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Joel Stocksdale
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Automotive Journalist at CarBuzz. Former News Editor for Autoblog. Nerding out over cars, video games and more. He/Him. Opinions are, of course, solely my own.
With the Bond buzz, I'll say again that I'd be down for a series focused on Moneypenny from Skyfall
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It snowed here in Michigan like a day after I got back from Vegas. And it just dawned on me that it’s actually kind of the perfect cap to my New Vegas themed mini-vacation:

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ugh. The worst thing in Bethesda/Obsidian games is reaching a point where you didn’t have any idea you’d need to have a certain skill to get a decent choice in a pivotal moment…
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Good things can still happen 🫡
#BREAKING: Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS denies Kim Davis's petition asking the justices to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges (which recognized federal constitutional protections for same-sex marriage):

www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Actually feeling some genuine aggravation at seeing British outlets posting EV4 reviews and knowing that we might never get the thing in the US at this point.
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here’s my loved pet having taken himself to bed early tonight lol
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Anyway, hold your pets and loved ones. Some shitty news today, but we’re still here, we’re not done, and things can get better. Don’t forget that good things happened last week, like, seriously good things. This is a setback, and it sucks, but setbacks happen. Hang in there
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Damn, I’d been doing such a good job of not looking at social media today and just enjoying a relaxing day, playing a lot of video games. And then I hopped on to see what I missed.

Would be nice if this gif stopped being so relevant
a man in a suit is carrying a stack of pizza boxes into a doorway .
Alt: Troy excitedly enters his apartment carrying pizzas to find it’s on fire, Jeff is flailing at the fire with a shirt, and Pierce is on the ground after having been shot.
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Ok I’ll try to keep this the only lot based post for a while, but I see we’re kicking off the game with basically that one Star Trek episode about warp drive destroying the fabric of space that no one ever talks about.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Ok, actual problem. Picking traits for my character. There’s one called Witty, which keeps your reputation with any faction from dipping below “Neutral.” That would be useful, but also REALLY feels like it would kind of break the game.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Wow, I’m about to play the SECOND game in an Obsidian series!
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
While I’m imagining GM EV products that don’t exist and would be questionably successful, I’d like a 4th-gen-inspired Camaro EV.
Finally watching the Questionable Garage video on the EV1. I am glad it ended up in the hands of people that will share so much about it. Also, it would be neat if GM created some kind of model inspired by it. Of course, I can’t think of any kind of market for a tiny two door EV, but ‘twould be neat
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Finally watching the Questionable Garage video on the EV1. I am glad it ended up in the hands of people that will share so much about it. Also, it would be neat if GM created some kind of model inspired by it. Of course, I can’t think of any kind of market for a tiny two door EV, but ‘twould be neat
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This really looks like something that would be used in a lower-tier Vault-Tec vault.
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Watched the first bit, and this looks really fun, so I pitched in @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
Bunlith! -The Animated Series
An animated series about trans women plugging themselves into video games to try to debug the world, their community, and themselves!
www.kickstarter.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. Even basic four-cylinder Mustangs have Track Mode and Line Lock
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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me yesterday: look, Chuck Schumer is an incompetent dipshit, but somehow he’s played the shutdown semi-functionally because his opponents are even stupider

today: you fool, you idiot, Chuck Schumer has only appeared vaguely competent because his caucus actively revolted

should have known better
SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Sam Altman working hard to give us an entire generation of blind welders.
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Just thinking about the Coca-Cola AI holiday ad, and if I was working in Pepsi marketing, I would immediately commission a variety of holiday ads from artists and studios and make a huge deal out of it.
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My plane home is playing instrumental versions of pop songs. I’ve heard Esposito and Anti-Hero
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Oh, yes they did!
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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How to wash Chiitan🫧

ちぃたん☆のシャワーシーン大公開ですっ☆
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM