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Ishmael, The Transition Will Not Be Televised
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Ishmael, The Transition Will Not Be Televised @comradeishmael.bsky.social · May 5
You know what? I love Notorious. It's a game about bounty hunters doing bounty hunter stuff. Get ready to learn Desert Planet, buddy.

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zoewithasword.bsky.social
Boomhauer with a speech bubble
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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chadloder.bsky.social
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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brian-goldstone.bsky.social
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.

It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
Graphic that reads: "The average hourly wage necessary to afford a one-bedroom apartment in the United States is $28.17. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25." -- National Low Income Housing Coalition
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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humanoidhistory.bsky.social
Government labs, 1980-1989.
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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kieranhurley.bsky.social
incredible quote lol
When a doctor told me I’d come close to dying, and that the play had to stop using real knives, I remember thinking: “You just don’t understand theatre.”
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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dragoncobolt.bsky.social
this is the funniest gag in the Giant Grant Games C&C retrospective
Screenshot of soviet troops attacking the Pentagon in red alert 2, with an inset of a dead General Seth in the corner with LIVE SETH REACTION over it - see, in command and conquer: tiberium dawn Seth tried to get you to attack the pentagon as a way to unseat Kane, who shot him unceremoniously in the head.
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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orbitaldropkick.bsky.social
OF EVERYONE ALIVE, I HATE YOU THE MOST
February 9, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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kaitave.bsky.social
We've always lived in rape world, but these days more than ever, every single outlet and platform simply can't wait to go to bat for people like this. We're a month away from someone penning a breathless article about Neil Gaiman's "murky post-allegations career" and the tribulations thereof
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
comradeishmael.bsky.social
Ishmael Food Truck Arc!!!
basicincomeaction.bsky.social Basic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.bsky.social · 1d
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?

Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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nancycomics.bsky.social
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 29, 1945
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY: OH, BOY! ... THERE'S THE PHONE --- IT'S PROBABLY SLUGGO NANCY BEGINS TO RUN TO ANSWER THE TELEPHONE P2- NANCY RACES DOWNSTAIRS P3- SHE RUSHES TOWARDS THE TELEPHONE KNOCKING OVER A VASE. AND A LAMP P4- NANCY: I'LL LET IT RING A WHILE .. I DON'T WANT TO SEEM TOO ANXIOUS NANCY IS PROPPED UP NEXT TO THE TELEPHONE AS IT CONTINUES TO RING
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.

They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Venezuela’s government condemned Trump’s “closed” airspace remarks, describing them as a “colonialist threat” against the country’s sovereignty
Trump Says Consider Airspace Above And Around Venezuela To Be Closed ‘In Its Entirety’
Venezuela’s government condemned Trump’s comments, describing them as a “colonialist threat” against the country’s sovereignty.
www.huffpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
Brad Dourif in The X Files, he's wearing a prison uniform Tony Todd in the X Files, it's a close shot and he's holding a phone up to his head Bryan Cranston in the X Files, he's sitting in the back of a car Tony Shalhoub in The X Files, he's looking completely exhausted and has sensors stuck to his head
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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alvamajo.com
"This character will remember that" = "This character won't remember any of the other interactions"
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
comradeishmael.bsky.social
Fascinating things written by Mr. Kevin Siembieda #398: The Autistic Psychic Savant.
Autistic Psychic Savant P.C.C. The psychic stared out the window for a minute, turned, and without looking directly at the reporter said, "I nuh ... know people think I'm a retard, Muh, Mister Sheridan. Buh but, um, that's where they're wrong. Yep, wrong. I'm not stu ... stupid. Buh but I'm different. I'm different. I know . . . different. It's okay. I am what I am ... um ... like Popeye. " he added with a childish giggle. "And what are you, Simon?" asked the reporter. "Um, a hero - like Popeye. I help people. " "Help people how?" Simon squirmed in his seat, and looked side to side. "You know, Mister. You know. Yep. Yu know." "Yeah, I know, but can you tell me?" "Protect them. " "From what?" "Evil." "What kind of evil? " "The buh ... bad kind. The kind people duh, don't, urn be- lieve in. I know where the evil, um, hides. And I duh ... don 't let it hurt people. " "How, Simon? How do you stop the evil?" "I don't like bad things. Nuh ... no. Don 't like it. Um, did I show you muh ... my butterfly collection? It's pretty. " Special P.C.C. Abilities The Autistic Psychic Savant gets all of the following special abilities. There is no I.S.P. cost unless indicated otherwise. 1. Autistic Defensive Trance. An Autistic Psychic Savant can appear to "check out" of reality by entering into what appears to be a catatonic state. The Savant usually stops and sits down or curls up into a tight ball (fetal position) and zones out. Hands will be folded or balled together as if in prayer or wringing of the hands. The character rocks back and forward or side to side while humming, moaning, counting numbers, performing simple mathematics ("one plus one is two," per- haps repeating the same one over and over again), or mutter- ing or repeating the same phrase over and over again ("Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid." or "It's okay, it's okay." or "Stop it. Stop it. Stop it." and so on.). Threats, physica,lly shaking the character, picking him up and moving him, none of it will break the character out of his trance. 5. Psychic Bloodhound. The Autistic character may need help to dress properly, need to be led around by the hand ("stand here," "sit there," "wait here until I come back to get you"), speak in single words ("yes," "no," "okay") and short phrases ("change the channel," "I'm looking for something," "very bad thing did this." "We need to stop it." "No more suffer- ing." etc.), and seems oblivious to ordinary things and events happening around him most of the time. May sit or stand in one place for hours at a time, and what he's looking at or thinking about is anyone's guess, because he can't say ("Just waiting, thank you." "Pretty sky." "Thinking about mystery." etc.). This is a lot more difficult to play than you might believe. In play tests, there were many times when the player, who clearly understood what was transpiring around him, wanted to do and say things the Autistic Psychic Savant character just couldn't or wouldn't do, and had to stop himself or be reminded by the Game Master that, "Urn, your character has no idea what the group is talking about, but he sees the Poltergeist and is fasci- nated, watching it like a child or a cat might watch a firefly as it flutters about." Or, "Hey, Steve, you have it all figured out to a T, but your Autistic Savant character has no idea how to articu- late his thoughts to express them to the group, at least not in a way the group can clearly understand. All he can do is rock back and forth in his seat on the couch repeating the same two words. Maybe one of the other characters will recognize the clue, and maybe not." Surprisingly, most people have no trouble playing the physi- cal role of the Autistic Savant character. They manage to have the brain-scrambled character walk into danger, get lost, create confusion and wander around mumbling with relative ease. The tough part is the mental part of the game. Biting your tongue when you, the player, have figured out a clue or recognize a danger, but the addled character is oblivious to it or can't ex- press himself even when he does recognize it. I think garners, especially seasoned ones, forget how ·cerebral role-playing re- ally is and get frustrated when they play an impaired character like this. They forget how difficult it is to hold back and "play in character" when the solution or salvation is on the tip of their own tongue.
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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redundantz.bsky.social
It’s Final Fantasy 15s 8 year anniversary!
Have 5 mimir~ 💤
[ #FFXV ]
November 30, 2024 at 12:36 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
this reminds me of a friend who thought he was middle class so he donated his car to a charity that helps poor people and a month later, he saw his car at his neighbor's house
Iashishranjann on Twitter writes: "i’m so fuckin middle class that i used to think H&M and zara is a luxury brand" The tweet generated a long discussion on Twitter about how this person is not actually middle-class.
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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someforeignfield.bsky.social
I think I became convinced that most of the United States is an anti-human hellscape when I worked in refugee resettlement. Seeing that Afghan family who went from rural Kandahar to the Red Roof Inn off the interstate. The look on their faces when I dropped them off. Dark fucking shit.
someforeignfield.bsky.social Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 2d
Listen, I was there when the first afghans evacuees got off the plane at Dulles in late July 2021. But a few months later we had nice liberals in the community asking us if they could host a Ukrainian family. "What about Afghan or Congolese?"

"Oh, no thanks"

Racist fucking country, man
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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bloomfilters.bsky.social
observer gf
- observing
- detects ordinarily overlooked details
- sees the big picture
- learning to sit back and observe
- "i'll take a look at that"
- "yes, i'm keeping an eye on it"
- scanning everything
- "i see"
- takes pleasure in looking
- always watching
- always watching
- always wa
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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tannerfboyle.bsky.social
Today, Getting Spooked resumes the saga of musical medium Belita Adair. Reid tracked down Hugh Macdonald, the parapsychologist who conducted her psychic trials at Stanford in summer 1975. He reveals connections to Philip Zimbardo, Navy mind control, & more. tannerfboyle.substack.com/p/the-childr...
The Children's Crusade, Pt. 2
An Interview with Parapsychologist Hugh Macdonald on Belita Adair's Psychic Powers, Navy Psych Research, and the Laboratory of Philip Zimbardo
tannerfboyle.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
comradeishmael.bsky.social
Choice of Games being the only developer pumping out reliably decent World of Darkness video games is a little funny. Entalto Studios had a very short free cRPG back in 2022 (linked below). Draw Distance's Reckoning of New York wasn't great.

store.steampowered.com/app/1926120/...
Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Lullaby on Steam
Experience Vampire: The Masquerade in a new way through this isometric cRPG. Change perspectives as you travel through the Heartless Club as a Human and a Vampire. Roll the dice, take your choices, an...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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someforeignfield.bsky.social
How many white GWOT vets airhole their family and then commit suicide by cop every week?

Turns out our non-white imperial auxiliaries get PTSD too, but they don't get book deals and an Eastwood movie to make up for it
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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someforeignfield.bsky.social
Listen, I was there when the first afghans evacuees got off the plane at Dulles in late July 2021. But a few months later we had nice liberals in the community asking us if they could host a Ukrainian family. "What about Afghan or Congolese?"

"Oh, no thanks"

Racist fucking country, man
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
comradeishmael.bsky.social
I don't care how many Germans lost their legs in Stalingrad.
magitekdad.bsky.social Doctor Jonathan Pixelfont, MD @magitekdad.bsky.social · 1d
What if that mortar had killed me in Fallujah? “Well it’s a shame that kid John got sent to the illegal war, if you think about it this is actually his fault”.
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
comradeishmael.bsky.social
This is why I pretty much stopped watching Isaac Arthur.
astrokatie.com Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 1d
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM