Nathaniel Hicklin
@nghicklin.bsky.social
Author. Game Designer. He/him. Autistic as F***. Ko-fi.com/nathanielhicklin
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It’s notable that two of the leading tech industries in America are just companies that buy GPUs and burn them out for a *chance* at money.
Neither produce a product with tangible value.
Both are causing spikes in energy prices.
Both have the ear of the president.
Neither produce a product with tangible value.
Both are causing spikes in energy prices.
Both have the ear of the president.
From @candicebernd.bsky.social in our magazine: A Texas Observer analysis found since 2021, at least 60 cryptomines have been developed or are under construction in at least 33 counties statewide. Experts worry our grid, and water supply, can't handle the load.
Crypto's Cryptic Texas Takeover
State regulators don't want you to know about the 60-plus Bitcoin mines guzzling public water and electricity—even though consumers are already paying the price.
www.texasobserver.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It’s notable that two of the leading tech industries in America are just companies that buy GPUs and burn them out for a *chance* at money.
Neither produce a product with tangible value.
Both are causing spikes in energy prices.
Both have the ear of the president.
Neither produce a product with tangible value.
Both are causing spikes in energy prices.
Both have the ear of the president.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
c.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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"We have to agree to cancel midterm elections because people need paychecks."
"We have to agree to the camps because people don't have paychecks."
And if that's where we are, the political process is already a lost battle.
That's why Democrats caving is bad.
"We have to agree to the camps because people don't have paychecks."
And if that's where we are, the political process is already a lost battle.
That's why Democrats caving is bad.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"We have to agree to cancel midterm elections because people need paychecks."
"We have to agree to the camps because people don't have paychecks."
And if that's where we are, the political process is already a lost battle.
That's why Democrats caving is bad.
"We have to agree to the camps because people don't have paychecks."
And if that's where we are, the political process is already a lost battle.
That's why Democrats caving is bad.
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
Let’s be clear: Chuck Schumer is the one ending this shutdown, no matter how the votes read.
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
Chuck Schumer is claiming that he’s voting no, while letting other Senators (Fetterman, Kaine, King, etc) do HIS dirty work.
He must be removed from his leadership & primaried for the sake of this country
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
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Gender is a performance, and some people just don't respect the classics.
Gender is a performance and I am a desperate little jester who does not know how to juggle.
Gender is a performance and I am singing baritone, tenor, alto and soprano
November 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Gender is a performance, and some people just don't respect the classics.
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You may not agree, but I think it’s time for Dems from coast to coast to run on Medicare for all.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
You may not agree, but I think it’s time for Dems from coast to coast to run on Medicare for all.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
We do NOT need health insurance companies at all.
Period.
They serve no valuable societal purpose other than to add cost to healthcare and drive people crazy.
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“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“They were careless people, … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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Your gentle reminder that Rep. Melissa Hortman was assassinated on June 14 and hardly anyone bothered to talk about it .
October 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Your gentle reminder that Rep. Melissa Hortman was assassinated on June 14 and hardly anyone bothered to talk about it .
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Worth noting: After the end of the three-year pilot program this year, the Irish government found that for every pound invested, they got 43% profit. Keeping artists alive and financially safe is not just for moral good, it's also beneficial in terms of economics. Just let artists keep making art.
Ireland Offers $1,500 Monthly Basic Income for Artists to Support Innovation
Ireland Offers $1,500 Monthly Basic Income for Artists to Support Innovation and Creativity
What do you think of this program? Should other countries follow suit?
mymodernmet.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Worth noting: After the end of the three-year pilot program this year, the Irish government found that for every pound invested, they got 43% profit. Keeping artists alive and financially safe is not just for moral good, it's also beneficial in terms of economics. Just let artists keep making art.
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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Thinking to Founders, Framers, so much against any established religion, representing numerous views & beliefs w/little unity. Thus, examples like Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli (1797): "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion"🗃️
October 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Thinking to Founders, Framers, so much against any established religion, representing numerous views & beliefs w/little unity. Thus, examples like Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli (1797): "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion"🗃️
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This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
October 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
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it is never okay to take out your frustration on service people and people who do have low moral character
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
it is never okay to take out your frustration on service people and people who do have low moral character
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
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Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately
You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools
Be better than that
You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools
Be better than that
October 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately
You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools
Be better than that
You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools
Be better than that
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
Quick question for the #ttrpg family out here, but possibly a long answer:
What is it that you actually like about rpgs? Please take as long as you want to answer. (And don't say "playing them with friends;" every tabletop game does that.)
What is it that you actually like about rpgs? Please take as long as you want to answer. (And don't say "playing them with friends;" every tabletop game does that.)
October 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Quick question for the #ttrpg family out here, but possibly a long answer:
What is it that you actually like about rpgs? Please take as long as you want to answer. (And don't say "playing them with friends;" every tabletop game does that.)
What is it that you actually like about rpgs? Please take as long as you want to answer. (And don't say "playing them with friends;" every tabletop game does that.)
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This is the absolute dream challenger to Jeffries. Please, please, please let this happen.
This is exactly what we need. This is it.
"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"
"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"
Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries
Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)
www.axios.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This is the absolute dream challenger to Jeffries. Please, please, please let this happen.
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Add to the list Repeal the Patriot Act, this declaring antifa as terrorists is their cover for being able to disappear people with the that bullshit act
October 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Add to the list Repeal the Patriot Act, this declaring antifa as terrorists is their cover for being able to disappear people with the that bullshit act
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Straight to jail:
- Stephen Miller
- Hegseth
- Noem
- Homan
- Bondi
Just for these ICE attacks, just for starters. Plenty more should follow.
Prosecuting Trump - if he doesn’t croak in office - is harder thanks to fascist SCOTUS (most of whom should be impeached). But state courts can do it.
- Stephen Miller
- Hegseth
- Noem
- Homan
- Bondi
Just for these ICE attacks, just for starters. Plenty more should follow.
Prosecuting Trump - if he doesn’t croak in office - is harder thanks to fascist SCOTUS (most of whom should be impeached). But state courts can do it.
October 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Straight to jail:
- Stephen Miller
- Hegseth
- Noem
- Homan
- Bondi
Just for these ICE attacks, just for starters. Plenty more should follow.
Prosecuting Trump - if he doesn’t croak in office - is harder thanks to fascist SCOTUS (most of whom should be impeached). But state courts can do it.
- Stephen Miller
- Hegseth
- Noem
- Homan
- Bondi
Just for these ICE attacks, just for starters. Plenty more should follow.
Prosecuting Trump - if he doesn’t croak in office - is harder thanks to fascist SCOTUS (most of whom should be impeached). But state courts can do it.
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Minimum demands from here on:
- Abolish ICE immediately
- Prosecute and jail all ICE leaders nationwide, and any ICE goon who can be proven to have violated the Constitution
- Prosecute and jail all Trump administration officials responsible, inc. Cabinet level
- Abolish Dept of Homeland Security
- Abolish ICE immediately
- Prosecute and jail all ICE leaders nationwide, and any ICE goon who can be proven to have violated the Constitution
- Prosecute and jail all Trump administration officials responsible, inc. Cabinet level
- Abolish Dept of Homeland Security
October 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Minimum demands from here on:
- Abolish ICE immediately
- Prosecute and jail all ICE leaders nationwide, and any ICE goon who can be proven to have violated the Constitution
- Prosecute and jail all Trump administration officials responsible, inc. Cabinet level
- Abolish Dept of Homeland Security
- Abolish ICE immediately
- Prosecute and jail all ICE leaders nationwide, and any ICE goon who can be proven to have violated the Constitution
- Prosecute and jail all Trump administration officials responsible, inc. Cabinet level
- Abolish Dept of Homeland Security