John
@oldmankaidan.bsky.social
1/2 Okinawan | Occasional Artist | Marketing & community for video game merch | @TeamRubicon Greyshirt | USMC Vet
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In 48 hours, me and the rest of the Cascadian Gamers will be playing games for 25 hours straight to help raise money to help kids through @extralife4kids.bsky.social.
Every $10 donated through me or any of the Cascadian Gamers gets you a chance to win an amazing prize!
bit.ly/CGELGlenn25
Every $10 donated through me or any of the Cascadian Gamers gets you a chance to win an amazing prize!
bit.ly/CGELGlenn25
Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future
I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In 48 hours, me and the rest of the Cascadian Gamers will be playing games for 25 hours straight to help raise money to help kids through @extralife4kids.bsky.social.
Every $10 donated through me or any of the Cascadian Gamers gets you a chance to win an amazing prize!
bit.ly/CGELGlenn25
Every $10 donated through me or any of the Cascadian Gamers gets you a chance to win an amazing prize!
bit.ly/CGELGlenn25
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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Help me help kids by donating to ensure that they get the medical care they need!
New incentive raffle! $10 gets you a chance to win a Destiny Holiday Pack, filled with Destiny themed baking stuff, some gacha emblem packs, and a glass ornament! Only 50 tickets available!
DONATE: bit.ly/CGELGlenn25
New incentive raffle! $10 gets you a chance to win a Destiny Holiday Pack, filled with Destiny themed baking stuff, some gacha emblem packs, and a glass ornament! Only 50 tickets available!
DONATE: bit.ly/CGELGlenn25
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Help me help kids by donating to ensure that they get the medical care they need!
New incentive raffle! $10 gets you a chance to win a Destiny Holiday Pack, filled with Destiny themed baking stuff, some gacha emblem packs, and a glass ornament! Only 50 tickets available!
DONATE: bit.ly/CGELGlenn25
New incentive raffle! $10 gets you a chance to win a Destiny Holiday Pack, filled with Destiny themed baking stuff, some gacha emblem packs, and a glass ornament! Only 50 tickets available!
DONATE: bit.ly/CGELGlenn25
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California will start producing and selling its own supply of low-cost insulin in January.
The suggested price for consumers will be no more than $55 for a pack of five pens.
Currently even generic insulin typically costs about $260 for a pack of five.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
The suggested price for consumers will be no more than $55 for a pack of five pens.
Currently even generic insulin typically costs about $260 for a pack of five.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
In shot across Big Pharma's bow, California will sell its own insulin
Delivery of the state-branded drug makes good on a longstanding promise by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.politico.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
California will start producing and selling its own supply of low-cost insulin in January.
The suggested price for consumers will be no more than $55 for a pack of five pens.
Currently even generic insulin typically costs about $260 for a pack of five.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
The suggested price for consumers will be no more than $55 for a pack of five pens.
Currently even generic insulin typically costs about $260 for a pack of five.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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This is why they’re deleting studies
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is why they’re deleting studies
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I don't have the proper words to say more than this now but
I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.
If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.
thank you
I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.
If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.
thank you
August 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I don't have the proper words to say more than this now but
I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.
If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.
thank you
I was just laid off. My role at Giant Squid is being eliminated.
If your studio is looking for an environment artist, please let me know ASAP. I have 5+ years of experience.
thank you
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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The most disheartening thing about America’s descent into fascism has been the abject cowardice of virtually all the people and institutions that could have stood up and refused to comply.
July 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The most disheartening thing about America’s descent into fascism has been the abject cowardice of virtually all the people and institutions that could have stood up and refused to comply.
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Alan Cumming on bathroom bills:
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
July 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Alan Cumming on bathroom bills:
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
"Why on earth would a rapist go through the bother of pretending to be trans in a country that treats rapists better than trans people."
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A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"
Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:
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18,000. That's the low and conservative estimate for the amount of children Israel has violently massacred in the past 600 days. That's a kindergarten class of 30 every single day.
Speaking of, Israel literally bombed a kindergarten yesterday. I'm not sharing the video, but it is horrifying.
Speaking of, Israel literally bombed a kindergarten yesterday. I'm not sharing the video, but it is horrifying.
July 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
18,000. That's the low and conservative estimate for the amount of children Israel has violently massacred in the past 600 days. That's a kindergarten class of 30 every single day.
Speaking of, Israel literally bombed a kindergarten yesterday. I'm not sharing the video, but it is horrifying.
Speaking of, Israel literally bombed a kindergarten yesterday. I'm not sharing the video, but it is horrifying.
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I heard so many stories like this when researching my piece on engineers and scientists leaving the U.S. or planning to.
It was really astonishing, some of their tales
It was really astonishing, some of their tales
I'm already up to four families I know in the last two months who are moving to the UK, France, Germany and Shanghai because of the instability of US funding, and worries about their future if they stayed. Reminds me of the fall of Constantinople and the spread of knowledge into Europe.
July 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I heard so many stories like this when researching my piece on engineers and scientists leaving the U.S. or planning to.
It was really astonishing, some of their tales
It was really astonishing, some of their tales
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Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
July 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
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Imagine being part of a floundering political establishment at historic lows in favorability, seeing this guy's absolutely infectuous energy, and deciding to try to stop it through an array of embarrassing media appearances and editorial blunders.
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
July 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Imagine being part of a floundering political establishment at historic lows in favorability, seeing this guy's absolutely infectuous energy, and deciding to try to stop it through an array of embarrassing media appearances and editorial blunders.
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In order to comply with the WARN Act, people are still "employed" for 60 days, that's the window of time for unions to bargain to save jobs
Also, for the love of god, journos, don't start posting in 2 months "more layoffs this week!" They already happened. You are hurting, not helping
Also, for the love of god, journos, don't start posting in 2 months "more layoffs this week!" They already happened. You are hurting, not helping
CWA, the union that represents thousands of microsoft and activision blizzard games workers, has published a statement about this week's layoffs, which it confirms are expected to impact CWA-repped workers (mass layoffs in jan 2024 did not)
July 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In order to comply with the WARN Act, people are still "employed" for 60 days, that's the window of time for unions to bargain to save jobs
Also, for the love of god, journos, don't start posting in 2 months "more layoffs this week!" They already happened. You are hurting, not helping
Also, for the love of god, journos, don't start posting in 2 months "more layoffs this week!" They already happened. You are hurting, not helping
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Shut the ✨fuck✨ up.
November 12, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Shut the ✨fuck✨ up.
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This story from @nirhasson.bsky.social demonstrates not only the scale of the carnage (at least 4% of Gaza's population) but the truly unprecedented targeting of civilians. Women and children account for 56% of those killed - more than twice their share in Sudan, Syria and Iraq.
archive.ph/tfOaG
archive.ph/tfOaG
July 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This story from @nirhasson.bsky.social demonstrates not only the scale of the carnage (at least 4% of Gaza's population) but the truly unprecedented targeting of civilians. Women and children account for 56% of those killed - more than twice their share in Sudan, Syria and Iraq.
archive.ph/tfOaG
archive.ph/tfOaG
Back in Okinawa for a couple days. Always feels surreal to be back here.
June 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Back in Okinawa for a couple days. Always feels surreal to be back here.
Found something pretty amazing at a second-hand store in Sapporo today. Twin Peaks Box Set on VHS. All except one are still sealed. Never been opened. Released in 1992(?)
#TwinPeaks
#TwinPeaks
June 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Found something pretty amazing at a second-hand store in Sapporo today. Twin Peaks Box Set on VHS. All except one are still sealed. Never been opened. Released in 1992(?)
#TwinPeaks
#TwinPeaks
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Hey artists!
My WebGlaze invites have been restored, I've caught up on my backlog and now I've got roughly 13 more invites I can give out until next Wednesday
Reply here if you'd like one!
My WebGlaze invites have been restored, I've caught up on my backlog and now I've got roughly 13 more invites I can give out until next Wednesday
Reply here if you'd like one!
Calling all artists!
In celebration of the Disney/Universal lawsuit against Midjourney I'm giving away 20 webglaze invites so reply here so I can DM you one!
In celebration of the Disney/Universal lawsuit against Midjourney I'm giving away 20 webglaze invites so reply here so I can DM you one!
June 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Hey artists!
My WebGlaze invites have been restored, I've caught up on my backlog and now I've got roughly 13 more invites I can give out until next Wednesday
Reply here if you'd like one!
My WebGlaze invites have been restored, I've caught up on my backlog and now I've got roughly 13 more invites I can give out until next Wednesday
Reply here if you'd like one!
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If you take one thing away from today, let it be that we outnumber them.
June 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you take one thing away from today, let it be that we outnumber them.
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It would be great if America’s pundits would pause this entire genre. “Burning down my house means I don’t need to take out the trash!” Your cleverness is not winning the day right now.
June 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It would be great if America’s pundits would pause this entire genre. “Burning down my house means I don’t need to take out the trash!” Your cleverness is not winning the day right now.
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.