Mardoch
@mardoch.bsky.social
Metalhead, developer, parent, gamer...the order of which is fluid...except for the metal. He/him/they, cis
@Gwunhar from twitter
@Gwunhar from twitter
"All video games should have"...
quick save and resume. it's fine if you have to like, store it from the start of a stage/room/whatever & even if you have it like the OG quick saves where it's a save and quit only & you can only have one.
i gotta handle shit sometimes though. adult life & all
quick save and resume. it's fine if you have to like, store it from the start of a stage/room/whatever & even if you have it like the OG quick saves where it's a save and quit only & you can only have one.
i gotta handle shit sometimes though. adult life & all
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"All video games should have"...
quick save and resume. it's fine if you have to like, store it from the start of a stage/room/whatever & even if you have it like the OG quick saves where it's a save and quit only & you can only have one.
i gotta handle shit sometimes though. adult life & all
quick save and resume. it's fine if you have to like, store it from the start of a stage/room/whatever & even if you have it like the OG quick saves where it's a save and quit only & you can only have one.
i gotta handle shit sometimes though. adult life & all
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Republicans constantly attack their Congressional leadership, and they remove leaders who fail to achieve the objectives desired by the base.
This 'infighting' hasn't been a 'distraction' or 'weakness' for them, it has produced victory after victory, including control of all three branches.
This 'infighting' hasn't been a 'distraction' or 'weakness' for them, it has produced victory after victory, including control of all three branches.
Oh yeah - never a convenient time to have some real talk about the dynamic that the Democrats in the Senate are led by bunch of chumps. Certainly not after they created the conditions for yet another base demoralizing surrender.
This kind of activity is just what you should want to see, if your are a Republican, eager to see the opposition distracted by self-destructive infighting.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Republicans constantly attack their Congressional leadership, and they remove leaders who fail to achieve the objectives desired by the base.
This 'infighting' hasn't been a 'distraction' or 'weakness' for them, it has produced victory after victory, including control of all three branches.
This 'infighting' hasn't been a 'distraction' or 'weakness' for them, it has produced victory after victory, including control of all three branches.
I lament that I was born a bit too late to see all the forms of Savatage. I have at least seen Jon Oliva multiple times, once doing Streets in its entirety thanks to ProgPower USA.
The multitracked vocals that start at 3:57 always get me. Such a ludicrously thick and cool sound.
The multitracked vocals that start at 3:57 always get me. Such a ludicrously thick and cool sound.
The Wake of Magellan
YouTube video by Savatage - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I lament that I was born a bit too late to see all the forms of Savatage. I have at least seen Jon Oliva multiple times, once doing Streets in its entirety thanks to ProgPower USA.
The multitracked vocals that start at 3:57 always get me. Such a ludicrously thick and cool sound.
The multitracked vocals that start at 3:57 always get me. Such a ludicrously thick and cool sound.
i'm not a commercial real estate expert. can someone help me work out if armed occupation has historically been good for commerce?
Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
i'm not a commercial real estate expert. can someone help me work out if armed occupation has historically been good for commerce?
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Right, it's not an easy decision but if you are serious about combatting the descent into autocracy but don't want people to feel the material pain of resistance to it, that's just permission to be in the " well the trains run on time" mindset
It is very frustrating to be an American taking US democratic backsliding seriously while the ostensibly pro-democracy national leaders don't.
At least some state leaders and activist groups are.
At least some state leaders and activist groups are.
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Right, it's not an easy decision but if you are serious about combatting the descent into autocracy but don't want people to feel the material pain of resistance to it, that's just permission to be in the " well the trains run on time" mindset
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Negotiate how, motherfucker?
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Negotiate how, motherfucker?
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It is lovely that Nebula is AI-free as well as ad-free tbh. It’s like YouTube but good.
Completely AI-free and devoid of slop, I think we've managed to build a platform which very much *isn't* designed to keep you swiping and scrolling, but wants you to find something you actually want to watch as fast as possible.
Which I guess is the ultimate side benefit of being ad free.
Which I guess is the ultimate side benefit of being ad free.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It is lovely that Nebula is AI-free as well as ad-free tbh. It’s like YouTube but good.
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it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
it is almost as if someone was promoted beyond their ability
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It’s .NET 10 day.
Which means you have a year to move your apps off .NET 9 and .NET 8 which will both go out of support in one year.
Which means you have a year to move your apps off .NET 9 and .NET 8 which will both go out of support in one year.
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It’s .NET 10 day.
Which means you have a year to move your apps off .NET 9 and .NET 8 which will both go out of support in one year.
Which means you have a year to move your apps off .NET 9 and .NET 8 which will both go out of support in one year.
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...he paid nearly $30,000 to look like this??? Eat. The. Rich.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
...he paid nearly $30,000 to look like this??? Eat. The. Rich.
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Our ancient texts have been forgotten by the community
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Our ancient texts have been forgotten by the community
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BREAKING: Friday will follow Thursday this week.
BREAKING: Johnson won't guarantee House vote on extending health care tax credits. @alivitali.bsky.social reports.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
BREAKING: Friday will follow Thursday this week.
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Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
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Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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Why don’t they just travel on America’s rail network since they keep voting against expanding it
There’s real irony in this: lawmakers can’t get back to DC to vote to reopen the government because flights are canceled, thanks to the same shutdown they caused.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Why don’t they just travel on America’s rail network since they keep voting against expanding it
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Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
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They're spending billions of dollars trying change your mind. And it hasn't worked so far. That's important. Because you didn't fall for it. And now they're willing to punish everyone, which doesn't mean they're winning.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
They're spending billions of dollars trying change your mind. And it hasn't worked so far. That's important. Because you didn't fall for it. And now they're willing to punish everyone, which doesn't mean they're winning.
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Are we supporting the rivalry between Greninja and Naruto?
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Are we supporting the rivalry between Greninja and Naruto?
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Bari Weiss is inside the CBS data center ripping out wires at random, trying desperately to find the one that contains woke.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Bari Weiss is inside the CBS data center ripping out wires at random, trying desperately to find the one that contains woke.
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“What’s the point of standards?”
…the Bari Weiss story
…the Bari Weiss story
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“What’s the point of standards?”
…the Bari Weiss story
…the Bari Weiss story
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Absolutely classic late 2000s marketing for a game that was pretty decent fun. That song still floats into my memories from time to time.
I totally forgot the remaster was coming, so that’s my afternoon sorted. I’m going to hear NPCs sing this shit to themselves and get it stuck in my head again.
I totally forgot the remaster was coming, so that’s my afternoon sorted. I’m going to hear NPCs sing this shit to themselves and get it stuck in my head again.
There's a Sacred 2 remaster out today, and trailers look incredibly bland and generic, especially compared to promotional material at the time, when they got BLIND GUARDIAN to do a song for the game, and they were NPCs in the game who you had to do a quest for to retrieve their lost instruments.
BLIND GUARDIAN - Sacred Worlds (Sacred 2 - In-Game Concert) (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Blind Guardian
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Absolutely classic late 2000s marketing for a game that was pretty decent fun. That song still floats into my memories from time to time.
I totally forgot the remaster was coming, so that’s my afternoon sorted. I’m going to hear NPCs sing this shit to themselves and get it stuck in my head again.
I totally forgot the remaster was coming, so that’s my afternoon sorted. I’m going to hear NPCs sing this shit to themselves and get it stuck in my head again.
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I'd like more reviewers to take stands. If you find the use of generative AI in game development repugnant and you find its use ruins a game for you, then that's the review you should write. And that low score is the score you should give.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I'd like more reviewers to take stands. If you find the use of generative AI in game development repugnant and you find its use ruins a game for you, then that's the review you should write. And that low score is the score you should give.
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this was making me nuts recently so I recorded all the times I had to bat away all the useless AI shit in acrobat. four times right after opening the doc, and some things I couldn't even clear
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
this was making me nuts recently so I recorded all the times I had to bat away all the useless AI shit in acrobat. four times right after opening the doc, and some things I couldn't even clear
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Tbh It would be really embarrassing to have a whole infamous spy agency and then be defeated in military operations by a reporter. Zero offense or Bellingcat.
Russian state media are today alleging that a Bellingcat reporter was involved in an attempt to hijack a Russian fighter plane.
We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.
We would like to make clear that Bellingcat had absolutely no involvement in the alleged activities and the accusations towards us are entirely false.
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Tbh It would be really embarrassing to have a whole infamous spy agency and then be defeated in military operations by a reporter. Zero offense or Bellingcat.