M. Blind
@mdotblind.bsky.social
foundling raised by a feral tribe of sarcastic suburbanites || Hyperfocus for hire · Gamesmith, wordwright, rules wrangler · Fan of scifi & fantasy, lover of books, former bookseller || Interpuctgames.com, personal blog at rocketbomber.com || 52. He/him.
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M. Blind
@mdotblind.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Fire is great. We couldn't have built civilization without it.
Capitalism is great. We couldn't have built civilization without it.
but free market capitalism isn't the solution to everything, just like we don't light everything on fire just because it burns.
Capitalism is great. We couldn't have built civilization without it.
but free market capitalism isn't the solution to everything, just like we don't light everything on fire just because it burns.
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Jesus Christ how can politicians be so fucking dense?
“Mobile phones have no place in our schools” but AI learning tools are “different”, the education secretary tells BETT London.
Phillipson also committed an extra £23m for new edtech tools.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Phillipson also committed an extra £23m for new edtech tools.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Phillipson announces £23m for new edtech tools
The government will also launch skills pathways for teachers and support staff to help them develop digital, data and tech skills, education secretary says
www.tes.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Jesus Christ how can politicians be so fucking dense?
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10/10 no noots
Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.
January 21, 2026 at 9:56 AM
10/10 no noots
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The best explainer of racism and capitalism. It with a very D&D framing.
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
January 21, 2026 at 12:06 PM
The best explainer of racism and capitalism. It with a very D&D framing.
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
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This is a more accurate metric of impending bad weather than the Waffle House Index
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front.
January 21, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is a more accurate metric of impending bad weather than the Waffle House Index
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I don't want to be up before my alarm but I guess we're launching early.
Good morning. how's europe? still there? cool cool
Good morning. how's europe? still there? cool cool
January 21, 2026 at 9:53 AM
I don't want to be up before my alarm but I guess we're launching early.
Good morning. how's europe? still there? cool cool
Good morning. how's europe? still there? cool cool
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Nintendo actually produced a couple of arcade cabinets in the mid-1980s, like the VS. System, which could play some NES games in 2-player time-limited modes. Here's a flyer for the cabinet.
Peep the Star Wars-esque outfit on the guy on the right, modeled after C-3P0.
Peep the Star Wars-esque outfit on the guy on the right, modeled after C-3P0.
January 20, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Nintendo actually produced a couple of arcade cabinets in the mid-1980s, like the VS. System, which could play some NES games in 2-player time-limited modes. Here's a flyer for the cabinet.
Peep the Star Wars-esque outfit on the guy on the right, modeled after C-3P0.
Peep the Star Wars-esque outfit on the guy on the right, modeled after C-3P0.
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Some arcade owners complained about the size of the cabinet above, so Nintendo came out with a couple smaller models. Here's one for Dr. Mario.
January 20, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Some arcade owners complained about the size of the cabinet above, so Nintendo came out with a couple smaller models. Here's one for Dr. Mario.
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After 1986, the Nintendo Playchoice-10 offered a selection of NES games. This cabinet had two stacked screens -- the top screen was used for displaying gameplay hints.
In the case of Metroid, the top screen could show a map, similar to how many games of the much later Nintendo DS used two screens.
In the case of Metroid, the top screen could show a map, similar to how many games of the much later Nintendo DS used two screens.
January 20, 2026 at 7:06 PM
After 1986, the Nintendo Playchoice-10 offered a selection of NES games. This cabinet had two stacked screens -- the top screen was used for displaying gameplay hints.
In the case of Metroid, the top screen could show a map, similar to how many games of the much later Nintendo DS used two screens.
In the case of Metroid, the top screen could show a map, similar to how many games of the much later Nintendo DS used two screens.
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The princess left a note behind, explaining why she ran away.
"She disagrees with what she was taught," the queen said.
"Embroidery and such?" chuckled the king. "Classic."
"It's not needle-work she objects to. She likes that. She rejects the nobility of the nobility, and our right to rule."
"She disagrees with what she was taught," the queen said.
"Embroidery and such?" chuckled the king. "Classic."
"It's not needle-work she objects to. She likes that. She rejects the nobility of the nobility, and our right to rule."
January 20, 2026 at 6:33 PM
The princess left a note behind, explaining why she ran away.
"She disagrees with what she was taught," the queen said.
"Embroidery and such?" chuckled the king. "Classic."
"It's not needle-work she objects to. She likes that. She rejects the nobility of the nobility, and our right to rule."
"She disagrees with what she was taught," the queen said.
"Embroidery and such?" chuckled the king. "Classic."
"It's not needle-work she objects to. She likes that. She rejects the nobility of the nobility, and our right to rule."
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Reporting on Homeland Security’s seige of Minneapolis. “No one…is even really bothering with the pretext that they’re here to make the city safer. This is Donald Trump’s revenge campaign, and they’re the foot soldiers.” [theverge.com]
How much can a city take?
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Reporting on Homeland Security’s seige of Minneapolis. “No one…is even really bothering with the pretext that they’re here to make the city safer. This is Donald Trump’s revenge campaign, and they’re the foot soldiers.” [theverge.com]
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A report from occupied Minneapolis: So, How’s the Occupation Going for You? “The physical machinations of the occupation are nearly impossible to avoid. ICE stops people randomly on the street. ICE rams cars, sometimes through intersections…” [liberalcurrents.com]
So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:52 PM
A report from occupied Minneapolis: So, How’s the Occupation Going for You? “The physical machinations of the occupation are nearly impossible to avoid. ICE stops people randomly on the street. ICE rams cars, sometimes through intersections…” [liberalcurrents.com]
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Microsoft CEO says AI “risks becoming a speculative bubble unless its use spreads beyond big tech companies and wealthy economies.” Brother you’re the one building this dogshit, we’re three years and hundreds of billions in, how have you not worked it out?
www.ft.com/content/2a29...
www.ft.com/content/2a29...
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Microsoft CEO says AI “risks becoming a speculative bubble unless its use spreads beyond big tech companies and wealthy economies.” Brother you’re the one building this dogshit, we’re three years and hundreds of billions in, how have you not worked it out?
www.ft.com/content/2a29...
www.ft.com/content/2a29...
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When the bubble bursts expect a lot of “you refused to adopt it” talk
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
When the bubble bursts expect a lot of “you refused to adopt it” talk
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for all the analysis of what went wrong with liberalism, there's been very little said (or very little usefully said) about what the hell happened to mainline conservativism
one day it occupied a big stretch of the ideological spectrum, the next, gone
one day it occupied a big stretch of the ideological spectrum, the next, gone
January 20, 2026 at 11:17 AM
for all the analysis of what went wrong with liberalism, there's been very little said (or very little usefully said) about what the hell happened to mainline conservativism
one day it occupied a big stretch of the ideological spectrum, the next, gone
one day it occupied a big stretch of the ideological spectrum, the next, gone
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this isn't a 'post-liberal' world - the ideology displaced by fascism was conservatism
my latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
my latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
Liberalism Did Not Fail, Conservatism Did
We are moving from an ideologically multipolar world, to a bipolar one.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:10 AM
this isn't a 'post-liberal' world - the ideology displaced by fascism was conservatism
my latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
my latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
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The extremist lurch of the GOP is in many ways the only political story of the last 30 years and for the most part all media has done is pretend the opposite is true.
Read this excellent piece.
Buckle is right. Liberalism is alive and well -- in fact, more popular & more activist than any time since Reagan.
Liberals did not become fascists. Conservatives became fascists.
Liberalism did not die. The center-right died so the far-right might live.
Buckle is right. Liberalism is alive and well -- in fact, more popular & more activist than any time since Reagan.
Liberals did not become fascists. Conservatives became fascists.
Liberalism did not die. The center-right died so the far-right might live.
January 20, 2026 at 3:55 PM
The extremist lurch of the GOP is in many ways the only political story of the last 30 years and for the most part all media has done is pretend the opposite is true.
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dont listen to searchlight or third way
thanks for attending my ted talk
thanks for attending my ted talk
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
dont listen to searchlight or third way
thanks for attending my ted talk
thanks for attending my ted talk
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captain tendi you say
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 PM
captain tendi you say
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COMIC: Doomscroller!
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
COMIC: Doomscroller!
That moss-scape brings all the boys to the yard.
Go big or go home…..ultimate in #ThickTrunkTuesday
#photography #nature #EastCoastKin #forest #scape #treescape #hiking #PhotographersOfBlueSky
#photography #nature #EastCoastKin #forest #scape #treescape #hiking #PhotographersOfBlueSky
January 20, 2026 at 5:08 PM
That moss-scape brings all the boys to the yard.
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'AI' is a dick move, redux: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2026/note-on-debating-llm-fans/
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
'AI' is a dick move, redux: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2026/note-on-debating-llm-fans/
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Nor do they seem to care, except in a performative way, that “AI” is designed to be an outright attack on labour and education, non-consensually using the works of those being attacked as the tools for dismantling their own communities and industries, all in overt collaboration with the ultra right
January 18, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Nor do they seem to care, except in a performative way, that “AI” is designed to be an outright attack on labour and education, non-consensually using the works of those being attacked as the tools for dismantling their own communities and industries, all in overt collaboration with the ultra right
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The software made by the software industry is getting substantially worse every month. The products are getting worse. The platforms are getting worse. The ecosystems are less safe. And the job environment is horrible. And it's happening faster and faster.
January 18, 2026 at 12:18 PM
The software made by the software industry is getting substantially worse every month. The products are getting worse. The platforms are getting worse. The ecosystems are less safe. And the job environment is horrible. And it's happening faster and faster.
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This is so unnecessary. There's no reason for any of this. We are pouring our wealth and soft power down a toilet but we could STOP DOING THIS AT ANY TIME
Like, Congress could just...stop him. The Supreme Court might issue a ruling today that could just...stop him. He's just one really stupid dude!
Like, Congress could just...stop him. The Supreme Court might issue a ruling today that could just...stop him. He's just one really stupid dude!
"We have tried appeasement, we need to stop because it doesn't work and it's no longer an option" is the fucking RUBICON and we are now across it.
January 20, 2026 at 3:01 PM
This is so unnecessary. There's no reason for any of this. We are pouring our wealth and soft power down a toilet but we could STOP DOING THIS AT ANY TIME
Like, Congress could just...stop him. The Supreme Court might issue a ruling today that could just...stop him. He's just one really stupid dude!
Like, Congress could just...stop him. The Supreme Court might issue a ruling today that could just...stop him. He's just one really stupid dude!