MandL27
@mandl27.bsky.social
Nerd of various games. Spends too much time picking apart data.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Not two weeks after a democratic socialist is elected mayor of New York City, 86 Democratic House members vote to 'condemn socialism.'
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Not two weeks after a democratic socialist is elected mayor of New York City, 86 Democratic House members vote to 'condemn socialism.'
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Made this one for the heropartnerweek event on tumblr some years ago
bc like 70% of these games is crying until the stairs appear
#pmd #pkmn #pokemonmysterydungeon
bc like 70% of these games is crying until the stairs appear
#pmd #pkmn #pokemonmysterydungeon
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Made this one for the heropartnerweek event on tumblr some years ago
bc like 70% of these games is crying until the stairs appear
#pmd #pkmn #pokemonmysterydungeon
bc like 70% of these games is crying until the stairs appear
#pmd #pkmn #pokemonmysterydungeon
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November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Gentle reminder that Mount Rushmore was a sacred place to the Lakota and the United States promised they would have it (and the entire Black Hills) in perpetuity as part of a legally binding treaty and then reneged as soon as gold was found,
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Gentle reminder that Mount Rushmore was a sacred place to the Lakota and the United States promised they would have it (and the entire Black Hills) in perpetuity as part of a legally binding treaty and then reneged as soon as gold was found,
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noivern the screequel
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
noivern the screequel
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[3/3] If you're actually familiar with the period, the majority of media which purports to be have a "realistic medieval setting" is doing that *all the time*.
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
[3/3] If you're actually familiar with the period, the majority of media which purports to be have a "realistic medieval setting" is doing that *all the time*.
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[2/3] You know how annoyed you get when someone confidently asserts that [thing in your favourite media A] is a reference to [thing in your other favourite media B], but you know that can't possibly be true because A was published before B?
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
[2/3] You know how annoyed you get when someone confidently asserts that [thing in your favourite media A] is a reference to [thing in your other favourite media B], but you know that can't possibly be true because A was published before B?
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[1/3] I know it sometimes seems like people who know their history are weirdly invested in complaining about the "generically medieval" thing, but let me put it in fandom terms.
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
[1/3] I know it sometimes seems like people who know their history are weirdly invested in complaining about the "generically medieval" thing, but let me put it in fandom terms.
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This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
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talking about gender with my parents: I don't think about it much
talking about gender with my friends: thinking about being a plush with embroidery stretchmarks gives me gender euphoria
talking about gender with my friends: thinking about being a plush with embroidery stretchmarks gives me gender euphoria
January 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
talking about gender with my parents: I don't think about it much
talking about gender with my friends: thinking about being a plush with embroidery stretchmarks gives me gender euphoria
talking about gender with my friends: thinking about being a plush with embroidery stretchmarks gives me gender euphoria
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I'm not going to repost screenshots from Grok for the same reasons I don't use any LLMs even when they're outputting silly/ amusing synthetic text.
(This image is great for so many purposes. I first saw it posted by @redeyedjedi.bsky.social so I am hoping that's the right credit for its source!)
(This image is great for so many purposes. I first saw it posted by @redeyedjedi.bsky.social so I am hoping that's the right credit for its source!)
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I'm not going to repost screenshots from Grok for the same reasons I don't use any LLMs even when they're outputting silly/ amusing synthetic text.
(This image is great for so many purposes. I first saw it posted by @redeyedjedi.bsky.social so I am hoping that's the right credit for its source!)
(This image is great for so many purposes. I first saw it posted by @redeyedjedi.bsky.social so I am hoping that's the right credit for its source!)
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disappointed that game devs are bringing back ps1 and ps2 era graphics without also bringing back fmv cutscenes in wildly different artstyles
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
disappointed that game devs are bringing back ps1 and ps2 era graphics without also bringing back fmv cutscenes in wildly different artstyles
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Since 1989 when Pac-Land came out for PC Engine, Pacman has been chilly in bed each night. Now his problems are over
If he buys two he can also hang one over the window to stop known pervert Pinky from going full sicko as well
If he buys two he can also hang one over the window to stop known pervert Pinky from going full sicko as well
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Since 1989 when Pac-Land came out for PC Engine, Pacman has been chilly in bed each night. Now his problems are over
If he buys two he can also hang one over the window to stop known pervert Pinky from going full sicko as well
If he buys two he can also hang one over the window to stop known pervert Pinky from going full sicko as well
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Wanted to draw a couple of dinosaur/dragon creatures for a certain video game that was released 30 years ago today. Can you guess which game it is?
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Wanted to draw a couple of dinosaur/dragon creatures for a certain video game that was released 30 years ago today. Can you guess which game it is?
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I guess it's Microsoft's attitude of "you WILL like this new feature" that gets me. Pushing in """agentic AI""" and insisting it will be the entire future of computers when it's likely to be a dead end that'll get abandoned just like 3D TVs
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I guess it's Microsoft's attitude of "you WILL like this new feature" that gets me. Pushing in """agentic AI""" and insisting it will be the entire future of computers when it's likely to be a dead end that'll get abandoned just like 3D TVs
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Mitochondria being the powerhouse of the cell is cool and all but I think classes like "How to calm the fuck down as an adult in a healthy non self-destructive way 101" is something that should also be taught before graduation
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Mitochondria being the powerhouse of the cell is cool and all but I think classes like "How to calm the fuck down as an adult in a healthy non self-destructive way 101" is something that should also be taught before graduation
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Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand
In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.
Le Monde has a long article describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.
He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.
That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund
and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.
Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic
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Offering Received: get rotated idiot (#646)
okay, fine, have your fun
okay, fine, have your fun
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Offering Received: get rotated idiot (#646)
okay, fine, have your fun
okay, fine, have your fun
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It's hard to get neurotypicals to understand "I didn't do the task because I was so intensely aware of the need to do this that my brain built a wall around the concept of doing it", so we just say "I didn't do the task because I forgot."
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It's hard to get neurotypicals to understand "I didn't do the task because I was so intensely aware of the need to do this that my brain built a wall around the concept of doing it", so we just say "I didn't do the task because I forgot."