Jared Russo
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The wickedly brilliant, funny, talented, and wonderful Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social joined our podcast to talk about the weirdest games we've ever played. And we sold her on Frog Fractions!!! videogame.town/2026/01/26/t...
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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I love video games
February 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I love video games
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can’t not hear and see:
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
can’t not hear and see:
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jeffrey epstein's apparent association with the likes of bobby kotick, steve bannon, and peter thiel – and his fascination with game design as a means of controlling others – paint an unsettling picture
![If you’re not already seeing the pattern, it’s clear that Epstein and his associates saw games as mechanisms for profit, coercion, and control, a throughline that persists in his association with two key figures in Gamergate and the surrounding bedlam: Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon.
Based on available files, Epstein expressed interest in Thiel and his surveillance company, Palantir, as early as 2012, but correspondence between the two began in 2014. Then, in May 2016, Epstein messaged Thiel saying that he "would have gladly share[d] your expenses for the gawker suit" and invited him to dinner with Noam Chomsky, of all people (it is unclear if this dinner ever took place). That suit, of course, led to the collapse of Gawker Media and the sale of its many sites – of which Kotaku, a major Gamergate target (and the former employer of all five members of Aftermath’s core staff), was one. This would send ripples through the worlds of media and journalism for years to come, leading to a press defanged by the threat of legal annihilation.
The next month, shortly after the June 2016 referendum that kicked off Brexit, Epstein emailed Thiel, saying "brexit, just the beginning" and then, in response to Thiel asking what he meant, "return to tribalism. counter to globalization. amazing new alliances. you and I both agreed zero interest rates were too high, and as i said in your office. finding things on their way to collapse, was much easier than finding the next bargain."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreiao37med33tdxi7743wqz627lyzzfpfl2istut75g64cl763k6xea@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
jeffrey epstein's apparent association with the likes of bobby kotick, steve bannon, and peter thiel – and his fascination with game design as a means of controlling others – paint an unsettling picture
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This one feels like an empty threat that's supposed to get into your head. Don't let your brain do propaganda for Trump's goobers, they don't have the horses to do this.
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
This one feels like an empty threat that's supposed to get into your head. Don't let your brain do propaganda for Trump's goobers, they don't have the horses to do this.
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Our analysis of Shark Week, the biggest stage in marine biology, found that there aren't just more men than women featured, but more *guys named Mike* than women.
The Washington Post ran with that in the headline.
Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe was big mad about it.
The Washington Post ran with that in the headline.
Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe was big mad about it.
February 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Our analysis of Shark Week, the biggest stage in marine biology, found that there aren't just more men than women featured, but more *guys named Mike* than women.
The Washington Post ran with that in the headline.
Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe was big mad about it.
The Washington Post ran with that in the headline.
Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe was big mad about it.
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THERAPIST: so, what's been going on since our last appointment?
ME: [deep sigh, stares out window into driving rain] ... the philadelphia 76ers are at it again
ME: [deep sigh, stares out window into driving rain] ... the philadelphia 76ers are at it again
November 19, 2024 at 8:53 PM
THERAPIST: so, what's been going on since our last appointment?
ME: [deep sigh, stares out window into driving rain] ... the philadelphia 76ers are at it again
ME: [deep sigh, stares out window into driving rain] ... the philadelphia 76ers are at it again
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I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.
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People keep saying Bezos wrecked the Post on purpose but he could have just done that if he wanted to, no need to drag it out for years. I think he and his fellow traveler billionaires have thoroughly cooked their worldview and honestly believe there is a vast, silent, ignored right wing audience
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
People keep saying Bezos wrecked the Post on purpose but he could have just done that if he wanted to, no need to drag it out for years. I think he and his fellow traveler billionaires have thoroughly cooked their worldview and honestly believe there is a vast, silent, ignored right wing audience
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Freeze dried candy doesn’t taste better but at least it costs more
February 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Freeze dried candy doesn’t taste better but at least it costs more
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they don't have enough guys, and if the response in Minnesota shows anything it is that trying something like this is going to drive a much larger backlash than anything they hope to gain out of it
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
they don't have enough guys, and if the response in Minnesota shows anything it is that trying something like this is going to drive a much larger backlash than anything they hope to gain out of it
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
Has anyone noticed games from the 2010s could be quite.......................sexist? videogame.town/2026/02/04/c...
Why Did ‘Castlevania’ Reduce Itself To Trite ‘Burn The Witches’ Storytelling?
Do better, Belmonts.
videogame.town
February 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Has anyone noticed games from the 2010s could be quite.......................sexist? videogame.town/2026/02/04/c...
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DHS lies constantly. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
DHS lies constantly. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Naah, I want them on trial.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Naah, I want them on trial.
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He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
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one year ago if you saw a guy dressed like this walking down your street with a rifle your first instinct would be to kill him
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
one year ago if you saw a guy dressed like this walking down your street with a rifle your first instinct would be to kill him
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ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
February 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
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There are so many Knicks fans in the building that Trae Young got loudly boo'd in Capital One when the Wizards put him on the Jumbotron lmao
February 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
There are so many Knicks fans in the building that Trae Young got loudly boo'd in Capital One when the Wizards put him on the Jumbotron lmao
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Congrats to France for actually kinda nutting up and treating Musk like the pedophile he is very publicly documented to be but let’s be honest if France is doing that first every other country really fucked up here.
February 4, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Congrats to France for actually kinda nutting up and treating Musk like the pedophile he is very publicly documented to be but let’s be honest if France is doing that first every other country really fucked up here.
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Put it in this plaza in Baghdad
February 4, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Put it in this plaza in Baghdad
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Q: Do you agree with Trump saying we should 'nationalize' elections?
THUNE: I think the president has clarified what he meant by that, and that is that he supports the SAVE Act
(That is not what he meant)
THUNE: I think the president has clarified what he meant by that, and that is that he supports the SAVE Act
(That is not what he meant)
February 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Q: Do you agree with Trump saying we should 'nationalize' elections?
THUNE: I think the president has clarified what he meant by that, and that is that he supports the SAVE Act
(That is not what he meant)
THUNE: I think the president has clarified what he meant by that, and that is that he supports the SAVE Act
(That is not what he meant)
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environmental storytelling
February 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
environmental storytelling