Local Cryptid
@squatchhunter.bsky.social
They/Them
Professionally bad at games. Urban hiker and occult librarian.
Program Director @ Metro Esports
Broadcast Live Ops @ Freelance & Uplynk
Former - Nerd Street
Broadcasting, Operations, and Program Development. Opinions are my own!
Professionally bad at games. Urban hiker and occult librarian.
Program Director @ Metro Esports
Broadcast Live Ops @ Freelance & Uplynk
Former - Nerd Street
Broadcasting, Operations, and Program Development. Opinions are my own!
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me after one teams meeting at 9am:
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
me after one teams meeting at 9am:
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I cannot imagine a thing I want less than a "live service" Fromsoft game. Jesus christ. That is an extremely "LISTEN to yourselves" moment, to me.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I cannot imagine a thing I want less than a "live service" Fromsoft game. Jesus christ. That is an extremely "LISTEN to yourselves" moment, to me.
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if you're into AI "advisors" and find their insights helpful, may I non-ironically recommend seriously considering: tarot
- connection to your subconscious
- therapeutic or confessional as need be
- patterns of meaning
- self-determined takeaways
- no need to google facts afterwards
- connection to your subconscious
- therapeutic or confessional as need be
- patterns of meaning
- self-determined takeaways
- no need to google facts afterwards
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
if you're into AI "advisors" and find their insights helpful, may I non-ironically recommend seriously considering: tarot
- connection to your subconscious
- therapeutic or confessional as need be
- patterns of meaning
- self-determined takeaways
- no need to google facts afterwards
- connection to your subconscious
- therapeutic or confessional as need be
- patterns of meaning
- self-determined takeaways
- no need to google facts afterwards
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Ok quick thread on Game Mechanic Museum-like resources
1. Geoffrey Engelstein & Isaac Shalev's Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, genuinely changed my brain chemistry www.goodreads.com/book/show/45...
1. Geoffrey Engelstein & Isaac Shalev's Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, genuinely changed my brain chemistry www.goodreads.com/book/show/45...
Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design: An Encyclopedi…
Building Blocks of Tabletop Game An Encyclopedia of Me…
www.goodreads.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Ok quick thread on Game Mechanic Museum-like resources
1. Geoffrey Engelstein & Isaac Shalev's Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, genuinely changed my brain chemistry www.goodreads.com/book/show/45...
1. Geoffrey Engelstein & Isaac Shalev's Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, genuinely changed my brain chemistry www.goodreads.com/book/show/45...
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You alright man? I keep seeing small damage numbers coming off you
July 8, 2024 at 7:00 AM
You alright man? I keep seeing small damage numbers coming off you
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
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reminder: It is illegal to use a device like the Allmiibo ($12) to skirt around the $30 greed of a $4b company UNLESS of course you own every Amiibo and manually scanned them into the Allmiibo (after wiping it because it comes preloaded with all of them)
you should never do this
you should never do this
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
reminder: It is illegal to use a device like the Allmiibo ($12) to skirt around the $30 greed of a $4b company UNLESS of course you own every Amiibo and manually scanned them into the Allmiibo (after wiping it because it comes preloaded with all of them)
you should never do this
you should never do this
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Why are Republicans afraid to let Jack Smith testify in public?
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Why are Republicans afraid to let Jack Smith testify in public?
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They have a lot to hide. It will backfire anyway. And Jim Jordan is a coup ringleader bsky.app/profile/chri...
1/14/25 DOJ released special counsel Jack Smith’s 137-page report on Donald Trump's election interference case. If Trump had not won the election, he would have been found guilty.
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
They have a lot to hide. It will backfire anyway. And Jim Jordan is a coup ringleader bsky.app/profile/chri...
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When writing this piece, I kept thinking back to this Instagram post I saw from a trans woman the other day. This is what I'm talking about. Watch this:
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
When writing this piece, I kept thinking back to this Instagram post I saw from a trans woman the other day. This is what I'm talking about. Watch this:
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This dog was spotted politely waiting by a pizza truck. He doesn’t have to say what he wants. They already know his order. It is pizza. 13/10 (IG: lauren.bardini)
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This dog was spotted politely waiting by a pizza truck. He doesn’t have to say what he wants. They already know his order. It is pizza. 13/10 (IG: lauren.bardini)
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Can someone ask Bong Joon Ho if he would like a free shirt. aftermath-shop.fourthwall.com?ref=aftermat...
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Can someone ask Bong Joon Ho if he would like a free shirt. aftermath-shop.fourthwall.com?ref=aftermat...
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surprised it took this long for a publisher to try this with a 'real' series. next we'll see a series with an AI-created original Japanese dub.
you folks would not BELIEVE how much the production companies want to do this. they want to never hire actors SO bad!!
ok maybe you WOULD believe it ☹️
you folks would not BELIEVE how much the production companies want to do this. they want to never hire actors SO bad!!
ok maybe you WOULD believe it ☹️
Hey just so you know Amazon decided to give us an AI ENGLISH DUB of Banana Fish instead of actually hiring real voice actors
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
it is fucking hot garbage
#bananafish #anime
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
surprised it took this long for a publisher to try this with a 'real' series. next we'll see a series with an AI-created original Japanese dub.
you folks would not BELIEVE how much the production companies want to do this. they want to never hire actors SO bad!!
ok maybe you WOULD believe it ☹️
you folks would not BELIEVE how much the production companies want to do this. they want to never hire actors SO bad!!
ok maybe you WOULD believe it ☹️
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in regards to this, i think 100% of games would just be straight up better by diminishing or totally removing these elements. they are an insidious but expected part of modern game design
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
in regards to this, i think 100% of games would just be straight up better by diminishing or totally removing these elements. they are an insidious but expected part of modern game design
But can I get the Black Friday sale on my health insurance premium and rent?
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
But can I get the Black Friday sale on my health insurance premium and rent?
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨 Creator Day is LIVE! 🚨
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction.
Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale
itch.io
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It’s important to note that every single one of these Chicago ICE/ CBP stories DID receive massive coverage by our local media. It was local press together with vigilant residents that documented & then unraveled nearly every lie about the incidents as well.
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It’s important to note that every single one of these Chicago ICE/ CBP stories DID receive massive coverage by our local media. It was local press together with vigilant residents that documented & then unraveled nearly every lie about the incidents as well.
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Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
Saw someone cite the Collective Shout thing and payment processors in regards to the Horse situation and say "Valve can't fight them by itself", and I think we maybe shouldn't be defending multi-billion dollar companies for arbitrary takedowns of artistic works and acting like they're the little guy
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
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your 14yr old nephew is addicted to at least 4 different gambling apps on his phone where he's actively betting daily on the outcome of individual skirmishes in a real life war happening on the other side of the globe
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
your 14yr old nephew is addicted to at least 4 different gambling apps on his phone where he's actively betting daily on the outcome of individual skirmishes in a real life war happening on the other side of the globe
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just asking a question
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
just asking a question