Matthew Macomber
@chumesog.bsky.social
I work in the IT field. I reshare various interests (i.e. Queer issues, accessibility, video games, weather, politics). Views here are my own. Partner to @alicia-klees.bsky.social! (He/Him)
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the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
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#NintendoMusic special release alert! 🚨
Music from the #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch game #MetroidPrime4: Beyond is now available on the Nintendo Music app.
Listen here: ninten.do/6012tMEpg
Music from the #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch game #MetroidPrime4: Beyond is now available on the Nintendo Music app.
Listen here: ninten.do/6012tMEpg
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#NintendoMusic special release alert! 🚨
Music from the #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch game #MetroidPrime4: Beyond is now available on the Nintendo Music app.
Listen here: ninten.do/6012tMEpg
Music from the #NintendoSwitch2 and #NintendoSwitch game #MetroidPrime4: Beyond is now available on the Nintendo Music app.
Listen here: ninten.do/6012tMEpg
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butler's recent book, Who's Afraid of Gender, completely called this shit. essential read.
people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
butler's recent book, Who's Afraid of Gender, completely called this shit. essential read.
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Having the sum of human creative output called “ai training data” is frying me
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Having the sum of human creative output called “ai training data” is frying me
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Israel says it will reopen the Rafah border crossing in Gaza — but only so Palestinians can leave. Human rights lawyer Sari Bashi says it adds to fears that the U.S. ceasefire deal lets Israel "continue the ethnic cleansing."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/3/sari_bashi_israel_gaza_west_bank
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/3/sari_bashi_israel_gaza_west_bank
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Israel says it will reopen the Rafah border crossing in Gaza — but only so Palestinians can leave. Human rights lawyer Sari Bashi says it adds to fears that the U.S. ceasefire deal lets Israel "continue the ethnic cleansing."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/3/sari_bashi_israel_gaza_west_bank
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/3/sari_bashi_israel_gaza_west_bank
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I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.
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Over at Kotaku, we are trying to cover at least one cool indie game every week. It's called Indie of the Week!
kotaku.com/opinion/impr...
If you are an indie dev with something cool, feel free to send it to Tips@Kotaku.com!
kotaku.com/opinion/impr...
If you are an indie dev with something cool, feel free to send it to Tips@Kotaku.com!
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Over at Kotaku, we are trying to cover at least one cool indie game every week. It's called Indie of the Week!
kotaku.com/opinion/impr...
If you are an indie dev with something cool, feel free to send it to Tips@Kotaku.com!
kotaku.com/opinion/impr...
If you are an indie dev with something cool, feel free to send it to Tips@Kotaku.com!
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I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
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the entirety of videogames to my nieces and nephew are the games included on NEX Playground Interactive Gaming System, cube down there by the tree. essentially an ouya but camera input in the style of eye toy / kinect / nick arcade video zone
I helped him get the high score whacking moles on screen
I helped him get the high score whacking moles on screen
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
the entirety of videogames to my nieces and nephew are the games included on NEX Playground Interactive Gaming System, cube down there by the tree. essentially an ouya but camera input in the style of eye toy / kinect / nick arcade video zone
I helped him get the high score whacking moles on screen
I helped him get the high score whacking moles on screen
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i just wish someone would slam down on a big red button that plays a loud, deep, almost cartoonish voice tauntingly bellowing, "RAAAAAA-CIST" through the entire building every time people say this sort of shit. if they try to argue, we just keep slamming the button repeatedly to drown it out.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
i just wish someone would slam down on a big red button that plays a loud, deep, almost cartoonish voice tauntingly bellowing, "RAAAAAA-CIST" through the entire building every time people say this sort of shit. if they try to argue, we just keep slamming the button repeatedly to drown it out.
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Anyways, a box that looks like the OUYA and Kinect had a kid has 82% 5 star reviews at Target, and a 4.7 overall rating with 2.5k reviews on Amazon.
www.nexplayground.com
www.nexplayground.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Anyways, a box that looks like the OUYA and Kinect had a kid has 82% 5 star reviews at Target, and a 4.7 overall rating with 2.5k reviews on Amazon.
www.nexplayground.com
www.nexplayground.com
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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earlier today, humble delisted bafflingly controversial art game horses. now, just as suddenly, horses has been relisted. the director of the studio behind the game tells me this was because of a review of the game's content prompted by press coverage
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
earlier today, humble delisted bafflingly controversial art game horses. now, just as suddenly, horses has been relisted. the director of the studio behind the game tells me this was because of a review of the game's content prompted by press coverage
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Updated this story with a statement from Santa Ragione with their side of what went on today with Humble, but they're confirming Humble told them that "nothing in the game warrants removal from their store."
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Updated this story with a statement from Santa Ragione with their side of what went on today with Humble, but they're confirming Humble told them that "nothing in the game warrants removal from their store."
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Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said “please don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know
Once again thinking about every actor trying to justify taking the money for the new HP series.
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said “please don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know
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There is no Article II authority to exercise war powers unilaterally and there is no Article II authority to violate the basic laws of man and God because “the president said so.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
There is no Article II authority to exercise war powers unilaterally and there is no Article II authority to violate the basic laws of man and God because “the president said so.”
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One of the reasons I think it’s also essential to not call the boat strikes “war crimes” but “crimes against humanity,” is that it emphasizes that Trump and Hegseth are acting extra-constitutionally and are not entitled to any shield from the courts. This systematic murder of civilians is illegal.
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One of the reasons I think it’s also essential to not call the boat strikes “war crimes” but “crimes against humanity,” is that it emphasizes that Trump and Hegseth are acting extra-constitutionally and are not entitled to any shield from the courts. This systematic murder of civilians is illegal.
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
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Humble has relisted Horses.
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Humble has relisted Horses.
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FINAL DAY! The last 24 hours! 🙌🎉
We've already blown past our previous records for total raised and number of backers. It's unreal. Thank you all so much!
Please click the link below to back the campaign! 👇
We've already blown past our previous records for total raised and number of backers. It's unreal. Thank you all so much!
Please click the link below to back the campaign! 👇
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
FINAL DAY! The last 24 hours! 🙌🎉
We've already blown past our previous records for total raised and number of backers. It's unreal. Thank you all so much!
Please click the link below to back the campaign! 👇
We've already blown past our previous records for total raised and number of backers. It's unreal. Thank you all so much!
Please click the link below to back the campaign! 👇
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interested in reading how someone with cognitive and mobility related disabilities plays games? check out my Community Soapbox segment on the Can I Play That! huge thanks to @abitofaccess.com for including me in this fantastic series! #GameAccessibility #GameA11y #DisabledGamer #Accessibility
Continuing our guest highlights for our new Community Soapbox series with @shellelittle.bsky.social, a senior digital accessibility specialist and game accessibility consultant.
They tell us about the mobility and cognitive barriers they experience while gaming.
caniplaythat.com/2025/11/27/s...
They tell us about the mobility and cognitive barriers they experience while gaming.
caniplaythat.com/2025/11/27/s...
Shell Little - Community Soapbox - Can I Play That?
In this edition of our Community Soapbox we turn the spotlight on Shell Little.
caniplaythat.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
interested in reading how someone with cognitive and mobility related disabilities plays games? check out my Community Soapbox segment on the Can I Play That! huge thanks to @abitofaccess.com for including me in this fantastic series! #GameAccessibility #GameA11y #DisabledGamer #Accessibility
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.