rowan kaiser
@rowan.monster
high-risk, mid-femme
one-time tv and game critic, retired into podcasting with @totalmassacre.bsky.social
current video game consultant
🏳️⚧️ PDX, millennial elder
one-time tv and game critic, retired into podcasting with @totalmassacre.bsky.social
current video game consultant
🏳️⚧️ PDX, millennial elder
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rowan kaiser
@rowan.monster
· Mar 30
it's so weird how the vanguard of fascism is freedom of speech regarding Palestine, trans rights, and immigration, all things that the left has been screaming at the Democrats to take a better stand on and the Dems declined.
starting to question some of the Trump administration's New Year's Resolutions here
January 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
starting to question some of the Trump administration's New Year's Resolutions here
I absolutely think we should take the bait.
Governor Walz says he's prepared to deploy the Minnesota National Guard if protests become violent in reaction to ICE fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis.
"We will not take the bait," adds Walz, saying he's also angry but demonstrations should remain lawful.
"We will not take the bait," adds Walz, saying he's also angry but demonstrations should remain lawful.
January 7, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I absolutely think we should take the bait.
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"dell is not pushing AI" story is bollocks
i went looking for anything other than that PCGamer selective quoting, and everything else Kevin Terwilliger said at CES is AI, AI, AI
even the quotes are in the context of Dell pushing local AI really hard and pushing the suitability of their PCs for AI
i went looking for anything other than that PCGamer selective quoting, and everything else Kevin Terwilliger said at CES is AI, AI, AI
even the quotes are in the context of Dell pushing local AI really hard and pushing the suitability of their PCs for AI
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"dell is not pushing AI" story is bollocks
i went looking for anything other than that PCGamer selective quoting, and everything else Kevin Terwilliger said at CES is AI, AI, AI
even the quotes are in the context of Dell pushing local AI really hard and pushing the suitability of their PCs for AI
i went looking for anything other than that PCGamer selective quoting, and everything else Kevin Terwilliger said at CES is AI, AI, AI
even the quotes are in the context of Dell pushing local AI really hard and pushing the suitability of their PCs for AI
*turns chair around, sits down* you know who else was accused of being a deep fake by the romans
*Man, I totally knew that was coming. Astonished that it took this long.
PS. I blame AI
www.vice.com/en/article/d...
PS. I blame AI
www.vice.com/en/article/d...
Deepfake AI Pastors Are Scamming Churchgoers
Churches across the United States are dealing with a new kind of grift. It's one that targets those who take things on faith.
www.vice.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
*turns chair around, sits down* you know who else was accused of being a deep fake by the romans
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surely the good police will arrest the bad police. what's that? ah.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
surely the good police will arrest the bad police. what's that? ah.
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schumer: we don't need to abolish ice, we need to abolish PRICE...s.....that are........bad....and high
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
schumer: we don't need to abolish ice, we need to abolish PRICE...s.....that are........bad....and high
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reminded of some of my best tweets, recycling them here for your enjoyment:
July 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
reminded of some of my best tweets, recycling them here for your enjoyment:
Donald Trump may be LASER focused on global thermonuclear way but maybe he should have his finger on the BUTTON of tax credits for college graduates starting their own business!!!!
*waits for applause*
*waits for applause*
January 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Donald Trump may be LASER focused on global thermonuclear way but maybe he should have his finger on the BUTTON of tax credits for college graduates starting their own business!!!!
*waits for applause*
*waits for applause*
this all happening while I am fighting to get my sleep schedule back to normal certainly leaves my brain a battleground between the hyperreal and the surreal
i know this is my own personal indulgence in woowoo shit that i am entitled to, but man the waking world and the dreaming world are finger-on-the-scale out of balance right now and the latter is spilling into the former and running wild
across two (2) platforms/networks, i've observed over the past ~72 hrs everyone having a total Tower of Babel meltdown at each other due to, idk, added geopolitical stress
some people are very wrong, some people deserve some modicum of grace anyway, & everyone is reading hastily/making assumptions
some people are very wrong, some people deserve some modicum of grace anyway, & everyone is reading hastily/making assumptions
January 7, 2026 at 6:10 AM
this all happening while I am fighting to get my sleep schedule back to normal certainly leaves my brain a battleground between the hyperreal and the surreal
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fuckin' percy puked in my slippers while I was trying to nap
January 7, 2026 at 5:58 AM
fuckin' percy puked in my slippers while I was trying to nap
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Well *I* didn't get rich off of it
have seen some folks mention or contemplate that there were parts of “Woke 1.0” that were inept, too much, ham-fisted, etc. Without putting anyone on the spot, has anyone more concretely described what, exactly, they think were the inept or too much parts?
January 7, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Well *I* didn't get rich off of it
folks: listen to rowan. she knows what she's talking about. Trump set his example and now wants to win all the fights he was talked out of last year
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
January 6, 2026 at 10:45 PM
folks: listen to rowan. she knows what she's talking about. Trump set his example and now wants to win all the fights he was talked out of last year
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
robert a heinlein would be spinning in his grave to discover what's being done with something named "grok"
*touches earpiece*
hold on a second
*touches earpiece*
hold on a second
January 6, 2026 at 10:37 PM
robert a heinlein would be spinning in his grave to discover what's being done with something named "grok"
*touches earpiece*
hold on a second
*touches earpiece*
hold on a second
having finished Phantasy Star IV I want to play another JRPG but I have choice paralysis on the subject
January 6, 2026 at 9:58 PM
having finished Phantasy Star IV I want to play another JRPG but I have choice paralysis on the subject
I think this is a really good point and goes along with what I say about the media reporting on right-wing controversies, which is that their official stance on literally anything the right does is "boys will be boys"
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I think this is a really good point and goes along with what I say about the media reporting on right-wing controversies, which is that their official stance on literally anything the right does is "boys will be boys"
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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
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In short, every shithead you don't ban costs you ten other customers.
"A [potentially regular] customer doesn't say anything but never comes back" doesn't register with you as An Event the way that kicking someone out (temporarily or permanently) does, so it's extremely easy to miss it.
"A [potentially regular] customer doesn't say anything but never comes back" doesn't register with you as An Event the way that kicking someone out (temporarily or permanently) does, so it's extremely easy to miss it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
In short, every shithead you don't ban costs you ten other customers.
"A [potentially regular] customer doesn't say anything but never comes back" doesn't register with you as An Event the way that kicking someone out (temporarily or permanently) does, so it's extremely easy to miss it.
"A [potentially regular] customer doesn't say anything but never comes back" doesn't register with you as An Event the way that kicking someone out (temporarily or permanently) does, so it's extremely easy to miss it.
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Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
Replayed Portal recently and yeah it's still a good game and old memes and all but I think the thing that stood out to me is just how viscerally the Source engine feels Of A Time And Place now
January 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Replayed Portal recently and yeah it's still a good game and old memes and all but I think the thing that stood out to me is just how viscerally the Source engine feels Of A Time And Place now
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