2026-09-25T13:26:40Z https://nostr.now Rami Ismail (رامي) https://nostr.now/npub137uauepvde5vjpu8e9yp0rpm67rr9nx7xvee947r8ffextzpm5jqvmhac0 https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&cid=bafkreigey4byvroy7huhqnlahvav74wgsb7abuo37xjtfqnae6bhjd2mau https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&cid=bafkreigey4byvroy7huhqnlahvav74wgsb7abuo37xjtfqnae6bhjd2mau https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8p82n6ej3v8tpy0d6wl2g54m8rr3gu9yjwsj95pnhqmx0y7dm8xgzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgh4e5zs &#34;Game Pass subscribers will get a number of free cloud gaming hours every month: Game Pass Ultimate (at $23 a month) gets you 15 hours, Game Pass Premium ($15 a month) 10 hours, and Game Pass Essential ($10 a month) 5 hours. Extra hours need to be purchased.&#34;<br/><br/>The fuck<br/><br/>gizmodo.com/microsoft-an...<br/><br/>Microsoft Announces Per-Hour C... 2026-10-24T00:43:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvv0qnnqtj8p03p8tm2ecvv5dc2f8hqun9t7cfguvmjk857cw6s3szyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjg37p24w Game development<br/><br/><a href="https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&amp;cid=bafkreiab3bjfbwqr3uyo57wpdgrsfywyupcwcpiwolzayvaprcctc57fzu">https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&amp;cid=bafkreiab3bjfbwqr3uyo57wpdgrsfywyupcwcpiwolzayvaprcctc57fzu</a> 2026-10-15T10:44:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyyaddef49k95n0mcwwafcjvxezzqda6au3zex3ujsdl9ex85wk0szyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjg3zpzch &#34;Programming is hard&#34;, writes the company behind Unreal Engine, where coders for decades maintained foundational pieces of engineering underpinning the games industry, admitting that layoffs &amp; sloprot left them unable to code basically an advanced student project<br/><br/>store.epicgames.com/news/epic-ga...<br/><br/>The new Epic Games Launcher is... 2026-10-15T08:06:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxgav600gy4e2pzc97kf7rta8rf0zwwwt9wzhcydak4mh2nle58rszyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgrez6yv Genuinely the best physical game work I&#39;ve seen in a long time. Escalatrónico7000 was playable as part of the GLITCH Collective showcase at @sagabcngamefest.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy - tactile, poignant, and fascinating. Endless conversation about the little climber friend.<br/><br/>www.todonormal.com/pages/escala...<br/><br/><a href="https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&amp;cid=bafkreifxsimc2v72z7uz7cmhkyvfzdjvfymzj2qsothizvvp2b5skmxqp4">https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&amp;cid=bafkreifxsimc2v72z7uz7cmhkyvfzdjvfymzj2qsothizvvp2b5skmxqp4</a> 2026-10-13T16:31:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszawghz56yvwvw5uq45md78xpuw0gpsya423jnw8r0meghuvae3nszyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgzvy6hp I honestly have never considered switching from Google Pixel phones until they sent me a &#34;wanna celebrate destroying the lives of trans people&#34; as a system update.<br/><br/><a href="https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&amp;cid=bafkreicgmxkwu6iehug5447wzbgqhr6x4fazoaajdzisgvwwhyibvuwoge">https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&amp;cid=bafkreicgmxkwu6iehug5447wzbgqhr6x4fazoaajdzisgvwwhyibvuwoge</a> 2026-09-25T12:22:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9uratvfrgfzrqhhtptgdcupwuqcmjuq2zckgunxjhntxvgnzq8xqzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgy92wth &#34;You&#39;re absolutely right, there was indeed another commercial jet on the runway. That&#39;s my fault, I should have checked before assuming that runway was clear to land on.<br/><br/>Since the runway is now closed, let me know if I can help with anything else. Do you know how runway numbers are selected?&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&amp;cid=bafkreiduz642d2s2ox7sh3yenfiw5wbq3rdmxr7qawb7oclrcvebtapvni">https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&amp;cid=bafkreiduz642d2s2ox7sh3yenfiw5wbq3rdmxr7qawb7oclrcvebtapvni</a> 2026-09-20T03:58:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrkswper6nqe0letsrhnp3hhfjxmaerulkevsr8g833k5hne8qxgqzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjg3tah5m Based on everything I&#39;m hearing VAR needs to be renamed to &#34;Victory Argentina Reserved&#34; 2026-07-19T21:29:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgc3csv95vzdu3gf3vp0ffqmqtgf8dpqvaqgjladtsx5ufupzkj8szyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgq88wsj Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. <br/><br/>The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry. 2026-06-25T14:58:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswc09psm02pya8hufxpkcx8pt90svk3elpjc2dvqn787kzp9xacyszyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgc56wrj I dunno, I think it&#39;s fair. It&#39;s a little mean, but AI can easily be interpreted as the largest threat facing humanity right now. If a maintainer wants AI to stay the fuck away, it&#39;s very clear that asking nicely won&#39;t do shit. This will work.<br/><br/>arstechnica.com/security/202...<br/><br/>Fed up with vibe coders, dev s... 2026-05-30T22:13:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspydkyzn2l307z04zua544c42gh3qazrqz7ec8r94ymwxx6efj6jgzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgchyg4u It seems US tax dollars all take the same shape at the moment. <br/><br/>www.theverge.com/science/9396...<br/><br/>Blue Origin explosion is a maj... 2026-05-29T08:15:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw8fz4pa2v8myndsn4uh5akzkh9xxww0cejxtjqtp6twrqenfeptqzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgmlcq4v The fact that &#34;being taxed on a wealth that would take most people dozens of generations to gather&#34; is &#34;the scariest thing she&#39;s ever seen&#34; means the world isn&#39;t scaring millionaires and billionaires nearly enough yet.<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq9vkcn2dsvarj5pekzegzjgnf0tx3f8xq8p8z2upxl8yqmgaspuushwuyun" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…uyun</a></span> </div> Zohran Mamdani said he's going to start taxing rich people who buy luxury housing in NYC but don't actually live in there, and the former CEO of Twitter/X called it "actually one of the scariest things I have ever seen."<br/><br/><a href="https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:6arqeda2f5piwu7zien3b2hq&cid=bafkreiakq5lqw5dmdd6rsav34gqimh2exdvxb4hvpuvhsbzb34vxrhmjxa">https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:6arqeda2f5piwu7zien3b2hq&cid=bafkreiakq5lqw5dmdd6rsav34gqimh2exdvxb4hvpuvhsbzb34vxrhmjxa</a> </blockquote> 2026-04-16T16:36:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswnz3rg3qk7evc2whyn90943rdad8f6sqw3z482pmagczel3mn24gzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjg625el9 So Israel literally just imposed an apartheid execution law - if an Israeli commits murder in the West Bank, they get a medal after being performatively told that that might&#39;ve been a bit much. If a Palestinian defends themselves in the West Bank and an Israeli is killed, they are hanged. 2026-04-01T02:50:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0a4appzr6qhru65lq226a7cuvah5u5fnfczh99mwhpn6h3l56d0czyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgksvaek A good reminder of why process matters: for my first flights of the year, I flew to Calais/Dunkirk. The flight out was gorgeous, but on startup for the return leg I noticed the checklist left brake test failed. Now struggling my way back home by taxi and train, but glad I noticed and did no fly. 2026-03-21T17:33:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ldulukv6nq2h63pqjyhqqmnvcgh2h77lk5vfnsjc28wrxh5x6aszyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjghugu3g &#34;Hey ChatGPT, they found out I used you as legal council and believed you on the &#39;Project X&#39; thing and now I&#39;ve fucked up 250 million dollars and so everyone is making fun of me, what could I do to look cool again?&#34;<br/><br/>www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...<br/><br/>PUBG maker Krafton is an AI de... 2026-03-19T18:53:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs95rastckmw5yquzlzw7jqa5t72cnaufxj3jq9wmf6yrpslvverlqzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgyzwu8f I was asked to talk about DLSS5, but then I got angry about DLSS5, and so that&#39;s what in this @kotaku.com@bsky.brid.gy article.<br/><br/>kotaku.com/we-spoke-to-...<br/><br/>We Spoke To Game Devs And All ... 2026-03-19T18:06:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyt9xnt7ytelzhw4wcuqkayzj2jgxftd69jwxxvzck9n64e20kw9czyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgvhsfaq Okay so let me get this straight, a oligarch country that elected a suspected pedophile &amp; known rapist over his Christian values, and an illegally nuclear genocidal apartheid nation that keeps electing war criminals to do war crimes, those are the good guys because they bombed a primary girls school 2026-02-28T21:27:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst4wp4hp3hhuv7mrjsr6uac62g4cmsfmykrlqjjlu7g0095utdn9czyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgjezd8j I got a great question on my Ramadan thread: do Muslims also need to avoid consumption by proxy in videogames? Does consuming in-game food or drink break the fast? Basically: does your character have to go fast?<br/><br/>The answer is no, unless you happen to be playing Sonic the Hedgehog. 2026-02-19T00:49:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgallxw4e5wau5ld5qqzf7ynwd3fc25yf36g8eacu7gfz2k77u4rqzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgfg53k6 Godot&#39;s marketing strategy for 2026: let Unity exist.<br/><br/>Unity says its AI tech will so... 2026-02-16T17:41:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswezcx3eps2peplcz9qd0h9kmt0a3ycdx8224mn4c8q3r57apxlzqzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjg34uyyp Ah, I just read that the ICE terrorists even pulled the Israeli tactic of prohibiting official medical aid from reaching their victim. They didn&#39;t quite massacre the ambulance like Israel often does, but the effect is similar: ensure the injuries they cause mean death or permanent maiming. 2026-01-08T03:10:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfvymp0lkwexqey8gww87cjjuhk44c5g9llw6kgzm24q5ydcjphqszyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjg8f0d8n &#34;send back the things we gave to the genociders to commit war crimes against you so we can safeguard ourselves&#34; is so peak USA-Israel that no satire would be able to get away with it<br/><br/><a href="https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&amp;cid=bafkreigmgkabd2drjrt2inogacgdo44uxnwrqvajlhgx334lnkmotmywoi">https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347&amp;cid=bafkreigmgkabd2drjrt2inogacgdo44uxnwrqvajlhgx334lnkmotmywoi</a> 2025-11-29T19:44:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst4g08hg3j8cth5au9ggj578xwfhqjsvxextktrqr5h893jnmecnqzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjga4j2f3 Appreciate any US event that is inviting me to speak. I&#39;m grateful that there&#39;s such a demand for my perspective &amp; talks - but I really cannot justify traveling to a country under a fascist government actively hunting people like myself, &amp; sending them to prisons built for people that look like me. 2025-06-11T14:14:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs03te2hckr5qqjnjm2u7g0w686ngk3pajl6azrpq4r9zj3grsvy5czyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgeel88d Israel illegally boarded a humanitarian mission in international waters with heavy weaponry, then disappeared the crew. Al Jazeera is the only one I can find that is reporting on this without Israeli fluff or propaganda.<br/><br/>www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...<br/><br/>Israeli commandos taking Gaza-... 2025-06-09T06:07:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ngcqups0mh6vpd96t3urj5lx5855chd7gmjc34drv6nkty5jevszyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgyr6fvs I will entirely skipping @eurovision.tv again for its unacceptable shameless political choice to platform a violent, terrorist, genocidal Israel. <br/><br/>You should too, even if Eurovision is &#34;fun&#34; or &#34;massive for engagement&#34; - the EBU is choosing to ignore genocide. Don&#39;t be like or support the EBU. 2025-05-14T09:36:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfpfenfep56cqqzw0m09cva64adklu3gxy8gvg7kvqx003u9w5pvgzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgf6nye3 Don&#39;t let anyone complicit in genocide speak a single sentence without interrupting it. They must never escape it, just like they work to ensure not a single Palestinian escapes alive.<br/><br/>www.theverge.com/news/643777/...<br/><br/>Microsoft CEOs interrupted by ... 2025-04-04T21:38:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr4ryyx85mxt658txldzkqnkg2w0rqygz7gpztf0s4ylq0xu27n2qzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgnct08q I have shared this story, this thread, before - but I think given the state of the world, it&#39;s worth telling once again. Maybe it can help, especially if like me, you make art, and you wonder what the use of all of it is right now. 2025-03-13T00:11:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrveyplr0e8klm872u2pe2dph49krc56vzmr8c3kumkffncdy0klqzyz8mnhny93hx3jg8sly5s9uv80tcvvkvmcen8ykhcva98yevg8wjgq76uum Over my career, I&#39;ve seen the power of games, of play, of art, of joy. They manifest spontaneously, everywhere, always. They&#39;re encoded into our being, into our humanity, and no matter how bad things get, art galvanizes, play reinvigorates, joy motivates - it just happens. 2025-03-13T00:11:07Z