Matthew Macomber
@chumesog.bsky.social
I work in the IT field. I reshare various interests (i.e. Queer issues, accessibility, video games, weather, politics). Views here are my own. Partner to @alicia-klees.bsky.social! (He/Him)
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blood thirsty maniac
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
blood thirsty maniac
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But... but... but I was reliably informed that all the billionaires would flee New York if this happened!
Manhattan Luxury Apartment Market Surges in Month After Mamdani’s Win
Real estate brokers say there has been no slowdown in demand from wealthy buyers.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
But... but... but I was reliably informed that all the billionaires would flee New York if this happened!
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PSA if you're planning to dig into Metroid Prime 4: Beyond tonight -- Save yourself the woe of having a 98% scan completion at the end of the game by making sure you scan these 3 guys in the tutorial area!
We've got plenty more tips, video, and a guide in-progress here!
www.ign.com/wikis/metroi...
We've got plenty more tips, video, and a guide in-progress here!
www.ign.com/wikis/metroi...
December 4, 2025 at 5:39 AM
PSA if you're planning to dig into Metroid Prime 4: Beyond tonight -- Save yourself the woe of having a 98% scan completion at the end of the game by making sure you scan these 3 guys in the tutorial area!
We've got plenty more tips, video, and a guide in-progress here!
www.ign.com/wikis/metroi...
We've got plenty more tips, video, and a guide in-progress here!
www.ign.com/wikis/metroi...
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he believes that if they die they were meant to die and that those that live are the fittest
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
he believes that if they die they were meant to die and that those that live are the fittest
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rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
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To wrap up our Arkham Horror: The Card Game Survivor reveal season, we have an article on Isabelle Barnes live now on our website!
“My sister’s sacrifice won’t be in vain.”
www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2025...
“My sister’s sacrifice won’t be in vain.”
www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2025...
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
To wrap up our Arkham Horror: The Card Game Survivor reveal season, we have an article on Isabelle Barnes live now on our website!
“My sister’s sacrifice won’t be in vain.”
www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2025...
“My sister’s sacrifice won’t be in vain.”
www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2025...
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The Horses stuff is very tiring because so many in games like the idea of games being “art” when it suits them, but revert to “nooo games are fun toys” when it makes them uncomfortable.
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Horses stuff is very tiring because so many in games like the idea of games being “art” when it suits them, but revert to “nooo games are fun toys” when it makes them uncomfortable.
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a person making six figures has more in common with someone who is destitute than they do with a billionaire
There are now 2,900 billionaires, and they hold $15.8 trillion.
The wealth of the bottom 50% of the global population, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion.
The wealth of the bottom 50% of the global population, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion.
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
a person making six figures has more in common with someone who is destitute than they do with a billionaire
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mediterranea inferno rips, it's so good
My hope with all the furore around Horses is that people are encouraged to check out Santa Ragione's other games, especially Saturnalia and Mediterranea Inferno.
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
mediterranea inferno rips, it's so good
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Hardware sales
Total sales of Switch 2 in Japan should top 3 million in Japan next week
sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
Total sales of Switch 2 in Japan should top 3 million in Japan next week
sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hardware sales
Total sales of Switch 2 in Japan should top 3 million in Japan next week
sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
Total sales of Switch 2 in Japan should top 3 million in Japan next week
sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
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Game Sales (Nov 24 - Nov 30)
1[SW2] Mario Kart World - 49.586 / 2.251.711
2[SW2] Kirby Air Riders - 46.287 / 241.881
3[SWI] Pokémon Legends: Z-A - 35.225 / 1.306.801
sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
1[SW2] Mario Kart World - 49.586 / 2.251.711
2[SW2] Kirby Air Riders - 46.287 / 241.881
3[SWI] Pokémon Legends: Z-A - 35.225 / 1.306.801
sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Game Sales (Nov 24 - Nov 30)
1[SW2] Mario Kart World - 49.586 / 2.251.711
2[SW2] Kirby Air Riders - 46.287 / 241.881
3[SWI] Pokémon Legends: Z-A - 35.225 / 1.306.801
sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
1[SW2] Mario Kart World - 49.586 / 2.251.711
2[SW2] Kirby Air Riders - 46.287 / 241.881
3[SWI] Pokémon Legends: Z-A - 35.225 / 1.306.801
sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
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Sony Interactive Entertainment partnering with Bad Robot Games to produce and publish the studio’s first internally developed title for PS5 and PC
➡️ sonyinteractive.com/en/press-rel...
The game is a co-op shooter directed by Mike Booth, ex-lead designer on the Left 4 Dead series
➡️ sonyinteractive.com/en/press-rel...
The game is a co-op shooter directed by Mike Booth, ex-lead designer on the Left 4 Dead series
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sony Interactive Entertainment partnering with Bad Robot Games to produce and publish the studio’s first internally developed title for PS5 and PC
➡️ sonyinteractive.com/en/press-rel...
The game is a co-op shooter directed by Mike Booth, ex-lead designer on the Left 4 Dead series
➡️ sonyinteractive.com/en/press-rel...
The game is a co-op shooter directed by Mike Booth, ex-lead designer on the Left 4 Dead series
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NEW: I spoke with the reporters behind Post Games, Aftermath, Game File, People Make Games, Rogue, and Rascal News to learn about the trials and triumphs of going independent in a shifting game media landscape dominated by conglomeration and layoffs.
'We survive or fail on our own terms:' The rise and risk of independent game media
'We survive or fail on our own terms:' The rise and risk of independent game media
Can worker-owned outlets create a brighter future for video game journalists and their readers?
www.gamedeveloper.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
NEW: I spoke with the reporters behind Post Games, Aftermath, Game File, People Make Games, Rogue, and Rascal News to learn about the trials and triumphs of going independent in a shifting game media landscape dominated by conglomeration and layoffs.
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Enshittificafion taken to the logical… end.
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Enshittificafion taken to the logical… end.
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“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.”
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you know it had to be done
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
you know it had to be done
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It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
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this really isn’t an exaggeration
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
this really isn’t an exaggeration
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i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
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the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
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#NintendoMusic special release alert! 🚨
Music from the #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch game #MetroidPrime4: Beyond is now available on the Nintendo Music app.
Listen here: ninten.do/6012tMEpg
Music from the #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch game #MetroidPrime4: Beyond is now available on the Nintendo Music app.
Listen here: ninten.do/6012tMEpg
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#NintendoMusic special release alert! 🚨
Music from the #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch game #MetroidPrime4: Beyond is now available on the Nintendo Music app.
Listen here: ninten.do/6012tMEpg
Music from the #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch game #MetroidPrime4: Beyond is now available on the Nintendo Music app.
Listen here: ninten.do/6012tMEpg
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butler's recent book, Who's Afraid of Gender, completely called this shit. essential read.
people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
butler's recent book, Who's Afraid of Gender, completely called this shit. essential read.
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Having the sum of human creative output called “ai training data” is frying me
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Having the sum of human creative output called “ai training data” is frying me
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Israel says it will reopen the Rafah border crossing in Gaza — but only so Palestinians can leave. Human rights lawyer Sari Bashi says it adds to fears that the U.S. ceasefire deal lets Israel "continue the ethnic cleansing."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/3/sari_bashi_israel_gaza_west_bank
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/3/sari_bashi_israel_gaza_west_bank
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Israel says it will reopen the Rafah border crossing in Gaza — but only so Palestinians can leave. Human rights lawyer Sari Bashi says it adds to fears that the U.S. ceasefire deal lets Israel "continue the ethnic cleansing."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/3/sari_bashi_israel_gaza_west_bank
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/3/sari_bashi_israel_gaza_west_bank
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I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.