Joseph Petek
@atheistpreacher.bsky.social
Executive Editor of the Critical Edition of Whitehead at the Whitehead Research Project (https://whiteheadresearch.org/) of Gonzaga University.
I was in a restaurant in an airport and The Big Show was sitting at a table nearby with someone else I didn't recognize. I didn't want to bother him and I'm not really a wrestling fan anyway.
Please quote this from the time you didn't interact with someone famous.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
Catching a train from Bristol Temple Meads, but they shifted the service along the platform because a scene from THE OUTLAWS was being shot where it would usually come in. The scene featured Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant, but my train came before they shot it so I didn't see either of 'em.
December 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I was in a restaurant in an airport and The Big Show was sitting at a table nearby with someone else I didn't recognize. I didn't want to bother him and I'm not really a wrestling fan anyway.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Anyway. This is the gaming industry's consumer base's view on a technology that a bunch of people in the industry insist relentlessly is "here to stay" and we "have to accept"
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Anyway. This is the gaming industry's consumer base's view on a technology that a bunch of people in the industry insist relentlessly is "here to stay" and we "have to accept"
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Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it.
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it.
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
On December 30th, @netflix.com is losing the only K-Drama I've ever liked enough to watch more than once. If you've got time to shotgun all 20 episodes of Misaeng in the next three weeks, you should.
www.netflix.com/title/80165295
www.netflix.com/title/80165295
Watch Misaeng: Incomplete Life | Netflix
Equipped with nothing more than a GED and strategies for the game of go, an office intern gets thrown into the cold reality of the corporate world.
www.netflix.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
On December 30th, @netflix.com is losing the only K-Drama I've ever liked enough to watch more than once. If you've got time to shotgun all 20 episodes of Misaeng in the next three weeks, you should.
www.netflix.com/title/80165295
www.netflix.com/title/80165295
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This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
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If you feel like getting into the GOTY spirit before the @giantbomb.bsky.social lists and podcasts hit, consider dropping by AtheistPreacher’s GOTY 2025 article on the site!
They have games both big and small represented!
User Article: giantbomb.com/users/14479/...
#games #gaming #GOTY #GOTY2025
They have games both big and small represented!
User Article: giantbomb.com/users/14479/...
#games #gaming #GOTY #GOTY2025
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
If you feel like getting into the GOTY spirit before the @giantbomb.bsky.social lists and podcasts hit, consider dropping by AtheistPreacher’s GOTY 2025 article on the site!
They have games both big and small represented!
User Article: giantbomb.com/users/14479/...
#games #gaming #GOTY #GOTY2025
They have games both big and small represented!
User Article: giantbomb.com/users/14479/...
#games #gaming #GOTY #GOTY2025
I have the honor of having written the first new "Community Article" to be posted on the newly redesigned @giantbomb.bsky.social website. Check it out if you're interested in my blatherings about my favorite video games of 2025.
giantbomb.com/users/14479/...
giantbomb.com/users/14479/...
Giant Bomb
A website about video games.
giantbomb.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I have the honor of having written the first new "Community Article" to be posted on the newly redesigned @giantbomb.bsky.social website. Check it out if you're interested in my blatherings about my favorite video games of 2025.
giantbomb.com/users/14479/...
giantbomb.com/users/14479/...
@jerf.xyz I recently had to pack a Wii U *back into* its original packaging after many years. I searched for an unboxing video so I could see where everything was supposed to go, and first one I came across... was your CNET one. ;-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1-...
Wii U unboxing
YouTube video by CNET
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
@jerf.xyz I recently had to pack a Wii U *back into* its original packaging after many years. I searched for an unboxing video so I could see where everything was supposed to go, and first one I came across... was your CNET one. ;-)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1-...
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
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“My tax dollars are paying for their steak!”
Yeah, well, my tax dollars are paying for ICE to threaten and abduct my neighbors. Steak sounds better.
Yeah, well, my tax dollars are paying for ICE to threaten and abduct my neighbors. Steak sounds better.
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“My tax dollars are paying for their steak!”
Yeah, well, my tax dollars are paying for ICE to threaten and abduct my neighbors. Steak sounds better.
Yeah, well, my tax dollars are paying for ICE to threaten and abduct my neighbors. Steak sounds better.
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A growing number of Giant Bomb users have joined @tolkoto.com in saying "Yeah... he's not lying, Diablo IV is way better to play now." So much so, that user AtheistPreacher's blog from a year ago about that has been revived!
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/diablo-iv/30...
#diablo #DiabloIV #diablo4
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/diablo-iv/30...
#diablo #DiabloIV #diablo4
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A growing number of Giant Bomb users have joined @tolkoto.com in saying "Yeah... he's not lying, Diablo IV is way better to play now." So much so, that user AtheistPreacher's blog from a year ago about that has been revived!
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/diablo-iv/30...
#diablo #DiabloIV #diablo4
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/diablo-iv/30...
#diablo #DiabloIV #diablo4
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Here's a fun discussion on the @giantbomb.bsky.social forums:
What's a show you either dislike or are not a fan of that has a pretty good or outright great single episode?
Here's an example from the thread to get you thinking!
Thread: www.giantbomb.com/forums/off-t...
#netflix #tv #amazon
What's a show you either dislike or are not a fan of that has a pretty good or outright great single episode?
Here's an example from the thread to get you thinking!
Thread: www.giantbomb.com/forums/off-t...
#netflix #tv #amazon
October 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Here's a fun discussion on the @giantbomb.bsky.social forums:
What's a show you either dislike or are not a fan of that has a pretty good or outright great single episode?
Here's an example from the thread to get you thinking!
Thread: www.giantbomb.com/forums/off-t...
#netflix #tv #amazon
What's a show you either dislike or are not a fan of that has a pretty good or outright great single episode?
Here's an example from the thread to get you thinking!
Thread: www.giantbomb.com/forums/off-t...
#netflix #tv #amazon
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After an extended hiatus, @giantbomb.bsky.social user AtheistPreacher returns to blogging with an exhaustive look at Zero Escape: The Nonary Games!
What inspired them to give it a show? Read to find out!
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/zero-escape-...
#games #gaming #zeroescape #nonarygames
What inspired them to give it a show? Read to find out!
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/zero-escape-...
#games #gaming #zeroescape #nonarygames
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
After an extended hiatus, @giantbomb.bsky.social user AtheistPreacher returns to blogging with an exhaustive look at Zero Escape: The Nonary Games!
What inspired them to give it a show? Read to find out!
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/zero-escape-...
#games #gaming #zeroescape #nonarygames
What inspired them to give it a show? Read to find out!
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/zero-escape-...
#games #gaming #zeroescape #nonarygames
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A bullshit urban legend would have you believe that Golden Axe’s voice samples come from death row inmates. In reality, two come from Conan the Barbarian and two from Rambo: First Blood.
I want to find the rest!
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/golden-...
I want to find the rest!
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/golden-...
August 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A bullshit urban legend would have you believe that Golden Axe’s voice samples come from death row inmates. In reality, two come from Conan the Barbarian and two from Rambo: First Blood.
I want to find the rest!
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/golden-...
I want to find the rest!
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/golden-...
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Hummingbird Feels Like Fucking Idiot After Seeing Other Bird Gliding https://theonion.com/hummingbird-feels-like-fucking-idiot-after-seeing-other-bird-gliding/
August 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Hummingbird Feels Like Fucking Idiot After Seeing Other Bird Gliding https://theonion.com/hummingbird-feels-like-fucking-idiot-after-seeing-other-bird-gliding/
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I keep coming back to GKC on this
July 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I keep coming back to GKC on this
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July 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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AtheistPreacher shares their latest effort to check out visual novels they previous skipped or ignored by sharing their blog/review of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist on @giantbomb.bsky.social !
Give it a read!
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/i-was-a-teen...
#games #gaming #indiegame #visualnovel #VNs
Give it a read!
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/i-was-a-teen...
#games #gaming #indiegame #visualnovel #VNs
July 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
AtheistPreacher shares their latest effort to check out visual novels they previous skipped or ignored by sharing their blog/review of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist on @giantbomb.bsky.social !
Give it a read!
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/i-was-a-teen...
#games #gaming #indiegame #visualnovel #VNs
Give it a read!
User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/i-was-a-teen...
#games #gaming #indiegame #visualnovel #VNs
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I will be brief. If you care about the quality of news we get, this clip is the most disturbing and important 20 minutes I have for you. If you have only 5 minutes to watch then do that. Via @michaelsocolow.bsky.social
Did you watch the clip? Now go to this link. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/c...
Did you watch the clip? Now go to this link. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/c...
Axios’ Sara Fischer in conversation with Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince
YouTube video by Axios
www.youtube.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I will be brief. If you care about the quality of news we get, this clip is the most disturbing and important 20 minutes I have for you. If you have only 5 minutes to watch then do that. Via @michaelsocolow.bsky.social
Did you watch the clip? Now go to this link. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/c...
Did you watch the clip? Now go to this link. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/01/c...
The YouTube algorithm served this to me, and yes, I loved it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5R...
...and as a gay man, I have to say: I love John Oliver, and I have no idea who the hell Wendy Williams is. I must be a bad gay.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5R...
...and as a gay man, I have to say: I love John Oliver, and I have no idea who the hell Wendy Williams is. I must be a bad gay.
Billy On The Street - Do Gay People Care About John Oliver?
YouTube video by truTV
www.youtube.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The YouTube algorithm served this to me, and yes, I loved it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5R...
...and as a gay man, I have to say: I love John Oliver, and I have no idea who the hell Wendy Williams is. I must be a bad gay.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5R...
...and as a gay man, I have to say: I love John Oliver, and I have no idea who the hell Wendy Williams is. I must be a bad gay.
My picks for @giantbomb.bsky.social's top 10 video games of the 21st century.
And for good measure, I listed a bunch of "honorable mentions" over on the Giant Bomb forums:
www.giantbomb.com/forums/gener...
And for good measure, I listed a bunch of "honorable mentions" over on the Giant Bomb forums:
www.giantbomb.com/forums/gener...
June 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My picks for @giantbomb.bsky.social's top 10 video games of the 21st century.
And for good measure, I listed a bunch of "honorable mentions" over on the Giant Bomb forums:
www.giantbomb.com/forums/gener...
And for good measure, I listed a bunch of "honorable mentions" over on the Giant Bomb forums:
www.giantbomb.com/forums/gener...