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BREAKING! Infantino says the FIFA Forward plan, which would have been the private equity takeover of the World Cup, will not go forward after UEFA, CONCACAF and others opposed it.
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Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him https://aftermath.site/
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🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇
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I am optimistic for the good journalists that remain at The Washington Post. I hope this trends towards better leadership.
Natalie KorachNew: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday
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once you amass a certain level of wealth you should wake up in the dead of night to a ghost telling you that you will be going to hell
Lee HurleyAmnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
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Updated with comment from LinkedIn executive. The button will help train LinkedIn's models for identifying AI slop www.404media.co/linkedin-int...
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There's a counter blog to this under it: lots to hate here, of course (it's hater week!), but also some stuff to focus on for the future as well.
AftermathLuke says "It's extremely frustrating seeing what's become of video games journalism": aftermath.site/video-game-jou...
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Really happy with how this one turned out. Like I say in the post, some of these scenarios would make for a great workplace comedy if this wasn't the stupidest timeline irl.
AftermathWelcome to the resistance: meet the workers dodging (and sabotaging) their employer's AI mandates: aftermath.site/ai-resistance-...
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NEW: EA says all regulatory approvals required to complete its take-private merger with Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund and other investors have been obtained. Deal expected to close next week on August 4, 2026.
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we have officially smashed through the 5,500 mark! look forward to a new you are error episode about misconceptions surrounding the video game crash of 1983 in the coming weeks. now let's get that aftermath zine
Nathan Graysonthanks to the sale, we're now at 5,450! I have more than a year's worth of episodes planned for you are error, my previously short-lived podcast about gaming's greatest misconceptions, and am dying to get started. let's break 5,500
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debuting as part of @aftermath.site's hater week, here's my list of (so far) over 50 video game studios that are rejecting generative AI, each with their rationale for doing so
AftermathAll the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...
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I spoke with Lux, the high school teacher arrested for clapping at a data center zoning meeting in Kansas. some very interesting twists and turns in this one
“Clapping Is a First Amendment Right:” An Interview With the Person Arrested for Clapping at a Data Center Meeting"I have a right to speak. I'm here to speak. I have a right to clap, and if you want me out, you're going to have to drag me out."www.404media.co