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If your romantic partner purposefully breaks your gaming equipment, that's abuse
A shattered Switch can be a big red flag
www.mothership.blog
Was a little busy this morning watching the new Mothership Discord get filled with new subscribers, but my first piece for Mothership went up at launch - not a fun one to write, but an important one that I am glad Mothership supports.
CW: IPV/abuse
www.mothership.blog/if-your-roma...
CW: IPV/abuse
www.mothership.blog/if-your-roma...
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
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Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that?
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
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When you have a cleaning task you’re really dreading, set the timer on your phone for 15 minutes and clean for that long only
spoiler: you’ll probably get it all done, it’s just that often it’s easier to get started when the task has a definite length
spoiler: you’ll probably get it all done, it’s just that often it’s easier to get started when the task has a definite length
What are some good cleaning hacks you have to make the tasks less unbearable?
February 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
When you have a cleaning task you’re really dreading, set the timer on your phone for 15 minutes and clean for that long only
spoiler: you’ll probably get it all done, it’s just that often it’s easier to get started when the task has a definite length
spoiler: you’ll probably get it all done, it’s just that often it’s easier to get started when the task has a definite length
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I have often felt extremely cynical about the idea that "food brings people together." this dinner felt like a very informational stress test of it.
"It is an act of love for Palestinians to patiently counter myths while their loved ones are being killed."
@soleilho.com went to a dinner where Palestinian food and drink makers shared their history and their grief. Then came the Q&A.
@soleilho.com went to a dinner where Palestinian food and drink makers shared their history and their grief. Then came the Q&A.
Pass the Rice, and Please Explain Your Genocide
At a thoughtfully organized dinner in Oakland, Palestinian culinary activists shared more than just food — they offered their stories, their resilience, and their patience
www.coyotemedia.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I have often felt extremely cynical about the idea that "food brings people together." this dinner felt like a very informational stress test of it.
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…and they were never asked to do a Valentine’s Day event again
February 14, 2026 at 9:35 PM
…and they were never asked to do a Valentine’s Day event again
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Was hit with a bit of a stomach thing, but I'm feeling well enough now to play some #Overwatch! Still iffy on if my anxiety will let me do comp so I'm just gonna focus on having some fun. :)
twitch.tv/casual_jacob_
twitch.tv/casual_jacob_
Casual_Jacob_ - Twitch
[Drops] Be my Valentine?
twitch.tv
February 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Was hit with a bit of a stomach thing, but I'm feeling well enough now to play some #Overwatch! Still iffy on if my anxiety will let me do comp so I'm just gonna focus on having some fun. :)
twitch.tv/casual_jacob_
twitch.tv/casual_jacob_
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Saturday!!! Hope to see y’all there!!
Stunning news from my perpetually sleepy self: I have two events coming up! Come get some comics, Milwaukee!
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Saturday!!! Hope to see y’all there!!
I'm going to be spending my Valentine's Day doing fun stuff for myself but I'm spending time off Bluesky this weekend because some games people were being nasty about video games and calmly, nicely I'm saying that you don't have to follow people on this website you don't like or don't agree with
February 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I'm going to be spending my Valentine's Day doing fun stuff for myself but I'm spending time off Bluesky this weekend because some games people were being nasty about video games and calmly, nicely I'm saying that you don't have to follow people on this website you don't like or don't agree with
the amount of harassment the original article caused was horrifying, all over saying the 3rd Bayonetta had problematic heteropatriarchal story beats
so anyway this is what i've spent the past four years being pissed off about www.mothership.blog/rest-in-peac...
Rest in peace, Bayonetta
A full-spoiler explanation as to why queer fans like me felt so disappointed by Bayonetta 3
www.mothership.blog
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
the amount of harassment the original article caused was horrifying, all over saying the 3rd Bayonetta had problematic heteropatriarchal story beats
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so anyway this is what i've spent the past four years being pissed off about www.mothership.blog/rest-in-peac...
Rest in peace, Bayonetta
A full-spoiler explanation as to why queer fans like me felt so disappointed by Bayonetta 3
www.mothership.blog
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
so anyway this is what i've spent the past four years being pissed off about www.mothership.blog/rest-in-peac...
Nevermind, the name isn't even the worst part lol
going to say what I am thinking in that I know everyone is excited for a game called, "Mewgenics" but is that name a good idea at this present moment. Just wondering
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Nevermind, the name isn't even the worst part lol
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It took me months, about 495 rides, recovering from a shattered right foot and hacking a folding scooter, but I finally own a Nintendo Switch 2 using points obtained from Citi Bike. Afterwards, it left me questioning the very nature of work. For @aftermath.site.
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
February 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It took me months, about 495 rides, recovering from a shattered right foot and hacking a folding scooter, but I finally own a Nintendo Switch 2 using points obtained from Citi Bike. Afterwards, it left me questioning the very nature of work. For @aftermath.site.
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
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Anyways people mocking me for saying shit about the name when there's literally Zionists voicing characters
February 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Anyways people mocking me for saying shit about the name when there's literally Zionists voicing characters
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Nothing surprising for a dude who called their game Mewgenics but I keep seeing this described as "people with clashing political views" which, aside from an understatement in its own right, I feel kinda undersells the fact one of these people was involved in war crimes
February 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Nothing surprising for a dude who called their game Mewgenics but I keep seeing this described as "people with clashing political views" which, aside from an understatement in its own right, I feel kinda undersells the fact one of these people was involved in war crimes
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Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
This guy being ripped limb from limb by a bunch of bloodthirsty, frenzied women in a Bacchanalian rite would be too good for him, but if you ever thought a feminist "hated men" too much you were severely mistaken, because it was deserved
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This guy being ripped limb from limb by a bunch of bloodthirsty, frenzied women in a Bacchanalian rite would be too good for him, but if you ever thought a feminist "hated men" too much you were severely mistaken, because it was deserved
Had a match tonight where I outhealed an Ana as Mizuki, which is... Interesting for a healer with no burst
#overwatch
#overwatch
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Had a match tonight where I outhealed an Ana as Mizuki, which is... Interesting for a healer with no burst
#overwatch
#overwatch
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Playing some more Mizuki in #Overwatch. Just some qp before I start sweating comp tomorrow/Friday. :)
twitch.tv/casual_jacob_
twitch.tv/casual_jacob_
Casual_Jacob_ - Twitch
[Drops] More Mizuki practice
twitch.tv
February 12, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Playing some more Mizuki in #Overwatch. Just some qp before I start sweating comp tomorrow/Friday. :)
twitch.tv/casual_jacob_
twitch.tv/casual_jacob_
I don't really like talking to people who don't get how I talk 🥴
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 AM
I don't really like talking to people who don't get how I talk 🥴
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What’s funny about this aside from the fact that I’ve played it like twice since I’ve gotten it is that now exactly two of us on the site have a Switch 2 because none of us cared enough to buy one.
Here it is. I cannot think of another outlet that would have let me do this, I was only able to because of @aftermath.site. Reader support lets me do these incredibly long term features.
February 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
What’s funny about this aside from the fact that I’ve played it like twice since I’ve gotten it is that now exactly two of us on the site have a Switch 2 because none of us cared enough to buy one.
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*rings dinner bell* yall come eat
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
Relooted Review: A Thrilling Heist Game Turns Crime Into Justice https://kotaku.com/relooted-review-heist-game-steam-game-pass-2000667754
Relooted Review: A Thrilling Heist Game Turns Crime Into Justice
Hear me out, what if it doesn’t belong in a museum?
kotaku.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
*rings dinner bell* yall come eat
Can't wait till you read the non social headline
Can't wait till you read the non social headline