterest »
WE GOT A LOAD OF POSTS FOR KITTYTOWN - mlkshk
Someone out there is LARPing Neko Atsume »
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Bring Read/Write back! h/t @jolieodell »
On Repeat: How to Use Loops to Explain Anything - ProPublica
From @ProPublica, a pile of awesome gifs, and some thoughtful discussion of their mysterious power. »
I didn't like shooting games. Then I fell in love with Splatoon - Boing Boing
Today at Offworld, @laura_hudson gives us all the reasons to love Splatoon, even if you're not a shooter fan »
4chan tells is very little about Ben Garrison, but it tells us a lot about the net. — Medium
The remarkable story of Ben Garrison's trolling & me on the nature of 4chan & doppelgängers »
Delicious 3D Maps Baked into a RaspberryPi · Mapzen
Make your own GPS device with Tangram ES and Raspberry Pi »
The Hole Story by Girls Make Games
The Hole Story: A top-down RPG fantasy adventure — with a shovel. #indiegames »
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Crowdsourcing The Garbage Pit in Your Soul — Medium
@PhilDarnowsky @vogon @ibogost I hastily(?) prepared a response »
Tour - Stereolaffs
Tickets for Scharpling & Wuster live shows in SEATTLE, PORTLAND, SF and LA go on sale TOMORROW at 10AM PST! Links at ... »
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National Donut Day in Vancouver. »
geekwire.com/2015/lyft-driver-in-seattle-allegedly-drags-customer-behind-car-after-demanding-sex
Trending: Lyft driver in Seattle allegedly drags customer behind car after demanding sex »
SoundCloud, Trusted Music Resource, Is Changing -- Vulture
Ugh. Understandable but frustrating. Soundcloud is THE place to discover underground music IMO. »
Exclusive: New York City To Name New Chief Digital Officer | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
Congrats to @jessay286, NYC's new CDO! Always great to see an incredibly talented person choosing to serve. »
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The vice in subtlety | LESSIG Blog, v2
Announcing a new "publication" on Medium: Equal Citizens | LESSIG Blog, v2 »
Hello and Goodbye in Portuguese - The Awl
Beautifully done fiction about future work by @joeljohnson. (weird design pals) »
Eyeo Inspired Airplane Fun
While I still have airport wifi, here is a thing I made on the plane inspired by @zachlieberman's #eyeo2015 keynote »
Venus Patrol B-Side - oktotally: Dungeon crawling
From the B-Side: oktotally: Dungeon crawling »
Bill Nye: Millennials should aim to be the “Next Great Generation” - Quartz
“@qz: Bill Nye: Millennials should aim to be the "Next Great Generation" Don't let GenX off the hook. »
The Late Show Podcast is #1, Will Stay That Way Forever. - CBS.com
Welp, we knew this day would come. The @StarleeKine vs. @StephenAtHome feud begins. »
GREAT SHOWDOWNS by scott c. - “Oh, what a day… what a lovely day!”
It is done. One of the most epic showdowns of all time. And one of my new favorite movies... »
The Painted Desert — The Message — Medium
"My father’s life was a string of failures, money troubles, battles with addiction.” @quinnnorton buries her father »
The Full-Time Job Is Dead — Backchannel — Medium
we got 700 people to work for us and only had to pay one of them — FUTURE OF WORK »
tapbots.com/tweetbot/mac
Tweetbot for Mac 2.0: so clean, so wonderful. Kudos to @tapbot_paul and team! »
Above the Fray Fellowship: Details and Application : NPR
Apply to report from any corner of the globe for NPR Applications are due July 1. »
After lying and covering up, Facebook finally changes rules for inmates' pages - Boing Boing
After lying and covering up, Facebook finally changes rules for inmates' pages »
As you suspected: claw machines are rigged - Boing Boing
As you suspected: claw machines are rigged »
A future model for Twitter that doubles as... - Saila's Miscellany
A future model for Twitter that doubles as a future model for newspapers, from @sacca »
What not to do when covering a woman running for President | Fusion
NEW VIDEO: What Not to Do When Covering a Woman Running for President »
Transitland: Open Transit Data for All · Mapzen
Buses, trains, and trams are best when they connect. Same with their data. Introducing @transitland »
Why a Housing Moratorium Won’t Bring Rents Down — and What to Do Instead — Medium
A Housing Moratorium Won’t Bring Rents Down. Here's What to Do Instead »
The Lomography New Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens by Lomography — Kickstarter
With their fourth project, @lomography is adding a twist to their revived Petzval lens »
Tested at ChefSteps: How To Cook Amazing Ribs without Smoke or Fire - Tested
Did you know you can cook amazing, smoky-tasting ribs without a smoker? @ChefSteps showed me how »
How my doppelgänger used the Internet to find and befriend me | Fusion
What happens when your doppelgänger finds you on the Internet. »
The Magpie Collection | Indiegogo
Quickly drew a MakingOf screen of FRITZ STIBITZ in a car. Only 30 min left to get this game! http://… »
The Chronicles of Riddick (Unrated Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]:Amazon
@Gingerhazing How can you not complete the trilogy? »
The TwentyOne — Medium
Documenting the US Women's Soccer Team. Brilliantly. “The TwentyOne” by @thejulielogan /cc @ussoccer_wnt »
Alex Payne — Wouldn't Censorship Be Exciting
You might have seen some hubbub about a speaker being uninvited from @strangeloop_stl. Here are my thoughts »
Coraline (Post Credit-Scene) - YouTube
yeah here's the post-credits version. »
Edward Snowden: The World Says No to Surveillance - NYTimes.com
Edward Snowden, two years to the day after his first leak, on how the world of surveillance has changed in his wake: http:/… »
wilwheaton.net/2015/06/a-friendly-reminder-from-non-judgmental-ninja
A friendly reminder from Non-Judgmental Ninja »
Tracking impact: NewsLynx goes beyond Google Analytics to measure a story’s path in the real world » Nieman Journalism Lab
Tracking impact: NewsLynx goes beyond Google Analytics to measure a story’s path in the real world #cool »
Nuclear Throne Daily - Northernlion Plays - Episode 59 - YouTube
Nuclear Throne Daily - Northernlion Plays - Episode 59: via @YouTube »
Nuclear Throne (PC) - Episode 367 [Tarkovsky] - YouTube
Nuclear Throne (PC) - Episode 367 [Tarkovsky]: via @YouTube »
Connecticut teacher fired for reading Allen Ginsberg poem to AP class - Boing Boing
#Connecticut teacher fired for reading Allen Ginsberg poem to AP class »
7 Hilarious Robo-Falls from the DARPA Robotics Challenge
may this not be your future @nicolehe »
Skepta's Mission | The FADER
I'm hardly a connoisseur but this was the best music profile I've read in ages. »
thielfellowship.org/2015/06/2015-thiel-fellows-press-release
Blown away by what young people are skipping school to do instead: Thiel Founders @thielfellowship »
Man who spread chocolate on lawn to deter dog-walkers draws neighbors' wrath - Boing Boing
Man who spread chocolate on lawn to deter dog-walkers draws neighbors' wrath »
UK town considers hiring dog poo "investigator" - Boing Boing
Your move @CityofVancouver “@BoingBoing: UK town considers hiring dog poop "investigator." What a shit job." »
Digital Journalism: The Next Generation by Michael Massing | The New York Review of Books
.@nybooks finds @buzzfeed "conventional — and tame"; it "needs to become bolder and brasher" »
Edward Snowden, two years later: the world rejects surveillance - Boing Boing
Edward Snowden, two years later: the world rejects surveillance »
subtraction.com/2015/06/03/line-posters
Transit maps from lots of cities, graphically reinterpreted for pint glasses and other gear. »
The Internet’s Most Trolled Cartoonist — The Nib — Medium
The remarkable story of Ben Garrison's trolling & me on the nature of 4chan & doppelgängers »
On Repeat - Learning - Source: An OpenNews project
Glorious, GIFtastic explanation of why looped images work so well, from @ProPublica GIFmaestra @lenagroeger »
The Expensive Notebook Company - The New Yorker
The expensive notebook company. An illustration by Tom Gauld »
sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150601122445.htm#.VXC5fq79ljI.facebook
Missing link found between brain, immune system; major disease implications “I thought the human … »
CVS security guards sue: "they made us tail black and Latino customers" - Boing Boing
.@CVS employees sue: "they made us follow black and Latino customers" »
How textiles revolutionised technology – Virginia Postrel – Aeon
Textiles are technology — and they have remade our world time and again. »
Incoming @EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversatio… | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Incoming @EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn in conversation with @Xeni Jardin. #flickr »
This cat tower defense game is bananas - Boing Boing
Our expert on cat-related games, @laura_hudson, evaluates the "deeply weird" The Battle Cats »
You Got Gall by jchris - Listen to music
.@MayorPDX I wrote this during the safety meeting its about the big one and how cargo bikes are gonna save the day. »
The Universe and Forever - 20x200
Have a worried new grad on your hands? Give them some loving perspective from @wendymac »
inverted marketing funnel
Why Mailchimp's CEO hates the traditional marketing funnel - »
The casts of two Disney Broadway musicals get stuck in an airport and we’re the winners | The Disney Blog
Lion King cast stuck in Orlando airport meets Aladdin cast stuck in airport. I love live music. It does this. »
Don't Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software
The smartest programmers I know understand that their job is to put themselves out of a job. »
Wisconsin’s Abortion Ban is a Bad Idea–No Matter How you Feel about Abortion | Worse for the Fishes
"We could all pretend that no pregnant woman is diagnosed with cancer, that all fetuses develop kidneys and brains" »
The Age of Mechanical Reproduction - The Morning News
"Buses had stopped in the middle of the street. We heard rumors of trains like it was wartime." @ftrain »
Apple Music and the terrible return of DRM | The Verge
Succinct description of how crap the digital music landscape is right now: #endlesslockin cc @cxy »
Why the music on the Sega Genesis sounded so great | Polygon
The Sega Genesis had amazing music. A quick look at the hardware that made that possible. »
Lawyer who sued EFF blames Ars readers for hacking, defamation | Ars Technica
One good decision by Sanford Asman: followed by one bad one »
PayPal User Agreement: Users can opt-out of robocalls and autotexts | BGR
PayPal in the hot seat after policy changes forces you to receive robocalls. »
Six Colors: Is the Apple Watch intuitive?
Is the Apple Watch intuitive? I'm thinking yes. »
Report: More U.S. Families Living With Multiple Generations Of Xbox Under One Roof - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Report: More U.S. Families Living With Multiple Generations Of Xbox Under One Roof »
Home is where the future of games is - Boing Boing
Home, not post-apocalyptic waste-scapes, is where future of games is. Sometimes: same thing. »
What’s the EROI of Solar? | Ramez Naam
Solar panels generate 10-15 times as much energy as is used to make them. Possibly more. »
What Remains of Edith Finch is twisted, touching and charming | Polygon
“It's more of an intentionally strange game.” says @iandallas about What Remains of Edith Finch. Preview »
How Connie Schultz built a unique community on Facebook - Columbia Journalism Review
This journalist has 130K followers on Facebook -- what if she asked each for $1 a year? Boom: lifestyle business »
Shaving Dogs Into Cubes Is A New Japanese Craze And We Can't Stop Staring | MTV
Shaving dogs into squares is the new thing in Japan. »
Rev. John Lee Hooker, Jr.: A Groundbreaking New Gospel Album by Reverend John Lee Hooker, Jr. — Kickstarter
@Manolo @kickstarter just did 3. the pill doc john lee hooker & WLPN »
From Animal Cartoons to Opposition to the Death Penalty: Just About Anything Can Land You in Prison in Iran
12yrs in prison for a cartoon critiquing contraception laws? Release Atena! @khamenei_ir #Iran http://t… »
The Economics of Neko Atsume - The Billfold
Today on @thebillfold: The Economics of Neko Atsume (the post-apocalyptic future where cats rule) »
How apps track your location without asking for permission - Trustlook News
Impressive, scary research on how phone apps can track your location *without* permission »
Edward Snowden: The World Says No to Surveillance - NYTimes.com
Edward Snowden in NYT: This is the power of an informed public. The World Says No to Surveillance »
waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will-change-your-life.html
@TdF__ademe @Sbacquere A lire absolument sur ce sujet »
Witcher 3 and Diversity | Terminally Incoherent
Good article explaining why the “historical accuracy” and “Slavic mythology” arguments about Witcher 3 are nonsense »
Bitcoin and the Arts: An Interview with Artist and Composer, Zoe Keating
"Seek out interesting people who are experts on things you know nothing about & then just enjoy each others company." »
What to Be Afraid Of - NYTimes.com
"What to Be Afraid Of" »
Eulogy for Politwoops - Sunlight Foundation Blog
Meanwhile, at Twitter: "We wanna show private platforms cannot be trusted as public spaces... Ideas?" A hand goes up: htt… »
Trader Joe's Ex-President Opens Store With Aging Food And Cheap Meals : The Salt : NPR
Trader Joe's Ex-President Opens Store With Aging Food And Cheap Meals (in Dorchester, MA) »
BFF.fm/Kickstarter
If we all wish real real hard and pledge a couple bucks (every bit helps!) the Kickstarter can hit 60% today: https://… »
Study: half of black and Latina women scientists have been mistaken for admin or custodial staff - Vox
Study: half of black and Latina women scientists have been mistaken for admin or custodial staff »
The Piscivore's Dilemma | Outside Online
Is one of the most celebrated running coaches also a cheater? (by @DavidEpstein, @ProPublica) http://t… »
The Magpie Collection | Indiegogo
- psst, support The Magpie Collection if you want to visit these cool places! »
The Magpie Collection | Indiegogo
Our #magpiecollection crowdfund is ending in 2,5h! We made exclusive games, to get our stolen computers back. »
Sky Rogue by nihilocrat
Sky Rogue: A simple, difficult, feel good, fwooshy arcade flight simulator. #indiegames »
Justice Together
Nearing 10,000 people signed up for the launch of @JusticeTogether. Sign up NOW @ »
Twitch
latest #Overland alpha playtest kicks off soon minutes w special guests @tha_rami and A MYSTERY GUEST 7pm-ish pacific »
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Freshman Year - (Web/PC/Mac, free)"Not knowing where you stand" - @arrogantgamer »
Offworld
Have you read all three features I wrote in the past week »
Blog - April V. Walters - Portfolio
Happy #NationalDonutDay, ya'll! Time for my annual donut day portrait and party, this time with a special dedication »
HER STORY - A VIDEO GAME ABOUT A WOMAN TALKING TO THE POLICE
You can preorder Her Story, a fascinating mystery and interrogation game by Sam Barlow (yes, of Aisle fame) »
Work at Kickstarter - Software Engineer — Kickstarter
wave: :wave: :wave: @kickstarter is hiring for Ops Engineers and a Backend Engineer »
64 People and Their Famous Last Words | Mental Floss
“This dying is boring.” Wonderful list of last words from my friend @chrishiggins »
Open Positions: Help Perfect The Media Experience | Elemental Technologies, Inc.
Anyone looking for a Community Management job in Portland? @ElementalTech is hiring one, looks like a great role! »
Flying Toasters | After Dark in CSS
This one is for @rands »
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
@bysusanlin You can do it! One lifetime, but 11 lives, as @ZachWeiner points out »
Twitter
@tweetbot New Google Photo links aren’t resolved into images in OS X. But pulls them up. »
Apple
The landmark Steve Jobs "Thoughts on Music" anti-DRM essay is no longer available on Hmmm. »