nathaniel
@pedrothedagger.bsky.social
game developer (derogatory). Lead Systems Designer at Epic Games on Lego Fortnite
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Do you think the Slack app is going to change its icon to the colors of the Venezuelan flag in support of that country’s people being unjustly attacked by a rogue country, like they did for Ukraine?
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Do you think the Slack app is going to change its icon to the colors of the Venezuelan flag in support of that country’s people being unjustly attacked by a rogue country, like they did for Ukraine?
If you want to understand why this is galling just imagine every time a politician or newsperson discussed the holocaust they opened with “statistically speaking there were almost certainly a decent number of rapists, pedophiles and otherwise assholes sent to the camps. Nevertheless,”
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
If you want to understand why this is galling just imagine every time a politician or newsperson discussed the holocaust they opened with “statistically speaking there were almost certainly a decent number of rapists, pedophiles and otherwise assholes sent to the camps. Nevertheless,”
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It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It's illegal for the president to relieve student loan debt. It's completely fine for the president to unilaterally decide to have the head of a foreign nation black bagged on foreign soil.
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
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Can’t do anything in power. Can’t do anything out of power. Weirdly they’re the only party that never has any power or voice, regardless of the situation
I love you all and am holding your hand as I say this:
Dems wield zero hard power levers
Dems wield zero hard power levers
it's kind of crazy that there's even any question that democrats are going to do anything about this
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Can’t do anything in power. Can’t do anything out of power. Weirdly they’re the only party that never has any power or voice, regardless of the situation
Yeah I think actually it’s a misreading of this to say it’s “about” oil. I think trump is dumb enough to think it’s about oil but it’s really about restating the bipartisan project to establish American hegemony over the western hemisphere.
This is true in a broad and vague sense but it is also true that the US is a net exporter of oil and there is absolutely no actual resource pressure creating any real incentive to invade Venezuela. The oil isn't even worth it.
Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Yeah I think actually it’s a misreading of this to say it’s “about” oil. I think trump is dumb enough to think it’s about oil but it’s really about restating the bipartisan project to establish American hegemony over the western hemisphere.
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This is true in a broad and vague sense but it is also true that the US is a net exporter of oil and there is absolutely no actual resource pressure creating any real incentive to invade Venezuela. The oil isn't even worth it.
Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
January 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is true in a broad and vague sense but it is also true that the US is a net exporter of oil and there is absolutely no actual resource pressure creating any real incentive to invade Venezuela. The oil isn't even worth it.
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if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
The mistake is thinking this is about laws or fairness or even really trump. The US has been ignoring the sovereignty of nations across the world for a hundred years or more basically uninterrupted. It’s bipartisan and frankly the only defense is nukes in range of something the US cares about
by not punishing trump for invading and bombing venezuela, it would now be legal to invade whatever country you want and capture it’s leader? i assume that can be done to the united states too?
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The mistake is thinking this is about laws or fairness or even really trump. The US has been ignoring the sovereignty of nations across the world for a hundred years or more basically uninterrupted. It’s bipartisan and frankly the only defense is nukes in range of something the US cares about
really striking that a q khan was dramatically more effective at defending state sovereignty than the entire organization of the UN. Clearer than ever that there’s one thing you need to guarantee your sovereignty and Venezuela/Iraq/Iran/Ukraine didn’t have it.
January 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
really striking that a q khan was dramatically more effective at defending state sovereignty than the entire organization of the UN. Clearer than ever that there’s one thing you need to guarantee your sovereignty and Venezuela/Iraq/Iran/Ukraine didn’t have it.
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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If you're an American (or from another similar western nation) I cannot stress enough that you should look into the history of the atrocities the USA has committed in South America. This is not new and we cannot let the horrific crimes perpetuated in this nation's name repeat
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
If you're an American (or from another similar western nation) I cannot stress enough that you should look into the history of the atrocities the USA has committed in South America. This is not new and we cannot let the horrific crimes perpetuated in this nation's name repeat
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I cannot post on social media what I hope happens to everyone involved with this depravity.
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:54 AM
I cannot post on social media what I hope happens to everyone involved with this depravity.
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like i know a lot of long time tech capitial chasers and they all love ai. i also know a lot of professional machine learning knowers, and I can't think of a single one that thinks the current full court press into llms is a cool and good direction. like not one, that seems bad idk
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 AM
like i know a lot of long time tech capitial chasers and they all love ai. i also know a lot of professional machine learning knowers, and I can't think of a single one that thinks the current full court press into llms is a cool and good direction. like not one, that seems bad idk
i feel like including the translations immediately underneath each of these somewhat undermines the idea that they are untranslatable, but
January 1, 2026 at 8:19 AM
i feel like including the translations immediately underneath each of these somewhat undermines the idea that they are untranslatable, but
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Happy New Year. In 2026, I hope everyone gets what they deserve.
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Happy New Year. In 2026, I hope everyone gets what they deserve.
one thing that’s neat when you listen to songs in other languages is that you learn stuff like that the catchiest song ever was written like a decade ago and it’s in Japanese youtu.be/PCp2iXA1uLE?...
フレデリック「オドループ」Music Video | Frederic "oddloop"
YouTube video by フレデリック FREDERIC official
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
one thing that’s neat when you listen to songs in other languages is that you learn stuff like that the catchiest song ever was written like a decade ago and it’s in Japanese youtu.be/PCp2iXA1uLE?...
making an elaborate lore video on why weeping city of mhach and mistwake share a leitmotif
December 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
making an elaborate lore video on why weeping city of mhach and mistwake share a leitmotif
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The fact this still goes around so much
December 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The fact this still goes around so much
I had to reread this like four times before I realized what it was
December 31, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I had to reread this like four times before I realized what it was
pretty convinced that elin is the most unhinged roguelike ever made
December 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
pretty convinced that elin is the most unhinged roguelike ever made
lol i did not realize that elidibus' "the rains have ceased and we have been graced with another beautiful day. but you are not here to see it" is maybe the most goated loc of "shikata ga nai" in game history lol
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
lol i did not realize that elidibus' "the rains have ceased and we have been graced with another beautiful day. but you are not here to see it" is maybe the most goated loc of "shikata ga nai" in game history lol
my fav thing lately is when people misspell it claire obscure which absolutely is the title of a fire early 00s emo song
December 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
my fav thing lately is when people misspell it claire obscure which absolutely is the title of a fire early 00s emo song
I mean to be fair the bar for content slop mills like this should be like underground. It’s not great that it’s that way but it’s definitely that way :(
I really hate how games media handles anything out of China: www.thegamer.com/clair-obscur...
We're getting a gorgeous remake of one of their best RPGs ever, but the clown does zero research about it and just goes "I'm getting a lot of Boss Baby vibes from this..."
We're getting a gorgeous remake of one of their best RPGs ever, but the clown does zero research about it and just goes "I'm getting a lot of Boss Baby vibes from this..."
We've Got Our First Clair Obscur-like, And It's A Chinese Game Called Sword And Fairy 4: Remake
Some shots almost looks like a Clair Obscur DLC.
www.thegamer.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I mean to be fair the bar for content slop mills like this should be like underground. It’s not great that it’s that way but it’s definitely that way :(