Alex Samaras (he/him)
@bioalex.bsky.social
It’s not enough to be not; be anti-. Anti-fascist. Anti-racist. Anti-sexist. Anti-bigot. Anti-capitalist. #CapitalismPoisonsEverything
Expect a whole sort of general mishmash of my interests & passions, w/ a lot of #Splatoon3 stuff.
Expect a whole sort of general mishmash of my interests & passions, w/ a lot of #Splatoon3 stuff.
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When cruelty is the point, as it so very clearly is with these fascists, every act of kindness is an act of resistance.
Be kind, look out for each other, and stomp your boots on the faces of fascism.
Be kind, look out for each other, and stomp your boots on the faces of fascism.
Looks like the choads who complained about Aloy not being up to their “my anime waifu” standards and made an AI mockup of her with smoother features & make up are getting their dream game.
And I bet they never play it.
And I bet they never play it.
so the new horizon MMO is made by a Korean company and it shows Big Time, wow
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Looks like the choads who complained about Aloy not being up to their “my anime waifu” standards and made an AI mockup of her with smoother features & make up are getting their dream game.
And I bet they never play it.
And I bet they never play it.
While I won’t be surprised if it’s not, I really would like for this to be a free upgrade for those of us who already own RDR for the Switch.
Though if they follow Nintendo’s lead, it’ll probably be a few dollars to upgrade.
Though if they follow Nintendo’s lead, it’ll probably be a few dollars to upgrade.
New Red Dead Redemption rating suggests remaster on the way to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch 2
www.eurogamer.net/new-red-dead...
www.eurogamer.net/new-red-dead...
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
While I won’t be surprised if it’s not, I really would like for this to be a free upgrade for those of us who already own RDR for the Switch.
Though if they follow Nintendo’s lead, it’ll probably be a few dollars to upgrade.
Though if they follow Nintendo’s lead, it’ll probably be a few dollars to upgrade.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Today's #Nudivember is a swimming Melibe. I haven't seen this species swim, but I have seen our local ones and they're extremely silly swimmers. They swim exactly how you'd expect a slug would swim, flailing about in a way that could never be described as graceful.
#TradArt
#TradArt
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today's #Nudivember is a swimming Melibe. I haven't seen this species swim, but I have seen our local ones and they're extremely silly swimmers. They swim exactly how you'd expect a slug would swim, flailing about in a way that could never be described as graceful.
#TradArt
#TradArt
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Please help if you can. I know times are hard but a little goes a long way. Even a share would help.
This is an organization by Palestinians for Palestinians and they're on the ground in Gaza. Please donate if you can.
www.taawon.org/en/noor
www.taawon.org/en/noor
Noor - Sponsor a child. Save Gaza’s future. | Taawon
Dear friends, partners, and Taawon’s supporters Help us lend a hand to the Orphans of Gaza. The orphans of Gaza have tragically lost their childhood, but it is not too late to help them find joy again...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Please help if you can. I know times are hard but a little goes a long way. Even a share would help.
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Bottom line
The reality is that your judgment has to be rooted in your values. That's what's going to determine what you reward and what you punish. And if you're not clear on your values, then they will emerge clearly through your actual actions. In short, Link is banned, Jesse Singal is not. So now we know.
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Bottom line
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For some reason this hasn’t got much coverage, and the coverage it has got has been poor, but it’s a massive threat to a resource that is so special for so many of us.
New It Could Happen Here
James and Gare discuss Utah Senator Mike Lee’s latest attempt to erode protections on wilderness in the USA.
@jamesstout.bsky.social @bishonentype.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
James and Gare discuss Utah Senator Mike Lee’s latest attempt to erode protections on wilderness in the USA.
@jamesstout.bsky.social @bishonentype.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
For some reason this hasn’t got much coverage, and the coverage it has got has been poor, but it’s a massive threat to a resource that is so special for so many of us.
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The Hades II Original Soundtrack, featuring nearly four hours of blood-pumping music by @darrenkorb.bsky.social and various special guests, is now also available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, and more.🎶🌖
Thank you for listening!
Thank you for listening!
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Hades II Original Soundtrack, featuring nearly four hours of blood-pumping music by @darrenkorb.bsky.social and various special guests, is now also available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, and more.🎶🌖
Thank you for listening!
Thank you for listening!
While I have no doubt this is just more “do as I say, not as I do” BS, part of me wishes to believe that the reason these people are all such miserable assholes is because they’ve never had relief from a headache or sore muscles or a fever or etc.
And I hope they continue to suffer.
And I hope they continue to suffer.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
While I have no doubt this is just more “do as I say, not as I do” BS, part of me wishes to believe that the reason these people are all such miserable assholes is because they’ve never had relief from a headache or sore muscles or a fever or etc.
And I hope they continue to suffer.
And I hope they continue to suffer.
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MY DEAREST FRIEND ESPEONSWEETIE HAS HER COMMISSIONS OPEN
U SHOULD COMMISSION HER
IF U COMMISSION HER, I'LL STOP YELLING (MAYBE)
U SHOULD COMMISSION HER
IF U COMMISSION HER, I'LL STOP YELLING (MAYBE)
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
MY DEAREST FRIEND ESPEONSWEETIE HAS HER COMMISSIONS OPEN
U SHOULD COMMISSION HER
IF U COMMISSION HER, I'LL STOP YELLING (MAYBE)
U SHOULD COMMISSION HER
IF U COMMISSION HER, I'LL STOP YELLING (MAYBE)
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the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
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It's the concentration of power that allows these people to all be pedophiles together. Destroy that power and they can't fucking do it. Your choices are to live as the subjects of a pedophile elite or live as free people with no state, no class, and no rulers
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It's the concentration of power that allows these people to all be pedophiles together. Destroy that power and they can't fucking do it. Your choices are to live as the subjects of a pedophile elite or live as free people with no state, no class, and no rulers
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Look if you don't want a ruling class made of pedophiles the easiest way to do it is to make sure you don't have a ruling class! It's just that simple!
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Look if you don't want a ruling class made of pedophiles the easiest way to do it is to make sure you don't have a ruling class! It's just that simple!
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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This is absurd. Which makes me wonder if their moderation is really just that laughably bad, or this is an excuse to target Kendzior for her anti-fascist journalism.
Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is absurd. Which makes me wonder if their moderation is really just that laughably bad, or this is an excuse to target Kendzior for her anti-fascist journalism.
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ALL OF THEM
I have no sacred cows.
I have no sacred cows.
again i am perfectly fine with locking every one of Jeffrey Epstein's friends in prison, Democrat, Republican or Whatever.
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
ALL OF THEM
I have no sacred cows.
I have no sacred cows.
So, I seem to have a #spider of some sort living in the front fork of my #bicycle. I’m worried about it. Not because of any fear on my part, but because I think I may have picked this hitchhiker up as far back as Yosemite & I’m now in the Mojave near Vegas. It may die of dehydration. 😢
November 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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i keep thinking back to the peak-pandemic mass eviction dems forced when they held a trifecta. there was popular consensus that it was cruelty in service of donors & member wealth over the public welfare.
the time to demand dignity and a better future is now. not next time. now. primary them all
the time to demand dignity and a better future is now. not next time. now. primary them all
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
i keep thinking back to the peak-pandemic mass eviction dems forced when they held a trifecta. there was popular consensus that it was cruelty in service of donors & member wealth over the public welfare.
the time to demand dignity and a better future is now. not next time. now. primary them all
the time to demand dignity and a better future is now. not next time. now. primary them all
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Rosalina also happy anniversary Super Mario Galaxy in USA ⭐️
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Rosalina also happy anniversary Super Mario Galaxy in USA ⭐️
Okay, this is really creative! 😲😎👍🏼
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Okay, this is really creative! 😲😎👍🏼
Heck, Nintendo came out against generative AI, saying they weren’t going in that direction. Which means they’ll still get my money.
It doesn’t matter how much they try to normalize it, if I find a studio is using generative AI, they become dead to me. I won’t buy their games. End of.
It doesn’t matter how much they try to normalize it, if I find a studio is using generative AI, they become dead to me. I won’t buy their games. End of.
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Heck, Nintendo came out against generative AI, saying they weren’t going in that direction. Which means they’ll still get my money.
It doesn’t matter how much they try to normalize it, if I find a studio is using generative AI, they become dead to me. I won’t buy their games. End of.
It doesn’t matter how much they try to normalize it, if I find a studio is using generative AI, they become dead to me. I won’t buy their games. End of.
This was the first viral video I saw on the internet, well before the days of YouTube & social media. My friend told me about it (IN PERSON! 😲) & we searched for it on Altavista to find an FTP link to a low res grainy MPEG of one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen!😂
Happy Exploding Whale Day!🥰
Happy Exploding Whale Day!🥰
55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale.
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
The History of Exploding Whales Is the History of the Internet Itself
My first whale video came in the form of a VHS tape mailed to me by a stranger from the internet.
www.vice.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This was the first viral video I saw on the internet, well before the days of YouTube & social media. My friend told me about it (IN PERSON! 😲) & we searched for it on Altavista to find an FTP link to a low res grainy MPEG of one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen!😂
Happy Exploding Whale Day!🥰
Happy Exploding Whale Day!🥰
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Could the Super Train finally becoming? Don’t forget! It needs to have good coffee!
(I am very much dating myself with this reference 😅)
(I am very much dating myself with this reference 😅)
Leaders from across the Pacific Northwest recently gathered at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference in Seattle and reaffirmed their commitment to building high-speed rail linking the corridor from Portland to Seattle to Vancouver, B.C.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/c...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/c...
Cascadia Forges Ahead on High-Speed Rail Despite Headwinds » The Urbanist
# Leaders from across the Pacific Northwest recently gathered at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference in Seattle and reaffirmed their commitment to building high-speed rail linking the corridor...
www.theurbanist.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Could the Super Train finally becoming? Don’t forget! It needs to have good coffee!
(I am very much dating myself with this reference 😅)
(I am very much dating myself with this reference 😅)
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Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***
Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy