The NYT opinion section is taking some responsibility for glazing Platner… here’s why it’s too little too late. Great joining @kilmeade to discuss that and whether we’ll be hitting up Little Pakistan (which made it on Mamdani’s map of NY immigrant communities) anytime soon.

🇺🇸🇨🇦 First the Gulf, now a whole lake. Trump's map-renaming streak continues. Apple Maps has followed Google in relabeling Lake Ontario as "Lake America," and Trump marked the moment by announcing the whole thing is now "complete, ratified, and binding." Small detail: the lake is still half in Canada, and Canadians still see Lake Ontario on their screens. Binding is doing a lot of work there. The real winner might be MapQuest, of all things. It flat-out refused to change the name and shot straight to number 1 in the app store. A dead app came back to life by saying no. Somebody's got to tell the Canadian fish they're American now. Writer: Daniyal

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Recently, we received some player feedback: “Someone keeps grabbing Lightning in the room, then starts chasing everyone down. It’s impossible to play!” ⚡🐍 At first, we were confused. Our first reaction was: wait… is someone cheating? Then we checked. Nope. Not a hack. What made it even crazier was that some players actually recorded videos showing exactly how they could grab Lightning again and again, then use it to hunt down other players. At that moment, as developers, we honestly had a small breakdown. The game wasn’t broken. The players had evolved too fast. Some high-level players now understand PumpSnake’s map, item spawns, movement rhythm, and chase routes to an absolutely ridiculous level. They’re not playing Snake anymore. They’re hunting. 😵‍💫 But here’s the problem: When a few skilled players master the Lightning mechanic too hard, new players might enter a room, barely understand what’s happening, and get wiped out in seconds. That’s not very friendly to beginners. So this time, we’re making an adjustment: ⚡ The Lightning item will be removed from the map 🪲 The Lightning Buff will now come from in-game beetles ⏱️ As compensation, the Lightning Buff duration will increase from 15s to 20s This is not about nerfing skilled players. Good players can still dominate through mechanics and prediction. But we want Lightning to become a little more random, give new players more room to adapt, and add more uncertainty to every match. Now, whether you get Lightning or not is all about luck. But once you get it… Go ahead and start the killing spree！！！😈 #pumpsnake# #web3# #gamefi#