PadCrafter has been updated! - Added colour customization -... Export as JSON (for Unity support) - Revised analog stick inputs - Clean Canvas View (removes grey boxes) - QOL Improvements More customization options and SVG exports are coming next week!show more

🎮 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 🚨 Big updates across... multiple areas of Varsity this month! • Coach Schemes in Dynasty Mode – Every coach now has a unique scheme and playstyle, influencing how your team plays. Do you stick with your staff and try new strategies, or hire a coach who specializes in your preferred system? • Audio & Settings Enhancements – A custom Varsity marching band drumline is being composed to add more energy to the game. Plus, menus now have sound effects, and new resolution options (16:9 and 16:10 ultrawide) have been added. • 3D Player & Stadium Models – The new player models are fully integrated, showcasing enhanced customization and animations. Pro-style stadiums for playoffs and championships are also in development! • Motion Capture Upgrades – Defensive back (DB) movements have been refined using motion capture for better realism. We’ve also improved base locomotion (running, turning, and movement) and are hiring a full-time AAA animation specialist. This month was all about refining core gameplay features and bringing more realism to Varsity. Stay tuned for more updates as we keep pushing towards launch! Support us on Patreon for Steam Pre-Alpha PlayTest access, and don’t forget to wish list on Steam! #Varsity #HSFootballVideoGame #DynastyMode #FootballGaming #HighSchoolFootball #CoachSchemes #3DModels #MotionCaptureshow more

◤Chaos Zero Nightmare Official Launch Confirmed — October 22!◢... Chaos Zero Nightmare's official launch date has been confirmed! Thank you to all Protos for your patience and support. Ahead of the official launch, a Developer Commentary video will be released in early October where we'll share our plans moving forward. We'll discuss the business model, game systems, as well as balance and design—topics we know many of you are curious about. Lastly, we'll be addressing the valuable feedback we received during the Limited Playtest. Rest assured that we're working tirelessly to make improvements to the game as we prepare for launch. Once again, thank you so much for all the feedback and support you've given to Chaos Zero Nightmare. Please look forward to our next Developer Commentary video coming this October! #CHAOSZERONIGHTMARE #CZN #ChaosZeroNightmareshow more

Update on the STONES Collection. 1. Staking is approaching!... We have been working on two staking approaches: one entirely on-chain with FluidTokens on Bitcoin, and the other with the talented specifically developed for the BLOCK and STONES collections! Very soon, you’ll be able to stake your stones to earn even more LORD.OF.THE.STONES. The staking launch is scheduled for the beginning of next week. 2. Airdrop of a Stone for All BLOCK Holders: We are working around the clock for this to happen as earlier as possible but it may take a couple more days to set up this global airdrop so that it can be executed all at once. 3. Updated Visuals on Magic Eden: The visuals for the STONES on Magic Eden are currently being updated to load quickly. Soon, it will also be possible to view the stone’s native inscription in 3D directly on Magic Eden’s viewer. 4. I will be hosting / co-hosting one Space per week on Twitter and one on the collection’s Discord to stay in touch with the community and provide live updates on the project’s progress. 5. Rune Token “Lord.Of.The.Stones” Airdrop: The date for the Rune Token airdrop will also be revealed at the beginning of next week. The more stones you have at the time of the airdrop, the more tokens you will receive. Please visit ➜ for details and further information. STONES ARE FOREVER.show more

This app has completely transformed over the last three... years and it is amazing to see how far it has come. - Launched X Chat and encrypted DMs - Launched Video/Audio calling - Launched Ad revenue share program for the creators - Reached a new alltime high of userseconds - Launched Community Notes - Community Notes passed 1M contributers mark - Launched the AI driven algo - Paid millions to the creators - Integerated Grok within the app - Rebranded as 𝕏 - Open sourced the recommendation algorithm. - Over 500 million posts everyday - Over 100 billion impressions daily - 650+ million users - 400000+ communities - #1 News App in 155+ countries - 2 billion+ app downloads - People are spending more time on X - 6th most visited website - Launched X Pro - Announced X Payments - Reduced child sexual abuse material by around 95 since the acquisition - Released subscriptions for creators - Removed legacy checkmarks - Prioritized the verified accounts to fight spam bots - All time low hate speech levels - Released new features in the shortest time period in Xs history - Exposed truth via Twitter files - Removed censorship - Restored free speech - Launched long form posts / Articles. - Improved the live streaming quality - Started paying the creators twice in a month - Added live chat to live streams - Enhanced the Community Notes algorithm - Added an ability to post timestamps while uploading videos - Added an edit post feature - Added view counts on posts publicly - Enhanced the support for Premium users - Added similar posts button - Added new app icons for premium users - Launched different tiers for Premium - Launched Verified Organizations - Added bookmark button on home timeline for posts - Over Ninety percent of the top 100 advertisers have returned to X - Video views are up as compared to previous years - All time high platform usage - Added more privacy options for calling - Introduced recruitment jobs feature for verified organizations - Expanded the community notes in more countries worldwide - Improved ad experience - Increased group chat size to 200 people - Lowered the eligibility threshold for ads revenue sharing from 15M to 5M - Rolled out vertical video ads for brands - Improved communities experience - Announced the removal of tweepcred system - Added live streams on the top bar of the feed - Improved live streaming tested game streaming - Launched the immersive video player - Made the process of reporting a post easier - Improved the UI - Announced the ability of group calling - Announced the removal of block feature except for DMs - Major upgrades to videos and media - Secured money transmission license in multiple states for payments - Introduced video downloads for verified users - Added an ability to limit replies to verified users only - Launched expanded bios - Made communities accessible in more countries - Added ID verification - Added an ability to hide likes - Added a tab for verified followers on user profiles - Added an ability to accept dms from verified users only to prevent spam - Introduced dm support for the ad customers - Announced that X will fund legal representation for users fired from their jobs for their posts - Included posts from communities in for you feed - Renamed notes feature to articles that will have no character limits - Added highlights tab to the profiles - Improved account analytics - Added an ability for community admins to spotlight their community in the profile - Introduced voice dms - Deleted millions of bot accounts - Introduced an ability to upload long videos - Improved advertisement brand safety - Introduced formatting for long form posts - Extended the community notes availability to more countries - Introduced individual reply to dms custom emoji reactions - Launched faster playback mini player for videos - Added an ability to allow dms from subs only - Continued UX/Ui improvements - Added air play button for videos on iOS - Added an ability to fast forwardrewind videos on - Became the most downloaded news app in multiple countries - Improved ad relevance - Removed child po*n - Introduced rate limits to prevent data scraping - Added fast forward backward feature to videos - Launched subscriber only replies - Launched spaces on web - Added an ability to hide the blue checkmark - Reduced scam accounts - Improved engagements for advertisers - Reinstated a multitude of suspended accounts - Introduced Multiple organization affiliate badges - Improved post analytics - Community notes debunking propaganda misstatements - Introduced verified badges for organizations - Launched X TV and many more features.show more

After driving more than $2 billion in token trading... volume over the last month, our final Wave 1 rewards pool now contains $12.2 million of NFTs and tokens, 100% of which will be distributed soon via your Wave 1 Treasure Chests! We've also added $1,000,000 of tokens to kick off the Wave 2 rewards pool. Here are some details on what to expect next. Progress on Wave 1 has now been locked. Shortly you'll be able to view your final Wave 1 Treasure Chest in a "pending open" state on your rewards profile. As shared last week, it will take our team some time to ensure the prize pool is distributed fairly and accurately. Our goal is to allow you to open your chests and claim what's inside by Oct 17. There are 63 Wave 1 Grand Prizes which can be discovered by anyone, but are more likely to be found by those who obtained higher tier Treasure Chests. We are placing WETH offer liquidity behind NFTs across any collections where we purchased 11 or more items. Any NFTs acquired by OpenSea via accepted offers will be placed into the Wave 2 rewards pool. Wave 2 will run from Oct 15 - Nov 15 and 50% of our platform fees will continue to fund a new pool of rewards. We are also kicking off Wave 2 by adding $1,000,000 of $OP, $SOMI and $ETH! Shortly you'll be able to login to your rewards portal to begin leveling up your new Wave 2 Starter Chest. Our team is working to add new features to our rewards program for Wave 2, which we plan to release in the coming weeks: - More Voyage Types - Increased Shipments - A New 13th Chest (Currently Locked) We are also listening to your feedback and evaluating ways to continue improving, including options for incentivizing loyalty and more organic usage. The team is now hard at work processing Wave 1 rewards for distribution and enabling your Wave 2 starter chests - we'll let you know as soon as your Wave 1 rewards are available to claim! 🔓show more

📢 Gray Zone Warfare: Night Ops World Premiere Reveal... Sept 6th After an exclusive first look at the Day/Night Cycle at Gamescom, we're bringing you the full Night Ops presentation this Friday, September 6th, at 1 PM ET (10 AM PT, 6 PM BST, 7 PM CEST) on Twitch. Join us live for a brief overview of what’s to come later this year. While it’s still a work in progress, the time has come to start sharing what we’ve been working on. Our first major update is designed for players seeking a deeper, more immersive combat experience. Night Ops will reward tactical prowess and adaptability, introducing new tools, highly requested features, and quality-of-life improvements that elevate gameplay and keep you coming back for more, both in daytime and nighttime gameplay. Creators and press will share their first impressions on the same day, offering valuable insights into the update. But the heart of our excitement lies in engaging directly with our community—your feedback and enthusiasm are what drive us. We look forward to your reactions and discussions as we gear up for the launch of #GZW: Night Ops. We're committed to keeping the community updated right up to the launch of our first major update and beyond. The Night Ops presentation is just a preview—future devlogs, posts, and streams will reveal more. Get ready for the first live reveal of #GrayZoneWarfare: #NightOps, this coming Friday on Twitch:show more

Show these videos to most Westerners and they could... never believe this exists in China 🤯 China has some of the best restaurants in the world. International and local chefs are constantly coming up with new concepts, unique menus, and creative decorations 🥘 While China’s economy isn’t as strong as before, deflation has kept food prices down and every night in the city I go out and see restaurants filled with people 🍲 Most people think China is cut off from the outside world. Instead when you visit China you’ll see China is learning and becoming more modern and international 🌎 There are now more high end coffee shops in Shanghai than NYC and London combined. Bakeries filled with artisan breads and pastries are all over China now showing foreign tastes have been developed on mass scale in China ☕️ China is opening up. Dozens of EU countries can now travel to China visa free. Yesterday New Zealand was added to the list. Foreigner visits to China is up 305% in Q1 2024, when measures from the same period last year ✈️ More foreigners are coming to China and it’s a great thing. The world needs to learn more about China. This country is simply amazing and truly changing the future of the world 🇨🇳 Come here to see a nation who is embracing their commitments to producing clean energy. It’s simply incredible how much of the auto industry is now dominated by EVs 🚗 Visiting China is taking a step in the future. Such an absolute pleasure to be back in the country for an extended stay 😃show more

I’m excited to introduce Artist Commons, a year-long, online... development program for early- and mid-career artists. Applications open next week, and the program starts in mid-January. ➤ Do you want to learn more about how to navigate the business of art? ➤ Do you want an artist community invested in your longterm growth? ➤ Do you want real feedback on your work instead of just some kind words from your friends? If you’ve been looking for a way to level up your art practice without spending an arm and a leg to get an MFA, Artist Commons is for you. Artists accepted into the program are paired with a mentor and a small cohort of peers at their level for weekly feedback sessions. Then tune in every month to lectures on the business of art, craft workshops from visiting artists, talks on various modern and contemporary art movements, and guest speakers working across the art world. You’ll build deep community with your fellow members through online meetups including regular reading groups, close looking exercises, and forum discussions, as well as quarterly IRL meetups in select cities. Developing this has been so inspiring and I’m so excited to build the community I wish I’d had when I was coming up. I can’t wait to tell you about all the amazing guests we have lined up. If you’d like to go into next year with a clear sense of purpose for your art practice, we’d love to have you. Below is the website where you can learn more about the program. Follow Artist Commons on socials. And sign up for the email list to be the first to know when applications open next week.show more

🚨 THE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD POWER CIVILIZATION FOR... THE NEXT 100 YEARS ISN'T FUSION. Molten Salt Reactors use molten fluoride or chloride salts as coolant and in some designs, the nuclear fuel itself is dissolved directly into that salt. This is very different from traditional reactors. Instead of solid fuel rods sitting in water under high pressure, these systems run at much higher temperatures but at atmospheric pressure, which dramatically reduces the risk of explosions or meltdowns. The salt can flow over solid fuel, or the fuel can be mixed directly into the coolant. Both approaches are being actively developed. Why this matters: • MSRs operate at high temperatures, making them potentially much more efficient at generating electricity and process heat • Low-pressure operation makes them inherently safer than conventional water-cooled reactors • Some designs can burn existing nuclear waste or use thorium as fuel • The technology could support everything from advanced power generation to hydrogen production and industrial heat The deeper implication: For decades, nuclear power has been dominated by one basic design concept. Molten salt reactors represent a fundamental rethink using a liquid that can act as both coolant and fuel. This opens the door to reactors that are safer, more flexible, and potentially capable of solving some of nuclear energy’s biggest historical challenges (waste, fuel efficiency, and public perception of safety). While still in development, MSRs are one of the most promising pathways for next-generation nuclear power. We may be looking at the early stages of a genuinely new chapter in how humanity generates clean, reliable energy. Do you think molten salt reactors will become a major part of the future energy mix, or will traditional designs continue to dominate? Follow for more frontier energy technology and next-generation nuclear systems.show more

Angelina Jolie Prioritizes Healing as Daughter Vivienne Drops Pitt... Last Name Angelina Jolie is staying focused on family healing as her youngest daughter makes a personal name change. 18-year-old Vivienne recently filed paperwork to legally drop “Pitt” from her surname, becoming Vivienne Marcheline Jolie — honoring her late grandmother. A source close to the Maleficent star shared: “Angie hasn’t been fighting and isn’t angry. She just wants everyone to heal.” The insider added, “If people knew the whole truth they would have more sympathy for the children and respect them. The fact they aren’t speaking ill or sharing things publicly only shows their decency.” This continues a pattern among the siblings, many of whom have chosen to go by Jolie in recent years. Angelina has spoken warmly about her children’s support during this chapter: “I think my fighting spirit is finally back. I lost it for a bit… and it’s coming back in large part thanks to my children, who are now older, and encouraging it. My kids are almost all 18, so now they want to see me traveling the world, they want me to get out and do things. They know me more than anybody, and they still like me, which says a lot.” (Video: AI) Meanwhile, Brad Pitt has been stepping out publicly in recent weeks with girlfriend Ines de Ramon, including attending the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce wedding and a World Cup 2026 match.show more

Dirac Finance — Update on TGE and Next Steps... (For Beras who can’t read, please find a tl;dr below in the next tweet) A. Global sentiment and commitment: 1. The past few weeks have tested the resilience of DeFi, and the Berachain ecosystem has shown strong coordination and stability. 2. At Dirac, our commitment remains unchanged: we are building on Berachain Foundation 🐻⛓ because we believe in its Proof-of-Liquidity consensus, perfectly aligned with Dirac Finance’s vault infrastructure and token design. B. Product: 1. After completing the first vault cycles with strong APRs, Dirac proved its potential as a vault infrastructure connecting complex primitives (perps, options, and other yield strategies) with users seeking simplicity and efficiency. 2. We are now in advanced discussions with DeFi strategists to deploy new vaults. Strategists’ compensation consists of sharing part of the yield (up to 3%). 3. On the development side, the Kodiak perps integration is live — thanks to Orderly for their support — and additional integrations are underway. 4. To become a fully decentralized vault infrastructure, we will deploy the $DIRAC token, a central element of both governance and the Dirac vault economy. C. TGE: 1. Last week, we finalized the TGE framework with Ramen 🍜. Major $DIRAC token purchasers, including W3f Group and our community, are aligned for a Q4 to early Q1 TGE. 2. The $DIRAC token will launch through Ramen 🍜 and be available on Kodiak in an Island v2 pool, receiving BGT emissions during and after launch. 3. We are reinforcing our team with DeFi OGs and vault curators to bring additional energy to the TGE preparation and post-TGE period. Team additions and partnerships will be disclosed in the coming days. 4. TGE details will be shared soon, once we finalize the date with Ramen. --- We believe in consistency, transparency, and hard work in all market conditions. We appreciate everyone’s continued support and patience. More updates will follow soon. Questions or feedback? Join our Discord and chat with the team: http:// Let’s keep pushing!show more

The Visual Studio Code insiders version that just shipped... and will ship in the next few days will come with an insane amount of new capabilities. A few highlights: - You can now run sub-agents in parallel. Yes, really. I even attached a video. - Major UX improvements for sub agents, especially visible in the chat window - A new search tool wrapped as a sub-agent that iteratively runs multiple search tools: semantic_search, file_search, grep_search Which connects nicely to the point above: multiple searches running in parallel, efficiently and fast - Anthropic’s Message API is now enabled by default - You can choose the model for the cloud agent (three available, all premium) - Extended thinking support when using the Claude cloud agent This is part of the broader multi-vendor cloud support under AgentsHQ I wrote about a few weeks ago - Tasks sent to the background agent (basically the CLI tool) now always run in isolation, each with its own git worktree - In a multi-repo workspace, assigning a task to a cloud agent prompts you to choose the target repo Same behavior when opening an empty workspace with no repo - Support for building an external index for files not supported by GitHub’s default indexing - UI/UX improvements for starting new sessions and switching between local / background / cloud agents - Skills are now first-class citizens, just like prompt files, with better UX indicating when a skill is loaded - Improved API for dynamic contribution of prompt files New V2 includes skills as part of the model. Curious to see the extensions that will leverage this - Finally, initial support for showing context usage percentage per session - Skills are enabled by default - Resizable chat window and session view. Small thing, but it was driving me crazy 😁 - A new integrated browser meant to replace the old simple browser Maybe the beginning of real browser use? - Better UI/UX for token streaming in chat - Ability to index external files not supported by GitHub There’s a lot more. Some of it hasn’t fully landed yet, but everything that has is already in Insiders. The next stable release should drop in early February. As usual, I’m just shocked by the volume of features this team ships every month. After the holiday slowdown, this one is shaping up to be a wild release.show more

📣 PUBLIC BETA FOR 'LEVERAGED VOLATILITY FARMING' (LVF) IS... LIVE! We are thrilled to announce that the LVF Public Beta is LIVE. 🎉 This is the first iteration of our long-expected foundational upgrade ‘Leveraged Volatility Farming'. Access it here: What to expect? 🎢🧑‍🌾 Volatility Farmers can engage in extra-safe Soft Leverage and Self-Lending via Dynamic Concentrated Liquidity Pods (DCLPs). New Pods can be opened and, once opened, existing Pods can be joined. 🫳💰 Lenders can earn stable income by supplying assets to Metavaults as well as individual Pods. The user experience will continue to undergo improvements throughout the Beta phase. As part of this process, we will kick off our UI Bug Bounty program for $20k worth of $PEAS within the next week—stay tuned for details. We are holding back on some aspects during the Beta phase as we test our product in the market. The team will centrally manage which Pods receive allocations from Metavaults during the Beta phase before handing responsibility over to vlPEAS post-main launch. ⚡️ We are further happy to announce that we've integrated another novel feature into LVF, which was also a key reason for holding off on the launch for a few more days. We've innovated an efficient method to flash source pTKN pairing assets for borrowers, fully independent from the availability of flashloan liquidity! In line with our commitment to safety, this feature has undergone auditing over the past two weeks and has now been incorporated into the LVF codebase. ✨ After this incredible journey, we are proud to bring this initial version of LVF to the public. We look forward to feedback from the community, which we will continuously review throughout the beta phase. Once our bug bounty program with SHERLOCK has concluded and we've addressed remaining UI/UX optimizations, we’ll gear up for the final step in our LVF journey—Main Launch. 🚀🫛 Onwards and Upwards! 🫛show more

✨ I open sourced my first Chrome extension 🚀... SuperLevels I vibe coded it to replace all my Chrome extensions that are increasingly being bought up by spyware and malware companies who sell your data or worse hack your accounts and steal your stuff/money/data, which I'd call one of the top security risks right now For example: Chrome extensions can read your cookies or localStorage data, including session tokens, then login to your web or email accounts and hack you, they can inject code into any site to pull data form any site you browse, then break into your crypto accounts, drain your wallets, and selling your browsing history to ad companies, but that'd actually be the most favorable thing to happen of all these! Chrome extensions are just very very very unsafe So I coded my own, that I can trust because I made it, and I can read the source code: my extension is called 🚀SuperLevels and has all the features that the Chrome extensions I used to use have but all built into one safe one The cool thing is it's 100% open source and free, and you can audit the code first with AI yourself before installing it, and then if you do install it, customize it to your liking again with AI It has these features that improve my daily workflow while browsing the web: 🚮 Tab Cleaner Automatically closes inactive tabs after a configurable timeout (default: 5 minutes). Set excluded hosts to keep important tabs alive. View and re-open recently closed tabs. 🍪 Cookie Editor Full cookie manager for the current site. View, edit, add, and delete cookies. Export cookies as JSON. Expand any cookie to see and modify all fields including domain, path, SameSite, secure, and httpOnly flags. 🔀 Redirect Tracer See every redirect hop your browser took to reach the current page. Shows status codes (301, 302, 307, etc.) with a visual chain. Copy the full redirect chain to clipboard. 🌙 Dark Mode Instant dark mode for any website using CSS filter inversion. Adjustable brightness. Toggle per-site or globally. Images and videos are automatically re-inverted so they look normal. 𝕏 X Dim Mode Custom dim theme for X/Twitter with 7 color palettes: Dim, Slate, Jade, Plum, Dusk, Ember, or a custom hue. Live preview in the popup. ⚡ JS Toggle Disable JavaScript per-site with one click. Useful for debugging, reading articles without popups, or testing progressive enhancement. Page reloads automatically. 🚫 GDPR Cookie Consent Dismisser Auto-hides and auto-clicks cookie consent banners. Supports OneTrust, CookieBot, Didomi, Quantcast, GDPR plugins, and dozens more frameworks. Toggle off if a site breaks. 🎨 Live CSS Editor Write custom CSS for any website, applied in real-time as you type. Saved per-domain. Supports tab key for indentation. 📺 YouTube Unhook Removes YouTube distractions: no homepage feed, no sidebar suggestions, no end screen overlays, no Shorts. Search still works — just no algorithmic recommendations. 🎵 Music Recognizer Shazam-like music identification for any tab. Captures 10 seconds of audio and identifies the song via ACRCloud (free signup, bring your own API key). Results link to YouTube. History of recognized songs. 🖼 Picture-in-Picture Pop the largest video on the current tab into a floating PiP window with one click. 🗺 Google Maps Links Re-adds clickable Maps links and map preview cards to Google Search results. 🖼 View Image Adds a "View Image" button back to Google Images, linking directly to the full-size original image. {} JSON Formatter Auto-detects pure JSON response pages and formats them with syntax highlighting, collapsible sections, and a dark theme. Copy or view raw with one click. Never triggers on regular HTML pages.show more

Wow. WOW. WOOOOOOOW. So um, that first Wildcard+Thousands stream... was... *amazing* and also... a *lot* 😅 In the end, it was *exactly* what we were hoping for - a true stress test of ALL these systems coming together for the first time. We are SO grateful for the thousands of people who showed up today to play, attend, tune-in and help us PLAYTEST all this new stuff. We can't wait to see you all again at NEXT WEEK'S EX2 EVENT! So, now let's talk about how it went... Stuff that worked: - Our community SHOWED UP. Oh boy did you show up 😅. Our servers were straining under the load... which is good actually, in fact it's the whole point. Even more importantly, we have already received insanely valuable feedback, bug reports, stuff people loved/hated - and it's only been a few hours since the stream ended. I can't even explain to y'all how valuable this process is. Yes it's stressful, it reminds me of trying to keep Words With Friends online during that first insane year, but it's EXACTLY what we were hoping for (NEED) to turn this into the polished, top-notch game and streaming experience we are on a mission to deliver. I truly can't thank y'all enough, and hope to see you again when we run it all back again next week 🥹 - The stream itself stayed up and was mostly stable! Phew 😅. For context, ThousandsTV is not a twitch wrapper, it's a web3-native streaming tech stack built we built specifically to connect game, web/mobile, and blockchain together all at the same time. There are a LOT of moving pieces going on behind the scenes. - We brought viewers INTO THE GAME! Viewers showed up in the stands of the arena, with connected wallets/assets, triggered actions/rallies from chat, and were seen and heard during the whole stream. - The brand new 2v2 build of Wildcard was (mostly) stable and our players and viewers seemed to be having a blast down on the field and up in the stands. It was thrilling to watch Team Blue dominate, even though Team Red held their own in game 3! - Our production crew did an insanely good job running the stream, managing the players, shoutcasters, and talent, and producing a top-notch show. Of course we will work hard to make every stream better than the last, but I was super proud of how our team "rolled with the punches" during today's event. Stuff that didn't work (and/or needs to be dramatically improved): - Although it's fun to see chat going crazy, chat spam is actually something we are passionate to FIX. As you can see from the attached video, chat spam dominated today's stream and made it impossible for anyone to even see anyone else's messages. We have some GREAT ideas for how to fix this and actually turn chat spam into a FUN and exciting and not annoying thing - but those improvements didn't get shipped in time for this event. - Credits purchasing flow needs a LOT of work. As I'm sure y'all know, bringing money on chain is pretty complicated, and although we've been working hard to make this as seamless as possible, it still needs a TON of improvements. Many users who WANTED to spend money today weren't able to and/or ran into frustrating bugs in the credit purchase flow. Fixing this is obviously a top priority for our team. - Rallies need a LOT of work. Spectator-interactive features like rallies are at the heart of our vision for Wildcard. These "stream apps", as we call them, are the UNLOCK for how spectators, viewers and fans directly connect and interact with their favorite competitors, content creators, and communities. The current rally feature HINTS at this potential, but it needs to be WAY easier to understand, use, and have fun with. Improvements are ON THE WAY. - Referees were only partially working. Referees are a key innovation of the Thousands platform. They are AI-driven "personalities" (NPCs) that pay attention to everything that's happening in the arena, both on the field and especially in the stands (i.e. in chat, during rallies, etc.) The referees then make "calls" at the end of every match, rewarding users for their engagement and participation. Unfortunately, the referees weren't fully functional and seemed to drop the ball on recognizing everyone's contributions (especially people who showed up holding valuable assets such as Wildpasses in their wallets, and people who boosted those rallies with credits.) What's happening next: 1. We are combing through ALL the logs from the event right now, to make sure we don't miss a SINGLE action that our viewers and fans took during the event, including what they brought in their wallets (i.e. Wildpass holders!), any credits that were purchased, rallies that users engaged with, etc. This information is normally processed by our referees, who then determine dynamically how they're going to distribute $WC awards. We were originally hoping to complete this process and the subsequent airdrops within a few hours after the event, but given the amount of data, we need a bit more time to run these scripts (and airdrops) in batches instead of all at once, and make sure ALL of the data is being included. IMPORTANT: I will keep y'all updated in real-time here on twitter/X as this process is ongoing, and let you know the moment it's complete and all the awards have been distributed (i.e. when to go check your wallets 😎) 2. PLEASE keep sending us your feedback and bug reports. Open a ticket on our Discord and let us know what you loved, what you hated, and especially what we need to FIX. Given the overwhelming response to this event, it will likely take us several days to process everyone's feedback and fix all the bugs, but we WILL NOT REST until every ticket is closed/resolved. Thank you in advance for your patience. 3. We turn it up another notch next week. As our dear friends Wolves DAO just announced, the Wildcard Exhibition Event #2 is streaming LIVE from the WOLVES DEN AT GDC next Friday! If you missed out on all the action today, DON'T WORRY, because as I keep saying: we are just getting warmed up (and there is a LOT more b that needs to be distributed, get what I'm sayin??? 😎) Finally: Just wanted to say THANK YOU, again. Truly, from the bottom of my (our) hearts. Your excitement and enthusiasm for what we're building is why we do this. Even (especially, in fact) when you tell us all the things you want us to improve. We thrive off this feedback, it's how this game and this platform go from good to GREAT. I am so grateful for those of you who are taking this journey with us. SEE YA NEXT WEEK!!!show more

For the past three to four years now, I... usually go on holiday twice a year — one international solo trip and one local family vacation. I do go for my solo vacation in spring and our family holiday is during the summer when the kids are on school break. Schools have finally shutdown for summer break last week and the kids are already all pumped up for our family vacation which will be coming up in few weeks from now. We haven't yet gone for our family summer vacation for this year but babe has already started making plans for our 2027 summer holiday. Last weekend, she brought up the idea of just the two of us going on a boat cruise next summer. She wants it to be just me and her without the kids. She suggested that we bring in a family member on invitation from Naija, such that there will be a family at home with the kids while we both go on a lovey-dovey boat cruise to western Europe. She advised that we should start saving up for the adventure by September. This woman and long term planning are five and six, and that virtue has been very helpful in helping us avoid financial pressure. We do everything with ease, thanks to her wisdom. For instance, two weeks before the end of the session that ended last week, we have already bought the kids school uniforms for 2026/27 academic session that will be starting in September; thanks to my wife's wisdom. If she hasn't suggested it, it wouldn't have even crossed my mind at all. I am awake now, staring at this beautiful woman sleeping peacefully next to me and I feel nothing but joy in my heart and total love for her. I am really blessed to have someone like her as my better half. I am the often chaotic and the more expressive person while she is the calm, quiet and better organised one. We perfectly compliment each other. It'll be our 12th anniversary in exactly a month's time from now, and I really look forward to our anniversary getaway weekend. Cheers to forever, baby.show more

The catastrophic flooding predating KP, GB & AJK is... obviously triggered by global #climatechange, which is fuelled by rising emissions and warming, but equally so by local institutional indifference to building real resilience for communities and society. The mega monsoon of 2025 has already claimed over 300 lives—most in KP—triggering landslides that wiped out villages, hampering rescue efforts with helicopter crashes, mass displacements. Why is this happening? • Forests everywhere are a shield against excess flooding, both in reducing bare-ground heating as well as for blunting climate shock and slowing water cascades. Deforestation in Pakistan is driven by illegal logging, wildfires, and the conversion of forest land for agriculture, commercial development, and mushrooming housing schemes. How much timber is lost to mafias in KP and the north ? Pakistan has the highest deforestation rate in South Asia and only retains 5 % forest 🌳 cover. In the last 33 years, Pakistan’s forest cover has alarmingly shrunk by 18%, falling from 3.78 million hectares in 1992 to a mere 3.09 million hectares in 2025. This devastating loss is most acute in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s districts like Swat, Chitral, Dir, Kohistan, and Shangla, where the illegal timber mafia relentlessly exploits ancient pine and deodar forests despite government bans imposed since 2002 and 2017. Large swathes of the "Million Tree Tsunami" disappeared in a sea of local graft, with saplings struggling to survive rapacious officials, flooding, neglect and poor audits. Locals report that 30 to 40% of Swat’s forests have already been destroyed, with the potential for up to 70% loss if this continues unchecked. The timber mafias operate with impunity where they "sanitise" local timber as coming in from Afghanistan. Each year, Pakistan loses approximately 27,000 hectares of forest, a critical natural defense that once protected communities from floods, heatwaves, and droughts. • Systemic failures on early warning have worsened the impact: Pakistan received $188 million from the World Bank for modernizing weather forecasting and establishing a disaster response system. Yet, unlike Bangladesh and Nepal, Pakistan failed to implement this vital infrastructure and by 2022 when the loan grant was saved from reversion at PMD it had to be repurposed for emergency cash transfers via the Benazir Income Support Programme for saving lives. Climate finance remains a source of inaction even in places where the commitment is available. • Unchecked urban development on riverbeds and green areas has destroyed natural shields for disaster reduction. From the Margallahs to KP, this march of "development" continues to cut through parks, green zones and what used to be protected areas. Graft and greed have led to land use rules being changed overnight, while permissions for building on floodplains, natural storm drains and channels for water flow have added to the devastation of areas and communities that could have been protected. • Melting glaciers, intensified floods, erratic rainfall now imperil Pakistan’s economy, food security, and very survival. Adaptation plans for national action & provinces remain paper documents referenced to elicit donor funding, or to activate delayed inputs. Plastic pollution continues to block drains and storm water exits in a country where there is no public literacy on pollution, and the role played by non biodegradable plastics in aiding monsoon flooding. Disaster management remains reactive and deployed in crisis, while today it faces overstretch at all points when faced with ferocity of extreme weather. To avoid deeper catastrophe, Pakistan must urgently seek more climate financing but build credibility too. It must locally embrace afforestation, resilient infrastructure, planning processes that actually mainstream climate action as policy not theory, reduce river & drain pollution, build empowered EPAs, support renewable energy. #ClimateActionNowshow more

Proud to announce the in-depth collaboration between Kingnet and... Alibaba Cloud in AI Gaming. Alibaba Cloud provides world-leading cloud computing, big data, and AI services, with disclosed revenue exceeding $15 billion in 2024, which is one of the most renowned global server providers. When two superpowers collide, the game changes. 🌊AI Gaming R&D By integrating Qwen 's LLM and Alibaba Cloud 's PAI platform (including PAI-iTAG, PAI-Designer, PAI-DSW, PAI-DLC, and PAI-EAS), Kingnet has emerged as one of the gaming industry's pioneers in AIGC-powered content generation and AI rendering. Together, we are accelerating the realization of no-code game development. 🌊GPU Computing Resources Alibaba Cloud delivers GPU-accelerated elastic computing services with exceptional processing power, supporting diverse workloads including deep learning, scientific computing, graphics visualization, and video processing - providing robust GPU computing capabilities for KingnetAI's demanding requirements. 🌊Cloud Service Optimization Cloud server deployment has become the mainstream choice for small and mid-sized game studios in global operations. Leveraging Alibaba Cloud server advantages, we will develop and deploy more cloud-native games to meet user demands. The disruptive innovation we're bringing to the industry: 🔸Minute-scale game asset production replaces traditional week/month-long cycles 🔸Single-digit dollar development costs VS traditional four-figure entry thresholds 🔸AI-powered NPCs with behavioral engines deliver dynamic player interactions, breaking static story constraints, etc. 🔜Kingnet AI V2 is approaching launch. The Agent system and game generation engine will be officially deployed across 3 chains: 🔹Leveraging Solana high throughput and low gas fee , Solana has consistently been a developer favorite, latest product will be deployed on Solana - with users paying $SOL for on-demand asset creation fees. 🔹Another key partner is BNB Chain ,We are actively participating in both the #BNBAIHack and the latest MVB 10. Powered by BNB Chain long-standing support for AI innovation. Kingnet V2 and NFT drop will be deployed on BNB Chain, providing developers and the community with comprehensive game-generation tools and support. 🔹As an early strategic partner of Kingnet, TON 💎 @TONEastAsia was one of the earliest chain to connect Web2 and Web3, Kingnet V2 will be deployed on TON, providing TON game developers with low-cost, high-efficiency asset generation, and supporting users to use $TON as an asset generation cost. The Future of AI Gaming is coming.show more