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I write about the literature and history that inspired the game Red Dead Redemption 2 over at readdead.com. Octavia, she/her. (You may know me from Toast Twt or Twitch.)
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
oh my CHRIST he's a bad writer. just awful. lmao
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
oh my CHRIST he's a bad writer. just awful. lmao
just read the line "why be serious about a game?" (Chaucer). the universe is just trolling me now
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
just read the line "why be serious about a game?" (Chaucer). the universe is just trolling me now
me when I illegally fire employees for union membership and then remember the employees make the actual product
BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
me when I illegally fire employees for union membership and then remember the employees make the actual product
@enwright.bsky.social something tells me you're exactly as surprised as I am by Rockstar's latest shenanigans ...
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
@enwright.bsky.social something tells me you're exactly as surprised as I am by Rockstar's latest shenanigans ...
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
Figured out one of the last allusions I really wanted to identify last night while researching something on the map apparently totally unrelated. RDR2 is such a web
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Figured out one of the last allusions I really wanted to identify last night while researching something on the map apparently totally unrelated. RDR2 is such a web
Love Scrivener, but its inability to format a simple outline is about to launch me into the crashout of the century
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Love Scrivener, but its inability to format a simple outline is about to launch me into the crashout of the century
I ain't watching all that
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I ain't watching all that
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Dan Houser (co-founder and former Head Writer and VP of Creativity at Rockstar) acknowledges the critical role workers have had in the success of Rockstar’s titles, yet Rockstar is engaging in one of the most ruthless acts of union-busting in UK video game history.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Dan Houser (co-founder and former Head Writer and VP of Creativity at Rockstar) acknowledges the critical role workers have had in the success of Rockstar’s titles, yet Rockstar is engaging in one of the most ruthless acts of union-busting in UK video game history.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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The biggest choice on today's ballots in PA is whether to retain 3 Democratic supreme court justices. The push to remake the court has been driven by billionaire Jeff Yass.
In 2022, @propublica.org detailed how Yass had avoided paying $1B in taxes and funneled that money to right-wing causes:
In 2022, @propublica.org detailed how Yass had avoided paying $1B in taxes and funneled that money to right-wing causes:
Meet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who’s Gaming the Tax System
Susquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election de...
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The biggest choice on today's ballots in PA is whether to retain 3 Democratic supreme court justices. The push to remake the court has been driven by billionaire Jeff Yass.
In 2022, @propublica.org detailed how Yass had avoided paying $1B in taxes and funneled that money to right-wing causes:
In 2022, @propublica.org detailed how Yass had avoided paying $1B in taxes and funneled that money to right-wing causes:
the feminine art of typing "[whatsitcalled]" in your draft because if you tab out to look up the name your focus is cooked
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
the feminine art of typing "[whatsitcalled]" in your draft because if you tab out to look up the name your focus is cooked
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In the quest for "biological truth," the Trump admin discounts the very real biological truth that some men do get breast cancer
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In the quest for "biological truth," the Trump admin discounts the very real biological truth that some men do get breast cancer
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Now it'll be harder for male veterans diagnosed w/the rare but deadly cancer to get VA coverage
always read @ericumansky.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
RIP to Dr. Greg Newby. I used Project Gutenberg a lot writing this project, and I'll forever be grateful that that resource exists.
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
RIP to Dr. Greg Newby. I used Project Gutenberg a lot writing this project, and I'll forever be grateful that that resource exists.
Once again, I smile politely and refrain from writing "YOU'D THINK SOMEONE WHO STUDIED GEOGRAPHY AT OXFORD WOULD KNOW THIS BTW" in an essay
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Once again, I smile politely and refrain from writing "YOU'D THINK SOMEONE WHO STUDIED GEOGRAPHY AT OXFORD WOULD KNOW THIS BTW" in an essay
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Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’
grist.org/oceans/coral...
#Ocean #Coral #Climate #Heat #Reefs #Environment
grist.org/oceans/coral...
#Ocean #Coral #Climate #Heat #Reefs #Environment
Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.
grist.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’
grist.org/oceans/coral...
#Ocean #Coral #Climate #Heat #Reefs #Environment
grist.org/oceans/coral...
#Ocean #Coral #Climate #Heat #Reefs #Environment
"Around here, they don't even like men voting"
The thing is that conservatives DO love having a king. That was like a whole bit in Sideshow Bob Roberts
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Around here, they don't even like men voting"
Working on site updates, but they're gonna take a while because WordPress block theme editor is so, so indescribably bad.
October 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Working on site updates, but they're gonna take a while because WordPress block theme editor is so, so indescribably bad.
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I’m over here trying to enjoy PSLF and this comes across my screen. Sigh. IGN claims his classes are “a world first.” FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, EVERYONE!!!! NEVER BEEN DONE BY ANYONE EVER!!!!
Meanwhile, I and many others have been doing this for a decade or more.
Meanwhile, I and many others have been doing this for a decade or more.
University of Tennessee students will have the chance to study up on the Grand Theft Auto franchise in 2026. The class will be led by history professor Tore Olsson, the same educator that taught a Red Dead Redemption class in 2021. bit.ly/47StbPi
September 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’m over here trying to enjoy PSLF and this comes across my screen. Sigh. IGN claims his classes are “a world first.” FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, EVERYONE!!!! NEVER BEEN DONE BY ANYONE EVER!!!!
Meanwhile, I and many others have been doing this for a decade or more.
Meanwhile, I and many others have been doing this for a decade or more.
just got an email warning me, amongst other things, that "long paragraphs" may be hurting the site's "AI Search Health." regret to announce all paragraph breaks on Read Dead will be deleted forthwith
October 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
just got an email warning me, amongst other things, that "long paragraphs" may be hurting the site's "AI Search Health." regret to announce all paragraph breaks on Read Dead will be deleted forthwith
found a basic grammatical error in one of these essays. I will take the only reasonable course of action: firing the whole site into the sun
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
found a basic grammatical error in one of these essays. I will take the only reasonable course of action: firing the whole site into the sun
I'm working on fine-tuning my interpretation of RDR2's map in real-world equivalents, and the more I do, the weirder it becomes to me that someone with a geography degree did this
October 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm working on fine-tuning my interpretation of RDR2's map in real-world equivalents, and the more I do, the weirder it becomes to me that someone with a geography degree did this
going over RDR2 cutscenes is both beautiful and painful, because there are so many little details I want to point out, and I can only cram so many gifs/photos in one post
October 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
going over RDR2 cutscenes is both beautiful and painful, because there are so many little details I want to point out, and I can only cram so many gifs/photos in one post
just had the thought "Dutch is kind of giving manic pixie dream girl" so!!! edits are going well
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
just had the thought "Dutch is kind of giving manic pixie dream girl" so!!! edits are going well