Dr. Heck
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Oh I don’t play games. I prefer playing good games criticism.
He/Him.
He/Him.
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7. Troublemaker, by El Lissitzky, 1913
January 20, 2026 at 3:42 AM
7. Troublemaker, by El Lissitzky, 1913
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Establishment Dems responding to the threatened annexation of Greenland by messaging about cost of living issues really don’t understand that to Europeans it looks like they either don’t see this as a crisis or are tacitly in favor of it. 1/x
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Establishment Dems responding to the threatened annexation of Greenland by messaging about cost of living issues really don’t understand that to Europeans it looks like they either don’t see this as a crisis or are tacitly in favor of it. 1/x
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study theory, i.e. the scene in one of the Aubrey–Marturin books where Jack defuses a mutiny by taking the aspiring mutineers with him onto a deadly mission to seize an enemy vessel
January 19, 2026 at 3:25 AM
study theory, i.e. the scene in one of the Aubrey–Marturin books where Jack defuses a mutiny by taking the aspiring mutineers with him onto a deadly mission to seize an enemy vessel
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One of the most important things to keep in mind if you want to understand the American right today, especially the people leading the federal government and its allied media outlets, is they believe their own BS.
They really are in a bubble, and genuinely surprised when reality does not comport.
They really are in a bubble, and genuinely surprised when reality does not comport.
To those saying “nuh-uh, ICE picked Minneapolis because they WANTED the city to rise up as one against them” -
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
no, pretty sure they expected a scattering of blue-haired protesters they could easily crush for content + tacit support from other whites, not the organized total resistance they got.
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 19, 2026 at 3:12 AM
One of the most important things to keep in mind if you want to understand the American right today, especially the people leading the federal government and its allied media outlets, is they believe their own BS.
They really are in a bubble, and genuinely surprised when reality does not comport.
They really are in a bubble, and genuinely surprised when reality does not comport.
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Sorry but Sophie Turner should NOT play Isabelle in Animal Crossing: The Movie
January 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Sorry but Sophie Turner should NOT play Isabelle in Animal Crossing: The Movie
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I love the heating in my old ass house it sounds like a minimalist percussion-heavy film score playing all night and like a bomb that might go off at any second. Also it doesn't work and it's always cold and costs ten thousand dollars.
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I love the heating in my old ass house it sounds like a minimalist percussion-heavy film score playing all night and like a bomb that might go off at any second. Also it doesn't work and it's always cold and costs ten thousand dollars.
It sounds like Lizza didn’t himself write about this because he had the journalistic ethics not to write a story he was part of and kept expecting other publications to pick it up. Only once it became clear nobody else would do it did he start writing
Christ, this (from Lizza's latest) is pretty fucking damning of...literally the entire media(?) What the fuck?
January 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
It sounds like Lizza didn’t himself write about this because he had the journalistic ethics not to write a story he was part of and kept expecting other publications to pick it up. Only once it became clear nobody else would do it did he start writing
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I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.
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And listen. ICE doesn’t care about your passport anyway. They detain US citizens constantly.
None of this is actually about immigration. It never was, but they aren’t even pretending anymore.
None of this is actually about immigration. It never was, but they aren’t even pretending anymore.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
And listen. ICE doesn’t care about your passport anyway. They detain US citizens constantly.
None of this is actually about immigration. It never was, but they aren’t even pretending anymore.
None of this is actually about immigration. It never was, but they aren’t even pretending anymore.
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Obama was quite good at this. he was against Iraq in 2003 even though that was very unpopular at the time, but in 2008 that won him the primary against HRC
More Dems need to think about skating to where the puck will be not where it is.
All indications are Trump's brain has turned to mush and no one around him will even try to control his worst impulses.
He will just get way crazier and more evil and unpopular by November.
All indications are Trump's brain has turned to mush and no one around him will even try to control his worst impulses.
He will just get way crazier and more evil and unpopular by November.
January 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Obama was quite good at this. he was against Iraq in 2003 even though that was very unpopular at the time, but in 2008 that won him the primary against HRC
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Cancel. Genuinely. Cancel. A rejection at the border is a permanent mark against entry, forever.
If you insist, follow dangerous territory protocols: know your embassy details, make sure someone knows your travel details, and have funds for emergency legal, health, and departure expenditures.
If you insist, follow dangerous territory protocols: know your embassy details, make sure someone knows your travel details, and have funds for emergency legal, health, and departure expenditures.
January 15, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Cancel. Genuinely. Cancel. A rejection at the border is a permanent mark against entry, forever.
If you insist, follow dangerous territory protocols: know your embassy details, make sure someone knows your travel details, and have funds for emergency legal, health, and departure expenditures.
If you insist, follow dangerous territory protocols: know your embassy details, make sure someone knows your travel details, and have funds for emergency legal, health, and departure expenditures.
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Let’s talk about abolishing ICE.
Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Let’s talk about abolishing ICE.
Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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The LeBron James of divorced women. No one is doing it like her.
The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025. https://bit.ly/4sEbdYv
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $45 million to LGBTQ+ youth hotline organization, The Trevor Project | Fortune
“I literally could not believe it and it took some time. I actually gasped,” said Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The LeBron James of divorced women. No one is doing it like her.
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I’m looking for a lot of undo button promises from the 2028 Democratic field, but I’d really like to see some candidate get behind the federal government unwinding some of these incredibly hinky deals with Musk.
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
I’m looking for a lot of undo button promises from the 2028 Democratic field, but I’d really like to see some candidate get behind the federal government unwinding some of these incredibly hinky deals with Musk.
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Hakeem Jeffries is afraid of a bad poll, meanwhile the observers and neighbors here on the ground in Minneapolis are afraid of being beaten senseless, dragged into a car, and raced out of their neighborhood. They’re not yielding but he is. Consider new leaders, Democrats
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Hakeem Jeffries is afraid of a bad poll, meanwhile the observers and neighbors here on the ground in Minneapolis are afraid of being beaten senseless, dragged into a car, and raced out of their neighborhood. They’re not yielding but he is. Consider new leaders, Democrats
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i know it's 90% off but a warning to potential customers not to buy the steam version of heavy rain. it is not safe. it installs heavy rain on your computer
January 13, 2026 at 2:50 AM
i know it's 90% off but a warning to potential customers not to buy the steam version of heavy rain. it is not safe. it installs heavy rain on your computer
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perfidy (concealing a military object as a civilian object like Hegseth apparently did) is both morally abhorrent and also puts EVERYONE in danger because it erodes existing and pretty-dang-effective norms around “don’t shoot at civilian aircraft.”
January 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
perfidy (concealing a military object as a civilian object like Hegseth apparently did) is both morally abhorrent and also puts EVERYONE in danger because it erodes existing and pretty-dang-effective norms around “don’t shoot at civilian aircraft.”
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driving around minneapolis irritating the shit out of ICE and CBP is a task and duty that will stancil was designed in a lab for
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
driving around minneapolis irritating the shit out of ICE and CBP is a task and duty that will stancil was designed in a lab for
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Also they do know the AI won't physically be able to fix it, even if it manages to diagnose the problem correctly? At this point, I'm not sure they do
January 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Also they do know the AI won't physically be able to fix it, even if it manages to diagnose the problem correctly? At this point, I'm not sure they do
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Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com
(THIS PAGE: Hail and Well-Met)
(THIS PAGE: Hail and Well-Met)
![PANEL 1: LOS TRES PRIMOS stand together in a spaceship, looking forward. In the middle of them is the rhinn, GENN, at the ship controls.
THIN PRIMO: Ahoy, Machito! This is Los Tres Primos! Greetings to our young cousin and the entire crew!
PANEL 2: The CAPTAIN, in the Machito, stands behind CUDDOW who stands at a console, tongue out operating a screen.
CAPTAIN: Orla, wait one sec to answer that hail. [whispering] Cuddow, turn off Imperial transcription, please, and purse the file. [Speaking loudly again] HAIR AND WELL-MET, PRIMOS! I didn’t expect to meet YOU on the path to Tierra!
PANEL 3: The thin primo, in hologram, responds.
THIN PRIMO: Normally we steer clear of home…but we’re DESPERATE to stop friends from making a mistake.
PANEL 4: The CAPTAIN watches the thin primo on hologram.
CAPTAIN: What friends?
THIN PRIMO: THE NYX. They sent along a cryptic message, saying “These Nyx will have enforced the Empire’s Justice.” They believe they have the right to arrest the Emperor, and turn him over tot he courts.
PANEL 5: The CAPTAIN continues to speak to the thin primo via hologram.
CAPTAIN: AREST THE EMPEROR? Them and what army?
THIN PRIMO: EXACTLY. They’ve built a fleet of Cruz drive warships, apparently… but it’s a disaster int he making.
PANEL 6: Back on Los Tres Primo’s ship, the Primos gather around the hologram of the CAPTAIN.
LARGE PRIMO: They Nyx are brilliant — BUT THEY’VE NEVER FOUGHT ANYONE.
THIN PRIMO: EVER!
SQUAT PRIMO: Du Fu gave them no natural predators! No wars! No Sustained combat! They’re gonna crumple with the first punch to the nose.
PANEL 7: Close up on the thin primo, under-lit in horror.
THIN PRMO: I don’t care how good their M-waves are: firepower can’t compensate for inexperience. Unless we stop them, Captain, THE NYX WILL BE SLAUGHTERED.
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Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wdj5xqp2vansvnbxugyxujwg/bafkreigylwzvbmyca3xlx3z52piptna3tvyjcgjl3kh2ecvah6ggjuomyy@jpeg)
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com
(THIS PAGE: Hail and Well-Met)
(THIS PAGE: Hail and Well-Met)
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I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I spent an excessive number of years moderating a gaming forum and I learned a great deal about community spaces and cultivation, whether I wanted to or not. I have critical advice for anyone who runs a game store or gaming convention. Please share this thread with people who run those things.
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Do not forget: Five years ago, rioters incited by Trump tried to destroy our democracy. Trump pardoned & then glorified them, & then empowered them in key Administration offices. We cannot allow his rewriting history. 1/
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Do not forget: Five years ago, rioters incited by Trump tried to destroy our democracy. Trump pardoned & then glorified them, & then empowered them in key Administration offices. We cannot allow his rewriting history. 1/