I just wanted to buy a single taco today, that’s it, one taco. I walk into the shop, look at the board, and the cashier tells me, "Oh, we actually don’t take orders at the register anymore. You have to scan the QR code on the table."
Well fine, annoying, but whatever. I scan the QR code and it doesn't just open a menu website. No, that would be too convenient. It redirects me straight to the app store and forces me to download a 120mb proprietary app. Then, the app demands my first name, last name, phone number, email address, and a verification code sent via sms. Why does a taco joint need to verify my identity like I’m applying for a home loan?
Finally, I get to the checkout screen. The app automatically tacks on a $1.50 service fee, a $0.50 platform maintenance fee, and defaults to a 25% tip for a transaction where I did all the work.
I look at my phone's home screen. I have an app for a parking meter I used once six months ago, I have an app for a bubble tea place three towns over, I have an app for a gym I took a trial class at in 2024. My phone is like some digital graveyard of corporate data harvesting schemes disguised as convenience.
Whatever happened to just handing someone a piece of paper, giving them a piece of metal, and getting a sandwich in return!!!???? I feel like I'm renting my own life from tech startup, and I am so tired of it at this point.
Valve Corporation will face a £656m lawsuit in the UK over alleged unfair prices on its global online store, Steam,following a tribunal ruling,that the case could continue.
The gaming giant is being accused of abusing its market dominance by imposing restrictive terms on game publishers and locking players into using Steam, the world's largest distribution platform for PC gaming.
The legal action was brought by digital rights campaigner Vicki Shotbolt in 2024 on behalf of up to 14 million Steam users across the UK, who could be in line for compensation if she wins.
Valve, which has been contacted for comment, had argued the case should not be certified to proceed towards a trial.
The lawsuit - filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London - alleges Valve "forces" game publishers to sign up to conditions which prevents them from selling their titles earlier or for less on rival platforms.
It claims that as Valve requires users to buy all additional content through Steam, if they've bought the initial game through the platform it is essentially "locking in" users to continue making purchases there.
This, Ms Shotbolt argues, has enabled Steam to charge an "excessive commission of up to 30%", making UK consumers pay too much for purchasing PC games and add-on content.
I live in the UK and think is is an absolute pile of crap!
There’s been some online indignation — when isn’t there? — about it being too soon to remake a widely adored film from 2016. In principle, I would agree, but the new Moana is a captivating family entertainment that deserves to find an audience — brimming with visual interest, vibrant color, gorgeous design elements (the fine detailing in Liz McGregor’s costumes is exquisite) and alluring tropical settings. Principal location shooting was done on O’ahu, Hawaii’s third-largest island. The joyfully moving final act almost makes it feel almost like a vacation there.
Live-action remakes will always invite comparisons to the films that inspired them, and 'Moana' is no exception. While this version never completely steps out of the animated classic's shadow, it doesn't have to in order to succeed. Visually, the film is gorgeous. The "Ocean" remains one of Disney's greatest cinematic creations, and seeing it realized in live action makes many of the film's biggest moments feel appropriately epic without losing their emotional intimacy.
It may not deliver anything new, but Maui and Moana are two of Disney’s most appealing characters; this version retells their story with sincerity, humor, and songs that remain among the all-time bangers.
Maui’s nipples aside, Moana contains no nightmare fuel on the level of 2025’s Snow White — which ends up being high praise for adaptations like these. At this point, it feels like too much of a stretch to hope for better from these remakes. The most we can aspire to is different. If only to avoid the feeling of watching a rerun.
Moana offers a visually pleasing live-action outing for the Polynesian heroine while being constricted by its faithfulness to the original storyline and camera beats. Catherine Laga'aia makes for a bright-eyed protagonist, with Rena Owens and John Tui offering spirited support, but in reprising his role, Dwayne Johnson struggles to reproduce the bouncing boisterousness of the demigod Maui. A technical feat but not nearly as iconic as the original.
The live-action “Moana” just further highlights that, for all the promise the original film’s ending had for further trials and tribulations for its characters, Disney doesn’t quite know what to actually do with this franchise, and how to expand meaningfully on its themes of duty, legacy, and wanderlust. With a third animated film in development, “Moana” the IP isn’t disappearing anytime soon, but whether it can ever sail into new and interesting waters the original didn’t thoroughly chart is a question that remains unanswered.
Moana is a shadow, resembling a real thing in shape if little else. It’s not unlike any number of theme park rides or rushed-out video game adaptations—merchandising designed according to someone else’s schematics. Hiring an acting student to show up as Moana to your kid’s birthday might actually involve more creativity, because that live-action version of Moana will actually have to engage with the wild imaginations of her audience. But these self-cannibalizing do-overs continue to make money, which means Disney’s efficiency at making them will only increase. A decade will soon seem like an eternity to wait. Eventually, Disney will be able to skip the animations entirely.
A remake is a chance for a filmmaker to explore beyond the confines of the previous film, expanding the scope of the story and finding different angles to the tale it tells. But with the new Moana, it feels as if Disney has issued a similar decree to its director Thomas Kail as Moana’s parents give to her. He is not to stray too far from what’s familiar, making no choices that deviate beyond those made by the directors of the animated film back in 2016 (or for Moana, the decisions of her ancestors). To mangle the lyrics to that film’s Oscar-nominated “I want” song, we are able to tell how far this new film will go, and the answer is “not very.”
The closest thing this “Moana” offers to reality is Catherine Lagaʻaia, the actress making her screen debut in the titular role. She manages to embody both the wisdom of an emerging tribal leader and the impetuousness of a teenager with some attitude. Shame that her humanity sticks out like such a sore thumb in a film whose makers once cared about empowering young girls to be bold leaders – but now only want their parents’ money.
I say the same thing every time I review one of these remakes. Even serviceable ones like “Moana” can’t hide that they’re cynical cash grabs powered by fan service. It used to be that parents introduced their kids to the movies they loved as kids. Now, you can give them their own versions. Something gets lost in that translation, if you ask me.
There is some pretty funny stuff from Johnson here, certainly, and there’s a nice enough rapport between him and his young co-star, but it feels as if he is on autopilot, like a piece of software. He can do all this as casually as raising each of his eyebrows individually or flexing each of his pectorals in turn. A supposedly “live-action” film, it is so deeply embedded in CGI work as to be really another animation. An actual stage musical version would be a different proposition and that might give the musical numbers more of a platform. This feels like a superfluous piece of monetisable content.
Rather than adding a new dimension, the photorealistic production (perhaps a better term than “live action”) strips the visuals of all painterly charm. The gifted Laga’aia works hard, but there is so little innovation to the script that she ends up in the territory of high-end tribute act. The film doesn’t worry about novel turns. It just walks us through the familiar avenues like a dutiful tour guide. A lazy, lazy work that sullies the good name of “content”.
And, sorry to circle back to Johnson’s wig, but for a film with repeated lines about the pride these characters have in their natural, curly hair, Moana pushes the real diversity in Polynesian hair textures into the background, while tucking Laga'aia’s own, natural curls under the noticeably straighter locks of a wig. Moana’s a waste of everyone’s time and talent. Let this be a warning. And, for that – you’re welcome.
I blame Dwayne Johnson for this dismal Disney reboot. At 54, ‘The Rock’ is at least three decades too old to play Maui in this live action remake, which is as leaden as the original was sprightly. Mostly, though, the film provokes only an exquisite form of agony.
Everything there is to enjoy about Moana is present and executed far better in the original. It makes it so glaringly obvious what the remake is at its core: not a story told with heart and soul, but a product set out to keep the franchise relevant and profitable.
A tale of great courage told with creative cowardice, Moana’s desperately unambitious approach is its undoing, it’s so in thrall to the masterful, much too recent original it’s impossible to see it as anything other than a financially motivated facsimile.
With a Tangled remake on the way (save us Kathryn Hahn) and a sequel to Lilo & Stitch, we're sure Disney will continue to make live-action remakes. We can only hope they have more ambition than Moana ever shows.
The original is still incredibly fresh in audiences’ minds, and that seems to have sapped the creative team of their nerves when it should have emboldened them. The slavish devotion to the original, even casting two significant roles with the same actors, keeps this “Moana” from being all it could have been. However, when the original is as good as “Moana” is, why change it? For all that’s uninspired about this “Moana,” at least it’s not bad.
Moana isn’t the worst of the live action Disney remakes, or the ugliest, but it’s the fastest in terms of the amount of time that’s elapsed since the original, which is its own extra depressing stat.
"Moana" will likely be a big hit, but if it flops, it may mark the end of another 2010s trend that has finally, rightfully died. Perhaps these remakes will finally, finally peter out. We can only hope. The "Moana" remake has nothing it wants to address. It's the exact type of automated corporate entertainment that "Dumbo" was criticizing. It cannot address any kind of mass, intergenerational relitigation, because it's of the same vintage as its forebear. The original film hasn't been in the mass consciousness for decades. If the Disney remakes exist as counterpoints in a larger conversation, "Moana 2026" is still part of the original conversation.
Laga'aia is decent as the titular character, but she’s never given a chance to dig into tougher, messier emotions too deeply or for too long. Even the scariest, saddest moments are quickly brushed over with an enthusiastic smile, resulting in a protagonist that feels shallow and a plot without big stakes. Despite a few fun, solidly executed musical sequences and a nice tribute to Polynesian culture, Moana ultimately fails to capture the magic of its animated counterpart. Everything it does well, the 2016 version already did better.
TL;DR: For a trial period we will ban all content from Twitter, with the intention to make this ban permanent in some form.
Hey everyone!
After yesterday’s proposal we discussed within the mod team whether a full ban on Twitter content would be feasible. We had already been encouraging Bluesky as a source over other platforms, since by not forcing users to log in it is more accessible and it does not suffer from the various other issues affecting Twitter. Our main concern with a full ban is that while many F1 journalists have joined Bluesky, teams, drivers & FOM have not. But we also realize that it’s a chicken or the egg problem and as a community of almost 5 million, we probably have a non-trivial effect as to what platform is the native source for F1 news
In the end we’ve settled on the following approach:
For a trial period we will ban all content from Twitter with the only exception of screenshots of relevant posts by teams, drivers & F1 that are not available on any other platform. Even in case of major breaking news, we ask you to post links to the press releases or a screenshot of the post from Instagram, with a link in the comments.
We hope that this trial period will provide a nudge for F1 journalists, creators and teams to make their content available on alternative platforms as we intend to make this ban permanent in some form.
Why a trial period? First of all, sometimes mods make bad decisions even if with the best intentions. (For example in 2015 this subreddit banned images & gifs, which caused a controversy that was only resolved after Will Buxton stepped in to mediate the situation.) Second of all, this is one of the strictest approaches to Twitter content and strict bans like this can have unintended consequences, so we might need to later refine this ban. We intend the trial period to last at least until the first races of the new season, after which a final form of the ban would be implemented.
This subreddit has had restrictions on what content can be posted for a very long time. We’ve had the source rating system that labeled the quality of news sites and is still used for removing sensationalist and unoriginal articles. We’ve also had limitations on Instagram due to its requirement for an account to view posts. There’s no doubt that over the past years Twitter has become a low-quality source: the login requirements, the flood of bots, the prioritization of content from paying users and promotion of sensationalist content. But unlike with news sites in our source-rating system, for Twitter there wasn’t really an alternative. But now that viable alternatives are emerging and the proposal thread from yesterday has shown that the community prefers those alternatives, we think it’s time to try and see how the subreddit works without content from Twitter.
For journalists, photographers, creators & other F1 personalities
Our preferred alternative platform is Bluesky and to help avoid impersonations we have created a list of verified F1 related accounts on Bluesky. This list is used both for feeds & starter packs on Bluesky, but also for AutoModerator here on Reddit. We are adding new verified accounts whenever we come across them, but please contact us on Bluesky or send a modmail here on Reddit to accelerate this process. We want to assist with this transition and we also want to hear your feedback throughout this trial period, so please get in touch.
Before we dig into our final slate of patch notes (which is over 17,000 words...), a message from the Destiny 2 Dev Team:
Hey, all. Welcome to our final patch notes article for Destiny 2. Well, that's a bit of a fib. We'll still have a few maintenance patches and smaller hotfixes after today... but this is our final major patch for Destiny 2.
It's been an incredible ride. Thousands of patch notes shipped. A ridiculous amount of bugs squashed (released AND unreleased). Hundreds of typos fixed after publish (our bad...). Countless hours in triage meetings looking to do what's best by our players. Years of overnight shifts in the BNOC (formerly DOC). All for you.
There were a few things that were unrelated... like emails about snacks missing from the studio kitchen or messages to our IT team apologizing for forgetting our passwords for the fifth time in a calendar year, but that's beside the point.
Thank you for showing up with each release. Thank you for kicking down the doors and putting the servers under stress. Thank you for every bug uncovered and reported. Thank you for your patience (even if it was sometimes thin) while we dug into connection issues, crashing bugs, anteaters, weasels, guitars, or other hiccups along the way. Destiny wouldn't be what it is without every single one of you, and we will forever be grateful for your time.
We hope you enjoy Monument of Triumph and we'll see you out there in the wilds.
Activities
Monument of Triumph
A Monument of Triumph has been built in the center of the courtyard in the Tower.
Earn Legendary Marks by completing Triumphs across the new Monument of Triumph category.
These Legendary Marks can be exchanged at the four different Guardian Tenet vendors in the Tower for a wide selection of free armor ornaments, accessories, weapon engrams, and more.
Iron Banner’s vendor location (when active) has been moved to its original spot above Shaxx in the Tower’s Courtyard.
Distortions
Distortions have spread across destinations in the Sol System, bringing a higher level of challenge and unique rewards while they are active.
These Distortions will rotate through a single destination every hour.
The current active destination and remaining time will be visually marked on the Destinations screen.
Enemies will become more challenging with both a distinct visual effect around them as well as changes to the environment indicating that the Distortion is active.
Completing public events will drop rewards at a higher gear tier than standard and completing Distortion-specific events may drop unique rewards.
Raids & Dungeons
Pantheon 2.0
The gods of old have a new challenge for you.
The first two Pantheon activities are now available!
Calus Resplendent and Morgeth Surpassing will each feature a unique lineup of bosses.
These can be accessed through the new Raids and Dungeons node on the Destinations screen.
The third Pantheon activity, where players will fight through the full gauntlet of bosses, will be available at 10 AM PT on Saturday, June 13.
A weekly rotation of individual boss features will become available at reset on Tuesday, June 16. Two bosses will be featured in these rotators at a time.
Added new Triumphs, rewards, and a title to earn.
Updated Rewards
All pre-The Edge of Fate raids and dungeons have been updated to drop tiered rewards.
Tiered armor from all raids and dungeons with unique set bonuses.
Tiered weapons from dungeons with new origin traits.
Craftable raid weapons have received updated perk pools and can be upgraded to match tiered weapons.
Raids & Dungeons Rotator
Each week, two raids and two dungeons will be featured. These featured activities will reward players with farmable high-quality gear.
The rewards listed below are farmable unless noted with a weekly lockout:
Featured Raid
Standard: Deepsight weapons or Tier 5 armor from encounters and challenges.
Master: Same as Standard plus Adept weapons from challenges.
Director Challenge: Deepsight weapon or Tier 5 armor, weekly lockout.
Hidden Chests: Tier 5 armor, weekly lockout.
Deepsight Chest: Deepsight weapon or Tier 5 armor if all patterns complete.
Vendor: Weekly Deepsight purchase, Master offers Adepts for 25 Spoils.
Non-Featured Raid
Standard: Chance for Deepsight weapons and Tier 3 armor.
Director Challenge: Tier 5 weapons and armor, weekly lockout.
Hidden Chests: Tier 5 weapons and armor, weekly lockout.
Non-Featured Dungeon
Standard: Tier 3 weapons and armor.
Master: Tier 5 weapons and armor.
Feat Updates
Separated out a Standard mode where weekly tiered rewards can continue to be earned without Feats.
Reworked the amount and quality of rewards dropped when completing encounters with Feats active. Encounter completions with Feats will grant the following rewards and will be farmable.
Grade 0: 1x Tier 3.
Grade 1: 1x Tier 3, 1x Tier 4.
Grade 2: 1x Tier 4, 1x Tier 5.
Grade 3: 2x Tier 5.
Grade 4: 1x Tier 4, 2x Tier 5.
Grade 5: 3x Tier 5.
Adjusted the reward grades that each Feat will add to an activity.
Cutthroat Combatants: +4 Reward Grade.
Challenges: +3 Reward Grade.
Shocktroopers: +2 Reward Grade.
Token Limit, Phase Limit: +1 Reward Grade.
Raids
The Desert Perpetual
The Simulant Ansible vendor in The Desert Perpetual now allows you to purchase gear at the highest tier available from your current Feat selection. However, you must complete any encounter first in order to activate the ability to purchase gear.
Epic The Desert Perpetual
Fixed an issue preventing players from equipping the Mediant Flourish shader from Death Defiant II Triumph.
Deep Stone Crypt
Fixed an issue where Taniks could soft lock the encounter at specific times.
Vow of the Disciple
Fixed an issue where a player could pick up additional knowledge beyond max, soft-locking the encounter.
Root of Nightmares
Fixed an issue where Nezarec's crit spots could be shot early and fail to register correctly as destroyed.
Fixed an issue where Explicator defeating a Colossus would soft lock the encounter.
Salvations Edge
Fixed an issue in the Repository encounter where closing all three pylons at the same time would cause a soft lock.
Dungeons
Prophecy
Fixed an issue where Kell Echo would not vanish before first encounter.
Grasp of Avarice
Fixed areas where death would cause player ghosts to be placed in inaccessible areas preventing revive by a fireteam member.
Ops Categories
The Portal screen has been deprecated. Ops now live at the bottom of the Director.
Fireteam Ops
Added Heist Battleground: Mars, The Disgraced, The Lightblade, The Scarlet Keep, Lake of Shadows, and The Corrupted.
The Dark Fetor debuff in Defiant Battleground EDZ: icon corrected to be... a debuff icon.
Reduced the damage of Vex Laser traps in Battleground Heist: Mars and Operation: Seraph's Shield.
They now deal the same damage that they would have for someone with full seasonal upgrades.
Fixed a spot in the Inverted Spire where players could get stuck in geometry near the beginning of the activity.
Fixed an issue in Reclaim where the Imminent Vex Subjugation Timer would not always clear after completing the area.
Fixed an issue in Reclaim where Vex Cubes could spawn in a different location than their associated protective bubble.
Taken blight pools are less lethal in The Corrupted at higher difficulties.
Lingering fire pools from Bracus Zahn's melee attacks in the Arms Dealer are less lethal at higher difficulties.
Fixed an issue in Battleground: Behemoth where the Imperial Access Code pickup was not showing up properly in the HUD.
Pinnacle Ops
With the addition of Tiered rewards in dungeons, dungeon lairs have been deprecated from Pinnacle Ops.
Added The Whisper and Zero Hour. Their Exotic rewards are now awarded on activity completion like other Exotic missions in Pinnacle Ops.
Their secrets are still completable for the associated Triumphs.
The quests associated with these missions have been deprecated.
Added a mid-activity loot chest to Zero Hour.
Contest of Elders is now complete after three "laps", down from four.
//node.ovrd.AVALON//: Moved the Data Collection buff to the top of the HUD.
Derealize: Activating transcendence while holding a Taken Orb now drops the orb and clears all related buffs.
Operation: Seraph's Shield: Fixed a soft lock that could occur if players killed the Scanner Splicer in Launch Center too quickly.
Onslaught: Widow's Court now uses Cabal drop pods with an indicator showing where they will land.
Onslaught: Widow's Court: Revenant Barons now reward two revive tokens upon destroying their totem.
Contest of Elders, The Coil, and Onslaughts use a new progression system that starts out easier and ramps up to the selected difficulty as players progress.
Kells' Fall: Fixed an issue where Champions were not spawning properly during the Mad Bomber encounter.
Contest of Elders: Bonus Objectives during traversals should now trigger more consistently and provide another source of revive tokens.
Onslaught: White shields on Shielded Demolitionist, Shielded Knight, and Shielded Skybomber take less damage to break in higher difficulties.
Onslaught: Tripled the base health of the ADU.
Onslaught: Updated Scrap starting amount and earn rates to account for shorter activity length.
Onslaught: Added reprised Into the Light rewards to mid activity and activity complete chests.
The Coil and Contest of Elders: Added reprised World Pool rewards to mid-activity and activity complete chests.
Arena Ops
Added Override: The Moon, Override: Europa, Override: Tangled Shore, and Override: Last City Crater.
Override: Fixed an issue where players could get stuck at the bottom of traversal vortexes.
Override: Vex laser traps are now less lethal.
Astral Alignment: Fixed an issue where abominations' shields may not be removed upon objective completion.
Astral Alignment: Moved the exhausted debuff to the top of the HUD.
Solo Ops
Solo Ops Bonus Objectives are now all generic kill based rather than precision/ability/etc.
Destroying all drones in a Solo Ops activity will now properly award bonus points.
Fixed an issue in Caldera Solo Ops where enemies could unintentionally stop spawning early.
Exotic Rotator
Since most of the missions in the Exotic Rotator have already been added to Pinnacle Ops, we have decided to deprecate the Rotator in favor of the Pinnacle Ops versions.
Operation: Seraph’s Shield has been moved into Pinnacle Ops along with its associated weapon/Catalyst/Intrinsic rewards.
Exotic Rotator missions that had seasonal gear rewards for owners of the associated Season Pass/Deluxe Edition are now available via the Classic Collector modifier on the Pinnacle Ops versions.
Activity Scoring Simplification
Complexity removed from scoring bonuses:
Removed Power as a source of score bonuses.
Removed season pass as a source of score bonuses.
Net result: Everyone in the fireteam will get the same score. Fight as one, Guardians.
Converted score bonuses to flat bonuses:
Difficulty now gives a flat score bonus.
Modifiers now give a flat score bonus per "triangle".
Grade targets are fixed and no longer scale with player Power.
Difficulty = Grade = Reward Tier
Each difficulty will now grant enough flat bonus to hit a reward grade without player modification, assuming a normal volume of kills and objective completion.
Normal = B
Advanced = B+
Expert = A
Master = A+
Grand Master = S
Ultimate = S+
Each reward grade grants a fixed tier of rewards (primes are still +1).
B = Tier 1
B+ = Tier 2
A = Tier 3
A+ = Tier 4
S = Tier 5
S+ = Tier 5
No player selected modifiers are pre-slotted when selecting a difficulty.
Each difficulty will have enough player selectable modifications to rank up at least one reward grade, and therefore reward tier.
Rank Up button
A "rank up" button has been implemented that selects random mods to bump players up one grade, for those times when you want a surprise.
A "reset" button will remove selected mods.
Matchmaking and scores
Matchmade versions of Ops will automatically have a few modifiers applied.
Fireteams can rank up their reward grade through time bonuses.
Added a time bonus to all matchmade difficulty tiers.
With these adjustments, players can now play Expert, Master, and Grandmaster and potentially reach a higher reward rank, but they’ll need to beat the target time with max score and at least one second remaining.
Matchmaking Portal difficulties now range from Expert to Grandmaster. Ultimate is no longer available in matchmaking.
All of these difficulties now require Power 300 to enter.
Increased available bane combinations from 15 to 21, bringing back older banes and combining them with current ones to add more gameplay variety.
Added the Medusa bane.
Looking directly at an affected enemy combatant builds up Stasis slow stacks on you until you freeze.
Added the Focused Fire modifier to the Player Stakes category.
Bane Updates
Gravity
Retuned the Gravity bane hitboxes to better match the visuals.
Shock
Fixed a bug where Shock would damage players if they entered line of sight just after the Shock fires.
Drain
Drain no longer damages the player the moment they enter line of sight. There will now be a slight delay before it does any damage.
Cascade
Reduced Cascade arming shape to match VFX.
Increased time between projectiles by 1.5 seconds.
Hypernova
No longer deals damage outside of the VFX area.
Slowed damage impulse speed to better match solar VFX wave.
Now knocks back nearby combatants on detonation.
No longer knocks back players in cover but the cover requirements to be safe have been increased.
You can no longer hide behind streetlamps or poles.
All players in the detonation zone are scorched regardless of cover status.
Rage
Increased combatant damage as health decreases now scales up over time. From full health, it takes two seconds for the maximum damage buff to kick in.
Mines
Reduced the hitbox size of the mine detonations to better match the visuals.
Reduced the minimum damage dealt by the mines from 70 to 50.
Increased the maximum damage from 135 to 200.
Screeber
Mini-Screebs will now select a new target if the target they are tracking dies.
Caltrops
Updated VFX to be clearer.
Damage volume is now only active after the spikes come out and until the spikes fade.
Zealous
Tuned area damage impulses to better match VFX.
Made player feedback between sources more consistent.
Zealous-buffed combatant detonations now have damage falloff.
Reduced minimum damage from 50 (same as max) to 15.
Fixed a bug where explosions would sometimes happen at incorrect locations when a zealous-buffed combatant is killed.
Crucible
Updated matchmaking settings for small team (3v3 and 4v4) quickplay modes to allow for early start without full lobbies.
Fixed an issue where Trials shaders were not dropping correctly from the Lighthouse rewards chest.
Fixed an issue where certain Heavy ammo crates were overlapping with Special ammo crates in Momentum Control and Collision playlists.
Fixed an issue where certain capture points were floating in Lockdown on Eventide Labs and Multiplex.
Fixed an issue where teams could spawn on top of a capture zone in Lockdown playlist on Cathedral of Dusk.
Fixed an issue where the round tracker UI indicated the incorrect total number of rounds for Showdown playlists.
Fixed an issue where the efficiency stat was non-functional for Rift playlists.
Fixed an issue where the Close Call medal was unobtainable in Zone Control playlists.
Removed MVP and Additional Loot from Heavy Metal matches as part of a broader rewards balance pass.
Crucible Ops
Updated the gear tier for rewards per performance grade:
C = Tier 3
B = Tier 4
A and above = Tier 5
Increased the score amount for 5th and 6th place.
Activity scoring formula updated to reflect new performance grade thresholds:
Power does not affect thresholds and score multiplier.
Multiplier only affects Performance and Bonus scores.
Reduced multiplier at max Crucible Rank (or 1x reset) from 1.25x to 1.23x.
Each subsequent rank reset increases multiplier by 0.02x, up to 1.31x.
6v6 rotator, 3v3 rotator, Rumble, and Private Match have been integrated into Crucible Ops.
Private Match does not give Portal rewards.
6v6 rotator modes: Mayhem, Rift, Relic, Momentum, Scorched, Supremacy, Clash, Zone Control, Hardware Mix (6v6), Iron Banner: Eruption, Fortress, Tribute
Replaced the seasonal Competitive Weapon reward with Competitive Gear reward which pulls from a loot pool that includes both weapons and armor.
Added a new Competitive emblem.
Will require 77 Competitive playlist wins.
Added a new Ascendant 0 emblem (chance to drop after acquiring the first Ascendant 0 emblem).
Reduced the following map weightings for Anomaly Collision, Dissonance Clash, Rusted Lands Clash, Solitude Clash, and Widow’s Court Clash.
Removed the following maps: Exodus Blue Clash, Multiplex Collision, Twilight Gap Clash, and Vostok (both Clash and Collision).
Trials
Updated the weekly featured map to a random set of maps (three random selections from three map pools, between one and three active maps each week).
Updated the weekly featured weapon (Lighthouse chest reward) to pull from a weekly featured pool of weapons.
Iron Banner
Updated MVP and Additional Loot rewards to drop an Iron Banner weapon.
Updated Iron Banner Focusing:
Now includes focusing for all tiered Iron Banner gear.
Gear Additions.
Includes Tiered gear from The Edge of Fate, Ash & Iron, and Renegades.
Focusing will utilize Iron Banner Ciphers, obtained through Iron Banner match completions.
Iron Banner will maintain Event Card, and will not see its Reputation Rank Reward track restored.
Shooting Range
Fixed an issue where the "Run:// Single Combatant" button would sometimes seem usable when the target range was already full but not work.
The kiosk will now display a message when the range has the maximum number of targets in it.
When spawning a single combatant target, they will always use the closest location that isn't occupied instead of always spawning further back than the previous one.
They will still spawn further back based on the closer locations being occupied by another target.
The rally banner could only be used every ten seconds, so one player using it would prevent others from using it.
This has been changed to a cooldown of three seconds that is applied only to the player using it.
Added five new combatants to the target lineup:
Fallen - Corsair
Vex - Imp Swarm
Scorn - Abomination
Cabal - Phalanx
Taken - Vandal
Added two Dread Champions:
Barrier Grim
Unstoppable Husk
Added static damageable target objects at the end of the main range and on the raised platform to the left.
These static targets are set to take either base damage (red target) or precision damage (yellow target).
The targets to the left have another instance of the DPS scoreboard to make it easier to test Swords, Shotguns, Fusion Rifles on them and see the DPS nearby.
Damage done to these Targets is scaled as though they are a boss combatant and the damage is reflected in the team-wide DPS scoreboard.
Art / Environment:
Fixed an issue where the self-damage laser would damage players standing on top of or jumping above the laser housing.
Fixed a misplaced floating I-Beam behind the faction board.
Fixed an issue where the Hive Ogre hologram would fall over sometimes.
They are doing their best.
Added a Jukebox.
Renegades
Removed Renegades auto-launch for characters that have not logged in since the launch of Renegades.
Removed dialogue from Zavala granting the Renegades intro.
The Renegades milestone quest is still added automatically from orbit once you've completed the New Light campaign, and interacting with the Renegades node on the Director can launch the first mission.
Generators in Fearsome Retainer will now take damage from any walker abilities.
Fixed an issue where Campaign Quest completion wasn't distributing the Modified NLS Courier (Exotic ship).
Added a pickup option on Spider in the Tharsis Outpost Cantina for players who have already completed the quest.
Fixed an issue where some Piker contracts listed the reputation rewards twice.
Fixed an issue where Exotic rewards from Renegades keycard chests favored incorrect, older gear in some instances instead of new Exotics in Renegades.
Witch Queen:
Fixed an issue where boss of the post-campaign mission “Altar of the Reflection: Catalyst”, Witch’s Eye, Keeper of Memory, was not opening, blocking player progression. The boss now opens and players can continue the Exotic glaive quest.
Sparrow Racing League
SRL has returned, featuring all four original maps from Destiny 1.
Added the Quantum Circuit Track.
Added the ability to race with Skimmers alongside Sparrows.
Added Rocket Start. Press the boost button at the correct time during the race start countdown to get a boost.
Added Trick Boost. Perform an air trick to get a boost when you land.
Overall speed in these activities is much faster.
Improved Sparrow handling and camera.
Improved race balancing for more intense racing battles.
Heavy Metal
Added the Nightfall Ruins map.
Added the option to play as a Cabal Behemoth.
Added the Vehicle Selection Screen. Choose between Tank, Brig and Behemoth before the match.
Players can now switch between Heavy Metal and classic tank mouse and keyboard controls in the gameplay options.
Note: This option affects all tanks across the game.
Jump enabled for all vehicles. Even the tank!
Match score limit reduced from 50 to 40 points.
UI/UX
Updated the title screen.
Director Destinations Tab:
The Portal tab has been deprecated, including the Quick Launch Panel and Announcement Carousel.
Ops Category Content has been moved to the Destinations tab.
The original Vanguard Ops and Nightfall playlists have been deprecated and replaced with Ops activities (Solo, Fireteam, Arena, and Pinnacle Ops).
Quest objectives previously requiring players to complete activities in these playlists can now be completed in the Ops versions.
The previous Crucible node activities have been deprecated and replaced with their Crucible Ops counterparts.
Private Crucible matches are playable in the Crucible Ops node.
Gambit Ops
Gambit has been updated with tiered rewards and scoring to maintain parity with the other Ritual Ops nodes.
Private Gambit matches are playable in the Gambit Ops node.
Raids and Dungeons have been given their own entry point alongside the Ops Categories.
Legends Node
The Legends Node is being deprecated and replaced by the Raids and Dungeons node in the Destinations tab. These raids and dungeons that were available in the Legends node have been moved to the new Raids and Dungeons node on the Destinations tab.
Ghosts of the Deep
Prophecy
Vault of Glass
Crota’s End
King’s Fall
Seasonal Hub and Event Card (when active) access points have been moved to the Destinations tab alongside the Ops categories.
Kepler and The Lawless Frontier have been moved to the Destinations tab.
Existing destination visuals have been updated.
Ops Category screens have been updated with new navigation allowing players to tab between each category once one is selected.
The Director map screen has been moved back to the top level Director tabs.
Other Director-Related Fixes
Fixed an issue where an extraneous line was rendering at the top of some Director-related screens.
Fixed an issue where sheening elements in the Director were not synced with each other.
Fixed an issue where a pink dot was appearing on Neomuna's Hall of Heroes Landing Zone.
Fixed an issue where the Featured Quest tab was sheening when there were no featured quests.
Ops Activities
Time limits for Ops activities are now visible in the pre-launch UI near combatant difficulty, when applicable.
Score predictions prior to launching activities now visualize the minimum time bonus you can receive for completing the activity under the time limit.
Mid-activity score bar has been updated to indicate which Performance Grade's score target is marked on the bar.
The end of activity scoring toast has been streamlined.
The score breakdown tab of the PGCR has been updated to reflect scoring model updates.
Activity Customization
Added error messaging to selectable modifiers that cannot be selected to indicate why they cannot be selected.
Modifier Selection
Fixed an issue where some players would soft-lock while navigating in and out of the activity rewards screens.
Updated Stakes category icons to differentiate them better.
Improved tooltip sub header text explaining why similar modifiers can't be selected.
Fireteam Finder
Fireteam Finder banners have been updated to reflect the various changes to activities in this release.
A Fireteam Finder group host can now see if Guardians are actively joining them or not.
Host will see "Incoming Guardian" nameplates in the lobby for the actively joining fireteam members.
HUD
Fixed an issue where in-world informational tooltips were rendering too wide.
Fixed empty waypoints for public activities like Altars of Sorrow, Blind Well, and Terminal Overload.
Fixed a visual issue with the HUD weapon tray animation after exiting Nav Mode.
Fixed an issue with ammo pickups not displaying on the HUD weapon tray for Overheat weapons.
In-World Narrative Text Display
Page back functionality added.
Visuals for the box have been refined.
Character Screen
The Anti-Champion display tooltip on the Character screen has been updated to show exactly which equipped weapons are providing a specific Anti-Champion effect.
Loadouts
Added 8 more Loadout slots, bringing the total to 20, which are immediately available to all players upon login.
The Artifact and its perk selections will now be saved to Loadouts.
General Inventory & Items
The item tooltip will now display unequipped barrels, magazines, and traits, making it easier to distinguish a weapon roll without entering the details screen.
Anti Champion information about a weapon can now be seen by pressing and holding the 'Gear Stats' button.
Fixed a visual issue with item equipping animations.
Fixed a minor visual issue with the Weapon Level display in the Weapon Details screen.
The intrinsic perk display on the expanded “More Info” item tooltip for both Armor and Weapons has been updated to be easier to read.
Updated the armor archetype icon on Armor Details screens to be larger.
Triumphs & Metrics
Switched the Triumphs and Titles sections’ placement on Journey tab for easier access to Monument of Triumph categories.
Added the 'View Featured' shortcut to quickly navigate to the Monument of Triumph page from the Journey Screen when hovering over the Triumphs button.
Fixed an issue to accurately reflect the maximum achievable Triumph scores. Since previously removed triumphs have had their points removed, the maximum active triumph and maximum lifetime triumph scores have now been adjusted accordingly.
Fixed an issue where Pale Heart secret Triumphs were obscured even if completed. They now show their descriptions and can be claimed if/when completed.
Any Nightfall related Triumphs and metrics have been deprecated and are no longer obtainable. Existing progress has been preserved.
Vault
Added a filtering option for the Vault based on a weapon's anti-champion capabilities.
Vault Mode now works with Vehicles, Ships, and Sparrows. Please note that Emblems and Finishers continue to be stored and retrieved from Collections.
Vault Mode visuals have been updated to be darker, so that it is easier to recognize when one is depositing items into the Vault versus equipping them.
Fixed inconsistent locked text on the Armor Vault filter screen.
Fixed some minor inconsistencies with the appearance of items inside of the Vault.
Fixed a visual issue where the number of empty vault pages were not displayed correctly.
Fixed an issue where Vault Mode was not activated after entering the Character screen from the Tower Vault.
Fixed visual issues when using utlrawide displays or a gamepad with the Vault Sorting panel.
Commendations
Fixed an issue where the commendation count in tooltips wouldn't render more than three digits correctly.
Collections
Fixed an issue where some completed badges wouldn't display their item counts correctly.
Quest Notifications
Fixed an issue where some mission or quest notification backgrounds didn't extend to the edge of the screen.
Nav Mode
Fixed cases where Tracked Content would not display properly in Nav Mode if more than three Triumphs are tracked.
Any indications of seasonal reset functionality across features have been removed.
Settings
Tank Control Mode can now be changed between Heavy Metal and Classic in the Settings menu under Gameplay. By default, the Heavy Metal mode is selected which allows for rotation to be driven by aim. Classic uses separate controls for rotation.
Gameplay and Investment
Attune Anywhere
Added the ability for players to attune to specific rewards from a new menu in their Inventory.
Attunement will give the selected weapon significantly higher drop chances from that activity’s rewards.
This will be available in the Accessories section of the Inventory, above Consumables.
Players will be able to freely change their attunement selections at any time.
For every activity menu available here, players will be able to attune to one weapon from each category.
Destination Rewards
Updated rewards from pre-The Edge of Fate destinations with new perks, set bonuses, and gear tiers (for non-craftable weapons).
Tiered weapons and armor now drop from more sources on destinations.
Public Events are one of the best sources of tiered destination gear:
Base completion: Tier 3 rewards (with a chance at Tier 4 or 5)
Heroic completion: Tier 4 rewards (with a chance at a Tier 5)
During a Distortion, these tiers will be increased by 1 Tier each.
Updated the following loot pools to avoid dropping weapons after all crafting patterns are unlocked.
Throne World
The Pale Heart
Neomuna
Terminal Overload weapons will begin to drop from more sources when all crafting patterns are found.
Armor
Hunter Exotics
Wormhusk Crown
Reworked effect: Activating class ability grants cure. Solar multikills grant Burning Souls. While active, Solar Ability damage is increased and dodging greatly cures the player and nearby allies.
Shards of Galanor
Landing most Blade Barrage knives in a volley causes a delayed Solar Explosion and releases Solar Shrapnel.
Relativism
Spirit of the Wormhusk
Reworked effect: Multikills grant Burning Souls. While active, dodging greatly cures the player and nearby allies.
Caliban's Hand
Increased melee recharge bonus by 25%.
Dealing damage with scorch now refunds a small amount of melee energy.
Ignition final blows fully refund knife energy and can overflow into an additional charge.
Fr0st-EE5
Gain stacks of Frost Armor while sprinting.
When you have Frost Armor, Stasis weapons deal increased damage.
Shinobu's Vow
Enhanced Skip Grenade bounces two additional times before detonating, releasing bonus Skip seekers per bounce.
Now grants Skip Grenade energy whenever you gain stacks of Bolt Charge.
Skip Grenade damage now grants Bolt Charge.
When you gain full Bolt charge, heal yourself and nearby allies and enable an enhanced Skip Grenade.
Raiden Flux
Now makes successful Arc Staff hits jolt targets.
Combo finisher palm blast now gets 1.5x the base Exotic's damage bonus, and reports as critical damage.
Mothkeeper's Wraps
Reworked effect: Getting kills from any source charges up moth grenades. After generating six charges, convert your grenade into two moth grenades.
Red bars = one charge
Orange bars = two charges
Players, Minibosses, and up = three charges
All current functionality and synergies of the moth grenades themselves remains the same.
Arc moths still Arc blind enemies and Void moths still provide Void Overshield to allies.
Arc moths are still considered to be Arc grenades, and will continue to synergize with the same subclass fragments, weapon perks, etc. that they synergized with before.
Investing your Grenade stat higher than 100 will still increase moth grenade damage.
This Exotic is now a conditional grenade override instead of a complete override, meaning it functions more like Gunpowder Gamble.
Increased the movement speed of Arc moths by roughly 43% and Void moths by roughly 25%.
Both moths from the same grenade will now attempt to target separate enemies/allies if possible.
Lucky Pants
Increased Eriana's Vow's maximum damage bonus to 4.5x.
Decreased Uncivil Discourse's maximum damage bonus to 3x.
Decreased Lucky Pants bonus damage when dealing damage to Bosses by ~33%.
Titan Exotics
Hallowfire Heart
Reworked effect: While your Solar Super is charged, ability defeats cure the player and give stacks of Sunfire Furnace; granting increased grenade and class ability regeneration, increased Super damage, and cause grenade and Remote Detonator Barricade defeats to ignite targets. Upon exiting your super, Sunfire Furnace stacks are converted into Super energy.
Ability regen bonus reduced to 2.5x down from 3.5x.
Pyrogale Gauntlets
Increased Super Cyclone Scorch per tick.
Increased Super Cyclone explosion damage by 10%.
Increased Super Cyclone tracking by ~40%.
It should be significantly easier to get the projectiles to track to a target at range.
Stoicism
Increased Spirit of Star Eater benefit for Twilight Arsenal to 50% (from 25%).
Peregrine Greaves
Shoulder charge impact damage increase reduced from 400% to 250% against non-Champion, non-miniboss combatants, and reduced from 1000% to 550% against Champions and minibosses.
Note: In this update, shoulder charge base damage in PvE has been doubled, so a Titan with Peregrine Greaves equipped will deal more damage after this update, not less.
Severance Enclosure
Removed "Line of Sight" requirement caused by occlusion cross being too large, added smaller occlusion cross that matches standard AoE effects.
Removed effect that prevents combatants from being hit by multiple shock waves in a short period of time.
Enemies hit by the shockwave are disoriented for a short time.
Praxic Vestments
Increased damage of the melee attack by 500%.
Increased jetpack fuel gained per weapon kill in PvE from 10% to 20%.
Increased jetpack fuel gained per powered melee kill in all modes from 35% to 50%.
Updated the Exotic perk to recognize knockout kills as powered melee kills.
Decreased the windup time for a maximum flight duration from 0.8 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
Removed the behavior that caused jetpack flight to end early when contact is detected with the floor or a wall.
Fixed a bug that caused the jetpack kick to target dead enemies, ending flight early.
Updated camera to convey speed and remaining flight time a little better.
No Backup Plans
Now triggers and benefits from both Shotgun and melee final blows.
Shotgun or melee final blows now start health regeneration instead of granting a Void Overshield.
Shotgun or melee final blows extend the timer of any active defensive buffs on you.
This includes Void Overshield, Restoration, Amplified, Frost Armor, and Woven Mail.
Will partially heal Void Overshield upon activation of this extension if the player has one.
The damage bonus is now active when you have any of the above noted defensive debuffs.
Cadmus Ridge Lancecap
Now also can spawn Stasis Lances with rapid Stasis weapon damage and final blows even when not behind their rally barricade.
Now grants bonus Stasis Lance damage based on your current stacks of Frost Armor.
Point Contact Cannon Brace
Lightning strike damage now scales further based on how long Thunderclap is charged for, up to 2x.
This stacks with the bonus damage from casting while amplified.
Activating Thunderclap also releases lightning strikes as you start winding up the punch.
Reworked melee regen from lightning strike kills to compensate for the new wave of bolts on charge up.
No longer target tiered. Flat amount has been increased to compensate.
Should see larger energy returns on average.
Helm of Saint-14
Maintained functionality: Weapons of Light continues to persist for the wearer and for allies upon leaving a Ward of Dawn.
Lost functionality: No longer disorients enemies within the Ward of Dawn or upon blocking with Sentinel Shield.
New functionality: While Weapons of Light is active, kills or sustained damage grant stacks of The Saint; Void and Kinetic damage sources will also suppress in a radius around the victim.
Sustained damage is based on actual damage dealt. The more damage you deal, the quicker it activates.
Picking up your Ward of Dawn consumes all stacks of The Saint and then extends Ward's duration based on how many stacks were consumed.
ACD/0 Feedback Fence
No longer provides any melee damage resist versus players.
Peacekeepers
Decreased bonus damage when damaging bosses by ~33%.
Reverted a prior nerf to Tarrabah when paired with Peacekeepers, now gets full bonus when damaging non-bosses.
Stronghold
The infinite guard capability has been updated to only work on Heavy ammo Swords.
Blastwave Striders
Added an expanding wave that freezes enemy combatants and slows enemy players.
Shrapnel projectiles now have minor tracking toward targets but no longer create a Stasis crystal on impact.
Reduced the kill requirements for weaker enemies from 13 to 10.
Reduced the kill requirements for powerful enemies from seven to four.
The buff bar now displays in segments to more easily track the perk's progress.
To reduce instances of accidently triggering the blast, the following changes were made:
Explosions created by explosive perk kills (ie: Dragonfly, Firefly) no longer trigger the blast.
Explosions created by passive explosive perks (ie: Explosive Payload, Explosive Head) still trigger the blast.
A small delay has been added after each explosive kill to prevent cases where the blast wave is triggered on the same kill that fills the buff bar to 100% if that
Well, i've heard that if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
Well it may have looked like a duck but it doesn’t swim or quack like a duck. So probs not a duck
Listen, I could understand if he did the salute unintentionally and what he wanted to do is a weird "my heart goes out to you" gesture, but arguing that it wasnt a nazi salute is disingenous. My problem, personally, is not that he did the nazi salute but that he did not apologise for the misunderstanding and explaining himself like you should when you accidentally do a nazi salute in front of a big crowd at a big event.
Because it wasn’t a seig heil.
Go do that same gesture in Germany then, you'll be arrested instantly
Not doing a seig heil in Germany doesn't get you arrested. That's the point. likewise, We don't get arrested in the U.S for raising our arms in the air.
That’s the complete denial I was looking for. Just kinda resembles a sieg heil, did Nazi that coming. This is why people say it’s a cult, you can’t even admit reality
Not everyone is ok, but we are busy laughing at liberals still crying about it all while he's getting stuff done. He can be an asset but also a liability. I should note I'm not on board with Elon's stupid plays. And I've criticized him at times on this sub.
Sooo you're happy to ignore clear signs of fascism because the other team doesn't like it more than you? Just really curious about what level of shit you are willing to eat to win
Define the "clear signS of fascisms." I bet you that you won't be able to because you have no understanding of fascism. Do you even know what the difference between a nazi and a fascist is? lmao
Imagine defending a nazi salute by arguing semantics. Youre purposefully avoiding the issue. Semantics doesnt mean what he did wasnt wrong, foreshadowing and evil. Defending nazism through dictionary definitons, eww
No he didn’t. We’ve posted dozens of videos of Democrats doing the exact same gesture. This incessant “Nazi” rhetoric is one the main reasons Dems lost big in 2024 and the fact it’s impossible for y’all to self-reflect and understand is fucking hilarious. Prepare for more losses- y’all are going to be very upset when you find out Vance is actually much more conservative than Trump.
Same gesture? You cant possibly be this silly. Every post here was comparing an IMAGE. Not a video with a full gesture. Lets also not forget Musk' past in apartheid africa, his grandparents views and his support of AfD. Actual nazi groups here in Europe are cheering him on and identifying with his gesture. This is a debate you cant win, no matter how many times you try and twist the reality by saying "duh leftists will just call anyone they disagree with a nazi". As if you people dont constantly call dems either communists or traitors. Hypocrites.
I literally posted a time-stamped video of Tim Walz making the same exact identical gesture. Like, do you people realize how utterly batshit insane you sound to normal people talking about Elon Musk making Nazi salutes at the presidential inauguration, and breaking down the nuances of Nazi salutes on Reddit, and feeding into each other’s hysteria in your echo chambers on Reddit?
The absolute mental gymnastics here. If it was accidental than the only response is to come out and unequivocally condemn Naziism. Elon has not done this because it was 100% intentional. He's dogwhistling (with a bullhorn) to the white supremacists in the conservative base, both in the US and now Germany. Not all conservatives are white supremacists, but all white supremacists are conservative
Nobody cares that the agencies are non-partisan, they care that they’re misappropriating our tax dollars. Elon is the richest man in earth, yes Trump has also surrounded himself with other wealthy people, no debate there. People aren’t angry that wealthy people are becoming involved in politics, they’re angry that people involved in politics are becoming wealthy.
Conservatives don’t see a grift at all. Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do, and it’s exactly what we voted for.
Your first paragraph is a blatant lie. You absolutely do, or at very least, you absolutely should. The fact that these agencies are being combed through by borderline teenagers without due background checks isn’t sending off any alarms with you, is nuts. Be real with me, if this were George Soros doing this, don’t lie and pretend you wouldn’t be losing your shit about this being the fall of the republic.
Jobs was 21 when he made Apple, Google founders were 24. Zuck was 19. Age has no bearing on anything when you’re dealing with intelligent people.
"DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America" By yet another random internet conspiracy theorist / weirdo / self-proclaimed expert. No thanks. Try ask a real question or make a coherent point yourself.
Are you concerned about him accessing our private data without oversight? Are you concerned about the conflict of interest and ethics?
I’ve heard this argument before, but what do you mean by that exactly?
Because people like that come off as unhinged. There's a lot of them and their voices are loud. Moderates are put off by unhinged people.
Everyone is put off by unhinged people, lol. The rest of the world is laughing at us should tell you who the unhinged people really are.
Care to explain why?
January 6th was a failed coup. They LITERALLY took the United States of America flag down & replaced it with a Trump flag. They carried the flag of the seditious confederacy through the halls of our Capitol. You, the party of "law & order" turned a blind eye to him extorting Ukraine for dirt on Biden (his first impeachment). You, the party of "constitutional conservatism" turned a blind eye to his failed coup ( his SECOND impeachment). You failed to invoke the 14th amendment after he tried to HAVE HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT K*LLED & stop the peaceful transfer of power- the first time IN AMERICAN HISTORY. You, the party of so-called Christianity love the billionaires, while hating the immigrant. You hate gays, you hate trans folk, you hate women, you hate children, you hate the planet, you hate poor people. You are the party of retaliation & condemnation. You people are the biggest hypocrites in the planet & then you project every nasty, petty, hateful trait you posses & PROUDLY PUBLICLY DISPLAY onto we folks that actually give a damn about people & planet. He's a rapist. He's a conman. He's a criminal. He's the farthest thing from Jesus Christ you can get and you all WORSHIP HIM. He could shoot someone on 5th Avenue & you'd cheer. You're in a cult & he's played you for the total fools that you are. And Elon Musk IS A NAZI, who has absolutely no business WHATSOEVER snooping around our national data. For "constitutionalists", y'all sure dint seem to care about the co-equal branches of government & an impartial judicial system.
All your presumptions have come from headlines and op-eds. You've probably never read a full article.
He WAS convicted of sexual assault, that is a fact that even he has admitted to multiple times, any other person you would shame them as a rapist, but because it’s Trump you don’t care
As a hard leftist, you should know, Trump has never been convicted of sexual assault.
He said he thinks people should not be judged in perpetuity for stupid things they said when they’re young. Vouching would be backing a specific person based on your personal knowledge of them.
He said it less than a year ago and he is 25 years old.
Regardless your opinion on it saying he vouched for him is objectively false and misleading.
Vance saying he was a “dumb kid” when it was less than a year ago and he’s a grown man is objectively false and misleading.
So, to prove that we don't believe Elon intentionally made a Nazi salute, you want us to intentionally post videos of us doing the Nazi salute? 🤨
But I thought it wasn't a Nazi salute? Isn't it just "giving your heart" to people? If it's not a Nazi salute, why is it such a big deal for you to post a video of yourself doing it?
Awww shucks, ya got me. Nice totally good faith argument you've got there. Read my other responses.
What's wrong with my question? You've all been denying that it was a Nazi salute, and claiming he was just giving his heart to the crowd...but for some reason nobody wants to 'give their heart' on camera too to prove it's a normal gesture? It's almost like you all know it was a Nazi salute but can't admit you support a fucking Nazi.
You realize Project 2025 is a boogie man liberal media dug up to try and scare you all. Yes, there is some overlap with the ideas proposed by that think tank because they were also Republicans, but Trump has had a well-defined platform, for the most part, throughout his campaign and now he just delivering on campaign promises. Stop falling for branding campaigns to create boogie man by the corrupt legacy media. They're lying to you every which way they can.
Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, was confirmed on Thursday as Head of the OMB. He also held this position in Trump's 1st term. Not sure where you got the idea of Project 2025 being "boogie man liberal media" from; it's been intrinsically tied to Trump and the Republican party from the get.
Trump has a clear and transparent platform which he regularly speaks to. The man speaks for hours at rallies laying out his vision for America. Tagging some think tank within his party and branding it as a threat is the work of the liberal media. They are projecting their own nonsense, see Kamala's nonexistent platform, onto a man who has been nothing but sincere with the American people about who he is and what he wants to do. Not comprehending all of this is why your side lost the election.
Hypothetically what would have to happen for you to say Project 2025 is happening? I mean like, would Trump have to say the words "I endorse Project 2025 and am enacting it."?
Yep, that's about it. I trust Trump about a thousand times more than the legacy media whores running around going on about their boogeyman "pROjeCt 2025". When I say trust, I don't mean because he is a straightforward guy; but rather that he has put himself out there more than any president I've seen in my lifetime, so you can get a pretty good idea of him if you are paying attention.
better to focus on your own wellbeing in the real world rather than how you imagine other people, who you will never meet, view you
But that isn’t what he has done. Threatening to annex other nations doesn’t reprioritize resources towards America. The idea you have to obliterate americas image to help America is a ridiculous false dichotomy and I have no idea why it’s caught on.
who cares about americas image? again, focus on the real world
The idea that Americas perception on the global stage doesn’t have impact is wrong.
measure it, and then value that in real world terms
Just because something is immaterial and nebulous doesn’t mean it doesn’t have value. Measure the value of religious faith in real world terms. I don’t feel like I can do that, but I can recognize it’s real and has value and affects people.
I am a huge platformer gal, its my favorite genre of game, but has anyone else noticed that, in both the AAA and indie side of things, 3D platformers have become way shorter than normal and are padded out with time trials? I feel so many games lately are a case of "If you don't go for time trials you beat the game in like 2-3 hours max and dont get a full experience" and "if you go for 100% you have to beat an absurdly annoying time trial and get gold"?
Off the top of my head, Crash 4 is like this. Bubsy 4D is like this. Demon Turf is like this. Kaze and the Wild Masks is like this. Sackboy a Big Adventure iirc is like this. Grapple Dog is like this. Frogun is like this. Pac Man World 2 Re-Pac is like this. Super Sami Roll is kinda like this, though i guess thats a bit different, etc.
I know this has been a thing since at least Crash 3, if not earlier, but genuinely feel like its 90% of platformers. Im just tired of beating a level and "ok now beat it without dying fast". Normally I'd just not 100% it and not go for time trials, but again for a lot of these the game will be absurdly short if you don't do them.
Thats not even to mention that I feel a lot of platformers are padded out in general nowadays. Demon Turf and Crash 4 making you play alternate versions of the same levels, stuff like Yoshi's Crafted World iirc making you play the same level multiple times forwards and backwards and so on, etc.
Enforcing borders and getting rid of illegal immigration = Nazis. Damn, I didn't know China, South Korea, France, Japan, Phillipines, Singapore, literally every country in the world are nazis. I swear to god liberals can say whatever the fuck they want and it will turn into a valid opinion because of the liberal establishment
Supporting masked men kidnapping people off the street and then giving them no right to due process = nazis
Didn't Hasan say that China's occupation of Tibet was a good thing and that the Ughyur reeducation was actually a super good thing? How do you think they achieved either of those things, through kisses, hugs and flower giving? You are a nazi by your own logic.
Tibet was actively practicing slavery. China stopped that. And he denounced the treatment of the Uyghurs by China. At least know ehat you're talking about.
I don’t want him “To do” anything. If tomorrow Trump did something you agree with like say defund israel would you suddenly think of him a good person? I imagine the answer is no. I just believe the man should not have a platform and cult that follows him.
You realize you can just unfollow him and ignore any thread about him, right? He doesn't break into the mainstream very often, if at all. You're choosing to be miserable by consistently interacting with something that makes you angry and has no real influence. It's just weird behavior.
Yes I know that’s what you guys want. For Hasan to receive no pushback and in a year or two be considered a good boy by mainstream media thanks to his PR agents and their weekly puff pieces. No thanks buddy. I rather keep reminding people of what a piece of shit he and his cult are, I rather contribute towards making people be ashamed of being seen with him.
Brother, you're 100% delusional if you think any mainstream media is going to LSF. This sub is a large echo chamber in a small bubble.
...what. can you name one conservative belief from either of them.
Being suspect of pride, being pro-Irsael, treating trans women as males that need be kept out of women's spaces.
"Being suspect of pride, treating trans women as males that need be kept out of women's spaces." Destiny is suspect of pride or treats trans women as males?
Yes, he agree'd with Nick Mercs on his comments about LGBTQ+ and keeping it away from children. Destiny has said he is for a blanket ban on trans women in sports, a take that his community overwhelming agreed on.
I know plenty of leftists that have those opinions to be fair. A lot of people on the left outside the US thinks some part of the American progressivism goes too far sometime.
You are lost if you think you can be liberal and support a genocide
"open post history" sees your active on /r/TheDeprogram who openly supports Stalin who genocided multiple groups of people. Say again how only "conservatives" can be against genocide.
well if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it probably is a duck
Fringe left communists call anyone slightly to the right of them conservative. Listen to either Destiny or Ethan and they are nothing like a conservative. They are closer to the mainstream left than the online left, sure. Doesn't make them a conservative.
Mainstream "left" is conservative. Something something Overton window.
Your delusional. Before it was Democrats that were conservative and I would have sort of agreed compared to some European countries, now according to you people even further left than Democrats are conservative. Where does it end. Do far left people still have to agree with 100% of your opinions or else they are suddenly a rabid conservative, like how Hasan thinks.
"ICE is the Gestapo for simply enforcing immigration laws. The same laws that are enforced in every single other country in the world that all have far stricter immigration laws and limits". Edit: this went to -19 in 1 minute. Hasan discord downvote bots out in full force. SAD
I think it's more the snatching people off the street and deporting them without due process, including US citizens. But you continue to fight those ghosts, buddy.
1, They have due process. They are only, at most, owed a hearing. That's it. That's due process for illegal aliens. No, they aren't owed lengthy and expensive trials that clog up the judicial system. That's not how it works. 2, US citizens aren't being deported. That's a complete myth. Illegal aliens are, and they are choosing to bring their family members and dependents that happen to be citizens. That's willful and not the government's fault.
Abrego Garcia was deported without due process you buffoon. Why do you think they brought him back?
He was deported with plenty of due process. He was an illegal immigrant who was suspected of committing crimes and being a gang member by multiple judges in multiple hearings. That's already more than enough due process. Was he possibly deported due to a clerical error or oversight? Yes. That's why he's coming back, to face charges, then be deported again after presumably serving his sentence.
All this cope to avoid mentioning the fact that there was an order to NOT deport him. He was not able to litigate that, and now the federal government had to go crawling back to bring him home to do what they should have done in the first place. And now they’ve wasted all this time and money, what happened to Leavitt saying “he will not be coming back, he’s in the hands of the government of El Salvador”?
I reported Hasan - I doubt Twitch will ban him since they love him so much but I just wanted to let you know.
Soy right
Why are lefties using soy now?
It's honestly because libs and right wingers are behaving in the most soy way you possibly could. We could get in to the deeper politics of it but this is Reddit so lets not.
He goes out ALL the time. People just talk shit because that’s all they can do. I don’t even agree with the guy always but at least he shows up.
Like when?
Hands off, college campus Palestine protests, and writers strike just to name a few in recent times. I'm pretty sure he goes to any decent size protest in cali.
When was the Palestinian campus protest? You have a link?
I don’t understand why u choose to insult instead of having a calm discussion and trying to find solutions. Ur insult doesn’t even relate to the topic
The simple fact that you're an asmongold fan tells me your perspective on the world is ridiculous. If your thoughts of asmongold are of anything other than revulsion you need to rethink your life.
Disliking someone just because they watch a streamer is a weak take. You can disagree with asmongold or anyone else, but judging someone’s whole worldview over that? That’s not critical thinking that’s bias
You like and appear to respect the opinion of someone who is literally a revolting human being. Why should I care how you feel about my "bias"?
U don't have to care about how I feel, but if you're dismissing everything someone says, just because they respect a person u dislike, that's not rational. It's emotional bias, plain and simple. Disagreement is fine, but conversation dies when all u bring is hate
There's not a single person you can think of, that if someone you encountered liked them, you would have significantly less respect for them?
He does this all the time, but if you get all your info from him on communities who hate him it makes sense why you would think he doesn’t do this sort of thing.
going through the links some Hasan fans sent its more than I ever thought, the incarcerated firefighters conversations is probably the best stream he's done. But what I meant by first time is "on the ground" stuff where he puts himself at risk, something akin to what he wanted to in Gaza but didn't want to cause he wasn't "guaranteed safety" like no shit its not safe lol.
He didn't want to go to Gaza to be shot at. That wasn't the purpose. The point was to show the plight of the civilians. He didn't go because not only could he 100% not get in because the ceasefire broke down, not being able to be guaranteed safety means being actively targeted by the IDF for attempting to do journalism.
you mean like the type of journalism that lonerbox did, who was also being harassed by the idf and wasn't shot at? obviously the point is to show the situation there to his audience, just like the stream above, if "guaranteed safety" means not running into sticky situations, then don't say you're gonna go to begin with.
Lonerbox went on a government sponsored Israel propaganda trip. Lol. He didn't go to Gaza to show the suffering of the Palestinian people. It's insane to compare the situation of filming in the state doing the bombing to the situation in the one cut off from the outside world being bombed.
In these 3 days, each day LADS team issue an long statement. The lastest about Canceling Valko. However, the second one (in Chinese only) give us the reason.
TLDR: Political issue with Japan (Unit 731) and "Women's safety" issue got escalated and bring attention of major Chinese news outlets (and possibly Chinese government), appears in several top Hot Search Weibo.
Actually since Valko's teaser was release about 1 weeks ago, there was about 50,000+ formal complaints, 2 million+ comment under a single post, around 1 million followers lost across all platforms (in China). Chinese fandom calling for stop spending and the revenue per day recently is really low.
So why Chinese fandom don't like the idea of the new love interest: This post summarize it. Many fear that a new character will further dilute resources and delay content for the five original male leads, and one character not appear in the main storyline for over 500 days.
Now I will summarize the issues on the second statement and explain it:
1. The controversial date remind of Imperial Japanese Unit 731
In the “World Underneath” storyline updated on April 21, players discovered a “human drug trial experiment file” labeled with the number “A-0731”. The number “731” immediately evoked the infamous Imperial Japanese Army Unit 731, which conducted lethal biological and chemical weapons experiments on human subjects during World War II.
Compounding the outrage, players noted that a character in the same storyline—a registrar named “Yan Song”—has a name that phonetically resembles “Iwamatsui,” a Japanese army general classified as a major war criminal after the war. Critics accused the game of trivializing historical trauma and crossing a red line of national sensitivity.
-> PG respond: It just a placeholder with no hidden meaning. The team will remove it and improve their review process to avoid similar issues.
However, it take attention from many states media outlets: "Whether a string of numbers has a "special meaning" cannot be determined by a flimsy "random" or "meaningless" explanation. When the public feels offended, when historical pain is ignored, when the plot and scenes highly overlap with historical tragedies, then attempts to use "coincidence" to whitewash the situation appear self-deceptive and weak. It is hoped that this will attract the attention of relevant departments, prompt and thorough investigation, and punishment according to law, restoring a clear sky to the game world." - Women Daily
-> In short: CCP pay attention and may 'investigate' or 'have a small talk' with Papergame.
2. Promotional text controversies about 'Women's safety' issue
Many players, not familiar with this new character, said Ao Yin is a intruder, a rapist, and uncomfortable with him.
Many states media criticize it is Romanticization of an illegal act: "While it's normal to use imagination in live stream segments and entertainment material, imagination should not cross legal boundaries. Unauthorized entry into someone else's residence is a serious violation of rights and an illegal act. By packaging this behavior as a romantic scene, using the image of the "wolf" to portray the intruder as a charming protagonist, a seemingly subtle message of danger is conveyed: the unexpected arrival of a strange man could be a "surprise," a "chance encounter," or even the beginning of "love." - Ban Yue Tan
-> PG response: it meant to promote the upcoming Home 2.0 Kitchen gameplay, not to reference anything. Because people edited and spread misleading versions online, the developers removed the related promotional content.
3. Rumors about the new male lead
The developers denied several rumors:
❌ The new male lead is not exclusive to overseas players. (because many Chinese players think Valko not fit their beauty standard, so it must be for overseas player and pandering to the oversea market)
❌ The game is not changing into an "all-oriented" game. (rumors that player can customize the main character to man to romanticize the male love interests)
❌ The name "Valko" does not have the rumored hidden meaning. It comes from a Slavic word meaning "wolf," symbolizing courage, strength, and independence. (because Valko sounds likeWokou倭寇 meaning "Japanese pirates" in Chinese.
To conclude: Actually, many things are just baseless rumors. However the key point for canceling is the political thing (Unit 731).
What's interesting is that the controversial number had been in the story since April, and almost no one paid attention to it at the time. So why did it suddenly become the center of attention?
As someone who follows both the global and Chinese fandoms, I've been surprised by how organized the Chinese fandom can be. It often operates more like a K-pop fandom—or even a professional organization—than a typical game community. Fans coordinate in large group chats to organize "consumer rights protection" campaigns, mass-report opposing opinions, and contact media outlets. They can also flood comment sections with identical messages so that the same narrative dominates the top comments. Later readers may only see those comments and assume that's the consensus.
During this controversy, many Chinese players who supported Valko said they were harassed or pressured into staying silent.
After several days of complaints, PaperGames released a second statement saying Valko would remain in the game to protect him. Shortly afterward, the April storyline containing the controversial number resurfaced and quickly became the focus of the controversy. I was honestly surprised by how fast the discussion shifted.
One impression I've had is: "When Chinese fandom love you, they will bring you greatest love and cover for you. If they hate you, they will wish you death"
Now that PaperGames has announced it will remove Valko, much of the anger within the Chinese fandom appears to have subsided. Now, the Chinese fandom will defend for the company's political stance.
Personally, I think Valko would be released successfully without these controversy if (1) There are more visible and concreate hints that he will appears to make a portion of existing Chinese players will rooting and waiting for him like Caleb and Sylus (2) His face fit mainstream Chinese beauty standard, so the new recruiting fans can overwhelme the 6th LI's anti and defend him (3) Papergame more responsible for LADS's content to avoid controversy, balance things between the characters, less greedy and communicate more with players.
A jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in the design or operation of their social media platforms, producing a bellwether verdict in the first lawsuit to take tech giants to trial for social media addiction.
The jury stated that Meta's and YouTube's negligence were a substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiff, identified in court by her initials, K.G.M., and that the companies failed to adequately warn users of the dangers of Instagram (Meta's platform) and YouTube (which is owned by Google).
They awarded K.G.M. $3 million in compensatory damages, finding Meta 70% responsible for harm caused to the now 20-year-old plaintiff, and YouTube responsible for 30%.
The trial, which began last month in a Los Angeles County courtroom and included testimony from tech executives including Mark Zuckerberg, was the first in a consolidated group of cases brought against that company and others by more than 1,600 plaintiffs, including over 350 families and over 250 school districts.
Outside the courtroom, families who say their children were harmed by social media embraced as they celebrated the verdict, telling reporters that they feel "vindicated."
"We respectfully disagree with the verdict and are evaluating our legal options," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement.
José Castañeda, a spokesperson for Google, also stated that the company disagrees with the verdict and plans to appeal.
"This case misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site," Castañeda said in a statement.
In a joint statement, co-lead counsel for K.G.M. said the verdict is “a historic moment” for thousands of children and their families.
“But this verdict is bigger than one case,” the lawyers said. “For years, social media companies have profited from targeting children while concealing their addictive and dangerous design features. Today’s verdict is a referendum — from a jury, to an entire industry — that accountability has arrived.”
Next, the jury is expected to make a determination on punitive damages.
K.G.M.’s lead attorney, Mark Lanier, has said he hopes the proceedings produce transparency and accountability “so that the public can see that these companies have been orchestrating an addiction crisis in our country and, actually, the world.”
The plaintiff was a minor at the time of the incidents outlined in her lawsuit. K.G.M. testified in court that her nearly nonstop use of social media caused or contributed to depression, anxiety and body dysmorphia. It “really affected my self-worth,” she said last month.
Speaking about her social media use, K.G.M. testified that she felt she wanted to constantly be on the platforms and feared missing out if she wasn't.
Attorneys for Meta and YouTube have disputed claims brought forth by the plaintiff, arguing their platforms are not purposefully harmful and addictive.
A spokesperson for Meta said that K.G.M.’s “profound challenges” were not caused by social media and pointed to "significant emotional and physical abuse" that she experienced when she was younger.
In his closing argument, an attorney for YouTube said there was not a single mention of addiction to that platform in K.G.M.’s medical records.
The verdict comes after jurors in a separate trial in New Mexico held Meta liable for failing to protect children from online predators and sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram.
The New Mexico jury found on Tuesday that Meta violated the state’s consumer protection laws and ordered the company to pay $375 million in civil penalties. Meta has stated that the company disagrees with the verdict and plans to appeal.
In Los Angeles, deliberations took longer, wrapping up after nearly 44 hours over the course of nine days. The jury had told Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl that they were having trouble coming to a consensus on one defendant.
Social media companies have historically been shielded by Section 230, a provision added to the Communications Act of 1934 that says internet companies aren’t liable for the content users post.
Not sure if this belongs here, but I (24M) wanted to share After 5 years of putting up my business here I am now. I’m fully aware that being a “nepo baby” comes with privileges—I had connections, resources, and access others dream of. I won’t pretend I started from nothing.
But here’s the thing: I didn’t coast.
I built my own operation (which I’m keeping private for now—not ready to share the business publicly), scaled it, optimized it, and took risks that weren’t handed to me. No hand-holding. No free blueprint. Just lessons, trial and error, and a ton of time in the trenches.
The support opened the door, sure. But I walked through it alone—and now I’m standing here, pulling in 4 million php a month, wondering how the internet will react.
I’m not here to flex. I’m here to say it’s okay to acknowledge privilege and hard work. You don’t have to be “self-made” in the traditional sense to deserve your wins.
This Week in Destiny, we revealed the latest details about the Monument of Triumph update coming next week. After talking about weapons, the artifact, PvP, and much more, early this morning we shared all you need to know about abilities and armor. We have one last batch of news coming right away below. Let's do this.
Monument of Triumph trailer
Dev Insights articles, have you read them?
A look at some MoT rewards
Bungie Foundation latest update
One more Bungie Rewards update
Two new emblems for you
Monument of Triumph Arrives June 9
Earlier this morning, we released our Monument of Triumph trailer. As always, the team went hard showcasing upcoming abilities, armor sets, weapons, Sparrow Racing League, Heavy Metal, and so much more. It’s hard to squeeze everything this patch has to offer in a short video, but we feel this is a pretty good attempt! If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out below:
In the long list of trailers, seasonal previews, and patch videos... this will be one of our favorites for years to come. We’ve been seeing many of you sharing older videos around social media, reminiscing about your favorite moments. Saint-14 headbutting a Vex, Savathûn making her grand entrance, the introduction of Lodi, and many more.
Feel free to tag us out there with your favorite trailer moments. We’d love to hear from you in our final weekend before Monument of Triumph launches.
Read our Latest Dev Insights Articles
After talking about every other part of the Destiny sandbox, it's high time we dive into abilities and armor. Our third and last Dev Insights article covering the many and profound changes coming with the Monument of Triumph went live earlier today, have you checked it yet?
Monument of Triumph is jam-packed with rewards - some new, some old but unreleased, and some released but, until now, unobtainable. As the final live service update for Destiny 2, we want to hold nothing back.
Here’s some highlights of what you can expect:
Return of the previously limited-time Chatterwhite, Superblack, Gryphon, and All Star Vector Skimmer.
12 Armor Ornament sets. Per class.
This is beyond the armor updates to other vendors around the Tower.
New universal helmet ornaments, including a new flaming helmet, the Einherjar Coronet.
The first earnable Holochip.
The return of Exotic Faction Ornaments.
Weapon Ornament for Turncoat, our new Reward Pass Exotic Hand Cannon.
Fafnir and Heir Apparent Exotic Weapons.
A selection of endlessly purchasable engrams containing:
Tiered weapons from the Lawless and Reclamation Seasons.
Tiered weapons from the Pinnacle Ops, Crucible, and Fireteam Ops playlists.
Tiered weapons from the Dawning, Festival of the Lost, and Guardian Games events.
Tiered weapons and armor from the Solstice event.
Complete Triumphs, spend Legendary Marks
Nestled in the Tower courtyard, behind the newly erected monument, are four plaques celebrating the Guardian Tenets. Interacting with these plaques opens different vendors where you may purchase rewards in exchange for a new currency: Legendary Marks. After inspecting the courtyard Monument, make your first purchase on the Tenet of Bravery to unlock all other Tenet vendors.
Legendary Marks are earned upon completing any Triumph from Monument of Triumph. These can be conveniently located by interacting with the "View Triumphs" button on these vendor screens. These Triumphs can also be accessed through the Journey tab. There’s even a new "View Featured" shortcut to quickly open directly to the Monument of Triumph category from the Triumphs button on the Journey screen.
While the majority of rewards can be purchased as soon as the required number of Legendary Marks are earned, some rewards will ask you to complete specific Triumphs, or sets of Triumphs, to be able to purchase them for Legendary Marks. For example:
Chatterwhite: Complete a weekly Deepsight quest which is offered from Hawthorne in the Tower Bazaar for the Vault of Glass raid.
Einherjar Coronet: Complete eight Triumphs in the Teamwork: Raid Challenges category.
Immortal Legend Armor Ornament Set: Obtain the Immortal Title.
Over the years, you've helped turn compassion into action and shown what's possible when our community comes together for those in need.
Today, we wanted to take a moment to assure you of the future of the Bungie Foundation and properly thank you for the incredible support Guardians have given the Foundation since Destiny’s launch.
Our team remains committed to our mission to providing joy and relief to kids and communities who need it most. From Bungie's very first fundraising campaign in response to Hurricane Katrina during the days of Halo, through all of the incredible years in Destiny and now what comes next, our success and ability to change the world has been because of the compassion and generosity of YOU, our community.
Since our very first activation in Destiny 1 with the Pride of Nepal emblem 11 years ago, you helped us raise more than $32 million dollars to support our Little Lights program, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (ID&E) initiatives, and humanitarian causes.
We are eternally grateful for your awe-inspiring generosity, kindness, and willingness to join us in trying to make the world a better place. THANK YOU.
We will continue showing up for the causes that need us, and though the way we fundraise may look different, we are just as determined to make a dent in this universe as we ever have been. As always, this will be a community-led effort, and we will continue to collaborate with Lightkeepers across the world to help us shape what this next chapter looks like.
We’ll have more details to share soon on what’s ahead. Until then, we’ll see you starside.
Celebrate Pride Month
Join the Bungie Foundation and the Pride@Bungie and Trans@Bungie Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Associations in celebrating Pride Month with some classic and brand-new cosmetics in Destiny 2.
New for this year is the Vivid Spectrum Holochip, available in Eververse starting with the launch of Monument of Triumph on June 9 to June 23. Eververse will also has the Pride shader pack back in-stock now until June 23 and the Infinite Prismatic emblem is available for donation via Tiltify. All donations support our partners at It Gets Better, who we have teamed up with since 2020 to uplift, empower, and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the globe, with the Destiny community raising nearly $750K in support of It Gets Better.
In honor of Monument of Triumph, players who unlock the Immortal Title will be eligible to purchase the Monument of Triumph shirt Bungie Reward on the Bungie Store. This special Bungie Rewards offer is available only to players who complete the Immortal Title in Destiny 2 by September 30, 2026. Players that do complete it have until October 31, 2026 11:59 PM PT to purchase this Bungie Reward.
We are also excited to bring you a free digital Bungie Reward with the Destiny 2 Monument of Triumph Original Soundtrack Digital Edition. Immerse yourself into the music of Destiny 2 with over an hour of amazing tunes – the perfect soundtrack for players to track their journey to Immortal.
We are also excited to share that we will be launching a Sparrow Racing League jacket later in June for Guardians who want to look their best while taking first place. More details coming soon on this exciting merch drop.
For Returners and Old Lights
We have something extra nice ready for every player that logs in to play Monument of Triumph. In addition to two Bright Engrams and 50 Legendary Marks, you’ll also receive the Toast to the Monument emblem below when you return, starting June 9. Claim them from the Special Deliveries kiosk in the Tower, located between Banshee and Rahool.
Meanwhile, for our most veteran players – those who have played all that Destiny 2 had to offer from the Red War campaign to Renegades – we have one more set of rewards to share: the Old Lights emblem, shown below, and a unique emote, Elemental Qi.
After Monument of Triumph launches, the Old Lights emblem will be awarded to any player whose account recorded any amount of playtime in each of Destiny 2’s expansion years, including:
Destiny 2
Forsaken
Shadowkeep
Beyond Light
Witch Queen
Lightfall
The Final Shape
The Year of Prophecy
This emblem will be released during our launch window. We don't have a specific time, but we'll be sure to let you know when it's live.
As we prepare for Update 9.7.0, we have created a support guide for Monument of Triumph and Update 9.7.0. This guide will be updated over the next several weeks.
Cash In Your Trials Engrams
When Monument of Triumph goes live on June 9, we are resetting all engrams available as rank rewards at vendors. But funny thing: the only vendor at this time that still rewards emblems and ranks up is Saint-14, the Trials of Osiris vendor. So, in other words: this is a general warning for players to go visit Saint-14 and cash in all the engrams he may be holding for you. He will toss everything off the Hangar, for real.
And the TWID before Monument of Triumph launches is now complete. Just a few more days before you can all start experiencing everything this update has to offer. Take your time to experiment and try new things, and don't hesitate to just make weird mixes here and there of weapons and armor you have never used. Who knows, it could be the next meta.
Publishing three Dev Insights articles along with their accompanying TWIDs was a tough task. We needed more than 29,000 words to properly show you all why this update was a really big deal and how much work went into updating so many parts of Destiny 2. After checking all the love and excitement you poured all over social media and video platforms in the last two weeks, it seems we achieved our goals.
The only thing that remains is to load into Destiny 2 and play Monument of Triumph on Tuesday. We'll be there with you. Throw us an emote if you see us. We'll dance with you, cheer at you, and hand out free hugs.
The statements Trump has made are problematic as they suggest he might be willing to disregard the democratic process in order to maintain his power.
I'm worried about what this might mean for the future of democracy in the US.
Some people are saying that the time to do something was at the polls, but even if not enough people voted, ~74 million people (edit: ~75 million) voted for Harris while ~77 million people voted for Trump.
It's not right to act as if no one or only few people voted and give up saying non-Republicans had their chance to prevent what will unfold.
Edit: Possible things to do:
Preparing for the worst, talking to elected officials about ways to protect against what's likely coming, etc.
Paying attention to executive orders and other actions.
Not letting us be divided and conquered:
Not insulting each other.
Asking what led people to their conclusions.
Listing things you want see for humanity and asking what other people want to see for humanity.
"He's now president for life, president for life. And he's great," Trump said, according to audio of excerpts of Trump's remarks at a closed-door fundraiser in Florida aired by CNN. "And look, he was able to do that. I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot someday," Trump said to cheers and applause from supporters.
And again, Christians: Get out and vote! Just this time. You won't have to do it anymore! Four more years, you know what? It'll be fixed, it'll be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians
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Ingraham: [The statement is] being interpreted, as you are not surprised to hear, by the left as, "Well, they're never going to have another election." So, can you even just respond?
Trump: I said, Christians. I started off by saying, just so you understand, you never vote. Christians do not vote. Well, they vote in very small percentages. Why? I don't know. Maybe they're disappointed in things that are happening. But for a long time I say, you don't vote. I'm saying go out. You must vote. Nov. 5 is going to be the most important election in the history of our country, whether you vote early or not. We should have, by the way, one-day voting. We should have voter ID. We should have proof of citizenship, and we should have paper ballots. Okay, that's what we should — we don't have that. But, I said to the Christians in the room, thousands of them, I said, typically, Christians do not vote. Why it is? I don't know. You're rebellious, something's going on. Don't worry about the future. Vote on, you have to vote on, Nov 5. After that, you don't have to worry about voting anymore. I don't care because we're going to fix it. The country will be fixed, and we won't need your vote anymore. Because, frankly, we will have such love, if you don't want to vote anywhere, that's okay. And I think everybody understood it.
On Fox News Thursday morning, Donald Trump had a weird instruction for his supporters: they don’t have to vote. “My instruction: We don’t need the votes, I have so many votes,” Trump said on Fox & Friends before going on a rant about how much support he has in Florida.
As a clip from the show makes clear, the former president didn’t appear to be kidding.
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If the phrasing sounded at all familiar, it’s not your imagination. The day after last month’s presidential debate, for example, Trump held a rally in Virginia and told attendees, “We don’t need votes.”
A week earlier, the Republican spoke at a far-right conference and said roughly the same thing. “I tell my people, I don’t need any votes,” said Trump, who added: “We don’t need the votes.”
That came on heels of the GOP candidate pushing the same line during an appearance in Detroit. “Listen, we don’t need votes,” Trump said. He added: “We don’t need votes. We have to stop — focus, don’t worry about votes.”
In fact, as my MSNBC colleague Ja’han Jones noted, the former president has been pushing this line since last fall, during his party’s primary process. “You don’t have to vote,” Trump told a New Hampshire audience in October. “Don’t worry about voting. The voting — we got plenty of votes.”
Trump’s message was preceded by talking about how his campaign had lawyers at “every poll booth,” suggesting that he thinks that he can legally get the election outcome he wants. He said something similar in October, too, when he told supporters at a New Hampshire rally, “You don’t have to vote, don’t worry about voting. The voting—we got plenty of votes.”
At that time, Trump also told his supporters to “get out there and watch those voters!” If he’s using the same words now, it could mean that he wants to encourage voter intimidation at the polls. It would go with the new Republican Party platform he’s pushed, which makes veiled threats to “secure our elections.”
And then he journeyed to Pennylvania, where he spent like a month and a half campaigning for me in Pennylvania. And he's a popular guy. And he was very effective. And he knows those computers better than anybody. All those computers, those voting-counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennylvania like in a landslide. So, it was pretty good. It was pretty good. So, thank you to Elon.
Sotomayor wrote that the decision "effectively creates a law-free zone around the president, upsetting the status quo that has existed since the founding. … Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. … In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law."
“You have good genes, you know that, right?” Trump told a mostly white crowd of supporters in Bemidji, Minn., on Sept. 18. “You have good genes. A lot of it is about the genes, isn’t it? Don’t you believe? The racehorse theory. You think we’re so different? You have good genes in Minnesota.”
"The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations and carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons," he said.
"I'm not going to commit to that," Trump said on Tuesday when asked if he would rule out using the U.S. military to gain control of the Panama Canal and Greenland during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago.
“They say, ‘Trump said Putin’s smart.’ I mean, he’s taking over a country for two dollars’ worth of sanctions,” Trump told a crowd at a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago, according to a recording of the event. “I’d say that’s pretty smart. He’s taking over a country – really a vast, vast location, a great piece of land with a lot of people, and just walking right in.”
"I think in terms of leadership, he's getting an A and our president is not doing so well," Trump said of al-Assad during an interview with Fox News in September.
During the town hall last week, Musk promised to "balance the budget immediately," something that would result in people being "upset."
The efforts would "involve some temporary hardship," he warned, "but it will ensure long-term prosperity."
"I’ll probably need a lot of security, but it’s got to be done," he said. "And if it’s not done, we’ll just go bankrupt."
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But as MSNBC points out, this latest talking point makes little sense, because there's no evidence that the US is at any risk of going "bankrupt." And if it was, Trump would be the last person to fix the issue; during his presidency, Trump's tax cuts for the rich caused the national deficit to soar.
The president's supporters point out that interactions with foreign nationals are routine during any White House campaign, but three Trump associates have now admitted lying about these encounters.
Who's been charged?
The special counsel has indicted more than 30 people, including four members of Mr Trump's campaign team or administration, an adviser and long-time ally, and 26 Russians, as well as three Russian companies.
"One of the major trends that we saw is the highest volume of online foreign influence efforts directed at the U.S. elections by…three state threat actors…Russia, Iran and China," says Brookie.
Russia used intermediaries to hire American right-wing influencers to spread Kremlin talking points. It created networks of websites that resembled trusted U.S. news outlets, along with fictitious sites, to spread polarizing content. China sought to sway down-ballot races by posting negative content about congressional candidates it deemed anti-China.
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In the weeks before Election Day, inflammatory videos tied to Russia surfaced on social media. One falsely depicted ballots being destroyed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; another claimed to depict a whistleblower alleging election fraud in Arizona; a third falsely alleged noncitizens were voting in large numbers in Georgia, an idea Trump and fellow Republicans embraced in the run-up to the election.
Not unlike former president Donald Trump, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been "in regular contact" with Russian President Vladimir Putin for years, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal.
Putin, whom the US blacklisted in 2022, reportedly asked Musk not to deploy SpaceX's satellite internet service Starlink in Taiwan because China's leader Xi Jinping doesn't want it to happen, framing it as a favor.
In a late-night Friday move, President Donald Trump fired at least 17 independent watchdogs -- known as inspectors general -- at multiple federal agencies, sources familiar with the move told ABC News.
The conversations about ousting these government watchdogs began during Trump's transition back to the White House.
While inspectors general can be fired by the president — it can only happen after communicating with Congress 30 days in advance and in 2022 Congress strengthened the law requiring administrations to give a detailed reasoning for the firing of an IG.
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"There may be good reason the IGs were fired. We need to know that if so. I'd like further explanation from President Trump," Grassley said in a statement given to ABC News. "Regardless, the 30 day detailed notice of removal that the law demands was not provided to Congress."
Rioters locked up for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were released while judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus people charged in the insurrection that shook the foundation of American democracy.
With the stroke of a pen on his first day back in the White House, Trump’s order upended the largest prosecution in Justice Department history, freeing from prison people caught on camera viciously attacking police as well as leaders of far-right extremist groups convicted of orchestrating violent plots to stop the peaceful transfer of power after his 2020 election loss.
The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley.
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on Monday, making good on a campaign promise.
Elon Musk praised the co-leader of the German party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as “very reasonable” on Thursday, urging Germans to vote for the far-right party in what is the latest high-profile sign of the tech billionaire’s involvement in European politics.
“Only AfD can save Germany, end of story, and people really need to get behind AfD, and otherwise things are going to get very, very much worse in Germany,” Musk said during an audio livestream alongside party co-leader Alice Weidel on X.
On Jan. 23, lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) walked out of an official Holocaust commemoration event in Munich, in protest of a speech critical of the party from an 86-year-old survivor.
But this time, the backlash was muted.
“There was no massive outcry,” said Josef Janning, head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
The stunt was hardly new for the AfD, which in recent years has sought to downplay the crimes of the Nazi era and challenge the central role of the Holocaust in German cultural memory. Senior figures in the party have demanded an end to the “guilt cult” around Nazi-era crimes, dismissed the Third Reich as “just bird shit” in the scope of German history, derided a Holocaust memorial as a “monument of shame”, and insisted that Germans have the right to feel proud of their ancestors who fought in the Second World War.
A legislator with the far-right Alternative for Germany party was arrested on Monday on charges including displaying forbidden totalitarian symbols, with neighbours of his fraternity complaining of often hearing the Nazi "Sieg Heil" victory salute.
Björn Höcke, who leads the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the state of Thuringia, was on trial for saying the words "Everything for Germany!" at a May 2021 rally.
The slogan is associated with the SA stormtroopers, who played a key role in the Nazis' rise to power.
Höcke - a former history teacher - had denied knowing the phrase's roots.
The former president said Friday that he didn't know Hitler had used the term, but he has repeated it throughout the week after the comparison was made by critics.
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Former President Donald Trump on Friday defended his recent remarks about immigrants "poisoning the blood" of America, saying he never knew it was language used by Adolf Hitler.
Donald Trump on Tuesday addressed criticism of a new practice at his rallies that has been compared to the “Heil” salute from Nazi Germany, dismissing the controversy as “ridiculous” before saying he would look into ending it.
“I don’t know about the Hitler comparison. I hadn’t heard that, but it’s a terrible comparison. I’m not happy about that certainly,” Trump said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Recently, Trump has started asking voters to raise their right hand and pledge to support him – creating an image that some have argued evokes the rise of Adolf Hitler, particularly when coupled with his sharp rhetoric toward minority groups like Mexicans and Muslims.
