Trystan McClellan
@bardcraft92.bsky.social
Who are you people?!
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lol god i hate him so much
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
lol god i hate him so much
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"Surely it doesn't need to be said that Paul Dano is one of our greatest actors. Anyone who doesn't get that doesn't know what acting is. He's also a brilliant director and writer, a very snappy dresser, and a gigantic mensch." --Tony Kushner
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"Surely it doesn't need to be said that Paul Dano is one of our greatest actors. Anyone who doesn't get that doesn't know what acting is. He's also a brilliant director and writer, a very snappy dresser, and a gigantic mensch." --Tony Kushner
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I had to write about Horses for @aftermath.site aftermath.site/horses-indie...
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I had to write about Horses for @aftermath.site aftermath.site/horses-indie...
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i am going completely insane watching gamers make up shit about horses and interrogating every single thing the devs have said for inconsistencies and then deciding well it probably had cp in it. this is the easy mode version of the kinds of censorship that are to come and you're failing like babies
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
i am going completely insane watching gamers make up shit about horses and interrogating every single thing the devs have said for inconsistencies and then deciding well it probably had cp in it. this is the easy mode version of the kinds of censorship that are to come and you're failing like babies
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i cannot believe video games are having a massive controversy in 2025 for a horror work like ten times less explicit and extreme than antichrist. everyone's seen that fuckin movie.
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
i cannot believe video games are having a massive controversy in 2025 for a horror work like ten times less explicit and extreme than antichrist. everyone's seen that fuckin movie.
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For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For many contractors, losing ACA subsidies means losing health care
The GOP's unprecedented premium hikes put chronically ill workers—especially freelancers—in peril.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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i also like a ton of stupid, brainless art, but i truly don't understand people who go out of their way to intellectualize liking stuff that is designed to be liked. why are you mounting serious critical defenses of things that tons of people are already consuming! it's okay i promise!!
December 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
i also like a ton of stupid, brainless art, but i truly don't understand people who go out of their way to intellectualize liking stuff that is designed to be liked. why are you mounting serious critical defenses of things that tons of people are already consuming! it's okay i promise!!
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But the thing about Tarantino is, he is far less impressive a filmmaker if you're familiar with the movies he rips off. That's not to say his movies are bad, or that I don't enjoy them, but he's really just not all that great, and he comes across as insecure about it.
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
But the thing about Tarantino is, he is far less impressive a filmmaker if you're familiar with the movies he rips off. That's not to say his movies are bad, or that I don't enjoy them, but he's really just not all that great, and he comes across as insecure about it.
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One factor I come back to is the way in which game storefronts have a de facto monopoly over games distribution. For sure you can still buy the game elsewhere, but margins are very thin for indie devs, so deplatforming them means devs will avoid making similar games, and our media is worse for that.
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
One factor I come back to is the way in which game storefronts have a de facto monopoly over games distribution. For sure you can still buy the game elsewhere, but margins are very thin for indie devs, so deplatforming them means devs will avoid making similar games, and our media is worse for that.
Tired: Space Opera
Wired: Spaceship genre
Wired: Spaceship genre
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Tired: Space Opera
Wired: Spaceship genre
Wired: Spaceship genre
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I find it increasingly infuriating that nobody under the age of 40 is allowed a genuinely held opinion. How many degrees does one need to take a moral stance? How few apps on your phone? How much screen time? When is someone's moral opinion allowed even to exist, let alone be right?
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I find it increasingly infuriating that nobody under the age of 40 is allowed a genuinely held opinion. How many degrees does one need to take a moral stance? How few apps on your phone? How much screen time? When is someone's moral opinion allowed even to exist, let alone be right?
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It’s really the opposite, if you only get one side of the history (and many of us do) it is completely shocking to realize much of what you “know” isn’t true or isn’t the whole story, and many young jews feel a sense of betrayal over that bsky.app/profile/prem...
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It’s really the opposite, if you only get one side of the history (and many of us do) it is completely shocking to realize much of what you “know” isn’t true or isn’t the whole story, and many young jews feel a sense of betrayal over that bsky.app/profile/prem...
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I wish more people didn't get mad because "why can't I have $1000 a month for nothing!"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
December 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I wish more people didn't get mad because "why can't I have $1000 a month for nothing!"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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Round out your end-of-the-year book recommendations with 43 new books our staff loved in 2025.
Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025
It’s been another hard year for so many people, and in so many ways, but best-of lists are for remembering the good times, and reading is always good (at least the way we do it). Here are the…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Round out your end-of-the-year book recommendations with 43 new books our staff loved in 2025.
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i finished playing final fantasy 9 for the first time recently! wonderful game
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
i finished playing final fantasy 9 for the first time recently! wonderful game
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I feel so awful for queer and trans teachers bc the moment they give a grade relating to gender it is framed as them being sensitive when if a cis professor did the same they would be given the benefit of the doubt.
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I feel so awful for queer and trans teachers bc the moment they give a grade relating to gender it is framed as them being sensitive when if a cis professor did the same they would be given the benefit of the doubt.
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NORCO's a Christmas game. 65% off on Steam through December 12th.
December 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
NORCO's a Christmas game. 65% off on Steam through December 12th.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
“I am the leader of Uh Earth.”
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“I am the leader of Uh Earth.”
My sister gave me an early birthday present of @jacobgeller.com How A Games Lives. I immediately read Jamil Jan Kochai’s afterwords and was not disappointed. The afterword made me want to read Franz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Mask.
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My sister gave me an early birthday present of @jacobgeller.com How A Games Lives. I immediately read Jamil Jan Kochai’s afterwords and was not disappointed. The afterword made me want to read Franz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Mask.
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Closest thing you'll see from me maybe ever to a personal essay about a video game vgbees.com/im-great-at-...
I'm Great At Baby Steps Because I Walk Like That In Real Life - VGBees
CW: medical talk, surgical talk, bones, car accident In late May, an uninsured Lexus driver ran a yellow light and pulled in front of me...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Closest thing you'll see from me maybe ever to a personal essay about a video game vgbees.com/im-great-at-...