J. Martin
@gyokusai.bsky.social
All my snark is sincere.
Writer, Ph.D., Professor of Game Design. Not necessarily in that order. JAN 2007 Twitter veteran as gyokusai, movethirtyseven, & newsoftheend.
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https://mastodon.social/deck/@gyokusai
https://linktr.ee/gyokusai
Writer, Ph.D., Professor of Game Design. Not necessarily in that order. JAN 2007 Twitter veteran as gyokusai, movethirtyseven, & newsoftheend.
加油 🇭🇰 🟩 🇺🇦 🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🌮 🕎 ☮️
https://mastodon.social/deck/@gyokusai
https://linktr.ee/gyokusai
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In other news: “Shovel digs hole” and “Typewriter wins the Booker Prize”
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
In other news: “Shovel digs hole” and “Typewriter wins the Booker Prize”
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Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
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ok, i'm calling it, Olivia Nuzzi is not real. she is a Markov chain text generator. we've been duped.
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ok, i'm calling it, Olivia Nuzzi is not real. she is a Markov chain text generator. we've been duped.
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Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too https://theonion.com/megyn-kelly-anxiously-waits-for-everyone-else-to-start-condoning-pedophilia-too/
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too https://theonion.com/megyn-kelly-anxiously-waits-for-everyone-else-to-start-condoning-pedophilia-too/
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Japan is right to hold its ground while calling for calm in this war of words over Taiwan
China’s Return to Wolf Warrior Rhetoric Is a Mistake
Don’t listen to the China doves claiming the era of Beijing’s wolf warrior diplomacy is over. All it took was a comment on Taiwan from Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to resurrect it.
bloom.bg
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Japan is right to hold its ground while calling for calm in this war of words over Taiwan
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Wild that threats and actions by PRC have no effect on tensions, but words from Japan PM in response DO "stir tensions". Why is it always the victims who "provoke"?
Less than a month into her term, Japan's conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response.
Japan's new leader's remarks on threats toward Taiwan spark tensions with China
Less than a month into her term, Japan's conservative leader has stirred tensions with China by suggesting a Chinese move against Taiwan could prompt a Japanese military response.
n.pr
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Wild that threats and actions by PRC have no effect on tensions, but words from Japan PM in response DO "stir tensions". Why is it always the victims who "provoke"?
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Russia is using Chinese, Japanese, and Taiwanese machine tools to manufacture guided bombs and missile parts. OSINT investigators identified Okuma (Japan) and Hision (China) equipment on Russian bomb assembly lines, and Taiwanese AKIRA SEIKI and ECOM machines for missile systems like Iskander.
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Russia is using Chinese, Japanese, and Taiwanese machine tools to manufacture guided bombs and missile parts. OSINT investigators identified Okuma (Japan) and Hision (China) equipment on Russian bomb assembly lines, and Taiwanese AKIRA SEIKI and ECOM machines for missile systems like Iskander.
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How's that Golden Age going?
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
How's that Golden Age going?
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Once again, those ceaseless, uncaused tensions mysteriously arise.
If the PRC did threaten to make war on Taiwan and Japan, there would be no tensions.
If the PRC did threaten to make war on Taiwan and Japan, there would be no tensions.
Tension between Japan and China has escalated over the new Japanese leader's suggestion Tokyo could intervene militarily if Beijing attacks Taiwan.
Japan says warplanes scrambled as Chinese drone detected near southern island close to Taiwan
Tension between Japan and China has escalated over the new Japanese leader's suggestion Tokyo could intervene militarily if Beijing attacks Taiwan.
cbsn.ws
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Once again, those ceaseless, uncaused tensions mysteriously arise.
If the PRC did threaten to make war on Taiwan and Japan, there would be no tensions.
If the PRC did threaten to make war on Taiwan and Japan, there would be no tensions.
Just back from watching Eddington, and I have no idea what to think.
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just back from watching Eddington, and I have no idea what to think.
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i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
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billboard seen in London.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
billboard seen in London.
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This one was amusing - back when I was active on The Bad Place I clashed with Roman Helmet Guy & his poor (and fashy) grasp of Roman history repeatedly.
And Senpai finally Notices Him only the say he isn't fashy enough. Hilarious.
(hat tip @lefaucheux.bsky.social and @freydalpishti.bsky.social )
And Senpai finally Notices Him only the say he isn't fashy enough. Hilarious.
(hat tip @lefaucheux.bsky.social and @freydalpishti.bsky.social )
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This one was amusing - back when I was active on The Bad Place I clashed with Roman Helmet Guy & his poor (and fashy) grasp of Roman history repeatedly.
And Senpai finally Notices Him only the say he isn't fashy enough. Hilarious.
(hat tip @lefaucheux.bsky.social and @freydalpishti.bsky.social )
And Senpai finally Notices Him only the say he isn't fashy enough. Hilarious.
(hat tip @lefaucheux.bsky.social and @freydalpishti.bsky.social )
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"Nah, I'm a lifelong Greens supporter"
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
trying to explain "whiteness" to an ancient roman would be pure comedy
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Nah, I'm a lifelong Greens supporter"
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
- Ancient Romans when asked if they're White
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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It's important to note, as I have multiple times, that it's possible to be Jewish - as I am - and still condemn Israel for genocidal acts. In fact, the history of Judaism makes it clear Jews are obligated to speak out. Never again *means* never again. #zachor
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's important to note, as I have multiple times, that it's possible to be Jewish - as I am - and still condemn Israel for genocidal acts. In fact, the history of Judaism makes it clear Jews are obligated to speak out. Never again *means* never again. #zachor
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Germany should stop making decisions based on its auto industry. They keep ignoring obvious risks, which is dragging the country down. Instead of investing domestically, they’re pouring more FDI into China, where they’re losing the price war.
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Germany should stop making decisions based on its auto industry. They keep ignoring obvious risks, which is dragging the country down. Instead of investing domestically, they’re pouring more FDI into China, where they’re losing the price war.
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"Framing it just like this makes me want Israel to annex it" uh
a) You have ZERO stake in the harms or impacts here, bb
b) you'd want an aggressive colonialism done out of spite?
c) all those violations of human rights and international law don't bother you? Guess not, lovely
d) oh just fuck you
a) You have ZERO stake in the harms or impacts here, bb
b) you'd want an aggressive colonialism done out of spite?
c) all those violations of human rights and international law don't bother you? Guess not, lovely
d) oh just fuck you
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Framing it just like this makes me want Israel to annex it" uh
a) You have ZERO stake in the harms or impacts here, bb
b) you'd want an aggressive colonialism done out of spite?
c) all those violations of human rights and international law don't bother you? Guess not, lovely
d) oh just fuck you
a) You have ZERO stake in the harms or impacts here, bb
b) you'd want an aggressive colonialism done out of spite?
c) all those violations of human rights and international law don't bother you? Guess not, lovely
d) oh just fuck you
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Rabbi here.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
Genuinely curious as to why Wu and others who argue along these lines are surprised that pro-Israel politics are on the back-foot in the United States.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Rabbi here.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
November 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Some good news this morning - exports of Xinjiang tomatoes have collapsed. Last year I worked with the BBC to expose how XJ tomatoes produced with forced labour were making their way to UK supermarkets via Italy. 🧵
The western Chinese region of Xinjiang dramatically increased tomato cultivation and processing in recent years, but slumping sales to Italy and other western European markets have left it sitting on a vast stockpile of unsold paste. on.ft.com/4i5bFtZ
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Some good news this morning - exports of Xinjiang tomatoes have collapsed. Last year I worked with the BBC to expose how XJ tomatoes produced with forced labour were making their way to UK supermarkets via Italy. 🧵
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Family Has Strict No Smartphone Rule While Eating Dinner In Front Of TV
https://theonion.com/family-has-strict-no-smartphone-rule-while-eating-dinne-1819577215/
https://theonion.com/family-has-strict-no-smartphone-rule-while-eating-dinne-1819577215/
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Family Has Strict No Smartphone Rule While Eating Dinner In Front Of TV
https://theonion.com/family-has-strict-no-smartphone-rule-while-eating-dinne-1819577215/
https://theonion.com/family-has-strict-no-smartphone-rule-while-eating-dinne-1819577215/
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