Bret The Breton
@bretthebreton.bsky.social
I yell at video games on the Internet. I enjoy drinking cocktails. These events often happen together. Sometimes there's a cat.
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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It's just science.
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's just science.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Epstein offered the NY Times photos of Trump with young girls in bikinis during his first campaign in 2015.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Epstein offered the NY Times photos of Trump with young girls in bikinis during his first campaign in 2015.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.
Support independent media.
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Well, at least Kim Davis lost today.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Well, at least Kim Davis lost today.
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Unix v4 tape found. Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist. It was the first version in which the kernel was written in C. It also had minor changes to the UNIX file system (such as the ability of any inode to hold a device 'special file'.
discuss.systems/@ricci/11550...
discuss.systems/@ricci/11550...
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Unix v4 tape found. Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist. It was the first version in which the kernel was written in C. It also had minor changes to the UNIX file system (such as the ability of any inode to hold a device 'special file'.
discuss.systems/@ricci/11550...
discuss.systems/@ricci/11550...
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Message to our friends from our hoomom. If able plz consider donating to a group that provides food for the beloved pets of people struggling right now. Our mum grew up very poor & remembers how hard it was to feed the family & their pet. Share some kindness. Love you all 🩷
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Message to our friends from our hoomom. If able plz consider donating to a group that provides food for the beloved pets of people struggling right now. Our mum grew up very poor & remembers how hard it was to feed the family & their pet. Share some kindness. Love you all 🩷
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Father forgive them for they know not of Lore
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Father forgive them for they know not of Lore
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It's extremely rare that I swear here. But in this case, politeness just doesn't seem to cut it--I can't think of a more accurate, succinct way to show my feelings about the events of last night. So...
Fuck Schumer.
Fuck Schumer.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It's extremely rare that I swear here. But in this case, politeness just doesn't seem to cut it--I can't think of a more accurate, succinct way to show my feelings about the events of last night. So...
Fuck Schumer.
Fuck Schumer.
Today I Learned... that I have the same birthday as Sesame Street, the United States Marine Corps, and actor Walton Goggins
As a result of these grand coincidences, it does my heart good to see so many souls dressing as frogs, bravely protecting our country from hideous ghouls.
As a result of these grand coincidences, it does my heart good to see so many souls dressing as frogs, bravely protecting our country from hideous ghouls.
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Today I Learned... that I have the same birthday as Sesame Street, the United States Marine Corps, and actor Walton Goggins
As a result of these grand coincidences, it does my heart good to see so many souls dressing as frogs, bravely protecting our country from hideous ghouls.
As a result of these grand coincidences, it does my heart good to see so many souls dressing as frogs, bravely protecting our country from hideous ghouls.
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Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
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29 long years have passed since I founded the emulation archive, Zophar's Domain, on 11.9.96. To this very day, the site still stands as a testament to an era that never actually disappeared but continues to live in the hearts of retrogamers all over the word. Emulation Forever!
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
29 long years have passed since I founded the emulation archive, Zophar's Domain, on 11.9.96. To this very day, the site still stands as a testament to an era that never actually disappeared but continues to live in the hearts of retrogamers all over the word. Emulation Forever!
Oh no! I'm having a PSYCHIC FLASH! What will it say? (Enters trance and speaks in "ghost" voice.)
"OOooOOoo... There will be no vote on ACA subsidies... If there is it will only be performative.
"Also a feast day will soon occur AND weather will get cold! OOooOOoo..."
Man, I wonder how I do it.
"OOooOOoo... There will be no vote on ACA subsidies... If there is it will only be performative.
"Also a feast day will soon occur AND weather will get cold! OOooOOoo..."
Man, I wonder how I do it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Oh no! I'm having a PSYCHIC FLASH! What will it say? (Enters trance and speaks in "ghost" voice.)
"OOooOOoo... There will be no vote on ACA subsidies... If there is it will only be performative.
"Also a feast day will soon occur AND weather will get cold! OOooOOoo..."
Man, I wonder how I do it.
"OOooOOoo... There will be no vote on ACA subsidies... If there is it will only be performative.
"Also a feast day will soon occur AND weather will get cold! OOooOOoo..."
Man, I wonder how I do it.
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🎮 ‘The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords’ US print ad
ℹ️ GamePro Code Vault Issue #9
🗓️ January/February 2003
ℹ️ GamePro Code Vault Issue #9
🗓️ January/February 2003
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎮 ‘The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords’ US print ad
ℹ️ GamePro Code Vault Issue #9
🗓️ January/February 2003
ℹ️ GamePro Code Vault Issue #9
🗓️ January/February 2003
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Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
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“The American people need to raise Holy Hell and not stop until the full Epstein files are released and every person implicated in them is brought to justice, despite their party or position. We’re either a nation of human decency or we’re not. This should be a nonpartisan demand."
~ John Pavlovitz
~ John Pavlovitz
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“The American people need to raise Holy Hell and not stop until the full Epstein files are released and every person implicated in them is brought to justice, despite their party or position. We’re either a nation of human decency or we’re not. This should be a nonpartisan demand."
~ John Pavlovitz
~ John Pavlovitz
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Damn, even the cat voting?
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Damn, even the cat voting?
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Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
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This is NECESSARY
So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article.
Please share :)
The Video Game History Expansion Pack – Pitch your story
Today I’m putting my money where my mouth is and launching a new project — a book focused on game history outside of the usual North American perspectives.
crpgbook.wordpress.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This is NECESSARY
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Still time to watch Pac-Man's Trick or Chomp Halloween Special.
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Still time to watch Pac-Man's Trick or Chomp Halloween Special.
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The first chapter of DELTARUNE was released seven years ago today, on Halloween, October 31st, 2018.
Happy birthday, DELTARUNE.
#deltarune
Happy birthday, DELTARUNE.
#deltarune
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The first chapter of DELTARUNE was released seven years ago today, on Halloween, October 31st, 2018.
Happy birthday, DELTARUNE.
#deltarune
Happy birthday, DELTARUNE.
#deltarune
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Because people were so fearful about Halloween candy tampering, in 1985, a McDonald's set up metal detectors to check candy for razor blades and other metal objects.
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Because people were so fearful about Halloween candy tampering, in 1985, a McDonald's set up metal detectors to check candy for razor blades and other metal objects.