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Brain Bear

@elucidarian.bsky.social

The Horizon games are set 1000 years in the future, but there's random data about the past. And, not too improbably, out nearer future. These screen snaps are from The Forbidden West sequel.

#videogames #prophecy

A record noting a category 6 hurricane hitting the Hawaiian Islands in 2028.

A news item about union workers in Las Vegas protesting AI dealer bots in 2049.

October 7, 2026 at 3:07 AM

☁️Hourly🤖Breezing💨

@hourlybreezing.ntw.app

Bluesky's Top 10 Trending Words (past 60min):
💨x1* - epstein 🔓
💨x1* - democracy 🔓
💨x1* - ukraine 🔓
💨x1* - gaza 🔓
💨x27 - 1﹐935
💨x26 - カルテル
💨x26 - okada
💨x26 - benin
💨x24 - merrill
💨x21 - ciara
*🔓 = Unlocked Emergency Words (see img)

#ListenToBlackVoices

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Word Cloud; its top words (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): epstein*, democracy*, ukraine*, gaza*, 1﹐935, カルテル, okada, benin, merrill, ciara, 2026/10/07, seguros, yates, marsch, janones, aho, sancor, samad, murph, mainers, guillermo, constituição, 2026-10-07, 10/6/26, messi, despedida, 남캐, mathematicians, mainer, eels, dustin, 1﹐936, yoshinobu, tremor, skydance, messi's, embeddings, eel, busey, 2026-10-06, связь, вода, yaxel, wren, tatyana, rainmaker, maren, lionel, lafrenière, fs1, bauers, 6×6, 454±1, कर, чайник, номер, внутри, woori, wook, vgk, poch, pivetta, ogre, masterchef, laf, cnot, capitán, ca+/cao, blackhawks, auston, посмотрела, город, tüm, suzy, seok, reimburse, potd, kazuchika, ble, benín, aden, @troyjackson207.bsky.social, 6/31, 10/6/2026, 公正, 公取委, कि, свет, между, кто-то, yax, svůj, sochi, quarrel, publicidad, pochettino, photon, petco, olofsson, militância, may's, marple, kiké, keisha, hertl, estudantes, dwts, conspiracists, byeon, 10/7, 10/07, 06-oct-2026, 農相, 日販, стал, слишком, разрыв, ángeles, witney, usmnt, truist, shorthanded, shipyard, shiloh, shani, reb, ravelry, proofs, market-maker, manifestantes, maine, lsg, larkin, lahn, laffy, khz, jaguar, irina, geico, esquerdista, collins, bronny, biff, bamba, anduril, 42×, 345, 여캐, 관계, 発泡, キンタマ, アイヌ, секунды, пару, невском, контур, буквы, большой, đen, vvitch, unsold, troy, sélection, swatted, susan, significativo, schmaltz, progreso, plutonium, ospreay, oscar-winning, nlds, nellie, ncis, morecroft, mittwoch, kuril, koska, kaito, itlg, hitam, eva, drjn, darryn, contreras, cifra, chang, braixen, bootstrap, atinge, artisanal, arsonist, ariela, aminata, albiceleste, @sd, 10/07/2026, 0s, 07/10/2026, ｲｯﾇ

Hashtag Cloud; its hashtagged words/phrases (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): dwts, aewgrandslam, inktober, inktober2026, locktober, voteblue, usmnt, nba, thevvitch, nhl, thewitch, kinktober, brewers, prescaregame_muc, phish, videogames, aewgrandslamfrance, nyr, murdershesaid, gohabsgo, fullmoonfrights, wwenxt, tummytuesday, seakraken, goonette, vwfc, goonfuel, 研究, padres, nlds, maine, lifestyle, fall, dubnation, windows, rain, gaychastity, teamlocked, stlblues, lgrw, kidlitchat, jocktober, cmll, canmnt, beyondthegates, america, ts, thisismycrew, sung-joon, solo-leveling, rainbow, pelicans, merry-berry-love, lee-sung-min, kang-you-seok, ji-chang-wook, imada-mio, if-you-wish-upon-me, han-so-hee, go-woori, gaus-electronics, cf97, byeon-woo-seok, autumn, amazondeals, ポケモン, woman, kinktober2026, isles, celebrities, bookreview, 1213, ポケモン性格診断, usdemocracy, ogre, night, minecraft, masterchefbr, hockey, helpfolkslive2026, gemini, finsub, cd, android, afazenda, zombiedayjobs, thighs, tattoos, showbiz, roçaafazenda, primebigdealdays, postseason, october, messi, imptober, drawtober, bitchslapstudios, bird, 육덕, tvsky, transnsfw, synthwave, singapore, secondlife, ps5, penis, njdevils, nbapreseason, mommy, mistress, jazz, interracial, habs, gangdoesgiallo, fatfur, american, aicommunity, 31daysofhalloween, 19금, 건벙, 横浜, プラモデル, アダルト動画, xbox, troyjackson, timestopfetish, timestop, threesome, thong, tedlasso, robomeats, retrogames, reptilecare, portugal, plague, ofertas, nuggets, ncisorigins, mac, inktoberday6, horrorfam, georgia, geckos, gamingnews, freezefetish, filmphotography, cyberpunk2077, characterart, carolinaculture, bulge, birdoftheday, birding, ausnews, altfashion, adventure, action, 성남, アダルト, ちい, เดลินิวส์ออนไลน์, นวดอิสระ, นวดผ่อนคลาย, ข่าววันนี้, מחקר, мысливслух, личное, xqc, writestuff, warriors, underwear, undertale, triphop, trendinggame, tiktok, telescopedeals, tavqotd, takenote, sözcü, switch, susancollins, splatoon, spb, sfusd, sandiego, romancelandia, resistencia3017dias, rangers, radiohead, qandaぇ, qanda, pc, payday, otestamento, noodlesanything, nike, newsbrief, nbathreads, monster, liveradio, la

Emoji Cloud; its emojis (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): 🧛‍♂️, 🥼, 👋🏽, 🎱, 🫸, 🪸, 🧙‍♀️, 🚶‍♀️, 🚕, 🗝, 🔤, 🔟, 📗, 👴, 🎩, 🇳🇮, 🇦🇷, ⛽, ☣️, 🫘, 🫖, 🫑, 🫃, 🪭, 🪝, 🧺, 🧱, 🧯, 🧢, 🧛‍♀️, 🧙, 🦸, 🦨, 🦧, 🦞, 🦛, 🦙, 🥫, 🥦, 🤼‍♀️, 🤳, 🤰, 🤝🏼, 🤜, 🤛, 🤙🏽, 🤒, 🟫, 🛳️, 🛜, 🛏, 🚶‍♂️, 🚎, 🙋🏽‍♂️, 😷, 🗞, 🗃️, 🖖🏼, 🖖🏻, 🖇️, 🕶, 🕟, 🔹, 🔲, 🔨, 🔘, 🔐, 📬, 📤, 📙, 📋, 📀, 💪🏾, 💆‍♂️, 👻, 👵, 👭, 👌🏾, 👈🏾, 🐵, 🐐, 🏾, 🏳️‍⚧️, 🏳️, 🏪, 🏤, 🏒, 🏇, 🍴, 🍲, 🍢, 🍋, 🌮, 🌚, 🌘, 🇾🇪, 🇸🇦, 🇵🇹, 🇵🇪, 🇳🇿, 🇳🇬, 🇲🇰, 🇭🇷, 🇬🇭, 🇨🇾, 🇨🇻, 🇨🇩, 🇧🇯, 🆓, 🀄, 〰️, ⛺, ⛸️, ⛲, ⛪, ⚫, ⚗️, ♻, ♣️, ♠️, ♍, ♌, ☯, ☄, ▫, ⏱️, ⏯️

Emoji Legend
💨x# | "Increased Trending Rate" for a Word (meaningful value; "💨x8 - burger" will mean "burger" is trending at 8 times its own normal rate for this time of day)
🔓 | "Unlocked" Ongoing Emergency Word (such words are not weighted down by their own previous usage; their *ongoing* increased usage--weeks, months, years--would otherwise move them down the list.)

[PREVIOUSLY USED]
⚠️💨# | "Trend Strength Rating"
⚠️🌀💨 | "Trend Strength Rating" (see above)
⚠️🌀 CAT. # | [same; "CAT." = Category, like hurricane]
💬# | 10min Post Count
🆎# | 10min Word Count
🙂# | 10min Emoji Count

October 7, 2026 at 3:03 AM

Alex Antra - Reconnect, The games writing discovery platform

@antranaut.com

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Clair Obscur Lost Its Indie Awards to a Placeholder Texture Nobody Was Tracking

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Clair Obscur Lost Its Indie Awards to a Placeholder Texture Nobody Was Tracking

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October 7, 2026 at 3:01 AM

KrookedLilly

@krookedlilly.bsky.social

Added tag to the lobby in our ExfilCraft server!

Join now on Java Minecraft 26.2 with Neoforge 🎉
Server ip - play.exfilcraft.com

Download:
modrinth.com/mod/exfilcraft
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#minecraft #minecraftserver #modded #videogames #gaming

October 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM

Dinet So-C | Isekai Protag/Revenant Vtuber | live 9pm

@dinetso-c.bsky.social

🔴Live now 9PM (MST)🔴

Dinet So-C : DOOM 2016 1st time playthrough pt 20 & Pokopia because sleepy time game

www.youtube.com/@dinetso-c

#vtuberuprsing #indigenousstreamer #ntvtuber #VtuberUprising #indigenous #vtuber #navajo #VTuberEN #NativeAmerican

Dinet So-C

yá'át'ééh shí eí Dinet So-C Dine Bizaad Altsiisigo Hello my name is Dinet So-C I am a Adventuring Revenant I like to play videogames casually and speedrun some games anyway lets hang out when I'm live...

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October 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM

Curts Corner Of Curiosities YOUTUBE CHANNEL

@curtscorneryt.bsky.social

youtu.be/PuGKstTu9Rg?...

My first episode of Earth Defense Force World Brothers 2.
Thank you for any support. Have a beautiful day.

#youtube #gaming #earthdefenseforce #videogames #gamingcontent #gamingvideos #gamingchannel #gamingcommunity

Earth Defense Force World Brothers 2 #1

YouTube video by Curts Corner Of Curiosities

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October 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM

The Brave Few

@the-few.bsky.social

Back at it… #gaming #coop #new #fyp #videogames

October 7, 2026 at 2:53 AM

🏳️‍⚧️ Shae Sherbet ($30/15)($30/75)

@hangover-honey.bsky.social

Y'all wanna play videogames with me, maybe?

October 7, 2026 at 2:51 AM

Kurix_Tooper

@kurixtooper.bsky.social

Another case of why #StopKillingGames is a NEED in the #videogames industry. While not the biggest fan of sports games, this is what it will look like in an all digital future.
NBA 2K Delisting Reveals PlayStation’s Scam - Inside Games Daily youtu.be/ktjBMjNPEeo?...

NBA 2K Delisting Reveals PlayStation’s Scam - Inside Games Daily

YouTube video by Inside Games

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October 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM

ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅⳊ

@serialbox.io

#nintendo #oc #cosplay #videogames #furry #goth

The Rogue Prince of Persia composer handling soundtrack duties on Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

Count Trackula

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October 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM

Alex Antra - Reconnect, The games writing discovery platform

@antranaut.com

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#gaming #videogames

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October 7, 2026 at 2:46 AM

Pan

@panluvme.bsky.social

looking for people to run dungeons with in ffxiv? come say hi
best discord server for gamers, not even close

🎧 active vc
💬 active chat
🍿 movie nights
🎲 game nights
#ffxiv #videogames
discord.gg/9rYFePPsK5

October 7, 2026 at 2:43 AM

bne IntelliNews

@intellinews.com

Nintendo to sell discounted Switch 2 bundle in Japan: Nintendo (TYO: 7974) will release a discounted bundle of its Switch 2 console and one game of the buyer's choice in Japan on November 12. Bne IntelliNews #Nintendo #Switch2 #GamingNews #VideoGames #Japan

Nintendo to sell discounted Switch 2 bundle in Japan

Nintendo (TYO: 7974) will release a discounted bundle of its Switch 2 console and one game of the buyer's choice in Japan on November 12.

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October 7, 2026 at 2:41 AM

☁️Now🤖Breezing💨

@nowbreezing.ntw.app

Bluesky's Top 10 Trending Words (past 10min):
💨x1* - iran 🔓
💨x17 - manny
💨x17 - contreras
💨x1* - ukraine 🔓
💨x15 - lionel
💨x15 - dustin
💨x14 - machado
💨x12 - messi
💨x1* - epstein 🔓
💨x11 - ji
*🔓 = Unlocked Emergency Words (see img)

#ListenToBlackVoices

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Word Cloud; its top words (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): iran*, manny, contreras, ukraine*, lionel, dustin, machado, messi, epstein*, ji, gaza*, democracy*, chang, skydance, wook, tillis, merrill, padres, maine, treasonous, tatis, susan, samad, pivetta, petco, maren, malfoid, collins, whitecaps, wes, stupidly, ogre, merry, mardi, mainers, leafs, hubs, fs1, 両親, アップデート, wick, suzy, streamed, reimburse, okada, misconduct, mathematics, mari, jackson, hottie, haile-selassie, gulp, enrollment, doable, dijo, deplorable, cheered, canadiens, bootstrap, 2026/10/07, 10/7, 10/6, 흑흑, 주는, 아무도, 飼い主, 返っ, 辞め, 締切, 絞っ, 経営, 納品, 痒い, 特権, 死な, 新着, 客観, 実行, 大臣, 不可能, モーション, ボカロ, バター, ダイエット, コピー, ひい, たのしみ, たすけ, до, élus, yawn, yates, wrestledream, womp, william, wartime, usable, unseen, unidos, tuesday, traveled, tracing, throbbing, tantos, takeaways, t_t, surpresa, soll, siberia, shirley, selección, saunders, salt, rollout, revolt, refreshed, refinery, recipient, raffle, qualifications, pátria, puntos, pumpkins, proofs, pritzker, polis, plague, photographed, philip, pelicans, pearls, partidos, obs, nuanced, novella, nlds, muestra, mori, mastering, limu, lend, larkin, interlude, hän, hurricanes, hasty, guarantees, granny, governors, glued, gauche, ganho, franco, fallacy, että, enslaved, enjoyment, ellison, discours, diego, depleted, demonstrates, deitar, dashboard, crust, crafting, constituição, choir, chic, chefs, cages, bunt, brewers, bongo, bolsonarismo, blockchain, blair, berry, bernard, berhalter, benin, bamba, ato, argentina, amazon's, aloud, aerial, @mayor.nyc.gov, @hopeful66.bsky.social, 93, 2026-10-06, 116, 1080p, 10/07, $10﹐000, 파는, 진심, 점점, 자체가, 자주

Hashtag Cloud; its hashtagged words/phrases (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): merry-berry-love, ji-chang-wook, imada-mio, if-you-wish-upon-me, inktober, dwts, nsfwbsky, bitchslapstudios, timestopfetish, timestop, robomeats, locktober, lingerie, inktober2026, freezefetish, vwfc, voteblue, videogames, tummytuesday, prescaregame_muc, nba, moviesky, kink, dick, cf97, brewers, thewitch, thevvitch, aewgrandslam, 변녀, thisismycrew, teamlocked, nlds, movies, mls, mexico, maine, linux, lego, gaychastity, furrynsfw, fullmoonfrights, comics, chastity, catsofbluesky, cat, 지인, 競艇, 研究, フィギュア, ニュース, yemen, wwenxt, woman, vamosfire, ts, tittytuesday, seakraken, rip, primebigdealdays, podcast, pelicans, orgasm, nuggets, murdershesaid, ice, gaypup, france, fatfur, dubnation, clocktobermusic, chile, cd, busty, bulge, autumn, ausnews, asian, ainews, 1213, 협박플, 조련, 일상, 암퇘지, 맘눌뎀, 마사지, 남존여비, 量子化学, 節約, 犬部, 武汉ts, 株式, 投資, 外食, 哲学, 同人, ポケモン, クリスマス, オンライン, エンタメ, イマソラ, ちい, おっぱい, xbox, wishlist, webcomic, web3, warhammer, wakeupamerica, video, vgencomm, vampires, vampire, usmnt, usdemocracy, undertale, tvsky, troyjackson, transnsfw, translation, traitors, toronto, topoli, thong, thighs, tedlasso, taboo, synthwave, soundcloud, slowhorses, slavaukraini, silenthill, secondlife, scifi, roçaafazenda, qandaぇ, qanda, puppygirl, pupplay, proudblue, project2025, privacy, postseason, porno, physicalmedia, phish, penis, peace, pcgaming, paypig, padres, orctober, orc, oliviachow, okinawa, ogre, octobercoverchallenge, noodlesanything, noai, nisa, newzealand, motionless, monster, mommy, melbourne, mac, llamaherd, llamagrama, kubernetes, krita, kinktober2026, jocktober, jazz, ink, infosec, hyper, hume, hashtaggames, hardcore, güncel, gorgeous, goonfuel, google, goodboy, geopolitics, gaybear, gamepass, gadgets, ftm, french, fox, fintech, finsub, fineartnude, fantasyart, fall, ettd, dv1, drawtober, domination

Emoji Cloud; its emojis (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): 🧹, 🪨, 👍🏾, ⛽, 🪩, 🧱, 🥷, 🥞, 🥛, 🥒, 🤛, 🤘🏻, 🔸, 👥, 👋🏽, 🐕, 🏒, 🎻, 🇮🇷, 🇦🇷, ✊🏻, 🪦, 🧸, 🧐, 🧅, 🦑, 🦁, 🥔, 🤼‍♀️, 🤰, 🤥, 🤟, 🤜, 🛐, 🚽, 😽, 😶‍🌫️, 🗣, 🗡️, 🖕🏼, 🕯, 🕊, 🔹, 🔷, 🔤, 🔞, 📩, 📕, 💪🏽, 👽, 👏🏾, 🐲, 🐣, 🐑, 🐐, 🐏, 🐌, 🏪, 🏥, 🎼, 🎫, 🎩, 🍸, 🍬, 🍏, 🍂, 🌶️, 🇾🇪, 🇸🇦, 🇵🇸, 🇮🇱, 🇫🇷, ➡, ➖, ✌🏼, ⚖️, ⚔, ☮️, ▶, ⏱️, 6️⃣, 0️⃣

October 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM

most embarrassing boner

@codhoward666.bsky.social

you can like videogames i love videogames you can even love a series but if you care about the logo trademark were killing you

October 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM

DreamStation.cc

@dreamstation.cc

Warhorse Co-Founder Believes ‘AI is not a get out of jail free card’ and That Execs Have a ‘simplified mental model’ of What It Means for Games

www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

#gamedev #indiedev #videogames #gaming #gamingnews

October 7, 2026 at 2:37 AM

NSonic79

@nsonic79.bsky.social

Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire on Sega Saturn
Won’t be doing any spoopy videogame top 10 lists. Instead I’ll showcase physical games of prior seasons. For a time this was the only way I could play this game at home in arcade quality. #octoberween #halloween #spooktober #videogames #retrogaming

October 7, 2026 at 2:35 AM

ryuurhal.bsky.social

@ryuurhal.bsky.social

I cannot believe I am pod racing in 2026. LET's GOOOO!!!

NOW Live >> twitch.tv/ryuurhal <<
NOW Live >> twitch.tv/ryuurhal <<

#twitch #videogames #pcgaming #xbox #stream #gamer #battledad #gamepass #starwars #starwarsgalacticracer #podracing #dwts #AEWGrandSlam #WWENXT #DWCS

RyuuRhal - Live on Twitch

I'M POD RACING! !socials | Streaming star wars: galactic racer.

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October 7, 2026 at 2:35 AM

Miss Lindsey

@misslindsey.bsky.social

Found some great finds lately online and at my local retro stores 🎮 What have you recently picked up? #videogames #retrogamingcommunity

October 7, 2026 at 2:34 AM

GamingHearts1

@gaminghearts1.bsky.social

Checkout gamingheartscollection.net for more gaming news, trailers, polls, videos and discussions. #gaming #fun #videogames #gaminglife

October 7, 2026 at 2:31 AM

DreamStation.cc

@dreamstation.cc

Elta: Defy All Gods - Coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam on February 2, 2027 - Demo Available Now

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFwj...

#gamedemo #videogames #gaming