Mardoch
@mardoch.bsky.social
Metalhead, developer, parent, gamer...the order of which is fluid...except for the metal. He/him/they, cis
@Gwunhar from twitter
@Gwunhar from twitter
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if trump loses it all because he sucked a cock, but not because of the rapes or the racism or extrajudicial murders or war crimes or impeachable offenses or the general fascism, i will, in fact, not be happy about that
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
if trump loses it all because he sucked a cock, but not because of the rapes or the racism or extrajudicial murders or war crimes or impeachable offenses or the general fascism, i will, in fact, not be happy about that
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Sooo…
Does this set the precedent for folks to sue the estate of Ronald Reagan and the US Government for their roles in the crack epidemic? Just wondering.
Does this set the precedent for folks to sue the estate of Ronald Reagan and the US Government for their roles in the crack epidemic? Just wondering.
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says he'll approve a $7 billion opioid settlement with the Sacklers' Purdue Pharma, including money for victims.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Sooo…
Does this set the precedent for folks to sue the estate of Ronald Reagan and the US Government for their roles in the crack epidemic? Just wondering.
Does this set the precedent for folks to sue the estate of Ronald Reagan and the US Government for their roles in the crack epidemic? Just wondering.
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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I'm seeing variants of "ah but today's gamers just don't have attention spans so we sort of have to-" rolled out earnestly so
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'm seeing variants of "ah but today's gamers just don't have attention spans so we sort of have to-" rolled out earnestly so
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
No. You can let those players fail. The AAA conception of handholding is silly. There's huge genres that don't do it.
You just have a bad manager making you do dumb things.
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MTG is not seeing the light and she is not seeing reason
What she is seeing is the writing on the walls that Trump/MAGA republicans are on the verge of collapse and is getting ahead of the curve and banking on people having short attention spans to switch up her image to save her own career
What she is seeing is the writing on the walls that Trump/MAGA republicans are on the verge of collapse and is getting ahead of the curve and banking on people having short attention spans to switch up her image to save her own career
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
MTG is not seeing the light and she is not seeing reason
What she is seeing is the writing on the walls that Trump/MAGA republicans are on the verge of collapse and is getting ahead of the curve and banking on people having short attention spans to switch up her image to save her own career
What she is seeing is the writing on the walls that Trump/MAGA republicans are on the verge of collapse and is getting ahead of the curve and banking on people having short attention spans to switch up her image to save her own career
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Watching the Trump/MTG feud like
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Watching the Trump/MTG feud like
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Read 'em and weep. (www.nber.org/system/files...)
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Nabokov: I am going to write about a monster doing sick shit
Readers: wow this book is hot.
Nabokov: oh so all you are monsters and cant comprehend the text.
Readers: wow this book is hot.
Nabokov: oh so all you are monsters and cant comprehend the text.
Any time people start with the ephebophelia nonsense I want to point them to this quote by Nabokov about Lolita where he just fucking eviscerates an interviewer claiming that Humbert Humbert was the equivalent of 40 year olds marrying 20 year olds:
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Nabokov: I am going to write about a monster doing sick shit
Readers: wow this book is hot.
Nabokov: oh so all you are monsters and cant comprehend the text.
Readers: wow this book is hot.
Nabokov: oh so all you are monsters and cant comprehend the text.
also this was a permaban. regrets to the victim but this is also probably the funniest ban of all time and a favorite in-joke now
Bestie got banned for threatening to trap my wife's soul in a bottle on twitter
Apparently this is an actionable threat
Apparently this is an actionable threat
all I’m gonna say is that I am a life-long slightly edgy poster and I’ve never caught a suspension or a ban anywhere - because it is in fact quite easy to avoid crossing the “this joke could possibly be construed as a violent threat” line on social media
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
also this was a permaban. regrets to the victim but this is also probably the funniest ban of all time and a favorite in-joke now
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Bestie got banned for threatening to trap my wife's soul in a bottle on twitter
Apparently this is an actionable threat
Apparently this is an actionable threat
all I’m gonna say is that I am a life-long slightly edgy poster and I’ve never caught a suspension or a ban anywhere - because it is in fact quite easy to avoid crossing the “this joke could possibly be construed as a violent threat” line on social media
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Bestie got banned for threatening to trap my wife's soul in a bottle on twitter
Apparently this is an actionable threat
Apparently this is an actionable threat
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What a terrible day to know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What a terrible day to know how to read
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the thing about “the government can do bad things but we’re not allowed to” is that the objectionable part is the first half of the sentence
I mean government accounts are making explicit death threats as we speak on here and crickets so I think that might be more why people are mad?
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
the thing about “the government can do bad things but we’re not allowed to” is that the objectionable part is the first half of the sentence
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right, I simply cannot exert the energy required to get that mad about people catching three day suspensions
they just gave you a free vacation from the timeline. imo that’s a beautiful gift.
they just gave you a free vacation from the timeline. imo that’s a beautiful gift.
bluesky needs to find a better way to handle these things, but it's tough to see it treated like it's a social justice issue when there's so much real shit going on.
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
right, I simply cannot exert the energy required to get that mad about people catching three day suspensions
they just gave you a free vacation from the timeline. imo that’s a beautiful gift.
they just gave you a free vacation from the timeline. imo that’s a beautiful gift.
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I agree that they should bring back Link
I’m still mad about Link being seemingly permabanned though. Seems if Sarah and Patton caught 3-day suspensions, Link should’ve been back a month ago.
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I agree that they should bring back Link
buddy just sent me that and man...yes please. putting my helmet on without having to take my glasses off would be a massive QoL buff
No Chinstrap! The Future of Helmets
YouTube video by ZERGOIST
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
buddy just sent me that and man...yes please. putting my helmet on without having to take my glasses off would be a massive QoL buff
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laziness is not real, it's always just a failure to communicate, mismatched expectations, or unmet needs
consequently, "unwillingness to work" should not be a reason anyone goes without food or shelter or even trivial entertainment and everything a person needs should be provided without question
consequently, "unwillingness to work" should not be a reason anyone goes without food or shelter or even trivial entertainment and everything a person needs should be provided without question
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
laziness is not real, it's always just a failure to communicate, mismatched expectations, or unmet needs
consequently, "unwillingness to work" should not be a reason anyone goes without food or shelter or even trivial entertainment and everything a person needs should be provided without question
consequently, "unwillingness to work" should not be a reason anyone goes without food or shelter or even trivial entertainment and everything a person needs should be provided without question
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Bro everyone there knew he was close with JE before this shit and went along anyway.
CAP needs to be nuked
CAP needs to be nuked
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bro everyone there knew he was close with JE before this shit and went along anyway.
CAP needs to be nuked
CAP needs to be nuked
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I’ve been saying it! “Centrist” is a weird way to spell “coward”
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’ve been saying it! “Centrist” is a weird way to spell “coward”
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all of the absurdly talented writers whose careers have imploded through no fault of their own over the past decade plus of media consolidation and olivia nuzzi gets soft focus profiles for her memoir about fucking a fascist crank
really makes the blood boil
really makes the blood boil
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
all of the absurdly talented writers whose careers have imploded through no fault of their own over the past decade plus of media consolidation and olivia nuzzi gets soft focus profiles for her memoir about fucking a fascist crank
really makes the blood boil
really makes the blood boil
this but also actionable vs just bad taste, etc.
the mod team here just sucks at the job, because they don't want to have to be doing it. they just want to be working on the nerdy bits of the protocol, not dealing with rowdy-ass humans
the mod team here just sucks at the job, because they don't want to have to be doing it. they just want to be working on the nerdy bits of the protocol, not dealing with rowdy-ass humans
everyone gets so mad at the mods here for doing basic mod shit. sometimes you gotta make a little murder joke and eat a three day ban for it. that’s life baby, there’s beauty in that.
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
this but also actionable vs just bad taste, etc.
the mod team here just sucks at the job, because they don't want to have to be doing it. they just want to be working on the nerdy bits of the protocol, not dealing with rowdy-ass humans
the mod team here just sucks at the job, because they don't want to have to be doing it. they just want to be working on the nerdy bits of the protocol, not dealing with rowdy-ass humans
does that count all the misspellings from these illiterate bastards?
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
does that count all the misspellings from these illiterate bastards?
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