I made a game for GMTK jam. https://setphen.itch.io/shufflebomb

It’s easy to forget how much nostalgia influences our musical tastes, but I was just reminded as I caught myself genuinely enjoying a Backstreet Boys single from a Paw Patrol movie.

Here is an official statement from #TheBlackResponse (TBR) about the vote to remove #ShotSpotter microphones from Cambridge, MA. In addition to reviewing the reasons for their long advocacy to #StopShotSpotter, they also highlight the ways in which TBR's leadership role in the effort has been erased, sidelining the central black and brown voices in the effort.
https://binj.news/2026/07/02/opinion-the-black-response-on-the-matter-of-shotspotter-in-cambridge/

#surveillance #CambridgeMA #MAPol #policing #racism

A thought I keep returning to: Even if LLMs increase everyone’s productivity (I’m highly skeptical, but let’s say), they won’t increase our leisure time. We’ll just be expected to do more but now we have a cloud subscription.

It used to take four hours to do laundry. Now it takes less but everyone is expected to pay for a laundry machine and have fresh clothing, daily.

We used to walk everywhere but now everyone is expected to buy and use a car.

Has there been an extended video essay about the history of getting random things to run DOOM yet?

#caturday

For anyone trying to change careers away from tech: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/job-search/default-job-page/?jobRef=16449

“The game generously dumps four basic spells in your lap - fireball, iceblurt, pushypush, and an extremely satisfying telekinetic yoink that pulls bozos sharply through the air…”

https://www.jank.cool/fatekeeper-costs-seven-quid-and-has-a-kick-button/