Yesterday we launched our new Kickstarter - Ollie's Arcade Expansion. Your support has already pushed us past 50% funded but there's a long way to go. If you're wondering why make Ollie's Arcade free, our backer post today answers that question. We hope you'll check it out & spread the word 🕹️

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games/posts/4591591

There are two forms of "good" media and people tend to think that the form of "good" media they think is good is the only one

First there's the technically impressive media: this is your classical music, your modern art, your Pluribus

Then there's what I refer to as "simply good" which is more like your pop music, your Our Town, your Stranger Things

I want to take a moment to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the Under the Radar podcast and @marcoarment and @_Davidsmith’s announcement that they’re retiring the podcast. The milestone and the decision are both genuinely worth celebrating.

I’ve listened to every episode of the Under the Radar, so I want to thank Marco and David for wearing their hearts on their sleeves while delivering a disciplined podcast that frequently jumped to the top of my queue.

I’ve never been an indie software developer, but I found the podcast extremely insightful. It’s influenced how I’ve thought about my non-indie software development career, not just as someone delivering bits that indies use, but also as a product person who writes software as a means to an end.

Some of my favorite topics touched on by the show have been taking risks, being willing to pivot when those risks don’t work out, keeping many different types of users in mind, and how to market one’s work and oneself (two different things that feed into each other!).

It takes integrity to “call it” when something is reaching its end. It’s the exact kind of integrity that’s critically important to many indies, and it’s important to me, too. My thanks to Marco and David for ten years of insight and experimentation!

"On July 10, I was on my way to work when ICE agents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face."

"I spent three nights and three days in federal custody... I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney... No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'"

https://newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-us-citizen-and-a-veteran-ice

Trump, given an excuse to do what he's wanted to do ever since he got mad and fired my brother from another mother. Per the NY Post:

WASHINGTON — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is among the offices being permanently downsized as a result of the ongoing partial government shutdown, The Post has learned.

The RIFs (reductions in force), which started Friday, will fire some of CISA’s 2,540 employees as well as thousands more within the federal bureaucracy — after President Trump repeatedly threatened to target offices cherished by Democrats if the party’s senators refused to reopen the government.

In an indication of the possible scale of the RIF, CISA had planned to keep just 889 employees on duty during a shutdown while furloughing 65% of its workforce.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/10/us-news/cybersecurity-agency-that-clashed-with-trump-one-of-the-first-hit-with-federal-firings-due-to-shutdown/

HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The “<output>” Tag, by @denodell.bsky.social:

https://denodell.com/blog/html-best-kept-secret-output-tag

#html

Marvel Studios leaving Georgia and taking all its productions to the UK because they don’t have to pay for employees’ health insurance there due to universal healthcare is a valuable lesson for America.

We’ll ignore it but the lesson still stands. Universal healthcare creates jobs.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2025/08/26/is-marvel-leaving-georgia/85829404007/#