Ty Schalter
@tyschalter.com
Professional writer and talker; sports things & nerd stuff. Feature journalism, NFL analysis, books & stories, and my podcast about old video game magazines: @funfactorpod.com. Partnerships director @rankmivote.bsky.social. He/him. #ADHD
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Ty Schalter
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Cmon now guys. If any Dem says anything besides shut down until this is all gone then there's no need for federal government at all. These are concentration camps. If you're too scared to say so then you're part of the problem.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Cmon now guys. If any Dem says anything besides shut down until this is all gone then there's no need for federal government at all. These are concentration camps. If you're too scared to say so then you're part of the problem.
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Absolutely abhorrent. This is unconscionable.
In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions.
Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
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Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
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Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up
A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Absolutely abhorrent. This is unconscionable.
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Someone should shake up politics by running on a single thing that anyone, anywhere actually wants.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Someone should shake up politics by running on a single thing that anyone, anywhere actually wants.
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Hey! I've got a piece up on @gamesradarplus.bsky.social about @square-enix-games.com's Dragon Quest VII Reimagined and how Clair Obscur didn't save turn-based RPGs because they didn't need saving in the first place.
In Clair Obscur's wake, Dragon Quest 7 finally has its chance to shine
Opinion | Once the black sheep of the Dragon Quest series, DQ7 is back to prove JRPGs never needed saving in the first place
www.gamesradar.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Hey! I've got a piece up on @gamesradarplus.bsky.social about @square-enix-games.com's Dragon Quest VII Reimagined and how Clair Obscur didn't save turn-based RPGs because they didn't need saving in the first place.
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this was way more prevalent when i was still on tiktok but it feels like people are getting really weird about alcohol, coffee, anything that might make you happy--even in innocuous amounts! feels like we're re-engineering puritanism as a method of maintaining control (over ourselves, each other)
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
this was way more prevalent when i was still on tiktok but it feels like people are getting really weird about alcohol, coffee, anything that might make you happy--even in innocuous amounts! feels like we're re-engineering puritanism as a method of maintaining control (over ourselves, each other)
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I will also point out that as far back as the early 1990s, a lot of straight edgers became neo Nazis. The pure living to white supremacy pipeline is old.
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I will also point out that as far back as the early 1990s, a lot of straight edgers became neo Nazis. The pure living to white supremacy pipeline is old.
this is fascinating
I kind of spat on this previous post so I have to issue a small retraction: I have to hand it to Will Manidis on this absolutely awesome post minutes.substack.com/p/end-game-p...
February 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
this is fascinating
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Very grateful to all my favorite writers who move off Substack. Have heard of people having good experiences with Ghost, and I like using Beehiiv's platform. If you use Substack and haven't made the leap yet, please consider.
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First delivery from the Ghost platform will come tomorrow!
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Giving up the ghost on Substack
TacticsFreeZone™ is moving to Ghost
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February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Very grateful to all my favorite writers who move off Substack. Have heard of people having good experiences with Ghost, and I like using Beehiiv's platform. If you use Substack and haven't made the leap yet, please consider.
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"The sun emits the most visible light" is also a reminder of the opposite; the light we evolved to see is the light most emitted by the sun, and that's what happened to determine colors to us.
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"The sun emits the most visible light" is also a reminder of the opposite; the light we evolved to see is the light most emitted by the sun, and that's what happened to determine colors to us.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
out here having a casual one
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
out here having a casual one
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Pats brought Thayer Munford on the field for one snap in the first quarter as a sixth offensive lineman, picked up 21 yards, and then never used a sixth lineman again the rest of the game.
The NE offensive game plan was puzzling. 79.1% of snaps in 11 personnel. No game over 70% in regular season. Got dime 53% of the time but still couldn't run.
Zero snaps in empty to try to spread the Seahawks out. Season-low in 21 personnel, 1.5%. One snap in Jumbo.
Just let Seattle play its game.
Zero snaps in empty to try to spread the Seahawks out. Season-low in 21 personnel, 1.5%. One snap in Jumbo.
Just let Seattle play its game.
February 9, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Pats brought Thayer Munford on the field for one snap in the first quarter as a sixth offensive lineman, picked up 21 yards, and then never used a sixth lineman again the rest of the game.
in awe at the size of this lad
absolute unit
absolute unit
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM
in awe at the size of this lad
absolute unit
absolute unit
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The NE offensive game plan was puzzling. 79.1% of snaps in 11 personnel. No game over 70% in regular season. Got dime 53% of the time but still couldn't run.
Zero snaps in empty to try to spread the Seahawks out. Season-low in 21 personnel, 1.5%. One snap in Jumbo.
Just let Seattle play its game.
Zero snaps in empty to try to spread the Seahawks out. Season-low in 21 personnel, 1.5%. One snap in Jumbo.
Just let Seattle play its game.
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 AM
The NE offensive game plan was puzzling. 79.1% of snaps in 11 personnel. No game over 70% in regular season. Got dime 53% of the time but still couldn't run.
Zero snaps in empty to try to spread the Seahawks out. Season-low in 21 personnel, 1.5%. One snap in Jumbo.
Just let Seattle play its game.
Zero snaps in empty to try to spread the Seahawks out. Season-low in 21 personnel, 1.5%. One snap in Jumbo.
Just let Seattle play its game.
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i just saw someone say "Kid Rock makes music for the people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody" and hol up i need a minute
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 AM
i just saw someone say "Kid Rock makes music for the people who have tattoos of their kids but not custody" and hol up i need a minute
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The funniest part of Casey (an actual neo-Nazi btw) having a Substack bestseller badge is remembering how the walking skinsuit Jesse Singal spent roughly a thousand words of his rambling pseudo-rebuttal to my 2023 Atlantic piece insisting that couldn’t happen.
Both of these guys have bestselling Substacks by the way
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The funniest part of Casey (an actual neo-Nazi btw) having a Substack bestseller badge is remembering how the walking skinsuit Jesse Singal spent roughly a thousand words of his rambling pseudo-rebuttal to my 2023 Atlantic piece insisting that couldn’t happen.
mariah carey gets this right. you can’t act like you’re trying *and* fuck up this bad. you have to make sure they know you don’t care if they know
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
mariah carey gets this right. you can’t act like you’re trying *and* fuck up this bad. you have to make sure they know you don’t care if they know
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My favorite Super Bowl memory is still when Elon Musk was at the 2023 game in Arizona and panicked about his Eagles tweet getting less engagement than Joe Biden's. He then flew immediately to Twitter's San Francisco office to start emergency meetings to fix the site's algorithm.
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 AM
My favorite Super Bowl memory is still when Elon Musk was at the 2023 game in Arizona and panicked about his Eagles tweet getting less engagement than Joe Biden's. He then flew immediately to Twitter's San Francisco office to start emergency meetings to fix the site's algorithm.
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You're laughing? The team that lends their plane for deportation flights and whose owner is best pals with Trump got utterly humiliated in front of a hundred million viewers, and you're laughing?
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM
You're laughing? The team that lends their plane for deportation flights and whose owner is best pals with Trump got utterly humiliated in front of a hundred million viewers, and you're laughing?
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SEATTLE CULTURAL VICTORY. WOKE 1. CHUD 0.
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
SEATTLE CULTURAL VICTORY. WOKE 1. CHUD 0.
oh man this whole party has been calling the walker breakout run all night
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
oh man this whole party has been calling the walker breakout run all night
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
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The Seahawks defense and their B gap pressures making a big difference in this game is one of the least surprising things to happen in this game
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The Seahawks defense and their B gap pressures making a big difference in this game is one of the least surprising things to happen in this game
it would be *so good*
Yes, but
Would it be so bad if Jason Myers and Michael Dickson shared it?
Would it be so bad if Jason Myers and Michael Dickson shared it?
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
it would be *so good*