Michael Crawford
@michaelcrawford.com
Exists simultaneously as wave and particle. Occasionally pretends to be a writer.
See the rest of my nerdery at
@progresscityusa.com
Formerly @MiklCraw4d at The Old Place™
See the rest of my nerdery at
@progresscityusa.com
Formerly @MiklCraw4d at The Old Place™
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Please treat our treasured IP like trash
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Please treat our treasured IP like trash
oh sooooooo??
Knights Of The Old Republic's Director Is Making A New Star Wars RPG
KOTOR Director Making New Star Wars RPG
Mass Effect's Casey Hudson is leading development on the new single player RPG
kotaku.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
oh sooooooo??
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Disney has hiked prices and laid off hundreds of workers this year.
Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year.
Remember this as Disney turns to AI.
Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year.
Remember this as Disney turns to AI.
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Disney has hiked prices and laid off hundreds of workers this year.
Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year.
Remember this as Disney turns to AI.
Yet Disney paid its CEO $41B in 2024. It just reported a 36% increase in net profits for parks and streaming. And it plans to double stock buybacks next year.
Remember this as Disney turns to AI.
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The current SCOTUS majority should resign in shame. Each and every one of them.
Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The current SCOTUS majority should resign in shame. Each and every one of them.
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'Doctor Who' and the Disintegration of 2025
'Doctor Who' and the Disintegration of 2025
2025 should've been a banner year for 'Doctor Who,' but instead it almost became one of its darkest hours.
gizmodo.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
'Doctor Who' and the Disintegration of 2025
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You're in a car accident. So you call all the ERs from the ambulance and see who's offering a special. Hell, maybe you can ask hospital B to beat hospital A's price. It'll be like car dealerships. "How much can you spend a month, Randi?" "What will it take to get you into this ER today?"
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
You're in a car accident. So you call all the ERs from the ambulance and see who's offering a special. Hell, maybe you can ask hospital B to beat hospital A's price. It'll be like car dealerships. "How much can you spend a month, Randi?" "What will it take to get you into this ER today?"
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What could possibly go wrong with these guys controlling 80 percent of the film industry x.com/cbsnews/stat...
December 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
What could possibly go wrong with these guys controlling 80 percent of the film industry x.com/cbsnews/stat...
AMC Popcorn Pass 2026 is $29.99 (50% off a large popcorn everyday through 12/31/2026) www.amctheatres.com/food-and-dri...
Large popcorn is $10.79 regularly, so only buy this if you plan to consume 6 large popcorns in the next year at AMC. Don't forget the free refill per visit
Large popcorn is $10.79 regularly, so only buy this if you plan to consume 6 large popcorns in the next year at AMC. Don't forget the free refill per visit
December 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is disgusting and I'm furious about the university and the athletic department having anything to do with this psychopath. His downfall cannot come soon enough for me.
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is disgusting and I'm furious about the university and the athletic department having anything to do with this psychopath. His downfall cannot come soon enough for me.
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Please go away.
December 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Please go away.
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This is why America can no longer have nice things
23 Dems voted w/ Republicans to block a vote on impeaching Trump, with another 47 voting present.
140 voted to move forward with an impeachment vote.
Several Dems switched from voting to table (block the vote) to voting present at the last minute.
140 voted to move forward with an impeachment vote.
Several Dems switched from voting to table (block the vote) to voting present at the last minute.
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is why America can no longer have nice things
I think about this daily
Hard to imagine this level of dysfunction lasting another three years and two months.
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I think about this daily
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one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
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And who stands to gain from pushing AI?
The owner of Time, billionaire Marc Benioff.
When billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
time.com/7339685/pers...
The owner of Time, billionaire Marc Benioff.
When billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
time.com/7339685/pers...
The Architects of AI Are TIME's 2025 Person of the Year
The Architects of AI drove the economy, shaped geopolitics, and changed the way we interact with the world
time.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
And who stands to gain from pushing AI?
The owner of Time, billionaire Marc Benioff.
When billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
time.com/7339685/pers...
The owner of Time, billionaire Marc Benioff.
When billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
time.com/7339685/pers...
Online gamblers + AI people = A Voltron of suckiness
People who bet on AI being Time's Person of the Year are very mad right now
Online Gamblers Angry Over Losing Time Person Of The Year Bet
People who bet on AI being Time Magazine's Person of the Year and lost money are very mad right now
kotaku.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Online gamblers + AI people = A Voltron of suckiness
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Every American should feel daily shame that we have allowed ourselves to not only be represented by these people, but that they are using this position to destabilize the world, kill innocent people, and act as a rogue state.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
DOOCY: Is Operation Southern Spear about drugs or oil?
LEAVITT: The Trump administration is focused on doing many things in the Western Hemisphere
LEAVITT: The Trump administration is focused on doing many things in the Western Hemisphere
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Every American should feel daily shame that we have allowed ourselves to not only be represented by these people, but that they are using this position to destabilize the world, kill innocent people, and act as a rogue state.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
Let that shame be the fuel to act, to disrupt, and to defeat them.
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I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’M LOSING MY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY
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Amazon's Official 'Fallout' Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes
Amazon's Official 'Fallout' Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes
Prime Video's latest needle-poke into generative AI's bubble comes on the heels of its anime dubbing debacle.
gizmodo.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Amazon's Official 'Fallout' Season 1 Recap Is AI Garbage Filled With Mistakes
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Of course, normal handshakes don't involve the back of your hand in any way, shape, or form, so this is an obvious lie even by Trumpian standards.
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Of course, normal handshakes don't involve the back of your hand in any way, shape, or form, so this is an obvious lie even by Trumpian standards.
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
What health issue does Trump have that the White House is so desperate to cover up?
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Disney just took a $1 billion bribe to feed your favorite characters into the OpenAI woodchipper https://kotaku.com/disney-open-ai-sora-deal-star-wars-frozen-2000652583
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Disney just took a $1 billion bribe to feed your favorite characters into the OpenAI woodchipper https://kotaku.com/disney-open-ai-sora-deal-star-wars-frozen-2000652583
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When I’ve written about Elsa chatbots and Marvel actress deepfakes, people always eagerly respond that Disney will surely sue the AI companies. Didn’t happen. Instead, they joined forces with them. You can’t trust corporate America to do what’s right, not even for them, once they smell money
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
When I’ve written about Elsa chatbots and Marvel actress deepfakes, people always eagerly respond that Disney will surely sue the AI companies. Didn’t happen. Instead, they joined forces with them. You can’t trust corporate America to do what’s right, not even for them, once they smell money
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David Ellison appears to be mortified that CBS/60 Minutes is “going rogue” by covering the news and by keeping him “in the dark” about a segment critical of Trump.
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Democrats flipped 25 state legislative seats this year—more than a 1/5 of all GOP-held seats that were up for election. Republicans flipped *zero* seats.
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats - Bolts
At the start of Donald Trump’s first presidency, in 2017, large Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, paired with overperformances in special elections, foreshadowed the blue wave of the......
boltsmag.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Democrats flipped 25 state legislative seats this year—more than a 1/5 of all GOP-held seats that were up for election. Republicans flipped *zero* seats.
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
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Aaaaand there it is, folks: Trump’s serious quo for FIFA’s silly quid.
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
Justice Department moves to drop charges in international soccer corruption case
Federal prosecutors in New York moved to drop charges against former Fox employee Hernan Lopez and Full Play Group, an Argentine sports media rights company.
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Aaaaand there it is, folks: Trump’s serious quo for FIFA’s silly quid.
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
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“New Lizza post is up!” I shout from my room. The only reply is my own echo; this house has been empty for thirty-five years.
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“New Lizza post is up!” I shout from my room. The only reply is my own echo; this house has been empty for thirty-five years.