Paul Tobia
@paultobia.bsky.social
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Vincent Zampella, one of the creators behind such best-selling video games as "Call of Duty," has died at 55.
Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55
Vincent Zampella, one of the creators behind such best-selling video games as "Call of Duty," has died at 55.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Vincent Zampella, one of the creators behind such best-selling video games as "Call of Duty," has died at 55.
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I lived life as an autistic person for 41 years, and frankly it's wild to see someone who views your existence as a blight elevated to a position of such consequence. I generally see no reason to discuss being on the spectrum publicly, but I'll make an exception for this vile eugenicist. 1/x
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I lived life as an autistic person for 41 years, and frankly it's wild to see someone who views your existence as a blight elevated to a position of such consequence. I generally see no reason to discuss being on the spectrum publicly, but I'll make an exception for this vile eugenicist. 1/x
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The plural of anecdote is misinformation.
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The plural of anecdote is misinformation.
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the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
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I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
Why are we so horrible at human communication? We over -anthromorphize a next-generation auto complete. We live through our para social connections. We root for our team (politics, sports, technology) to the point of cult behavior. It's sad and so lonely.
August 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Why are we so horrible at human communication? We over -anthromorphize a next-generation auto complete. We live through our para social connections. We root for our team (politics, sports, technology) to the point of cult behavior. It's sad and so lonely.
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
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remember that time bill clinton said hello to loretta lynch at an airport?
NBC News confirms: JD Vance will meet tonight at his residence with Susie Wiles, Pam Bondi, Deputy AG Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and other top Trump officials to discuss the Epstein scandal. @msnbc.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
remember that time bill clinton said hello to loretta lynch at an airport?
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There is the actual Democratic Party, which for better or worse is a mostly ordinary liberal political party and then there is the “Democratic Party,” a synecdoche for everything that annoys you online.
July 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
There is the actual Democratic Party, which for better or worse is a mostly ordinary liberal political party and then there is the “Democratic Party,” a synecdoche for everything that annoys you online.
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"I was cool with Jeffrey Epstein until he refused to illegally collude with me to suppress my employees' wages."
- The President of the United States
- The President of the United States
Reporter: You’re saying Epstein poached two of your staffers?
Trump: Yeah, he took people and because he took people, I said don’t do it anymore—they work for me. He took some others and once he did that, that was the end of him. When they steal people, I don’t like it
Trump: Yeah, he took people and because he took people, I said don’t do it anymore—they work for me. He took some others and once he did that, that was the end of him. When they steal people, I don’t like it
July 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"I was cool with Jeffrey Epstein until he refused to illegally collude with me to suppress my employees' wages."
- The President of the United States
- The President of the United States
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Gandalf: You must take the ring to Mount Doom.
Frodo: Are you kidding? Mordor’s Zone 5!
Frodo: Are you kidding? Mordor’s Zone 5!
The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
July 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Gandalf: You must take the ring to Mount Doom.
Frodo: Are you kidding? Mordor’s Zone 5!
Frodo: Are you kidding? Mordor’s Zone 5!
You can really see who is beholden to the billionaires by the reactions to the Epstien list.
July 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
You can really see who is beholden to the billionaires by the reactions to the Epstien list.
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You know, when I heard that all of our personal data had been hacked, I didn't expect the first major use of it to be the NYT trying to fuck over Zohran but maybe I'm naive www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application
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July 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You know, when I heard that all of our personal data had been hacked, I didn't expect the first major use of it to be the NYT trying to fuck over Zohran but maybe I'm naive www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
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“So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from whitest to least,” said the billionaire libertarian
theonion.com/peter-t...
theonion.com/peter-t...
Peter Thiel Shows Trump How To Sort Spreadsheet Of Americans By Ethnicity
WASHINGTON—Stressing that it would be simplest to troubleshoot now during the onboarding process for his company’s surveillance technology, Palantir founder Peter Thiel reportedly spent Tuesday morning showing President Donald Trump how to sort a spreadsheet of Americans by ethnicity. “So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from […]
theonion.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from whitest to least,” said the billionaire libertarian
theonion.com/peter-t...
theonion.com/peter-t...
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this is why i am pretty confident there will not be a meaningful attempt to do an end run around mamdani. a lot of elite cuomo support seemed to be based on “well, he’s probably going to win and he’s a vindictive asshole and i don’t want to be on his bad side.”
Here's a fun thing that a top donor to Andrew Cuomo's super PAC just told me.
June 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
this is why i am pretty confident there will not be a meaningful attempt to do an end run around mamdani. a lot of elite cuomo support seemed to be based on “well, he’s probably going to win and he’s a vindictive asshole and i don’t want to be on his bad side.”
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“DEI” wth a hard R
The fact that so many people think celebrating the end of slavery in the US is “DEI” is actually clarifying of what they mean when they use DEI. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/06/...
Juneteenth: How cities are scaling back celebrations after Trump-era DEI rollbacks | CNN
Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled, as organizers cite safety problems and mounting resistance to diversity, equity and...
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June 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“DEI” wth a hard R
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Our community update is out!
The only thing I did was make the update page, the community did the rest - cool new weapons, creatures and more!
And for the next week the game 75% off - $2.50 in the US!
$2.50!
You can't buy a $5 cup of coffee for $2.50!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/112...
The only thing I did was make the update page, the community did the rest - cool new weapons, creatures and more!
And for the next week the game 75% off - $2.50 in the US!
$2.50!
You can't buy a $5 cup of coffee for $2.50!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/112...
The Anacrusis - Community Update - Steam News
This update is designed and built entirely by our community and adds new weapons, creatures, items, and mod tools.
store.steampowered.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Our community update is out!
The only thing I did was make the update page, the community did the rest - cool new weapons, creatures and more!
And for the next week the game 75% off - $2.50 in the US!
$2.50!
You can't buy a $5 cup of coffee for $2.50!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/112...
The only thing I did was make the update page, the community did the rest - cool new weapons, creatures and more!
And for the next week the game 75% off - $2.50 in the US!
$2.50!
You can't buy a $5 cup of coffee for $2.50!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/112...
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Made me smile :D
June 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Made me smile :D
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Time to delete all your FLACs and just run this 24/7. scratch.mit.edu/projects/908...
June 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Time to delete all your FLACs and just run this 24/7. scratch.mit.edu/projects/908...
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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
It's not "outdated" it's no longer valid. It's not "widely accepted" it's the best in existence today and fundamentally state of the art. Do better.
June 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
It's not "outdated" it's no longer valid. It's not "widely accepted" it's the best in existence today and fundamentally state of the art. Do better.
The idea that science is built on theories has worked for hundreds of years, but in this time and place the even the "neutral" journalists need to do better at telling the difference between something in the future may be better versus something in the past was completely discredited and not valid.
June 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The idea that science is built on theories has worked for hundreds of years, but in this time and place the even the "neutral" journalists need to do better at telling the difference between something in the future may be better versus something in the past was completely discredited and not valid.
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shoutout to every idiot who believed that trump would "end the wars"
June 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
shoutout to every idiot who believed that trump would "end the wars"