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RestlessAlbatross

@restlessalbatross.bsky.social

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Fiercely liberal, unabashedly nerdy. Cantankerous, mouthy, and defiant. Too many pets (as if!). LGBTQ+ ally and safe space. Fuck intolerance! "Your life is yours alone. Rise up and live it." Just a big bird, hello. No relation to Creepy Dave. Okay, BYE.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · May 11

Been awhile since a did a #promosky. My interests:

Video games:
Witcher 3
Hollow Knight
Zelda
Elder Scrolls
Sekiro
Rogue-likes
RPGs

Anime:
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Ghost In the Shell
Hunter x Hunter
Fate/Zero
Ghibli

Also:
D&D
Tabletop games
Sci-fi / Fantasy
Horror movies

Wanna be mutuals? 😊

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 2h

Universal Basic Income is automatic, unconditional, paperwork-free insurance we can actually use. It's always there—before, during, and after uncontrollable shocks occur. It's a non-withdrawable stable floor for a stable society. Want certainty? UBI delivers it; same amount, same date, every month.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 3h

Wild, nice job. I still only have about 80% trophies on this despite 3 full playthroughs and several casual mess abouts just because of the massive time investments or obscure bits and bobs you have to go through to get some of them. But I'm not big on checklisting anyway, I prefer to just play. 😊

RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 6h

Most MAGA will starve due to inflation or get systematically ghosted away to forced labor camps before ever admitting they were wrong about anything.

It's the Treehouse of Horrors episode where the teachers eat all the children one by one, but each one thanks Trump for choosing them before the die.

RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 6h

That's some huge fucking bullshit from Houston's government. What the hell are they thinking? This can't possibly go well.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 18h

Florida man, alligator man... same diff? 😆

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 18h

The dumb fucks who voted for Trump THREE times have made it quite clear they would rather starve to death while his cronies loot the country and all their neighbors (and eventually them too) get labeled dissidents and sent to forced labor camps before they'd admit they fucked up by voting for him.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 18h

It's pretty accurate...

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 18h

Wife is now playing #Silksong too. Struggling some, but making great progress. We've played 100+ hours & discussed it at length. We both agree, it REALLY needs an oldschool RPG vignette in the (2nd) ending showing the effects on Pharloom's residents. Or let us back in the world to talk to them more.

RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 18h

The world is full of wonder if only you take the time to look around and soak it in.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA politicians & personalities can't comprehend doing something that they believe in for free, because they get their talking points from on high and they're ALL on the take. They stand for nothing of their own, they're just paid propagandists. Of COURSE a grassroots movement is foreign to them!

RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

Either single, or in an abusive marriage that their wife is afraid to leave or can't afford to.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 1d

"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."

-Karis Nemik, Andor

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The secret power of a people’s movement is that it’s random.

It’s neighbors protecting immigrants from ICE. It’s millions canceling Disney+. It’s a man throwing a sandwich. It’s inflatable frogs dancing.

Dictators struggle to fight a movement, because they can’t do what they want most—control us.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

He is not a real politician. He does not serve the people. He is a bought and paid for propagandist. A professional liar.
A leech. A worthless piece of shit.

Anyone who voted for him is a fucking idiot. End of story.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

If I ran the world, selling charging cables that DON'T work as data transfer cables would be punishable by death.

Fucking cheapskates. 🤬

RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

Unions work! Strikes work!

Good for them for sticking to their guns.

RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

I live in a very rural area in a conservative county. There is no good foreign takeout anywhere near me. The only solution is to teach yourself how to make the best curry, Kung Pao, stir fry, pho etc. yourself. Sure it takes time, but it's SO satisfying when you're craving something authentic! 😋

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Edge O. Erin @edgeoerin.com · 1d

Surcharge their power.
Cancel the F-35 order.
It's Gloves Off time.
We can't keep kissing Oval Office ass.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

Politicians: "Video games cause violence!"

Me: *avoids the rude dialogue options in RPGs because I don't want the NPCs to feel bad*

RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

The crazy thing is that most Dems who consider themselves pretty far left nowadays would barely be considered mild centrists by most objective outside observers. Europeans consider the base Dem position to be right of center.

As an individual anarchist, Muricans are ludicrously right wing to me. 🤣

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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 1d

How about they station the Police outside ICE detention centres and don't let them take their victims in unless they show the Police a lawfull warrant. If they can't then the Police arrest the Agents for Kidnapping and release the victims.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

People are desperate to be personalities. They feel like their "brand" is performative and transformative enough to be its own content.

I don't get the whole "reaction video" thing. It drives me crazy, and it absolutely gluts social media and YouTube with total dreck. Why do people like this shit?

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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 2d

I’d rather be Canadian than vote for the Conservatives.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives, especially PoiLIEvre, literally don't know how to lead, govern, or help in any way. They have no plan, they have no skills, all they can do is bitch and moan while they obstruct progress and vote against Canadians' best interests.

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RestlessAlbatross @restlessalbatross.bsky.social · 1d

Me: *screams into the void*

The void: Due to unexpectedly high call volumes, we are experiencing higher than average wait times. Your scream is very important to us. Please hold the line. A void representative will be with you as soon as possible. Your place in the queue is currently 30,509,352.