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Why we're boycotting Xbox (and maybe you should too)
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The 2025 Steam Winter Sale is live (runs Dec 18 - Jan 5)
Quick links: Steam Store IsThereAnyDeal SteamDB Sales Tool Hidden Gems topic Game Giveaway topic The 4H Club Share noteworthy deals! Ask for recommendations! Discuss what you bought!
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$6 Michelin stock in sixty minutes
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Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of December 21
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week! Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle...
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week!
Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle are most worth my attention?”
Rules:
- No grey market sales
- No affiliate links
If posting a sale, it is strongly encouraged that you share why you think the available game/games are worthwhile.
All previous Save Point topics
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As a reindeer herder, I am watching Norwegian renewable energy projects threaten our land, livelihoods and an Indigenous way of life the state once tried to erase
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Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets
This is the place for casual discussion about our pets. Photos are welcome, show us your pet(s) and tell us about them!
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How sewage can be used to heat and cool buildings
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TikTok monitored Grindr activity through third-party tracker, privacy group alleges
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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
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Statement from Mozilla's new CEO
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Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - Bamboo Houses (1982)
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Åge Hareide, highly successful coach who won domestic trophies in Norway, Denmark and Sweden, and guided the Danish national team to the 2018 World Cup, has died
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AI will likely affect administrative and operational jobs in heathcare
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Exploring dvd movie menu games
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Midweek Movie Free Talk
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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Linus Åkesson - 8-bit Boléro (2025)
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Bowen Yang is leaving Saturday Night Live after tonight’s episode
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What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's...
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
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Meet the biggest heat pumps in the world
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What did you do this week (and weekend)?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
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This life gives you nothing - Your attention is all you have. Wasting it is annihilating
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Dissecting bad internet bills with a digital rights advocate: KOSA, SCREEN Act, Section 230 repeal
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Why do commercial spaces sit vacant?
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Steam Winter Sale 2025: Hidden gems
Inspired by the recurring topic every Steam sale over at /r/GameDealsMeta: What are some lesser-known or overlooked Steam games that you recommend? Are there any genres you’d like hidden gem...
Inspired by the recurring topic every Steam sale over at /r/GameDealsMeta:
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What are some lesser-known or overlooked Steam games that you recommend?
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Are there any genres you’d like hidden gem recommendations for?
If you're interested in previous Hidden Gem topics, you can find them here.
For popular recommendations and general purpose sale discussion, please use the main Steam Sale topic.
Optional: Feel free to categorize your recommendations by number of reviews (as a proxy for popularity)
Category Maximum Review Count Shockingly Overlooked 20 Under the Radar 50 Buried Treasure 150 Underrated Great 500 Cult Classic 1000 Gem Graduate 1000+ 47 votes -
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Most parked domains now serving malicious content
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Legendary Star Trek writer David Gerrold has started a GoFundMe as he battles leukemia
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Medieval Myth Busting - Arrows vs Armour 3, using historically accurate reproductions from 1450
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Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news
Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like the game awards.2025, devices.smart and gift cards. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if...
Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like the game awards.2025, devices.smart and gift cards. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was out of the loop.
But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched
offbeatstories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!16 votes -
New Neon Genesis Evangelion short to premiere at event in February 2026
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2001
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A treatise concerning the properties and effects of coffee (1792)
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Linus Åkesson - 15 Years of Scene Spirit (2022)
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The Berkshire mystery: Where exactly is "Berk"?
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I need to tell you why coffee makes you poop
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Donald Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for US children
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Gift recommendations
What are some things that you enjoy, are useful, or recommend. I'd ask that you include the price in your native currency to give a ballpark and save folks the trouble of following links that are...
What are some things that you enjoy, are useful, or recommend. I'd ask that you include the price in your native currency to give a ballpark and save folks the trouble of following links that are out of their budget.
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JustHTML is a fascinating example of vibe engineering in action
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PornHub extorted after hackers steal Premium member activity data
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Disclosure Day | Official teaser
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Steam Replay 2025
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NOAA deploys new generation of AI-driven global weather models
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How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
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Digger | Teaser
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Oscars shock: YouTube wins TV rights to host Academy Awards from 2029
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Wells Fargo analysts call plans for all-day Nasdaq trading ‘the worst thing in the world’
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Experiences with foster system and support for removed relatives
Hi Tilderinos! First, apologies for the ramble. I'm based in the US. I got a letter from our state's child services department telling me that one of my relatives who is a minor has been removed...
Hi Tilderinos!
First, apologies for the ramble. I'm based in the US. I got a letter from our state's child services department telling me that one of my relatives who is a minor has been removed from the custody of their parents. The letter asked me to complete a form to indicate the level of involvement I'm interested in having with said child's placement and/or support.
We don't know what the child's situation is. I'm the furthest-degree relative they search for - hopefully someone closer will step forward, but unfortunately, based on what I know of our part of the family, other relatives may not be in the best situation to take on a child. I'm hoping that this would be a temporary situation and that the ultimate goal is for the child to be reunited with their parent(s), but we have no information at all right now other than "child was removed and we're looking for support from relatives."
I'm going to call the contact info on the letter tomorrow, as we received it after business hours today. We've discussed our comfort levels with caring for a child and what type of situation we could say yes to and what we would have to say no to. We are very fortunate to be in a stable situation (in control of our own housing, dual incomes, qualified for leave programs, etc.). Our point of view currently is that this child is a child in need of support, and we are willing to provide what we can as long as it's not overtly detrimental to us or to them. I already filled out the form the best I could in a manner that corresponds with our comfort level, which is approximately that placement with us would be a possibility but not right this instant, and otherwise we're happy to correspond or communicate in whatever way benefits the child. (We suspect that the child is currently 1-3 hours from us, so frequent physical assistance on our part would be less doable unless the child were placed with us.)
Is this something you've been through before? What experiences have you had with child placement? (I'm actually not even really sure what questions to ask beyond this, but if you have been down this road and are comfortable sharing, please do!) We've discussed adopting or fostering before, but only in hypotheticals, as it's something we weren't planning to look into for 5-10 years (we're in our early 30's and are not having bio kids). Something externally-initiated like this was never on our radar. Any guidance, tips for questions to ask, or experiences you would like to share would be welcome!
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Norway's national oil company facing £53m penalty for oil spills and gas leaks – Equinor accused of extensive and long-term pollution caused by years of inadequate maintenance
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Bitter Christmas | Official teaser
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