Michel Billard

Michel Billard

@goodenough.bsky.social

I play video games, board games, and love doing anything that tickles my brain. I build web apps for a living.

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Americans: Just a reminder to vote before or on Tuesday, November 3rd. You have ONE week to make a difference in this country. The best thing you can do is text a reminder to vote for any friends living in a battleground state. This is your chance.

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At least $50 billion for another pipeline. $82 billion in new military spending in 5 years. $300 billion in corporate welfare and mega incentives at an investment summit. But the cupboard is bare for Parks Canada.

PSAC-AFPC@psac-afpc.bsky.social

2,671 PSAC members at Parks Canada received notice this week that their positions may be cut. These cuts put our environment, natural and cultural heritage, parks, and national historic sites at risk. psacunion.ca/psac-raises-...

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Canadians want to prioritize clean energy over fossil fuels, Carney government told in internal report New public opinion research commissioned by federal government shows a majority of Canadians want to see Canada become a clean energy superpower

thewatchdog.caCanadians Want to Prioritize Clean Energy Over Fossil Fuels, Carney Government Told in Internal ReportNew public opinion research commissioned by federal government shows most Canadians want to see Canada become a clean energy superpower

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Using AI to do a crime does not absolve you of criminality. AI is just a computer program. It's already illegal to use computers to do crimes. Even other people's computers. Furthermore, AI is unnecessarily unsafe; using it to "accidentally" commit a crime should add charges of criminal negligence.

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Slow Game Club continues to be the best gaming related purchase of the year.

Slow Game Club@slowgameclub.bsky.social

💀 October’s Slow Game Club pick is here: The Drifter! A dark, cinematic point-and-click adventure from Powerhoof, just picked up by Sony Pictures. 2026 memberships are sold out - join the 2027 waitlist at www.slowgame.club. #SlowGameClub #TheDrifter #IndieGames #Halloween

Slow Game Club keeps delivering awesome games, well worth it for me this year!

Slow Game Club@slowgameclub.bsky.social

🍵 September's Slow Game Club features Wanderstop, a cosy tea shop narrative game. Join now for acclaimed indie titles that make you stop, think, and slow down. Under 50 subs left for the year! 🎮 £39.99 🔗 www.slowgame.club #SlowGameClub #Wanderstop #IndieGames #GameCommunity #IntoGames

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The racist Canadian group Dominion Society has a merch story which is powered by Canadian e-commerce company Shopify. @rachelgilmore.bsky.social explains the company's long history of failing to respond to hatespeech merchants thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

thetyee.caShopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | The TyeeThe company has repeatedly found itself in controversy over its support of ‘free speech.’

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The multi-billionaire CEO of Shopify thinks a “good system” is one where the poor don’t get to vote in elections and the rich get to vote several times over. I wish I was kidding. Oh, and guess what? This guy and his pals are trying to influence our politics -- and they're arguably succeeding:

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🚨 🚨 Win TWO tickets to the NieR: Orchestra Concert in your city!🚨 🚨 - Follow MinnMaxShow on Bluesky - Repost this announcement - We'll randomly pick 2 winners on Friday Learn more about competing in Trivia Tower and the concert dates here - www.patreon.com/minnmax/post...

My library has a lot of games and I've borrowed many of them over the years. At least Nintendo will probably stick with physical games for a while. I also often buy and sell used games, are they going to make up for it in some way?

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social

Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/p...

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The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant

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"After analyzing federal and industry records, including never-before-examined data on vehicle dimensions, we found that the rise of large pickups and S.U.V.s is an important factor." i'm sorry but how the fuck is this correlation just coming to light now?

nytimes.comThe Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

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A trove of internal records from a secret society for powerful figures in US politics, finance, and tech was left exposed online, WIRED has confirmed, naming participants in its events and revealing sensitive personal details they were assured would stay private.

wired.comLeak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ SocietyMore than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

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While his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully. Read more: www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...

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Replying to @anildash.com

Just emailing your boss, CCing the head of HR and your own personal email, and including a simple statement of the facts of what they are asking you to do by being on that platform is enough for any logical business to decide not to take the risk. If they want to be irrational, make them say it.

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Are you enjoying your 10c/litre holiday from the federal excise tax on gasoline (starting April 20)? The avg Cdn price fell 10c that day. But since then it's risen 20c. So the avg price now is 10 cents higher than BEFORE the 10 cent tax cut! (Data from gasbuddy.com) /2

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In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

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Corporations have found a creepy new way to rip you off. It's called "surveillance pricing" and it's coming for all of us at the checkout if we don't stop it. Add your name and help stop retailers from price-gouging us with the help of Big Tech: ndp.ca/surveillance-pricing

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Replying to @midimyers.com

i have the same question about every other kind of content that gets summarized via AI overview, btw. if you don’t have those anymore, the overview becomes even less accurate over time, because it’s pulling from older stuff or from essentially nothing

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If I said that some of your favorite VCs lacked the ability to introspect, and that they spent close to zero time thinking about how their actions had negative impacts on the world? You'd probably say that I was being unfair, by practically calling them psychopaths. They say this about themselves!

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Billionaire Marc Andreessen says he has "zero" introspection, and that the idea itself is a modern invention.

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HOLY SHIT. A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election. Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?

ms.nowDark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidateProgressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.”

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Did you know the PlayStation 1 boot-up logo has a missing pixel on it? Not sure who needed to know this, but I can't unsee it... and now NEITHER CAN YOU. 😎👍

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33 Immortals demo is live on Steam! 🎉 Grab your weapon and join the rebellion, Immortals! The demo is available for the #QuebecGamesCelebration, from Feb 16-23 ⚜️ #QGC2026 #CélébrationJeuxQuébec #33Immortals #IndieGame