Ty
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Cofounder of Comradery.co
Working on a game called High Iron Manifesto
Teaching evil game design ideas to America's youth
Cofounder of Comradery.co
Working on a game called High Iron Manifesto
Teaching evil game design ideas to America's youth
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Art test for new project! Re-post if you'd play a game that looks like this thats about driving trains between rust belt cities delivering mutual aid at industrial scale to support strikes and worker uprisings. Updates on my progress via my mailing list - comradery.co/underwork
#screenshotsaturday
#screenshotsaturday
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the internet was a grand experiment to render every human pastime equally tedious and annoying
January 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
the internet was a grand experiment to render every human pastime equally tedious and annoying
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wherever there is effective radical action from the people best believe a democrat consultant is showing up to turn it into party fundraising
remember: they co-opted BLM and increased police budgets. don't give these shameless leeches a dime
remember: they co-opted BLM and increased police budgets. don't give these shameless leeches a dime
I've launched a campaign to raise money for the Democratic Party of Minnesota (@dfl.org) to help them combat ICE's lawless assault. MN Dem Chair Richard Carlbom joined me for the kickoff. Learn more, donate, and let's rally for the courageous people of Minnesota, together! 👇
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bsky.app/profile/simo...
We launched a new campaign to help the courageous people of Minnesota. Learn more and join us 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-new-camp...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-new-camp...
January 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM
wherever there is effective radical action from the people best believe a democrat consultant is showing up to turn it into party fundraising
remember: they co-opted BLM and increased police budgets. don't give these shameless leeches a dime
remember: they co-opted BLM and increased police budgets. don't give these shameless leeches a dime
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Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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the reason that this nitpick is important is the modern AFL-CIO is consistently criticized as a strategy of labor peace and capitulation. The AFL-CIO's playbook NOT using general strikes and other tactics is a big reason we have such a weak labor position to begin with!
January 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
the reason that this nitpick is important is the modern AFL-CIO is consistently criticized as a strategy of labor peace and capitulation. The AFL-CIO's playbook NOT using general strikes and other tactics is a big reason we have such a weak labor position to begin with!
This is so much more legit than internet accounts calling for general strikes, this is the way forward!
(a nitpick- the AFL-CIO was founded in 1955, and significant general strikes like the Seattle General Strike which was an IWW-AFL coalition, the AFL was not the same as modern AFL-CIO)
(a nitpick- the AFL-CIO was founded in 1955, and significant general strikes like the Seattle General Strike which was an IWW-AFL coalition, the AFL was not the same as modern AFL-CIO)
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 17, 2026 at 2:02 AM
This is so much more legit than internet accounts calling for general strikes, this is the way forward!
(a nitpick- the AFL-CIO was founded in 1955, and significant general strikes like the Seattle General Strike which was an IWW-AFL coalition, the AFL was not the same as modern AFL-CIO)
(a nitpick- the AFL-CIO was founded in 1955, and significant general strikes like the Seattle General Strike which was an IWW-AFL coalition, the AFL was not the same as modern AFL-CIO)
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
Turns out, if you do everything possible to suppress and police your own population to help boost the invading army, then they will still try to get rid of you.
This is bad. Like Reconstruction Era bad. www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Turns out, if you do everything possible to suppress and police your own population to help boost the invading army, then they will still try to get rid of you.
apparently reversivng the reporting almost immediately bsky.app/profile/danl...
extremely cool info environment to tweet something and a half hour later once it’s riled everyone up to be like “no haha jk it’s the opposite actually”
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
apparently reversivng the reporting almost immediately bsky.app/profile/danl...
goddamnit
extremely cool info environment to tweet something and a half hour later once it’s riled everyone up to be like “no haha jk it’s the opposite actually”
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
goddamnit
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Now that I have published this interview with @foddy.net and @gcuzzillo.bsky.social about Baby Steps, maybe I can finally move on with my life and stop thinking about it?? who knows
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
‘It’s a loving mockery, because it’s also who I am’: the making of gaming’s most pathetic character
The team behind Baby Steps discuss why they made a whiny, unprepared manbaby the protagonist – and how players have grown to love Nate as he struggles up a mountain
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Now that I have published this interview with @foddy.net and @gcuzzillo.bsky.social about Baby Steps, maybe I can finally move on with my life and stop thinking about it?? who knows
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
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if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
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Our devotion to brands and franchises — rather than to the artists who create the stories we love — has turned fandom into a seemingly inexhaustible resource to be consumed forever by a class of corporate Doomsday Machines.
I’ve decided to re-examine my attachments.
I’ve decided to re-examine my attachments.
I Can Say Goodbye To Star Trek Because Star Trek Raised Me
Star Trek instilled in me many of the same values that are taught in houses of worship across the world, but in my faith, there is no God to judge or punish me—I learned how to rely on my own moral co...
aftermath.site
January 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Our devotion to brands and franchises — rather than to the artists who create the stories we love — has turned fandom into a seemingly inexhaustible resource to be consumed forever by a class of corporate Doomsday Machines.
I’ve decided to re-examine my attachments.
I’ve decided to re-examine my attachments.
Hmm I don't think I can walk away yet, though 100% of my engagement with Star Trek is watching torrents of the 90s ones over and over, probably not too harmful right?
I never thought I would walk away from Star Trek. I’ve written about it for a decade and I’ve eagerly shared it my entire life. But given who owns it now and who stands to profit from Trekkies’ loyalty, I can’t keep promoting it. The Trekkie in me won’t allow it.
Here’s why I’m beaming out.
Here’s why I’m beaming out.
I Can Say Goodbye To Star Trek Because Star Trek Raised Me
Star Trek instilled in me many of the same values that are taught in houses of worship across the world, but in my faith, there is no God to judge or punish me—I learned how to rely on my own moral co...
aftermath.site
January 16, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Hmm I don't think I can walk away yet, though 100% of my engagement with Star Trek is watching torrents of the 90s ones over and over, probably not too harmful right?
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Last night, The Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 signed on to the call for a Jan 23 shutdown. That brings total labor support to: the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, and the MFE 59
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Last night, The Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 signed on to the call for a Jan 23 shutdown. That brings total labor support to: the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28, and the MFE 59
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ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
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People keep asking where the cops are. They’re here! They’re just protecting the feds! This is Tim Walz’s state patrol.
A fire truck just arrived on this side. State troopers protecting the intersection the feds are occupying.
January 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
People keep asking where the cops are. They’re here! They’re just protecting the feds! This is Tim Walz’s state patrol.
I agree with the sympathy towards that style of speaking, but I think the bigger problem is the fact that he's a CEO more than specifically how he worded it. It's a little too much 'saying the quiet part out loud'/giving the game away. His class positionality is going to carry what is unsaid.
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I agree with the sympathy towards that style of speaking, but I think the bigger problem is the fact that he's a CEO more than specifically how he worded it. It's a little too much 'saying the quiet part out loud'/giving the game away. His class positionality is going to carry what is unsaid.
Yeah, and I think you're right that people misunderstand it to mean 'you need to convince me with a better argument to treat people better'. My issue is those that are replying "actually capitalists will make more money if they treat their workers well", which I think is just not true big picture.
January 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Yeah, and I think you're right that people misunderstand it to mean 'you need to convince me with a better argument to treat people better'. My issue is those that are replying "actually capitalists will make more money if they treat their workers well", which I think is just not true big picture.
Yeah i think so too, but a CEO making a Marxist argument for why working conditions have to be bad is also sort of like the shark explaining why he has to eat you to follow the laws of nature.
January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Yeah i think so too, but a CEO making a Marxist argument for why working conditions have to be bad is also sort of like the shark explaining why he has to eat you to follow the laws of nature.
I think this accidentally reveals that you cannot expect the market to give you fairness in the workplace and you need to organize
January 14, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I think this accidentally reveals that you cannot expect the market to give you fairness in the workplace and you need to organize
this is the Marxist argument, that capitalism can't be sustainable because it gives the capitalist a competitive edge to burn out and churn through skilled workers if the workers are not sufficiently organized to demand better working conditions.
I say this with utmost respect, but Taylor is an absolute tool for saying this privately or publicly.
I can say on good authority that it takes 7 to 10 years to develop game development skills to “good enough” to produce commercial game content. 7-10 years plus the cost of a university education.
I can say on good authority that it takes 7 to 10 years to develop game development skills to “good enough” to produce commercial game content. 7-10 years plus the cost of a university education.
January 14, 2026 at 5:48 PM
this is the Marxist argument, that capitalism can't be sustainable because it gives the capitalist a competitive edge to burn out and churn through skilled workers if the workers are not sufficiently organized to demand better working conditions.
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With the possible exception of Mobutu’s generals selling arms to Kabila’s invading army, I can’t think of a recent example of a serious political actor willing to give weapons to another party publicly killing its voters.
Interesting from Lauren Egan.
“A portion of the Democratic operative class is willing to concede massive amounts of funding will continue to be shoveled into Trump immigration operations.”
My reaction: You can’t go wrong ignoring much of the Dem operative class.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
“A portion of the Democratic operative class is willing to concede massive amounts of funding will continue to be shoveled into Trump immigration operations.”
My reaction: You can’t go wrong ignoring much of the Dem operative class.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Dems Are Begging Their Own to Drop ‘Abolish ICE’
A new memo circulating on Capitol Hill urges Democratic lawmakers to instead embrace reforming the agency.
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
With the possible exception of Mobutu’s generals selling arms to Kabila’s invading army, I can’t think of a recent example of a serious political actor willing to give weapons to another party publicly killing its voters.
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Younger than my grandmother. What you think/what feels like distant history is not that far removed from you.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
January 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Younger than my grandmother. What you think/what feels like distant history is not that far removed from you.