Michael Bunting
@daedalus4096.bsky.social
Just some noob. (he/him)
Not me, staying up way too late on a work night to finish a particularly good game of Against the Storm. I would never. Certainly not when the forest is just *raining* Amber on me every year start. Damn I love this game. Who'd have thought "colony sim" and "roguelite" would go together so well?
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Not me, staying up way too late on a work night to finish a particularly good game of Against the Storm. I would never. Certainly not when the forest is just *raining* Amber on me every year start. Damn I love this game. Who'd have thought "colony sim" and "roguelite" would go together so well?
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This mood is just - really strong right now.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This mood is just - really strong right now.
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I’ve never heard anything but this from white centrist democrats. Especially the last 20 plus years. Never anything but this.
It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I’ve never heard anything but this from white centrist democrats. Especially the last 20 plus years. Never anything but this.
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Hi! Thirty new things, holiday stuff, random other stuff, LGBTQIA+ stuff. Come see?
www.peculiarityshop.com
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hi! Thirty new things, holiday stuff, random other stuff, LGBTQIA+ stuff. Come see?
www.peculiarityshop.com
www.peculiarityshop.com
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
@energystate.bsky.social Just heard a song on the radio that reminded me of you: "I Can Ride My Bike With No Handlebars". I remember you rocking it at karaoke one time while I was out visiting you. Hope you're doing well. Miss you, friend.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@energystate.bsky.social Just heard a song on the radio that reminded me of you: "I Can Ride My Bike With No Handlebars". I remember you rocking it at karaoke one time while I was out visiting you. Hope you're doing well. Miss you, friend.
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The union is asking that you not patronize any Starbucks, even ones that aren't unionized, for the duration! Time to find your new favoriteocal coffee shop. To donate to their strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The union is asking that you not patronize any Starbucks, even ones that aren't unionized, for the duration! Time to find your new favoriteocal coffee shop. To donate to their strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
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Feeling a little guilty there, Tass?
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November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Feeling a little guilty there, Tass?
Page 119 is live!
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Start Fresh: badinfluencecomic.com/comic/cover1/
#BadInfluenceComic #comics #WebComic #OCSky
Page 119 is live!
Latest: badinfluencecomic.com
Start Fresh: badinfluencecomic.com/comic/cover1/
#BadInfluenceComic #comics #WebComic #OCSky
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Even more so because we never had cancel culture. We had the beginnings of a suggestion of cancel culture and most privileged people and every vector of institutional power treated it like the biggest moral hazard the world has ever seen and spent an astonishing amount of effort to shut it down.
Honestly, we could have used a lot more cancel culture.
Insights from Larry Summers
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Even more so because we never had cancel culture. We had the beginnings of a suggestion of cancel culture and most privileged people and every vector of institutional power treated it like the biggest moral hazard the world has ever seen and spent an astonishing amount of effort to shut it down.
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At what point does the New York Times get charged as organizationally conspiring to abet human trafficking of minors.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
At what point does the New York Times get charged as organizationally conspiring to abet human trafficking of minors.
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One of the striking things in Epstein's emails is how fucking inarticulate he is, and how *every other billionaire is just as bad at communicating*.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
One of the striking things in Epstein's emails is how fucking inarticulate he is, and how *every other billionaire is just as bad at communicating*.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
They're the exact textual equivalents of any interview with Altman or Musk or Thiel etc just fucking babbling incoherent word salad.
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America, in 25 years:
"Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own."
Good reminder what's at stake
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own."
Good reminder what's at stake
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
America, in 25 years:
"Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own."
Good reminder what's at stake
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own."
Good reminder what's at stake
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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If anyone wants art like this, please donate to my kofi so I can get medical help. It’s ’pay what you want’ and a complete surprise on what you get. All I need is proof of payment by dm and what character you want.
ko-fi.com/missalppy
ko-fi.com/missalppy
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If anyone wants art like this, please donate to my kofi so I can get medical help. It’s ’pay what you want’ and a complete surprise on what you get. All I need is proof of payment by dm and what character you want.
ko-fi.com/missalppy
ko-fi.com/missalppy
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the decision to really just abandon moderation and let it rip suggests that this is what meta wants for its platform. this is the final, idealized form of the product
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
the decision to really just abandon moderation and let it rip suggests that this is what meta wants for its platform. this is the final, idealized form of the product
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the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
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November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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As I've said, we're in a federally mandated relationship with the worst person you know. That's fucked up.
along with the heinous literal crimes i think a lot about how there's a kind of moral, national crime in subjecting all of us to this, to this consuming our politics, committed against us by a number of powerful and connected people up to and including the president
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
As I've said, we're in a federally mandated relationship with the worst person you know. That's fucked up.
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Got a little bit of mod work done today, after too long away. While I'm glad to be getting back in the saddle, I just hope I can finish this port to 1.21.latest *before* 1.22 comes out. Porting to new versions of Minecraft isn't nearly as fun as adding new game features.
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Got a little bit of mod work done today, after too long away. While I'm glad to be getting back in the saddle, I just hope I can finish this port to 1.21.latest *before* 1.22 comes out. Porting to new versions of Minecraft isn't nearly as fun as adding new game features.
Finally finished Strange New Worlds season three tonight. Not sure how I feel about the finale this time, but the rest of the season was great.
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Finally finished Strange New Worlds season three tonight. Not sure how I feel about the finale this time, but the rest of the season was great.
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I am so eager for a generation of Democratic politicians who have no institutional memory of what Republicans were like before Bush.
Give me the ones who call Cheney "Darth Vader" thanks to The Daily Show, who saw their old relatives stand with a man who said "grab them by the pussy."
Give me the ones who call Cheney "Darth Vader" thanks to The Daily Show, who saw their old relatives stand with a man who said "grab them by the pussy."
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am so eager for a generation of Democratic politicians who have no institutional memory of what Republicans were like before Bush.
Give me the ones who call Cheney "Darth Vader" thanks to The Daily Show, who saw their old relatives stand with a man who said "grab them by the pussy."
Give me the ones who call Cheney "Darth Vader" thanks to The Daily Show, who saw their old relatives stand with a man who said "grab them by the pussy."