The Hound
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Thesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
January 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Thesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror.
Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.
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My politics are more or less the same, but I have inkscape.
January 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM
My politics are more or less the same, but I have inkscape.
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Perhaps Alliances with Our Allies Are Useful Actually For Reducing the Risk of Global Warfare
January 23, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Perhaps Alliances with Our Allies Are Useful Actually For Reducing the Risk of Global Warfare
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one of the fastest ways to get me to dismiss you as an even vaguely serious person: being an American who sneers at NATO
January 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM
one of the fastest ways to get me to dismiss you as an even vaguely serious person: being an American who sneers at NATO
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this whole moment is really demonstrating why those who shit on NATO but leftistly are dumbasses who cannot be trusted
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
this whole moment is really demonstrating why those who shit on NATO but leftistly are dumbasses who cannot be trusted
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now, an "Ice Pig" might sound like a delightful little fellow to me. the gulf between the expectation and reality here is absolutely disgusting
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
now, an "Ice Pig" might sound like a delightful little fellow to me. the gulf between the expectation and reality here is absolutely disgusting
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If there's anyone who still thinks this will all blow over when our big beautiful president Leaves Us, you have to realize the Republican Party is crawling with fascists
When an ICE agent confronts you is "when your due process ends," says the member of Congress from the largest border district.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
If there's anyone who still thinks this will all blow over when our big beautiful president Leaves Us, you have to realize the Republican Party is crawling with fascists
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Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
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Yeah exactly, and you can also see how popular THOSE games are, it’s pretty easy to extrapolate from there that life sims are popular games
As popular as “life sims” like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing New Horizons have been, they really haven’t come close to filling the need for that specific kind of game
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Yeah exactly, and you can also see how popular THOSE games are, it’s pretty easy to extrapolate from there that life sims are popular games
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This is absolutely true. the sims is also where the last bastion of maxis is as a studio. Some of the people working on the sims have worked for maxis for decades. The knowledge they’ve collected, along with the unique spirit of that studio, can’t easily be replicated.
I also imagine it has the Binding of Isaac problem where only one game actually offers you the thing Binding of Isaac does, and you're not going to get that from other titles. Other roguelikes are great but they cannot do item interaction the way it does. See also, Sims
January 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This is absolutely true. the sims is also where the last bastion of maxis is as a studio. Some of the people working on the sims have worked for maxis for decades. The knowledge they’ve collected, along with the unique spirit of that studio, can’t easily be replicated.
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I also imagine it has the Binding of Isaac problem where only one game actually offers you the thing Binding of Isaac does, and you're not going to get that from other titles. Other roguelikes are great but they cannot do item interaction the way it does. See also, Sims
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I also imagine it has the Binding of Isaac problem where only one game actually offers you the thing Binding of Isaac does, and you're not going to get that from other titles. Other roguelikes are great but they cannot do item interaction the way it does. See also, Sims
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People have tried but it turns out making a game that compellingly simulates human life is hard, and all the people who are good at it are on the sims team
It's just wild to me that it's been 12 years and there's been zero successors to it. Just weird. It's like WOW or something.
January 23, 2026 at 3:51 PM
People have tried but it turns out making a game that compellingly simulates human life is hard, and all the people who are good at it are on the sims team
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as a never married single lady, I am perfectly fine at never spending my disposable income on someone who thinks I'm subhuman
listen, not say that art from problematic people can't have value or be analysed, but i gotta say if you are giving this dipshit money or advertising space in a showcase in 2026, you can eat shit
January 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
as a never married single lady, I am perfectly fine at never spending my disposable income on someone who thinks I'm subhuman
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Why are people STILL surprised that the sims is a popular game www.pcgamer.com/games/the-si...
The Sims 4's most notorious sex mod gets launched 400,000 times a day, which is more people than I realized were even playing The Sims every day
One of The Sims 4's biggest mods is putting up numbers a triple-A game would be jealous of.
www.pcgamer.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Why are people STILL surprised that the sims is a popular game www.pcgamer.com/games/the-si...
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Called it.
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Called it.
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my favorite part of this was that the major factions were:
1. United States of America (Paris, TX)
2. United States of America (Idaho Falls)
3. United States of America (Green Bay)
4. United States of America (Dodge City)
5. United States of America (Big Spring)
6. United States of America (Kahului)
1. United States of America (Paris, TX)
2. United States of America (Idaho Falls)
3. United States of America (Green Bay)
4. United States of America (Dodge City)
5. United States of America (Big Spring)
6. United States of America (Kahului)
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 PM
my favorite part of this was that the major factions were:
1. United States of America (Paris, TX)
2. United States of America (Idaho Falls)
3. United States of America (Green Bay)
4. United States of America (Dodge City)
5. United States of America (Big Spring)
6. United States of America (Kahului)
1. United States of America (Paris, TX)
2. United States of America (Idaho Falls)
3. United States of America (Green Bay)
4. United States of America (Dodge City)
5. United States of America (Big Spring)
6. United States of America (Kahului)
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very briefly worked with some tno people on a project like this before the sheer size of it (and competing priorities) ground it to a halt
January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
very briefly worked with some tno people on a project like this before the sheer size of it (and competing priorities) ground it to a halt
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Honestly, I do feel like there's a really solid strategy game out there about competing factions managing American collapse following an attempted invasion of Canada and/or Greenland leading to an explosion of mutinies, secessionist movements, etc. for anyone with the courage to make it.
January 23, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Honestly, I do feel like there's a really solid strategy game out there about competing factions managing American collapse following an attempted invasion of Canada and/or Greenland leading to an explosion of mutinies, secessionist movements, etc. for anyone with the courage to make it.
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Voted for ICE funding
I’ll keep plugging away to make sure that Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars are being invested in an effective, durable, and responsible way.
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Voted for ICE funding
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“For weeks, Democrats have pushed to require ICE agents to obtain the necessary judicial warrants ahead of any murders they plan to commit,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said in a joint statement on the current Homeland Security funding bill
Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants
WASHINGTON—In a statement calling for more guardrails around ongoing immigration operations, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives publicly condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thurs...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:30 AM
“For weeks, Democrats have pushed to require ICE agents to obtain the necessary judicial warrants ahead of any murders they plan to commit,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said in a joint statement on the current Homeland Security funding bill
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I think it would be nice if a Democrat who wasn't just a Reagan Republican would run instead of all these conservative freaks.
January 23, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I think it would be nice if a Democrat who wasn't just a Reagan Republican would run instead of all these conservative freaks.
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