Chris Franklin
@errant-signal.com
Maker of Organic, Artisanal Video Essays About Interactive Media | Professional also-ran | Cringe Elemental | (he/him) | linktr.ee/campster
Trying to explain how Ambrosia Sky is Powerwash Simulator meets Donkey Kong Bananza but about being wistful for a home you can't go back to and leaving the midwest and grief for lost people & endeavors alike and also there's a grapple hook
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Trying to explain how Ambrosia Sky is Powerwash Simulator meets Donkey Kong Bananza but about being wistful for a home you can't go back to and leaving the midwest and grief for lost people & endeavors alike and also there's a grapple hook
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Brother you are not going to like the answers to these questions.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Brother you are not going to like the answers to these questions.
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TypeScript is a psychology experiment designed to see if you can read "the JavaScript API you know and love, but with the safety of strong typing!" and get so distracted by how much you like strongly typed languages that you forget that you do not, in fact, neither know nor love the JavaScript API
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
TypeScript is a psychology experiment designed to see if you can read "the JavaScript API you know and love, but with the safety of strong typing!" and get so distracted by how much you like strongly typed languages that you forget that you do not, in fact, neither know nor love the JavaScript API
it's been a real "what the fuck are we even doin' here" kind of week and it's
*checks notes*
monday night
*checks notes*
monday night
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
it's been a real "what the fuck are we even doin' here" kind of week and it's
*checks notes*
monday night
*checks notes*
monday night
okay but how do we know they didn't
Like this remains my bugbear with the entire Jurassic World game franchise: it fundamentally misunderstands the text it wants to adapt in order to sell a cartoon version that pretends like it's saying the same thing but isn't
Like this remains my bugbear with the entire Jurassic World game franchise: it fundamentally misunderstands the text it wants to adapt in order to sell a cartoon version that pretends like it's saying the same thing but isn't
T-Rex No Longer A Shitty Dad After New Jurassic World Evolution 3 Update
T Rex No Longer Attacks His Kids After Jurassic World Evo 3 Patch
The excellent dino park builder is also less buggy and includes a few new features after update 1.1.0
kotaku.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
okay but how do we know they didn't
Like this remains my bugbear with the entire Jurassic World game franchise: it fundamentally misunderstands the text it wants to adapt in order to sell a cartoon version that pretends like it's saying the same thing but isn't
Like this remains my bugbear with the entire Jurassic World game franchise: it fundamentally misunderstands the text it wants to adapt in order to sell a cartoon version that pretends like it's saying the same thing but isn't
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The amount of horrific human rights violations the US is responsible for is unfathomable. There’s little wonder the country is an outlier of many international human rights conventions.
"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The amount of horrific human rights violations the US is responsible for is unfathomable. There’s little wonder the country is an outlier of many international human rights conventions.
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a bold strategy to take away food, health care, and the most mild recreational substances and replace them with unlimited ICE funding forever.
lets see how it works out for them
lets see how it works out for them
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
a bold strategy to take away food, health care, and the most mild recreational substances and replace them with unlimited ICE funding forever.
lets see how it works out for them
lets see how it works out for them
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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Petition to refer to postgame content as a game’s “epilogue.” I look forward to being the single signatory.
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Petition to refer to postgame content as a game’s “epilogue.” I look forward to being the single signatory.
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Do you know how hard it is to politically radicalize someone who joined a website to reply with the cry laughing emoji to the Trix cereal rabbit?
People are mad at Democrats over on Threads. Do you understand? THREADS.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Do you know how hard it is to politically radicalize someone who joined a website to reply with the cry laughing emoji to the Trix cereal rabbit?
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
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One way you know that this wasn’t just a matter of 8 breakaway rogue senators screwing everything up is:
There’s no talk of replacing Durbin as -goddamn whip- despite him openly defying leadership in one of the most pivotal votes of the entire session.
There’s no talk of replacing Durbin as -goddamn whip- despite him openly defying leadership in one of the most pivotal votes of the entire session.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
One way you know that this wasn’t just a matter of 8 breakaway rogue senators screwing everything up is:
There’s no talk of replacing Durbin as -goddamn whip- despite him openly defying leadership in one of the most pivotal votes of the entire session.
There’s no talk of replacing Durbin as -goddamn whip- despite him openly defying leadership in one of the most pivotal votes of the entire session.
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People are going to die and it will be these democrats’ fault.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
People are going to die and it will be these democrats’ fault.
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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The Democratic redline for months has been funding Obamacare. Rs want the Ds to bail them out? Fine, fund the ACA. But *that's not in the CR*.
I feel like for years I've been yelled at for calling the ACA not good enough. Now the Democrats are just…giving up the ACA, so their planes aren't delayed?
I feel like for years I've been yelled at for calling the ACA not good enough. Now the Democrats are just…giving up the ACA, so their planes aren't delayed?
How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The Democratic redline for months has been funding Obamacare. Rs want the Ds to bail them out? Fine, fund the ACA. But *that's not in the CR*.
I feel like for years I've been yelled at for calling the ACA not good enough. Now the Democrats are just…giving up the ACA, so their planes aren't delayed?
I feel like for years I've been yelled at for calling the ACA not good enough. Now the Democrats are just…giving up the ACA, so their planes aren't delayed?
Absolum is really good. I just like punchin’ and parryin’ and occasionally magickin’.
But also the way they slowly expand their Starfox style level selection with quests makes its roguelite nature much easier to stomach.
But also the way they slowly expand their Starfox style level selection with quests makes its roguelite nature much easier to stomach.
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Absolum is really good. I just like punchin’ and parryin’ and occasionally magickin’.
But also the way they slowly expand their Starfox style level selection with quests makes its roguelite nature much easier to stomach.
But also the way they slowly expand their Starfox style level selection with quests makes its roguelite nature much easier to stomach.
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Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Trying to imagine the political fallout of caving for nothing, thus implying that you really were the party obstructing the government for no reason. They’re gonna get so goddamned burned by this for no fucking reason.
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Trying to imagine the political fallout of caving for nothing, thus implying that you really were the party obstructing the government for no reason. They’re gonna get so goddamned burned by this for no fucking reason.
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Even the corporatist Hill reporters are gobsmacked by how complete @schumer.senate.gov's collapse is: "And this does absolutely zero on Obamacare. The most Democrats get is a Senate vote. After 40 days."
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Even the corporatist Hill reporters are gobsmacked by how complete @schumer.senate.gov's collapse is: "And this does absolutely zero on Obamacare. The most Democrats get is a Senate vote. After 40 days."
If Schumer folds the difference between fascists and democratic leadership is a distinction without a difference.
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If Schumer folds the difference between fascists and democratic leadership is a distinction without a difference.
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Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
yep
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Okay, Ezra is confirming that he's hearing D senators are actually plotting to cave to Trump and end the shutdown WITHOUT any extension of the ACA, just a promise of a vote later down the line.
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
Call your senators, friends, NOW, and tell them NO DEAL without ACA funding!
Find them here: reps.fyi
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I don't know if this is what's actually in the deal. But if that's what's in the deal, every Democrat who votes for it should lose their jobs, on principle. Even if the entire situation is a win for Democrats politically, we ought to find other Democrats to enjoy that victory
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I don't know if this is what's actually in the deal. But if that's what's in the deal, every Democrat who votes for it should lose their jobs, on principle. Even if the entire situation is a win for Democrats politically, we ought to find other Democrats to enjoy that victory
I’m willing to let The Grinch take a lot of things but letting him take our Honk Honkers is too far
What next? Our Wub Jubblies? Our Jizz Jackers or Twig Thwackers? We must protect our Kong Donglers and Voo-Voo Vazooms from this green menace
What next? Our Wub Jubblies? Our Jizz Jackers or Twig Thwackers? We must protect our Kong Donglers and Voo-Voo Vazooms from this green menace
Fencing at the Honk Honkers shop in Seuss Landing. Could be a Grinch takeover.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’m willing to let The Grinch take a lot of things but letting him take our Honk Honkers is too far
What next? Our Wub Jubblies? Our Jizz Jackers or Twig Thwackers? We must protect our Kong Donglers and Voo-Voo Vazooms from this green menace
What next? Our Wub Jubblies? Our Jizz Jackers or Twig Thwackers? We must protect our Kong Donglers and Voo-Voo Vazooms from this green menace
I’m beginning to think voting blue no matter who might not accomplish very much, folks
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’m beginning to think voting blue no matter who might not accomplish very much, folks