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MrMartini
@mrmartini.bsky.social
Just your average everyday Liberal, Anti-Fascist, Science-Believing, Skeptical, Atheist, Humanist, Democrat. Living in southwest Missouri.

SF, horror, science, PC gamer, art museums, art deco, architecture,
The ominous red ball Tazz and I saw on our walk a few weeks ago was seen today in a far more sinister location. I fear for my city.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Spending an hour or so climbing up and down the ladder cleaning leaves out of the gutters on our house, with my wife of course spotting me on said ladder, makes me think..."damn, I wish I was 65 again, this is getting harder."😶
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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YO DOOM FANS!

This game has some of the most amazing people in the industry behind it, people who really put their heart and soul into every game they bring to life. This isn’t just another adaptation game, it was made with LOVE.

If you have a second to spare, please go check it out! 🫶🏼
Hey, Folks!
We're nearing the end of the KS-
It would really help if you'd share it, even if you can't or don't want to back!

As designers, we make a percentage of the profit which helps us bring our next product to life.
Thank you!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mod...
DOOM | Arena Board Game
Two editions of the incomparable DOOM franchise brought to the tabletop in a board game; DOOM (1993) and DOOM: The Dark Ages.
www.kickstarter.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
When your team gets Post Malone for their Thanksgiving halftime entertainment over Jack White, you know they've had a bad year...
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My next book, a feature length look at the comic book social panic in the mid 20th century, paired with a vodka Martini--appropriate for a time when your wife was supposed to have one ready for you when you got home from a hard day at the office, as legend has it.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There are 3 MacGruber segments on SNL tonight and they are all funny as fuck.
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Pawtism? Homeopathic alternative care vets? Not a chance. Our pets will continue to receive proper science-based care.

slate.com/life/2025/11...
A Growing Number of People Refuse to Vaccinate Their Pets. They Have a Mind-Boggling Reason Why.
No rabies shot for you, Baxter.
slate.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"And now 600,000 people—two-thirds of them children—are dead.
Whether this was an intentional act of racial cleansing or merely depraved indifference, Musk is operating at a scale normally reserved for war criminals."
www.thebulwark.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to Tesla Capitalism
Or: JVL explains why Americans are toying with socialism.
www.thebulwark.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My camera's not very good but a couple shots of the Aurora from SW Missouri at 10.40 pm.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
"I ain't puttin' down my Bud to go see some woke, feminist Predator movie. Boycott this abomination!"
slate.com/culture/2025...
Our Most Macho Sci-Fi Franchise Just Went “Woke.” It Did Not Go Broke.
The killer new Predator movie is … feminist?
slate.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mostly under paywall but worth a glance...
www.thebulwark.com/p/give-chuck...
Give Chuck a Break. It Could Have Been Worse.
Even though Democrats didn’t get the biggest possible win, they still won the shutdown.
www.thebulwark.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
No Tazz--when we see a round red object in the street HBO has taught us that we do not investigate it...
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"That this ultimately strengthens his negotiating hand is a freeing lesson for him—especially because there is a non-zero chance we repeat this all over again at the end of January... There’s a reason you’re not supposed to negotiate with terrorists."
www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
Dems Reward the Hostage-Taker
Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump’s maximum-pain shutdown tactics.
www.thebulwark.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Who's up for some Sunday Schlock?

Then I have the very thing for you: BODY COUNT - a movie in which sense goes out the window along with plot and most of the cast's clothes! Is is a supernatural slasher? Or a murder mystery?

The answer is YES. It's so confusing!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyig...
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
From over on X, Doonsbury:
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Let the memes begin!!!! #drumpf #oldwhitemen #startrek
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"He has spent the entirety of his first year back in office unbelievably high on his own supply—totally convinced that the great and good American people are as into his presidency as he is into himself. Now that they’ve declared they’re not..."
www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what...
Here’s What a Saner Trump Would Do Now
The post-election pivot he (probably) won’t make.
www.thebulwark.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tazz and Breezy out getting some sun...
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'm feeling blue today, but it's a good kind of blue...
www.thebulwark.com/p/vive-la-re...
Vive La Résistance
Waves can be blue after all.
www.thebulwark.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
These are the surveys I live to answer for YouGov:

today.yougov.com/society/arti...
Accounting for taste: 12 food fights that split Americans | YouGov
About half (49%) of Americans prefer their sandwiches to be cut diagonally, while 29% prefer them to be cut vertically.
today.yougov.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting to stay up an extra hour playing Baldur's Gate 3 feels like I just rolled a natural 20 on a D20.
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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If you're looking for some post-Halloween frightful fun then why not check out the REEL OBSCURE episode playlist? From sex-powered samurai spirits to cursed classics, from atomic-powered supermen to sinister slashers we've got it all!

youtube.com/playlist?lis...
REEL OBSCURE - YouTube
A podcast discussing lost movies and cult classics.
youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"The right has no immune system against hatemongers and grifters. Few people in MAGA circles are willing to stand up to them—and the audiences likely wouldn’t support them if they did."
www.thebulwark.com/p/one-of-the...
One of the Most Dangerous Interviews Ever in MAGA Media
Why Tucker Carlson platformed white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
www.thebulwark.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hmmm, monsters are ok but murder simulation, not so much...
www.thebulwark.com/p/against-th...
Against the Crime-Scene Halloween
Bring on the spooky and screamy, creepy and kitschy decor. Just don’t treat lurid murder imagery as frivolous fun.
www.thebulwark.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM