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AND HE APPEARS IN MY CUTSCENES https://t.co/bUbl5WbTVD pic.twitter.com/S3wljo9evA

— mushy_rice (@bwautif) July 9, 2026

ESPN's AI vision overlay for the World Series of Poker predicts when payers are bluffing (AI roundup)

I talked to the AI engineer who built the model.

“It was significantly more difficult than I had initially hoped,” he said. “I can’t just, like, upload a YouTube URL and say, ‘find their tells.’”https://t.co/dwXDG4lvat

— ✏️Jacob Feldman (@JacobFeldman4) July 8, 2026

Initial concept for the Traxus faction introduction

Back to Vulcan for a moment. My initial concept for the faction intro video. Final intro vid was done by the talented team over at Arc Creative. pic.twitter.com/7oL0mtpMPM

— Dima Goryainov (@d_goryainov) July 10, 2026

Today's news and jokes

FIFA is now selling 2.5 inch cubes of the World Cup final pitch for $450 and up, but if you want a 3 inch cube of it, it’ll cost you $3,000. pic.twitter.com/ghbrkX1KUZ

— Brooks Peck (@BrooksDT) July 10, 2026

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Lego Sperm Whale vs Giant Squid

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Two new video game Humble Bundles

The narrative game bundle is twelve games for $10, "Fighting boss battles and journeying through open worlds is fun and all, but sometimes all a great game needs is a great story worth immersing ourselves in for a few hours."  

The "Squad Goals" bundle is nine games, plus DLC and a coupon for $10 (including a TMNT game). 

Finally, there's a few hours left for the rhythm games bundle starting at $5.

Unfortunately, I don't think this deluxe Skywarp figure includes the tiny Rock 'n Roll figure to cuddle

So the latest super deluxe Transformer by Flame Toys is Skywarp, and is up for preorder at the BBTS:

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However, from what I could tell, this won't include the special bonus Rock 'n Roll figure:

This officially licensed Skywarp has a special edition that includes a minifigure of Rock N Roll from the 2016 G.I. Joe comic!

Based off Giannis Milonogiannis’s art, this was from the IDW Revolution era where Skywarp became a Joe.

Kinda want this just for the obscurity… https://t.co/WO1PTxNGh8 pic.twitter.com/I5Kh6ewYAx

— Conrad Hauser (@gijoeguy84) July 7, 2026