Matt Wieteska
@gamecat.bsky.social
Freelance Writer, Game Designer, Director.
BAFTA Member.
Previously: Writer @ Techland; Head of Production @ Six to Start; Creative Lead on Marvel Move; Voice Director & Radio Abel creator on Zombies, Run!
BAFTA Member.
Previously: Writer @ Techland; Head of Production @ Six to Start; Creative Lead on Marvel Move; Voice Director & Radio Abel creator on Zombies, Run!
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important message to all bluesky users
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
important message to all bluesky users
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Yes, for sure. It's not that they *aren't* scared. It's that such a fear is a product of an ideological project. A project that gives cops carte blanche to transmute fear into violence, and which convinces people who should love their neighbors to instead fear them enough to excuse those cops.
tbf, I can believe theyre scared. because if anyone in america is made up of the most chickenshit people on earth, its cops.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Yes, for sure. It's not that they *aren't* scared. It's that such a fear is a product of an ideological project. A project that gives cops carte blanche to transmute fear into violence, and which convinces people who should love their neighbors to instead fear them enough to excuse those cops.
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Unionize.
Ubisoft shuttering freshly-unionised Halifax studio, 71 jobs affected
The studio is the latest to be hit by the company's ongoing cutbacks.
www.gamesindustry.biz
January 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Unionize.
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ICE just executed someone in cold blood in Minneapolis. The agency is frantically trying to spin it but the videos are already out there. Murderous fascist pigs.
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
ICE just executed someone in cold blood in Minneapolis. The agency is frantically trying to spin it but the videos are already out there. Murderous fascist pigs.
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masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
This is the ICE agent who murdered a woman by shooting her multiple times in the face.
January 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
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And they’ll say they can’t be held accountable because when they pulled the trigger they were afraid for their lives. Their lives which they spent serving an ideology of fear, a machine of fear, a holistic regime of fear. A culture-spanning engine of the ugliest and most dishonest fears there are.
Any one of us could be shot or kidnapped because an ICE agent doesn’t like the look of us. Are you prepared to be murdered in cold blood while “news” sources repeat the claim you were “weaponizing your vehicle” trying to leave your driveway? They want you to accept that. They want to make it normal
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
And they’ll say they can’t be held accountable because when they pulled the trigger they were afraid for their lives. Their lives which they spent serving an ideology of fear, a machine of fear, a holistic regime of fear. A culture-spanning engine of the ugliest and most dishonest fears there are.
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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Nothing is wilder than watching US pundits on many sides of the aisle argue about whether Trump got the right permissions to invade another nation, instead of, you know, whether any part of the US government should be allowed to once again invade a nation based on US preferences.
January 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Nothing is wilder than watching US pundits on many sides of the aisle argue about whether Trump got the right permissions to invade another nation, instead of, you know, whether any part of the US government should be allowed to once again invade a nation based on US preferences.
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We're going to need a bigger Hague.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
We're going to need a bigger Hague.
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The president's unaccountable assassination squad is now also an unaccountable kidnapping squad and dems can either plan to take action accordingly or be replaced by those who will
I'm not joking
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 AM
The president's unaccountable assassination squad is now also an unaccountable kidnapping squad and dems can either plan to take action accordingly or be replaced by those who will
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we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
we have not "apprehended" the president of venezuela. we have invaded a foreign country and kidnapped its leader. what the fuck are we doing here, i am going to lose my mind
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
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I think there's something to be said for waiting for confirmation from trustworthy sources but what Gaza has taught us is that the definition of trustworthy has to include people on the ground
January 3, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I think there's something to be said for waiting for confirmation from trustworthy sources but what Gaza has taught us is that the definition of trustworthy has to include people on the ground
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An administration driven by greed, cruelty, and frankly a sort of empty-hearted boredom. The death of innocents so they can beat their chests and line their already fat wallets.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
BREAKING: Venezuela’s government has accused the US of launching attacks on civilian and military installations across several states, rejecting what it described as a "military aggression," according to an official statement.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:41 AM
An administration driven by greed, cruelty, and frankly a sort of empty-hearted boredom. The death of innocents so they can beat their chests and line their already fat wallets.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
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Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
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Every single person involved in this needs to be thrown before The Hague, which quite frankly is merciful given what they're guilty of. No more letting monsters off the hook.
You can either keep the Republic, or you can keep these bastards out of prison. You can't keep both.
You can either keep the Republic, or you can keep these bastards out of prison. You can't keep both.
January 3, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Every single person involved in this needs to be thrown before The Hague, which quite frankly is merciful given what they're guilty of. No more letting monsters off the hook.
You can either keep the Republic, or you can keep these bastards out of prison. You can't keep both.
You can either keep the Republic, or you can keep these bastards out of prison. You can't keep both.
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Make sure you take some of the anger you’re feeling right now and use it to contact your officials to demand impeachment now.
It’s basically the least we can possibly do in opposition to this, which IMO makes it mandatory.
It’s basically the least we can possibly do in opposition to this, which IMO makes it mandatory.
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Make sure you take some of the anger you’re feeling right now and use it to contact your officials to demand impeachment now.
It’s basically the least we can possibly do in opposition to this, which IMO makes it mandatory.
It’s basically the least we can possibly do in opposition to this, which IMO makes it mandatory.
Digitising my regular in-person plug for "Reading Book of the New Sun while listening to the Shelved by Genre episodes about it" as one of my top ten media enjoying experiences of all time.
The list of what we've previously covered on Shelved by Genre is:
Book of the New Sun
The Earthsea Cycle
A Unit on Junji Ito
The Herald Mage Trilogy
Burning Chrome + The Sprawl Trilogy
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Dr. Bloodmoney
Brown Girl in the Ring
A Unit on Alan Moore
An array of Hallmark movies
Book of the New Sun
The Earthsea Cycle
A Unit on Junji Ito
The Herald Mage Trilogy
Burning Chrome + The Sprawl Trilogy
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Dr. Bloodmoney
Brown Girl in the Ring
A Unit on Alan Moore
An array of Hallmark movies
How is this the first time I find out you're on a podcast that talked through the whole Earthsea series?!
January 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Digitising my regular in-person plug for "Reading Book of the New Sun while listening to the Shelved by Genre episodes about it" as one of my top ten media enjoying experiences of all time.
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people keep saying variations of "differing political views used to mean the tax rate and not killing minorities!" and, baby, no, it never did, not in the way you imagine
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
people keep saying variations of "differing political views used to mean the tax rate and not killing minorities!" and, baby, no, it never did, not in the way you imagine
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Happy New Year.
We’re going to win.
We’re going to win.
January 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Happy New Year.
We’re going to win.
We’re going to win.
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May 2026 be a year when those who persecute, despoil and oppress the people find their power shattering on the rock of solidarity!
January 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
May 2026 be a year when those who persecute, despoil and oppress the people find their power shattering on the rock of solidarity!
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This is the technology our schools are encouraging our children to use.
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is the technology our schools are encouraging our children to use.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.