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@J1NX3D4LIFE @BigJer2299 @UpYaArsenal It's sad because the remake would have had a ton of potential.

@ellchicago @BigJer2299 @UpYaArsenal Right. That's why I said "never seeing the light of day" 😂

I hope your landlord evicts you.

@J1NX3D4LIFE @BigJer2299 @UpYaArsenal The remake isn't going to happen...

@ellchicago @BigJer2299 @UpYaArsenal I know. But it wasn't for me. Maybe of the remake that's never seeing the light of day makes the gameplay better.

@J1NX3D4LIFE @BigJer2299 @UpYaArsenal YOU DIDN'T FINISH KOTOR?!?!?!😱😱😱 It's a masterpiece!!! It's probably the greatest Star Wars game ever.

@BigJer2299 @ellchicago @UpYaArsenal Neither am I. That's why I didn't finish KOTOR. And the sad thing is I really wanna enjoy it, but the gameplay is not my vibe.

As HHS Secy during COVID, Becerra rarely was the administration's point person in communicating to the American people on the pandemic. This may be the reason why.

@AstorAaron Trump is out of his mind, but what's new...

I see we're speed-running to the "if you don't think were winning, YOUR A TRAITOR!!!" phase. Always a vote of confidence...🙄

@J1NX3D4LIFE @UpYaArsenal Elden Ring broke Part II's record. It was Witcher 3 before Part II.

@ellchicago @UpYaArsenal I think the only game with as many or more awards was Elden Ring.

@UpYaArsenal @J1NX3D4LIFE The Last of Us Part II still became was the most awarded game of all time at the time. If there weren't controversies, it would have done better.

@J1NX3D4LIFE Ghost of Tsushima thrived off TLOU2 hate engagement. Almost nobody discusses that game nowadays. It was fine. Nothing special

Makary is out. Now the US has no CDC Director, No FDA Commissioner, and no Surgeon General. And the NIH Director who is also defacto acting CDC Director never trained in Medicine. During this hantavirus outbreak the US needs steady public health leadership and a authoritative voice to the American people. There currently is no one to fill that role.

Sounds like the Strait of Hormuz will remain shut for a good while longer.

Rasmussen's framing is correct, and the NYT piece documents the mechanism precisely. Kennedy was ordered to be publicly quiet about vaccines because the White House is worried about November. So he has been. Simultaneously, a $40-50 million CDC initiative is running, tasked with finding evidence that vaccines cause chronic disease - including re-examining the autism-vaccine link that has been studied and rejected for decades. His stated strategy, from 2024: building scientific evidence to "hold them responsible in court" is "how you really change policy." The initiative is the execution of that strategy. When Kennedy was pressed at a House subcommittee hearing to simply tell parents the vitamin K shot is safe - a standard newborn intervention since 1961 - he refused, saying he had "literally never said anything about it." Rep. Schrier, a physician: "That's exactly the point. You don't say anything about it, but the doubt you've created about all of medicine and science is causing parents to make dangerous decisions." The public silence and the $50 million research initiative are the same policy. Just operating at different volumes.

@J1NX3D4LIFE Joel's jacket is probably on the lose list as well.

@J1NX3D4LIFE I think Ellie will end up losing Joel's revolver, either Abby takes it after Seattle (which Abby will use to defend Lev in Santa Barbara and obviously loses as well), or Ellie will lose the revolver at some point in Santa Barbara. She loses her mother's knife. Ellie loses a lot.

The Last of Us Part II was the perfect litmus test to see if the audience was capable of empathy and forgiveness. Could you experience something so bad and unforgiving done to someone you love, feel spite and hate towards the person who did it, and find the strength to forgive?

@shashj This is probably more on the obvious side, but: It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism by Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann is a great one on Congress and it is still relevant today.

Curious to hear from US politics watchers. What sort of books, blogs, podcasts & broader information diet do you recommend for someone who will be covering these issues, beyond the obvious ones? Hopefully also a thread that others will find useful.

The trickle of MPs calling for Britain’s prime minister to leave has become a flood. He is—for now—pledging to fight, which makes replacing him even messier econ.st/4d6TR0M Photo: Reuters

More than 80 MPs have called for Britain’s prime minister to quit. He has squandered the second-biggest majority in Parliament since the second world war economist.com/britain/2026/0…

In a new trading update, Frontier restates that delays to new content are beyond their control but are working on getting back on track. They also report that Jurassic World Evolution 3 has been a financial success, surpassing JWE2. (nothing new, just keeping you in the loop)

Jess Phillips resigns as minister, telling UK PM Keir Starmer that "deeds not words matter" bbc.in/4txzrDg

Can't think of a single other president who would talk about a political prisoner in this way.

@giannisstape Ladies of the Willow World was a GREAT episode of Shōgun (though ALL OF THE EPISODES WERE GREAT), so I'm excited that Hiromi Kamata will direct an episode.

Andrew Bernstein (Ozark) and Hiromi Kamata (Shōgun) have joined The Last of Us Season 3 as directors Ole Bratt Birkeland will serve as cinematographer for these episodes. Also confirmation that S3 is at least 8 episodes.