Rational Bassist
@rationalbassist.bsky.social
Roving attorney. Leftist. Gamer. Occasional content creator.
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One year since Miles left us.
Miss you every day, kitty.
Forever my soul cat.
Miss you every day, kitty.
Forever my soul cat.
FWIW I haven't played Bloodlines 2. The absolute last thing I would do is give Paradox Interactive $60 in gratitude for the 5 years of unnecessary pain they caused Bloodlines fans.
Which says nothing of the whole toxic workplace scandal and all that.
PI triggers my boycott reflex. Hard.
Which says nothing of the whole toxic workplace scandal and all that.
PI triggers my boycott reflex. Hard.
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
FWIW I haven't played Bloodlines 2. The absolute last thing I would do is give Paradox Interactive $60 in gratitude for the 5 years of unnecessary pain they caused Bloodlines fans.
Which says nothing of the whole toxic workplace scandal and all that.
PI triggers my boycott reflex. Hard.
Which says nothing of the whole toxic workplace scandal and all that.
PI triggers my boycott reflex. Hard.
Turns out that pushing name recognition while sending their Deputy CEO to down talk Bloodlines wasn't the strategy they thought it was.
The problem isn't that this was "outside of their core." The problem is them. Their core audience has just learned to accept it.
www.ign.com/articles/par...
The problem isn't that this was "outside of their core." The problem is them. Their core audience has just learned to accept it.
www.ign.com/articles/par...
Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down - IGN
Publisher Paradox Interactive has today taken the blame for the poor sales of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.
www.ign.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Turns out that pushing name recognition while sending their Deputy CEO to down talk Bloodlines wasn't the strategy they thought it was.
The problem isn't that this was "outside of their core." The problem is them. Their core audience has just learned to accept it.
www.ign.com/articles/par...
The problem isn't that this was "outside of their core." The problem is them. Their core audience has just learned to accept it.
www.ign.com/articles/par...
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Breaking: Zohran Mamdani wins NYC’s mayoral race, capping the Democratic socialist's meteoric rise to lead America's most populous city. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4oUifWC
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Breaking: Zohran Mamdani wins NYC’s mayoral race, capping the Democratic socialist's meteoric rise to lead America's most populous city. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4oUifWC
Julian Nubaby (2016-2025)
I was honored to be your human.
Thank for you for being my Nubaby.
I will miss you so dearly.
Give my love to Miles.
Until I see you both again.
Run free, kitty.
I was honored to be your human.
Thank for you for being my Nubaby.
I will miss you so dearly.
Give my love to Miles.
Until I see you both again.
Run free, kitty.
August 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Julian Nubaby (2016-2025)
I was honored to be your human.
Thank for you for being my Nubaby.
I will miss you so dearly.
Give my love to Miles.
Until I see you both again.
Run free, kitty.
I was honored to be your human.
Thank for you for being my Nubaby.
I will miss you so dearly.
Give my love to Miles.
Until I see you both again.
Run free, kitty.
Julian Nubaby has given us almost nine months on a three-to-six month diagnosis. We've treasured those moments & not taken them for granted.
Now staring down the barrel of making the humane call, my inner child has deftly bypassed various mental blocks to remind me how unfair it all is. He's right.
Now staring down the barrel of making the humane call, my inner child has deftly bypassed various mental blocks to remind me how unfair it all is. He's right.
August 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Julian Nubaby has given us almost nine months on a three-to-six month diagnosis. We've treasured those moments & not taken them for granted.
Now staring down the barrel of making the humane call, my inner child has deftly bypassed various mental blocks to remind me how unfair it all is. He's right.
Now staring down the barrel of making the humane call, my inner child has deftly bypassed various mental blocks to remind me how unfair it all is. He's right.
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Whoa, people seem pretty upset about the Cracker Barrel logo change, me I think it's pretty cool 🦇
August 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Whoa, people seem pretty upset about the Cracker Barrel logo change, me I think it's pretty cool 🦇
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it's wild how the most basic ass Mr Roger's position is now considered too far for liberal discourse. No child should go hungry, and ensuring a child goes hungry is evil. That's not a political position, it's an entry level understanding of the world around you
August 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
it's wild how the most basic ass Mr Roger's position is now considered too far for liberal discourse. No child should go hungry, and ensuring a child goes hungry is evil. That's not a political position, it's an entry level understanding of the world around you
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I love this notion that VTMB perfectly captures the world of 2004, before things went all woke and gay.
We aren't playing the same game.
VTMB is gay af and woke for its time. And developed by a company founded by two leftists and a gay man (who may himself also be a leftists).
We aren't playing the same game.
VTMB is gay af and woke for its time. And developed by a company founded by two leftists and a gay man (who may himself also be a leftists).
August 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I love this notion that VTMB perfectly captures the world of 2004, before things went all woke and gay.
We aren't playing the same game.
VTMB is gay af and woke for its time. And developed by a company founded by two leftists and a gay man (who may himself also be a leftists).
We aren't playing the same game.
VTMB is gay af and woke for its time. And developed by a company founded by two leftists and a gay man (who may himself also be a leftists).
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Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
August 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
Paradox Interactive expects you to pay $90 for the Premium Edition of Bloodlines 2 to get all of the clans & other content that should be standard.
That is pathetic - by which I mean characteristically Paradox.
If I weren't already boycotting them (b/c Brian, b/c BDS), this would be the clincher.
That is pathetic - by which I mean characteristically Paradox.
If I weren't already boycotting them (b/c Brian, b/c BDS), this would be the clincher.
August 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Paradox Interactive expects you to pay $90 for the Premium Edition of Bloodlines 2 to get all of the clans & other content that should be standard.
That is pathetic - by which I mean characteristically Paradox.
If I weren't already boycotting them (b/c Brian, b/c BDS), this would be the clincher.
That is pathetic - by which I mean characteristically Paradox.
If I weren't already boycotting them (b/c Brian, b/c BDS), this would be the clincher.
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Thanks, Terrence Stamp.
August 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thanks, Terrence Stamp.
If you're still taking this tack in Q3 2025, please know that you're arguing with Paradox's discord & marketing, and holdouts existing on pure cope. The rest of us moved on.
The TCR staff who worked this are gone.
HSL's VTMB2 staff are LONG gone.
Paradox cares about what you buy, not what you want.
The TCR staff who worked this are gone.
HSL's VTMB2 staff are LONG gone.
Paradox cares about what you buy, not what you want.
August 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If you're still taking this tack in Q3 2025, please know that you're arguing with Paradox's discord & marketing, and holdouts existing on pure cope. The rest of us moved on.
The TCR staff who worked this are gone.
HSL's VTMB2 staff are LONG gone.
Paradox cares about what you buy, not what you want.
The TCR staff who worked this are gone.
HSL's VTMB2 staff are LONG gone.
Paradox cares about what you buy, not what you want.
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Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony.
Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
August 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony.
Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
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‼️👇WTF
🚨🚨Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for a sex act. - The Guardian
🚨🚨Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for a sex act. - The Guardian
Israeli government official arrested in Nevada in internet crimes against children sting
Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for a sex act
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‼️👇WTF
🚨🚨Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for a sex act. - The Guardian
🚨🚨Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for a sex act. - The Guardian
Happy birthday, Miles!
You would've been 15 today.
Julian is enjoying ice cream and treats on your behalf.
We love you!
You would've been 15 today.
Julian is enjoying ice cream and treats on your behalf.
We love you!
August 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Happy birthday, Miles!
You would've been 15 today.
Julian is enjoying ice cream and treats on your behalf.
We love you!
You would've been 15 today.
Julian is enjoying ice cream and treats on your behalf.
We love you!
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Trump will federalize D.C. police, deploy the National Guard, & send the FBI after homeless people to combat a made-up crisis in D.C.
But on Jan. 6th when violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol he couldn't be bothered to call the National Guard.
Make it make sense.
But on Jan. 6th when violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol he couldn't be bothered to call the National Guard.
Make it make sense.
August 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trump will federalize D.C. police, deploy the National Guard, & send the FBI after homeless people to combat a made-up crisis in D.C.
But on Jan. 6th when violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol he couldn't be bothered to call the National Guard.
Make it make sense.
But on Jan. 6th when violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol he couldn't be bothered to call the National Guard.
Make it make sense.
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Be on the lookout for media describing Trump’s military invasion of D.C. as "controversial," "unorthodox," "unprecedented," and the like. Describing it as unusual rather than horrific glosses over the seriousness of the situation we are in.
August 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Be on the lookout for media describing Trump’s military invasion of D.C. as "controversial," "unorthodox," "unprecedented," and the like. Describing it as unusual rather than horrific glosses over the seriousness of the situation we are in.
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Today, August 10, in 1988, the front page story of the New York Times is about 11-year-old hacker Dade “Zero Cool” Murphy, who brought down 1,507 computer systems, causing a 7-point drop in the New York Stock Exchange (Hackers, 1995) #HackThePlanet
August 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Today, August 10, in 1988, the front page story of the New York Times is about 11-year-old hacker Dade “Zero Cool” Murphy, who brought down 1,507 computer systems, causing a 7-point drop in the New York Stock Exchange (Hackers, 1995) #HackThePlanet
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Iconic Rivals
#vtm #vtmb #vampirethemasquerade #bloodlines #vampire #malkavian #heather #stopsign #art #fanart
#vtm #vtmb #vampirethemasquerade #bloodlines #vampire #malkavian #heather #stopsign #art #fanart
June 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Iconic Rivals
#vtm #vtmb #vampirethemasquerade #bloodlines #vampire #malkavian #heather #stopsign #art #fanart
#vtm #vtmb #vampirethemasquerade #bloodlines #vampire #malkavian #heather #stopsign #art #fanart
@meggsomatic.tv Are we going to get a 21st anniversary VTM:B stream in a few months? Bloodlines will be old enough to drink. So a few friends, a little Don't Sue or 666 Proof?
Could be fun, right?
Could be fun, right?
August 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
@meggsomatic.tv Are we going to get a 21st anniversary VTM:B stream in a few months? Bloodlines will be old enough to drink. So a few friends, a little Don't Sue or 666 Proof?
Could be fun, right?
Could be fun, right?
You nasty, Hasan Piker
But congrats on lifting the curse, I guess...and French kissing yourself...
But congrats on lifting the curse, I guess...and French kissing yourself...
August 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
You nasty, Hasan Piker
But congrats on lifting the curse, I guess...and French kissing yourself...
But congrats on lifting the curse, I guess...and French kissing yourself...