Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamecat
@gamecat235.bsky.social
Trans rights are human rights.
Human, father, partner, nerd and/or geek, he/him.
Human, father, partner, nerd and/or geek, he/him.
Spotted while out and about today.
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Spotted while out and about today.
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so wait el paso airspace got shut down in a turf war over DOD letting the worst racists in the government drunk drive a laser cannon
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 AM
so wait el paso airspace got shut down in a turf war over DOD letting the worst racists in the government drunk drive a laser cannon
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My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 AM
My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site
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Is it time for my self-defense lecture again?
Lots of folks ask me what the best self-defense thing is to train. I always answer: track and field.
The best thing you can do to defend yourself is not be where someone can hurt you. Running away is ideal.
Lots of folks ask me what the best self-defense thing is to train. I always answer: track and field.
The best thing you can do to defend yourself is not be where someone can hurt you. Running away is ideal.
February 12, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Is it time for my self-defense lecture again?
Lots of folks ask me what the best self-defense thing is to train. I always answer: track and field.
The best thing you can do to defend yourself is not be where someone can hurt you. Running away is ideal.
Lots of folks ask me what the best self-defense thing is to train. I always answer: track and field.
The best thing you can do to defend yourself is not be where someone can hurt you. Running away is ideal.
At this point I’m just assuming that it’s a job requirement for these positions.
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
At this point I’m just assuming that it’s a job requirement for these positions.
The magazines of my childhood/young adulthood:
Games
Omni
Sports illustrated
Rolling Stone
The New Yorker
IndustrialNatioN
outburn
Interface
Car and Driver
2600
Games
Omni
Sports illustrated
Rolling Stone
The New Yorker
IndustrialNatioN
outburn
Interface
Car and Driver
2600
The magazines of my childhood/young adulthood:
Boy’s Life
Games
Spy
Omni
Rolling Stone
Premiere
Entertainment Weekly
Might
Boy’s Life
Games
Spy
Omni
Rolling Stone
Premiere
Entertainment Weekly
Might
the magazines of my childhood/young adulthood
highlights
teen beat
mad
man, myth & magic
omni
cream
spy
games magazine
rolling stone
highlights
teen beat
mad
man, myth & magic
omni
cream
spy
games magazine
rolling stone
February 10, 2026 at 9:34 PM
The magazines of my childhood/young adulthood:
Games
Omni
Sports illustrated
Rolling Stone
The New Yorker
IndustrialNatioN
outburn
Interface
Car and Driver
2600
Games
Omni
Sports illustrated
Rolling Stone
The New Yorker
IndustrialNatioN
outburn
Interface
Car and Driver
2600
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Phew! Just finished a small book on ICE. It’s a short primer on ICE, CBP & Border Patrol. Who are they? What can they do? Why are they like this? What should we do? Off to my publisher for edits, then we will first put it out as an e-book. If it has traction, might be printed.
February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Phew! Just finished a small book on ICE. It’s a short primer on ICE, CBP & Border Patrol. Who are they? What can they do? Why are they like this? What should we do? Off to my publisher for edits, then we will first put it out as an e-book. If it has traction, might be printed.
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Why would I ever choose one lane?
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Why would I ever choose one lane?
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I love that the political message is only “suspected” because nobody at Fox News speaks Spanish or understands art.
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I love that the political message is only “suspected” because nobody at Fox News speaks Spanish or understands art.
EVEN WORSE
No doubt
Weird Al Yankovic
B-52s
Weird Al Yankovic
B-52s
February 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
EVEN WORSE
Would it be a Chicago vote if it didn’t include at least some attempts to encourage folks to vote early and vote often?
Vote for “Abolish Ice” (or don’t, I’m not the boss of you).
Vote for “Abolish Ice” (or don’t, I’m not the boss of you).
NEW: Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Department of Streets and Sanitation announced the top 25 names chosen in the City’s fourth annual ‘You Name A Snowplow’ contest. In the next phase, Chicago residents may vote for up to six names at chicagoshovels.org by Feb. 14.
February 1, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Would it be a Chicago vote if it didn’t include at least some attempts to encourage folks to vote early and vote often?
Vote for “Abolish Ice” (or don’t, I’m not the boss of you).
Vote for “Abolish Ice” (or don’t, I’m not the boss of you).
I kept getting looks all day while I was out… and finally someone said “I LOVE your shirt”. And I was reminded of what I was wearing.
Kind of wish I had remembered when I got the funny weird looks. But maybe the kind smile along with the shirt towards a sneer was the best move.
Kind of wish I had remembered when I got the funny weird looks. But maybe the kind smile along with the shirt towards a sneer was the best move.
January 31, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I kept getting looks all day while I was out… and finally someone said “I LOVE your shirt”. And I was reminded of what I was wearing.
Kind of wish I had remembered when I got the funny weird looks. But maybe the kind smile along with the shirt towards a sneer was the best move.
Kind of wish I had remembered when I got the funny weird looks. But maybe the kind smile along with the shirt towards a sneer was the best move.
The local Mercedes dealer has cars in real colors!
January 31, 2026 at 11:02 PM
The local Mercedes dealer has cars in real colors!
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"We're going to pursue [prosecuting journalists] to the ends of the earth" is itself a whole thing before you get to the ", promised the Civil Rights Division leader"
here is the abbreviated backstory on lemon www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 30, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"We're going to pursue [prosecuting journalists] to the ends of the earth" is itself a whole thing before you get to the ", promised the Civil Rights Division leader"
January 29, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Visited a reminder of a different era.
Was an impulse visit so I didn’t do the full subterranean tour this time (I’ve done it multiple times), but was in the neighborhood, and I have a membership, so I figured it was a good way to spend a bit of time.
Was an impulse visit so I didn’t do the full subterranean tour this time (I’ve done it multiple times), but was in the neighborhood, and I have a membership, so I figured it was a good way to spend a bit of time.
January 28, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Visited a reminder of a different era.
Was an impulse visit so I didn’t do the full subterranean tour this time (I’ve done it multiple times), but was in the neighborhood, and I have a membership, so I figured it was a good way to spend a bit of time.
Was an impulse visit so I didn’t do the full subterranean tour this time (I’ve done it multiple times), but was in the neighborhood, and I have a membership, so I figured it was a good way to spend a bit of time.
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Average Midwesterner on the topic of ICE
January 25, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Average Midwesterner on the topic of ICE
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The Justice Department has abdicated its role in seeking accountability for a second fatal shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis. Under any previous administration, DOJ would’ve launched civil rights investigations into the use of force.
January 25, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The Justice Department has abdicated its role in seeking accountability for a second fatal shooting by a federal agent in Minneapolis. Under any previous administration, DOJ would’ve launched civil rights investigations into the use of force.
This is how you almost guarantee repeat events, and normalize this set of (lack of) response for others in similar situations.
This is *insane*.
This is *insane*.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:45 PM
This is how you almost guarantee repeat events, and normalize this set of (lack of) response for others in similar situations.
This is *insane*.
This is *insane*.
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He has captured, perfectly, my own anger. All of our anger.
When the site is back up please consider buying a book or two, dreamhaven.com
Also, I don’t have many followers so get the word out.
When the site is back up please consider buying a book or two, dreamhaven.com
Also, I don’t have many followers so get the word out.
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
He has captured, perfectly, my own anger. All of our anger.
When the site is back up please consider buying a book or two, dreamhaven.com
Also, I don’t have many followers so get the word out.
When the site is back up please consider buying a book or two, dreamhaven.com
Also, I don’t have many followers so get the word out.
Shumate and Roth are such central parts of this apparatus that they should be part and parcel with all of the anti-Noem / anti-DHS / anti-ICE rhetoric and movement.
If you can think of a major legal event in this administration, there is a good chance one, or both, of them were lead on them.
If you can think of a major legal event in this administration, there is a good chance one, or both, of them were lead on them.
BREAKING: At the Eighth Circuit, DOJ — including senior lawyers — argues that yesterday's shooting of Alex Pretti "ha[s] nothing to do with" the lawsuit over DHS violations of people's First/Fourth Amendment rights in Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Shumate and Roth are such central parts of this apparatus that they should be part and parcel with all of the anti-Noem / anti-DHS / anti-ICE rhetoric and movement.
If you can think of a major legal event in this administration, there is a good chance one, or both, of them were lead on them.
If you can think of a major legal event in this administration, there is a good chance one, or both, of them were lead on them.
Fucking *really* peacock? The final twenty minutes. A major battle for overall first, and you break for commercials? Thank god there’s other sources. But that’s what’s easy to watch on the tv.
January 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Fucking *really* peacock? The final twenty minutes. A major battle for overall first, and you break for commercials? Thank god there’s other sources. But that’s what’s easy to watch on the tv.