Pyroxene

Just a little volcanic rock tweeting about Geology/Science/Technology/News in a personal capacity.
Politically homeless.
Also on 🦋 🌌.

[RazörFist @RazorFist]

Sony: [Deletes 500 legally purchased movies from your account]

"So anyway, this is how you're going to buy games now."

[DomTheBomb @DomTheBomb]

Let’s sum things up recently with PlayStation

- Increased PS5 Prices
- Removed over 500 movies/TV shows from PS Store
- Still wants to Focus on live service games after a whole generation of failure with them
- Closed Bluepoint
- Stop Disc Production in Jan 2028

What a joke…

[Pyroxene @clinopyroxnede]

@DaveGOwen @owenjonesjourno @SUFC18896 to combat a threat which isn't going to materialise bcs Russian can't even defeat Ukraine.

[Pyroxene @clinopyroxnede]

@DaveGOwen @owenjonesjourno @SUFC18896 Good lets invest in that instead of trying to double our manpower.

[NikTek @NikTek]

> raise console prices
> get rid of physical media

-> you are here <-

> raise game prices to $100 and beyond
> completely remove the ability to share any digital games
> buying new games will become an expensive hobby, but don't worry they'll definitely make a subscription tier for new games that come out
> hardware will become pricier, the cheapest way to play is using cloud gaming services
> offer a subscription that is reasonable at first
> gradually raise subscription prices

You will own nothing and be happy

If we don't act about Sony's outrageous decision to stop physical media in 2028, gaming might be doomed

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

Without scarcity there is no profit. In the 1990s we had the option to build out so much generating capacity that it would have been too cheap to meter. Instead we privatised the energy industry, and this is the result:

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

In 12 years, the Russian army has managed to hold 10% of Ukraine by pre-war population.

That’s its neighbouring country.

Anyone who thinks the Russians are going to invade the UK is a crank.

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Fixed it for you…

[Pyroxene @clinopyroxnede]

@StreakyAgain @andyburnham Poorer than South Sudan? Everyone unemployed?

You are actually mad.

[Pyroxene @clinopyroxnede]

@DanielPriestley Ones that have increased in cost are dominated by increases in fixed costs and ones which have stayed the same or decreased in price are easier to automate and have lower fixed costs.

[Pyroxene @clinopyroxnede]

@DanielPriestley This is nothing to do with government control/ownership or whether industries are totally left to the market and everything to do with the ability to automate these industries and whether these industries are service industries or manufacturing.

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Corbyn, the most actively anti-Putin Labour politician from 2000, was called a Russian patsy by this guy and his faction.

[Carl Doran🇮🇪🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Oppose Genocide @CarlDoran13]

The reason Burnham asks for "ten years" is the same reason Starmer asked for it:
Because they've no intention of actually improving our lives, but they believe ten years is the maximum they can get away with with pretending they do.

[Zoey 🌤️ @Zoeycialist]

This is simply the future of the so called 'liberal democracies' of Europe - leveraging Russophobia to justify public spending cuts to pay for weapons to fight America's enemies. An empire reallocating its resources away from its people and towards the point of it all (war)

[Pyroxene @clinopyroxnede]

@LouisWoodhill @sdkassis Above 1 million yes.

But who can argue this case for $1 billion and above?

Musk is now a trillionaire for pity's sake.

[Saad Kassis-Mohamed @sdkassis]

At a certain point, income stops being about reward and starts becoming power. Taxing income above $1 million at 80% is not about hating success. It is about refusing to let extreme wealth buy a louder voice than everyone else in politics, housing, healthcare and public life.

[Pyroxene @clinopyroxnede]

@Chronus8 @ClaireCoutinho Its higher wages because you need to attract people to do the work. If the wages are terrible people will look to be better compensated elsewhere.

[Pyroxene @clinopyroxnede]

@GMBCampaigns @ClaireCoutinho So why aren't the bin workers suing the council then?

[Andy @PositivFuturist]

Bravo Mullvad

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

Headlines from a deeply broken economic system...