Mike Prinke
@mike-prinke.bsky.social
Programmer Writer at Epic Games
I’m currently in a perpetual stalemate. With my current regimen, the cancer isn’t advancing or retreating. But that can change with any given scan.
Spending a lot of time trying to figure out how to convey my one story I want to write so that if I die, there’s a small chance it can continue.
Spending a lot of time trying to figure out how to convey my one story I want to write so that if I die, there’s a small chance it can continue.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I’m currently in a perpetual stalemate. With my current regimen, the cancer isn’t advancing or retreating. But that can change with any given scan.
Spending a lot of time trying to figure out how to convey my one story I want to write so that if I die, there’s a small chance it can continue.
Spending a lot of time trying to figure out how to convey my one story I want to write so that if I die, there’s a small chance it can continue.
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welp. being billed for an at-home sleep test I took a while back. new doc randomly prescribed it, assuring me it was covered. foolishly said fuck it and took the test because I wanted to know if I have sleep apnea. at no point was I informed that insurance would only cover LESS THAN HALF of the cost
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
welp. being billed for an at-home sleep test I took a while back. new doc randomly prescribed it, assuring me it was covered. foolishly said fuck it and took the test because I wanted to know if I have sleep apnea. at no point was I informed that insurance would only cover LESS THAN HALF of the cost
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Going to repeat this every time I see the GOP "plan":
I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.
So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.
So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Going to repeat this every time I see the GOP "plan":
I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.
So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
I have kidney failure. I require dialysis to live. Three times a week every single week. It costs $1000 per treatment.
So either they need to give me a MINIMUM of $156,000 a year...or I'm going to die.
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Democrats don't want to be an opposition party, and they don't want to be a governing party.
So what is the point of the party?
So what is the point of the party?
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Democrats don't want to be an opposition party, and they don't want to be a governing party.
So what is the point of the party?
So what is the point of the party?
Losing my goddamn mind today, feels like there isn’t a single rudimentary task I can’t screw up
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Losing my goddamn mind today, feels like there isn’t a single rudimentary task I can’t screw up
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@durbin.senate.gov Are you fucking kidding me?? After what you just did?? You shouldnt retire, you should resign you fucking disgrace.
could durbin have picked a worse time to publish this?
Opinion | Trump turned the military on U.S. cities. I will continue to hold him accountable.
Excessive militarized ICE raids and misuse of the military will not make Chicago safer, writes Sen. Dick Durbin.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@durbin.senate.gov Are you fucking kidding me?? After what you just did?? You shouldnt retire, you should resign you fucking disgrace.
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The reason why flight disruptions were the breaking point for Democrats is that they need to not be in DC as much as possible.
They need to go home. They need to fundraise. They need to not do their job.
Trump and the GOP have now learned that next time, they should start with flight disruptions.
They need to go home. They need to fundraise. They need to not do their job.
Trump and the GOP have now learned that next time, they should start with flight disruptions.
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The reason why flight disruptions were the breaking point for Democrats is that they need to not be in DC as much as possible.
They need to go home. They need to fundraise. They need to not do their job.
Trump and the GOP have now learned that next time, they should start with flight disruptions.
They need to go home. They need to fundraise. They need to not do their job.
Trump and the GOP have now learned that next time, they should start with flight disruptions.
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
Oh damn I backed the hell out of that Kickstarter
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Oh damn I backed the hell out of that Kickstarter
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“Hello, I’d like to run the government. Please employ me to run the government.”
Then one of the first things they do, in both terms, is shut down the government and refuse to run it.
How are they still in the job? How are they even eligible for it? If they don’t wanna do it, then leave office.
Then one of the first things they do, in both terms, is shut down the government and refuse to run it.
How are they still in the job? How are they even eligible for it? If they don’t wanna do it, then leave office.
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“Hello, I’d like to run the government. Please employ me to run the government.”
Then one of the first things they do, in both terms, is shut down the government and refuse to run it.
How are they still in the job? How are they even eligible for it? If they don’t wanna do it, then leave office.
Then one of the first things they do, in both terms, is shut down the government and refuse to run it.
How are they still in the job? How are they even eligible for it? If they don’t wanna do it, then leave office.
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RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
Lmao, what a botched case
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Lmao, what a botched case
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the courtroom today
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
the courtroom today
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
Did… did Cuomo actually think he’d win? From what I can tell, he put on one of the most unappealing campaigns imaginable.
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Did… did Cuomo actually think he’d win? From what I can tell, he put on one of the most unappealing campaigns imaginable.
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ACA = “Obamacare”. Same thing. Its proof that many white folks would rather shoot off their own foot if they knew something helped a black or latino person get by too. Its no different from how they used to fill public pools with cement during integration resulting in everyone being hot & miserable.
America is so racist that some Americans believed SNAP benefits were for white people and food stamps were for black people and they did not know they were the same thing and are now horrified to learn they are losing their food subsidies.
November 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
ACA = “Obamacare”. Same thing. Its proof that many white folks would rather shoot off their own foot if they knew something helped a black or latino person get by too. Its no different from how they used to fill public pools with cement during integration resulting in everyone being hot & miserable.
What the Hell do they define as a “hop?”
So, what, if my dad talked to Cardinal George once at an airport, does that make me three hops from the Pope and therefore a “suspected Catholic” or some shit?
So, what, if my dad talked to Cardinal George once at an airport, does that make me three hops from the Pope and therefore a “suspected Catholic” or some shit?
Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What the Hell do they define as a “hop?”
So, what, if my dad talked to Cardinal George once at an airport, does that make me three hops from the Pope and therefore a “suspected Catholic” or some shit?
So, what, if my dad talked to Cardinal George once at an airport, does that make me three hops from the Pope and therefore a “suspected Catholic” or some shit?
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Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."
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The Dig's soundscape is so atmospheric. <3
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Dig's soundscape is so atmospheric. <3
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I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.
two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works
ALT: two men are talking to each other and one of them says that 's not how it works
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I cannot believe there are still people in my mentions arguing that boycotting an election because the candidates aren’t addressing your issue is a way to get them to pay attention.
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For gamers who aren't in game dev, you should know that we are in one of the worst periods in game dev history in terms of industry stability and the reason you're not seeing that play out through products is because the average development window of games is 3-7 years so it hasn't reached you yet.
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For gamers who aren't in game dev, you should know that we are in one of the worst periods in game dev history in terms of industry stability and the reason you're not seeing that play out through products is because the average development window of games is 3-7 years so it hasn't reached you yet.
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Morning, bitches!
Putting off your life for some possible future is a classic mistake. It used to make more sense: you could bank on schooling, for work to keep you on, for retirement.
For most all of these concepts are now completely alien.
Do what you want with your life now, don't wait.
Putting off your life for some possible future is a classic mistake. It used to make more sense: you could bank on schooling, for work to keep you on, for retirement.
For most all of these concepts are now completely alien.
Do what you want with your life now, don't wait.
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Morning, bitches!
Putting off your life for some possible future is a classic mistake. It used to make more sense: you could bank on schooling, for work to keep you on, for retirement.
For most all of these concepts are now completely alien.
Do what you want with your life now, don't wait.
Putting off your life for some possible future is a classic mistake. It used to make more sense: you could bank on schooling, for work to keep you on, for retirement.
For most all of these concepts are now completely alien.
Do what you want with your life now, don't wait.
I’ve tried to recover my Forza Horizon 5 data three times. For whatever reason, it just keeps erasing itself and sending me back to the tutorial/intro. :( MS even sent me all my cars as attachments to messages, so I had to re-unlock them one by one in the mail screen. Still erased themselves.
to play the Xbox version of HALO INFINITE on my $1,000 xbox ally x, i just had verify, repair files, end task for Xbox, uninstall Gaming Services, reupdate the Xbox app in the Microsoft store, update Visual C++ redistributables, reinstall Gaming Services and restart. just like a console on Xmas day!
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I’ve tried to recover my Forza Horizon 5 data three times. For whatever reason, it just keeps erasing itself and sending me back to the tutorial/intro. :( MS even sent me all my cars as attachments to messages, so I had to re-unlock them one by one in the mail screen. Still erased themselves.