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Godot and iOS friends, been working on some GameCenter bindings, and this forced me to do some big upgrades to SwiftGodot.
I think what I have so far is nicer than Apple’s Unity plugin (api is about the same, but my glueing chops are more tasteful than theirs):
https://github.com/migueldeicaza/Godot

GitHub - migueldeicaza/GodotApplePlugins: Godot Plugins for Apple APIs.
Godot Plugins for Apple APIs. Contribute to migueldeicaza/GodotApplePlugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

WHCA reporters raise concerns about Saudi's Al Arabiya being the sole foreign outlet at Trump's MBS meeting and no mention of Khashoggi in background info (Max Tani/@maxwelltani)
https://x.com/maxwelltani/status/1990876313960300793

Max Tani (@maxwelltani) on X
Some internal tension on the White House Correspondents Association email listserv today. Some journalists are complaining that background info circulated to the group by a reporter working for Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya did not mention the murder of Jamal Khashoggi...

California reaches a $50M settlement with Meta to resolve claims that Facebook users were misled about their ability to limit who could see personal details (The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/19/facebook-users-dec…

Meta, California agree to settle Facebook privacy case
Third parties harvested personal data even though the company claimed to offer privacy, a lawsuit says.

I shrank down SwiftGodot for those that just want to expose APIs to Godot, but do not need to control Godot, and added a template that you can use to make your own:
This leverages the new "barebones" SwiftGodot work:
https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftGodotAppleT…

GitHub - migueldeicaza/SwiftGodotAppleTemplate: Template project for creating Godot iOS extensions using SwiftGodot
Template project for creating Godot iOS extensions using SwiftGodot - migueldeicaza/SwiftGodotAppleTemplate

As news outlets treat prediction markets like news, especially heading into US elections, every dip and swing in the odds may end up wildly misleading people (Saahil Desai/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/202

America Is Slow-Walking Into a Polymarket Disaster
Why is the media obsessed with prediction markets?

Brad Pitt’s F1 movie had me glued to my seat. I could use more of this.

WBD says the Ellisons have "consistently misled" shareholders, including claiming Paramount's proposal had a "full backstop" but it "does not, and never has" (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/busines

Warner Bros. Urges Shareholders to Reject Paramount Takeover Bid, Saying Ellisons ‘Misled’ Them
The claim was made as part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s dismissal of Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.

Wow!
The first SwiftGodot-based game is on the AppStore:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/terminal-madness-revelations/id6740811766

Terminal Madness - Revelations App - App Store
Download Terminal Madness - Revelations by Codepassion S.L. on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Terminal…

OMG, I didn’t think they would attempt a second pass at corporate suicide, but they are!
Grab the popcorn folks!
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@slembcke/115742185079110692

From @…
https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2025-11-18-im-not-bad-im-just-drawn-that-…