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@Pirat_Nation Imagine a 90 year old reading this and their reaction. We have fallen so far and hold ourselves to no standards anymore. All trans people should not be enabled and should seek immediate therapy

According to Kotaku, several transgender employees at Wizards of the Coast said the company used their legal names rather than their chosen names on voter lists during a union election, resulting in some workers being deadnamed in front of colleagues. The list was shared internally, exposing some employees’ deadnames to coworkers. Employees said the company apologized after complaints, but the same issue reportedly occurred again during the following week’s voting process. One affected employee, Xib Vaine, said the problem was discovered when coworkers could not find employees by their chosen names on the list. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) allows the use of preferred names and does not require legal names. Employees also said Wizards of the Coast had generally been supportive of transgender workers in everyday workplace interactions. Several employees said the repeated disclosure was especially upsetting because deadnames can reveal that someone is transgender without their consent. Wizards of the Coast said it had provided legal names to the NLRB as part of the election process and acknowledged the emotional impact on affected employees.

@apexgamingpcs I do

Who wants a new PC?

@FallenZeraphine @Pirat_Nation Oh yea So that's why all big enterprise including Amazon and Microsoft and any other fortune 500 company use it for both servers and desktop machines

@Pirat_Nation People realised Linux is basically rubbish for real work and then switched back to Windows.

Valve’s latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for May 2026 shows Linux holding 3.99% of Steam’s user base. That’s down from 4.52% in April and 5.33% in March, but it remains well above the sub-2% levels Linux typically saw for many years. Steam Hardware Survey results can vary monthly due to changes in participation and regional sampling. Even so, Linux gaming on Steam remains much stronger than a few years ago and will keep improving thanks to enhancements in Proton, SteamOS, and game compatibility.

@JonDevX @XxThugShakerxX @CachyOS You can deploy any office suite to it through the package manager , maybe just have that automated or do it yourself in 20 minutes

@XxThugShakerxX @CachyOS Gotta do so on 50 machines

Mostly 14% total share of all Linux users using CachyOS. CachyOS is now the second biggest Linux distribution after SteamOS. Thank you all for your support! ❤️🙏

@OpenPleb @RageCrusader @Pirat_Nation Go look at epics terms of service and how they license you as well and you have made yourself a hypocrite. Just pirate if you wanna own a game and back up our saves

@RageCrusader @Pirat_Nation By making low IQ gaymers buy video games on Steam they will never own At least Epic gives away free games, the rest I just pirate

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is getting backlash after attacking Gabe Newell following the Steam Deck OLED price hike and saying he needs the money to buy more superyachts. Valve says the increases are due to rising RAM and SSD component costs, but Sweeney wasn’t buying it. “Valve needs the extra revenue to continue maintaining its megayachts.”

@vomontTV @RamblingOnDeck @Pirat_Nation You just tried to put a circle into a square

@RamblingOnDeck @Pirat_Nation For a guy who loves Linux. It’s quite odd Fortnite or a lot of games on epic store can’t be played on Linux.

@cbryantcms @Holyniwa @Pirat_Nation Isn't it the same with epic?

@Holyniwa @Pirat_Nation Nothing to love about Gabe Newell. We can respect what Valve has done, but at the end of the day, just like Ubisoft, Valve is an "Own nothing and like it" company. Everything you buy is a license to use, basically just a tenant on their servers who can be evicted for any reason.

@Pirat_Nation You Guys are pointing blame any place but openAI or anthropic or Meta. They are the ones with the datacenters, and Steam needs to be able to afford the RAM they are using to produce this machine with

Valve’s rumored Steam Machine could cost much more than originally expected after the recent Steam Deck OLED price increases. Reports claim Valve’s original Steam Machine price target was far lower, with early estimates between $600 and $800. Newer estimates suggest the device could launch at over $1,000. A more expensive Steam Machine would compete directly with gaming PCs and consoles.

@RedLightOn0 @CapitanJJ_ @Pirat_Nation I guess bro doesn't pay attention to his own country's laws, your EU is literally fighting to ban end to end encryption and then I gurantee you vpns Will be next then Tor, stop bootlicking just because you hate America when you're country is no different and has it's own problems

@CapitanJJ_ @Pirat_Nation The guy said from the land of the free...

Vladimir Putin has signed a new law that increases restrictions on VPN services in Russia. VPNs are often used to access blocked websites and protect online privacy. Russia has regulated VPNs for several years, but the new measures give authorities stronger control over internet access and censorship. The government says the law aims to improve cybersecurity and protect national stability, but peopple say is just another step toward tighter control of information and reduced internet freedom. Russia is expanding its “sovereign internet” system, which allows closer monitoring and filtering of online traffic. As a result, many VPN services have become slower, blocked, or unreliable.

@HeyItsBunty @Pirat_Nation They design "hardware vulnerabilities" to ensure there's plenty of ways they can fear monger people into constantly buying new machines. One day there will be a terrible aging weakness in windows 11 machines in 2035 and Microsoft will tell us we have no choice but to spend $$$$$

@Pirat_Nation They admit old hardware stays vulnerable by design. Comforting lie that "most devices are okay" while quietly raising the rent.

Microsoft has clarified what will happen to Windows 11 PCs that do not receive the upcoming Secure Boot certificate updates before the June 2026 deadline. The issue centers on Secure Boot certificates introduced in 2011, set to expire in June 2026. These verify that Windows boots using trusted software and protect against low-level malware such as bootkits. According to Microsoft, PCs that ignore the update could face: - Reduced protection against boot-level malware and unauthorized bootloaders - Inability to receive future Secure Boot revocation updates - Potential failures when installing future Windows feature updates - Boot errors or recovery screens after future firmware or security changes - Compatibility issues with newer Windows boot components Many systems will continue to boot normally after June 2026, so users should not expect sudden unusability. However, unsupported or older devices without updated certificates are most vulnerable. Microsoft recommends keeping Windows Update enabled, ensuring Secure Boot is on in UEFI/BIOS settings, and installing firmware updates from the PC manufacturer. Via: windowslatest

@Pirat_Nation Planned obsolescence

@MonstaliciousVT @Pirat_Nation I already been playing Warframe alongside d2 but guess I'll be coming back

@Pirat_Nation Welcome destiny refugees

Destiny 2’s live service ends with the final update Monument of Triumph on June 9, 2026. >All future expansions and content drops are canceled. >The game will remain fully playable like the original Destiny >The last update adding permanent features including Pantheon 2.0 Bungie is shifting focus to new projects like Marathon while leaving D2 as a finished celebration.

@HeyItsBunty @Pirat_Nation It's a predatory monetary tactic that I fell for as a kid. 10 year veteran here, been here since taken king, played 85% of the meaningful content, required probably 600 Dollars of mine and my parents money to enjoy

@Pirat_Nation Bungie finally admitting what players knew years ago Eternal content was just endless FOMO

@Pirat_Nation I played both Destiny games for 10 years of my life, since I was in middle school. Bungie via orders from Activision or Sony destroyed the game with their predatory live service model, marathon was how they recovered from the destruction of Destiny 2 which happened 6 years ago

Marathon is getting review-bombed after Bungie announced that Destiny 2 will stop getting major content updates after the June release. Bungie will also do layoffs according to Bloomberg. Many longtime Destiny players seem to be using Marathon’s review page to share frustration with Bungie over the future of Destiny 2. Marathon could be the next target from Sony if they don't meet their expectations.

@Pirat_Nation And the sky is still blue. Everyone involved is chronically online, make good games or stfu

Garry Newman, the developer behind Garry’s Mod and Rust, has reportedly been permanently banned from Knockoutchat, a major unofficial community forum for his games and s&box. Knockoutchat was created by former Facepunch moderators and community members after Newman shut down the official Facepunch Forums in 2019 because they had become expensive to moderate and increasingly toxic. The ban happened after some users asked Newman to publicly distance himself from comments and opinions associated with certain coworkers or friends. He declined, and several moderators then issued permanent bans one after another.

@aKaste72 @GaiusDemolitor @Pirat_Nation Isn't Russian regulations actively working to close the VPN loophole right now? Proton and mullvad vpn are the best but I'm sure Russia Will ban them first

@GaiusDemolitor @Pirat_Nation Ofc it's only a matter of time before all the remaining publishers close everything down for good. Anyway, VPN is the solution.

Russia has fined Epic Games approximately $27,000 through its internet regulator Roskomnadzor. The penalty is due to the company’s failure to store personal data of Russian users on domestic servers, as required by local data localization laws. This is part of a broader enforcement effort that includes lawsuits against major studios such as Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive. Courts have issued similar 2-million-ruble fines to several firms since early 2026, with additional cases pending against companies like Embracer Group and Digital Extremes. There are more affected titles like Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk 2077, The Sims 4, and Fall Guys.

@tdkr_0 @GaiusDemolitor @Pirat_Nation You can make your own decisions if you don't ask and nobody else knows, just food for thought from a Westerner

@GaiusDemolitor @Pirat_Nation How long have Russians been making decisions in their own country? Believe me, no one asks us anything.

@gamerthirst @GaiusDemolitor @Pirat_Nation Lol they are pirating and running game .exes through the non steam game feature. I do it on both windows and Linux, I imagine they do the same

@GaiusDemolitor @Pirat_Nation Russian language is #3 on Steam

@GaiusDemolitor @Pirat_Nation Maybe they do but what could they really do about it?

@Pirat_Nation Do Russians understand how expendable they are as a market? What's gonna happen is that most of those publishers will stop operating in Russia.

@stunlokked @Pirat_Nation -adult paywall sites. Illegal content being Locked behind a paywall for better monetization and an assumption of legality to hide from the service provider or law enforcement is ying and yang with sites like unlockme and gwop. Kickstarter wants to be an only fans competitor

@Pirat_Nation how did it ever get to a point where the payment processor has this much control ? it's not their job.

Kickstarter has officially reversed its controversial new mature content guidelines after huge backlash from creators In a blog post published today titled “An Apology: Rethinking Our Mature Content Guidelines,” the platform acknowledged that the detailed rules released last week went too far. The changes were by pressure from their payment processor, Stripe, which had begun suspending approved campaigns over mature content. As a result, Kickstarter is removing the new guidelines entirely and returning to its previous simpler policy: projects may not include pornography or illegal content. Payment processors can still review and potentially block campaigns based on their own standards.