TrooperBari
@trooperbari.bsky.social
Have notebook, will travel. Indie game aficionado, "Asia hand" (whatever that means), too stubborn or cowardly to quit newspapers. He/him
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the US coal mining industry employees ~50k people. For some perspective, The Gap has about 82,000 employees
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 AM
the US coal mining industry employees ~50k people. For some perspective, The Gap has about 82,000 employees
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Hasbro owns the trademarks for Wizards of the Coast and is therefore the controlling company of Magic: the Gathering snd Dungeons and Dragons.
D&D and M:tG will not get another cent from me until this deal is dead.
D&D and M:tG will not get another cent from me until this deal is dead.
JKR will never get another dime from the pockets of anyone in my family. You, too, can be part of making this deal a disaster for all parties!
(The revolution starts here
Where you work & where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do & what you say
The revolution starts now - S. Earle)
(The revolution starts here
Where you work & where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do & what you say
The revolution starts now - S. Earle)
Hasbro and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed a multi-year deal starting in 2027 to produce Harry Potter film and television series dolls, role play, action figures, collectibles, interactive plush, board games, and more to be revealed later this year - bwnews.pr/45UKdKL
February 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Hasbro owns the trademarks for Wizards of the Coast and is therefore the controlling company of Magic: the Gathering snd Dungeons and Dragons.
D&D and M:tG will not get another cent from me until this deal is dead.
D&D and M:tG will not get another cent from me until this deal is dead.
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JKR will never get another dime from the pockets of anyone in my family. You, too, can be part of making this deal a disaster for all parties!
(The revolution starts here
Where you work & where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do & what you say
The revolution starts now - S. Earle)
(The revolution starts here
Where you work & where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do & what you say
The revolution starts now - S. Earle)
Hasbro and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed a multi-year deal starting in 2027 to produce Harry Potter film and television series dolls, role play, action figures, collectibles, interactive plush, board games, and more to be revealed later this year - bwnews.pr/45UKdKL
February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
JKR will never get another dime from the pockets of anyone in my family. You, too, can be part of making this deal a disaster for all parties!
(The revolution starts here
Where you work & where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do & what you say
The revolution starts now - S. Earle)
(The revolution starts here
Where you work & where you play
Where you lay your money down
What you do & what you say
The revolution starts now - S. Earle)
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the burden of proof is on the mother-fucker asserting something.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
the burden of proof is on the mother-fucker asserting something.
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This fucking court won’t let ANYTHING self-identify
🚨 NEW: The Supreme Court has ruled that oat milk can no longer be called milk
February 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
This fucking court won’t let ANYTHING self-identify
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we're not doing the stuff in the image anymore, we're leaving "actually anti-social behavior is fine" in the dustbin of woke 1
People should put down their phones and pay attention in freshman social studies
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
we're not doing the stuff in the image anymore, we're leaving "actually anti-social behavior is fine" in the dustbin of woke 1
An entire governmental, legislative, economic, and media ecosystem built around the central premise that you're not allowed to say "no" to a Very Special Boy.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM
An entire governmental, legislative, economic, and media ecosystem built around the central premise that you're not allowed to say "no" to a Very Special Boy.
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Check out this wild post from @travislylesnews.bsky.social on Threads: apparently the Washington Post's chief technology officer took a swipe at the people who got laid off on LinkedIn. www.threads.com/@travislyles... (Khosla has since deleted the post)
February 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Check out this wild post from @travislylesnews.bsky.social on Threads: apparently the Washington Post's chief technology officer took a swipe at the people who got laid off on LinkedIn. www.threads.com/@travislyles... (Khosla has since deleted the post)
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Hey y'all.
A South African dev released a blackity black game during BHM and it's currently getting the usual suspects in the reviews.
Imma grab this up myself anyway, but can we all be some chums and help push the racists out of the reviews? 🙂
A South African dev released a blackity black game during BHM and it's currently getting the usual suspects in the reviews.
Imma grab this up myself anyway, but can we all be some chums and help push the racists out of the reviews? 🙂
“Please enjoy the museum”:
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Hey y'all.
A South African dev released a blackity black game during BHM and it's currently getting the usual suspects in the reviews.
Imma grab this up myself anyway, but can we all be some chums and help push the racists out of the reviews? 🙂
A South African dev released a blackity black game during BHM and it's currently getting the usual suspects in the reviews.
Imma grab this up myself anyway, but can we all be some chums and help push the racists out of the reviews? 🙂
Further evidence "Republicans are better on the economy" is a zombie idea, though clearly there is a large part of the country that interprets "the economy" as "cuts my taxes and lets businesses do what they want [as long as it's not woke]".
We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began.
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
February 12, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Further evidence "Republicans are better on the economy" is a zombie idea, though clearly there is a large part of the country that interprets "the economy" as "cuts my taxes and lets businesses do what they want [as long as it's not woke]".
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political malpractice that this chart hasnt been seared into the brains of every single american through advertising and social media
We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began.
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
political malpractice that this chart hasnt been seared into the brains of every single american through advertising and social media
A protracted freakout that has lasted a whole calendar quarter and shows no sign of stopping. Reminiscent of a similar freakout over Biden's Democracy Summit. Beijing even used WWII to get Southeast Asia to isolate Japan and got stiff-armed by everyone except Myanmar. Classic stuff.
After Takaichi said Japan could get drawn into conflict if China tried to seize Taiwan by force, Beijing lashed out.
But that strategy has largely backfired. Takaichi has declined to retract her comments and was resoundingly rewarded for her show of strength by voters.
www.wsj.com/world/asia/j...
But that strategy has largely backfired. Takaichi has declined to retract her comments and was resoundingly rewarded for her show of strength by voters.
www.wsj.com/world/asia/j...
Japan Election Shows Beijing’s Pressure Tactics Can Backfire
China has sought to punish Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for remarks she made about Taiwan, but that strategy has largely backfired.
www.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
A protracted freakout that has lasted a whole calendar quarter and shows no sign of stopping. Reminiscent of a similar freakout over Biden's Democracy Summit. Beijing even used WWII to get Southeast Asia to isolate Japan and got stiff-armed by everyone except Myanmar. Classic stuff.
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-that sentiment still exists today, of course, it's just been repackaged as STEM or die
-I wasn't bad at math, I just hate it, and look at me now, a professional paragraph assembler
-I wasn't bad at math, I just hate it, and look at me now, a professional paragraph assembler
Those who weren’t resigned to the Math Idiot Garbage Bin as kids may not grasp how much “if you’re bad at math, you’ll die in a ditch and all will be better off for it” sentiment was floating around in the 90s and 2000s, but it sure felt real to me.
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
February 11, 2026 at 8:28 AM
-that sentiment still exists today, of course, it's just been repackaged as STEM or die
-I wasn't bad at math, I just hate it, and look at me now, a professional paragraph assembler
-I wasn't bad at math, I just hate it, and look at me now, a professional paragraph assembler
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I am so tired of the “if you aren’t depriving yourself of every luxury and eating plain rice every night you’re being Financially Irresponsible” genre
I live in LA, man, you want a pretty basic house here it’s gonna run you a million bucks
you aren’t saving up for a down payment by forgoing juice
I live in LA, man, you want a pretty basic house here it’s gonna run you a million bucks
you aren’t saving up for a down payment by forgoing juice
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I am so tired of the “if you aren’t depriving yourself of every luxury and eating plain rice every night you’re being Financially Irresponsible” genre
I live in LA, man, you want a pretty basic house here it’s gonna run you a million bucks
you aren’t saving up for a down payment by forgoing juice
I live in LA, man, you want a pretty basic house here it’s gonna run you a million bucks
you aren’t saving up for a down payment by forgoing juice
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you can quite famously buy a rotisserie chicken for five dollars at costco
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 AM
you can quite famously buy a rotisserie chicken for five dollars at costco
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In the wake of a massive confirmation that the tech industry’s run by deranged pedophiles, not a single tech platform should have the balls to start demanding ID and enacting invasive policies.
Yet they continue. They’re the ones being outed as dangerous and we’re the ones being regulated.
Yet they continue. They’re the ones being outed as dangerous and we’re the ones being regulated.
February 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
In the wake of a massive confirmation that the tech industry’s run by deranged pedophiles, not a single tech platform should have the balls to start demanding ID and enacting invasive policies.
Yet they continue. They’re the ones being outed as dangerous and we’re the ones being regulated.
Yet they continue. They’re the ones being outed as dangerous and we’re the ones being regulated.
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This is true, and even if we get rid of Trump, we still have to reckon with the fact that a substantial proportion of US economic and political elites were *eager* to jump on the fascism train. They will still be the same people when Trump is gone.
The political dynamics of 2025 were shaped by Democrats and Republicans over-reading Trump's victory in the same way. That turns out to be a problem for a LOT of rich and powerful people who made a very large bet on the theory that MAGA had won the culture war. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-has-...
Trump Has Lost The Culture
And his greediest collaborators are awakening to the fact that they made a terrible bet.
www.offmessage.net
February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This is true, and even if we get rid of Trump, we still have to reckon with the fact that a substantial proportion of US economic and political elites were *eager* to jump on the fascism train. They will still be the same people when Trump is gone.
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this post has a ton of quote tweets claiming american pop culture was actually never influential. bluesky moment.
people born in america probably don’t realize how cool america used to be. the death of US soft power is going to have long term consequences we are only beginning to see
February 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
this post has a ton of quote tweets claiming american pop culture was actually never influential. bluesky moment.
Even righteous public anger after the Tai Po fire became a national security issue once people started demanding government accountability. A city of cops, with a cop as CE, will always see 'black hands' and 'foreign agents' lurking in the shadows because the emperor in the north says they're there.
Hypothesis: GovHK will never move on from national security to other priorities because it (and Beijing) will never feel secure enough – not least because they know a huge chunk of the HK pop still supports the pro-demo movement Jimmy Lai championed. Everything is a national security issue now.
A day after Jimmy Lai's 20-year sentence, Beijing's State Council released a paper outlining plans to strengthen national security in Hong Kong, focusing on areas such as finance, shipping, and protecting overseas interests.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 10, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Even righteous public anger after the Tai Po fire became a national security issue once people started demanding government accountability. A city of cops, with a cop as CE, will always see 'black hands' and 'foreign agents' lurking in the shadows because the emperor in the north says they're there.
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Discord isn't walking back anything yet, but this shows they are feeling the pressure and you should keep bullying and contacting them until they relent.
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
February 10, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Discord isn't walking back anything yet, but this shows they are feeling the pressure and you should keep bullying and contacting them until they relent.
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I give this map a 10/10 after the countless times publisher and brands have "forgotten" to include a single proper African time zones in their game launch maps.
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I give this map a 10/10 after the countless times publisher and brands have "forgotten" to include a single proper African time zones in their game launch maps.
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I thought about why I’ve been pushing back on stolen midterm fears. What’s the harm of worry, even if it doesn’t materialize?
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
don't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I thought about why I’ve been pushing back on stolen midterm fears. What’s the harm of worry, even if it doesn’t materialize?
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
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Good news! You're all Canadians now.
Highly recommend visiting the fine folks at r/Canadiancitizenship to get help as you navigate this process!
Should cost less than $500 and take less than a year :) no lawyers required!
Should cost less than $500 and take less than a year :) no lawyers required!
FYI Americans: if you had Canadian grandparents/parents: you may be Canadian
February 10, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Good news! You're all Canadians now.
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Someday a lot of these people are going to come to some form of realization that they could've made a sandwich, or a salad, or a taco, or fried rice, or a soup & gotten literally all of the benefits they want without resorting to making food into a joyless self-punishment slurry.
this "boy kibble" thing is clearly coding any enjoyment of the aesthetic of food as feminine and more importantly, another step toward a culture where people view the joy of cooking as incompatible with daily life: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/s...
Move Over, Girl Dinner. Boy Kibble Has Arrived.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Someday a lot of these people are going to come to some form of realization that they could've made a sandwich, or a salad, or a taco, or fried rice, or a soup & gotten literally all of the benefits they want without resorting to making food into a joyless self-punishment slurry.
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I'm not saying that Canada is perfect, I'm saying that the bar is pretty low right now.
February 10, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I'm not saying that Canada is perfect, I'm saying that the bar is pretty low right now.